 Down-South: What were
some of your musical influences that you've grown up listening to? Do you have any
favorite artists?
Pastor Troy: Aww man, growin up i was listenin’ to..everythang man.
You know my brotha was like 5 years older than me so of course when the rap shit hit, he
had me listenin’ to “Wiggy Wiggy Wiggy ” and all kinds of shit. ya know? So
uuuh *laughs* so i use to listen to all kinda rap. Just love the music. period.
Down-South: Oh yea, I can relate cuz my brutha 7 years olda den me so..
Pastor Troy: *interupts* so yea i know, you was doin what eva.. what eva
he thought was cool, you thought was cool.
Down-South: Are there any albums released in the past year or so that you
are into? What’s in your C.D. changer right now?
Pastor Troy: Aww right now man. Shit man, I’m still ridin’ on
damn..I’m still ridin on UGK “Ridin Dirty” man. *laughs* Hell yea. You know
it’s National.. its Pac Month fo’ me got damn. We celebratin’ Pac death
& all dat good shit. So its been Pac..Nuttin’ but Pac last couple of days..last
couple of weeks.
Down-South: Say you can’t forget bout T.I., he slept on doe.
Pastor Troy: Oh yea, dats my nigga.
Down-South: its a buzz goin on about you and Playa Fly doing an album. i
heard the album was going to be named Jerico once Fly get out of jail and you two finish
recording. How did you & Fly hook up?
Pastor Troy: Aww man, we just hooked up & had respect fo’ each
otha mane, ya know. I had been listenin’ to his shit, he had been listenin’ to
my shit but we had neva met each otha. Got damn, came across, and I had a show in Memphis.
And I had hollered at him at the radio. And by the time I had said ‘wusup’ to
Playa Fly, he was at the station.
Down-South: *laughing* Obviously its a mutual respect between you two if
you're working on an album. Both of you have a passionate spiritual side. How do you feel
about Playa Fly as an artist, and what is the atmosphere & chemistry like in the room
when you both are in the same studio?
Pastor Troy: Aww man, you know that aint nuttin’ but dat ‘Hell
To Pay’. Man, that put it together period. That’s my homeboy man. It’s like
lookin’ into a mirror image. You know, it was like.. he has the same kinda
followin’ in Memphis that I have in Atlanta. Ya know what I mean. Shit, we is like
perfect together mane. Perfect.
Down-South: Are there any other artists in the game now you would like to
work with in the near future or any groups and artists that you plan to bring into the
industry soon?
Pastor Troy: Yea man, I’m just bringin’ DSGB man. My Down South
Georgia Boyz comin thru. I’m representing for Down South Georgia Boyz, I’m
representin’ fo’ Minnie Mae Mafia. Togetha we gone crank dis thang on up, like
it ‘pose to be done.
Down-South: When did you realize that you wanted to get into the music
industry?
Pastor Troy: Aww man, I was watchin’ the checks. I was watchin’
the checks. Man, them niggaz went to jumpin outta Bentleys & all this good ole shit. I
need to rap. Fuck
this bull shit I’m doin. I Need to rap.
Down-South: You seen all dem checks wit 0,0,0,0’s written cross em
huh?
Pastor Troy: *laughin out loud* There you go!! *still laughing*
Down-South: What's a typical day in the life of Pastor Troy. What do you
like to do in your spare time when you’re not in the studio?
Pastor Troy: Aww man, i just kick it dawg. You know, shit, gamble on da
Play Station. All dat good shit. Just kick it like some real dudes.
Down-South: Ok, so you into dem video games.
Pastor Troy: Yea man, We sit here and play Play Station 2 all day. Madden
& all dat good shit.
Down-South: How do you come up with the material when working on an
album? what inspires you 2 write a song?
Pastor Troy: Uh man, i really just go for what I know man. The tracks
really motivate me more than anythang.
Down-South: Ok, so you come up with the beats first and then you come up
with the concept?
Pastor Troy: Yea and then I roll wit it. “What I need to talk about
on this certain track?” Usually it come togetha pretty good.
