General, get me the hottest MC’s. Check... C4, get me
the most popular MC’s. Check... Gator, get me the unknown newcomers that I need
to watch. Check... Hey Charles, where’s the street man? Where’s the street? Where’s
that grimy motha (shut yo mouth) that we know lives in the streets of the
ville… You know the one nobody ever talks about, but we need to check out… Well
I got one for you… Straight street. Straight grimy. Straight truth.
I’ve been listenin’ to you hip hop fans. I’ve been
listenin’ and I hear ya…
From Fulton to
the Southside stop hatin’ and feel this brotha.
It’s Nupin y’all…
It's 16 Bars...
N4U: How’d you get started?
I grew up in the projects,
and everybody was into the thug lifestyle. And when Pac, Bone, and Biggie hit,
I don’t know… I just felt it, and I started freestylin’.
What was the first song you recorded?
I’m pretty sure it was…
Yeah, “Russian Roulette” with Droop.
Was it any good?
(laughs) Yeah, it was tight.
Would you bump it now?
Yeah, if I could find it!
(laughs) We recorded it in the back of a Wendy’s.
Cool. Wait. Did you say a Wendy’s? The restaurant?
Yeah, on the clock, in the
back on a karaoke mic.
On the clock? That’s a first. What’s your style now?
Lyrical, political, you
know; “life’s all around you” stuff. I talk about what nobody else will talk
about. The mic gives me the freedom to discuss what we can’t on a day to day. That
real stuff. That deep stuff.
You’ve had four albums and a mix tape to date. The
fifth album is called Tomorrow Never Dies.
Sounds like a James Bond movie. What’s it about?
(laughs) There’s a track on
there called “The Black James Bond,” but with the album, I’m showing that
classic music never dies. That’s why I used so many old samples.
Like “Across 110th Street,” but you called
it “Fulton and Fifth.” Describe that song. It’s my favorite on the album.
In the late Eighties and
early Nineties, Fulton was crack central. I wanted to describe the pimp, the
hustle, and survival of my neighborhood from that time. I first heard “Across
110th Street” in the movie Jackie
Brown, and then American Gangsta
used it, and that’s what made me think in those terms.
Did long time collaborator Droop produce this entire
album?
No there’s cuts by MaxxB,
Mr. Creepy, Gunna, and C-Low too.
Your label is Twisted World/ No Pity. How long have
you guys been together?
Since 2004; that’s me,
Droop-a-Millionnnnn, Ron-Ron, Ruckus, and Cutty Bogus.
Where can you cop the album?
Pick it up at Uptown Music
on Washington and Kentucky.
If you could give advice to newcomers out there, what
would you say?
Stay true to the point your
tryin’ to make, and don’t fall into trends. What’s hot today ain’t hot
tomorrow, but you can be hot forever.
Now THAT is truth.
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