ALL STAR 2011 - Ozone Magazine

More documents

Recommendations

Info

LIL BTHE BASED GODWords by Julia Beverly18 // OZONE MAG
LIL B USED THE PACK AS A SPRINGBOARDTO LAUNCH HIS OWN SOLO CAREER ANDSOON LINKED UP WITH SOULJA BOY. NOW,THE BASED GOD HAS GOT THE INTERNETGOING NUTS, THANKS TO HIS QUIRKY--ANDOFTEN OFFENSIVE--SENSE OF HUMOR ANDA FLURRY OF STREAM-OF-CONSCIOUSNESSRHYMES. HERE HE TALKS ABOUT NEGO-TIATING A RECORD DEAL WITH 50 CENT,AND THREATENS TO SODOMIZE PRESIDENTOBAMA. (WHAT?!?)Let’s go back a little because even with thisnew fame that you’re getting, I think a lot ofpeople aren’t aware that you got your startas part of The Pack and that whole movement.What’s going on with the group?Yeah, definitely. Well, as far as The Pack, we’restill together and still grindin’. That was myfirst start in the game, grinding with them,coming into the game really early. We gotsigned when I was around fifteen or sixteen,so that gave me a jump start, and I just neverreally stopped working. Even before we gotsigned, I was always working indirectly. Iwasn’t really doing it to get famous, but justdoing it to be heard and get into the parties.Did you always plan on breaking off to doyour solo thing?I was always a solo artist at heart. It’s just ablessing that we all had an amazing dynamictogether and we all clicked and could makehits together. That’s an amazing gift we had.It’s very rare that four people can click andsound good together. But yeah, I’ve alwaysbeen a solo artist.You’re affiliated with Soulja Boy’s SODMGlabel now, right? How did you link up withSoulja Boy?The first time me and Soulja Boy really connectedwas on Myspace, years before hegot famous off “Crank Dat.” He added me onMyspace and when I listened to that songon his page, I was like, damn, “Crank Dat” isamazing. I hit him up and asked him to letme get on the remix. He never hit me backand then he blew up. A few years later I wasdropping videos on Worldstar Hip Hop andSoulja Boy quoted one of my lines on Twitter.I was at my pa’tna’s house in L.A. when I sawit, and I was like, “Man, Soulja, what’s up bruh,let’s rock. That’s love!” He followed me backand we’ve been gettin’ it in ever since.Are you signed to him as a solo artist?I’m not signed to anybody yet. I’m unsigned.Me and Soulja are working out some stuffpaperwork-wise and just trying to find thebest situation. But we’re both always gonnawork together.Are you in talks with other record labels?There are a few labels that have put stuff onthe table. I’ve got lawyers looking over thepaperwork and stuff like that. I’ma give youan exclusive, too – nobody knows about this.I’m out here [in New York] to meet up with 50Cent. We’re gonna meet up and see what’sup. The labels are going nuts right now andeverybody is trying to get down, so I’m tryingto pace myself and be smart and handlewhat I’ve gotta handle and pay attention tothe music. I’m just trying to keep happy andstay in tune with the music and keep buildingtowards a big buy-out.You and 50 Cent seem to have somethingin common because you both like to getpeople’s attention by being intentionallycontroversial. For example, when you comeout with a video saying “hoes on my dickcause I look like Jesus” or threaten to anallyrape Kanye West, how much of that is realityand how much of it is for shock value?That’s my sense of humor. I have a crazysense of humor and I know how to get underpeople’s skin. I like to make people go, “Ohmy God!,” you know what I mean? That’s kindof like the jokester that I am. I’m fearless. Idon’t censor myself; that’s a big thing for me.I just have fun, make jokes, get reactions,and put my personality into the game to letpeople see a new way of thinking.Let’s talk about this whole “Based God”thing. Is that an actual religion?Nah, nah. Based God is not a religion. Basedis not a religion nor a cult. I hear a lot of peopleassociating it with a cult and saying thatI have a “cult following” and stuff like that,but it’s not a religion. The Based God ideaoriginated from my freestyles. I freestyledabout one thousand songs out of my homestudio and released those songs. With thatstream of consciousness, I found this othercharacter within myself, which is the BasedGod. So that’s really where it came from.It’s not a religion or anything like that. It’sjust an untouchable character. I’m BrandonMcCartney and Lil B is this crazy person fromthe hood who says whatever he wants, he’sthe rebel. The Based God is more in touchwith the spiritual side.Okay, I know you defended this by sayingit’s your sense of humor, but let’s talk aboutthe song “hoes on my dick cause I look likeJesus.” Obviously a lot of people took of-OZONE MAG // 19
Page 1: WELCOME TO LOS ANGELESALLSTAR2011**
Page 8 and 9: PUBLISHER:Julia BeverlyEDITOR-IN-CH
Page 10 and 11: LOS ANGELESEventListingThursday, Fe
Page 12 and 13: 12 // OZONE MAG
Page 14 and 15: YGWords & Photo byJulia Beverly14 /
Page 16 and 17: WITH THE UNEXPECTED SUCCESS OF THEI
Page 20 and 21: fense to that. Do you believe in Je
Page 22 and 23: goal you want to see this generatio
Page 24 and 25: 40 GLOCC, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS BIGBAD
Page 26 and 27: song by “40 Glocc.” It kinda pu
Page 28 and 29: TERRACEMARTINWords by Randy RoperPh
Page 30 and 31: YA BOYWords by D-Ray30 // OZONE MAG
Page 32 and 33: 32 // OZONE MAG
Page 34 and 35: NEWBOYZWords by Julia BeverlyPhoto
Page 36 and 37: is in a good state, and it feels go
Page 38 and 39: THE PACKThe Bay Area foursome follo
Page 40 and 41: dance flavor. The album is called W
Page 42 and 43: NIOTHA GIFTWords by Ni SweetPhoto b
Page 44 and 45: PROBLEMWordsby Julia BeverlyPhoto b
Page 46 and 47: names I just mentioned are included
Page 48 and 49: JAYROCKWords by Julia BeverlyPhoto
Page 50 and 51: AFTER GETTING RELEASED FROM WARNERB
Page 52 and 53: MESSYMARVWords by Julia Beverly52 /
Page 54 and 55: MESSY MARVEverybody knows you’re
Page 56 and 57: DOMKENNEDYWords by Randy RoperPhoto
Page 58 and 59: 25th Hour. I started up with my cou
Page 60 and 61: BOBBYBRACKINSWords by Julia Beverly
Page 62 and 63: It probably won’t peak for anothe
Page 64 and 65: 64 // OZONE MAGFORMER GANGBANGERS (
Page 66 and 67: Tell us about The Gang.Te Money: Ch
Page 68 and 69:
Jim Brown started called “I Can,
Page 70 and 71:
You mentioned your situation with A
Page 72 and 73:
AFTER AN APPEALS COURT OVERTURNEDHI
Page 74 and 75:
How did you learn how to read?One A
Page 76:
76 // OZONE MAG
show all

ALL STAR 2011 - Ozone Magazine

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?