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After an exhaustive search, I managed to find Willie D of the world famous Geto Boys. In my July '04 editorial, I let it be known. If you missed it, please take a moment to reacquaint yourself to my views on the H-Town legend. The D was infamous way before Houston exports like today’s Lil’ Flippers and the such and he laid the groundwork (with many others) for the current Down South Explosion. The man was prominently featured in a documentary on Down South rap music, Dirty States of America, a worthy purchase for any real head. Fortunately, the Geto Boys are on verge of a major comeback and a new generation will get to know D, Bushwick and Scarface. There is a time for all Hip-Hop heroes to get honored. This is Willie D’s day.

Illseed presents Part I of Willie D: FOUND.

AllHipHop.com: You have been quiet. There’s been rumors going around and I wanted to know, are you in Nation of Islam?

Willie: No. I support the Nation though. I’m the kind of dude whereas if there’s another organization that’s saying something that I agree with, I can draw something from that organization. I have a hard time committing to one organization so I help and participate with several organizations. But if the Nation call on me, I will be there.

AllHipHop.com: I was told that you moved to France? Is this true?

Willie: Actually I moved to Baku, Averbaijan.

AllHipHop.com: Baku. Now where is that located?

Willie: Well that’s about two hours east of Bagdad.

AllHipHop.com: What made you move there?

Willie: (Laughs) Business opportunities man. I’m the kind of dude where if there’s business abroad and I can benefit form it, well that’s where I’m going. The world is bigger than the United States. I’m back and forth that’s why I’m here right now, but that’s my base for now.

AllHipHop.com: What kind of business do you have down there?

Willie: Real estate. I have some real estate going on in Houston too. And I’ll say this to my people; find some type of real estate investment because you can’t lose in real estate. You have to be one of the dumbest mother f***ers to lose in real estate. Its way more stable than the music industry. All these young cats that’s jumping in the game using their street money to get the game, 95% of them are going to fail and going to find themselves at square one.

The real estate has a 91% success ratio. All you have to do I know where the comps are in your area. It’s very simple. If you have a three-bedroom house and someone wants 200,000 for it, you check around the other homes in that area with that same amount of square footage. And if those other houses are going for around 180,000, that you already know that you aren’t going to get two-hundred for that house. So you have to know what you profit margin is and know what your profit margin loss is.

AllHipHop.com: So nothing Hip-Hop related made you do that?

Willie: Nah. Absolutely nothing.

AllHipHop.com: What’s the new Geto Boys’ sounding like?

Willie: I’m really not going to let the cat out the bag, but the one thing I could say about the new album is that I’m very satisfied with it. Very satisfied.

AllHipHop.com: Are you guys on good terms? I heard rumors about you guys not getting along. Can you clear that up?

Willie: Man, Geto Boys is a strictly business relationship. There’s no use in me trying to get out and start faking s**t, it’s a business relationship. And the one thing I can’t stand is when mother f***ers be like, “Everything is beautiful, we this and we that and we never going to break up,” and they are lying to protect their image. They already shot a new video with new members and they are sitting here lying to you, telling you that they are still together. But I’ll keep it real when you come at me.

AllHipHop.com: Didn’t it start out like that? You were somewhat of a solo artist and Face came later and the Bushwick was thrown into the thing can you give me a further description into what went on?

Willie: Let me give you a synopsis of what went on. I initially came in as a solo artist. There was a group already out called the Geto Boys but they weren’t selling records. Lil J [J.Prince], the owner came to me and said, “I need you to write some songs for the new Geto Boys record.” I said “Okay,” and I wrote some songs. I wrote s**t like “Do it Like a G.O.,” “Let a Hoe be a Hoe,” and they didn’t like it. They were like it was too graphic. At the time them ni**as had wives and s**t. So I understood where they were coming from, but Lil J gave them an ultimatum; “Either y’all rap this s**t or I would have to move on.” They choose the latter. I then came in as a member of the Geto Boys and J was telling me about this dude he had named Scarface but at the time his name was DJ Akshun, and J was like, “It’s going to be Jukebox, Action and Jukebox.” Jukebox was one of the ones to stay. But Jukebox got a letter from his girlfriend at the time saying that he needed to find a real job because s**t wasn’t working. So he ended up leaving the group.

[Bushwick] Bill was in the studio hanging out rapping some Public Enemy songs. You know how Chuck [D] rap, a thousand miles per hour, no breath and I was looking at him and I a light bulb went off in my head. I introduced the idea of Bill joining the group. Nobody was really feeling it. I was like we got some dope s**t and a gimmick wont hurt. So if people saw a midget rapping, they would trip the f**k out, I know I would. Especially a midget talking about kicking somebody ass. So I was like, “Let me write him a song.” If he could rap, he could be in the group. So I asked Bill some size related questions and I came back in an hour with “Size ain’t S**t,” and three days later he was in then studio recording. That’s how Bushwick Bill joined the group. Even though I didn’t like Bill.

