KRAYZIE BONE  (April 2004) | Interview By: Yash

      Dubcnn.com sat down to talk to one of the greatest artists of all time Krayzie Bone who is part of the trademark fast rapping group Bone Thugs n Harmony, most known for their back to back platinum and gold albums. He talked to us about how he has people still tryna get the aftermath Bone thing worked out, future plans, the Ouiji board, weed songs, his new single which is produced by super producer lil Jon, Bizzie Bone and much more westcoast stuff! Please feel free to send any feedback regarding the interview to: yash@dubcnn.com


Huge thanks to Krayzie Bone for taking time out to answer the questions fans wanted to know! (Interview was done by phone on April 15th 2004)

Questions Asked By : Yash

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Full Interview In Audio : Here

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Dubcnn.com: Can you tell us when Gemini will be relased?

Well man hopefully sometime around the beginning of august end of july hopefully.

Dubcnn.com: Rumours said Lareece left Thugline is that true?

oh yeah

Dubcnn.com: Could you speak more on that?

nah you know we just parted ways, you know what I´m saying it was like you go do your thing Ima do mine.

Dubcnn.com: If you could go back before you knew how much drama you went through in the industry would you have rather stayed underground or went commercial?

Man I don´t know I really can´t say I enjoy both sides of the game.

Dubcnn: If you could change anything about the East 1999 album what would it be?

I really wouldn´t change nothing on that album that album is really like

Dubcnn.com: yeah its the best album Bone relased

oh yeah

Dubcnn.com: I heard there is an album called lockdown?

lockdown nah nah

Dubcnn.com: nah thats thats the single right?

Thats the single I got I mean its a song on my album called lockdown love.

dubcnn.com: and when is that coming out?

It´s going to be on the Gemini album

Dubcnn: whats the first single from the gemini album gonna be?

Right now we are not definetly sure but we are thinking about a song Lil Jon produced called Bone Bone.

Dubcnn.com: I spoke to Damizza earlier and he told me about you guys may be hooking up with Aftermath, could you tell me about that?

Its like a rumour spreading around we haven´t even had a conversation with Dre as far as like signing bone.

Dubcnn.com: So you haven´t even met with Dre or anyone?

nah nah

Dubcnn.com: Dam I was hoping for that to go down!

yeah man we got some people trying to pull it together and make it happen but we're still waiting to see whats happening.

Dubcnn.com: Will Flesh n Bone be on the next Bone album?

We are gonna do everything we can to try and get flesh on somethin but thats something we got to work on fo real.

Dubcnn.com: Would you consider doing a duet album with any of the Bone members?

Oh yeah definetly, we been talking about doing a Krayzie Layzie album or a Krayzie Bizzy album you know whatever.

Dubcnn.com: I heard Layzie and Bizzy are doing an album together?

Oh yeah it´s called Bone brothers.

Dubcnn.com: Have they sealed a distribution for that?

Oh yeah its coming out on Koch Records.

Dubcnn.com: Have you started recording anything for the new Bone album yet?

Nah no not yet

Dubcnn.com: Who has the rights to the unrelased Bone tracks that are on ruthless?

Thats something Ruthless have the rights to but you know they dont got that many songs from us so we aint really worried because whatever we got now is probably way better than what they got.

Dubcnn.com: What made you decide to go with Ballr records and not a major label?

Man cause im trying to do my own thing because it's closer to me doin my own thing in a minute you know having my own lable, calling my own shots.

Dubcnn.com: You know Thug-brothers Bizzy Bone didn´t know anything about that project whats up with that?

That's with the outlawz..

Dubcnn.com: Yea isn't he on the album?

We stopped working on that album we have stopped the progress of the album because everybody was doing their own thing.

Dubcnn.com: Heated Heavy was on of your fastest tracks will we see any more of that on your new album

Oh yeah definetly I got a couple on there like that, the one that Lil Jon produced is like that.

Dubcnn.com: Do you have any tracks with Eazy-E that haven´t been relased yet?

Nah we aint got nothing on Eazy-E.

Dubcnn.com: How man songs do you have thats not been relased?

Ah man I got shiit It´s way over 200..

Dubcnn.com: Where do you see yourself as a solo artist and as a group in like 5-10 years?

Man hopefully like you know what im saying hopefully rippin from the benefits. Just sitback at the record company and visionalize.

Dubcnn.com: What have you learned from the music industry in the last 10 years since Ruthless?

Just basically learned the game and how it's operated how its ringing and everything I need to do to be succesfull in it.

Dubcnn.com: Everyone of yall have relased a solo album whats up with Wish Bones album?

His solo album is coming out on my label Thugline records. Its coming out soon after my album and he´s on my album trying to set his album up.

