We're really paying homage to all those people in the past
'cause we wouldn't have had these rhyme schemes,
we wouldn't have had these ideas if it wasn't for any of those people.
Bone Thugs
DMX
Slick Rick
Eminem
Biggie Smalls
Wu-Tang
Snoop Dogg
I don’t wanna keep saying these names. We’re gonna go all day long.
DMX
I said DMX.
DMX
People don't care about the past like at all really.
I think that's why this song is cool because we're paying homage and not in a cheesy way.
We're just really doing lyrical exercises which is what hip-hop is about
making references and I think it came kinda natural to us because we listen to hip hop all day long.
We weren't really sitting down, "How do we make the craziest rap song?" We just rapped.
Hell on Earth, that's a Mobb Deep track but it's also ...
What I'm really talking about is ‘Vacation in Hell’ is the title of our album.
It's like making the best out of a bad situation.
I think Eric used the word headstone. We use death stuff a lot. We refer to death a lot
so you run out of words. People could fill that shit in and say whatever they want.
They don't gotta say, “Money over bitches.” It's just the idea of like whatever you live by.
I'm living this shit so much. You gotta put that on my shit when I'm dead.
Sometimes with this rap shit, they put everyone in the same discussion that does
not belong in the discussion. There's emcees, they're entertainers, there are rappers,
there are TV actors that have albums.
I'm really saying, "Your favorite rapper name," not your favorite emcee. There's two different things.
I'm talking about rappers. I'm not talking about any of the people I named,
anybody cut from that cloth. I'm talking about the other cloth. Terry cloth. Very soft.
I was thinking about Terror Squad but Terror Squad didn't really flex. You feel what I'm saying?
So it was more like terrordome is a place that could be earth or whatever
your perspective as being something really, really fucked up and bad. It's a terrordome.
It's the worst thing that could possibly be on Earth.
I went back in high school freshman year, listened to tons of N.W.A.
Listened to tons of Eazy-E. Figured out the origins, the stories, everything, the beefs.
‘Eazy-Duz-It’ that was the one that stuck to me the most.
Immortal Technique is a beast. He's one of the best ever to do it. He's a revolutionary in a sense.
He's not afraid to talk about the things that's going on in the world.
I'm a revolutionary too. A ghetto revolutionary. I don't want to just talk about fucking diamonds
all the time but I do have the diamonds so I'm a revolutionary shining.
You know what I'm saying? I'm everything.
Biggie Smalls is definitely my favorite of all time. I got a tattoo of him, portrait right here.
Our whole Zombie ideology is about being born again.
Me and Meech, we had psychedelic experiences.
When you have these experiences, you feel like your ego dies.
We born again. We died and came back to life, so we're zombies. You know? We're walking dead.
I was literally at the end of the verse and I'm like, "I need to fit Ice Cube in there."
Amerikkka’s Most with the three K’s. You know what I'm saying?
Corruption. It’s a white man’s world.
‘Tip Drill’ video was crazy ‘cause Nelly was wildin’ and that video used to come on
BET Uncut late at night. I used to stay up late to hope that it would come on because
it wasn't like now you could just go type 'Tip Drill.' This shit was like 'Tip Drill' gotta
come on TV. When it came on, you knew what time it was, bro. It was like one of the most
craziest videos. All these girls asses out and some of the craziest cakes I've ever seen
in my life, bro.
My brother used to play ‘Protect Ya Neck’ all the time to the point where the beginning
part when he's like, "Hey man. Yo what's up, man. Yo, you coolin' man? Yeah, yo you know
when I call, you know what you gotta play, right? Oh, Wu-Tang again and again! Ohh!”
That whole shit plays in my head all the time.
I like aggression in Hip-Hop. I like competition, so I figure I would start with the biggest
troll of all time, 50 Cent.
By the way, that's not a diss to Ja Rule. I love Ja Rule. That's one of my favorite.
If you don't hear it in my voice... people don't notice it.
I love Ja Rule so I'm in no way, shape, or form dissing him, by the way.
I just couldn't find the perfect Ja Rule songs to fit in here so ...
Shout out Ja. I love you, man. I'm not dissing you.
"Hi, My Name Is" is actually my least favorite Eminem song.
That's why I used that line because it's so annoying in a good way. It's like genius.
Eminem is one of the best.
He helped push our pen to another level and every now and then
I go back and listen to Em from "Infinite" on.
We had a show us, Underachievers, Mobb Deep. They brought us out on stage for "Shook Ones."
It was one of my favorite experiences ever in life. Every time we ever met those
guys, they showed us the most love ever. Prodigy's one of my favorite rappers ever. I tell people
all the time, there was a time in the world where Prodigy was the best rapper on the planet Earth.
Go back and listen. I know what Illuminati is because of that guy. I know what a lot
of shit is because of that man. That man has taught me a lot. Thank you Prodigy.
I wanted to put the "Sound of the Police" song in there because
I don't think these young kids get enough chance to hear these old guys
They're scared to listen and I know if they see somebody they like
or they look up to mention KRS-One. They not gonna be afraid to go listen now.
It's a Nas song where he talks in the perspective of a weapon.
I think that's one of the most important songs in rap.
If you want to take lyricism and writing and concepts.
You have to know that song.
Boot Camp Clik. Another real solid, super New York ... I hate to say that 'cause it
scares people when you say that, but that's like the definition and the epitome of New York.
I had Bucktown written before I said any lyrics. I just had the word Bucktown.
There's certain words I knew I had to say. Those are other terminologies that these kids
don't use now. They don't know about. I need them to know about.
So I was like, "Fuck that. We gonna say Bucktown."
Go listen to "The War Report" please. Capone-N-Noreaga got the real street shit.
That real New York shit. Niggas wouldn't be wearing camouflage if it wasn't for them.
"T.O.N.Y." is one of my favorite songs ever, and I want to be on that eating show
with Noreaga so I'm hoping that he hears that.