Interviews

Homeboy Sandman stops by Rap Is Outta Control to discuss his latest album, Hallways. With 12 tracks and 11 featured producers, Sandman gets more versatile from one song to the next, just like all his prior albums. In this video, he comments on making “hot…

DJ Premier is a big fan of Loaded Lux. He compares Lux and Murda Mook as the Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather of rap. After over a decade of being the top battle rapper and a near-flawless execution against Calicoe in the ring, Loaded Lux…

Battle rap veteran Loaded Lux has become a household name in the hip hop community. With mainstream artists such as Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, and Method Man shouting him out, Lux has achieved success in a unique way that no one else has done. Here on…

Loaded Lux breaks down his newest album, Beloved 2. Fans will hear the story of how and why he got involved in the battle rap community, as well as everything he’s done to get into the position he’s in and where he’s headed in life….

DJ Premier breaks down how the collaboration with Royce Da 5’9″ came about for the album PRhyme. Initially, Premier was asked to produce a five-song Slaughterhouse EP until scheduling conflicts made the recording process unfeasible. Royce suggested to Premo that the two of them should…

Diabolic was a notorious opponent in the NYC battle rap community in the 90s and early 2000s. He comes from the era of freestyling off the top of your head to instrumentals. With the emerging popularity of the a cappella, written format of battling, Diabolic…

Diabolic, from the NYC underground hip hop circuit fame, has released his sophomore album, Fightin’ Words, to follow up his debut four years ago. While at Rap Is Outta Control studios, Diabolic talks about how much fun he had making this record with a more…

At WNYU on the famous Halftime Show, Slaine describes Boston as having a “slept-on hip hop scene” and his motivation to record the album The Boston Project. He expresses interested in collaborating with artists from an older generation as well as younger artists that he…

Recently, emcee/actor Slaine of La Coka Nostra appeared on WNYU’s famous The Halftime Show with DJ Eclipse. He shares the backstory that led to his album title, The King Of Everything Else. After getting his life back on track from alcohol and other bad habits,…

Statik Selektah, one of the top hip hop producers currently, speaks on his experiences working with frontman of The Roots, Black Thought. Thought appeared on both Extended Play and Statik’s new album, What Goes Around. In this interview, Statik shares the story of how Thought…