Dubcnn.com: thats tight man we've been waiting a long time for his album..

It's comin definetly

Dubcnn.com: Have you heard Layzies rock album if so what did you think of it?

I was in the studio when he was working on some of the songs but I didn´t really hear them so.

Dubcnn.com: Is there any chance we will hear you with Bizzy Bone on a few songs just the two of you?

Oh yeah me and Bizzy gonna definetly hook up and do some songs, alot of people wants us to get together and do some cuts I even wanna get togehter and do some cuts sowe are definetly gonna get down, matter of fact i´m thinking of getting him on a song for my new album.

Dubcnn.com: Oh yeah so you haven´t finished recording for the new album yet?

Nah we´re just about a done deal but while everything is being mixed down i'd still go to the the studio so you never know if you get a song thats hot enough to make the album.

Dubcnn.com: Whats your relationship with DJ Uneek and will he have any beats on your new cd?

Nah not on this one but we still cool we keep in touch and everything you know we will still keep in touch and everything he definetly will be apart of the Bone thugs n harmony projects to come.

Dubcnn.com: Will Uneek continue to be the groups main producer?

We prolly gonna test the waters and get new producers this time cause times are changing you gotta keep up with the game plus I got my own production team ima start producing

Dubcnn.com: Oh yeah whats the production team called?

Its called Track Fiend.

Dubcnn.com: Where can we expect your beats on any other artists?

Right now im about to go into like..after this album come out im finna start bangin tracks out .
I really haven't done anything yet because ive been working on my album

Dubcnn.com: I hope you gonna keep making them weed song you guys are the best at it!

Oh yeah

Dubcnn.com: Do you have any weed songs on the new album?

Yea yea man actually I got over 50 weed songs im just trying to pick out the one to put on there.

Dubcnn.com: you know when you made the extasy song on the fourth album you guys did you try extasy when you did it or you were high on weed or what did you do?

No no I mean I had tried it but I wasn´t on it when I did the song, I just wrote the song from the experience of it.

Dubcnn.com: wasn´t you a part owner of Mo Thug records?

yeah

Dubcnn.com: Why did you leave and start Thugline

ah man it was just alot happening and at the time I left I wasn´t going to start a new label I was concetrating on my first solo album Thug Mentality but the reason we leaved was that I wasn´t happy with the label and I felt that they should be doing more so I just decided to do my own thing.

Dubcnn.com: What happened to Poetic Hustlaz and Souljah Boy they were so tight?

Man they are all in Cleveland we tried to push there albums, they did alright but it wasn´t what we expected. The hype on em wasn't all that so.

Dubcnn.com: Do you still mess with the Ouija board?

Oh no I ain't done that in years that was just a couple times expirience.

Dubcnn.com: Does it really work?

Oh yeah if you belive in it if you know its the devil it definetly works.

Dubcnn.com: I spoke to Mc Ren and Yella and they told me Eazy got sick all of a sudden and they thought he would get through that shit but what did you think when you heard Eazy had AIDS?

Man it was just crazy it was just shocking I wasn´t expecting it.

Dubcnn.com: Is it true what they say that he didn´t look ill it was like the last week he got ill?

Oh yeah exactly he looked prefectly healthy.

Dubcnn.com: How does it feel to be the only artist to have made songs with Biggie, Pac, Eazy and Big Pun the greatest?

It´s cool man its a blessing to get to work with all those people

Dubcnn.com: Tony C said that he produced most of the beats on East 1999 and Dj U-neek took credit for them is there any true in that?

Thats what I heard but I really wasn´t into that producing side on those earlier albums I didn´t know shit about producing so who knows i´ve heard that about alot of producers you know what i´m saying they have people do the work for them and they take the credit for it.

Dubcnn.com: Will you work with Tony C again?

I haven´t seen him in a long time so I don´t know.

Dubcnn.com: Ren told me that Ruthless tried to keep you guys apart from achother when you guys were on the same label they were like telling him that Bone didn´t want to work with him and they were telling you guys the same thing.

Yeah exactly thats how it was they didn´t even want us to connect with eachother because we would of been a band against the label.

Dubcnn.com: He told me that when you guys were at the awards ceremonies they didn´t tell him to come and stuff?

Yeah it was crazy

Dubcnn.com: Do you consider yourself as one of the greatest after 10 years in the music business?

That aint really for me to decide for me to say i´m one of the greatest thats for the fans to decide.

Dubcnn.com: Do you have any last words for your fans?

Man just make sure you get that new album you know what I am saying Gemini Good vs Evil and watch out for Thugline records.

Dubcnn.com: Ait G thanks alot Krayzie for doin this interview.

Anytime man