Ludacris & Moochie Mack have both dropped albums rapping and they both came from a radio background, will we ever hear Greg Street bust a rhyme?

Yeah, I'll bust.  Moochie Mack was my radio producer when I first got to V-103.

When your album was first advertised it was being released just through Atlantic Records.  Now it's a joint venture with Slip-n-Slide, how did that come about?

Slip-n-Slide and I have been family before they were at Atlantic.  Me, Ted Lucas, Michael Hopkins, and Trick Daddy were tight back when they were independent on Warlock.  I was at Atlantic, when they were at Atlantic.   We just gave them a chance to make some money off the project.

How did the Greg Street Six O'Clock album come together?

Most of the songs I did or co-produced them.  I just came up with ideas and concepts.  The Trick Daddy song "Thugs Don't Live That Long", that was on his first album.  That was one of my favorite songs. I felt that did not get enough exposure, so I wanted to put it back out and the Outkast "Gangsta Shit" remix, DJ Herb put that together.  In fact we did 3 different ones, that one turned out the best, so that's the one we chose.  Big Boy from Outkast was supposed to be on" Street Shit" with Scarface, but we went with the "Gangsta Shit" remix we just turned Scarface into a free style.

What makes your album different than other DJ albums?

It's hotter.  Most people do a DJ album with one single or two singles and they put a bunch of fillers.  Thats why I believe my album is hotter.  We are going to leave that up to the people to decide.

MC's in the south are some times looked down on for not being lyricists.  Do you think that is the same with DJs?

Yea.  Not just east coast looking down on down south.  The music industry has not given down south DJs their props.   Considering all the product that is sold in the south

A lot of people know Greg Street with Texas ties.  What are your Texas Ties?

Texas is like my third home. First Mobile, Atlanta, and then TX.  Shout out to Mean Green, Walter D, All the homies at the Box, and Magic.  All the homies in the South West, Aleaf, Hastings, Chimmy Chan's, Jack Yates, T.S.U, Sam Houston, Lamar, P.V.  In fact me and three Kappas' started the original Kappa Beach Party.  We kicked it of in like 90, we took it to another level with the girls on top of the U-Hauls getting but naked.  We did it real big in 92 for New Years.  I go back to the Palladium, Main Event, Worden El Campo, Texas City, La Marque, and Galveston.  Going to Brinam I used to pass the Blue Bell Ice factory going to the skating rink to make that money.

What other tracks have you produced on other albums?

The most recent thing I have done is the "Maan remix", for my girl Laura down at Wreck Shop putting out her "First Lady" compilation.  It's real serious.   You know, they blessed me with the dedication to DJ Screw on my album featuring D-Gotti, Big Moe, Ronnie Spencer, and Z-Ro.

What advice do you have to any independent label who know they have a hit in their hands and needs that hit played on the radio?

YOU GOT TO WORK! Hit the streets, clubs, handle retail.  Radio is so competitive right now.  Its so many records out right now every body tries to make records radio can play.  There's so many records out, so its up to you to get out and cover the basics to make sure your song gets extra exposure to make people have interest in your song.  Alot of people don't understand it's not the radios job to break records.  The radios job is to play hit records people want to hear.  Radio is so competitive in most cities you have more than one radio station competing for the same audience, so it's hard to play everybody's song.  So a lot of people get mad and say were hating saying "yall are not playing my shit."   I get up to six songs a day sometimes more than that considering all the mail I get.  This is just from people who just wanna drop by and give you a disc.  Its so many records out.  In order for you to break a record, people need to be more creative on how they promote their songs and not just depend on radio, use other avenues to get to radio.

What advice do you have to someone coming up in the game?

If you try to get in the game, you got to get out here and make this happen.  It's a business, the more stuff you can get done on your own, the better.  The more you practice your craft and work at it, the better.   Instead of coming with a handout saying, man I can rap, hook me up with a producer?   You got to think, people on the streets coming with complete packages.  They got CDs done, they got the music done, every thing is already done and your sitting around saying you're doper than this nigga, I can do this, I can do that.  Everybody singing that same old song, you have to put yourself in the place with the people with the money.   Where would you put your money, would you want somebody that already has something done or try to take a chance with some one who has the natural talent that's going to develop.

So you are saying go independent?

It depends on the person.  How much do you want to put in it and how much money they want to make.  How hard they studied and how much they actually know about the realities of the game, make sure they have proper representation, and just don't depend on your lawyer for everything.

Why should you pick up Greg Street Six O' Clock album Vol. 1?

Cuz, it got that shit, that doo doo stank.  I look at it like this, if you are form the south and you like southern rap you will like this album point blank.

by: B-Low © Down-South.com