Archives de mai 2002 (17)

Fantastic Damage is the latest segment of the ongoing ordeal to create original and thought intensive hip-hop from the vital nerve of Company Flow: El-Producto. His commonly noted production on the major-label debut album for Co-Flow, Funcrusher + and later Little Johnny From The Hospital helped him, along with colleagues Big Juss and DJ Mr. Len, define a niche in the leftist extreme of Underground hip-hop. Later work with the revolution of sound The Cold Vein with Cannibal Ox made it globally acclaimed by critics, "greatest" in the underground denomination of hip-hop.

Dernière date de la tournée Européenne de Can Ox. A la fin d’un show intense en dépit de la fatigue, Vast tombe dans les bras de Cips One sur "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" pendant que Vordul chante par-dessus. Une demi-heure plus tard, ils nous donnent une dernière interview avant de s’envoler pour New York, le lendemain. Et cela ressemble surtout à un bavardage autour de quelques bouteilles et d’un cendrier…

A l’occasion du troisième volet de notre série d’interviews Record Comapny Records, entretenons-nous avec C.T.O. aka The Yukonn MC, un rappeur connu pour énerver les autres ressortissants RCR en réservant pour lui-seul l’ensemble du temps studio disponible au Hollywood Jackson Mansion de Roxbury.

Dai from Trieight, his friend Nick from London, and myself arrived in Shinjuku around 1 am. The show was taking place at a well-known Tokyo club called Liquid Room. After taking the elevator up for seven floors and going through a small line, my jaw dropped for the first time that night. That is when I saw the size of the place. I`m so used to the indy scene in the US, that I had totally forgotten venues this huge even existed. But more than the size of the venue, it was the fact that it was packed to full capacity that really blew my mind. I mean, take this show to any major American city and you won`t fill a place half the size of Liquid Room. So it was crazy packed, it felt like the damn Up in Smoke Tour, or as Dai would put it "Shibuya station during rush hour". And that`s how things looked when I stepped in the arena with my "it`s on" attitude.