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LUDACRIS INTERVIEW - 2001 |
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The wait is over. Down-South.com now presents the long awaited
Ludacris interview. I spoke with him a few
weeks before he dropped his Word of Mouth album. Last year he was just a one hit wonder, this year
he had to pass the sophomore jinx stage. Now that his second album has been released there
is no question that Ludacris is not just another fly by night rapper. Ludacris album
has passed platinum status and he has kept his slot on the Billboard top 100, 10 months
after his album was released. He is about to
start a starring role in "Radio" and you can look out for a Disturbing the Peace
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You got your big break from radio as a radio
personality know as Chris Luva Luva. What did you learn from having that radio
prespective?
I learned a lot about the politics there are so many people from the artist, producers and
A & R's at radio stations. You get the whole spectrum you get to hear from the
artist's point of view, you get to hear from the producer's point. Its really a good
learning school. Thats what it was for me because I took what everybody brought to
radio and gathered the info for myself. So I learned how the industry worked or even how
some people went about getting their records played. I learned alot from radio.
Who is all on Disturbing The Peace?
Shawna, 4 ize, I- 20 and Fate Wilson
When are we going to hear something from the rest of the Disturbing The Peace
artists?
The group album is more than likely to come after the Word of Mouf album. The
Word of Mouf album is going to set up the group album.
Where do you see yourself in the next five years?
I am just trying to take music to the next level. I am in the game to change music, I just
want to be at least 3 or 4 albums deep. I dont feel I have started yet. In the next
5 years I want to be at least 4 or 5 albums deep. People have been congradulating me, but
I dont feel I have even started yet. I look up to people like Scarface and people
with longevity thats how you know you have done something. I am just getting pass
the sophomore jinx stage. On the third album then you get that formula thats how you
know you are doing something right. Thats what success is to me, I broke the one hit
wonder thing, now the sophomore album.
Whats up with you and Free from
106 & Park. Every time youre on the show it seems the two of you seem to have
something going on we dont know about?
Lets just keep that the way it is. I cant really speak on that. (Laugh)
What is the craziest rumor you ever heard about your
self?
Being in a fight with Trick Daddy and going to jail. We did a show in Alabama and
everybody was like how did
you get out of jail. Im like how did this
rumor start? Trick and me are supposed to do a song together we have never been on this
shit.
Do you think that all the M.T.V exposure cheats you of some of the more hardcore
fans just because they see you on TV every five minutes?
I think you're always going to have people that feel like it's a respect level when you're
underground and you don't sell a certain amount of records or don't cross over to a
certain amount of audience. Then its a respect level when people see you going commercial,
but you stay doing underground shit and stay level headed. As long as you're head is not
on the next level and you stay doing underground shit, you might be on certain records,
but I think people understand as I bring it back on the next record.
What do you have to say to anyone coming up in the music industry?
Keep doing it, the more you do it the more you learn. Keep knocking on doors, someone will
open one. The independent game not only makes you a C.E.O you learn how to be a business
man as well as an artist. You dont want to ever be just an artist, otherwise you'll
get taken advantage of. The independent game is the best way because you really dont
lose.
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