AllHipHop.com: Why?

Willie: We had an altercation before.

AllHipHop.com: You were about to fight a midget man? (Laughs)

Willie: S**t, I'll fight anybody…I’ll fight a motherf***ing first grader if he step out of line (Laughs) But the Bushwick thing was a business move and I thought it was a good idea. And that’s how you got the Geto Boys that you know today.

AllHipHop.com: Will the album be out through Rap-A-Lot?

Willie: Yes, Rap-A-Lot.

AllHipHop.com: Did you know that Rap-A-Lot will grow to be so big?

Willie D: My thinking was this: If enough people brought our s**t, then I felt that we were powerful to take over the whole fu**ing world. I knew that if they brought our s**t, if our s**t got heard, the fans will have an alternative. New York told us the stories of the subway stations and the projects and their life. So even to hear our voices, especially mine because of my southern drawl was powerful – because people in New York never heard a voice like that before. It made people pay attention.

AllHipHop.com: Speaking on that, the climate in music is crazy right now. People are making a big deal over Jadakiss who made the one liner “Why did Bush knock the towers?” Now you guys were surrounded be a whirlwind of controversy but people loved it. Can you tell us about the controversy and how it has changed in regards to Hip-Hop and censorship?

Willie D: You know, I can’t really be mad at dudes who be like “I’m not going to cross that that line I’m not going to go there,” because they don’t have the option of going underground and being successful like we do. The days where you can have no airplay, but have a monstrous album and sell a million copies are over. Just to get it in stores, like I said, they want to charge you to get it on the shelves. You have to pay to get it into a mix-show. You have to pay to get your poster on the wall at the f***ing barbershop now. When you walk in the neighborhood and be like, “Yo, put this poster up on the wall” they be like, “Well, that’s gonna charge you fifty dollars, and that other spot on the wall is gonna charge you $200.” Everybody is pimping and exploiting the game. Its okay to get paid off what somebody is doing, but if abuse it and wear that muthaf***a out, it’s not good no more and you don’t care because it’s a new mothef***a right around the corner.

Even the retailers are stealing from the artists. The ‘mom & pops’ panic. They have to pay a premium price to get the product in their stores. So instead of the ‘mom & pops’ joining forces sop they can compete with the big boys to buy low and sell high, they decided to go for their selves. They call the record company like, “Can you give us a sampler?” and they sell the samplers in the stores. Now the artists don’t even want to come to the ‘mom & pop’ stores, because when I was coming up, we knew that the ‘mom and pops’ were for the hood and they were holding the hood together sop that made us get a major kick out of going to the stores. We knew al the ‘mom and pop’ stores owners too. Everything was so much simpler back then. It had so much integrity, people who wanted to sell music because they had a passion for it. People who made music, made it because they had a passion for it. People who criticize the music because they had a passion for it. Everybody that was involved because they had a passion. These other guys only saw the money aspect of it. They said “I’m finna put this money into the Rap game. That’s how the game got so f***ed up. I’m not saying “Don’t keep your eye on your paper,” I’m saying that there should be some type of medium.

AllHipHop.com: Do you think the money creates a situation where the rappers don’t take any risks?

Willie D: Of course, but that’s human nature though. You get in a comfort zone and be like, “This is how I’ma make my money, and I ain’t going to jeopardize that for nobody.” You have people like that that work at Wal-Mart and you have people like that at the board and shelf.

AllHipHop.com: Geto Boys had a song called “F*** a War” and that was in the during the 90's war with the Middle East. What are your thoughts on this one?

Willie D: I think even though there were no weapons of mass destruction found, I really think that the war was necessary.

AllHipHop.com: Oh, really?

Willie D: I’ma tell you why: When you got motherf***er running around chopping people heads off and shooting innocent citizens in the head, at some point something got to be done. I’m not saying he [George W. Bush] didn't have ulterior motives, but that’s something that should have been dealt with a long time ago. But at the same time [in America], you have motherf***ers who contributed to the genocide and murder of our people. And those people still haven’t been held accountable for that yet.

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fast schon erschreckend als fan zu lesen was für abgeklärte business maschinen die R-A-L doodz sind! :eek:

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und willie d der häusermakler von aserbaidschan ist ja wohl auch zu lol. im land der schleier chillt der, unglaublich... :rofl:


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fast schon erschreckend als fan zu lesen was für abgeklärte business maschinen die R-A-L doodz sind! :eek:

l8a...


sind die meisten


aber echt krass was mit dem geht lol.

