DX: So this song ain’t gonna alienate the Hypnotize hardcore fans?
DP: Nah, it’s some Hypnotize shit.

DX: Let’s talk about the first two singles from the new album. Is there any reason you guys didn’t continue with the soul sample driven success you had with the last album’s singles and instead made these new joints more strip club oriented?
DP: I mean, it’s the summer time. We go by what time of the year we coming out. [Most Known Unknown] came out in September. It’s summer time now, so we had to make some shit to get the girls on the dance floor and let ‘em shake they asses. We got one single for the guys and girls, which is “I’d Rather” [click here to watch]. And then we got one that’s mainly for girls, the “Lolli Lolli” joint. So you know, [those songs] are just something to get ‘em on the floor. But now the album got a lot of soul samples up in it. So there could probably be a [soul sample driven] third single. We still got that [sound] on the album. The album’s [sound] is still the same [as the last].
JJ: Yeah, if ain’t broke we ain’t trying to fix it. But it’s always a different year and a different time. Like, that album is that album, and Smoke Clears is Smoke Clears, and Chapter 2: World Domination… At those times it was always different stuff going on [musically]. So you know, times gonna change. Nothing ain’t gonna stay the same.
DP: Yeah, like “Tear Da Club Up” wasn’t a soul single and it was our first big hit. “Who Run It,” “Ridin’ Spinners,” we always change it up.

DX: Juicy, I gotta ask you about a line you spit on “Lolli Lolli” which is “Like Barack Obama said, it’s time for a change.” So is Three 6 Mafia officially endorsing Obama for President?
JJ: I mean, when I said that in my rap… I saw him on TV [and] he said, “it’s time for a change,” but I was talking about that it’s time for a change, pull over on the road [and get in] the backseat. I was talking about a gal, ya know?
DP: Talking about change positions.

DX: [Laughs] I know that, I’m just saying it sounded kinda like a shout out.
JJ: I think he’s a good candidate. And I think John McCain is one [too]. We don’t even really get into politics, but we tell everybody to go out and vote. Every vote counts.
DP: Just go out there and do eenie-meenie-minie-moe, that’s what I do.

DX: [Laughs] If y’all don’t get into politics then why’d y’all put together that video with the clips of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer [click here to watch]?
DP: We didn’t put that together. Man, you think I’m that computer literate? I can barely send an email let alone edit together a video.

DX: [Laughs] Switching gears again, who are Young D and Superpower?
DP: Superpower is a an up-and-coming producer that we had just met and he produced a track [on the new album], and then we went back and we co-produced it to give it more of our sound. So we added some keyboards and bass and stuff to it. But he also sung the hook [on the song]. He wrote and sung that hook. Now Young D is one of our artists signed to our label. He’s like the hottest rapper in Memphis besides us and Project Pat. So we signed him to the label. He had two hot songs on the radio and so we signed him.

DX: Is he coming out with like his own joint through Hypnotize Minds soon?
DP: Yep, later this summer.

DX: And Frayser Boy and Lil Wyte both got new albums this year, right?
DP: Yeah, Frayser Boy just dropped his [Da Key], and Lil Wyte coming out in the fall. Then we got an artist named Chrome. His album will be coming out soon.

DX: So y’all definitely keeping the independent side going while you do the [group] stuff over at Sony.
JJ: Got to.
DP: You betta believe it. We been crankin’ out independent [releases]. When you was asking us what we been doing since “Doe Boy Fresh,” we put out ‘bout three or four independents.

DX: Yeah, I just meant, you know how it is to the public that the group is…
DP: Yeah, they weren’t seeing us. ‘Cause we was in the lab, man. When you hear the album, you’ll understand why you ain’t been seeing us.

DX: Any other Hypnotize-related projects besides those albums we mentioned on deck?
DP: Well, we got our clothing line that we brought out the end of last year. It’s called Dangerus Skandulus. So we got the clothing line, and like I said the movies and just all that stuff.

DX: Speaking of the movies, there’s gonna be another Choices I read?
DP: Yeah, Choices III.

DX: Y’all got a date on that?
DP: Nah, we gonna try to start filming some of the movies when we get off the road for this album. Continued on page 3 »