Down-South: Now this is for the ladies out there, you know they will be
checking you out. Hopefully you're next single wont be " I Need A Girl" like
Puffy ..
Pastor Troy: *interrupts* Heyalll naaaaaaw!! None of dat
Down-South: Unless it give you a million more record sells
Pastor Troy: *laughing* Its all good
Down-South: After hearing Can U Stand Da Game, does Pastor Troy have a
main shawty & what type of female do you want walking by your side?
Pastor Troy: Yea, aww yea, I got a main girl man. My girl, my girl is the
ultimate gangsta of all gangstas. *laughing* You know what I mean. This shit here is so
fuckin.. difficult man. This shit is so got damn..it’s so unstable. You know what
I’m sayin? If you get somebody who can deal with this shit, and ride it out wit cha,
you need to stick down wit her. And thats how I’m doin’ it wit my girl.
Down-South: Especially, you know cuz, like in the studio, you might not
have time to just spend that quality time.
Pastor Troy: Hell yea mane. I’m talkin bout if you get somebody that
can understand the relationship and can deal with the time you gotta be away, and
understand all that shit. Keep the house tight and all that good shit...aye, capitalize on
it.
Down-South: We gone talk about Vice Versa for a second. There's 2 sides
to every story, just like its 2 sides to every coin. It was sort of controversial in a
sense that..you were viewing christian beliefs in a mirror and seeing only the reflection
instead of what we have been told all our life. Some thought you were questioning God.
Being that your Father is a minister, and you questioning everything that he may have
raised you to believe in. What made you come up with the idea of this song?
 Pastor
Troy: Aww man, it was moreso questioning got damn.. these mutha fuckin gods who
live in this mutha fuckin society. Ya know what I mean. It wasn’t even to the
big..capital G, it was to these lower case gods. Ya know uuh, that whole thang man, that
was just a deep concept for me man. Like when I wrote that man, I wrote that song like..
when I was like 19 and I’m 24 now so that was probably a good 4 or 5 years ago. When
I wrote the song, I was in college. I was goin to a Christian College, but wasn’t no
Christian shit goin on. There was mo’ suckin & fuckin, and drankin &
everythang..
Down-South: O.k, basically hypocrites
Pastor Troy: Hypocrites, you know what I’m sayin’. I just had
to come with a hard joint to get at them hypocrites man. Straighten it out. Tell em
what’s hell & vice versa. Ya know what I mean?
Down-South: What side of Pastor Troy does Universal Soldier reflect?
Pastor Troy: Uuh , the whole, the whole pie. From the fly nigga, from the
nigga who don’t play no games..from the nigga who got damn nigga who love his niggaz,
love his
homeboyz..everybody just gone feel that shit & love it my nigga. I’m so krunked
up, I can’t wait till these niggaz go buy that shit man.
Down-South: What do
you think is the major difference between Universal Soldier and your previous albums?
Pastor Troy: Uuh, this one here man, is more for the masses. You know
what I’m sayin. I stayed down with what I do..What I do..my base for about 3, 4
albums ya know what I’m sayin. Fuck it, we gone stick wit yall boyz & this how
it’s gone be. Finally, I got to the point where my ..the people who where behind me a
hundred & four was like “Troy these niggaz tryna run away with this shit from ya
man. Cuz they aint..they aint givin a fuck about keepin it real, keepin it
true..let’s go get these niggaz”. And I’m goin to get em..and I’ma
bring everybody back to da hood. ya feel me?
Down-South: I know this may be a difficult question because as an artist,
each song usually mean something but do you have a favorite track from the album or one
that you felt like every one of your fans should pay close attention to?
Pastor Troy: Aww yea, For My Hustlaz man. For my hustlaz. Everybody
hustles. I don’t give a damn if ya doin interviews for ya website or whateva the
fuck, we hustlas..we hustlin. I just made a song dedicated to all the hustlaz.
