How a News Poster Keeps Entertained When There Is No News

[RainMan44]

Can you please post the one where 50 talks about making Psycho, the Scarface one about sending beats, and the one about D12 not needing Em?

Thanks.

[Amaranthine]

Can you please post the one where 50 talks about making Psycho, the Scarface one about sending beats, and the one about D12 not needing Em?

Thanks.

Psycho: http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/456965/t ... ycho.jhtml

Scarface:

DX: Let me ask you about this, since I mentioned Jay’s top five, when you gave your top five dead or alive list to AllHipHop.com last July you mentioned that, “Eminem sent me a few beats.” Are those beats gonna surface on The Habit?
Scarface: He did! I haven’t talked [in-person] to Eminem since that shit with 50 Cent [in 2003]. There was an album release, [Balls And My Word], that had a song [“Bitch Nigga”] - an album that came out that I was on some kinda way and it had a song that was going after [50 Cent]. Well the song was set up to make it look like I was going after 50. And then it had it set up to where it made it look like Bun was going after 50. When in all honesty I ain’t never met the man, you feel me? I ain’t got no problem with no-muthafuckin’-body.

DX: So did Eminem then just reach out to you, or did you have to like build with him first to squash all that?
Scarface: You know what? I haven’t even reached out to cuzz yet. I need to try to reach out to him. But, I know he going through his own thing.

DX: So he just sent you those beats out the blue, or somebody else sent ‘em to you?
Scarface: Nah, we talked a few times. We talked a few times over the phone. And he sent me some good fuckin’ beats - they somewhere at the house; they somewhere on a hard drive. But I didn’t get a chance to talk to him about it more in-depth.

DX: You gonna have Eminem put some verses to them beats?
Scarface: Hell nah! [Laughs] I’m not fin to go in there fuckin’ with that white boy, man. [Laughs]

DX: You’re not gonna make the “Renegade” mistake.
Scarface: Hell nah! What the fuck you mean, go in there fuckin’ with him, for what? [Laughs] But I guess that’s how I feel about – I guess that’s how a lot of rappers feel about this kid from out here named K-Rino.

DX: I heard you biggin’ him up again on Dopeman Music, on like one of the skits.
Scarface: Yeah like, you just don’t – It’s two people in music that you just don’t fuck with, there are two people in Rap that I just don’t fuck with: I’m not fuckin’ with Eminem, and I’m not fuckin’ with K-Rino.

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interview ... first-time

D12:

“We been spittin’ since spittin’ was startin’ to spit,” says Proof. “We spit
hotter than Satan with a chest cold. But I guess we gotta get out in front
some more and let Em play the background, ’cause it’s our time to really
jump through the forefront of the game. Like, it’s cool D12 is over here and
running. That’s great, but I wanna exist over here. It ain’t about wanting
to be apart from something. It’s just we want to exist on our own.”

If you haven’t noticed by now, it seems as though you can’t read a D12 story
without all roads pointing to Eminem, although he was not the first member
of the Detroit rap crew. It’s a classic example of the “gift and curse
syndrome.” While the bleach-blond MC’s proven star power and
defying-the-odds life story make for an interesting read, the five MCs that
round out the group often end up obscured by Em’s mult-platinum shadow. But
what if Eminem was never a part of D12? “I think we all think about that,”
answers Kon Artist, almost in a whisper. “I wonder what kinda music would
have came out [if Bugz was still alive].”

...Capitalizing on Em’s solo success and phenomenal
fan base, the album [Devil's Night] produced popular singles like “Shit on You” and “Purple
Hill” and went on to achieve double-platinum status.

Most groups would consider that a success, but D12 didn’t have that luxury.
Despite their respectable record sales, many skeptics still viewed the group
merely as Eminem’s boys and not talented artists in their own right.

“I feel like we accomplished a lot but at the same time accomplished nothing
at all,” says Proof of the struggles the group members face as solo artists.
“We appreciate the machine that backs us, but our singles were driven
strictly off Eminem and not who we are as individuals. ‘Cause people hear
‘Shit on You’ and then ‘Purple Hills,’ and the perception of who we are gets
misconstrued.”

The entire group felt the same way, so they made a concerted effort to try
and define themselves on their second album, 2004′s D12 World. The end
result was “My Band,” the albums hugely popular single, which poked fun at
the group being overshadowed by Eminem’s solo success. It proved to be their
biggest single and helped D12 World move over 2 million units. “The record
served its purpose,” says Kon Artist of “My Band.” “It showed that we could
make a single that could appeal to the [masses]. I guess it separated us
more, ’cause that shadow of Eminem is hard to get from behind. So we were
just trying to get our independence.”

The guys got another quick lesson in independence when Eminem announced that
he wasn’t going to appear on the D12 World tour last year. Em was busy
finishing up his fourth major-label LP, Encore, so he couldn’t hit the road.
While some fans were disappointed that Eminem was missing-in-action during
the tour, it didn’t stop the rest of the guys from putting on a good show.
“We wondered how the crowd was gonna be,” asserts Swift via telephone a few
days after this interview. “But they really embraced us and let us know that
we get love with or without Em. It was the same intensity and energy from
the crowd like he was there, so that made us feel real good. Now we just
more disciplined as far as setting up tours without Em being there.”

...The opportunity to prove themselves is all D12 wants. Hopefully, their solo
endeavors will help them earn the critics’ respect. Playing second fiddle to
Eminem isn’t how they plan to spend the rest of their careers. “For us to
survive, the first two singles off our [nex D12] album gotta be without Em,”
says Proof. “The third single could have him on it, but the songs can’t be
driven by him. If Em is gonna sit back and not tour [with us], then it don’t
make sense [for him] to be driving the records directly. ‘Cause if you
driving the record and you not gonna be there and can’t support the tour,
then that’s our sales. And as a CEO, you’re damaging yourself. I think it’s
at a point now where even Em agrees that it gotta be like that. It’s vital.”

http://www.rapbasement.com/d12/-i-dont- ... rview.html

I skipped around a lot in the D12 interview, so go read the whole thing.

[RainMan44]

Thank you.

[Amaranthine]

Man, I actually don't mind that D12 isn't putting out an album yet. I want them to all gather their own fanbases outside of Eminem fans.

And it looks like that's what they're trying to do, with Kuniva's multiple projects, Swifty's Assassins, Bizzy's weirdo thing.

[SG.]

Now I look even worse. Hoorah!

[Never_Enough]

I'd like to read the "Going out, fame, hailie and parents" one.

Anyway thank you, this is an awesome thread.

Sure! You're welcome, and thanks!

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Thank you again, it was a nice reading. It's interesting how back then he answered all the "personal" questions completely, giving details and everything.

[Amaranthine]

Yeah, there's definitely a difference between then and now as far as how much information he shares about his kids.

[kaylaleitzinger]

haha a very interesting question :P u made me think *

[Amaranthine]

haha a very interesting question :P u made me think *

You can't think, you're a bot.