tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60547667113107253292024-03-05T08:33:28.888-08:00WESTSIDE LOVEfrom LA to TaiwanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger258125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054766711310725329.post-60677220809640353842024-01-01T06:28:00.000-08:002024-01-25T07:38:57.169-08:00[Exclusive] Colin Taniguchi (@coldgame650) 獨家訪談 2024<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_Y81sbX0qFOqen7KogoBHH5Gek___0YFGxJUBKpLR26sEDYDoqPkDhwFOViL09_pEHvqYRET7QLQXU8bYFdvfEVl-pgmwC19RP6_9_2yoRvOYimfUnoiIZeJUMGenHaQLYdzzmkyHA97WuUcRgn_N2MsT1nQu9p69HwczB9qFC_8Z8Yahb4jU2jkwg/s1304/418592058_949400180135786_1369042715427872883_n(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_Y81sbX0qFOqen7KogoBHH5Gek___0YFGxJUBKpLR26sEDYDoqPkDhwFOViL09_pEHvqYRET7QLQXU8bYFdvfEVl-pgmwC19RP6_9_2yoRvOYimfUnoiIZeJUMGenHaQLYdzzmkyHA97WuUcRgn_N2MsT1nQu9p69HwczB9qFC_8Z8Yahb4jU2jkwg/w574-h640/418592058_949400180135786_1369042715427872883_n(1).jpg" width="574" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">這次訪問的是來自北加州Daly City的<b>Colin Taniguchi (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/coldgame650/" target="_blank">@coldgame650</a>)</b>。Colin也是我非常喜愛的一位新生代藝術家,深受北加州嘻哈音樂文化的影響,作品中常有90年代各種西岸嘻哈元素的彩蛋埋藏其中,若你自認是西岸嘻哈文化的愛好者,那麼一定也要認識一下這位藝術家。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><span><b>1. Can you introduce yourself? How did you start your career?</b></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>請做個自我介紹<br /></b></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Colin Taniguchi (以下簡稱CT):</b>Yo, my name's Colin Taniguchi. Im from Daly City, California to be exact. Im an illustrator & got my start with drawing at a young age. Just fucking around doodling on my dad's work notes. From then on I've been pretty much at it non stop.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>CT:</b>我是Colin Taniguchi,來自Daly City。我是一名插畫家,從小就開始繪畫。一開始只是在我爸爸的工作筆記上亂畫一通。從那時起,我基本上一直持續不斷地投入這個領域,沒有停下來過。</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>2. How do you describe your artwork style?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>你如何形容自己的藝術風格<br /></b></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>CT:</b>I'd say my style is just everything I've been into coming up & the environment surrounding it. Coming from where I'm at there's too much going on in the daily to not get inspired to draw it out. The times you spend with your friends or the city living thats at our feet. The bay area will never come short of stories to give you. Just for memories sake I draw them out or write it down in my books. I want my work to tell you where I'm from without having to speak it.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>CT:</b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">我會說我的風格就是我在成長過程中喜歡的一切,以及周圍的環境。我所在的城市每天都發生太多事情,讓人無法不受啟發,並將它畫出來。不論是與朋友一起度過的時光,或者身處其中的城市生活,這一切都在我們的腳下發生,灣區永遠不會缺少可以分享的故事。為了紀錄這些回憶,我會將它們畫出來或寫在我的書中。我希望我的作品能夠直接告訴你我來自哪裡,而無需再用言語贅述。</span></li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUeKqATPynaOrIpw-186wo9FYD8SHQkAj-clFvtq6iut5fk-B5EuJBzj2FKVLha5l-hgvaVreIMHh80zKhhLWxkUJVMqRB4prL4zXFxFWP8P7E-HRSMOA29Z8eee8lvTWdMsELn_SkLumu7CDsL0ey80EDTQRG9GZz0Pie09gA1HX5sptQZrDz7Wmvw/s1128/%E8%9E%A2%E5%B9%95%E5%BF%AB%E7%85%A7%202024-01-01%20%E4%B8%8B%E5%8D%8810.14.04.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1128" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUeKqATPynaOrIpw-186wo9FYD8SHQkAj-clFvtq6iut5fk-B5EuJBzj2FKVLha5l-hgvaVreIMHh80zKhhLWxkUJVMqRB4prL4zXFxFWP8P7E-HRSMOA29Z8eee8lvTWdMsELn_SkLumu7CDsL0ey80EDTQRG9GZz0Pie09gA1HX5sptQZrDz7Wmvw/w640-h638/%E8%9E%A2%E5%B9%95%E5%BF%AB%E7%85%A7%202024-01-01%20%E4%B8%8B%E5%8D%8810.14.04.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">3. Your art is truly amazing to me and reminds me the classic 90’s west coast hip hop style. Where do you gain the inspiration from (rappers, album covers, graffiti artists, illustrators...etc)? </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>你的作品總是讓我驚豔,讓我想起90年代的西岸嘻哈。請問你是從哪得到靈感的?</b></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>CT:</b>I'm for sure heavily influenced by the g-funk era and everything that came with it. It was a reflection of our reality. Whether good or bad, even if it was written before my time it was still relatable. The cassette covers in my pop's tape collection used to have me wanting to draw my own or just see more. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">He had all the cool classic bay shit, RBL Posse, Mr. Pooh, Rappin' 4 Tay, Dre Dog to be exact. He kept them in a tape bag inside his MR-2. Rap covers or any in general are probably my biggest go-to when I'm running out of shit to rock. The music really has a good effect on what I draw since it's always on when Im doing my thing. A lot of lyrics will pull certain ideas or memories.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>CT:</b>我肯定受到了G-Funk時代的深刻影響。那是對我們現實生活的反映。無論是好是壞,即使這些歌曲是在我出生之前寫的,它們仍然讓人感同身受。我爸爸錄音帶蒐藏中的封面,讓我想要畫屬於自己的東西,或者只是想看更多。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">我爸有很酷的灣區經典錄音帶,例如:RBL Posse、Mr. Pooh、Rappin' 4 Tay以及Dre Dog等等,他把它們放在他的豐田MR-2車內的一個收納袋裡。說到封面,特別是說唱專輯的封面,可能是我在沒有東西可畫的時候最喜歡參考的。音樂對我的繪畫有很大的正面影響,因為我做事情時總是在播放音樂,</span>很多歌詞會引出某些想法或回憶。</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R4Z9qwiPzpc" width="320" youtube-src-id="R4Z9qwiPzpc"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z5kKtIA3iQM" width="320" youtube-src-id="Z5kKtIA3iQM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">4. What is your definition of "WESTSIDE LOVE"? Can you talk about the ideas and concepts of the logos you created for "WESTSIDE LOVE"? </span></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>CT:</b>When I think of <b style="font-family: "PingFang TC";"><span style="font-family: arial;"> "WESTSIDE LOVE"</span></b> I instantly think of the sunsets we get to see when crossing the bay bridge if you time it right on travel. If your off a few minutes you might be enjoying that sunset in traffic. So I incorporated those colors from the sunsets I've seen in this design. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">The way our fathers & uncs dressed is what the characters in the piece are also rocking. The generation that started it all: Crewnecks, Ben Davis,White Tees, creased up everything, house shoes, you know the deal. It was all the shit. I just wanted to keep everything to what I felt was authentic about our region apparent in the scene going on. Negative or positive its all a part of the equation out here.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>CT:</b>當我想到<b style="font-family: "PingFang TC";"><span style="font-family: arial;">"WESTSIDE LOVE"</span></b>時,我立刻想到的是當我們穿越<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E8%88%8A%E9%87%91%E5%B1%B1%E2%80%94%E5%A5%A7%E5%85%8B%E8%98%AD%E6%B5%B7%E7%81%A3%E5%A4%A7%E6%A9%8B" target="_blank">海灣大橋</a>時能夠看到的日落(如果你時機抓得對的話)。如果你差了幾分鐘,你可能會在交通中欣賞到那美麗的日落。所以我在這個設計中融入了我所見過的那些日落的顏色。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">這件作品中的角色穿著的服裝就是我們的父親和叔叔們當年的打扮。那一代人開創了一切:圓領衫,Ben Davis工裝,白色T恤,所有東西都要摺疊得整整齊齊,還有家居拖鞋,你懂的,那真是太酷了。我只是想保留我感覺到的這些地區真實性,將其通通呈現在畫面中,無論是正面的、還是負面的。</span></li></ul></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">5. You created two main characters for these two WESTSIDE LOVE logos. Can you give them a name?</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>你為西岸愛設計了兩個主要角色,請為你如何為他們命名?</b></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>CT:</b>If this turned into a cartoon or something I'd name the fool in the khaki suit Tiny Shadow or some shit like that lol. The other homie Ima let Johnny choose.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>CT:</b>如果這變成了一部卡通或什麼的,我會給那個穿卡其色西裝的傢伙取個名字,叫<b> Tiny Shadow </b>或者類似的搞笑名字 哈哈。至於另一個,我就讓Johnny來選個名字吧。</span></li></ul><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHZRyPX6pt7FMRWXaJmL9ZmtNiiczB4TzAQtxrYn9EAypnubh2ynw5YaNYJrhPyX9OEelHiLi1YN5Z-RmqFwnbp1BCRDrOmO80IxumtMrhmk2wBQNVImiumTd1WO3XADRsj09iNvhe8BQtHOm69rCXj3L5RUKOwXbEln-un0XXj55WPgWiOuRuc-MgQ/s2550/Epson_12272020134920%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHZRyPX6pt7FMRWXaJmL9ZmtNiiczB4TzAQtxrYn9EAypnubh2ynw5YaNYJrhPyX9OEelHiLi1YN5Z-RmqFwnbp1BCRDrOmO80IxumtMrhmk2wBQNVImiumTd1WO3XADRsj09iNvhe8BQtHOm69rCXj3L5RUKOwXbEln-un0XXj55WPgWiOuRuc-MgQ/w640-h640/Epson_12272020134920%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp5RRAEEsEkyxcOoPA3ZfUgI9hLBIiyX2DhsO8ktWDLMeDhjK42f2K5ahfWBDgBa1Dp4NATkwcMGBcj02EQOLOthz2JBI8fBBTgiq0FhYRGa-55BdNz1K1Wn4-ewrWJg7807f3FyCrjCDgK6Huz3vC5YQtrrMcR4e7oUKYyYf8qh_mCi6rjW0Vr9fZPQ/s2219/Epson_01022021234250%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2219" data-original-width="2219" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp5RRAEEsEkyxcOoPA3ZfUgI9hLBIiyX2DhsO8ktWDLMeDhjK42f2K5ahfWBDgBa1Dp4NATkwcMGBcj02EQOLOthz2JBI8fBBTgiq0FhYRGa-55BdNz1K1Wn4-ewrWJg7807f3FyCrjCDgK6Huz3vC5YQtrrMcR4e7oUKYyYf8qh_mCi6rjW0Vr9fZPQ/w640-h640/Epson_01022021234250%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>6. I guess this is your first time designing logos for a Taiwanese hip hop blog? Do you have anything want to say to Taiwan?</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">我想這是你第一次與台灣的嘻哈部落格合作,你有什麼想對台灣說的話嗎?</span></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>CT:</b>This is for sure my first time doing anything for someone in Taiwan. Even cooler that It's a blog thats based on the era of slaps I love the most. I Would like to thank Johnny from <b>WESTSIDE LOVE</b> for interview. Final thanks to whoever in Taiwan that comes across this and read what I had to say. Its all love, peace.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>CT:</b>這絕對是我第一次為台灣人做的事情。更酷的是,這是一個基於我最喜愛的時期的部落格。我想感謝<b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/westside.love.tw" target="_blank">WESTSIDE LOVE</a></b>的Johnny進行這次採訪。最後感謝在台灣看到這篇文章並閱讀的每個人。這都是愛,peace!</span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsuX1cFZdBq7im1qATHf3kgnbdIh3vv2G_721AKnkDN2hncWtEvr4DcjcAP97uhxTbkfbcT2MzykaKPlnJHwRibqSB4vrcaJOyaOiWyClc4MMvB6813laMxzrLEv-Bde7np8jeIlTmWTv9ze6dYbhxcnAb4QEQqVSbEBsw-1_zHlmzNGY3Pvj8oZLWgw/s1500/IMG_9052.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1500" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsuX1cFZdBq7im1qATHf3kgnbdIh3vv2G_721AKnkDN2hncWtEvr4DcjcAP97uhxTbkfbcT2MzykaKPlnJHwRibqSB4vrcaJOyaOiWyClc4MMvB6813laMxzrLEv-Bde7np8jeIlTmWTv9ze6dYbhxcnAb4QEQqVSbEBsw-1_zHlmzNGY3Pvj8oZLWgw/w640-h598/IMG_9052.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054766711310725329.post-37180240862514078992023-11-23T01:19:00.000-08:002023-11-27T22:10:36.205-08:00[Exclusive] Noah Haytin (NOH8TIN) 獨家訪談 2023<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirROEy5jkbI1hZWck0bSc95XVl4XAItCsPpBtJ327hEsKitoDPFk5uFVYG3EtitPSVABYBnWOjR77lhuSh2OywXgxch07dHulk7U14rbCKk8ijGD_IvTK95rswMy8qQPUJPxjpyMHyaFdW9RC6NlZ-YcBKPcJXvE6ebWrvPslSqrdEDo9VUJdxDaewOg/w640-h384/noah%20front%20photo.png" /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">這次要介紹的人物是<b>Noah Haytin </b>(綽號“<b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/noh8tin/" target="_blank">NOH8TIN</a></b>”)。他既不是饒舌歌手,也不是DJ或製作人,在過去三十年多的生涯中,Noah以藝術家的身分在西岸的嘻哈歷史上默默地發揮其獨特的影響力。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name='more'></a></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Noah的職業生涯始於奧克蘭的<b><a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/535992-Phunky-Phat-Graph-X" target="_blank">Phunky Phat Graph-X</a></b> (現已停業)這間傳奇平面設計公司,是早期創始成員之一。Phunky Phat Graph-X自1990年起參與過許多Bay Area的經典專輯封面設計,幾乎所有北加州的饒舌歌手都是他們的客戶。儘管公司規模小,卻能以強大且獨特的藝術風格形塑早期灣區嘻哈音樂的視覺文化。</span>Noah設計過的著名作品,包括<b>No Limit Records</b>最早期的坦克logo,以及<b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/theluniz/" target="_blank">Luniz</a></b>的保險套人logo、<b>Mac Dre</b>的時鐘logo,其他參與過的還包括E-40、Too Short、Mac Dre、Dru-Down、MC Eiht、Infrared Music Group、In-A-Minute Records等等範圍橫跨北加州及南加州,在許多當時的嘻哈音樂雜誌(例如The Source、Rap Pages、4080)都能見到Noah的藝術作品。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0EPG674CeIRJfK2Gj-XF1C_zquQyKLHgrSK_n7ioKeVLdwLrGqpj2EusDFBWZfhV7OUsYfW7hjPR8OkBSDJInUe4HNB6xWoXbppiV5O9IwBZ-pQVn5qbqOjuDFzh0afPK6CsBR5rteWYrPBNoYEu9GVIslvXnIcwOj_o0Slg4G4-_ZocPgT_GOORqqA/w640-h360/two%20logos.jpg" /></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>為了慶祝</span><b>WESTSIDE LOVE 西岸愛</b><span>的十周年,這次特別請Noah幫忙設計了全新的logo作為紀念。並且也透過訪問的方式,希望更多台灣的西岸粉絲能一起認識這位大師! </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><div><span id="m_9184535926626319698gmail-docs-internal-guid-5ae3722f-7fff-5dac-37c3-4dfa2aa7a0de"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Can you introduce yourself? Can you describe your artwork style?</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>請做個自我介紹</b><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Noah (以下簡稱NH):</b>Some call me Noah and some know me as “noh8tin”; either way, I am just the same person in real life..Ha! But really, I am an artist who works primarily using pen & ink and I’m known for a strong line work style to my drawings; this actually originated from my love of scripture in different written languages. I also use photography as a medium and I actually like to combine it with my drawings & paintings to mix media in unique ways. Most of my art is influenced by music & travel...I make work to music so music is infused in the work...especially Hip-Hop culture which is probably what my work is most known for.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NH:</b>我是Noah,也有些人稱我為"noh8tin"。我主要使用鋼筆和墨水來創作,以強烈的線條風格聞名,這源自於我喜愛用不同文字書寫進而精於此道。我也會使用攝影來作為媒介,實際上我喜歡將它與我的繪畫結合,以獨特的方式混合不同的媒介。我的大部分藝術靈感來自於音樂和旅行...音樂融入到我的作品中,尤其是嘻哈文化,這可能是我作品最為人知的部分。</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ZKNH4wJ-K-SCg5SIgSwiRIW2howlozVc80shSx-diHnDToBfjk1lVN7AZdCJplNU6zdDAMHkIRM54_vnYDFx8jm7ZpmuNYINI1sEz7Db2jwslMf95mpPggOO9tBC3_Ofd_Ud8Q3Uow1-haaBZDn_iiPgMIzka7IH083dn_cRyq564fxxEGiQvrgtyQ/w640-h360/FotoJet.jpg" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>2. You were an original member of Underwood Works/Phunky Phat Graph-X. How did you learn the skills and join them to start your career?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>你是Phunky Phat的成員之一,你是如何加入他們並學習這些技能的?<br /></b></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NH:</b>Yes, I worked at Phunky Phat Graph-X when they were still working out of the family house and just getting started really taking over the majority of graphic work in the Bay Area Hip-Hop scene. I had already been drawing basically my whole life and was hustling my artistic skills around the Bay Area Hip-Hop scene so it seemed pretty natural that we would eventually meet; I remember I got a flyer for something when I was a Senior in High School & I was checking out the design which featured a Hip-Hop style character; I thought it was dope & saw a design credit listed with a phone number so being a young creative hustler I just called to see what could happen. