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From the crates: Diggin' in N.O. for Hip Hop


October 25, 2007 | Tags: Wack-o and Skip, Nolia clap, upt records

Dominque “A.H.L.O.T.” Howse “We gone Clap back!” May 2, 2007



Prior to Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana was known for it’s “soulful black folk,” unforgettable music and deep rooted history.  In mid 1999 a sound from the unique southern streets, hit the airwaves and Junevile’s “Ha,” became the song of the summer.  New Orleans was finally on the map and the mixture of Jazz, Hip-Hop and struggle reflected in the music.



Since then Juvenile has sold over 10 million records and released Wack-O and Skip, under his label UPT Records.  Best known for their 2004 hit, “Nolia Clap” Wack-O and Skip are back.  With an album set for release this summer, Wack-O sat down for an exclusive interview to talk about the current state of Hip-Hop, the industry and the future of New Orleans.





HipHopDX:  It’s a possibility if you’re not in the southern part of the United States or in the Midwest, that Wack-O is an unfamiliar name.  What is your affiliation with Juvenile and how would people remember you?



W: Ya’ll know me from the “Nolia Clap.”  Everybody knows about the nolia clap.  Mr. Nolia Clap is back again, ya heard me?  Slippin’ those bundles and pushin’ those packs- again, ya heard me?  The new album will be out in June.  The name of the album is “Back like we left something.”   We’re back like we left something…cause I left something (laughs).



HipHopDX: [Laughs].   After the success of the first single, how did you take it all in?



W:  I don’t let that go to my head.  I just keep it moving.  Some people drop a hot single or a hot song and they feel like ‘I’m the sh-t, I did it, I made it.’  It’s not about that.  It’s about staying consistent.  Right now, “I’m back like I left something,” and we got consistent hits!  When you listen to it you’re gonna be like “Yeah, that’s a hit, oh yeah that’s a hit.” You ain’t gonna have to keep pressing fast forward and rewind, go back…you can just listen to the album.



HipHopDX:  Well, what happened right after the hit?  You guys dropped a hot single and then it’s like, ‘Where Wack-O and Skip at’?



W: Well you know business, man.  Rapping is cool, but if your business isn’t handled right-it’s 99 percent business and one percent rap.  That’s what a lot of dudes gotta learn, coming up in this game.  They think it’s all about rapping, getting rich and then buying the Bentleys- it ain’t like that.  It’s hard work and dedication…making sure that your business is right.  Making sure you get paid for everything that you do-your ringtones or whatever else.  I’m saying if your voice is on anything, you need to get paid for it.  Unless it’s a mixtape for promotion or something.  Now, Skipp and I, our business is right and we’re  “Back like we left something.”



HipHopDX:  Alright, last time we heard from ya’ll, Hip-Hop we sort of different then.  Nas brought out an album called “Hip Hop is Dead,” Killa Mike did a track back in the day about it, what’s your perception of the current state of Hip-Hop?



W:  What they mean by Hip-Hop is dead, is that people ain’t really speakin’ life no more…in regards to the real sh-t that’s really going on.  The rap game is one big party right now. Nobody is really taking it serious and everybody wants to dance.  I guess we just gonna dance it all the way out.  Then you have a few artist out there who still spittin’ real Hip-Hop- whether it’s gangsta Hip-Hop, regular Hip-Hop.  You have Outkast, Nas and Jay- Z. You know there was an argument with Jeezy and Nas posted on the internet, about Hip-Hop being dead and sh-t.  What Jeezy spittin’ to me is Hip-Hop, but it’s hard.  Whatever the streets can relate to, that’s Hip-Hop for me. In the form or fashion of dress code and everything…the baggy jeans- well now the game has switched up to tight jeans. You see ni-ggas in tight jeans



HipHopDX.com: [laughs].



W: [Laughs], yeah, I’m not knockin’ another n-ggas swag, but I’m going to stick to what I do.  When Hip-Hop started it was about the baggy clothes, the fat shoestrings, the tongue hanging out, dope ropes and all that sh-t.  But, it’s a new fashion- Hip-Hop now, it’s coming from all different type of aspects. You can’t knock what other people doing.  I just want to listen to real sh-t and hear somebody tell a story.  The art of story telling is really being lost in the game.  I guess that’s what Nas mean-we’re not really, spittin’ that real, real. You can say the same things over and over on a bangin’ a-s beat and make a hit.  These days, n-ggas not really puttin’ any effort into it.  “I got rims on my truck, rims on my truck,” you know what I’m sayin?  C’mon man.  Tell me how you got that truck, how you got that ice…talk about that.



HipHopDX:  You spoke about style and how people have switched things up, what do you think makes New Orleans rappers stick out?



