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In anticipation of the May 4th release of Dopeman Music, pioneering southern emcee Scarface spoke to HipHopDX late Tuesday (April 20th) about his forthcoming mixtape prelude to his next full-length, The Habit (and why ‘Face considers The Habit his proper follow-up to his classic 2002 offering, The Fix).
As an appetizer to next week’s posting of that detailed discussion with DX, we present an excerpt from our Q&A with ‘Face that won’t make it to the final edit of his feature interview due to space issues. Equally as eye-popping as the rest of his conversation on Tuesday, in the excerpt below Scarface explains why he is remaking some of KRS-One’s seminal work as part of Boogie Down Productions, 1987’s Criminal Minded. The day after the passing of his collaborator for 1998’s “Betrayal,” ‘Face also bid a fond farewell to Guru (and revealed how the tag team of DJ Premier and Guru was clearly destined to be, as the emcee/deejay tandem of Premo and Scarface nearly happened instead).
HipHopDX: I need to ask you about something a little birdie told me recently: is it true that Scarface is remaking Boogie Down Production’s classic Criminal Minded album?
Scarface: Not the whole album, but I’m making some [of it]…
DX: So [you’re saying] just a few songs [from the album]…?
Scarface: I’m thinking so. Um…I haven’t really came to the conclusion yet of what I’m gonna do with it, but I know for a fact that I’m remaking “9mm Goes Bang,” along with “Poetry” and shit like that. I just feel like – And it’s not for a personal gain, it’s a respect thing. I’m [paying respect by remaking] [KRS-One's] whole fucking shit. I feel like he deserves that compliment. Like muthafuckas forget where it came from, man. I remember growing up in junior high school, and like my first couple years that I spent in high school, I fucking had that rhyme scheme. I wrote my rhymes like that [mumbles cadence from “Poetry”]. I was that!
DX: And I understand these songs are gonna be for like a soundtrack for a Boogie Down Productions biopic?
Scarface: Possibly. Now that part we haven’t worked out. I’m selfish now - a muthafucka just can’t take it. [Laughs] I mean, I’ma do the muthafuckas and he can have whatever – I don’t care what he use it for, man. But I’m gonna do that muthafucka ‘cause to me, man, like Kris look at me – Every time Kris see me he go, “Ohhhhhh” like he just seen a fuckin’ ghost, right.
If you want to read the rest of the interview click the link:
Scarface To Remake Criminal Minded Album, Talks Gang Starr | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales | HipHopDX
As an appetizer to next week’s posting of that detailed discussion with DX, we present an excerpt from our Q&A with ‘Face that won’t make it to the final edit of his feature interview due to space issues. Equally as eye-popping as the rest of his conversation on Tuesday, in the excerpt below Scarface explains why he is remaking some of KRS-One’s seminal work as part of Boogie Down Productions, 1987’s Criminal Minded. The day after the passing of his collaborator for 1998’s “Betrayal,” ‘Face also bid a fond farewell to Guru (and revealed how the tag team of DJ Premier and Guru was clearly destined to be, as the emcee/deejay tandem of Premo and Scarface nearly happened instead).
HipHopDX: I need to ask you about something a little birdie told me recently: is it true that Scarface is remaking Boogie Down Production’s classic Criminal Minded album?
Scarface: Not the whole album, but I’m making some [of it]…
DX: So [you’re saying] just a few songs [from the album]…?
Scarface: I’m thinking so. Um…I haven’t really came to the conclusion yet of what I’m gonna do with it, but I know for a fact that I’m remaking “9mm Goes Bang,” along with “Poetry” and shit like that. I just feel like – And it’s not for a personal gain, it’s a respect thing. I’m [paying respect by remaking] [KRS-One's] whole fucking shit. I feel like he deserves that compliment. Like muthafuckas forget where it came from, man. I remember growing up in junior high school, and like my first couple years that I spent in high school, I fucking had that rhyme scheme. I wrote my rhymes like that [mumbles cadence from “Poetry”]. I was that!
DX: And I understand these songs are gonna be for like a soundtrack for a Boogie Down Productions biopic?
Scarface: Possibly. Now that part we haven’t worked out. I’m selfish now - a muthafucka just can’t take it. [Laughs] I mean, I’ma do the muthafuckas and he can have whatever – I don’t care what he use it for, man. But I’m gonna do that muthafucka ‘cause to me, man, like Kris look at me – Every time Kris see me he go, “Ohhhhhh” like he just seen a fuckin’ ghost, right.
If you want to read the rest of the interview click the link:
Scarface To Remake Criminal Minded Album, Talks Gang Starr | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales | HipHopDX