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">I told them what I was already doing as a freelance artist & designer and asked if they ever needed someone to draw stuff; they said they did & invited me to come show them my portfolio. I met the two brothers who started it (Thomas & Tracey Underwood) & we all hit it off well so they offered me a job as basically an in-house illustrator since they were already equipped and trained in creative software. During this time I continued to hone my skills as an illustrator</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>NH:</b></span>是的,我在<b>Phunky Phat Graph-X</b>工作的時候,他們還只是個居家的工作室,但已經剛開始嶄露頭角、在灣區嘻哈音樂場景中主導了絕大部分的平面設計工作。我基本上從小就一直在畫畫,在灣區嘻哈圈中四處兜售我的藝術作品,所以最終會與Phunky Phat Graph-X相遇似乎是相當順其自然的事情;我記得在高中畢業的那一年拿到一張宣傳單,我正在查看上面的設計,其中有一個嘻哈風格的角色,我覺得很酷,並看到上面的design credit以及其附帶的電話號碼,所以作為一個young creative hustler,我就打電話試試看會發生什麼。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">我告訴他們我已經是一名自由職業藝術家和設計師,問他們是否需要有人為他們畫點東西;他們說是的,於是就邀請我來展示我的作品集。我見到了創辦人兩兄弟<span>(</span>Thomas和Tracey Underwood<span>)</span>,見面後一拍即合,所以他們隨即就提供給我一份正職工作,基本上就是<span>in-house illustrator的工作</span>,當時他們都已經安裝並接受過電腦繪圖軟體的培訓。於是在這段時間裡,我得以繼續磨練我的插畫技能。</span></li></ul><b><span style="font-family: arial;">3. You participated in west coast hip hop history and witnessed the rise of Master P in the Bay Area. Can you talk about the period when you worked with him?</span></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>NH:</b>Yes, I was hustling my graphic art & photography as a young man growing up in</span> the East Bay Area and got to know many local people participating in the local Hip-Hop scene (rapping, producing, Djing, dancing, graffiti, etc.) through word of mouth at the time as this was before the online thing was happening & being physically present was really needed to network. I often would go to local record stores and check out what the promotions were looking like and what acts were showing up for in-store visits to promote their latest project. I had an old used car, made some business cards and had got myself a pager so this was really how I got set up initially (this is why I often use the hashtag #pencilspagersandpayphones because that was really how I got started in the business). </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">One day, I was out in Vallejo at a local record shop that was active in pushing local hip-hop acts and was talking to the owner; a guy named Ron, as I remember. He said he wanted to introduce me to someone and he went in the back and came back out with a rapper who he said was based in Richmond & called himself Master P; I hadn’t heard of him to be honest but we shook hands and told each other a bit about what we were doing there and exchanged contact info. Master P reached out to me about helping with some graphic promotions and I was happy to put in work as I was pushing my network and hustle as an up and coming visual artist & photographer too.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">So we would page (yes, as in Beepers lol) each other and meet up and talk art and promotions and became friendly; he introduced me to his family (who basically were all rapping too such as Sonya C (who was his wife at the time and mother of Lil Romeo) and The Real Untouchables which included his brothers C-Murder and Silkk the Shocker as well as Cali-G, King George, Big Ed, & some others (the members changed over the years). </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Master P eventually put me on the No Limit Records team and we would meet up all over the Bay for different events from concerts, conventions like the Gavin Sessions, to team meetings where we would strategize promotions and he gave me a real chance to sharpen my skills as a creative person. I learned a lot over those years & appreciate it all; these were priceless experiences & I talk a bit about them in episode 2 of the No Limit Chronicles which just dropped this summer on BET (2020).</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NH:</b>是的,我在成長的東灣地區努力推銷我的平面藝術和攝影作品。通過口耳相傳,認識了許多參與當地嘻哈音樂場景(饒舌、製作人、DJ、舞蹈、塗鴉等)的當地人。那時候是在網路興起之前,每件事情實際上都需要本人親自下去參與,以建立人際網絡。我經常會去當地的唱片店,查看促銷活動和看看哪些藝人會來店裡進行宣傳他們的最新作品。我有一輛舊的二手車,做了一些名片,還買了一個傳呼機,這實際上是我最初入行的方式(這就是為什麼我經常使用<b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">#pencilspagersandpayphones</span></b>的標籤,因為那確實是我在業界入門的方式)。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">有一天,我在Vallejo的一家當地唱片店裡,這家店活躍於推動當地的嘻哈音樂活動,當時我正在和店長談話;在我的記憶中,他的名字叫做Ron。他說他想介紹我給一個人認識,於是他進了後面,帶著一位自稱Master P、在Richmond活動的饒舌歌手出來;老實說我那時根本沒聽過這號人物,但我們握了握手,互相談了一點我們在做的事情,並交換了聯繫方式。Master P找我幫忙做一些平面宣傳設計,我很樂意投入這些工作。因為我自己作為一位新興的視覺藝術家和攝影師,當時也是在積極爭取機會、努力拓展人脈。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">所以,我們會用呼叫器(是的,哈哈)彼此聯繫,互相見面談論藝術和宣傳活動,變得很友好;他介紹我給他的家人認識,基本上他們都是饒舌歌手,例如Sonya C - 當時是他的妻子、也是Lil Romeo的母親,The Real Untouchables - 包括他的兄弟C-Murder和Silkk the Shocker,還有Cali-G、King George、Big Ed等人(成員隨著時間而變化)。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Master P最終讓我加入了No Limit Records團隊,我們會在灣區的不同活動中見面,從演唱會到團隊會議,我們會一起制定宣傳策略,他給了我一個真正的機會,讓我得以提升自我、成為創意人才。在那些年裡,我學到了很多,感激不盡;這些是無價的經歷,我在<b><a href="https://youtu.be/1niAIYz6JZg?si=kjSeGvJ-2Fn2CQkr" target="_blank">No Limit Chronicles的第二集</a></b>中談到了一些,這個紀錄片於2020年夏季在BET播出。</span></li></ul><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc75OgkfdwpT4sQLCaqEI2Mm4nAK137XDjGAAnPeK4R88o7rnCZOo16Uz1UKPJlcA2fuk88DaaJVLkdExVblQFTmal6cHbhFYcoPvYu77xLvBEfWDkwoJF_dfCv6vFsxNa24mCcbwSib5Di4UFWwz26WXblMTxKuQGzqkGcK6shdchzqfpL1uUkvfifw/w632-h640/sonyac.JPG" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Sonya C "Married to the Mob" album cover shoot (Richmond, CA; 1993)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">除了插畫,早期No Limit許多的宣傳照promo press、專輯封面等等都是由Noah所拍攝</span></b></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">4. There’s a documentary about No Limit Records on BET. Can you talk about it? In your opinion, why No Limit Records is important to hip hop?</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">BET製作了一部關於No Limit Records的紀錄片。你覺得No Limit對嘻哈圈的影響多大?</span></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NH:</b>Yes, the No Limit Chronicles is a 5 part docuseries that dropped on BET this summer and illustrates the rise of Master P and his No Limit Records independent label and artists. No Limit records is one of the most impactful dynasties of any label in Hip Hop history because it changed the game from the inside out; meaning it wasn’t just about putting out new artists to the public but it was about flipping the script behind the scenes on how the business of independent record labels worked with their artists and major labels; Master P has a truly influential “rags to riches” story that has inspired millions of people & this docuseries speaks to that independent hustle that he really got going in the Bay Area where the local vibe was all about that. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NH:"No Limit Chronicles"</b>是於2020年在BET播出的五集紀錄片,講述了Master P及其獨立廠牌No Limit Records的崛起故事。No Limit Records是嘻哈歷史上最有影響力的唱片公司之一,因為它徹底改變了遊戲規則;這不僅僅是將新的歌手推向市場,而是在幕後改變了獨立唱片公司如何與藝術家和大型唱片公司合作的模式;Master P貨真價實地代表“從無到有”的成功故事,啟發了數百萬人,而這部紀錄片系列講述了他早期在灣區開始分獨立奮鬥的過程。<b>(完整記錄片可<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tW_JPDfUzA" target="_blank">由此觀看</a>)</b></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6NZehBOocf2qlp5uStl3nRWk4tvkZfjPuRravRaeHNCfbDTHJvADQQyVBYV_g-k0F4ImLs-GdmAbvPsrw5m8OAsqEH-Y4UtKjxVw9AkdTlsDTz2pMTYawk1iiKYYK2KmeWxTWGcJOB-mdnUdxxNHiSEqRc24wfItSZfnRSSUof4x8t_vhjt4gA9spxw/w640-h288/NLCTOPBANNER12.png" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>5. Not only Master P, you also worked with Mac Dre in early days. How was the experience? I hear that you were a high school student at that time?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>不只Master P,早期你也與Mac Dre合作密切。這段經歷是如何的? 當時你還只是高中生?<br /></b></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NH:</b>Yes, as I mentioned, I was in high school (shout out to Berkeley High School class of 1993!) when I started to take my talent seriously and knew I wanted to make a career for myself in the arts...I wasn’t really that good at anything else lol! One of the local rap acts making a lot of noise in the scene was Mac Dre outta Vallejo up in the north Bay Area; Being active in the scene myself, I met his manager Stan and told him what I do; they wanted to create stickers to promote his new project called California Livin but he happen to only be able to meet me at a time that I was in school; I knew this was an opportunity I couldn’t miss out on so I skipped class and went off campus to meet him at a local copy shop in downtown Berkeley (even though I was nervous the school was going to call my mom and tell her I wasn’t in school lol)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">I just had my sketchbook, pens, pencils, a pager, and my backpack on. We sat down and kicked around some ideas; he said well, show me what you can do so I just sketched out my best design in the time I had and it went on to be reproduced as a promotional image used around the Bay as a sticker and T-shirt you can see in the California Livin video; that’s actually how my name ended up in the liner notes of the California Livin album. RIP to Mac Dre...one of the best to do it! </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NH:</b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">是的,正如我提到的,我在高中時(向1993年的伯克利高中致敬!)開始認真對待我的才華,並知道我想在藝術領域打造自己的事業...其他方面我實在不太擅長,哈哈!當時在嘻哈圈中名聲非常響亮的一個歌手就是來自北灣區Vallejo的<b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/macdreofficial/" target="_blank">Mac Dre</a></b>;我自己也活躍於嘻哈圈中,某次遇到了他的經紀人Stan (Stan X,又名"DX")並向其毛遂自薦;他們想要製作貼紙來宣傳他的新專輯《California Livin》,但碰巧他只能在我上學的時候見我;我知道這是一個我不能錯過的機會,所以我逃課去了柏克萊市中心的一家當地影印店與他見面(盡管我很擔心學校會給我媽打電話告訴她我不在學校 哈哈)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">我只帶著我的素描本,筆,鉛筆,一個呼叫器,和我的背包。我們坐下來討論了一些想法;他說好吧,給我看看你能做什麼,所以我只是在有限的時間內草擬了我的最佳設計,結果它被採納了,然後就被印製成貼紙和T恤作為宣傳使用,你可以在《California Livin》音樂錄影帶中看到<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">Mac Dre及Coolio Da UndaDogg等人都身穿這件T恤</span></span></span>;這實際上就是為什麼我的名字會出現在<a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/224213-Mac-Dre-Whats-Really-Going-On" target="_blank"><b>專輯</b></a>的封套註釋中。願Mac Dre安息,他是我參與的所有作品中最棒的之一!</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEoVWYhUkh91rdjcrQebDyPrbACCqsHcX7NYQkBdtnUrQM5Yhk0pMODiIIdwzL9jI3o9oqyNZeOUY1vge97kcLY99rrXMPRc5sI_HdXyAiZ1YZb0ed-JKnvaUVYs8xbUe8-bnAm4IfdOAvOWKFits49F1AthN0XO-9hN9xNeHoJGr2qaK_v2qFUTUhXw/w640-h640/mac%20dre.jpg" /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YcDaFCwsTn0" width="320" youtube-src-id="YcDaFCwsTn0"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>6. What are your favorite and the most memorable artworks from your own categories? and Why?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>在所有過去的作品中,你自己最喜歡那些? 為什麼?<br /></b></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NH:</b>It’s a hard choice actually but if I had to pick three: <b>Luniz logo</b> because it’s become so iconic and controversial (the nastiest logo I’ve done lol), the <b>No Limit Records logo</b> because it also has become so world renowned and synonymous with the hip-hop industry, the Mac Dre <b>All Damn Day clock artwork</b> I created because of the backstory I told you and because Dre is such an iconic Bay Area rapper, and my photos of E-40 in K-Lou studios when it was in Richmond, CA because it is from such an important time and place in Bay Area Hip-Hop history & because E-40 & K-Lou are such fixtures in the culture.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NH:</b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">這實在是個很困難的選擇。但如果我必須挑選三個的話:首先是<b>Luniz</b>的標誌,因為它已經變得如此具有代表性和爭議性 (是我做過最骯髒的標誌 哈哈),其次是<b>No Limit Records</b>的標誌,因為它也已經成為了世界知名並與嘻哈行業同義,最後是我創作的Mac Dre的<b>"All Damn Day"</b>時鐘藝術品,因為Dre是灣區嘻哈中如此具指標意義的饒舌歌手。此外,還有我在K-Lou Studios拍攝的E-40的照片,位於加州Richmond市,拍攝的時間點正好就是在灣區嘻哈即將起飛的重要時刻,<b>E-40</b>和<a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/329464-K-Lou" target="_blank"><b>K-Lou</b></a>在文化中是如此的重要。</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRVoTWNWfmTp3Imidbe67mysRVbnKzi0flJuW7fFn9zt6yJ_sSpO6DiQXRmPj4DiwQagLZJFq_cbgD23RUsCBHIBhPkEDZqyQHuqCN3mls0RyfS0EBhvzI6PtjSXZkHWXBcusTowfTYcmxz9rlfMFOgV_7KIrBL1jCSCGj6sZqpYmHx_0edqzoPj7Ug/w640-h620/E40.jpg" /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>7. </b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;">You also work with Yukmouth closely. Can you let us know what Smoke-A-Lot Radio is all about?</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>你與Yukmouth合作密切,能否介紹Smoke-A-Lot Radio是什麼?</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NH:</b>Yes, I had the honor to work with the legendary Yukmouth back in the 90's in the Bay Area, when we are younger and just starting out in our respective careers, to reconnecting in the LA area in recent years. It's been a trip! And a damn good one, my G! We are all grown family men now continuing to build positively in a variety of ways. I currently do BTS (or behind the scenes) photography for the Smoke-a-Lot podcast, which currently is hosted by Yukmouth (of the Luniz), Network Goder (GODER magazine CEO, etc.), & Lady Divinity (Big Indy TV/Full service media). The podcast hosts all the "who's who" in Hip-Hop culture and beyond to discuss the latest trends of Hip-Hop, Sports, News, & Cannabis culture.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NH:</b>是的,我有幸在90年代與傳奇的<b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/regimegeneral/" target="_blank">Yukmouth</a></b>合作,當時我們都還年輕,剛開始各自的事業,後來在近年又在洛杉磯地區重新聯繫。這真是一段旅程!而且是一段很棒的旅程!我們現在都是成熟的男人、有各自的家庭,在各種方面持續積極地打造事業。目前我為<b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/smokealotradio/" target="_blank">Smoke-A-Lot</a> podcast</b>進行幕後攝影的工作,這個節目目前由Yukmouth (Luniz的成員)、Network Goder (GODER雜誌的CEO)和Lady Divinity (Big Indy TV/全方位媒體)共同主持。這個播客邀請了嘻哈文化及其他領域的"大人物",討論最新的嘻哈、體育、新聞和大麻文化趨勢。</span></li></ul></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">8. Hip Hop is celebrating 50 years in 2023. In your opinion, how did visual art influence hip hop music & culture?</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>嘻哈歡慶五十周年,以你的看法,視覺藝術對嘻哈音樂及文化的影響是如何的?</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NH:</b>Well, as you know, for example, the visual art of graffiti, has always been a pillar of Hip-Hop culture, & just like the music and fashion aspects of Hip-Hop, the visual aspects of Hip-shop culture have always morphed & grown in different ways as the culture did; my work in graphic design, drawing, and photography has been influenced by others, as have others been influenced by mine - this synergy is what is so inspiring to me - it's like a dance or a game with many participants contributing & passing the torch.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Visual art has always played a key role in the culture - especially through promotion - posters, album covers, stickers, merch, etc. You can see that influence, for example, with how now 90s style is "retro" and people like bringing back the whole swag of that era - in fashion, merch, and album art. People want the 90s look to look OG authentic - because that's when things really took off; it's a nod to the roots. It's amazing to live to see it all come back around...I wonder where it will go next and I'm proud to be here to keep it pushing forward.