Pimp C Interview [2007]
“Nigga I been drivin Cadillacs since I was 15 years old bitch. Get yo mind on yo shit”. “You niggas friendly as a box of puppies”. 7 Minutes and 23 Seconds of truth.
IN BIZZY BONE WE TRUST
Yes, this is the greatest radio interview of all-time. Conducted by Houston’s Matt Sonzala on KPFT’s Damage Control radio show. Smash Bro and I used the quote the fuck out of this all the time years ago. “I am a Nomad…. I ain’t mad.” PRAISE GOD.
Rapping a bit of “Luv It Mayne” with @DasRacist towards the end of the video. Before that though watch Das Racist cut the malarky and shoot the shit with a guy named MOOSE.
Live footage taken from some show we played at Pianos in NYC sometime during CMJ 2010.
http://www.aux.tv/newmusic/music-news/das-racist-says-sisco-knows-where-to-release-the-dragon/
If you’re a Hip Hop fan you better respect this man. Too Short, baby. Independent rap music veteran.
Interview by Joey Guerra from the 29-95 section of the Houston Chronicle entitled THE PASSION OF FAT TONY. Conducted the week of CMJ 2010 via email discussing my new album RABDARGAB, wanting to dick down the girl Tamara mentioned in “Home”, songs I cry to, being a little fat boy, UGK, Michael Jackson, and more.
First, the Houston Press calls me The Apostle of Hustle, and now Houston Chronicle titles this The Passion of Fat Tony. #MessiahSwag on deck. Call me Fat Jesus.
http://www.29-95.com/music/story/passion-fat-tony
THE PASSION OF FAT TONY
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Fat Tony is one of the city’s most animated, engaging rappers — in person, on record and online. It’s impossible to spin his new disc, RABDARGAB, without cracking a smile (or bobbing your head). The production is surprisingly fluid and dense. His flow and subject matter are uniquely Houston.
The title references a late ‘90s Houston Independent School District campaign that offered students $1 in exchange for book reports (Read a book, do a report, get a buck). Fat Tony isn’t offering cash for a listen to his tracks. But it won’t take much convincing after a few seconds. RABDARGAB is easily one of the year’s best local efforts.
This disc has been a long time coming. What took so long?
You can’t spend five minutes making a five-course meal. My producer Tom Cruz left a major label, had his group Supreeme break up and moved from Atlanta to New York. I’ve had a relationship begin and end and begin again and tons of changes in my thoughts and actions. It all made the album better, because working on it from December 2007 to October 2010 allows for a representation all of those emotional and social life changes.
There are a lot of specific references. Is it all true?
A lot of my personal life comes out on this record. Even Home, which might sound silly to some, is absolutely true. The girl named Tamara in the second verse is a real woman I’ve wanted to dick down in my past. And I’ve really been drunk and stranded while running around Mango’s, the Mink and more spots in Houston. Consider this album The Passion of Fat Tony — except I don’t die and come back to life.
Were you really a fat kid? Husky jeans?
I was on that fat kid swag all my life. It wasn’t until high school when I started to slim it out some. But I’m still reppin’ for fat men worldwide until the day I die. In other countries, you ain’t poppin’ unless you’re a bit chubby. That represents wealth and good living. I’m trying to bring that to America ASAP.
Is that a Michael Jackson homage I detect in the song Bad? I love Michael’s music. Grew up on it very seriously. Had the Moonwalker movie, theHistory tape with all his videos and all the ‘80s stuff. Even had Moonwalker on Sega Genesis. I still jam Mike to this very day. I wish universities offered classes on this man ‘cause he’s one hell of a case study on racial identity, pop music, mass media manipulation, psychology, child abuse, weirdness and genius. R.I.P. Michael Jackson. And for the record, he ain’t touch them damn kids. Stop playing with yourself, white America. Give us the lowdown on working with another of our Houston faves, Kam Franklin. Kam is a very special person to me. She’s got the voice of an angel. An old black angel that died in 1966. We’ve had a lot of fun in our youth running around Houston getting our rage on. She’s definitely an artist people should pay attention to. Frenchy’s. Ya feel me? I remember my first time hearing their song Murder. Pimp and Bun had long-ass, 32-bar verses on that song, and I didn’t have time to listen to them both since I had to wake up early for school the next day. I put Ridin’ Dirty in my CD player and jammed it in bed from the beginning all the way through Murder. I was blown away by Pimps’s flow and lyrics. I paused it on the chorus, went to bed and woke up to Bun B destroying the track in the best verse of straight rapping I’ve ever heard in my life. From that point on, I was obsessed. You’re a bit of a local Twitter celeb. Who’s the most famous person you’ve interacted with on Twitter? A lot of people in the independent music scene hit me up sometimes, like Ninjasonik, Juiceboxxx, Das Racist, Cadence Weapon. But I’m still waiting on that tweet from Barack. I’m sure it’ll come any day now. Three things you should never talk about on Twitter. Your family business, your booty hole and your mistress. Five records you grew up listening to that defined good music. Michael Jackson’s Bad really did it for me when I was younger. As a teenager, it was the Ramones’Rocket to Russia, Bad Brains self-titled debut, Nas’Illmatic and Supreeme’s Supremacy … that all really influenced me to make music on my own. One song that makes Fat Tony cry. I cry to songs. It’s no secret. Rappers got feelings too, man. Last songs I cried to wereDon’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) by the Beach Boys and How Can You Mend A Broken Heart? by Al Green. It might sound strange, but when I listen to emotional songs from artists who have led somewhat sad lives or who have passed away, it gets me a little teared up wondering what led them to write that. Fess up. What’s the most embarrassing song on your iPod? If I had to pick, it’s probably the Vengaboys, “Boom-boom-boom-boom, I want you in my room” song. I love it, mayne.
What local reference should every Houston rapper mention in at least one song?
How pivotal was UGK in your musical education?
Great insight into Pimp C’s background including influences and the formation of UGK. This interview is a great portrayal of a man deeply passionate about the music he did no matter what others felt. One of the last legendary producers in rap music. Check out Noz’s work at Tumblin’ Erb and Cocaine Blunts.
