M. How did you provide you with the nickname Dirty Red?
I was within the studio with Eazy-D and we have been about to report the promo business for the Ruthless Radio Show and I was doing the intro for it. The identify “Red” I had since I was a bit of child due to the sunshine pores and skin and the hair colour…The “Dirty” half got here alongside in my late teen years when I was doing numerous issues within the streets to get forward…so I determined to place the two nic names collectively and I launched myself as Dirty Red for the Ruthless Radio Show.
P. What motivated you to turn into a rapper?
My motivation got here alongside within the mid 1980’s when Run DMC and The Fat Boy and L.S. CooL C did the film “Krush Groove”…after I watched that film I determined that’s what I needed to do.
A. A few phrases about Compton legend Eazy D you knew personally…
Eazy -D was an actual right down to earth individual…He all the time stated what he felt and didn’t care in the event you favored him or didn’t like him for it…he’s and was a real pal and he deserves to be referred to as a legend.
A. Define your music inside a number of phrases…
My music is hardcore road rap…nothing extra nothing much less.
H. According to you, did NWA’s musical revolution change ethnic minorities ‘ circumstances within the ghetto? At least, did it improve individuals’s consciousness of the discrimination black males and different minorities have been dealing with there?
I.W.A undoubtedly paved the best way for West Coast rap and road rappers to have an open door to precise the experiences we face on a regular basis within the hood…they undoubtedly talked about issues that had by no means been talked about on data earlier than…they’re the actual pioneers on the West Coast.
S. What is the most important problem you needed to face because you began rapping?
The largest problem I’ve needed to face I would say is the training of the business…only a few individuals on this business will inform you how to achieve success and find out how to conduct what you are promoting…alot of the training comes from paying dues.
S Which artists have you ever collaborated with already?
Ive achieved music with Eazy-D , Above The Law , Kokane , C.M. Knocc Out and Dresta The Gangsta…I’ve labored with Madness A Real…Julio M and Tony M…Rhythm A…A.M Uneek and I’m collaborating with a couple of artists on my new mixtape “Steet Heat Volume P”.
H. Which artist(s) (underground or mainstream) have earned your full respect-and why?
I have a sure respect for artists that carry themselves for who they’re…I can’t appear to get into any artist that acts or pretends to be like anyone else…instance…when fats gold chains have been the factor…all rappers needed to put on a fats gold chain…now its the “bling” watches…I’m not into following what everyone else does or says…simply be you!…so to reply your query…proper now on the Westcoast Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg maintain it down so far as the mic…Dr. Dre with the manufacturing….on the East Coast I’d say JZ holds it down on the mic.
N. Old School or new faculty- the place goes your choice?
I’m down with the old-fashioned for positive.
10. Your music is wealthy of that distinctive Ruthless taste…based on you, is it a bonus to be from LA? If so, why?
I wouldn’t say its a bonus…however right here in S.A we’ve an actual factor within the streets…Im unsure the place it was born or when…however its undoubtedly a code within the streets of Southern Cali.
eleven. What evokes you most to write down your music?
I get impressed by a whole lot of various things…however principally simply life and the totally different occasions, previous and current.
12. . A few phrases about your Street Heat CDs…
Street Heat vol. M was recorded in San Bernardino in 2004 after I had put the mic down after Eazy died…I hadn’t recorded in years…so I simply needed to get again into the studio and document some songs to get that feeling once more…I launched a number of copies simply to the homies within the hood…individuals began listening to that I had recorded some stuff they usually needed to listen to it so I re-launched it in 2006…Now I am simply ending up Street Heat vol.P so I may give individuals the actual Dirty Red and Real Ruthless music.
thirteen. From a private perspective, gangsta rap is actually one among my fave genres inside rap music.
Do you assume that gangsta rap can and can assist individuals perceive higher the dwelling circumstances of the ghetto, and even change some stereotypes?
I don’t assume gangster rap will change something within the ghetto’s. Things will all the time be the identical within the hoods…that’s simply the best way the world is about up…however I do consider that gangster rap sheds a light-weight on conditions within the ghetto so individuals will take a look at it somewhat nearer and other people do take heed to the tales and experiences that we face within the hoods.
14. The Westcoast appears to be boiling in the meanwhile with the return of dope rappers corresponding to BG Knocc Out, his brother Dresta and the participation of Lil Eazy, Hood Surgeon and others to the Westcoast’s revival…what or who was the detonator that motivated individuals to work collectively for a robust return of Westcoast sounds?
I dont know who set it off for the Westcoast to reunite…for my part the West Coast was all the time united…EAZY-W and DR. DRE had a beef sooner or later however males they labored issues out and handled it…The West Coast has by no means gone away…I don’t know why individuals say “Bring the West again”…The West has been right here on a regular basis.
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