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NH:</b>嗯,就像你知道的那樣,塗鴉 - 這種視覺藝術一直以來都是嘻哈文化的支柱之一,就像嘻哈的音樂和時尚一樣,嘻哈的視覺方面一直在文化的演變中以不同的方式發展和成長;我的平面設計、繪畫和攝影工作受到了他人的影響,同樣,他人也受到了我的影響,這種協同作用對我來說是如此的鼓舞人心,就像一場舞蹈或一場有很多參賽者共同參與的比賽,持續著傳遞火炬。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">視覺藝術一直在文化中發揮著關鍵作用,尤其是通過宣傳手段 - 海報、專輯封面、貼紙、商品等。你可以看到這種影響力如此巨大,如今90年代的風格已被視為"復古",人們喜歡將那個時代的整個時尚、商品和專輯藝術風格重新帶回來。人們想要90年代的外觀看起來原汁原味 - 因為那正是嘻哈真正起飛的時候;這是對根源的致敬。能夠親身見證一切都再次回歸真是令人驚嘆...我想知道它將來會走向何方,我很自豪能夠在這裡繼續向前推動。</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>9. What is your definition of “Westside Love”? Can you talk about the ideas and concepts of the logos you created for WESTSIDE LOVE?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>你是如何詮釋"西岸愛"? 在設計過程中的靈感來自於何處?<br /></b></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>NH:</b>Westside Love to me is a shared appreciation for the West Coast itself and especially its unique forms of hip-hop/rap culture (music, art, fashion, lifestyle, etc.). </span>The ideas I had came from our conversations regarding what your blog is about and from checking out the content online; of course, it is also influenced by all the work I’ve done and seen in West Coast hip-hop culture...I’m here in Cali so I just feel it in my life.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NH:</b><b style="color: #2b00fe;">「WESTSIDE LOVE 西岸愛」</b>就是對西岸本身 - 特別是其獨特的嘻哈文化(音樂、藝術、時尚、生活方式等)的熱愛。我的靈感來自我們之間的對話,以及從線上得到有關部落格的其他資訊;當然,它也受到我過去在西岸嘻哈文化中所做和所見的所有工作的影響...我就在加州,所以我在我的生活中就能感受到這種氛圍。</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>10. If you want to give the WESTSIDE LOVE characters' names. What would that be?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>你替西岸愛設計了兩幅作品,如果能幫這二位角色命名的話會是什麼?<br /></b></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NH:</b>Ha! Hmmm…that’s a good question because I don’t usually do that but for the Heart Shaped one I would name him “G-Love” & for the bald guy I would call him “Mr. Dubb Love”. Thank you, Johnny! Much love from Calif...the real life Westsiiiiide!</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>NH:</b>哈哈!嗯...這是一個好問題,因為我通常不這樣做,但對於那個心形的角色,我會取名為<b>"G-Love"</b>,對於那個禿頭的,我會叫他<b>"Mr. Dubb Love"</b>。謝謝,Johnny!</span>來自加利福尼亞的愛...the real life Westsiiiiide!</span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMGgZK7imOePcB8mb9Hbuo_Goen1syFyP7Bax88MQ-8BaJJRwuGLtxAV6FJ1o8iLjMU24nE2Qnz8EqDyAFpCbfdJqBCDta_J4SH066yQkNmpSikPb0Bt-Ky3tadRmgtN-RbQXZRnnIaPwjxP_1oKVKSJFon7cH2POD2Her3LRmALVAE_vFvhCzeoaEw/w640-h640/wsl1.jpg" /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUsaQ6TEStiVNoSOQsAtLSv7B8xhXDckX67yB6DVPTRUapEBssZzpWgHtadCpSVji2Zt4u0E5xIjiTrisJjQBdga3BszMadEhAKDg01WWBmASKBsQ0spCnmVj1E5TwXiKv-vgRka6iIqOTDuAC9S9_5ib7w6XcmP4MmsR8KNJdaNyjnIeBAs3gzbqJA/w640-h640/wsl2.jpg" /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">參考資料</span></b></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://voyagela.com/interview/meet-golden-era-rap-graphics-los-angeles/"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://voyagela.com/interview/meet-golden-era-rap-graphics-los-angeles/</span></a></li><li><a href="https://westcoaststyles.com/interviews/2022/09/wcs-exclusive-an-interview-with-graphic-artist-noh8tin/"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://westcoaststyles.com/interviews/2022/09/wcs-exclusive-an-interview-with-graphic-artist-noh8tin/</span></a></li><li><a href="https://boldjourney.com/meet-noah-haytin/"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://boldjourney.com/meet-noah-haytin/</span></a></li><li><a href="https://noahhaytin.com/golden-era-rap-graphics"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://noahhaytin.com/golden-era-rap-graphics</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.varyer.com/article/suspended-in-time-noah-haytin"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.varyer.com/article/suspended-in-time-noah-haytin</span></a></li></ul></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42d10WUWTjtdPmLdKKdoOyOKIbW9qrUxvG9Hq-pFkXvjIcL9m1DCdgM6-AVph_D5ZSZjkOmGT3qvL9ewVoOM2dq-zwoqFaKURTfizO0R830wv7EL_hyd5ZfcFtd7474UYzeS7vhSEdCkuFuUivpPbxsiFEOiAXpQC8uFhcwkutANNX_4gFB4HPuXAGQ/w640-h640/2.jpg" /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2ZsR5Slk5SDTOJWlSahf-gVVryyxjPh-K-_BgAQ1i2vGj7uK1gkcSA4BrQyC_JsScZR7LXZ2xixvOHZOtlc-4oIdodro6NRVWXdyt9W_s2OB99sqzDQW2ZX348pyP8hCGHN7kkVGXvu_kHpNYyGMkf_lGw-uoznQ11AsldcHmOb2PoYrwLyUAQ6wdQ/w640-h640/bay%20area%201.jpg" /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfTzK7zTbevuXfQu8jnwg4C9Xvht8vglKpL2h8wvjgIVePqyY3VNAO6goPcHmcPjvqnvYtWFp14RO5QiBYYtCGhNDexI1EMgnkwktVcXtWVFUFzhhcHtEVvWkN9eXP70PKE0mAWq4w5NOYEWNbjHPQx5LC5_sUkb635cyPrQeCSkyg0ukTp3Y72k32w/w640-h640/bay%20area%202.jpg" /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7r0QIYRsUrxyYXwJiwgoyXltHAgrGlUBMCVXYz3qDI6pCd-LwyeNLeUtvgCbiF8ZgUWtbIAqUoVBNHJ0cV8oEpwJbq2Gug59q60nv8gGhZVu-sstXdObs3vG2ECn5PJxf2AVLvLk2FaKSaldI1HMIEn9n1gQKYXQGHTsDEmR-DlNEpZG1h3alDp6_ug/w640-h640/los%20angeles1.jpg" /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNnnfVGSETwnwEpvE_ccpLihYzG6ABsWAXbGS5goaWde-un93VtLRi-Uo5KnPcyfw_AUVPNVAjboWPEgyFNMZao7WiShKksyKvF3s0gIdz_WWar8kAmf9yb-9EZrY-q_YuRu8-SFEaC1YNiuyOzYFxsjToGrWOTtuzJRouFM4DUWashRKVxfveXHa9Fw/w640-h640/no%20limit.jpg" /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">想欣賞更多Noah的作品,可以追蹤他的個人IG或是<a href="https://noahhaytin.com/" target="_blank"><b>個人網站</b></a>,他的作品實在非常有趣。此外,目前Noah跟Yukmouth還是相當要好的朋友,並且一同參與<b>Smoke-A-Lot Radio</b>節目的製作,有興趣的西岸粉絲們也可以看看囉。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054766711310725329.post-15814447653462706292023-11-08T00:28:00.007-08:002023-11-08T06:58:02.312-08:00[專題] Insane In The Brain: Hip Hop Horror Stories<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrqL7EX8YugTMTr0nAxuJi_3lw6wUlM-f842aiZBonr7ymy3Mu4dplJXlsRZk88OPX3T2zPjownQxTJEHFATVNzqRpct263XJKRWUBqTCfp_U1wP7UFiqr08hh4ezSOc6_n0eQ0oBYp1YXgb24-CleC5axTTLO9iggjJbZk7GRKiErNdMc5jtkmA63A/s1000/brothahung.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrqL7EX8YugTMTr0nAxuJi_3lw6wUlM-f842aiZBonr7ymy3Mu4dplJXlsRZk88OPX3T2zPjownQxTJEHFATVNzqRpct263XJKRWUBqTCfp_U1wP7UFiqr08hh4ezSOc6_n0eQ0oBYp1YXgb24-CleC5axTTLO9iggjJbZk7GRKiErNdMc5jtkmA63A/w640-h640/brothahung.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>嘻哈五十年,其實也發生過許多光怪陸離的事....有些令人同情、有些令人髮指,這篇文章就來介紹一些過去曾發生過的瘋狂事件。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>(原文by Johnny)</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name='more'></a></span><div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Christ Bearer of Northstar</span></h1><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8x5I1Yms5dpNSP_tcggmiW66b5ayeJYKnR4y7sSNJB7etBCD3j3YBo55o95DabwQZauz_IOaCKyzxBwPPC5JulOKwRAXkKhFv_u2Qvgrmu23alumJvoXqynb9uun8Ybcu7-R8c7JwmHC52Iu-7h2TJjPaPNRx9EaqTO_KnRTZ7rE5bf1MxCWI_wFU-w/s894/northstar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="894" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8x5I1Yms5dpNSP_tcggmiW66b5ayeJYKnR4y7sSNJB7etBCD3j3YBo55o95DabwQZauz_IOaCKyzxBwPPC5JulOKwRAXkKhFv_u2Qvgrmu23alumJvoXqynb9uun8Ybcu7-R8c7JwmHC52Iu-7h2TJjPaPNRx9EaqTO_KnRTZ7rE5bf1MxCWI_wFU-w/w640-h640/northstar.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">饒舌團體<b><a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/53766-North-Star" target="_blank">Northstar</a></b>是由Christ Bearer及Meko The Pharaoh所組成,初次登場是在1999年的<b>"Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai"</b>電影原聲帶,後來Northstar正式加入武當家族、與RZA簽約並在2003年發表首張專輯<b>"Bobby Digital Presents Northstar"</b>。原本他們應該算是武當進軍西岸的拼圖之一,可惜最終失敗,獨立發行過幾片專輯後仍舊沒闖出什麼名堂,反倒是因為社會新聞而聲名大噪。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">2014年四月16號,Christ Bearer在服用PCP (Phencyclidine,俗稱天使塵Angel dust)後,竟然直接砍掉自己的陰莖,並從二樓陽台一躍而下試圖自殺。最後Christ Bearer存活了,在醫院的期間才發現自己其實患有非常嚴重的抑鬱症,目前妻子、女兒仍陪在身旁,幫助他從精神疾病中逐漸康復。至於Northstar的另外一位成員Meko The Pharaoh則是在2022年七月病逝。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">在訪問中,Christ Bearer回憶說: PCP這東西是使用過就回不去的,它能把虛幻的東西化為現實。那天晚上他在看卡通,並且服用了一些PCP,結果出現了三個baby mama來跟他討錢,於是他悟出這一切都是自己管不住小頭造成的,於是就揮刀自宮了...。</span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">"Women say 'men think with their little head too much. They're always thinking with their little heads.' So I said 'you know what? I got something for these bitches. I'm going to cut off my little head, and I'll be forced to only think with my big head.' And that was clear as day to me, and I acted upon it."</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Christ Bearer這個案件非常著名,2014年發生的時候震驚了嘻哈圈,2017年BBC甚至還做了深度訪問及紀錄片<b>"<a href="https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/world-39991351" target="_blank">The Rapper Who Chopped His Penis Off</a>"</b>。年輕時的Christ Bearer被RZA簽約後覺得就此飛黃騰達,賺來的錢就拿去買PCP、大麻、酒、冰毒,結果無限惡性循環下搞得自己人生一團糟。雖然大多人是抱著看笑話的心態來看待,不過這其實反映的是精神疾病與藥物濫用的社會問題。</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3j2QB66bFgs" width="320" youtube-src-id="3j2QB66bFgs"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sicx & Black Mark Records</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4dsj3r0EFwRikrzQdTyiyhl_aac6Hm53KCzIEEQCgduLRulJQVWlc3I9ru5TiHgKD3XdZ91qUD5gWP1DbsrFbf-nj0q4tZ2dWQ2HPVEnwYU8li3YythQnbRRgzAKSzL3LMCQsCkB-nlbsehJr6bNJU9mMGZ9Unao0QsebG602zq83X0jdPtE-7yfDA/s600/sicx%20dead.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="600" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4dsj3r0EFwRikrzQdTyiyhl_aac6Hm53KCzIEEQCgduLRulJQVWlc3I9ru5TiHgKD3XdZ91qUD5gWP1DbsrFbf-nj0q4tZ2dWQ2HPVEnwYU8li3YythQnbRRgzAKSzL3LMCQsCkB-nlbsehJr6bNJU9mMGZ9Unao0QsebG602zq83X0jdPtE-7yfDA/w640-h638/sicx%20dead.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">2001年的時候,饒舌歌手Sicx因為犯下性侵、強暴的重罪而入獄服刑69年,二名受害者都還未成年、其中一位還是他自己的女兒。當時的女友Aniya Jamieson (也是小孩的媽媽)一起被判刑入獄。Sicx可說是Brotha Lynch Hung的左右手、沙加緬度嘻哈音樂的早期開拓者,但對自己親生骨肉犯下這種惡行,實在是令人作嘔、難以饒恕。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">回過頭來看<a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/340583-Sicx" target="_blank">Sicx</a>的音樂生涯,其實起步得非常早。來自加州沙加緬度,原名"Maxmillian Levec Kunitz" (1970年生),Sicx早在1986年起就用藝名"Strobe-Lite"開始音樂生涯,並且與有血緣關係的哥哥<b>Brotha Lynch Hung</b> (當時藝名是Ice Cold)一起組成團體"Street Talk Crew" 。1990年時又夥同了同鄉的X-Raided一起組成<b>"Endangered Species"</b>發行專輯<b>"Nigga Deep"</b>,他們這票算是沙加緬度起步非常早的饒舌歌手,也相對特立獨行,這類Horrorcore的風格在當時非常罕見。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjjCTnxFRj1mfHdtvjHc88zda2C_AFI7Ydya6dzD-jAwbCoQyhKtbMG3KtRuEmsXeh14oxHH1WSIsAdfCP9yXQGQL2X_xcyeL4B6HS0_apmg5jBKd6gui9RM_ZCtRNhG3rCPEo2r1dcdF3U3xNvyAH9o7qzdZU7tSuya5Hu4Rs6kokBDmetOH5xbDmQ/s599/Endangered%20Species.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="599" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjjCTnxFRj1mfHdtvjHc88zda2C_AFI7Ydya6dzD-jAwbCoQyhKtbMG3KtRuEmsXeh14oxHH1WSIsAdfCP9yXQGQL2X_xcyeL4B6HS0_apmg5jBKd6gui9RM_ZCtRNhG3rCPEo2r1dcdF3U3xNvyAH9o7qzdZU7tSuya5Hu4Rs6kokBDmetOH5xbDmQ/w640-h426/Endangered%20Species.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Brotha Lynch Hung & Sicx</span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">步入九零年代,Sicx發行過兩張個人專輯 - 1995年的<b>"Dead 4 Life"</b> 以及1998年的<b>"If These Walls Could Talk"</b>,此外,也與Brotha Lynch Hung有非常密切的合作關係,常常以<a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/359880-Swartzaniggaz" target="_blank">Swartzaniggaz</a>的團體名義(Sicx組的另一個團)跨刀獻唱,並於2000年發行的獨立電影<b>"Now Eat"</b>中尬上一角。Sicx在2001年被關進監獄後,就停止了音樂生涯。目前他的兒子<a href="https://www.instagram.com/lilsicx/" target="_blank">Lil Sicx</a>繼承了Sicx的衣缽,繼續在沙加緬度深耕、玩著horrorcore風格的音樂。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">當年跟著Sicx、Brotha Lynch Hung一起組團的<a href="https://www.instagram.com/officialxraided1/" target="_blank"><b>X-Raided</b></a>,命運也是大不相同。雖然在1992年因幫派兇殺案入獄,但是X-Raided並沒有像Sicx一樣放棄音樂,在獄中仍舊持續創作、發表多張專輯,被關了26年後在2018年出獄,目前加入Strange Music成為Tech N9ne旗下的一員且持續穩定產出,相當活躍。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/brothalynchhung/" target="_blank"><b>Brotha Lynch Hung</b></a>本身倒是沒出過大包或是被抓去關,目前依舊是備受敬重、足以代表沙加緬度嘻哈的傳奇人物。最大的爭議事件,是在1996年九月,科羅拉多州Bayfield的18歲少年Joseph Edward "Bubba" Gallegos,聽完好幾遍Brotha Lynch Hung的歌曲<b>"Locc 2 da Brain"</b>之後就槍殺了自己的朋友。雖然說音樂是否煽動了暴力難以直接證明,但確實也因此激起了不少議論。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5lvQx7dYY94" width="320" youtube-src-id="5lvQx7dYY94"></iframe></span></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">SPM (South Park Mexican)</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTMWQHE-6zB1w1Rm-QY9kKILt8omDBkwKA2hJkhqEDoeL8AjYQJ-sDLzfayQBWkRbeXg0QiqAA8bSQ0nfPlEw1UIizmLn1BceNa1u5q49VgElLPq5V5khdbPlQfuTi67wOHzSVRAew9FxqFNcoLS3Q3GHw0xpj5cCnf7YsOZBKSxbcZPec4AZYLe9dg/w640-h640/spm.jpg" /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">除了Sicx之外,SPM也是一個在嘻哈圈很有名的性侵犯。來自休士頓的<b>SPM aka South Park Mexican</b>,原名Carlos Coy (1970年生),從1994年起就開始做音樂,並且在1995年建立自己的獨立廠牌<a href="https://www.instagram.com/realdopehouserecords/" target="_blank"><b>Dope House Records</b></a>。SPM在1998年發行了個人第三張專輯<b>"Hustle Town"</b>,開始在當地打出名氣、專輯中的<b>"Mary-Go-Round"</b>一曲儼然成為了underground hits,鹹溼的歌詞、琅琅上口的副歌,確實讓人一聽就忘不掉。</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">發展原本不錯的SPM,卻在2001年九月25日遭到警方逮捕。他犯下了性侵,受害者竟然是一名九歲女童。此外,SPM過去在1993年也有性侵13歲女童的紀錄。2002年,SPM遭到法律的制裁,被判入獄服刑45年。刑期服滿的日子預計是2047年,但在2024年就能申請假釋。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">SPM的變態行徑雖然被不少人唾棄,但支持者倒還是蠻死忠。目前<a href="https://dopehouserecords.com/" target="_blank"><b>Dope House Records</b></a>是由SPM的兒子及其他家族成員代為經營,在休士頓當地有設置實體店面,看起來依舊混得有聲有色。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/seRRU8r2B7o" width="320" youtube-src-id="seRRU8r2B7o"></iframe></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Houston</span></h1><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDeBDzQuyIYvCzl4wbBSLEy5XP_hHtePBRYDEtK1IZk5bSd2fQ-8pR5fM9k-_Mqpq5saZqmSGVUrYz4dc8erTbbxu_eIamh0xcMHgDTxpncpzNF5SnDYj0GvCS9uriMVdhMcZE2ZeygjV9WX3UOsswtHJj0FT0XsL8J3yfNu9xXkaLJdhaxZ4dVTPSg/s600/houston.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="600" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDeBDzQuyIYvCzl4wbBSLEy5XP_hHtePBRYDEtK1IZk5bSd2fQ-8pR5fM9k-_Mqpq5saZqmSGVUrYz4dc8erTbbxu_eIamh0xcMHgDTxpncpzNF5SnDYj0GvCS9uriMVdhMcZE2ZeygjV9WX3UOsswtHJj0FT0XsL8J3yfNu9xXkaLJdhaxZ4dVTPSg/w640-h632/houston.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_(singer)" target="_blank">Houston</a></b>是一個令人不勝唏噓的案例,若年紀是跟魯編我差不多的七年級生肯定會有印象。2004年,來自洛杉磯的Houston (原名Houston Edward Summers IV),以出道單曲<b>"I Like That"</b>成為爆紅的R&B新星,順利攀升到告示牌Hot 100排行榜的11名。隨後發行的個人專輯<b>"It's Already Written"</b>成功拿下RIAA金唱片。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">可惜一切都來得快、去得快。Houston在2004年成名,2005年生涯就畫上句點。2005年一月27日,當時Houston受邀前往倫敦展開巡迴演出,Houston使用了PCP後就情緒崩潰,想要從13樓高的飯店窗戶跳樓自殺,後來同行友人急忙攔阻後,將他轉到一樓的飯店房間,想不到Houston依舊失控,直接拿起房間內的塑膠叉子插爆自己左眼。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">這起事件發生後,Houston就被倫敦警方逮捕並送去強制勒戒,經過兩個禮拜的戒斷,Houston回到洛杉磯,並受訪聲稱自己是因為在音樂產業下的壓力讓他無法招架,心理疾病+藥物影響之下於是就發生了這樣的憾事,這情況其實跟文章前面提到的Christ Bearer一模一樣。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">自此之後,Houston事業一蹶不振,再也沒有推出過任何音樂,非常可惜,原本應該是下一個閃耀的明星,結果一年不到的時間就消失。最後一次出現在媒體大眾面前是在2013年,Houston抽完大麻後駕駛著SUV在Malibu亂開車被警方攔下、逮捕,但最後簡單罰個錢就沒事了,沒有牢獄之災,即便如此,看的出來Houston應該還是過得不太好,當年英俊挺拔的小生如今淪落至此。