Le site HipHopDx s'est entretenu avec Ice Cube, ils sont revenu entre autre avec lui sur les pressions que Nas a subit par son label et des nombreuses sorties d' albums concept par les vétérans du rap game: Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg & Nas.
DX: Tony Draper and I recently had a conversation with respect to Nas' new album. It was originally titled Nigger. He had to eventually change it prior to release mainly due to label pressure. The sentiment in the air is that Ice Cube can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants. Is that due to you presently being an independent artist or because of your history and reputation in the entertainment business?
Ice Cube: Hopefully, it's a bit of both but being independent allows me to do what I wanna do without having to bow down to any pressure from any label… I feel an artist should be able to present his art how he feel it. The record is distributed through EMI, but that's all they do is distribute it. There's nobody that has the power to tell me no. That's a big factor, and it gets political sometimes in this game and it's just a shame. An artist should be able to present his art how he feel it. But it didn't affect the record [Nas' Untitled]. It sold very well - still selling, and Nas is on tour so I think he...even naming it that and getting it snatched away it, might've showed how big Nas and that record is.
DX: Veteran rappers like yourself, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg and Nas are maturing as men. What is the catalyst behind the recent surge of concept albums with more meaning from our rap icons?
Ice Cube: I think really it's uh, people are sick of bubble gum pop rap to the point where...especially the older heads, we don't want that. We want something with some substance in it. I just think we're catering to our fan base. I'm pretty sure Nas got a fan base that's similar to mine and he caters to them and that's what we gon' do. We're not gonna cater to the whole Hip Hop universe, we're just gonna cater to our fans and everybody else is gon' have to come on in.
Le nouvel album "Raw Footage" d'Ice Cube sort aujourd'hui
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