Down-South:
I think appealing 2 both underground & commercial comes back 2 marketing & the
artist's personality. You cant force yourself 2 please everybody because most cases you
wont. Marketing & personality can conflict, if an artist create a song dat
doesn’t represent him and he captures an audience because you can quickly become
labeled after one song.
So my question 2 you is, how does an artist keep from watering down his style and find a
co-existence between da underground & commercial fan base?
Pastor Troy: Yea, yea you just gotta stay true man. Like I said, I kept
it real with my fans for so long, they was ready for me to change up the style and show
‘em that I can got damn appeal and win some of them people over too. And it’s
not really winnin’ people ova man, because ya look up, those people been
listenin’ to you forever. It’s the lames who really just now catchin’ on to
it. Ya know what I mean? For somebody to just say “this the first time I eva heard
Pastor Troy”, you lame.
Down-South: Cuz he don’t know what real music is..
Pastor Troy: 4 real, I aint knew to this shit, I’m true to this
shit.
 Down-South:
Prediction. how many albums do you expect Universal Soldier to sell?
Pastor Troy: Uuh, we gone go at least a good 3 mill. ya know?
Down-South: Aye, ya know dats gone be a hard thang cuz look, the last
nigga I know to really keep it street & then keep it appealing to commercial was Pac.
And ya know what happen so thats gone be a hard fate.
Pastor Troy: Yea, I’m the next nigga like that. I really..these otha
niggaz, they give they self that torch. you know. The next nigga who that..who people gone
flock to like that. But mutha fuckin, the people tellin me “Troy, you are the next
nigga”!! It aint nothin I’m sayin or I’m the next nigga that told it like
that. The people tellin it, the street tellin it “Troy, you got it”!! and
I’ma show ‘em I got it.
Down-South: And the streets don’t lie.
Pastor Troy: Hell naw, the streets don’t lie..fuck niggaz lie..
Down-South: Critics of southern music believe our artists excel
production wise, but lack lyrical content. What do you bring to the table, and where do
you think the South ranks lyrically, compared to the rest of the industry?
Pastor Troy: Yea, I’m sayin man..shit, don’t none of these
mutha fuckas got no content to me. If you know, ya wanna do it like that. Shit, some
liquor, some clothes, some bitches, some hoes. That shit. How hard is that?
Down-South: You can take somebody 5 years old & talk about that.
Pastor Troy: Hell Yea. I’m talkin bout folks..they can’t label
our music. We aint doin nothin no different then them man. They say potato, we say
potawta..they say tomato, we say tomawta..what eva, so..if thats the case aint no music
got no content.
Down-South: There’s been a few artists in the industry, who
seemingly been biting off your style. Those artists’ name won’t be recognized
because they basically flopped by the time their 2nd album came out...
Pastor Troy: *interrupts* Yea, they basically..they basically dead. and
if ya got damn still out there copying me, ya gone die a slow death mutha fucka.
Down-South: *continues* Give us 2 words that describe how you feel about
artists trying to come up off of your style.
Pastor Troy: Shiiit, BOY STOP. that’s all i got to say. Boy Stop.
Down-South: *laughing* nigga quit
Pastor Troy: Fo’ Real
Down-South: Now moving on to a more serious subject matter. Everytime you
cut on the television, its been about Sept. 11th this whole week. Do you think that
incident was a sign of the times or act from God and how do you feel about the
relationship between the government & its people since the attacks?
Pastor Troy: Uhh, I look at that shit. It was crazy mane. ya know what
I’m sayin. Anybody could’ve been on one of those planes, anybody could have been
in one of them buildings. So my heart goes out, but at the same time, I think it was more
to it than what meets the eye. ya feel me? So its all good man, everybody be safe..know
that these mutha fuckas aint neccessarily got ya best interest at heart. Understand that
they just can’t protect you. God gotta protect you.
Down-South: Yea, it opened alot of eyes.
Pastor Troy: Hell yea man, it opened mines
Down-South: Name something that makes you feel blessed.
Pastor Troy: Uhh, shit my nigga. You, just for being on this interview my
nigga. You up here interviewing me. I dreamed about interviews. I feel blessed about that.