(原本還有人討論Houston其實後來轉變身分成為了Fetty Wap,不過這當然是無稽之談,Fetty Wap的左眼是因為從小的疾病造成,二人一點關聯也沒有)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOoGYLof4k6aKNUhKYfiGVrZh6rSbRHZYoCtA1fd0aAPXVV-RJFtcFzO_bwfQ_w94650UiUlQ3PC9y5WOBRPl7gpHFp3rktX5SakXMV6HutHdC1s1RxrpDaN-xFhwvMeNdk9vNf02xHuOHXufh7gYWcfROn1dGC_pYxLqmh5KeTe32-IPHCLFL2cpvKA/s671/houston2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="615" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOoGYLof4k6aKNUhKYfiGVrZh6rSbRHZYoCtA1fd0aAPXVV-RJFtcFzO_bwfQ_w94650UiUlQ3PC9y5WOBRPl7gpHFp3rktX5SakXMV6HutHdC1s1RxrpDaN-xFhwvMeNdk9vNf02xHuOHXufh7gYWcfROn1dGC_pYxLqmh5KeTe32-IPHCLFL2cpvKA/s320/houston2.JPG" width="293" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">當時Geto Boys的<b>Bushwick Bill</b>在訪問中談到這起事件,算是相當好的總結。1991年,Bill因為心理疾病的因素,強逼他當時的女友協助扣下板機自殺,子彈後來打瞎了Bushwick Bill的一隻眼。年紀輕輕就成名,伴隨而來的財富、責任、狗屁倒灶的事....對某些人來說是難以招架的。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>"Fame will make you crazy," Bill said in a statement. "Fame isn't for everybody. There are people who have a fear of fame, those who want fame, and those who don't understand fame. It drives them crazy, because it is a lot of responsibility to be all things to all people, and you can lose yourself in the shuffle, where there are no longer 52 cards in the deck."</b></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IdclkOJqaRw" width="320" youtube-src-id="IdclkOJqaRw"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Levitti</b></span></h1><span style="font-family: arial;">除了深入鑽研西岸的音樂宅之外,台灣的嘻哈聽眾應該對這名字都感到陌生。西岸有幾位常見的R&B歌手專唱副歌,例如Nanci Fletcher、Butch Cassidy、Danny Boy、Nate Dogg等等,但我一直非常喜歡Levitti的嗓音,辨識度極高、產量豐富,說他是<b>Nate Dogg of the Bay</b>可是一點都不為過。</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizVeva66uWat3zyElHtF7zIywEnwwgs5EgmHeEdsTjNFdiI1oSMLHRYyvi4OzX_NhqXZWNs6AKjFWLqeCvRjM6KsJk5MXYhGFWt88JrZdRzzkajusV1H2HIt4i_RC3JOozvG5qj3g9_fhZAcYQe4qv0DNbNEXn8bPEv7MtLRJnFZ5HlTTtwpyyQ7pfrA/s400/levitti.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="274" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizVeva66uWat3zyElHtF7zIywEnwwgs5EgmHeEdsTjNFdiI1oSMLHRYyvi4OzX_NhqXZWNs6AKjFWLqeCvRjM6KsJk5MXYhGFWt88JrZdRzzkajusV1H2HIt4i_RC3JOozvG5qj3g9_fhZAcYQe4qv0DNbNEXn8bPEv7MtLRJnFZ5HlTTtwpyyQ7pfrA/w438-h640/levitti.jpg" width="438" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiMHbqZgds1odhKIDm9_cUXp1F48amLSHBfm1bLFHl0BoljbcVIJ6u0IPQnqHnRqIz7EspaxhYrhyphenhyphenfgjHMKtNq9HCCmBpvtN96DJ63tNCPron9h1lVlsS5c3C7pe9ShFo1ubjlsLID_lG5nZPKJ2d098lNsw1kf9E1ZGMIO8bMXer2fQn5eaBHcD6avg/s834/levitti2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="834" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiMHbqZgds1odhKIDm9_cUXp1F48amLSHBfm1bLFHl0BoljbcVIJ6u0IPQnqHnRqIz7EspaxhYrhyphenhyphenfgjHMKtNq9HCCmBpvtN96DJ63tNCPron9h1lVlsS5c3C7pe9ShFo1ubjlsLID_lG5nZPKJ2d098lNsw1kf9E1ZGMIO8bMXer2fQn5eaBHcD6avg/w640-h366/levitti2.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/173504-Levitti" target="_blank">LeVitti</a> (原名Lewis King),是來自北加州Vallejo的R&B歌手,他是E-40那群<b>Sick Wid' It Records</b>早期的固定班底。首次出現在1992年The Click的專輯<b>"Down And Dirty"</b>獻唱其中一曲<b>"</b><b>Tired Of Being Stepped On"</b>。後來Levitti參與過多張專輯,不論是B-Legit、D-Shot、E-40還是其他北加州歌手的專輯,幾乎都能見到Levitti的蹤跡,儼然是90年代北加州嘻哈的副歌首席唱匠。千禧年之後,Levitti和Sick Wid' It一群人的關係似乎就開始生變、逐漸遠離,2010年後雙方是再也沒合作過,Levitti現在也消失在音樂圈中。有謠言說因為他是同性戀的關係而被歧視,且染有愛滋,因此被逐出門戶。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">網路論壇上還有人提及到,D-Shot原本還在<a href="https://www.facebook.com/levitti.king/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>上跟Levitti筆戰,D-Shot聲稱Levitti會家暴、毆打自己的親生母親,而Levitti則說這是謠言、還說他要遠離加州,因為他已經早已被北加州的嘻哈圈封殺了。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">確實Levitti後來過得並不好,2014年傳出一起新聞事件,一名Vallejo的流浪漢持鐵鎚毆打同伴且試圖要點火燒死對方,最後遭到警方逮捕,後來嘻哈圈才發現原來這名流浪漢竟然就是Levitti (原名Lewis Arvelle King),當時41歲。後來在2016年又因另一起入侵民宅竊盜的罪刑而入獄,目前似乎仍在服刑中,Levitti臉書最後的更新停留在2018年。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gNtno1VzvKA" width="320" youtube-src-id="gNtno1VzvKA"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Levitti九年前的模樣,當時已經是homeless</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_aMlEuBO-44" width="320" youtube-src-id="_aMlEuBO-44"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/svd5ZwnCKNo" width="320" youtube-src-id="svd5ZwnCKNo"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Big Lurch</b></span></h1><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOMAfZ1JT-sbFHrFBPqziYFDEgZqHQ6CStuljnCNyuQTnq30ax5nIgisK0hyphenhyphenuFkCgm6CPa0c3Xx9sAyzPYzpUaiDdb19WisNCw6ih89ZhLkiAowl2SrP1EXJM18IfLSMJNgtkx_NqPGSvDZ3YDCzonbcmkeCfNiiBHRhjHXuI5DTbsGAQath7OcxqaMA/s800/its-all-bad-album.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOMAfZ1JT-sbFHrFBPqziYFDEgZqHQ6CStuljnCNyuQTnq30ax5nIgisK0hyphenhyphenuFkCgm6CPa0c3Xx9sAyzPYzpUaiDdb19WisNCw6ih89ZhLkiAowl2SrP1EXJM18IfLSMJNgtkx_NqPGSvDZ3YDCzonbcmkeCfNiiBHRhjHXuI5DTbsGAQath7OcxqaMA/w640-h640/its-all-bad-album.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">放在最後再提的...絕對是嘻哈史上最獵奇、病態的<a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/253906-Big-Lurch" target="_blank">Big Lurch</a>。來自達拉斯的Big Lurch,原名Antron Singleton,在2002年四月的時候謀殺了一位21歲女性Tynisha Ysais,並且吃下她的肺,成為嘻哈史上最駭人聽聞的事件。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Big Lurch從15歲起就開始饒舌,當時流行的音樂是談論槍枝、毒品、性愛...標準的幫派饒舌,然而Big Lurch更偏愛的主題是連環殺人魔、食人、吸血鬼等議題。他早期與Doonie Baby、Rick Rock一同組成了饒舌團體<a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/481218-Cosmic-Slop-Shop" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Cosmic Slop Shop</a><b> </b>(當時Big Lurch的藝名是G Spade),在1998年發行專輯<b>"Da Family"</b>,成績其實不差,主打單曲<b>"Sinful"</b>打入了告示牌排行榜,但不久後團體就宣告解散、各自單飛。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Big Lurch後來在北加州灣區與許多歌手合作密切,例如Mac Dre、C-Bo、E-40、RBL Posse、Too Short等人,原本也是大有可為,卻在2000年因為一起車禍意外導致一切變了調。2000年的某個晚上,Big Lurch剛從他的24歲生日派對回家路上,被一位酒醉的駕駛從後面追撞,造成頸部骨頭斷裂、身受重傷。為了緩解疼痛,Big Lurch開始嗑了一堆藥,但最後發現PCP才是最有效的。然而正如同前面提到的幾個案例,PCP伴隨而來的是嚴重的幻覺。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">“He stayed high for weeks, not eating, getting more and more delusional, until the fateful day he thought the devil was inside his roommate’s stomach.”<br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">2002年四月19日,Big Lurch邀請他的室友們一起抽PCP,這也是他最後一刻保持清醒。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">“We started smoking the PCP and they just kept feeding it to me, and feeding it to me,” he said in the documentary Rhyme & Punishment. “The next thing I remember is I woke up in jail with a murder.”</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">醒來的時候他人已經在監獄。根據目擊者指出,當晚Big Lurch叫所有人都出去,只留下21歲的Tynisha Ysais (他室友的女朋友),二人獨處期間,Big Lurch狂毆並且拿刀直接捅入心臟、殘忍地殺害她,更誇張的是Big Lurch還剖開了她的胸腔,挖出右邊的肺臟直接啃食。警方在逮捕他的時候,發現他全身赤裸、滿是鮮血,像狗一樣對天咆嘯。後來警方比對也發現Big Lurch胃中的肉和血並不屬於他,證實了這吃人肉的瘋狂行徑。最後在2003年11月,Big Lurch被判處無期徒刑入獄服刑,且不得假釋。</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">2004年,Black Market Records沒有經過Big Lurch的同意,就直接發行了他的個人專輯<b>"It's All Bad"</b>。令人毛骨悚然的是專輯中的單曲<b>"I Did It To You!"</b>,提及了連環殺人魔、吃人的歌詞內容。這讓受害者Ysais的母親後來也對Black Market Records提告,她認為就是因為廠牌不斷提供這些藥物,讓旗下歌手越來越暴力、只為了保持gangsta rapper的形象,無疑是火上澆油。</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /><b>“Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, and all of your friends, I’m finsta school ya, ’cause murder’s a hobby,” he raps. “I’m like a vampire… fresh meat, I can’t pass it.”<br /></b><br />總而言之,PCP + Horrocore可說是最糟糕的組合。</span><span>這起駭人聽聞的案例非常有名,</span><span>有許多紀錄片、Youtuber都在談論Big Lurch這位真正的"real life cannibal rapper",有興趣的朋友可以自己去找找</span><span>。目前Big Lurch依舊在監獄中服刑,他的兒子</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/amansingletonjr/" target="_blank">Aman Singleton Jr.</a><span>常常在IG幫他老爸更新現況,還有出過一些CD販售,但我想犯下這種罪行應該很難有出獄的一天了。</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054766711310725329.post-49945653545426889762023-10-30T01:31:00.010-07:002023-10-30T20:13:57.264-07:00[Event] ESOW’s WONDERLAND @ TARTCH 得然藝術 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidnaSuqKefix6i5uURQTPIArZdBOSP2yLTuBDI6liKiyRRvothWlZxcEbE6Hf-jDAaAB1Cm48EvzKjzkIEIIbHV-d460sZplcQecCd8cIyzev4DOjF7qkKm6TgHjNFZf9GiNlss56Vc5YN2ujl6_BTDhlSCb9nulpTlLKZ5E2p0oiFqyh9L-S4xbhrkA/s2048/379607314_275675485400133_4689704543371940287_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="2048" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidnaSuqKefix6i5uURQTPIArZdBOSP2yLTuBDI6liKiyRRvothWlZxcEbE6Hf-jDAaAB1Cm48EvzKjzkIEIIbHV-d460sZplcQecCd8cIyzev4DOjF7qkKm6TgHjNFZf9GiNlss56Vc5YN2ujl6_BTDhlSCb9nulpTlLKZ5E2p0oiFqyh9L-S4xbhrkA/w640-h328/379607314_275675485400133_4689704543371940287_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>▪️Solo exhibition《ESOWの花花世界 》- ESOW‘s Wonderland<br /></b>2023.9.29 - 11.04<br /><br /><b>▪️Artist | Japan<br /></b>ESOW <a href="https://www.instagram.com/esowom/" target="_blank">@esowom</a><br /><br /><b>▪️TARTCH 得然藝術<br /></b>週一~週六 (週日公休) 10:00-18:30<br />+886 2 2793-3182<br />台北市內湖區南京東路六段503號1樓<br /><span><a name='more'></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAG7cqSs0cyQcLfd6TaVevYJSeAHMZVReOeIE9J105wwrjRIlaS-d3kNm8XTMPuo6HtpNQWXYxbhU49Q6_-R1e8Xa56lL5KGMTpOsxZ9Q3leIR5MMbjoeFqetvKmgQaGydf-FEGmZN97abMA85pzrh1NYHZP3wMrlTGPAIQKfNi2p46AzTdNI_sp50Q/s1400/esow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAG7cqSs0cyQcLfd6TaVevYJSeAHMZVReOeIE9J105wwrjRIlaS-d3kNm8XTMPuo6HtpNQWXYxbhU49Q6_-R1e8Xa56lL5KGMTpOsxZ9Q3leIR5MMbjoeFqetvKmgQaGydf-FEGmZN97abMA85pzrh1NYHZP3wMrlTGPAIQKfNi2p46AzTdNI_sp50Q/w640-h320/esow.jpg" width="640" /></a>日本著名的塗鴉藝術家ESOW在睽違12年後,再次踏上台灣發表精彩的個展。1972年ESOW 生於東京,17歲移居美國發現塗鴉,並在江戶時代文化的影響下,形成了自己獨特的藝術風格和視覺語言。 作品透露著許多日本文化的元素,表現的媒介多樣性且具活力,包括畫布、牆壁、木板和3D 立體。除了可以感受到塗鴉創作的奔放,也能看到粗曠中的細緻感。 </span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">「花花世界」,泛指人世間。可以是繁華、浮誇的同義詞,也或是每個人心中獨有的桃花源與異想世界。本次展覽 ESOW’S WONDERLAND 透過 ESOW 的視角和創作,將日本中年大叔的生活百態,以詼諧幽默方式的呈現,同時將他的創作起源,以各類型包括畫布、木板繪畫、立體作品 一次呈現;期望能啟發觀者能在平常不過的日常中,擁有更多繽紛與幽默的想像力。ESOW的個展和參與的聯展在日本和國際上都受關注,也促進了街頭藝術在東京和世界其他地方的發展。表現的媒介多樣性且具活力,包括畫布、牆壁、木材和3D立體。 他的作品經常受到藝術愛好者和塗鴉迷的熱愛,並被視為東京街頭藝術的先驅之一。 (簡介轉貼自TARTCH得然藝術)</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ97XGJiww3Hxv2psxmmFbb9J0FI7LmPb0cjFl8RlDj0GqpWlXK83KTcAPxOHoSR5yaB1ArSh6GV1NzHEpCAr1n8qVnzFsNUXviVUjhLJEaBvAoaiT6oefUueKd2whfffw99c_LZIocGEYxkrZUrmxu6n7AtTaSBpdLG2dIxgHHZLwYt0pZD90Th9sFg/s1440/original.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ97XGJiww3Hxv2psxmmFbb9J0FI7LmPb0cjFl8RlDj0GqpWlXK83KTcAPxOHoSR5yaB1ArSh6GV1NzHEpCAr1n8qVnzFsNUXviVUjhLJEaBvAoaiT6oefUueKd2whfffw99c_LZIocGEYxkrZUrmxu6n7AtTaSBpdLG2dIxgHHZLwYt0pZD90Th9sFg/w640-h640/original.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">DJ MAS aka SENJU-FRESH! - FORWARD’S WALTS/ QUEST</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Cover Art by ESOW (2019)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vr7CYZnKqeo" width="320" youtube-src-id="vr7CYZnKqeo"></iframe></div></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">雖然個人對塗鴉一竅不通、完全外行,但很喜歡看些塗鴉藝術的作品,會注意到<a href="https://www.instagram.com/esowom/" target="_blank"><b>ESOW</b></a>其實是在收藏黑膠的過程中,發現<a href="https://www.instagram.com/raitadanjou/" target="_blank">Raita Danjou</a> (檀上雷太)這位饒舌歌手的作品封面相當吸睛,於是開始認識了ESOW的作品,發現ESOW的風格實在相當特殊,將濃厚的日本文化、江戶風味融入街頭滑板及嘻哈音樂的氣息,創造出極其特殊的個人風格,看過一次基本上就會深深烙印在腦海中。至於Raita Danjou的作品雖然不多,但參與過『悪名』、『続,悪名』這兩張日本嘻哈的超經典合輯,後續也出過幾張12吋單曲,目前主要工作是在營運餐廳(咖哩店Cookdan クックダン) 另外也常常在<a href="https://www.instagram.com/toranokoring/" target="_blank">虎子食堂</a>活動。</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>ESOW也幫<a href="https://www.instagram.com/senjufresh/" target="_blank">DJ MAS</a> aka SENJU-FRESH繪製過多張mixtape封面,DJ MAS也是一位日本職人,從90年代起開始DJ、擔任過<a href="http://mnmlssg.blogspot.com/2008/01/cisco-records-rip.html" target="_blank">Cisco</a>唱片行的最後一任店長(這間傳奇唱片行已經永久歇業),</span><span>目前從事的工作是在魚市賣魚,近年來也是有持續製作音樂及推出mixtape。以上補充一些日饒資訊,</span>有興趣的朋友可以追蹤看看。</span></div><div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgJvik_YCFPPdVBQ9HxI4_c4T_ND3JtF9MnjgPhfbuDFcgTALCCBzT-r3IcMVZzg3TNs2Iz9uUOcUNJBqrBsvKWDNY7Rp4jx2EjQ_hZhvbHsdFf9kEKGJku4UR9NO9l_IHLVtEqQtd5u-RQRxF0dmLqQH74wyfLqBA8_YCrlgHAjMwyvgieJDKnvp-w/w480-h640/IMG_7398-min.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />感謝<a href="https://www.instagram.com/tartch.art.space/" target="_blank">得然藝術</a>這次請到ESOW,讓人能一睹大師的作品! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">我是在2023.09.30造訪活動(ESOW離台前一天),帶著DJ MAS在2019年唱片日RSD發行的12吋單曲黑膠拿去給ESOW簽名,現場也有其他粉絲帶滑板、公仔...等等拿去簽,可惜這些商品都是超限量,發售時沒搶到現在都很難買了。希望未來還有機會見到ESOW再次訪台囉~<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054766711310725329.post-1703893123097188772023-10-11T07:37:00.007-07:002023-10-11T07:51:49.540-07:00[歌手介紹] DUSTY HUSKY × Jambo Lacquer <div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd407f36-7fff-4d74-0cc1-83dbf90cf4d1"><span style="font-family: arial;">DUSTY HUSKY</span></span></h1><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTr8KqTgJneaBnhMW5H4uTMmrrsZKldrgat6DO1DNduDfIsLkB__EuGoiZH-S4qYqqYCHiUemiIWJn0iwNRloFxCpGqO1ImI7lB_i4kuqQEBt_PjON88191NB9eLhD2dp9q2k_FoAOlMYsHlAkpIkCMZwVwCZ6Xhx6_W7BnYlmZ62g26FEQ9guJQMfJw/w640-h458/DUSTY%20HUSKY%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E5%86%99.JPG" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>日本神奈川県藤沢市 = MOSS VILLAGE</b> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">For DISH LABEL iN POSSHI ANYTIMES MC. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">SOMETIMES BEAT MAKE and DJ. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">ALLTIMES DIGGIN’</b></div></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd407f36-7fff-4d74-0cc1-83dbf90cf4d1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;">Dusty Husky來自神奈川縣藤澤市,是獨立嘻哈廠牌<b>「<a href="http://dliprecords.com" target="_blank">DLiP RECORDS</a>」</b>的當家看板人物。<br /><br />他曾以<a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2017/09/dlip-records-dinary-delta-force.html" target="_blank"><b>DINARY DELTA FORCE</b></a>團體身份發行過三張專輯,以SEGA FRONT GIANTS發行過一張專輯。作為獨立音樂人,他於2015年發布了首張個人專輯《DhUuSsTkYy》,並於2018年發布了第二張專輯《WHY NOT》。</span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">此外,他不僅是一位MC,還是一位音樂收藏家,積極在日本和世界各地尋找珍貴的音樂寶藏,並發行了多張混音CD。Dusty Husky的第二張專輯發布後,便移居到泰國曼谷 🇹🇭,並將他的音樂事業擴展到亞洲。在被稱為「股旅」的兩年的遊歷中,他發布了第三張同名專輯《股旅》作為這段時期的總結。<br /><br />自2020年新冠病毒大流行以來,Dusty Husky返回日本,但也接受來自世界各地,包括泰國、哥倫比亞、委內瑞拉、南非、法國和韓國等地的演出邀請,持續以嘻哈音樂交流、跨越語言的隔閡。並於2023年8月4日發行了自己的第四張專輯《DAAM》,這是他首次完全使用日語創作的作品。LP黑膠唱片首發當日即完全售罄。由於實在受太受歡迎,也希望讓支持的粉絲們都能順利買到,於 2023年10月20日 決定發表 CD版!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Dinary Delta Force曾於<a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2017/10/marco-polo-boom-bap.html" target="_blank">2017</a>年隨同Marco Polo來台演出,以本格派的東岸硬蕊曲風震撼全場,此次,Dusty Husky歷經多年異國的文化洗禮與薰陶後,將再度帶著全新專輯《DAAM》呈現在台灣樂迷眼前。</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwWKoXhSCMgxarl54yjGPKS8q4fB6ckjx5jYExfy-jD24TtTCWfS5mvKDz-60EdXrOLXiYlczxRgL0zAmQwlMPvm4krFgOzPwX57j6Ze7ZtFVa1E6RMa61cZBT_Vb9Q9LBPyregKLs_g0tgFnT_zWkYtGLRBnAaLDkXqKly7CxCVcRT_qU5anDtELQ0g/s1000/DAAM_SIDE-A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwWKoXhSCMgxarl54yjGPKS8q4fB6ckjx5jYExfy-jD24TtTCWfS5mvKDz-60EdXrOLXiYlczxRgL0zAmQwlMPvm4krFgOzPwX57j6Ze7ZtFVa1E6RMa61cZBT_Vb9Q9LBPyregKLs_g0tgFnT_zWkYtGLRBnAaLDkXqKly7CxCVcRT_qU5anDtELQ0g/w640-h640/DAAM_SIDE-A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W-7cy5xUjz8" width="320" youtube-src-id="W-7cy5xUjz8"></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">DUSTY HUSKY - ガッペレス (prod by MeS The Funk)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jambo Lacquer</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr33G8HTE7jfYfLVYNJnlGAwFhyqsRZrDEaLoDyhVqEZbUa0vgm71-j8KgRtZldPKi7jHGE9v2k5GXZ5YepBcUkpwardIYS_VYMSMSLKEQlbJdPgFX4uEiPwNUk-6zTuvJ_jYdbTxIBaRYo86mJBYpAWY8mDw0_gll1MFdyYPaHzSUClYVnaczTW_Nyg/w640-h426/image_6487327.JPG" /></div></div><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Jambo Lacquer - 是來自大阪的MC、popping舞者及beatmaker</span></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">從小就非常喜歡跳舞,無時無刻都沈浸在音樂裏律動著。