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Willie D: Knuckle Up
Wednesday - December 29, 2004
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Somewhere in Texas, southern rap legend Willie D of the Geto Boys is riding in a Cadillac with his attorney. They’re discussing the assault charges he’s facing. On the radio, Aaron Neville’s soft melodic voice is purring from the car’s speakers. “Turn it up a little bit,” he tells his lawyer. They continue to go over the details of his case. “Turn it up some more,” says Willie. Despite the seriousness of the allegations against him (D is also a part time professional boxer, thereby making his hands a lethal weapon), the rapper seems more interested in hearing the soothing sound of soul music than the “legalese” coming from the driver’s set. That scene, as described by Willie D, is a perfect representation of the man himself. He’s part guerrilla; part gentleman. He’s the conflicted street soldier torn between right and wrong as evidenced on his solo projects I’m Goin' Out Like A Soldier, Play Witcha Mama and most recently Loved By Few, Hated By Many. With the release of the Geto Boys ninth album, War & Peace on Jan. 25th, Willie will once again bring his unique perspective on life to the masses.

You’ve said that the Geto Boys are still “championing the cause of the under served.” Who are the underserved?
The poor and the uneducated. They don’t really have a voice. Don’t get it twisted though. There are some educated folks that fell on hard times for one reason or another and find themselves in these situations too. The elderly. They don’t have the strength to fight anymore. They don’t know where to go and find out different things about this program or that program. Those are the underserved.

What more can be said in gangsta rap that hasn’t already been said?
Keep saying some more sh*t. Keep saying it louder. I know it’s not that easy when you’re getting pressure from the record label. They’re like, ‘hey we feel you about
these issues, but maybe we should tone it down.’

Who do you see out there speaking about real issues today?
Of course GB, but there are some other people like Common, Kanye West -– thank God for Kanye West -- and Queen Latifah. It’s actually unfair to name people because
there are so many you forget.

Those artists are more…
Mainstream.

Right. I’m talking about artists that are more hardcore like Geto Boys, but
bringing the social and political commentary with it.
It’s like that boxer out there no one knows about. He just ain’t surfaced yet. I don’t know who they are, but they out there.

So, basically… there isn’t anyone in the market right now? What about Eminem?
He’s been mixing in a lot of real issues into his music – like his attack on President Bush in “Mosh.” I think he deserves credit for that. Anytime you take a chance on jeopardizing your finances… you know. People jeopardize they life all the time, but seldom jeopardize they finances. He’s coming after the president… someone who could put a contract out on him. But he gets away with a lot more because of all the other stuff he does cross-dressing and all that. People don’t know if he’s serious or not. It’s like’s he’s on the fence.

Who are you listening to right now? What are you playing in the ride?
I don’t listen to rap music. I listen to 70’s R&B, 80’s R&B; James Taylor is always in my CD deck and the Police.

The new generation was raised on rap music. They haven’t really been exposed towhite artists who were making popular music in the late 70’s and 80’s. Do you think they’re lacking some of that musical diversity the original Hip-Hop generation had?
Good music has a way of finding its way to your heart. It found me in jail. When I was 18… actually like 17, I listened to white artists [for the first time] in jail. I had no knowledge of being around white people. I was under the impression white folks couldn’t sing and didn’t have no rhythm. That was just my ignorance. But, anyway there was a show called Video Jukebox that we used to watch in jail and this music video by John Cougar Mellencamp came on called “Jack and Diane.” I turned the
channel as soon as it came on. I wasn’t trying to hear that sh*t, but my man was like, let me watch that before you turn it. I was like naw. We kept going back and forth like that until we was about to get into it. I was like, damn this nigga want to fight me over this music video? He know I‘m cold with these hands. So I just sat there and listened to it and it was hot, but I didn’t let him know. After that, I just wanted more and more. When I got out of jail, I started dating women who had been exposed to different things than me. They exposed me to a lot too… like that
James Taylor. Right now, there’s nothing you can play [musically] that I can’t get down with.

Would you describe your relationship with Scarface and Bushwick Bill as friendly or is it strictly business?
It’s business. If it wasn’t about business, we’d all be rich.

So, if you guys were really cool, you’d all be eating the same.
Dig what I’m saying?

Understood. So, what’s the recording process like between the three of you?
Get in that muthafucka and get in where you fit in. Basically, the structure is unstructured. I’m not with the lying. I’m not going to [sugar coat] it. We should be as big as the Grateful Dead or the Police. Don’t blame it on the label when you don’t do what you’re supposed to do. Don’t give the label an excuse not to promote you. You missing interviews. You missing photo shoots and meetings. Don’t make the label come looking for you. Don’t have them wondering, is he gonna help promote the album? Or is he gonna hang out in Jamaica? You can’t blame that on the label.

