DJ Hi-Tek.UP TO NO GOOD IN HOLLYHOOD: ANGEL BIOTEK, SHELBLACK and Aki X. On he video set of Soundbombing 3. Getting ready to do this interview when a bottle of Crystal catches my eye-a prop for the video we bagged it, popped it, drank it and then refilled it with 7 Up. Cut the cork to fit back into the bottle. Resealed it and popped it back where we found it. A minute later Hi-tek and his crew step into the spot with a huge ass half-empty bottle of Henny. We pound, say whassup, exchange t-shirts, digits, and head out back to grab a bite. Ain't a whole lot here to grub on actually-carrot cake, Caesar salad caesar salad n. A tossed salad of greens, anchovies, croutons, and grated cheese with a dressing of olive oil, lemon juice, and a raw or coddled egg. , lasagna? No shirimp, no snapper snapper, name for members of the Lutianidae, a family of spiny-finned food and game fishes found chiefly in tropical coastal waters. Snappers are carnivorous, active, and voracious, with large mouths and sharp teeth. Most species travel in dense schools. , no fried chicken Fried chicken is chicken which is dipped in a breading mixture and then deep fried, pan fried or pressure fried. The breading seals in the juices but also absorbs the fat of the fryer, which is sometimes seen as unhealthy. . In fact, the Bar-B-Q in the Mexican lady's garden next door looks better. It's all love through. -Aki X What you doing out in Hollywood besides getting krunked up? Working on my Hi-Teknology project, Hi-Teknology 2 on MCA MCA in full Music Corporation of America Entertainment conglomerate. It was founded in Chicago in 1924 by Jules Stein as a talent agency. In the 1960s it bought Decca Records and Universal Pictures, and today it produces films, music, and television shows. . You know, working with the West Coast cats and whoever out here. Who you working with from the West Coast? Dre, Rakim; well, Rakim is from the East Coast. He's out here with Aftermath. He is doing some stuff on the Hi-Teknology project and I am trying to get something together for his project too, you know. Raphael Saadiq, he out here. I got a joint with him. What tracks did you produce on Soundbombing 3? I produced the track we are on this set for. The "Crew Deep" track by Skillz and Missy Elliott. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what else they get on the joint. I think got one more track on there. It's Rawkus you know, that's like family. What other producers you feeling in the industry right now? My man Dre-you know, a lot of cats. Premier, Rocwilda, Jay Dee, but not your man Jermaine Durpri. I am talking Jay Dee, you know? Are you playing any shows out here. Djing at all? I wish. I never do that anymore, never have time. I/m just working trying to get the studio stuff together. Just trying to get the Hi-Teknology project alone; working with this R&B artist called Jonnell. She's down with Def?? am. Actually, it's on my label through Def Jam. You got your own label now? Well, it's actually Hi-tek Productions. It's just my production company I am putting out. Hopefully it will turn into a lebel, which it will. What MCs are spitting on your new joint? I got my man Joe Blast. He is from Pittsburgh. I got Big D, one of my homies This article is about a toy series. For the slang usage, see Homie. Homies are a series of 2-inch figurines loosely based upon Chicano (Mexican American) characters in the life of artist David Gonzales. from Cincinnati. I got Dr Dre spitting on there, Rakim, doing a joint with Nas, Snoop, Mos, and possibly Common if I an get with Him. How did you and talib hook up? I hooked up with Talib in the 'natti. It was through some friends who used to produce for a group called Move. They were going to NYU NYU New York University NYU New York Undercover (TV show) and knew him. We had a studio and were producing in Cincinnati, and I met Talib like that. I always wanted to work with someone from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Any MCs or DJs coming from 'Natti that we should look out for? Naaah. There's some cats, Big D is down with me. Ain't too many cats I fuck with out of Cincinnati. I love Cincinnati. I'm looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. cats. How are things in Cincinnati one year after the riots, still crazy? That shit just made it worse. it really didn't achieve anything, but I feel like we needed the riots. It's like rain you know, replenishing the earth. It didn't do anything politically. We didn't take over no buildings or nothing. We didn't get no black club or get any black restaurants. Cops in 'Natti like the cops out here in LA? Imperial Droids? Same shit, different city, smaller city. We got people in power and they ain't for the people. Now the muthafuckin' FBI has just been granted more powers to invade our privacy and freedom, since 9-11 popped. Big Brother peeping or what? They're just using that shit to their own advantage. they always wanted to watch everyone and everything, and this just gives them a better opportunity to do it. It's just a reason to put cameras up everywhere. They say it's for the people, but it's really designed to mess up your privacy. What inspires you in the rap music rap music or hip-hop, genre originating in the mid-1970s among black and Hispanic performers in New York City, at first associated with an athletic style of dancing, known as breakdancing. industry right now? None of the flashy bling-bling artists, that don't inspire me. Hungry artists inspire me. We all bling-blinging, regardless. I was a hustler hustler Sexology A ♂ paid to service–nudge, nudge, wink, wink–♀ or other ♂ . Now the rap shit has turned tinto Tin´to n. 1. A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port. a business an I put all my time into that. I don't need to say all of that bling-bling shit, we're doing that anyway. What inspires you about music? Music I can feel. Originality. Music that's passionate. Music where the artist means what they say. Banging bass lines, rhythms, you know, music. Hollas? To the 'Natti, man. All my family. All the 513 cats; put that up in there. |
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