本身自己也還有一個身份!以 BomJa Break 為名 - 是一名 Beats 作曲家。2012之後完成個人的Beats專輯及Instrumental Beats還有各式各樣的作品,同時也在 [大阪服部緑地集団WARAJI] 擔任其中一員,活躍於關西地區。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>WARAJI×チプルソ×HCC 主辦的服部緑地野外活動 「エアコン」 </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">毎年吸引超過1000人以上齊聚一堂,是讓人情緒激動歡樂的大型派對活動。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>LIVE現場表演風格 <br /></b>Jambo Lacquer以一人LIVE方式表演,在自身表演時,同時彈奏各式的樂器,那個畫面宛如是自己駕駛著一架飛機,帶領大家一起用音樂飛翔! <br /><br />2020年 Olive Oil × Jambo Lacquer 兩人共同合作專輯<b>「OIL LACQUER</b></span><b>」</b><span>,獲得全國矚目</span><span> 。此外,Jamob Laqcuer也與日本新生代mellow Hip Hop製作人Sweet William密切合作,推出”休花"、”ZIPtheLIP”、"MIZUWARI"等單曲。<br /><br />近期幾年積極推動個人的作品,也和Dusty Husky共同合作製作7吋黑膠唱片,包括<b>「ロール・プレイン」</b>、<b>「惑星抱擁」、</b> <b>「トゥナイト」</b>、<b>「円盤振舞」</b> 共四張 七吋黑膠,且在販售日瞬間搶空!儼然成為日本嘻哈音樂圈的一大矚目新星。<br /><br />Jambo Lacquer即將首次登台演出,希望透過他獨特的音樂來感染大家!</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ns2FfrQWqXc" width="320" youtube-src-id="Ns2FfrQWqXc"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Jambo Lacquer × DUSTY HUSKY<span> - </span>MIZUWARI (Sweet William Remix)</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u5iGYE1Moj0" width="320" youtube-src-id="u5iGYE1Moj0"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jambo Lacquer × ดีUSTY HUSKY</b><b><span> - </span></b><b>ロール・プレイン (prod. 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BomJa Break)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nGjofhxnhVM" width="320" youtube-src-id="nGjofhxnhVM"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Jambo Lacquer × ดีusty Husky<span> - </span>円盤振舞(Prod. DJ SCRATCH NICE)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054766711310725329.post-8889930984153710362023-09-25T22:32:00.005-07:002023-09-27T01:28:35.357-07:00[專題] Life Goes On: Kato & Mental Illness<span style="font-family: arial;"><span>熟悉2Pac音樂作品的朋友應該都有注意到,2Pac曾在作品中多次提到Kato和Mental。是否曾想過這號人物是誰? 這次的文章就來回顧一下這段歷史。<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl92F26fhetZ2s7DrOTO0tvZLIsT_X1GjM8mgsbNed27a9LvhADE0LBJZ0X9yLPiG2Si2FEwNuws7mO8Ws8hH2s7aorSJWXfWEPe4YOTTXxUhuzK0EwyBpQuHgqxqavZ5TSIo57AaXnXbsoE0Pmxd5x7DreSSz8bP9YGAw0PqmJwMFxML0b71Ln7WWqA/s1440/thuglife.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl92F26fhetZ2s7DrOTO0tvZLIsT_X1GjM8mgsbNed27a9LvhADE0LBJZ0X9yLPiG2Si2FEwNuws7mO8Ws8hH2s7aorSJWXfWEPe4YOTTXxUhuzK0EwyBpQuHgqxqavZ5TSIo57AaXnXbsoE0Pmxd5x7DreSSz8bP9YGAw0PqmJwMFxML0b71Ln7WWqA/w640-h400/thuglife.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Photo: Mike Miller</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><span><a name='more'></a></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">簡單來說2Pac與Kato、Mental的關係,就好比Nas跟Ill Will、或是DJ Quik跟Mauseburg這樣。而這一切的因緣得先從Big Syke開始介紹。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br />再加入<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thug_Life" target="_blank"><b>Thug Life</b></a>之前,<b>Big Syke (本名T<span style="background-color: white;">yruss Himes)</span></b>在1990年組成了饒舌團體<b>"<a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/2762685-Evil-Mind-Gangstas" target="_blank">Evil Mind Gangstas</a>"</b>,正式開啟音樂之路。當時Big Syke的藝名叫做Little Psycho,其他成員還有Domino、Mental Illness。製作人Johnny J (後來成為2Pac</span>當家製作人)也參與了這張作品。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Mental Illness的摯友Kato (Big Kato),跟Big Syke感情也很好,Kato雖然不是饒舌歌手,但也資助了這個團體的成立。1992年,Evil Mind Gangstas透過獨立廠牌Organized Records發行了唯一一張專輯<b>"All Hell Breakin' Loose"</b>,發行後並沒有取得多大的成功,這張專輯最後只有以卡帶的形式流通在街頭(目前絕版已久,G-Funk收藏家的夢幻逸品之一,後來僅有出現盜版燒錄片出現在市面上)。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C_X5m7r-deA" width="320" youtube-src-id="C_X5m7r-deA"></iframe></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Big Syke一直是我很喜愛的一位。渾厚的嗓音、中氣十足,在"<b>Picture Me Rollin'"</b>中的開場歌詞讓人印象深刻。Thug Life解散、2Pac過世後,Big Syke仍持續推出個人專輯,2002年也有以"Street Commando"發表同名專輯。可惜在2016年12月5號病逝於家中,年紀輕輕才48歲。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n8QurABRsqE" width="320" youtube-src-id="n8QurABRsqE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I got keys comin' from overseas</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Cost a nigga 200 G's</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm a street commando, Nino for example</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">This lavish lifestyle is hard to handle</span></b></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Big Syke是在1992年結識2Pac。並且把Kato和Mental這二位摯友一併介紹給了他,大家的感情融洽,就像是親兄弟一樣。然而好景不常,1993年的某天,Kato駕駛著Big Syke的車子,因為其改裝過的Dayton輪框(價值2500美元)過度招搖而在路上被人搶劫、槍殺,兇手還只是個14歲的毛頭小子。後來在2Pac的許多歌曲中都能聽見2Pac緬懷<b>"Remeber Kato"</b>。至於Mental Illness則據傳是在1994年被殺害,原因不詳。<br /><br /><b>“Big Kato was like my brother,” Syke said. “He got killed for my car. It had Dayton rims—they cost twenty-five hundred dollars. They killed him for it.”</b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3EErL7Eg4w6lcSTNpvftHhUp-MQrEouxuTkJERBZY36W-wU_VJKAYb6dx9rSrOta9c_lWRtSJgePtjlBgBrM_Pd2PvLfUxwe6oMo-m36oHMK3TVwifqWwl8zDXrDcvlwsBlemhtMl1wRPNeXq9bDqO0uFfHzekZYh9BFPzB6shvOFdSI1R6YC-H6vw/s485/Kato-Syke-and-Mental-illness.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="485" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3EErL7Eg4w6lcSTNpvftHhUp-MQrEouxuTkJERBZY36W-wU_VJKAYb6dx9rSrOta9c_lWRtSJgePtjlBgBrM_Pd2PvLfUxwe6oMo-m36oHMK3TVwifqWwl8zDXrDcvlwsBlemhtMl1wRPNeXq9bDqO0uFfHzekZYh9BFPzB6shvOFdSI1R6YC-H6vw/s16000/Kato-Syke-and-Mental-illness.jpg" /></a></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFPVNBw0Z_v5TBvezKUJTXSOWkCKRVHoJzaXdxzlSggknHv_hfCrCjnSHvyk49ieX86Z88tn8_c7B_7MQtqxNnbnokLfsbLXIeZ1DgTRzPylIUdnVjlvKeaW-78IeIwan37EJl4nOfyP59KDyllgkQ2VIOnqXPzq-sivvfXeOMemU66q7fiW2wlxl5w/s720/kato.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="720" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFPVNBw0Z_v5TBvezKUJTXSOWkCKRVHoJzaXdxzlSggknHv_hfCrCjnSHvyk49ieX86Z88tn8_c7B_7MQtqxNnbnokLfsbLXIeZ1DgTRzPylIUdnVjlvKeaW-78IeIwan37EJl4nOfyP59KDyllgkQ2VIOnqXPzq-sivvfXeOMemU66q7fiW2wlxl5w/w400-h396/kato.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Big Syke & Kato</b></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWKZEJ4o3mBuxrf_R9tCSE54RK6ZHzbkLmkUNYBEIA8Tuc8pvI1angEwg8T5skx2E8fZLw-FQsID6Whx2xo-1DIvH6_8m84Xv0WPZwoQBAVXenuNyZV2mTvcf9CtaayM0fVcFspwdAWLbt2WH5yzZTgmxrXa82ynd-ALp6LD97nla0lTOT6MG_7bAog/s720/mental%20illness.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="709" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWKZEJ4o3mBuxrf_R9tCSE54RK6ZHzbkLmkUNYBEIA8Tuc8pvI1angEwg8T5skx2E8fZLw-FQsID6Whx2xo-1DIvH6_8m84Xv0WPZwoQBAVXenuNyZV2mTvcf9CtaayM0fVcFspwdAWLbt2WH5yzZTgmxrXa82ynd-ALp6LD97nla0lTOT6MG_7bAog/w394-h400/mental%20illness.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Mental Illness</b></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><blockquote></blockquote></b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2Tr3fM8vkX4" width="320" youtube-src-id="2Tr3fM8vkX4"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">MC Breed - Gotta Get Mine。在這支音樂錄影帶中Kato也有露臉</span></b></div></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">90年代的洛杉磯街頭就是如此無情,而2Pac就像是貧民窟的發聲者,用饒舌哀悼街頭的兄弟、將大家所經歷的苦難化成了饒舌來抒發情緒。Big Syke在1997年與<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/07/07/the-takedown-of-tupac" target="_blank">紐約客雜誌</a>(New Yorker)訪談中說道"在洛杉磯的貧民窟,每個禮拜都會有四、五人橫死街頭,你不會在報章雜誌注意到,但這些人的家人們正經歷著痛苦"。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">2Pac的歌詞凶狠,這也讓許多人用放大鏡去檢視他是否言行一致。Big Syke在紐約客雜誌的訪問中也提到,2Pac最爭議的行為之一是他的bandanna,當2Pac跟瘸幫混的時候、他會頭戴紅色的頭巾,當跟著Bloods混的時候、他會頭戴藍色的頭巾,代表他跟誰都是一夥的,有些人會覺得這根本不倫不類,但2Pac確實能讓各路兄弟心服口服。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">這或許也與Thug Life這團體的立意相呼應。Big Syke曾回憶道: Thug Life其實一開始的發想並不是要成為一個團體,這是代表著每一個人種、在受到壓抑的體制下成長的一種生活態度。因此,回顧2Pac的一生,可以知道他並有明確的選邊站(例如Nipsey Hussle很明確的代表瘸幫、YG代表血幫),他的理想更加崇高,想為所有受壓迫的人民發聲,因此能跟任何人合作(Big Syke是瘸幫,後來2Pac加入血幫色彩濃厚的Death Row...諸如此類)。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>Big Syke: “Thug Life was never meant to be a group. It was just the life that we was living. Thug Life is the nobodies, white, black, brown, any color, and so Thug Life is then just the life we have to live in America, beca</b></span><b>use of the situations we been born into or grew up around.”</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibewIDoklbqKnpdgLMlReIx7ofM6iEPJtU4fv1woHhrhX5O-zp4sg7BMc5DIIjx0xqfHhfpfgjkiutGAtW-L7VVipT6yhvi1NMCwxWWld6m0KwYZIwzDcMdGf73rHsPfL4BcgZ6XVVLCNveNHntG5n5KMH4asMtZcocSOuRkX1PQ76U7gJjMtljVd1lQ/s679/thuglifetatto.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="679" height="411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibewIDoklbqKnpdgLMlReIx7ofM6iEPJtU4fv1woHhrhX5O-zp4sg7BMc5DIIjx0xqfHhfpfgjkiutGAtW-L7VVipT6yhvi1NMCwxWWld6m0KwYZIwzDcMdGf73rHsPfL4BcgZ6XVVLCNveNHntG5n5KMH4asMtZcocSOuRkX1PQ76U7gJjMtljVd1lQ/w640-h411/thuglifetatto.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><div><span><br /></span></div>2Pac最著名的刺青,就是在他肚子上的<b>"Thug Life"</b>字樣,這個作品是由休士頓的</span>Dennis '<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dagostattoos/" target="_blank">Dago</a>' Coelho在1992年完成(2Pac身上至少有八處刺青出自於這位大師之手)<span>。但不多人注意到在那行字的上方寫著"</span>50 Niggaz"。Mopreme在某次訪談中解釋道,不論是"Thug Life"或是"50 Niggaz",這兩個刺青都蘊藏著社會運動的意義,50代表著美國的五十州,假如每一周都有一位黑人弟兄挺身而出、這樣大家就能一起達成任何事情。因此50 Niggaz進一步昇華成為了"Thug Life"的精神,二個刺青的意義是連貫在一起的。尤其當Big Kato在1993年被槍殺後,更讓2Pac更加篤信Thug Life的生活態度,認為Thug Life真正的意義應該是"Saving thugs' lives",用音樂來拯救普羅眾生,當時許多媒體都誤以為"Thug Life"是在"宣揚暴力"或"美化幫派"。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">有些人議論2Pac的饒舌功力其實沒那麼好。但我覺得這也不是重點,2Pac的音樂之所以能歷久不衰,除了因為個人魅力之外,</span><span style="font-family: arial;">2Pac透過Big Syke以及這些在街區的友人們(Kato、Mental..),將這些真實故事用音樂、饒舌記錄下來,讓人覺得身歷其境。</span>因此,2Pac才能留下許多令人動容的作品,足以牽動聽眾的情緒、令人感同身受,例如<b>"Life Goes On"</b>。</div><div><br /></div><div>順便也提到一段Dru Down的專訪,回憶當年錄製"Life Goes On"的過程。當時2Pac讓錄音室只留下少數幾個人,並且把大麻鋪滿在混音台上,抽完後就開始低頭寫歌,現場陷入一片安靜、不敢出聲,這就是2Pac要開始認真嚴肅的時候。事後Johnny J也回憶道,當時錄音的過程中有些人都是凶狠的幫派份子,但"Life Goes On"這首歌播出來後都讓他們哭出來。</div><div><br /></div><div><b>“We had people in sessions you want to call them street guys or hardcore, they were deep into their thing and they broke down in tears,” he said. “I can’t believe I saw that. [That record] just had so many people emotional.”</b></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ubu0qV4btQI" width="320" youtube-src-id="ubu0qV4btQI"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Life Goes On</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">”Hey Kato, Mental, y’all niggas make sure it’s poppin’ when we get up there”</span></div></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><div><br /></div><div>最後,再來回顧幾首致敬Mental和Kato的歌曲。話說DMX也有個朋友叫<b><a href="https://youtu.be/Y7e2Z7MBtt4?si=_jMuPfZWBiXyqtrJ" target="_blank">Kato</a></b>,也寫了首歌致敬他,不過二位單純只是同名而已、並非同一個人。</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bAZbulqcE4g" width="320" youtube-src-id="bAZbulqcE4g"></iframe></div></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>How Long Will They Mourn Me</b></div></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">”Yeah! This for my nigga Kato, it’s still on nigga – believe that”</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">” How long.. will they mourn.. my brother</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(This for my nigga Kato, and all his kids)”</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Z52-lIZMbQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="1Z52-lIZMbQ"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="text-align: start;">So Many Tears</span><br style="text-align: start;" /></b><span style="text-align: start;">”Be the first to blast Remember Kato</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">No longer with us; he’s deceased</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Call on the sirens, seen him murdered in the streets, now rest in peace”</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bCD7tvF9xlY" width="320" youtube-src-id="bCD7tvF9xlY"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Ready for whatever</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">”My nigga Kato, ready for whatever”</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/srnjSlHR8Vs" width="320" youtube-src-id="srnjSlHR8Vs"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Only Fear of Death</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">”This is dedicated to Mental, R.I.P</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And Big Kato, R.I.P.”</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/muFyc6ZgGhU" width="320" youtube-src-id="muFyc6ZgGhU"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Where Do We Go From Here (Interlude)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">”Rest in peace, to Kato, I miss you</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qHg49oSyfdI" width="320" youtube-src-id="qHg49oSyfdI"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Ballad of a Dead Soulja</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">”This go out to Kato, Mental’‘</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">參考資料:</span></b></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://2paclegacy.net/big-kato-mental-illness-tupacs-friends/" target="_blank">https://2paclegacy.net/big-kato-mental-illness-tupacs-friends/</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Tupac/comments/fmg26t/who_was_kato/">https://www.reddit.com/r/Tupac/comments/fmg26t/who_was_kato/</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://americansongwriter.com/the-mournful-meaning-behind-tupacs-life-goes-on">https://americansongwriter.com/the-mournful-meaning-behind-tupacs-life-goes-on</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054766711310725329.post-76499935026175335972023-08-10T00:22:00.001-07:002023-08-10T00:24:16.875-07:00CHOUJI - 霓虹綠洲音樂祭 Neon Oasis Fest.<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> 感謝<b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NeonOasisFest" target="_blank">霓虹綠洲音樂祭</a></b>邀約,寫了一下對於<b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/098chouji" target="_blank">CHOUJI</a></b>的感覺以及音樂推薦。</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsnHNsYFrWsPlwxuKe7sUV1Zt58HHBgHA9RBBVPvI-blxkH54MpEDNkUjPaRQCk5MdpNF-o-6xhh0vcVGMT-kdskbOzhziNsiSmWXyEvqKCflGw7PtMEYDCxMqFOtrsz0s67V9GjxPtjccN95tACrk26jUQzQbjdkj5KOWEoPGDR-u7KYT9uk1o9HFg/s1440/363842423_257495497143846_4107957337798929663_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsnHNsYFrWsPlwxuKe7sUV1Zt58HHBgHA9RBBVPvI-blxkH54MpEDNkUjPaRQCk5MdpNF-o-6xhh0vcVGMT-kdskbOzhziNsiSmWXyEvqKCflGw7PtMEYDCxMqFOtrsz0s67V9GjxPtjccN95tACrk26jUQzQbjdkj5KOWEoPGDR-u7KYT9uk1o9HFg/w640-h640/363842423_257495497143846_4107957337798929663_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name='more'></a></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">❰ 什麼契機而發現 CHOUJI 的音樂 ❱ </span></b></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><ul style="color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">平時就喜歡 diggin 日本嘻哈音樂,有時會在 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/2tightmusic_mcd" target="_blank"><b>II Tight Music</b></a>、<a href="https://www.instagram.com/joint_okinawa" target="_blank"><b>Joint Clothing</b></a>、<a href="https://www.instagram.com/naminouemusic" target="_blank"><b>波の上 Music</b></a> 等日本嘻哈專頁上見到 CHOUJI 的消息,因此對這位歌手有了初步印象。