When was the last time you heard something on a record that shocked you or caused you to raise an eyebrow?
Juvenile say some crazy shit, but he say shit that I would say. Like on his new album with UTP he say ‘Order a drink and sit yo black ass down.’ That’s some real shit. I love how he put regular conversation in the rap.

My next question deals with something I’ve always wondered about. Southern rapmusic is running things right now. Why didn’t Rap-A-Lot sew up the South?
In my opinion, I don’t think the vision was there. [James "Lil J" Smith] had in his mind this is what I’m gonna do and if I make something out of it [great.] He’s real. He takes careful steps before making a [business] move. Personally, it’s helped his fortune by not losing money. On the other hand, you have to take chances. There’s really no limit to what you can [achieve.] But yeah… we could have sewn up the whole
South.

Do you think that lack of initiative after We Can’t Be Stopped blew up
caused you guys to seek out solo projects?

We Can’t Be Stopped exceeded all of our expectations. There was no ingenuity behind a “Mind Playing Tricks On Me.” We just made that record, sent it to the radio
and it blew up. Stuff like that only happens once in a lifetime.

It’s kinda like lightning in a bottle.
Exactly.

So when do we get another Willie D special?
Oh… I’m coming. Best believe that. I’m coming.

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wollte ich auch grad posten...
und willie d der häusermakler von aserbaidschan ist ja wohl auch zu lol. im land der schleier chillt der, unglaublich... :rofl:


kommt er aus aserbaidschan :confused:


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skreel hat geschrieben:
wollte ich auch grad posten...
und willie d der häusermakler von aserbaidschan ist ja wohl auch zu lol. im land der schleier chillt der, unglaublich... :rofl:


kommt er aus aserbaidschan :confused:

lmao...no!...but he's livin there right now....(tho he's back in houston rite now to promote the new geto boys)...

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wollte ich auch grad posten...
und willie d der häusermakler von aserbaidschan ist ja wohl auch zu lol. im land der schleier chillt der, unglaublich... :rofl:


kommt er aus aserbaidschan :confused:


Nein...aber er ist dort hingezogen, weil da wohl der Handel mit
Grundstücken (oder Immoblilien?) blüht und es ihm in Paris zu freizügig
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Ich denke er pendelt jetzt regelmäßig - man kann schon fast sagen - zwischen den Welten :D


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vielleicht gibts da auch Talente in sachen rap :ugly:

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vielleicht gibts da auch Talente in sachen rap :ugly:


Das wohl weniger, aber laut einem Interview auf dieser Texasblogsite ist Willie D dort kein Unbekannter...

Do the Geto Boys have fans in Azerbaijan?

Yes sir, shit I saw the UTP video on TV in Azerbaijan. They have one McDonalds in the whole country, in Baku, and after school all the kids that’s from that area they come out there and they watch MTV, and on the weekends it’s the most jam packed McDonalds you’ll ever see in your life. They’ll literally have a couple hundred people in line all day. When I got out there, to my surprise I met this guy from Colfax, Louisiana, who happens to own the second most popular restaurant in Baku. They sell American food and it’s called Fisherman’s Wharf. But all music that’s bought there is bootleg. There’s no genuine music out there period. The music goes for $2.50 per CD. Tower Records couldn’t survive in that motherfucker.


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vielleicht gibts da auch Talente in sachen rap :ugly:


Das wohl weniger, aber laut einem Interview auf dieser Texasblogsite ist Willie D dort kein Unbekannter...

Do the Geto Boys have fans in Azerbaijan?

Yes sir, shit I saw the UTP video on TV in Azerbaijan. They have one McDonalds in the whole country, in Baku, and after school all the kids that’s from that area they come out there and they watch MTV, and on the weekends it’s the most jam packed McDonalds you’ll ever see in your life. They’ll literally have a couple hundred people in line all day. When I got out there, to my surprise I met this guy from Colfax, Louisiana, who happens to own the second most popular restaurant in Baku. They sell American food and it’s called Fisherman’s Wharf. But all music that’s bought there is bootleg. There’s no genuine music out there period. The music goes for $2.50 per CD. Tower Records couldn’t survive in that motherfucker.


coole sache, hätt ich nicht erwartet

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Es wird wohl eher ein amerikanischer Sender gewesen sein... :notsure:


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denk ich auch... aber ist schon cool das auch in Aserbaidschan Willie D alben gekauft werden

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