Down-South: And God puttin’ you in a place where you makin music
& givin’ back to the fans too.
Pastor Troy: Hell yea man. Thats real. ya know. Can’t beat it. I
can’t find no better gig.
Down-South: Heaven forbidding, if you were to perish from the Earth this
very second, what legacy or words of inspiration & encouragement from Pastor Troy
would you want to leave behind to all of your fans?
Pastor Troy: Uhh, shit man, I would like to say..*pauses*..Yall
don’t let me die. *laughs* I ratha die in the uhh..in the natural, but don’t let
me die in the spiritually man. Man, keep me on foreva. Real nigga done walked this earth.
Down-South: What would you like to see yourself doing 5 years from now?
Pastor Troy: Aww shit, 5 years from now man, I wanna be damn drivin’
a boat cross the West Indies. *hahahahaz*
Down-South: Hell yea nigga, laid up on some island posted up.
Pastor Troy: *still laughing* You already know. Posted up, shit, I’m
chillin.
Down-South: Now i'm kind of putting you on the spot..but i would like to
ask..either or...could you give Down-South.com a free style or a favorite verse of yours
from the upcoming album?
Pastor Troy: Yea, you ready?
Down-South: Yuh
Pastor Troy: “Started out at the bottom of the barrel homie. Had to
deal with these fuck niggaz hatin’ on me. Aint it lonely? When headed to da top. The
big boy drop, got me chillin on da block. The polo socks, nigga the sun shinin’ off
my shade frame. Now look who made it out the dope game. Yea, nigga..from nickles to
dimes..From dimes to quarter ki's. I stacked me some cheese, and went to bumpin these
Cd’s. and now you see me on yo tube, live & direct. See a nigga swang thru da
bank, I’m cashin checks. Or bettah yet, I’m shakin dat mutha fucka..from da Atl
2 Augusta..4 my hustlaz”...like that..
Down-South: And that’s gone be 4 the people.
Pastor Troy: You already know man. Wait till you hear dat track dog. You
gone say “Oh My God”..*laughs*
Down-South: Now let da people know where thats comin’ from
Pastor Troy: Thats from the got damn For My Hustlaz song man. Uhh, Pastor
Troy, Universal Soldier, September 24th.
 Down-South: Have you seen your official
website, www.pastortroy.net?
Pastor Troy: Yea, yea yea yea yea yea!! How ya like it?
Down-South: Maan, I’m lovin’ it. I was just on there a few
minutes ago.
Pastor Troy: Aww man, Ima have to start goin’ on there mixin &
minglin’ wit yall boyz if you feel it like dat.
Down-South: yea, nigga yea, how do you feel about the promotion your fans
have been giving you?
Pastor Troy: Aww man, them mutha fuckas off da chain. They know I love
‘em to death. Thats the reason they on there writing that shit to me.
Down-South: yea and they love you. Not just from Ga but everywhere.
Pastor Troy: Every where man, like I was sayin, that DSGB shit,
don’t get it twisted. You can be anywhere & be a Down South Georgia Boy baby.
Thats just our first family. You got Down South Georgia Boy Carolina. We got Down South
Georgia Boyz Memphis. You know, different divisions, it’s all good.
Down-South: I would like to thank you Pastor Troy..for taking the time
out of your schedule to do my very first interview.
Pastor Troy: It’s all gangsta. Im’a keep ya numba wit me De.
I’ll be hittin you up periodically. I’ll be back in the Atl in bout anotha week.
Yall be ridin’ to that Lil Flip down there?
Down-South: Yuuuup
Pastor Troy: *laughin* I like that shit. That Lil Flip. I heard him throw
me up on that junt. He say he “represent the south like Pastor Troy”. I said
‘aaaww shit”!!
Down-South: Sept. 24 Pastor Disaster. Universal Soldier. He told yall
once he aint playin so
take ya game face off. ya heard
Pastor Troy: It’s all good baby *laughing* Much luv nigga.
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