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Home » Interviews » Mr. Blue Interview (August 2001) by: Charlie Braxton
Rising like a pan of hot yeast is another one of Alabama’s rapping sons who goes by the name of Mr. Blue.

Like his homeboys and crewmates Dirty, Blue hails from Montgomery Alabama and is the next artist out the box on Nfinity Music. I recently caught up with Mr. Blue while he was on a promo run pushing his debut single "Heavy Chevy Rider." We talked about his hometown, his upcoming album and his Chevys of course. Check it out:
What’s up blue?

Nothing much, just chillin’

It’s been a while since I’ve seen you.

Fa’ sho.

You’re from Montgomery, right?

Yes suh, yes suh.

What was it like growing up there?

I ain’t got nothing bad to say about it. It’s all love coming up in the Gompt. I wouldn’t had it any other way.

What kind of music did you grow up listening to?

Well, I grew up listening to the music that my mama listened to. You know Teddy Pendergrass, Earth, Wind & Fire, Marvin Gaye that kinda stuff.

How did you get into rap?

Well I always had been writing, ya know what I’m saying. I was the kind of guy that always sorta sit back at little ciphers and listen when other people rap. But I always knew that I could write raps.

Now you’re down with Dirty. You made your debut on their album Country Versitile and did a spot on Da Pimp & Da Gangsta.

Fa Sho’.

How did you get down with them? Did you all grow up together?

Mr Blue - True BlueNaw, we didn’t grow up together. We just ran into each other the other day. We used to mean mug each other whenever we’d pass by one another whenever I’d see them coming home in the evening time. Anyway we hooked up one day when I was outside working on my car. They told me that they were on their way to the studio. I didn’t believe them at first because you always hear about folks who want say that they were rapping, but really didn’t do nothing. One day they had gave me a CD of theirs and I listened to it. It was tight, but I couldn’t believe that it was them. They came over and I still didn’t believe it was them. I had to make them rap their verses in front of me before I really believed it was them. After that I went home that night and wrote a song and spit it to them the next day. They like the song so much that they found a beat for it and we went into the studio and laid it down.

arrow.gif (305 bytes)		 DirtyWhat year was that?

That was in 1999.

Oh that wasn’t too long ago.

Naw.

Okay, right now you’re in the process of recording your debut album. Tell us about what’s going on with it?

Right now it’s been really hard for me to be focused with the album because I on the road with Dirty all the time. We’re also in the process of getting our studio fixed up so I’m just doing a little work here and there. I’ve got about six songs that I know are going to make the album, but I’m about five songs away from completing it.

Do you have a title for it yet?

We’re in the process of juggling a few titles around, but I ain’t comfortable enough with them to tell you what they are.

I feel ya. Okay, let’s talk about the new single that’s bubbling on the radio in Alabama right now?

It’s called "Heavy Chevy Rider."

Do you own a Chevy?

Fa Sho’, Fa Sho. I got a couple of them, ya know what I’m saying. I got a 87 Chevy that I got in the shop so I can drop something heavy in there. I had something heavy off up in there, but I’m really fixing to get something heavier to drop of up in there.

Speaking of heavy, I noticed that that song has a whole lot of drop in it….the track is tight!

Yeah. I had been wrote the song. I wrote the first verse and the hook for it and I was trying to find something to fit it. So the producer gave me a bunch of tracks to listen to and I had picked that one because I got a good vibe and feel for it.

Okay now when can we expect to hear the whole album?

Around October. That’s what we’re shooting for, but I ain’t gonna say that it will be exactly on that month, because, like I said, I want it to be right. So I’m going to take my time.

What can fans expect from the album when it’s completed?

It’s just good old down south Alabama flavor, ya know what I’m saying…just flavor.

by: Charlie Braxton.  © 2002 Down-South.com

 

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