Focus (Aftermath) Interview with HiphopGame
February 22, 2008
http://www.hiphopgame.com/index2.php3?page=focus
Focus talks about upcoming album, and also speaks on Dr. Dre’s upcoming DETOX album!
Focus (Aftermath) Interview (Video)
February 17, 2008
Poke of the Trackmasters Discusses the Miko (Video)
January 31, 2008
Madlib Interview (Video)
January 13, 2008
RBMA Just Blaze Interview
January 9, 2008
RBMA: »So this whole ‘hey look at me how cool I am, I did this beat in like five minutes’, that’s just the basic idea and then you’ve got the hard work.«
Just Blaze: »What happens is, for example, and I was going to use this as an example, ‘Show ‘Em What You Got’, or ‘Show Me What Ya Got’ the new Jay single, I got a lot of calls from lots of people who loved it, I got a lot of calls from people who were like, or DJs who were like: “Yo, I like this record but maybe you guys should get in the club a little bit more and see what’s going on at the club because right now you guys seem like you’re on the left.” And I’m like: “Yeah.” That was the point. Like I don’t believe you as a DJ who is supposed to be part of this culture is sitting here telling me I should have went to the club and listened to the other twenty records that are winning that all sound the same right now and do something that fits into that mould. When I made the beat I purposely said I want to go a little left, try something different, nobody’s really done the up tempo live band type of feeling record in Hip Hop, not in a long time.”
RBMA: »So your momma raised you well?«
Just Blaze: »You know what the funny thing is? My mother, everyone sat down and said: “Don’t drink, don’t do drugs”, and we never really had that conversation.«
RBMA: »But she held the cables underneath the table when you were DJing?«
Just Blaze: »Yeah. My mother was more the type free reign to a certain extent, but I think it was more just the values she instilled in us, and like you said, she was very supportive. When I was fifteen doing this one big party in Wayne, New Jersey, big huge backyard party, and my speakers blew. She came down – she had just bought this Kenwood stereo system when they used to have the big automatic systems with the big tower speakers – she came down with hers that she had just bought from Sears or something and the cable wasn’t long enough, so she actually sat there under the table as I was DJing (mimes holding wires) and held the wires together for the last two hours of the party. There’s not too many kids whose mom’s would do something like that. I didn’t even want to bother her because she’d already drove us to the party. All my other friends that I was with called their parents and they were like: “Uh, nah, party’s over then.” She went, drove forty five minutes, lugged it all in the car herself and sat there and did that. Like I said, when you have that proper support structure at home you don’t have to get the ‘don’t do drugs’ talk, you were just raised in a good environment. And plus, I’m at the point now where I’m almost thirty years old, and if you ain’t been doing it this long… I don’t know, I personally don’t see anything wrong with it but I’m a creature of habit I’m not really into trying new things, outside of when it comes to music.”
Luniz – Sex in the Studio (Video)
January 9, 2008
Black Milk Fader Interview (Video)
January 7, 2008
I like this guys work. If you haven’t heard him yet, check out the mixtape he did with Bishop Lamont at myspace.com/bishoplamont.
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