一直到2022年購入 CMW的專輯(CHOUJI & MILES WORD),才真正開始研究起這位來自沖繩的全方位嘻哈音樂人,從而發現這位渾身刺青、西岸風格十足的 CHOUJI 音樂性是如此多變,能作曲也能饒舌、還有一副好歌喉,令人印象深刻。</span></li></ul><div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>❰ CHOUJI 為何讓你喜愛 ❱ </b></span></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">CHOUJI 在創作中融入了許多旋律以及哼唱的方式,即使不懂日文,也能以放鬆、沒有壓力的心情聆聽。CHOUJI 的作品風格相當多元,如果從早期他從街頭 mixtape 發跡就開始追蹤的話,會發現他的音樂既有純正的西岸 G-Funk,也有許多大麻爽歌、輕鬆小品、或是勵志人心的正面歌曲。</span></span></li></ul></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">❰ 若用視覺聯想,你會怎麼形容 CHOUJI 的音樂? ❱ </span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">正如同沖繩民族 - 帶著日本的細膩、又有異國的風情,CHOUJI的音樂包含了各種元素與驚奇。</span></li></ul></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">❰ 面對剛認識 CHOUJI 的聽眾,你會想推薦哪首歌 ❱ </span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><ul style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">特別推薦<b>〈No Woman No Cry〉</b>,這首歌曲以沖繩三線琴演奏,創作概念源自「毛遊(Moashibi)」的沖繩獨特風俗習慣(年輕人夜晚在田野或海邊聚集、唱歌跳舞)。音樂錄影帶中完美地捕捉這些元素,讓人能一窺獨特的沖繩文化。CHOUJI 出身自沖繩石垣島,可說是日本的鄉下地區,但CHOUJI一直以來都以家鄉為榮,常常以家鄉做為創作靈感,努力將沖繩嘻哈推廣至全國版圖,represent OKINAWA to the fullest。</span></li></ul><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yZ0Q15xtoZg" width="320" youtube-src-id="yZ0Q15xtoZg"></iframe></span></div></div><ul style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">CHOUJI的音樂性非常多元,大麻是 CHOUJI 創作的重要主軸(多年來CHOUJI一直是大麻的積極擁護者)。推薦 CHOUJI 與 DJ Deequite合作的<b>〈RUN RUN LA LA〉</b>,道地的西岸 G-Funk 風格,讓人彷彿回到了 DS455 日本西岸嘻哈的黃金年代。</span></li></ul><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0HpWJZU5c-U" width="320" youtube-src-id="0HpWJZU5c-U"></iframe></span></div></div><ul style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">此外也必須推薦<b>〈奮闘中〉</b>,時至今日這仍是 CHOUJI 最受歡迎、觀看次數最多的一支作品。歌詞內容敘述了自己的心境,即便日子過得再辛苦,但看著自己的家人、以及即將出生的兒子,於是咬緊牙根依舊堅定地走在創作的道路上,持續奮鬥中,期許給家人更好的未來。</span></li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bclMCNaH3Uc" width="320" youtube-src-id="bclMCNaH3Uc"></iframe></span><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>❰ 聽 CHOUJI 的音樂,會讓你聯想到沖繩的什麼? ❱</b><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">陽光、沙灘、海洋、1964 Chevrolet Impala - 沖繩因為歷史及政治因素,接收了來自美國西岸的文化(因此能在沖繩見到各式Chicano飲食文化、lowrider)。初見CHOUJI的造型,你很可能會以為CHOUJI就是唱西岸G-Funk、逞凶鬥狠的幫派饒舌歌手,但實則不然,CHOUJI的音樂融入了許多元素以及各類曲風,難以被界定,正如同沖繩的民族、沙灘以及海洋一樣.....擁抱了來自各方的精華及文化。</span></span></li></ul></div></div></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">❰ 你想像中的霓虹綠洲會有什麼元素 ❱</span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><ul style="color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">遠離都市繁忙的生活步調,不論是哪種音樂曲風....搖滾、嘻哈,每個人都能在音樂中尋找到自已心目中的一片綠洲。</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #050505;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDb2-0Z-Z6uZQhHLP_S4Hty-SUU5K2f4kPZBSJod3tB2x5kRVduyBp8KwZbUEUYkF9WgUlybVlCTpQrZ6bx8fJDjHe34fzeoCC-yHgeFjKZrVTVbo7YCNZFpFnUX5jq9gqu8m-GoOWgpjXvhQ3pXiZmdS2o4ox2eJ8OPh5Pay42j6NG8AFtUEH6rdjCw/s1200/04912ad43575b1fb37cc1bdd351d5104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="940" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDb2-0Z-Z6uZQhHLP_S4Hty-SUU5K2f4kPZBSJod3tB2x5kRVduyBp8KwZbUEUYkF9WgUlybVlCTpQrZ6bx8fJDjHe34fzeoCC-yHgeFjKZrVTVbo7YCNZFpFnUX5jq9gqu8m-GoOWgpjXvhQ3pXiZmdS2o4ox2eJ8OPh5Pay42j6NG8AFtUEH6rdjCw/w501-h640/04912ad43575b1fb37cc1bdd351d5104.jpg" width="501" /></a></div></span><b style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><b style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></b></div>❰ 其他推薦曲 ❱</b></span></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">CHOUJI的作品量非常多,我也還沒能全部研究完。但可以發現他並沒有特地侷限在哪種曲風,舉凡東岸嘻哈風格、西岸G-Funk他都能唱。另一方面也很佩服他hustle的精神,CHOUJI出身並不富裕(16歲就歷經父母離婚,17歲搬到沖繩本島居住後也沒有繼續升學、接受過高等教育),後來在2005年接觸到嘻哈文化,開始在街頭上兜售一系列的mixtape、才逐漸累積出人氣(這些CD現在都超級稀有,二手市場上價格相當驚人)。目前CHOUJI已經發表過多張專輯,還經營自己的錄音室<b><a href="https://www.dghstudio.com/" target="_blank">DGHstudio</a></b>、天婦羅餐廳<a href="https://youtu.be/YrcwVB5UOZc" target="_blank"><b>Tempura Miyara</b></a>...等等,已經成為沖繩嘻哈最具代表性的人物之一,或許稱他是沖繩的Nipsey Hussle也不為過。</span></li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XzQZvlnjWoA" width="320" youtube-src-id="XzQZvlnjWoA"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Special thanks to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/highlocandhenry/">西屯純愛組</a> 及 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dpg_taiwan/">DPG Taiwan</a><br />以及 Owen (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/1955beforethedawn/">@</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/1955beforethedawn/">1955beforethedawn</a>)的協力攝影<br />訪談錄製於2022.11.29</span></b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name='more'></a></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dazdillinger/" target="_blank">Daz Dillinger</a></b> (原名Delmar Drew Arnaud) 來自加州Long Beach。</span><span>Daz的音樂生涯始於90年代初期。19歲時就和</span><b>Death Row Records</b><span>簽約,參與製作多張經典專輯。</span><span style="background-color: white;">Daz可說是僅次於Dr. Dre之後的二把手,</span><span style="background-color: white;">Death Row會在九零年代這麼成功,有許多汗馬功勞可以歸功於Daz的作曲功力。</span>關於Daz Dillinger的詳細介紹請參閱之前的<a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2022/10/daz-dillinger-long-beach-ca.html" target="_blank">文章</a>。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1. 請介紹一下Dogg Pound的組成經過。</span></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Daz Dillinger:</b>我們的開端就是Dr. Dre的"The Chronic"專輯。在Tha Dogg Pound組成之前,我們原本各自是獨立的歌手,也就是Dat Nigga Daz以及Kurupt The Kingpin二人。Tha Dogg Pound其實是指我們住的地方,那是一棟房子,兄弟們總是一起聚在那兒。有一天晚上,我和Kurupt抽著大麻聊天,看著月亮,突然就立下志願,決定一起組成團體Tha Dogg Pound。然後就著手錄製了"Niggas Don't Give a Fuck",這是我們的第一首歌,是為了Poetic Justice電影原聲帶製作的。接下來的發展,大家就都知道了。</span></li></ul></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajEEBnZtdJm51sSU3P6e7PXLiOQ7WTECmSbpwl9p4C_P2y-yV0T1AboRZEGdymzTK5KZkbp1dJ4g7MRWibKbO63JnLO_QLq8dwnNUQdhnSxLw8tRoLLk-K2jqxHtZuAO47vGfHVAh6qXbZF7bYT1sMa1Q73Ixn-LJck4xQzo1nOVSaLo89ZbupUw/s720/Snapinsta.app_1080_18512764_137843266760040_61212513852719104_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajEEBnZtdJm51sSU3P6e7PXLiOQ7WTECmSbpwl9p4C_P2y-yV0T1AboRZEGdymzTK5KZkbp1dJ4g7MRWibKbO63JnLO_QLq8dwnNUQdhnSxLw8tRoLLk-K2jqxHtZuAO47vGfHVAh6qXbZF7bYT1sMa1Q73Ixn-LJck4xQzo1nOVSaLo89ZbupUw/w400-h400/Snapinsta.app_1080_18512764_137843266760040_61212513852719104_n.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hX-FFnP9zig" width="320" youtube-src-id="hX-FFnP9zig"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>2. 是誰影響你讓你走上音樂的道路?</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Daz:</b>你知道,我從小的生活環境到處都是誘惑。當時啟發我,讓我立志成為音樂人的有Run DMC、Slick Rick、Schoolly D、Ice-T、N.W.A.、Mix Master Spade、DJ Pooh、King Tee...都是些嘻哈歌手,我就是從這些人的身上得到啟發。還有DJ Quik當然也是,DJ Quik在我們更早之前就開始饒舌了,我們那時候都是他的粉絲(即使到現在也是)。</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>3. 你的音樂生涯經歷過許多紛爭與衝突,例如與Bone Thugs的beef、東西岸牛肉戰爭、以及DPG的分裂等等。這些事件有真的對你造成什麼威脅或影響嗎?</b></span></div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daz</span><b>:</b>這些我遇過的beef其實都稱不上是威脅,這些紛爭誰都會碰到。即使曾與Bone Thugs、Kurupt等人有過爭執,現在大家都已是一家人,那些牛肉也不算是真的牛肉,那些反而是別人的問題。時至今日,Bone Thugs、Dogg Pound,或是Kurupt與Daz之間,我們大家都是一體的,團結一心。過去那些狗屁倒灶的事情已經一點都不重要了。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">談到東西岸的牛肉。當時我們做了"<a href="https://youtu.be/yiiMuIlo1n0" target="_blank">New York, New York</a>"這首歌,Capone他們那時才剛入行,我們的這首歌,正好能讓他們藉此機會初試啼聲,讓CNN做出了"LA, LA"這首歌來做出回擊。後來在N.O.R.E.的牽線下,讓我又與Capone有了更深入的連結與認識,Shout out to N.O.R.E. 讓我登上<a href="https://drinkchamps.com/" target="_blank">Drink Champs</a>節目(Drink Champs是DJ EFN與N.O.R.E.的podcast節目,從2016年開播至今已經累積出超高人氣,有興趣的朋友可以去追蹤),那個時候這節目才剛開錄沒多久,我們DPG是前幾個登上Drink Champs的歌手之一。Capone那時候就跟我非常合拍,就決定要一起來做音樂,這已經是新冠疫情前的事了。後來疫情爆發,我們就專心開始做音樂,直到2022年正式發行<b>"Guidelinez"</b>專輯。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">至於So So Def那個時期的紛爭,你知道...那都是一堆鳥事。那時候大家都在講些有的沒的,也沒有社群媒體可以立刻闢謠,現在情況已經不同了。Shout out to Jermaine Dupri和Dr. Dre,大家都是一家人。</span></li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Death Row無疑是西岸嘻哈最偉大的廠牌,直到今日還是有非常多的鐵粉。你們如何承接下這塊招牌?</b></span></div></div></div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daz</span><b>:</b>Snoop繼續傳承了Death Row,從無到有,把他想要的東西一一實現,並且拓展到其他領域,例如他的<a href="https://19crimes.com/products/19-crimes-snoop-dogg-cali-red-blend" target="_blank">紅酒事業</a>。我們也會繼續推出音樂及新計畫,例如我、RBX、The Lady of Rage、Kurupt一起組成的團體<b>N'Matez</b>,預計在2023年推出首張專輯"Warning" (收錄14首歌曲)。我也會與Lil Eazy E一起推出新作品,至於Dogg Food 2則不會那麼急著發表。總而言之,我們只能靠自己的力量,將西岸繼續傳承下去,持續努力....羅馬不是一天造成的。</span></li></ul></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5zw4yfC9iyZtFo_x4IE2OGSfH9DKEWD06FAKP0JJxGnpNXt0jeky9w2E0JGz8KYQUAJbhCQroRqFTbvnEyr65FiTOuJjtDgF0oIAlFLPsXgCD5NSQxmlhr57fVuU80EYEy1hGFTQwlWzCdJoLFefsVpHnrYUwtJ7GT70xPP4PMWUxoYhOISJYcO0/w640-h640/Snapinsta.app_1080_316492278_189596663626577_6100911447061495314_n.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wX9_mmqORF8" width="320" youtube-src-id="wX9_mmqORF8"></iframe></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>附註</b><b>:</b>The N'Matez這四人組是在2011年正式成軍,當時他們一夥人正與Snoop Dogg一同巡迴演出,原本預計要發行專輯"Stay of Execution",可惜最後石沉大海,直到現在才又重出江湖。當時他們在2011年曾發表過這首"Trajical",由Daz操刀作曲,音樂錄影帶則是在英國巡迴時取景。</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>6. 聽說你的第一台MPC是Dr. Dre送你的,你現在還會使用它創作音樂嗎?</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daz</span><b>:</b>我第一台鼓機是Akai MPC 60。Dr. Dre什麼東西都沒送給我過,這台是我從他那邊幹來的,其他則是從一間樂器租賃公司SIR那邊租來使用。我到現在都還會使用這些東西來製作音樂....例如這台從Dre那邊幹來的MPC,以及鍵盤JUNO-106 (來自<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Griffey" target="_blank">Dick Griffey</a>),我用這台鍵盤製作過很多Dogg Food中的歌曲,還有其他作品像是"Do What I Feel"、"For All My Niggaz & Bitches"、"Serial Killa"等等。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">在以前沒有電腦的年代,我靠的技術純粹就是sample,取樣黑膠唱片、解構各種鼓聲及聲音。但不論是用數位或是類比的方式來創作音樂,我到現在還是二種方式都會用。回想當年,我學音樂的方式就是乖乖閉嘴,坐在旁邊觀摩..... 多聽、多看別人怎麼做的就對了。</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>7. 你曾在其他訪問中談到當年ghost produce過許多歌曲,但都沒有被列在credit list中。請問The Chronic和Doggystyle專輯中哪些是來自你的點子呢? </b></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWxNEeKuFegXVnNLAy1aLXbQbC1H-gcV4rozaeAAZfcoCR6JaCzUyVnzIv8m0v7Ungci6KyxW1V4yT4MN-0VxgB7Grc8bG7E7T8P0HQ2RHpGDiMYSfSIKQD5k65v_deAU4b0ESRH1FCArvBUmyobWv8OhJgwQ7ouBZZifsJAfMQYeRVqN5rqzq8k/s4342/R0001295-min.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2876" data-original-width="4342" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWxNEeKuFegXVnNLAy1aLXbQbC1H-gcV4rozaeAAZfcoCR6JaCzUyVnzIv8m0v7Ungci6KyxW1V4yT4MN-0VxgB7Grc8bG7E7T8P0HQ2RHpGDiMYSfSIKQD5k65v_deAU4b0ESRH1FCArvBUmyobWv8OhJgwQ7ouBZZifsJAfMQYeRVqN5rqzq8k/w640-h424/R0001295-min.jpg" width="640" /></a><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daz</span><b>:</b>我寫過很多饒舌,也做過很多曲子。對我們來說,音樂就像是家族事業一樣,當有人寫出一首好歌,所有人就會一起盡力來幫他錄製這張專輯。</li><li><b>The Chronic專輯:</b>許多歌曲原本都是出自我的點子。例如Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat、Lil' Ghetto Boy、The Day The Niggaz Took Over、Deeez Nuuuts、High Powered、Bitches Ain't Shit,總共六首歌。</li><li><b>Doggystyle專輯</b><b>:</b>Gin and Juice、Murder Was The Case、Serial Killa、For All My Niggaz And Bitches、Ain't No Fun、Doggy Dogg World、Gz and Hustlas,總共七首歌。</li></ul></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUJHDEMbti8r7zvSmIdHJQIJ9OJtkbshT105nkW9tnsqsa_qMSHlfd8kUAx1sBlKTHXriH8GaeGIBmjNsxtCckx-wpqmERfyejz5DpRwwwkozIqEKtLjQ3y6HTm-Qlmq4vz_HacHaH_AZfjdeLbhOcyaMVxY1CrYb8aFaZk8WbuAf9_s43NWdfIk/s4928/R0001296-min.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUJHDEMbti8r7zvSmIdHJQIJ9OJtkbshT105nkW9tnsqsa_qMSHlfd8kUAx1sBlKTHXriH8GaeGIBmjNsxtCckx-wpqmERfyejz5DpRwwwkozIqEKtLjQ3y6HTm-Qlmq4vz_HacHaH_AZfjdeLbhOcyaMVxY1CrYb8aFaZk8WbuAf9_s43NWdfIk/w424-h640/R0001296-min.jpg" width="424" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">8. 你過去跟許多南岸的歌手合作過,例如Yo Gotti、Rick Ross這些都是在他們剛出道(爆紅前)就一起合作了。你是怎麼連結上的?</span></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daz</span><b>:</b>我跟Jermaine Dupri關係很好,也很常造訪南方。我很常到處造訪不同的城市,只要有人付錢給我、我就到那邊跟他合作,就算是混街頭的地下歌手,我也可以合作。我很欣賞來自南岸的歌手,因為我曾跟我爸一起居住在邁阿密。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">我還跟2 Live Crew的<a href="https://www.instagram.com/unclelukereal1/" target="_blank">Uncle Luke</a>住在一起過,當時Dr. Dre與Snoop都在嗆Luke....但那時我其實就住在他家。我去錄音室,他就讓我住他家,他也知道Snoop和Dr. Dre在嗆他,但是他不介意。在邁阿密生活的那段日子可是相當美好的。</span></li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0xS9hvs5F7s" width="320" youtube-src-id="0xS9hvs5F7s"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2:50秒處的場景,嘲諷了一下2 Live Crew的Luke</span></b></div></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b>附註</b><b>:</b></b>Dr. Dre在1993年發表了<b>"Dre Day"</b>,歌詞內容主要是對Eazy-E開炮。但同時也酸了紐約的Tim Dog以及邁阿密的Luke。主因是Luke在他1992年的個人專輯"I Got Shit on My Mind"中收錄了一首<b>"<a href="https://youtu.be/RBI7oL1nwiM" target="_blank">Fakin' Like Gangsters</a>"</b>,其實這首歌曲也沒指名道姓,但Dre就馬上對號入座、用"Dre Day"酸了回去,開啟了這場beef。後來,Luke在第二張個人專輯中錄了一首<b>"<a href="https://youtu.be/Jc9De5_lJDk" target="_blank">Cowards in Compton</a>"</b>嗆回去,讓衝突升溫,雙方人馬甚至也曾當面鬥毆過,後來是Luke打電話給Suge Knight處理才把這場牛肉化解掉。</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>9. 跟你合作過的人實在太多了,未來也會跟更多來自其他國家的歌手合作嗎?</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daz</span><b>:</b>當然。我其實也很常主動邀約別人一起做音樂。若沒有實際行動,一切都是空談,所以大家一起來合作、一起賺錢吧。</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>10. 請談論DPG Taiwan的契機以及目標?</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daz</span><b>:</b>成立DPG Taiwan的目的就是要將版圖擴大,將西岸音樂、唱片推廣到這裡來。並且信賴這裡的好夥伴,共同來建立。也就是<b>西屯純愛組Henry & High Loc</b>... 他們都是很好的人。我也有很多住在Long Beach的朋友是台灣人。我跟他們一起合作,一起賺錢,這不只是一段關係而已,而是就像家人一樣。</span></li></ul></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>11. 前面有提到,你合作過的歌手相當多。但我們注意到你似乎沒跟Cypress Hill出過合作單曲,請問未來有機會能聽到嗎?</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daz</span><b>:</b>說到B-Real....他抽大麻可是輸給我,他抽一根的時候,我可是能一次抽了三、四根。我未來也會想跟B-Real合作,我認識他很久了,也常常互動,有時候我反而不會硬要跟好朋友做歌,即便是多年老友了。我有許多熟識的朋友,常常混在一起,但都沒做過歌,例如Goodie Mob一夥人(Gipp、Khujo、CeeLo、T-Mo)、Pastor Troy等等。我認識很多人,不論是南岸、西岸、聖路易斯、密西根、紐約、佛羅里達....一堆地方,但都還沒合作。</li></ul></div><b>12. Death Row Records傳奇的Can-Am錄音室被MixedByAli買下,你對此有什麼想法嗎?</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daz</span><b>:</b>你說Can-Am嗎? 我覺得應該就維持原本的樣貌就好了。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>附註:</b>Can-Am是Death Row Records專屬錄音室,不論是The Chronic、Dogg Food、All Eyez On Me...許多經典專輯就是在此誕生。Top Dawg Entertainment的御用混音工程師 Derek "<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mixedbyali/" target="_blank">MixedByAli</a>" Ali在2020年十二月宣布買下Can-Am Studios,成為它的新主人,並且改名為NoName Studios,在與Complex在2021年的<a href="https://youtu.be/xu7FAUXkOnU" target="_blank">訪談</a>中,可以一窺內部的風貌以及未來改建的想法。我原本問這題的時候,想說Daz會不會給現在TDE以及新的音樂人一些勉勵,想不到是直接結束話題,但也是可以理解,因為這個錄音室對Daz充滿了太多回憶。</span></li></ul><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_MfQnFHFjJEPqoIsUQsV04-E_3sxzCegmtz1mnS7F8pbxSvNzaNV7pBs2PyxnhIQC-WdgTHTCG2ybvY5QvYbSQtv-8zHiDElfTsGCu05osPVDukMIaJLUc7Zx051uzB6oJ5_Uc7WvQ-RwEY-MOL442mrOUnvu9n_N0ie_cwqycNrgnyzbd-g8e0E/w640-h434/can%20am%20studio.