Exclusive: The pen behind almost an entire sub-genre speaks with unflinching candor about the end of his work with Dre, and several other shocking revelations about Suge Knight, N.W.A. and Rap history.
That our job is to find our place inside the beat where you don’t disturb the groove, and say whatever you gotta say. You know, play your horn. Don’t make muthafuckas not be able to bob their head to the drums [because they’re distracted by] what you got to say. That’s what makes Eminem so great. Eminem, he doesn’t miss a fuckin’ tick in the [beat]. He’s on every fuckin’ hit of the hi-hat.
DX: That must’ve been a little surreal when you met him …. Like, This dude? This guy? Really? [Laughs]
The D.O.C.: I was over Dre’s house. … And Dre says, “I got somebody I want you to hear.” And he played the record “I Just Don’t Give A Fuck.” And I was like, “Wow, this muthafucka is off the chain, Doc. You got you one.” Then he showed me the picture of him and I was like, “What?! Are you fuckin’ serious?! This muthafucka is great!”
DX: [Laughs] What’s Em think of [you]; was he paying homage when y’all met?
The D.O.C.: Last time I saw Eminem he had sent a CD of the No One Can Do It Better album to the studio for me to autograph and send it back to him.
Full interview : http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.1 ... rom-eminem