W:  My favorite artist from New Orleans is Souljah Slim. That’s who I grew up on.  Other cats grew up on, Tupac and- don’t get me wrong.  I’m a Pac fanatic, but I’m a Slim fanatic.  It’s like, I relate to dude and what he be talking about, because I’ve been there. When you do the same type of sh-t and n-ggas put it on the table, it’s like “damn.”  It’s just like Jay-Z.  Jay- Z  say a lot of things, that any hustler or any boss- Jay- Z say every phrase and every definition of a boss. That’s why a n-gga feel it.  Just like women, ya’ll feel Beyonce and them.  When that certain song come on, and ya’ll sing it word for word.  That’s how we feel, when a n-gga is rapping some real sh-t…when women understand what we had to go through to get there, that’s when they understand the rap better…



HipHopDX:  You really emphasize struggle and hardship.  Tell me how your perceptions of life changed, your career and your perception of music after Hurricane Katrina.  How did things shift in your mind?



W:  That’s a good question.  I could think was that , I am blessed.  It was a lot of people who didn’t really make it to survive.  That day became the end of their lives.  Everyday I wake up, still to this day and I thank God that I’m blessed.  I’m glad I have a talent outside of selling drugs and jacking.  I’m glad I have a special talent, to make money and stay surviving. With this talent, it don’t matter how many Hurricanes come, I’m good.  This talent just doesn’t stop in one city.  When you got dudes confined to one city and the streets they don’t even have their sources anymore.  I’m blessed and thank God that I have a talent..  I overcame all that and I’m doing my thing- thing.



HipHopDX:  Cool.  Let me know how you felt when 400 Degreez dropped?  It’s considered a classic album, not only in New Orleans but all over the country.  How did feel the first time you saw Juveniles’s “Ha” on BET?



W:  Right then and there, I knew I was gonna blow.  I thought if they like that, I got something for they a-s.  I was locked up.  I was a prisoner when 400 Degreez came out.  I was doing my bid, I was a juvenile, a four and a half bid.  I was looking like, “He did it.”  At the same time, I knew he touched it so I was gonna touch it.  He opened a lot of doors…what gave me more inspiration, was the fact that he was my dude.  We grew up together.  He rich now, so we rich now.  Where I come from, we go back and get our people.  When, I saw that video, that day I said, “We made it.”  We’ve been at it for a long time and Juve broke the ice.  We showed the projects on BET, that’s Magnolia.  Magnolia got hot and there where people coming from all over the world, like “Where is Juve, where Turk, where B.G., Silkk Tha Shocker.”   It was a good feeling, because for a long time New York got all the glory and the West Coast got the shine-as far as rap.  To see our lil’ crowd blow from New Orleans, it was a good feeling.  I felt great seeing Master P and them.  We here baby!  They were showin’ the projects on BET.



HipHopDX; If you could control what the audience bought into what type of songs would you bring out?



W: Well right now, me, Skip and LIl’ Wayne.  People who’ve been to New Orleans knows what it is. If you haven’t been to New Orleans you about to know what it is.  They about to know what a second line is.  Black history, they about to learn about black history and the history behind New Orleans.  We trying to do something new, that they’ve never had a taste of. It’s been going here, but t hey don’t know nuthin’ about that. 



HipHopDX:  If you could work with anybody who would it be?



W:  I still want to do a song with Tupac. I sill want to do a song a with Biggie…



HipHopDX:  It’s possible [laughs].



W:  [Laughs] Right, I still want do a joint with Slim.  I’m talking to his mom right now.  Me and Ms. Linda trying to get that business together, right now.  Trying to keep his legacy alive. Who ever.  I’ll do music with whoever.  You can be into Rap, Pop, R&B-



HipHopDX:  Who wouldn’t you work with? 



W: [Laughs]That’s a good question.  I would say um, RuPaul.  I’d be like “Hell nah, I’m Good.”



HipHopDX.: [Laughs]. You guys are coming out with an album real soon…



W: Back like we left something!  (Claps) Late May, early June…Lil Weezie on the single. It’s hot!  I know a lot of people aren’t gonna like that.



HipHopDX:  Speaking of Wayne, he said he was “The greatest rapper alive, since the greatest rapper retired.”  How do you feel about that?  As an emcee I thought you were suppose to feel like that…



W: That’s what I was fenna tell you.  I’m the greatest rapper alive…I’m the greatest rapper alive!  When you fall in that zone, it’s on.  If you feel like you can’t be stopped, then hey…that’s Hp-Hop!  If you want to know what it is, that’s what Hip-Hop is.  If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best- that’s Hip-Hop.  Beat the best.  Don’t get me wrong, he’s hot right now, he’s on everything.  Name something he’s not on.



HipHopDX: RuPaul (laughs).



W: (Laughs) Yeah, he’s not on RuPaul…everything else he’s on it!  He’s hot.  I’m the type of dude not to hate- if you’re holding it down- you’re holding it down.  Right now, Lil’ Wayne is holding New Orleans, Louisiana on his back.  Me and Skip- Back like we left something.



HipHopDX:  Anything else you want the readers to know?



W:  If you a hatin’ f-uck you, if you congratulatin’ we love ya!



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