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CEE KNOWLEDGE A.K.A. DOODLEBUG SPECIAL INTERVIEW (ENGLISH)
AFTER 2 SUCCESFUL ALBUMS,A GRAMMY AWARD,AND MULTIPLE GOLD AND PLATINUM PLAQUES THE GROUP WENT ITS OWN WAY WHICH OPENED THE DOOR TO A NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE...IN 2000 I STARTED THE COSMIC FUNK ORCHETRA AND RECRUITED MY FRIENDS FROM PHILLY TO JOIN THE BAND...NOWADAYS I SPEND MY TIME IN THE STUDIO DEVELOPING NEW ARTISTS, WRITING AND PRODUCING NEW MUSIC AND INDIE FILM PROJECTS.   (L→R) INDIAN BLACK, DOODLEBUG, DJ SOULBACK, CASH I$ Q. HOW DID YOU MEET HIPHOP? A. I GREW UP DURING THE GOLDEN AGE OF HIPHOP BEFORE IT BECAME A MAINSTREAM PHENOMENON AND A MARKETING TOOL FOR GREEDY CORPORATIONS... I WAS INTRODUCED TO HIP HOP IN THE EARLY 80'S AS A SNOTTY NOSED YOUNG BOY IN THE PARK WATCHING DJ KOSMIC KEV AND THE GRAND MASTERS OF FUNK WITH MC PERRY P ROCKING BREAK BEATS WHILE ME AND THE REST OF THE CROWD LOST OUR MINDS.   Q. WHEN DID YOU START MC/PRODUCING/DJ? A. I STARTED OFF AS A DEEJAY TRYING TO SCRATCH MY MOTHERS R&B AND JAZZ RECORDS ON HER OLD PHONOGRAPH TURNTABLE WHICH LED ME TO START DEEJAYING ALL THE DANCES AT MY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.   Q. WHO/WHAT ARE YOUR INFLUENCES? A. MY MOST IMPORTANT INFLUENCES STARTED WITH MY PARENTS...MY MOTHERS ECLECTIC MUSICAL SELECTIONS AND MY FATHERS REVOLUTIONARY TEACHINGS HELPED MOLD ME INTO THE MAN I AM TODAY... I HAVE MANY FAVORITES...MOS DEF, LUDACRIS,RAKIM,MC LYTE,PORTISHEAD,STETSASONIC,SLICK RICK,BIGGIE SMALLS,NAS, BUSTA RHYMES,MARVIN GAYE,MILES DAVIS,SUN RA,NANCY WILSON AND SO MANY OTHERS BUT YOU GET THE IDEA... Q. WHEN YOU MAKE A LYRIC, TRACK AND AN ALBUM, WHAT ARE YOU MORE INSPIRED FROM? A. WHEN I AM WRITING A NEW SONG I GET INSPIRED BY A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE A BOOK I JUST READ OR SOMETHING MY KIDS MAY HAVE SAID TO ME THAT MADE ME SMILE...I ALSO LIKE TO WATCH MY FAVORITE ANIME TO GET ME INSPIRED OR COMIC BOOKS.  Q. WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WHEN YOU MAKE THE LYRIC? A. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME WHEN STARTING A LYRIC IS THAT ALL IMPORTANT FIRST LINE WHICH SETS THE TONE FOR THE WHOLE VERSE...   Q. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR HIPHOP STYLE? A. ORIGINAL...NO BITERS OVER HERE!!! Q. WE FEEL YOUR ALBUM IS TOTALLY DEFFERENT TASTE FROM DIGABLE PLANETS FLAVOR LIKE A JAZZY STYLE. IT'S GETTING MORE LIKE A MAIN STREAM HIPHOP WE FEEL. THAT'S CHANGING MAKES US FEEL SO FRESH AND YOU HAD A NEW STYLE. WELL NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW DIFFERENT IN YOUR MIND FROM PREVIOUS YOUR STYLE WHEN YOU WERE DIGABLE PLANETS AT THAT TIME. ALSO PLEASE EXPLAIN ABOUT YOUR ALBUM CONCEPT? A. IN THE DIGABLE PLANETS I WAS ONE OF THREE VOICES THAT MADE UP THAT SOUND...NOWADAYS I HAVE THE CHANCE TO SPEAK MY OWN MIND BASED ON THE EXPERIENCES I HAVE HAD AS A MEMBER OF THE DP'S AND MY WORLD TRAVELS...I BRING MY NORTH PHILLY STYLE ALONG WITH MY B BOY SENSIBILITIES AND MY BLACK PANTHER TACTICS TO THE FOREFRONT OF MY SOLO PROJECTS... THIS PROJECT IS CALLED THE INTIFADAH(THE UPRISING)-INTIFADAH IS AN ARABIC WORD WHICH BASICALLY MEANS AN UPRISING OR CALL TO ARMS AND THIS ALBUM IS MY OWN PERSONAL WAY OF RISING UP AGAINST ALL THOSE WHO SAID I COULDNT DO IT OR NEVER BELIEVED IN ME.ITS A CALL TO ARMS FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN UNDER RATED, OVER OPPRESSED AND TOTALLY LEFT FOR DEAD...  Q. HOW DID YOU MEET EACH FUTURING ARTISTS? A. ALL THE ARTISTS ON THIS ALBUM ARE PEOPLE I GREW UP WITH OR PEOPLE I HAVE RUN THE STREETS OF PHILLY AND NEW YORK WITH...  