Interview: DJ Crazy Toones on Dubcnn (July 2006)

DJ Crazy Toones talked to Nima at Dubcnn in June 2006 to talk about The CT Experience.

Dubcnn hooked up with one of the West Coast's most underrated producers, DJ Crazy Toones. Having been in the game for almost two decades, and being one of the pioneers of the mixtape game on the West, Toones has alot to say. In this interview, we bring you the whole story, from the Low Profile days, WC & The Maad Circle, Westside Connection, Laugh Now Cry Later, all the way to his current mixtape "The CT Experience". Most importantly, Crazy Toones spits alot of knowledge about the rap game, the mixtape circuit, and "unfinished demos". Read on to see what's meant by that!

Full interview transcript with audio (WMA) available at:
http://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/djcrazytoones/

DubCNN: Free Mixtape Download: DJ Crazy Toones "CT Experience"

Crazy Toones's CT Experience mixtape (featuring WC, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, The Game, and many more) is available for download in MP3 format on DubCNN at:

http://www.dubcnn.com/mixtapes/djcrazytoones-ctexperience

Interview: WC on RapIndustry.com

WC spoke to rapindustry.com about the release of the Westside Connection album, Terrorist Threats.

There is no transcript, and the answers are posted in RealAudio format, so you'll need to install RealPlayer to listen.

http://www.rapindustry.com/wc_interview.htm

Interview: WC on SixShot.com

WC spoke to SixShot.com to talk about the release of the Westside Connection album, Terrorist Threats.

SIXSHOT: How do you think you new album will impact hip-hop today?
WC: I think it is going to impact hip-hop today. I think it might be kind of hard for some people to digest because their body is so polluted right now with so much bullshit that is out there. When we drop this record it is going to be refreshing, it's going to be something a lot of people want to see, except if they don't have the balls for it. I don't know how else I should say it.

The whole interview transcript is available on sixshot.com at: http://www.sixshot.com/interviews/2739/

WC Quoted in Snoop Dogg vs. Police Football Game Story

Snoop Dogg's All-Stars battled the Inland Empire Police Department Enforcers in a charity football game in Long Beach, CA.

WC performed at the halftime game and is quoted in the story:

"It's all out of love," said WC, the self-proclaimed Ghetto Heisman winner who performed at halftime. "All the funds are going to charity, and I'm loving it. Everybody's supporting the community. A lot of kids are out here. It's great."

The whole article is available on the VH1 web site at: http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1459246/20021220/wc.jhtml

Interview: WC on DubCNN (Again)

Westcoast2k at DubCNN conducted an October 2002 interview with WC prior to the release of his album, "Ghetto Heisman".

Where do you feel the West Coast Hip Hop state is. Like these years has it set us back or pushed us forward?

Definitely put us forward. With artists like Dre, Snoop Dogg doin his thang. I think we didn’t go back, we didn’t go back at all. I think Hip Hop in general has improved, but I think the love for the artform has gone backwards. As far as Westcoast, I think we have grown and I think we could do some more collaborations on the Westcoast amongst eachother and help get that shit on another level. But its all gravy though, its gonna happen. Cause you know when we got together we did the Up In Smoke Tour, we turned heads across the whole world. And that’s something we need to do more. But I think Westcoast Hip Hop is definitely on the rise.

Full interview transcript at DubCNN.

Interview: WC on DubCNN

Rud at DubCNN conducted an interview with WC on September 18, 2002.

Rud : What can we expect from your 2nd solo release : Ghetto Heisman

WC : Ghetto Heisman, man expect a gang of ghetto oriented ass activity going down on there on the real....the song of the album is bangin, we got a few collabs on there, on this album...I did a few more collabs than I did on my last few albums, actually I didn't do many collabs on my last few albums...but on this one right here I got, Snoop Doggy Dogg of course on the 1st single, I got my hometown collabs, I got Cube and Mack on there (Westside Connection) umm I did a song with Case - flip the script for a wider audience - but we kept it Gangsta ya know, rick rock did the track, songs called "Flirt" - umm I got Scarface on the album, yea face is on there, song called "So Hard" - its off the chain! I got one of my artists on there by the name of Doctor Stank that im working with he's got a deal over at MCA , he off the rick wit it. I got Butch Cassidy & Kokane on the album as well, I got MC Ren on the album too, man Ren brought it...sounds like some NWA type shit - song called "Wanna Ride" yea its bangin - you gonna hear the explicit off the chain mix on the album - shits off the hook!

Full interview transcript as well as Real Audio excerpts at DubCNN.