1. First of all, a typical question, how
did it all started for you back in the days?
Well,
it all started for me back in the Robert Taylor Holmes (a housing project) in
Chicago.
I did alot of my first tracks in a little project apartment in the
hood. As well as making mixtapes
for my schoolmates and associates back then.
2. If you look back, do you notice any
difference in how people are involved into music.
I mean: Within
the juke-scene you have dj’s popping out and producing everywhere, but how
was
it back in the days of for example good old Dance Mania or Subterranean
Playhouse?
Yeah,
there’s a real big difference between then and now. People back in the old
“Dance Mania-days”
were more into the music and they appreciated the dj’s a lot
more. Plus those dj’s were more skillfull than dj’s are now.
3. Talking about producing, are you mainly
using hard or software?
Mainly
software now, because it’s a bit easier to accumulate a lot of sounds and
effect modules to work with and you don’t have to buy 101 pieces o hardware to
create indsutry standard music.
4.A
lot of r&b-songs are being remixed into juke-songs, did any of you guys had
troubles yet concerning copyright or such? There are a couple producers like
you and Gant-Man who have the oppurtunity to release them on big labels, like
Columbia Records, but what about the other producers?
No
one has had any problems yet, but I just think it’s sad that 80 percent of
these new cats can only do a hot track when it contains someone else’s material...
You can’t find too many people such as Gant-Man and myself that stll do
original music. But DJ Deeon and myself made that one of our main requirements
to submit and release material with us on Dance Mania Inc. (the new Dance
Mania) We don’t want any songs on our label being released where other artists
are being robbed of their material.
5. There was a time that most of the
ghettotracks were massivly released on vinyl, mainly on Dance
Mania probably,
but nowadays we have to dig out the whole web, just to find 1 record
that’ll be released on vinyl.
Do you think this
is a good evolution or not?
Yes,
it’s good to a certain degree. It allow a lot of guys an outlet for their music
that they normally would’nt have got released otherwise. But it also turned a
lot of dj’s away that only wanted to use vinyl and not mp3’s! So yes, it’s a
great evolution but with a few flaws here and there.
My
opinion is that people have to catch up to technology or just continue to be
one of those people that’s stuck in the past and keep trying to figure out why
this new dj on the block is getting more bookings than himself, why he has 25
years of experience.
6. You have a collective up and running,
named the "Violator Juke Squad", can you tell us about its history
and development?
VIOLATORS
is originally a management team that’s headed by Chris Lightly and it has
evolved into numerous things such as the “Violator Allstars Dj’s” and
“Violators Juke Squad Dj’s”. These are 2 dj-crews, the one for radio and the
other for the street, headed by Scrap Dirty and Terry Hunter (Allstars) and
myself and Dj Deeon (Juke Squad).
Our
goal is to break records, make as many powerful moves as possible and assist
our fellow dj’s into becoming something other than just another dj.
7. There’s a furious debate going on
concerning jit versus juke. Can you tell us what it is all about? And how is
your point of view concerning this matter?
Well,
to be perfectly honest... I’m tired of the whole Chicago-Detroit thing. It’s
real simple: Chicago is Chicago and Detroit is Detroit. We do it one way and
they do it another. It’s like this: It doesn’t matter who started it or where
it started at these days. What matters is where it ends up and the image it
has. But what really matters the most at the end of the day is the guys that
are succesfully doing it. Period.
8. Eager to play in Europe? Because we do
want to see some Chicago-dj’s coming over! Dj Nehpets and Dj Funk was a good
start, but as they say: we want more!
Yes,
I’m excited about playing over there. There’s a lot of hatred in this music
game and people will try to steal your shine for themselves, but you can only
hide the truth for so long... It’s only a matter of time before I’ll be coming
over there and hang out with you guys and let Europe get a chance to see one of
the pioneers of this music do his thing. Good things come to those that wait.
2008
is my year and no one is gonna get in the way of that.” Tell Europe I’m on my
way there... see you guys real soon!!!!
9.Some short questions:
a. Basswork or synthwork?
b. Booty or titties?
c.remix or original track?
A. Basswork
B. Booty
C. Original
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