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pnzi79lJdXI" width="320" youtube-src-id="pnzi79lJdXI"></iframe></span></div></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yjrEaqI9ptM" width="320" youtube-src-id="yjrEaqI9ptM"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">上面是2pac當年錄Too Tight的影像片段,Johnny J製作,可惜這首作品後來沒有正式發表。</span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">網路上也找的到許多在Can-Am錄音室的影像畫面,有興趣可以看看。</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>13. 請給年輕一代的歌手一些建議?</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daz</span><b>:</b>不要停下腳步。持續推出你的音樂,好好投資在你的銀行,這銀行指的是你的音樂庫。持續創作,並且學習如何得到被動收入,不論是來自音樂、或是利用電腦及社群媒體....不管做什麼事,都要全力以赴。把每一次都當成是人生最後的機會,當我在做一首歌,我總是毫無保留,因為我把這當成是人生中的最後一首歌在做,所以總是以最嚴謹的態度面對。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">我不會停止做音樂的,我曾在其他訪談中談到我退休了,但指的是那些音樂圈的鳥事。我沒空理會那些閒言閒語、討論誰才是real shit的無聊事。對於現在的饒舌樂壇,我有一套新的應對模式,不論是OG還是年輕小鬼,就是通通給我閃一邊去。我可是來玩真的,那些只會在社群媒體包裝自我的假嘻哈仔就別來惹我。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>附註:</b>2022年六月的時候,Daz突然在IG上<a href="https://www.xxlmag.com/daz-dillinger-retires/" target="_blank">宣布退休</a>的消息,當時許多媒體大肆報導、各方OG跑去貼文留言祝福,結果後來這些貼文都刪光光了,好在後來不是真的不做音樂。從90年代一直到現在2023年,Daz從來沒有停下腳步,依舊保持超高產量(預計2023年會推出與Lil Eazy E的合作專輯、N'Matez的首張專輯等等)、甚至遠渡重洋來到台灣與西屯純愛組合作,實在是滿滿的respect! </span></li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0wiIS_Isv97zd0hjlxRL-NCd4BY6e-d3CAiS0cjADlYmHX8yOdQKlWwK9ur8I8ceMap80lNqxAWC6Gdjg4Ybpr93W2O7hVwZ_8roTUS2Vpqr5pR0kjEAIDfD8URvpMopPeWLKqB0y_6KiU8drGD8P5HyWrEoc1WLvQh1fX_JFJgH2umoE7PpXiY/s4623/R0001294-min.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4623" data-original-width="3062" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0wiIS_Isv97zd0hjlxRL-NCd4BY6e-d3CAiS0cjADlYmHX8yOdQKlWwK9ur8I8ceMap80lNqxAWC6Gdjg4Ybpr93W2O7hVwZ_8roTUS2Vpqr5pR0kjEAIDfD8URvpMopPeWLKqB0y_6KiU8drGD8P5HyWrEoc1WLvQh1fX_JFJgH2umoE7PpXiY/w424-h640/R0001294-min.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cXeZRPNpZT8U1qhAg-t7R2zj3O4tted9OklIrCTi8ZBAvuazmJD9kfZWwzbRjBGVcRhtdvjaJ2zhhotPCm_kr9Ft6WL2Aswrm-VruG3QRQ8TF10uc9CBE19hujbfUeaOxFPnMvX9iBCL8TFxIYMwtANjuCaMeU4n8jOM5Tpf_BMRa5HQEUXdjfI/w424-h640/R0001300.jpg" /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><b>後記</b><b>:</b>非常感謝<b>西屯純愛組Henry & High Loc</b>完成了所有西岸迷的夢想,並且牽成西岸愛完成此次訪問。Daz Dillinger一夥人那天晚上還有行程,是進到錄音室跟西屯純愛組錄歌,所以無法深聊太多內容。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">除了Daz之外,當天還有訪問Bigg A、DJ Salam Wreck、Lil Eazy E等人。要在短短的兩個小時內做完四位訪問,對我們這種素人部落客來說實在是非常困難,內容深度都無法太多,但總而言之,對所有西岸迷、嘻哈迷來說這些都是很棒的紀錄。也請大家以實際行動、持續支持西屯純愛組與DPG Taiwan,讓台灣的西岸音樂走向全世界。</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlrZ5isdwNZ95vJNFfUlHv4Zng8HUDtsO3g7NG_1aTufcO-LaOBNz-Ztj_FyuDBzALtLozigHsNirQLSdvTs_jR-a9V6bA4iDsW7t13vSIAVIDxt4y7JfixWWFNIs9UbQ7aLompB__l3PPySoUxXZATkF_IoTmBQE-lIQB6ozjS5tp-X-FDKYXGE/w640-h424/R0001581-min.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rNEQDUCXwh8" width="320" youtube-src-id="rNEQDUCXwh8"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Full Video Interview</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054766711310725329.post-80480021231513073052022-12-01T06:21:00.013-08:002023-09-25T09:08:51.623-07:00Straight Outta Cali 台美連線西岸派對 - 觀前感<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84ieozYDKRCAXusO_ONiuttna4h0gqOsaqwF2nuKT85JpFquOItLA1WgW5GYxokAxk7XoVTjlCoVi-vY6OzFsEkeuQy0F4VKUAshHPz_wOnUVpM8Ubwtf7A-3pDzO9I6mvS29B_I1TkN5SaqdnJgwO4GLy8dbjrfH-CvLfHXXIukXDwXIr7mrOLo/w640-h640/straightouttacali.jpg" /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>真的沒想過能在台灣見到如此大型的西岸派對! </span><span style="font-family: arial;">身為20年DPG鐵粉實在是相當感動。以下是表演前突然想到的一些廢話與回憶: </span><div><p></p><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name='more'></a></span></span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">DPG Taiwan</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>與單純的來台表演不同,這次Daz一夥人來台</span><span>最</span><span>重要里程碑就是成立</span><b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dpg_taiwan/" target="_blank">DPG Taiwan</a></b><span>,這個重擔理所當然就由<b>西屯純愛組</b>扛下,據說之後也會將北部、南部的台灣饒舌歌手一起納入,成為更全面且具體的DPG台灣分部。而他們在台灣的期間也一起進到錄音室與西屯純愛組、Multiverse等人合</span></span>作,令人相當期待。<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTeM9bGCFFdlRBc2hQuU400wWcghYA3Gs_7D3QhH9OXsKpyp-ZlmdpcZheow15Z6M4uXMt_Iu0VssN2Sbl4BVRjAp3taHwAnTeMGllZNCTc4GOC6X085igQI-Ic2usSH_6Z9uv7LfI4TkULrfN3W7hF6gQ0e__XiXWzZrEMOhGXyKtXlEMZz2YFFs/s1080/317573274_3304118989811190_3098591028726813557_n.jpg"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTeM9bGCFFdlRBc2hQuU400wWcghYA3Gs_7D3QhH9OXsKpyp-ZlmdpcZheow15Z6M4uXMt_Iu0VssN2Sbl4BVRjAp3taHwAnTeMGllZNCTc4GOC6X085igQI-Ic2usSH_6Z9uv7LfI4TkULrfN3W7hF6gQ0e__XiXWzZrEMOhGXyKtXlEMZz2YFFs/w640-h424/317573274_3304118989811190_3098591028726813557_n.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd" href="https://www.instagram.com/1955beforethedawn/" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-size: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">@1955beforethedawn</span></b></a></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br />DPG與亞洲人一直都有連結,以前就成立過<a href="https://www.discogs.com/label/132899-DPG-Japan-Records"><b>DPG Japan</b></a>,由<a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2013/08/dj-2high-dpg-japan.html"><b>DJ 2High</b></a>負責營運,他也是目前所知唯一的成員。不過DPG Japan目前其實已是名存實亡,這廠牌僅在2000年至2012年間發行過13張作品(多半是單曲及mixtape),之後就沒有再發過任何東西。<br /><br />而DPG與DS455、DJ Couz等人都有合作過,但也都為數不多。<a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2015/08/ds455-yokohama-japan.html"><b>DS455</b></a>除了在專輯<b>"<a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/5480394-DS455-Bayside-Ridaz">Bayside Ridaz</a>"</b>與Daz Dillinger合作一曲"D.P.G. Records"之外,另外還在2009年發表的合輯<b>"<a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/7254120-Daz-Dillinger-Who-Ride-Wit-Us-Vol-4">Who Ride Wit Us Vol. 4</a>"</b>中登場,獻唱一首"Tha DPG Wit Tha DSC",後續似乎也都沒再有什麼合作計畫了,真的是相當可惜 (話說DS455現在也已經鬧翻了,當年西岸愛邀請來台演出已經成為絕響)。至於DJ 2High則是在2013年Daz與WC的專輯"Westcoast Gangsta Sh*t"中操刀製作兩首曲子,之後重心轉往與日本的音樂人交流,最近還在炒賣NFT。</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">很高興這次得以見證台灣嘻哈的奇蹟 - DPG Taiwan的出現,無疑會讓台灣的G-Funk更加推廣出去、走向國際,西屯純愛組後續的發展魯編我個人非常看好。<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYEu42-dVzdv9Bb7hrLNbXQoV-ONuqxG1adBHWfYlK7B_ZsDaIasdyQyr1qIvK9qq45Q35uxbgmVS_29eMEIb0AzZbUwLptg792zEPkS_ag8xcb23YXXyaadSehelRKzy_YTfroendYm3ijq_-5gTAyNYkMCKBsHZg0Pjn8Y-fpZhB5ZO1JZlh7EY=w400-h398" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/q-Fp5KAbUiI" width="320" youtube-src-id="q-Fp5KAbUiI"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Tha DPG Wit tha DSC (Feat. DS455)</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bigg A與Underworld</span></h2><span style="font-family: arial;">DPG的經紀人Bigg A見證了西岸的每一段歷史,從N.W.A、Ruthless、Death Row一直到DPG和現在的Rich & Ruthless以及DPG Taiwan,每個階段他都有份,可以說是西岸嘻哈背後的一個重要推手,幫助許多歌手行銷出去。<br /><br />康普頓有C.M.W.、N.W.A.,而Bigg A也打算搞一個自己的團體U.W.C. (Underworld Connection),除了Att Will之外,成員還有Blue Ragg、Sin Loc、Tweedy Bird Loc等人,後來一些團體內的成員都有出現在"Bangin on Wax"專輯,這背後的一切就是Bigg A的統籌與促成。Bigg A的資料在網路上不多。第一次聽到他名字是在2013年,當時訪問Att Will和DJ 2High時兩人都有提到Underworld Connection,也才了解到原來有Bigg A這號人物。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">DJ 2High是西岸愛早期完成的<b><a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2013/08/exclusive-dj-2high-interview-2013.html">第三個訪問</a> </b>(2013年七月)。DJ 2High在90年代末因為在日本犯罪而來到美國重新展開人生,當時接納他的正是Bigg A,並且將他引薦給DPG與Snoop Dogg等人,可說是他人生中的貴人,也開啟了DPG Japan的契機。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />至於<a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2013/09/exclusive-att-will-compton-ca-interview.html"><b>Att Will的訪問</b></a>則是我到現在還是記憶非常深刻的,他是西岸愛的第四個訪問 (2013年七月)。他本人很不錯,帶著我到傳奇的Kelly Park亂晃,而且當時西岸愛的粉絲人數極少(可能根本不到100人),但他竟然一口答應說可以訪問。<br /><br />西岸愛能持續將近十年到現在,早期開疆闢土的功勞絕對是少不了Att Will (很可惜他在2017年十月過世,R.I.P.),更令我感到訝異與開心的,是Bigg A本人說他也有看過我拍的Att Will訪問影片,讓我覺得好像自己在這個嘻哈圈內還是多少有些貢獻。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD_PLRvbwnT6rnoyYqDJwZB-yvevwjH66sk-tqgQA5oEwv9dcTYXnJROfQZWEM7jA1gVlyNAjwwO9AZPOTo0RJZVsXiD1H-N6_W88TVxb7tQYZ2eQW4wbASmtQI0lMufwlsGUh7z05JtyY_0DoOdCkUCpB1aaKwjgUzBiGxnVRlvPvht-2yd-iPe0=w640-h426" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">我那時候習慣在後車廂塞一箱礦泉水,那時候年幼無知不懂事,跟Att Will見面沒帶啥禮物就送他一瓶水,拍照的時候Att Will擺放在這標示上,有點突兀但現在回想都覺得很有趣。</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD_PLRvbwnT6rnoyYqDJwZB-yvevwjH66sk-tqgQA5oEwv9dcTYXnJROfQZWEM7jA1gVlyNAjwwO9AZPOTo0RJZVsXiD1H-N6_W88TVxb7tQYZ2eQW4wbASmtQI0lMufwlsGUh7z05JtyY_0DoOdCkUCpB1aaKwjgUzBiGxnVRlvPvht-2yd-iPe0"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">題外話: 西岸愛一開始之所以會成立,主要是因為Alec有認識的管道可以賣CD,因此透過用粉專+部落格的介紹方式來推銷,後來CD根本沒有人買,於是就放棄了。但是在買賣CD的過程中,有機會認識了<b><a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2013/06/exclusive-og-daddy-v-interview-2013.html" target="_blank">OG Daddy V</a></b>,才發覺到我可以用另一個方式來推廣嘻哈 - 也就是透過訪問,於是西岸愛<a href="https://youtu.be/PM3sW91T3O8" target="_blank"><b>第一次的訪問</b></a>就在2013年六月開始,持續至今。</span><span style="font-family: arial;">Att Will是在買賣CD的時候認識,那時候為了要介紹他、查了許多資料去寫了一篇文章,他本人很感動。</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>這次在台灣很幸運有機會能夠跟Bigg A聊聊,這部分就等訪問影片製作完成後再細講。Bigg A相當健談,而且故事又超多,如果要再細談下去可能訪個十小時都有可能。</span><br /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1SB5-Xymvs9PaNJJ8snDjemtxWoOQUEV7PqmxaWcKhBJ5qG3vnWcuL8oU5X2BXkBchpt-w9U2L71aVSQZ2IyGZ0LPKAJ4QYjHpmCdl3Tohw0DKZvkQQQD5-F79EXPzIUlIfOwnar3kGvYb0Oehxogjk8pfSfYDLTMCGVW-CCzKxbOUlpRU6N9SA/s4928/R0001404.jpg"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1SB5-Xymvs9PaNJJ8snDjemtxWoOQUEV7PqmxaWcKhBJ5qG3vnWcuL8oU5X2BXkBchpt-w9U2L71aVSQZ2IyGZ0LPKAJ4QYjHpmCdl3Tohw0DKZvkQQQD5-F79EXPzIUlIfOwnar3kGvYb0Oehxogjk8pfSfYDLTMCGVW-CCzKxbOUlpRU6N9SA/w424-h640/R0001404.jpg" /></span></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd" href="https://www.instagram.com/1955beforethedawn/" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-size: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">@1955beforethedawn</span></b></a></div><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yung Eazy</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Eazy-E的兒孫滿堂,除了Lil Eazy-E以及E3兩位饒舌歌手之外,還有另一位Yung Eazy。2013年六月的時候,西岸愛做的<a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2013/07/exclusive-yung-eazy-interview-2013.html">第二個訪問</a>就是Yung Eazy,不過他似乎近期已經沒在玩音樂了,也消失在社群媒體上。不得不說Eazy-E的基因強大,他每一個小孩長得都跟老爸相似度八成以上。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwB0qrxC5VcTPi9xWrVWKUnaIPhinV2xneSKm_zape_jdVJXpLHFFgfJ_LFhGud_kfqj8im--up3KbDX1RPeFlCR4M-Xz-VfUBjNMJcy_aLe1FMgx-mALa1YXN3VLeuBkVwYc4Ni4-zwc8Yid-miWpqoEkPbqGUk_Lvnl5tKLoDhZ43HgG8bHyjzI=w480-h640" /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Kurupt</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: arial;">DPG的音樂非常迷人,從國中時聽到<b>"Let's Play House"</b>之後就成為歌迷至今。後來在2008年我上傳了這首MV,當時水管根本沒啥人用,我又是水管上第一個人上傳的,結果累計至今<b>"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx9yypsIW_Q" target="_blank">Let's Play House</a>"</b>搜尋結果第一個跳出來的就是我的頻道、播放次數將近450萬,算是蠻有趣的。</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">而回想起魯編人生中看的第一場表演,就是十八歲的時候跟著好友Allen去M.O.S. Taipei看Kurupt (2005年)。當時Kurupt帶著弟弟Roscoe一起來開唱,至今仍是令人記憶猶新,看完表演後耳朵快聾掉的感覺、嘶聲力竭後聲音沙啞、跟著好友一同討論剛剛發生的細節和曲目....等等,這都是我一輩子的美好回憶。</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">還記得當時開場的時候,我手裡揮舞的G-TV DVD被Kurupt看見拿去簽名,直到現在我還收藏著。只可惜當時沒有智慧型手機,如果當時有留下任何照片或影片的朋友再請站內信。</span><span style="font-family: arial;">(話說那幾年的台北很熱鬧,後來還有Bone Thugs、Ice-T、Boo Yaa Tribe、Chuck D、50 Cent、Jay Z等人都有來台開唱)。</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>後來去美國念書的期間,我也是能追Kurupt、Daz Dillinger的場合就盡量都跑去,他們兩人的<a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2012/10/dpg-key-club-2012.html" target="_blank">現場演出</a>就是讚,沒什麼好講的。回想到2013年,有一次Kurupt在<b><a href="https://allhiphop.com/features/soul-slaying-mc-kurupt-visits-soul-assassins-radio/" target="_blank">Soul Assassins Radio</a></b>錄節目,我</span>也跑去湊個熱鬧,後來這節目收掉了,DJ Muggs專心在做音樂、應該沒時間搞其他東西,近年來作品量非常驚人,算是事業再度回春。<br /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjEOxF4oby9-RNQQdjue5mx2eXe2Tr7B5H_hWM2HZWGep5qvSfy33KR_HAbsU2AxYpSXPVypIC-EjJJl5yNw6xe3BXiWkyzMrgmoEjp48fsHjUlIkRHVkW01sAX_JmAW7hZNUDHLl0O-lY9YVFVRJDvnu4c8x3lT63ezf1s9-P3_wU_CRZlp0U0c/s1280/IMG_5908.png"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjEOxF4oby9-RNQQdjue5mx2eXe2Tr7B5H_hWM2HZWGep5qvSfy33KR_HAbsU2AxYpSXPVypIC-EjJJl5yNw6xe3BXiWkyzMrgmoEjp48fsHjUlIkRHVkW01sAX_JmAW7hZNUDHLl0O-lY9YVFVRJDvnu4c8x3lT63ezf1s9-P3_wU_CRZlp0U0c/w480-h640/IMG_5908.png" /></span></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3M5et1Ihk0o" width="320" youtube-src-id="3M5et1Ihk0o"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">西岸愛即將在2023年迎接十週年。我們一直以來都是默默在做、純粹自爽,沒獲得啥注意,但持續多年來西岸愛達到了十年的里程碑,心裡其實多少也是蠻欣慰的。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">回顧過去的人生,DPG對我來說有許多青春回憶與意義在。原本我心中一直想要邀請Kurupt再度來台,一方面是慶祝西岸愛十週年,一方面也是想紀念當時在18歲跟我一起去看表演、一同聽嘻哈的摯友Allen (願他安息,總有一天我們必定會再相見)。<br /><br />無奈現在西岸愛的團隊人手不足,且各自都有事情忙碌著,能否如原本預期的邀請來策劃演出活動....應該是機會相當渺茫。但總而言之,很感謝在這個時間點,西屯純愛組邀請了Daz Dillinger一夥人來,某方面來講也是了卻我多年的夢想了!</span></div><p><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054766711310725329.post-71613019423571975042022-11-12T13:00:00.006-08:002022-11-13T06:54:17.884-08:00[西岸嘻哈名人堂] 第四集: Harry-O與Death Row Records<div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Michael Harry-O Harris, 妻子Lydia Harris, Suge Knight<br /><br /></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>很久沒更新西岸名人堂系列,這次來介紹一下</span><b>Death Row Records</b><span>背後的另一位重要推手 - </span><b>Michael "<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theofficialharryo/" target="_blank">Harry-O</a>" Harris</b><span>。大家都知道Death Row與幫派的連結極為緊密,不只因為Suge Knight本人就是血幫的老大,而是因為這個廠牌的營運就是用毒梟的錢所資助。</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name='more'></a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Michael "Harry-O" Harris </b>出生於1960年9月20號,於洛杉磯South Central的West 46th Street成長 (那個社區在當地有著Low Bottoms的號稱,環境險惡可見一班)。Harry-O由母親獨自扶養長大,五歲的時候父親就棄家而去,後來在母親辛苦賺錢之下送他去念了洛杉磯的社區大學,但是年輕的Harry-O心中想做的事可不是單純的念書找工作而已。</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">在充滿動盪的1960年代,種族、經濟議題在美國突顯出越來越多問題,當時社會民權運動非常興盛,尤其是誕生於奧克蘭的<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party" target="_blank">黑豹黨</a> (</b><b>The Black Panther Party for Self Defense)</b>,更是影響了西岸許多年輕人,刺激年輕的黑人族群團結起來、為了同一個理念而奮鬥(即便使用的是暴力手段)。到了七零年代,在政府管制之下許多激進的暴力行為逐漸收斂、黑豹黨式微。黑豹黨衍生而來的是許多零散在各個社區的街頭幫派,他們受到黑豹黨的啟發,採用武裝、團結的方式成群結黨,在洛杉磯的黑人幫派逐漸匯聚成了Bloods、Crips兩大陣營。</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsuxqOL7o6EEOZknt8cHJkEA6Fzpd9z2nZl7ALEp04gy2kIkzpMaPp6m65gPbEsYRDtr0rpZEN_oam6e6PtqYPz9DfE1TeysXA9ts_14qRu8RvI8NdPzzWnQES1VDKekm33IvPK2RCstqJDxCnjRMlyw7LBQfu-tWG91aJgEJMmMGd8JIxhnD0q20/s1000/aharryo.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1000" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsuxqOL7o6EEOZknt8cHJkEA6Fzpd9z2nZl7ALEp04gy2kIkzpMaPp6m65gPbEsYRDtr0rpZEN_oam6e6PtqYPz9DfE1TeysXA9ts_14qRu8RvI8NdPzzWnQES1VDKekm33IvPK2RCstqJDxCnjRMlyw7LBQfu-tWG91aJgEJMmMGd8JIxhnD0q20/w640-h488/aharryo.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">時間來到1980年代,快克(crack)大為風行,這種新型毒品比傳統的古柯鹼更便宜、更能深入貧窮的黑人社區。年輕的Harry-O看準了這個商機,跟著弟弟David一同加入血幫分支<b>Bounty Hunters</b>。