Q. WOULD YOU GIVE US YOUR RECOMMEND SONGS FROM THE ALBUM FOR LISTENERS AND WHY? A. ITS HARD TO PICK ONE PARTICULAR SONG CAUSE I BELIEVE YOU NEED TO HEAR EACH ONE TO GET THE FULL PICTURE OF WHERE MY HEAD IS AT MUSICALLY....CAUSE JUST LIKE MY MUSIC IM ALL OVER THE PLACE!!!! Q. WHO ARE YOU USUALLY WORKING TOGETHER WITH FOR MUSIC? A. I USUALLY WORK WITH MY CFO ALLSTARS CREW PARTICULARLY ME AND MY PARTNER KAI CHI AKA FLO SAMA BEEN RHYMING...I DO A LOT OF MY LIVE INSTRUMENTATIONS WITH MY DRUMMER/ENGINNER GARY DANN AND I ALSO LIKE TO WORK WITH DJ/PRODUCERS DJ SOULBUCK AND ALEX J OF DEVIANTS OF REALITY AND ALSO I LIKE TO WORK WITH MY AALIKES S.U.N.W.U.N AND BUTTERFLY OF DIGABLE PLANETS.   (L→R) DJ SOULBACK, KAI CHI A.K.A. FLO SAMA BEEN RHYMING  DJ ALEX J Q. WHERE IS YOUR ACTIVITY AREA? A. I'M WORLDWIDE BABY!!! THE PLANETARY CITIZEN!!!! Q. THERE IS A LOT OF YOUNG GENERATIONS IN JAPAN WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE AN ARTIST LIKE YOU BUT, DO YOU THINK WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO BE? PLEASE GIVE US YOUR MASSAGE TO SUCH GENERATIONS. YOUR MASSAGE WOULD CHEER THEM UP. A. THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO IS TO RESEARCH AND FIND OUT WHO ARE THE PIONEERS AND STUDY WHAT THEY DID...ONCE YOU HAVE A FIRM UNDERSTANDING OF THE CULTURE THAT BRED HIP HOP THEN YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU FIT IN TO THIS WAY OF LIFE...SURROUND YA SELF WITH SMART TRUSTWORTHY PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE IN YOUR VISION AND DONT LET ANYONE STOP YOU...  Q. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT CURRENT HIPHOP MARKET IN US? A. THE CURRENT HIP HOP MARKET IS INNUNDATED WITH SO MANY ARTISTS TO PUT ONE FINGER ON IT...THERE ARE GREAT AND INNOVATIVE ARTISTS IN BOTH THE MAINSTREAM AND UNDERGROUND. ASA CONSUMER YOU HAVE A LOT OF CHOICES TO PICK FROM BUT YOU HAVE TO REALLY DIG DEEP TO FIND STUFF WITH SUBSTANCE.THE INDUSTRIES BOTTOMLINE IS TO SELL RECORDS SO IF YOU DONT LIKE WHAT THEY ARE PUTTING OUT WE NEED TO STOP COMPLAINING AND START SUPPORTING THOSE ARTISTS WE LOVE LIKE THE ROOT 70LOUNGE CREW... Q. WHICH AREA IS MOST HOT THERE? A. RIGHT NOW I WOULD SAY THAT THE SOUTH IS KILLING EM IN TERMS OF RECORD SALES BUT IN TERMS OF INNOVATION I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT HIP HOP ACTS POPPING UP ALL OVER THE UNDERGROUND SCENE ACROSS THE USA...  CFO CLICK Q. ANY PARTICULAR ARTISTS AND PRODUCER THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH IN THE FUTURE? A. I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH PETE ROCK, PRINCE PAUL, JUST BLAZE,RZA, ESTHERO, GREYBOY ALLSTARS,DWELE Q. WHAT'S YOUR NEXT PROJECT? A. I HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT COMING OUT LATER THIS YEAR CALLED "FUTURISTIC SCI FI" PRODUCED BY DJ ALEX J AND FEATURING MYSELF AND FLO SAMA BEEN RHYMING
 (L→R) DOODLEBUG, DJ ALEX J, FLO SAMA BEEN PHYMING A.K.A. KAI CHI Q. WE HEARD THAT YOU'VE BEEN ON SOME TOURS WITH DEGABLE PLANETS, SO ARE YOU PLANNING TO MAKE NEW ALBUM WITH THEM AGAIN :) ? A. I AM ALSO WORKING WITH MY PARTNER BUTTERFLY TO START PRODUCING A NEW DIGABLE PLANETS RECORD FOR LATER IN THE YEAR AND ALSO A TOUR...   (L→R) BUTTERFLY & DOODLEBUG, DIGABLE PLANETS @ LIVE Q. ANY LAST WORDS? A. CHECK OUT MY NEW MUSICAL OFFERING "THE INTIFADAH(THE UPRISING)" ON ROOT70LOUNGE RECORDS AND PEEP THE NEW FLAVORS THAT ROOT70 GOT TO OFFER... WE ARE THE FUTURE OF THE COSMIC FUNK!!!  
CEE KNOWLEDGE『THE INTIFADAH (THE UPRISING)』
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