Interviews

Constant Deviants members DJ Cutt and M.I. released their latest project Omertà and reminisced on their longevity of 16 years as a group. Omertà was released on June 28, 2016 and refers to the Mafia’s code of silence. The duo talks about how they met…

Craig G reminisces about the mid-80s when he was 12 years old, recording with Marley Marl. He distinctly remembers how people were excited simply to have made records, regardless of any success. In 1989, he was signed to Atlantic Records and saw the political motives…

Craig G recorded his first single in 1985 and has just released his latest album in 2016. The title is I Rap And Go Home and it represents “the people that live a normal life”. Craig expressed his interest in working with a single producer…

Prince Be (Attrell Cordes) from the R&B group PM Dawn recently passed away on June 17, 2016 at age 46 from complications with diabetes. The group’s breakout single “Set Adrift On Memory Bliss” debuted on the Billboard charts in 1991, eventually reaching #1 that year….

DJ and producer Mr. Green joined us at Rap Is Outta Control with up-and-coming emcee A-F-R-O from California. Green and A-F-R-O have been touring together and Green has been continuing his Live From The Streets series. He recently filmed six episodes of Live From The…

Homeboy Sandman released his latest album, Kindness For Weakness, on Stones Throw Records and came to Rap Is Outta Control to share his thoughts on the project. It’s his third album on the label and derives from his own insights “mistaking kindness for weakness is…

MC Serch could not hold back during this interview to ask Masta Ace about his first single, “Me & The Biz”, and why a song with an impersonation of another rapper would be his introduction as a solo artist. Ace went on to explain how…

Masta Ace looks back on how the decisions he made as a teenager have affected the rest of his life and where he is today. On The Falling Season album, Ace teamed up with California producer KIC Beats to create the music and help tell…

We had a serious conversation at Hip Hop Nation about producers and the beats that they pass out. MC Serch was wondering how Kev Brown and Masta Ace feel about producers in 2016 and if they’re still highly inspired by other’s music. Serch asked the…

MC Serch and Masta Ace were guests recently on Rap Is Outta Control with DJ Eclipse. Serch couldn’t help ask Ace about his favorite Hip Hop posse record “The Symphony” and how the recording process went down. Ace goes into detail about how MC Shan…