iceonly Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Yeah man type it out. I've searched it all over the site, but i guess that the site is only there to sell the magazine, you can't read any article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilsJim89 Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Or maybe just type out the parts where he talks about music, im lookin forward to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzy Julie Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 yeah can u post it plz!!!!! :ditto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfuqua23 Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 [quote=Daedalus Mortality,Aug 19 2004, 08:52 AM]What does he mean by: You know, Eminem and I are very clear about what the truth is"??[/quote] I think he meant "the truth" about how people see U as an artist or soemthing like that. Em cusses. Will doesn't. I'm not 100% sure, but it'z soemthing along those line. :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilsJim89 Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 I wonder if he ever actually spole to Eminem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrano Posted August 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 That´s the first part of the interview ( ENJOY IT¡¡¡ ): "-WE READ THAT YOU PASSED ON AN ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP TO MIT -"Well,so the legend has it ( laughs ) -AND YOU TOPPED OUT AROUND 1460 ON YOUR SAT,THEN BROKE YOUR MOTHER´S HEART BY GOING INTO THE MUSIC BUSINESS.DID YOUR FOLKS BEAT YOU UP ABOUT IT? -No,it was really just take a year,and if this rap thing doesn´t work out...That´s probably the best decision that my parents ever made for me:to just let me take a year off. -IN THE COURSE OF THAT FIRST YEAR,YOU WON A GRAMMY -Uh-huh,the first Grammy ever given to a rapper -YOU STARTED OUT AS A RAP ARTIST WHEN HIP-HOP BECAME A BUSINESS.FOR BETTER OR WORSE,HOW HAS RAP CHANGED SINCE YOU FIRST APPEARED ON THE SCENE? -The first number that we came out with was in June´86,and that summer Salt-n-Pepa released,Eric B & Rakim, Public Enemy...there was Heavy D, LL Cool J, Run DMC.The big difference is that there wereno real similar artists.Everyone has a really distinct perspective.And even though people were just dropping their first albums and only just becoming famous, they were already veterans performers.That was because of the nature of the party scene in hip-hop that came before people´s first records.If there´s a big difference now, it´s the lack of stage time, the amount of mic time that new artists had prior to ( recording ) a CD.So that inevitably is going to pull the overall quality down.But lyrically, the best of today are equal, if not better, poets than the best who came from the golden age of hip-hop.That mid´-80s era is really the golden age of hip-hop. -WHO DO YOU LISTEN TO NOW? -Kanye West is really intriguing to me-his music and his perspective, his artistic freedom.I really envy and amire the freedom that Outkast takes for themselves. I´ve always had this desperate need for my records to play in every corner of the world.I don´t want there to be a place taht I could go and people haven´t heard my record.That´s pressure, and it affects me sometimes.My purest records, only my family and friends have heard. -YOU´RE NOT RECORDING FOR COLUMBIA ANYMORE,RIGHT? -No. -EVEN THOUGH YOU´VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR THE LABEL -Uh-huh. -DO YOU STILL PLAN TO RECORD? -I´ve got an album done, and I´m trying to find the right company to work with over the next couple of years -WAS COLUMBIA RECORDS DROPPING YOU FROM THE LABEL A SLAP IN THE FACE,GIVEN THAT YOU´VE MADE THEM A LOT OF MONEY? -No.The bottom line is,it´s a business,and that´s the thing that´s really difficult for artists.This is a business that´s based on numbers.It´s up to the artist to create the direction, but it´s not up to the artist to maintain the direction;it gets out of your hands.So with Columbia,we sold a lot of records, but who cares at the end of the day?I´m a veteran in this game.I was on Jive when the same thing happened; moved to Columbia,the same thing happened.So the bottom line is, it´s about delivering fiscally.You can make a company $100 million one year and lose them seven fifty the next, and they´ll drop you. -BUT HOW CAN YOU NOT TAKE IT PERSONALLY?THIS IS YOU PUTTING YOUR POETRY OUT THERE.IT HAS TO BE MORE PERSONAL THAN ACTING -Oh,it´s much more personal.As an actor, you´re just a tool for a director.But as a musician, that´s your whole life and all your thoughts and all your feelings -DESPITE THAT,YOU CAN HANDLE THE REJECTION? -Yeah.That´s the nature of the game.I use that for fuel.And for the most part, my perspective on my life is that it has been relatively free of adversity.So I welcome a little fumble once in a while... " Then Will talks about Eminem ( the part that I typed out at the beginning of the topic ) and about his career as an actor ( I typed out the whole interview as soon as posible ). WILL POWER¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfuqua23 Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Everything Will said in interview so far is very relevant with feeling. The whole "Golden Age of Hip Hop" thing. But I don't understand what he meant by the best of today part? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilsJim89 Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 THANKS MAN!!! Thats the first time he talked in depth about being dropped from Columbia. Hes lookin for the right company to work with for the next few years that means they'll be many more albums! hell yeah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catcata Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 [quote]The bottom line is,it´s a business,and that´s the thing that´s really difficult for artists.[/quote] yeah, the companies just wanna sell us products and the real quality of an artist is forgotten, that is very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Hero1 Posted August 20, 2004 Admin Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 awesome interview!!!! thats the first time ive ever heard will talk about sony!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Hero1 Posted August 20, 2004 Admin Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 [quote=Cyrano,Aug 19 2004, 04:18 PM]My purest records, only my family and friends have heard.[/quote] i wonder what kinds of records these are :eek4: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrshPrnceCharmng Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 [quote=mfuqua23,Aug 19 2004, 02:37 PM]But I don't understand what he meant by the best of today part?[/quote] It seems like he meant that the best lyricists of today's are just as good if not better than the best from the 80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWildWillennium Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 [quote=DevilsJim89,Aug 19 2004, 06:06 PM]Hes lookin for the right company to work with for the next few years that means they'll be many more albums! hell yeah![/quote] I noticed that 2!! That's great 2 hear, it looks like Will's gonna really focus on his music!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilsJim89 Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 yup yup...its a sign that Will is more serious than ever now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fan 4ever Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 Thanx 4 posting this!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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