Scarface is one of my favorite rappers of all time. There are very few other rappers out there who can say that over 20 years they have kept it 100. Face is still making the records he was making 20 years ago. I grew up listening to Face's music. I discoved Brad Jordan back in 91 through the Geto Boys classic "My Minds Playing Tricks On Me." Face doesn't make happy music. All of his tracks are about the realities of all the shit that others rappers talk about with joy. I mean yeah the dope game can bring fast money, but it can also bring about many evils and Face tells those tales quite well. He writes tracks that a lot of these "Gangsta" rappers wish they could, but are too concerned with selling millions to do it. His new album "Made" has cracked my top 5 for the year because of it. "Girl You Know"... "Burn"... "Boy Meets Girl"... "The Suicide Note"... Scarface is Scarface... he isn't for everyone, but deserves the respect he's earn over the years.
Plus you have to love the only record label with the nerve to brag about the Feds not being able to bust them.
Chris Rock: Music kind of sucks. Nobody's into being a musician. Everybody's getting their mogul on. You've been so infiltrated by this corporate mentality that all the time you'd spend getting great songs together, you're busy doing nine other things that have nothing to do with art. You know how shitty Stevie Wonder's songs would have been if he had to run a fuckin' clothing company and a cologne line?
RollingStone: Plenty of rappers say, "I'm not a rapper, I'm a businessman."
Chris Rock: That's why rap sucks, for the most part. Not all rap, but as an art form it's just not at its best moment. Sammy the Bull would have made a shitty album. And I don't really have a desire to hear Warren Buffett's album - or the new CD by Paul Allen. That's what everybody's aspiring to be.
We live in a weird time. No one knows who's smart - we just know who makes money. "Hey, somebody invented Viagra! We don't know their name,but we know Pfizer, because they make the money." That guy made apill that keeps your dick hard, and nobody knows who the fuck he is.The pharmaceutical companies are like fuckin' record companies.There's literally the Bo Diddley of medicine walking around, not getting his royalties. He signed all his fucking pill publishing away.
I have a secret... i love lowriders. I used to deep into loweriders, but it something people wouldn't know unless they knew me before 1995. Truthfully, when I become rich and can spend ridiculously (after giving to charities of course) the only car i really, really need to have is a 1963 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport... sittin on 100 spoke Dayton Wires and white walls... with a 4 pump system in the back.
The reason for my love of lowriders is really the design. The 63 Impala is amazing with regard to design. It has this edge running down both sides with points at both ends that make it stand out. And if you look at it from the right angle it looks like it goes on forever. You add the three circular tail lights and the grill on the front... it simply looks amazing. But then you when you drop it to the ground... put it on Daytons... with a candy coated drippin paint... and a hydrolic system... daaaaaaaaaamn! It just makes it look more ridiculous.
The other part is the hydrolics. To be able to make a car do something it shouldn't do also makes me smile. You can't help but be amazed when you see a lowrider hop or hit a 3 wheel motion. They are basically Hot Wheels for grown ups. You gotta love it.
The truth is any car can be a lowrider, but honestly most cars after the 1980s just don't work as lowriders. I'm all for cutting emissions and a greener planet, but the designs of modern cars just don't work for lowriders. You can candy coat any car and put some rims on it, but it just won't look as dope as the ones you see below.
And sorry Vic, but all of these street racers... the Hondas, Acura, etc... I don't care how fast you can drive... hell build it so that it can go 300 miles per hour down a city street... will NEVER look as dope as a 63 Impala on 100 spokes. The lines... the chrome... the paint... what more can i say.
I used to get Lowrider Magazine every month cause I couldn't get enough of them. I'd be lying if I said the beautiful Latina women posing with the cars didn't spark my interest as well. Beautiful Latinas and beautiful lowriders are a great combination.