New bishop Lamont Interview

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thaFormula.com - How did the "Caltroit" project with Black Milk come together 'cause that caught me a little off guard?
Bishop Lamont - I met Black and RJ through my boy Hex because me and Slum Village been trying to hook up for a while and Hex is their Road Manager. So I went down for the video for the first single of the last Slum album that came out independently and Hex introduced me to everybody and Black was out there hustlin' his demo or underground tape. Shit, I heard it and I just fell in love with the shit. So we just hooked up and it just made sense 'cause Detroit is like a second home for me. Like Royce the 5'9, Frank n Dank, J Dilla (RIP), his little brother and that whole shebang, all them brothas is family so it just made sense. It just made sense to pay homage to Dilla, to pay homage to Proof 'cause Proof was such a great dude. I remember when I first met him and the dude treated me like he knew me for years and treated me like a rap star before he even knew I rapped, I remember the second time I seen him he remembered me and helped me pass my demos out on the "Pour a 40 Out" song off of the second D12 album. So it just made sense to do something with like Cali and Detroit. Cali is just like Detroit and Detroit is just like Cali. You know the Hip-Hop scene, the dope game, the gun game, just the poverty. Their projects are a little crazier then ours, but it's the same thing.

thaFormula.com - So have you and Black Milk started the project?

Bishop Lamont - Yeah, we already started the project. I just finished up my "Ni***r Noize" mix tape and we were actually at the same time working on the "Caltroit" album and I was working on my album as well and was in preparation for "Detox." We start finally officially next month as far as laying vocals and stuff. So it's been crazy man. We've just been mass producin', but fuckin' with Black is easy and fun.

thaFormula.com - It's nice to see someone signed with Dr. Dre on a major scale fuckin' with someone like Milk and not really being on that gangsta rap tip that it seems you have to be on when coming out of the West major

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good read, thanks for post.

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good read, thanks for post.

np, i aint had time to read it all yet, he must sure like to talk alot