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DA UNDERGROUND SPOT
INTERVIEW
1. TELL THE SPOT A
LITTLE ABOUT J-LOVE ?
J-LOVE IS MIXTAPE DJ / PRODUCER / MC/ SLASH BUISNESS MAN SLASH
EVERYTHING LIST COULD GO ON AND ON.... IF YOU DONT KNOW OF ME U
MAY BE UNDER A ROCK OR SOMETHING BUT HOLD THE RAW UNDERGROUND
DOWN WITH THE STREET CDS...... STRAIGHT OUTTA OF QUEENS NEW YORK
AND FIVE MIXTAPE AWARDS LATER STILL BEING SAME AS I ALWAYS
WAS.... CONSISTENCE IN EVERYTHING I DO......
2. WHO & WHAT INFLUENCED YOU TO BE A DJ?
JUST MY LOVE FOR MUSIC BASICALLY I ALWYAS THE CAT WITH A
THOUSAND CASSETTES IN MY POCKETS AT ANY GIVEN TIME.... I ALWAYS
WAS INTO HIP HOP AND THEN I STARTED RHYMING I LEARNED HOW TO
PRODUCE AND THEN THE DJING ASPECT BROUGHT IT TOO COMPLETION OF
MY HIP HOP TRIANGLE
3. FRIST RECORD SPUN,BOUGHT & PARTY?
FIRST RECORD I EVER SPUN WAS LA DI DA DI BY SLICK RICK USED TO
PLAY IT ON A OLD HOUSE RECORD PLAYER BUT I GOT INTO DJING IN
LIKE 95 SO FIRST RECORDS I BOUGHT WAS OL DIRTY BASTARD BROOKLYN
ZOO AND MAIN ONE BIRTH OF A GHETTO CHILD
4. FIRST MIXTAPE PROJECT?
WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL DID A TAPE CALLED SUMMER JAM HAD MY PEOPLES
SELL EM FOR ME IN THE SCHOOL SO IT DID WELL BUT FIRST TAPE I
THREW IN THE STREETS WAS A TAPE CALLED WORLD WIDE FLAVA FEAT 2
QUEENS DJS NAMED BROTHER BILL AND LORD DAKIM WE WAS CRUSHING
QUEENS WITH THAT TAPE AND EVER SINCE THEN I KEPT GOING AND NEVER
LOOKED BACKED
5. WHAT SET YOU APART FROM THE OTHER DJ's?
MEAN I GUESS MY PERSONALITY AND THE FACT I HAVE MY OWN OPINON ON
WHATS HOT AND WHATS NOT.... SAD TO SAY BUT ALOT OF THESE DJS ALL
THEY DO IS COPY EACH OTHER AND FOLLOW THE NEXT MAN ITS REALLY
DISGUSTING BUT THATS THE WORLD OF HIP HO NOW... I JUST TRY AND
BE UNIQUE IN THE SENSE I KNOW WHAT I LIKE AND WHEN I MAKE A CD
ITS BASICALLY FOR ME I DO IT FOR MYSELF AND EVERYONE ELSE GETS
TO FOLLOW MY TATSE AND WHAT I THINK IS HOT
6. BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS?
HARD TO SINGLE IT DOWN CAUSE I HAVE A FEW ..... FIVE MIXTAPE
AWARDS, HAD A RECORD DEAL IN 1997 TO DO A COMPLELATION LP ,
WORKED WITH NUMEROUS ARTIST I HAVE ALWAYS AMIRED , RELEASED MY
OWN ALBUM INDEPENDENTLY , PRODUCED FOR MAJOR CATS... I MEAN
BASICALLY I SET MYSLEF OUT TO ACCOMPLISH MY GOALS AND SLOWLY I
TACKLING ALL OF THEM
7. YOUR OPINION ON THE MIXTAPE GAME?
DISGUSTING ....... EVERYONE IS A FOLLOWER OR JUST DOING WHATEVER
TO GET MONEY... NO ONE ( EXCLUDING MYSELF) TAKES TIME AND CARES
HOW THERE CDS COME TOGETHER JUST ABOUT MAKING A QUICK NAME OR
BUCK FOR THEM SELEVS ALOT OF THEM CATS PLAIN OUT SUCK AND LEAVE
ME DISGUSTED
8. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG,YOU HAVE 4 VOLs OF LEGENDS WHAT ARE
THEY AND WHAT COMING DOWN THE LINE IN THAT SERIES?
I STARTED THE LEGENDS SERIES IN ORDER TO PAY HOMAGE TO ARTIST I
REALLY FEEL AND FELT HAS BUILT A LEGACY WITH THERE MUSIC THE
FIRST FOR VOLUMES ARE
RAKIM
SLICK RICK
KOOL G RAP
GANG STARR
AND I M WORKING ON BIZ MARKIE , KRS ONE , BIG DADDY KANE , LL
COOL J TOO NAME A FEW JUST SHOWING MY GRATITUDE FOR THESE CATS
HAVING SUCH A GREAT CAREERS AND THE IMPORTANCE ON HIP HOP
9. YOUR VIEW ON THE HIP HOP GAME? IS IT TAINTED?
VERY ... ITS REAL POLITICAL RIGHT NOW... SO MUCH MONEY INVOLVED
SO IT TAKES FROM CREATIVE ASPECT OF IT ... PEOPLE CONCERNED WITH
HITS THEN QUALITY MUSIC SO IT TAKES FROM IT AS A WHOLE.... TOO
WORRIED ABOUT COMPETION SOUNDSCAN ETC ETC
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