Naughty By Nature – The Hip-Hop Chronicle Interview

July 19, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff Interviews, Videos No Comments  

 
Last week before the Naughty By Nature and Ice Cube concert in London, I sat down with the guys for this interview.

I start off with discussing why Naughty are so underrated.

Treach, Vin Rock and Kay Gee then speak on how the group were originally called “New Style”. Off camera, I was talking about “Yoke The Joker” with Treach and told me to listen to the song carefully because you can hear Queen Latifah in the background say “New Style”

They also speak on their memorable studio moments including when Kay Gee wasn’t a fan of the “Uptown Anthem” beat. – Sumit

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RZA Recalls Being Called Out For “Sampling”

July 18, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff Interviews, Videos No Comments  

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RZA sat down with MTV and talked about the first time he’d caught backlash for Sampling.

“The first thing happened was that I was at a music store buying equipment, “I went platinum, I became a millionaire, I was probably feeling myself egotistically, going to Sam Ash to buy a whole bunch of equipment, and a regular musician stopped me because people were giving me attention, ‘That’s RZA, that’s RZA.’ And this guy said, ‘You’re ruining music.’ ”



“He’s a musician, but because of sampling, he can’t get a job. Because of drum machines, his drummer can’t get no work. He said, ‘You’re not a real musician.’ I said, ‘What you mean I’m not a real musician? I got a platinum album.’ He said, ‘You’re not a real musician. You don’t know nothing about music.’ ”


“He was right. I couldn’t tell him what a C note was. So he challenged me, basically,” he said.

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