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- 2006-01-31
What�s going on with Cuban Linx II?
Working on, it�s finally in the makings. It�s gonna be a sick record, a lot of hard joints. We�re taking it back to like the underground, classic Wu-era. We had the different kinds of music, production and all that, so you�re gonna hear lots of street tales over gritty sounds, it�s gonna be hot though.
How much is RZA doing on the album?
He�s doing a substantial amount. He�s basically keeping our ears open to more product. Right now, it�s the new millennium, we�re not really trying to saturate it with just us, we want to be able to get other opportunities to producers too, to appear with someone that big. It�s really a blessing to be able to do it like that.
You just dropped a new mixtape too, right?
Yeah we got a new mixtape out called The Vatican, it�s basically just letting everybody know our brand is still out there. And you know you get a chance to hear some new songs, hear some skits, and basically just kind of fill out who I am, the person that I am. Like I said, it�s just to let people know to get ready for what�s about to come, so there�s a lot of highlights on this album that�s gonna be having people going crazy. Get ready for it.
How many cuts did you end up doing on Ghostface�s new album?
Must have done about 4 or 5 joints.
And that�s dropping a month or two before yours?
Well we�re looking for an April release, and I think Ghost is looking at February or March.
You think you�re gonna have any really easy single off the album, like Ghost is doing with �Be Easy�?
To be honest, if you really look at the element of [ Only Built 4 Cuban Linx] there�s a lot of street shit on that album, and I�m basically just trying to capture that for that core audience real quick, I�m not really caught up in the frame of having a mainstream record, I�m just giving everybody a vibe of what they wanted, when they wanted it. Singles will probably be announced, but it ain�t like I have one here or one there.
That�s probably for the better.
I mean I realized that I can�t sell myself short on how I feel. If this the music that I�m making, and at the time I want this to be heard, then that�s what it�s gonna be. It�s not just like I don�t have sympathy for the people or what they may want, but everybody want that hard shit from me, so I�m just gonna keep it hard.
Is there any one track on that album that you�re already really excited about, something on a level with other classics?
Well put it like this, I got a song on there with a couple of members from the Clan, and it�s called �The House of Flying Daggers.� And that�s gonna be a big record, because we kinda got everybody in the same frame of mind, it�s as if we did �Protect Ya Neck� again. We call the tongue a sword, so �The House of Flying Daggers� is a bunch of dudes with their swords out, getting busy. So it�s gonna be one of them kind of songs, that it�s gonna highlight the album and make the Wu so big that people are gonna be like �This is what we want to hear from you.� Like I said, I�m just rhyming, letting everybody know that I still got it. But when it comes time to judge a single, I�m not gonna judge it, I�m gonna let the people judge it. I feel more comfortable with them saying what they like and what they don�t like. Everybody can�t like everything, but at the same time I want to give the people a type of way where they can hear a couple of things and then recall it. But, this is a prolific record, this is a very, very high volume rap record. You ain�t gonna hear too much of that smooth clean shit on there. It�s gonna be a lot of dirty shit, but this is what people want. It�s the Cuban Link era, it�s on.
Do you think the clan is going to be doing anything as a whole any time soon?
I can say yeah. As far as us getting into the same building though, right at the moment, it�s kind of tough, because everybody has individual projects that still bring about financial problems. We just gotta stay busy and continue to do mad work.
It�s been a decade since Cuban Linx came out, are you thinking its going to be a decade more before a follow-up to this next one?
I know this game like you know how to tie your sneakers. I haven�t been able to drop a lot of albums, but in 2006 I got a new plan, a new development that�s going on, that y�all are gonna be like �Wow, he�s showing us his work ethic.� It�s still in the beginning stages of everything, even in my career. I got the energy for this though, I�m gonna be here for a long time.
Many thanks to
Fader Magazine
for doing the Interview
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