很快地Harry-O就展現了出色的能力、成為幫派的領導者,當時他與<b>Rolling 60s Crips</b>有非常良好的互動關係,他讓這兩隻幫派能攜手為了共同的利益而合作,在South Central、Long Beach地區共同設置了數個crack houses來販毒。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">當時他們的銷售網絡從加州、亞利桑那州、德州....遍佈到東岸的佛羅里達、紐約等地都有,成功征服東西兩岸。這兩支幫派的販毒生意頗具規模,據傳當時他們背後供貨的上游正是來自哥倫比亞、大名鼎鼎的卡利集團(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cali_Cartel" target="_blank">Cali Cartel</a>),他們能一次輸送兩百磅的古柯鹼到任何一個城市、每天的交易金額在兩百萬美金以上。</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg544fBB1NCjiCtHtnC52CTb2rqJRfpomsncofNo9ACFH2J8VynpxAkyILmcvSevsf0-LVC0w7UjNICNyv1-PX7etl9pXqwLZTtZcv9OVFB5xT4Mhq7iQY1misuc686rCS7imcXFVoSGmzLHI3shKdy4HfXb-COcqRi1LnnOCcFmkUdEqGxwTaaUu4/w512-h640/Michael-Harry-O-Harris-1.jpeg" /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Harry-O在販毒事業中大放異彩,統領血幫、瘸幫將行銷網絡遍布全美,哥倫比亞的毒梟們也都指名與他直接合作。才26歲的年紀,Harry-O就從社會底層翻身致富、靠著毒品交易賺進大把鈔票,成為百萬富翁。</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Harry-O體重240磅、身高六呎五,身形魁武巨大,但並非是頭腦簡單、四肢發達類型的人,他在高風險的毒品事業中成功致富,也漸漸覺得應該見好就收。於是靠著他的商業頭腦,Harry-O很快地把賺來的黑錢重新投入到合法事業中,例如房地產、建設公司、禮車租賃公司、餐廳...甚至還在比佛利山開設了一間美髮沙龍,在這些創業的過程中,他發現自己對娛樂產業最有興趣。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>題外話:Harry-O與J. Prince的紛爭</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">根據傳言指出,Harry-O在1987年協助創立了<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rap-A-Lot_Records" target="_blank">Rap-A-Lot Records</a></b>、資助二十萬美元。但是創辦人James “Lil’ J” Smith (也就是<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Prince" target="_blank">J. Prince</a>)跟Harry-O理念不合,短短幾年後就在1994年分道揚鑣。然而在後續的訪問中,J. Prince嚴厲斥責這個說法,他認為Harry-O只是在1989年的時候帶著Geto Boys在西岸唱了幾場表演而已,還罵Harry-O是抓耙子:只因為Harry-O跟DEA講了這些有的沒的,導致FBI、DEA、IRS通通都跑去調查J. Prince,讓他苦不堪言。Harry-O時至今日一直沒有正式發表任何關於Rap-A-Lot的聲明,但是他明確回覆說他絕對不是rat,若他真的是抓耙子的話老早就出獄了。關於這段紛爭建議可以看看<a href="https://www.dreem.live/dreem-live-media/harry-o-vs-j-prince-clash-of-the-titans" target="_blank">這篇文章</a>,也相當有趣。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">在娛樂事業上,Harry-O最令人矚目的亮點是在1988年參與製作戲劇<b>"<a href="https://playbill.com/article/vintage-playbill-denzel-washingtons-broadway-debut-checkmates-1988-com-199885" target="_blank">Ceckmates</a>" </b>- 這正是<b>丹佐華盛頓</b>在百老匯的出道之作。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi492zfYC96Qr3eaOjhh0KihUaHAK7sNh7_0WicI1cooazqhRZgAu0RSAEeHktDJ8M0aGtnLFcQj5IyzlW0PUB518rILUcMhoJBe1U7Qv2Ampmi2cmujbva6zyI4-Jk9gCh60butCQhRWS9jmCgXmIL7lwtMYrTOyBAZ3oMl64ztTXlaGWHK7nF6u4/s16000/denzelharry.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Denzel Washington and Harry-O<br /><br /></span></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi492zfYC96Qr3eaOjhh0KihUaHAK7sNh7_0WicI1cooazqhRZgAu0RSAEeHktDJ8M0aGtnLFcQj5IyzlW0PUB518rILUcMhoJBe1U7Qv2Ampmi2cmujbva6zyI4-Jk9gCh60butCQhRWS9jmCgXmIL7lwtMYrTOyBAZ3oMl64ztTXlaGWHK7nF6u4/s480/denzelharry.jpeg"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>"Checkmates"</b>不僅對於丹佐華盛頓來說是演藝生涯的一大轉折,同時也是Harry-O的里程碑 - 從幫派份子、毒梟、到成為第一個製作百老匯音樂劇的非裔美人(以及發掘到丹佐華盛頓的貴人),這理應是件值得慶祝的事,但也就在這時Harry-O因過往的殺人罪行以及毒品走私等重罪而被起訴。他在1988年被定罪,被判入獄服刑28年,並且被送往最高戒備等級的<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Quentin_State_Prison" target="_blank">San Quinton</a>監獄,更別提他的所有財產、豪宅、跑車全部都被扣押,更慘的是弟弟David也在同年的一場船難意外事件中喪生,讓他的人生瞬間跌落谷底。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">入獄服刑的Harry-O,創業精神並沒有就此熄滅。1991年,為了想要幫助他老婆Lydia成為歌手,他接洽了Suge Knight、希望由Dr. Dre來幫忙製作。Harry-O與Suge Knight起先透過電話聯絡,後來Suge Knight甚至會直接到獄中探監來討論合作,Suge Knight非常敬重Harry-O,當時還在Death Row錄音室內設置專線來和獄中的Harry-O聯絡,並且嚴格要求所有Death Row Records的員工或訪客都不准佔用這支專線。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1992年,透過律師David Kenner的諮詢協助下 (David Kenner是Death Row的御用律師,Snoop Dogg、Suge Knight、2Pac等人的官司都由他去處理) 雙方展開正式合作。Harry-O設立<b>Godfather Entertainment</b>,提供Suge Knight一百五十萬美元作為基金,正式成為 <b>Death Row Records</b>的母公司 (Death Row於1991年成立),開啟了西岸嘻哈歷史的重要篇章。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_l8qQLZhfjL1ypFzU0fq3jTVMglGWSIjxw5J7Nwi3ZXIXpVdzTRhzBIYrEpucSmNTdHhxej8pRJK4_2LK-uS9bcvVmjkWSmrV3mL_uxR9dJqpVIjzLqVufOlmGIWPUjuj_TTF8y07RY5IK0r_AihOPjZGNRrZTnnaF_OPG0GQm1sBZvsR4AbP67k/s500/Tupac-attends-a-Party-at-Montys-in-Westwood-CA-in-celebration-of-Snoop-Doggy-Doggs-acquittal-on-murder-charges.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_l8qQLZhfjL1ypFzU0fq3jTVMglGWSIjxw5J7Nwi3ZXIXpVdzTRhzBIYrEpucSmNTdHhxej8pRJK4_2LK-uS9bcvVmjkWSmrV3mL_uxR9dJqpVIjzLqVufOlmGIWPUjuj_TTF8y07RY5IK0r_AihOPjZGNRrZTnnaF_OPG0GQm1sBZvsR4AbP67k/s16000/Tupac-attends-a-Party-at-Montys-in-Westwood-CA-in-celebration-of-Snoop-Doggy-Doggs-acquittal-on-murder-charges.jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Tupac with David Kenner, Suge Knight and Snoop Dogg</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">至於他老婆<a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/2310440-Lydia-Harris" target="_blank"><b>Lydia</b></a>後來其實發展得也不錯。Lydia成立了自己的獨立廠牌<a href="https://www.discogs.com/label/253238-Lifestyles-Records" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Lifestyles Records</a>,並且跟主流大廠談妥了一些案子,在1994年替<b>Blak Czer</b>發行專輯<b>"</b><b><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/188355-Blak-Czer-Tales-From-Da-Blak-Side" target="_blank">Tales From Da Blak Side</a>"</b> (如果跟我一樣是挖很深的西岸迷應該都會知道這張),還簽下了東岸的<b>Dana Dane</b>、幫他發行1994年的專輯<b>"</b><b><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/138813-Dana-Dane-Rollin-Wit-Dana-Dane" target="_blank">Rollin’ Wit Dana Dane</a>"</b>。當時Lifestyles Records的當家製作人就是來自Long Beach的DJ Battlecat,這也是為什麼會在這兩張東岸饒舌歌手的專輯中都能見到Battlecat作曲的緣故。Lydia的故事相當獨特,算是嘻哈業界中罕見的女性創業家,可以形容是<b>Empire</b>電視劇<b>Cookie Lyon</b>的原型也不為過 (<a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/12/lydia-harris-death-row-cookie-lyon" target="_blank">這篇文章</a>寫得相當透徹,就不在此贅述,基本上Lydia也是個很強的創業家)。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">回到Harry-O這邊。隨著暢銷專輯一張又一張推出,Death Row Records已經成為了嘻哈樂界最猛的鈔票印製機,但Harry-O卻都沒有分到任何利潤。到了1996年左右,Harry-O終於受不了,發了一封信警告 Interscope Records (當時負責Death Row的發行和行銷),但最後Interscope也只給了他三十萬美元稍做補償而已,相比在1991年投資的一百五十萬美元的本金來講這根本都還差得遠。Harry-O也是不想跟Suge Knight撕破臉,因此從來沒有真的提告; 當2Pac慘遭槍殺、Suge Knight因違反假釋規定被抓去調查的期間,政府原本想轉Harry-O做污點證人來指證Suge Knight、以換取刑期的縮短,但Harry-O依舊拒絕告密。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">即便如此,在少了2Pac、Suge Knight坐鎮的Death Row Records已經殘破不堪,載浮載沉多年後終於在2005年迎來終點。Harry-O的老婆Lydia在2005年勝訴、Death Row被判要吐回107萬美元 (因為多年來專輯銷售的利潤分配忽略了Harry-O),而Suge Knight的因應之道就是馬上申請破產,這最終導致Suge Knight失去了Death Row Records的控制權。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">後來到了2009年Death Row Records透過競拍的方式被WIDEawake買下經營權,中間輾轉易主過數次、經歷過集團併購,才又在2022年回到Snoop Dogg手中,真的是非常戲劇性的轉折。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">至於Suge Knight,則是在2018年被判處28年有期徒刑 (因2015年駕車撞死Terry Carter的<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/04/suge-knight-jail-sentence-death-terry-carter-manslaughter-" target="_blank">案件</a>),目前仍在監獄服刑中,沒有意外的話應該會在監獄中走向生命的盡頭。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">反觀Harry-O,在監獄的期間倒是很努力地改變自己,包含重新振興地方報社San Quentin News、設置非營利組織來幫助更生人...等等,也因為做了這麼多事,許多團體(甚至律師或警察)都聲援Harry-O認為他夠資格提早出獄,最後在2021年被川普特赦,經歷了33年的刑期後終於重獲自由。出獄後的Harry-O,重新與Snoop Dogg合作,目前擔任Death Row Records的COO。相信在這幾位OG們的重新整合之下,未來將重新延續Death Row的香火、繼續寫下傳奇。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8FpsjvPmv9w" width="320" youtube-src-id="8FpsjvPmv9w"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">今年Kevin Garnett還有找Harry-O上節目,談論Death Row的過去</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4AWWeq5A2DtB5D2wJMebRMMd1h63wgqUXl5zntWNibltO07Xy8f3NJiu798byKzR0NHdfk1bzks4l_cY4DMyqBF0knb6dNO3P5Fm0qSEnYXE1pyPS9BMt8_8k-mIeRElQZ0BpdMLSMFTNi-JIt_-5io-ZK2c0Zw_bNZezdXYW1NJlxl1cJWE8Hxk/s1280/1920x1080_ctv_thumbvideopreviewimagestoryofdeathrowrecords_07212022.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4AWWeq5A2DtB5D2wJMebRMMd1h63wgqUXl5zntWNibltO07Xy8f3NJiu798byKzR0NHdfk1bzks4l_cY4DMyqBF0knb6dNO3P5Fm0qSEnYXE1pyPS9BMt8_8k-mIeRElQZ0BpdMLSMFTNi-JIt_-5io-ZK2c0Zw_bNZezdXYW1NJlxl1cJWE8Hxk/w640-h360/1920x1080_ctv_thumbvideopreviewimagestoryofdeathrowrecords_07212022.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr. Dre, The D.O.C., Harry-O, Snoop Dogg</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>“One of the things that rap provides for communities of color, it provided an avenue to share our stories,” he said. “I noticed one thing that a lot of people had in common: Music soothes even the people that you think that cannot be soothed.”</b></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Harry-O的一生真的是相當戲劇性,從街頭混混發跡、幾年內成為Cali Cartel旗下整合血幫、瘸幫的快克大亨,後來又投身娛樂產業發掘丹佐華盛頓、成為Death Row合夥人......如果Netflix哪天要翻拍成紀錄片或是影集的話肯定會非常精彩。</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><div><div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>參考資料:</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://2paclegacy.net/who-is-michael-harry-o-harris/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://2paclegacy.net/who-is-michael-harry-o-harris/</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/19/snoop-dogg-lobbying-trump-free-death-row-records-founder-michael-harry-o-harris-commutation-pardon/" target="_blank">https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/19/snoop-dogg-lobbying-trump-free-death-row-records-founder-michael-harry-o-harris-commutation-pardon/</a></span></li><li><a href="https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/la-stories/2022/07/17/michael-harry-o-harris-the-untold-story-of-death-row-records" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/la-stories/2022/07/17/michael-harry-o-harris-the-untold-story-of-death-row-records</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-pardons-death-row-records-co-founder-michael-harry-o-harris" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-pardons-death-row-records-co-founder-michael-harry-o-harris</span></a></li><li><a href="https://2paclegacy.net/suge-knight-owes-107-million-to-his-former-business-partners-michael-harry-o-harris-ex-wife/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://2paclegacy.net/suge-knight-owes-107-million-to-his-former-business-partners-michael-harry-o-harris-ex-wife/</span></a></li><li><a href="https://gangsterreport.com/king-of-the-l-a-coke-game-in-80s-harry-o-to-be-released-from-prison/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://gangsterreport.com/king-of-the-l-a-coke-game-in-80s-harry-o-to-be-released-from-prison/</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.dreem.live/dreem-live-media/harry-o-vs-j-prince-clash-of-the-titans" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.dreem.live/dreem-live-media/harry-o-vs-j-prince-clash-of-the-titans</span></a></li></ul><p></p><div style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">同場加映:</span></b></div><div style="background-color: white;"><ul><li><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2018/10/bobby-jimmy-and-critters.html" target="_blank">[西岸嘻哈名人堂] 第一集: Bobby Jimmy and the Critters</a></span></li><li><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2019/01/matt-dikedelicious-vinyl.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">[西岸嘻哈名人堂] 第二集: Matt Dike與Delicious Viny</span></a></span></li><li><a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2019/07/la-dream-team.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">[西岸嘻哈名人堂] 第三集: L.A. DREAM TEAM</span></a></li></ul></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054766711310725329.post-25971341232324723872022-11-05T13:46:00.003-07:002022-11-05T13:59:35.299-07:00[專題] Daz Death Row Dayz<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqWrZ11twEjCAa2JKACUo24y0mi7InM1MzTNV0VvVv4OIUAZg5ZBiwS2KABEhtBDlOLjE8g__i0HkvkNokLwQ-f9Hiws2r6u8JMcRgBLH8_pJSXjSCULj8VyIoI4DWUXL40Qoa1lZswBxk8NQqY1dORzP9ndJKWMbK76aovlY_VqEqnH2uefdzdU/s1694/dpgdeathrow.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="1694" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqWrZ11twEjCAa2JKACUo24y0mi7InM1MzTNV0VvVv4OIUAZg5ZBiwS2KABEhtBDlOLjE8g__i0HkvkNokLwQ-f9Hiws2r6u8JMcRgBLH8_pJSXjSCULj8VyIoI4DWUXL40Qoa1lZswBxk8NQqY1dORzP9ndJKWMbK76aovlY_VqEqnH2uefdzdU/w640-h512/dpgdeathrow.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Daz Dillinger在Death Row Records實在太多豐功偉業,這邊還有些小故事,再一起整理於這篇文章。(話說西岸愛的粉絲團有個<a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2171637526227259&type=3" target="_blank">相簿</a>,介紹Death Row Records相關的系列文,有興趣的朋友們歡迎再去看看)</span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name='more'></a></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr. Dre的成功其實並非單靠一己之力,是背後有一群人的支持才有辦法達成,例如Scott Storch、Mel-Man和Colin Wolfe等人,許多Dre的暢銷曲中總少不了這些人的幫忙,而Daz Dillinger也是個非常重要的推手。事實上,Daz的貢獻遠比正式紀錄上的還要多。</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje652rqblsmPnJcjEjRLP52g_ydLN-9RTyPlhYYDa7ghfY51IpBkou9sIK47SyS6ezYUS4Gb65kXugdjBLnDIXUEflRZHD6KsJDiGt9vadCMUYiB3amSee3xhbYNG3397YZf31Ev75Mc9OO9mUlOCJellNDxhY2nXmENuA2-5Oe217wxkjjCj6noQ/s669/death%20row%20studio.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="669" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje652rqblsmPnJcjEjRLP52g_ydLN-9RTyPlhYYDa7ghfY51IpBkou9sIK47SyS6ezYUS4Gb65kXugdjBLnDIXUEflRZHD6KsJDiGt9vadCMUYiB3amSee3xhbYNG3397YZf31Ev75Mc9OO9mUlOCJellNDxhY2nXmENuA2-5Oe217wxkjjCj6noQ/w640-h438/death%20row%20studio.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Doggystyle</span></b></h2><p><span style="font-family: arial;">2013年,Suge Knight接受滾石雜誌的專訪,談到了<b>"Doggystyle"</b>專輯的製作秘辛:當時大家都認為理所當然這張專輯的製作就是由Dre來負責,但事實上Daz幾乎一個人從無到有、完成了整張專輯(包括幾首主打曲如"Ain't No Fun"都是出自Daz之手)。但是當最後完成之際,Death Row的高層及所有夥伴都覺得就交給Dre好了。</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">接著,Daz和Dre就私下開會協商,Daz決定把credits讓給Dre,自己收個幾百美金當作酬勞、意思一下就可以了。</span></p><i><span style="font-family: arial;">“And at the end of the day, once Daz finished it, everybody wanted Andre to get the credit. Next thing I know Daz is having a meeting with Andre and them and came back and said, "It's okay, give me a few bucks and I'll sign anything over that says produced by Andre instead of me."<br /></span></i><p><span style="font-family: arial;">許多歌曲的靈感、編曲其實主要都該歸功於Daz,但最後Daz都只被列為"programmer"等比較次一階的頭銜,真的是孔融讓梨最佳典範。不過後來Snoop Dogg有<a href="https://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/snoopdogg06/part4/" target="_blank">出面捍衛</a>Dre,他認為雖然許多sample、副歌不全是都由Dre自己一人原創,但是Dre整合了所有人的idea、將眾多元素聚集在一起,才能打造出完美的作品。</span></p><i><span style="font-family: arial;">“I did ‘Ain’t No Fun.’ I did a slew of songs. I did [‘Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat’]. I did a bunch of songs I just got [credited as] ‘programmed drums,’ ‘programmer,’ or something like that on there. It was a clobbering game back then. ‘Mine, mine, mine, take, take, take, take, take, take,” says the DPG co-founder.<br /></span></i><p><span style="font-family: arial;">專輯中的主打曲<b>"Ain't No Fun"</b>的典故也很有趣,原本這首歌曲的靈感來自於一個叫做Pooh的饒舌歌手(來自洛杉磯的血幫Mad Swan Bloods,簡稱MSB)。有次Pooh和兄弟們在Death Row Records的錄音室播放demo,Death Row的眾人聽完故作鎮定、假裝說聽起來普普通通,結果等Pooh一夥人離開之後,大夥馬上就開始用這首beat來重新製作,收割成功。(後來Pooh他們還有<a href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.39906/title.snoop-dogg-dr-dre-suge-knight-are-being-sued-for-aint-no-fun-20-years-later" target="_blank">提起訴訟</a>,但感覺這根本不可能告得成)</span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">在錄製"Doggystyle"的期間,Snoop Dogg因為敵對幫派成員<b><a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/has-snoop-dogg-been-tried-for-murder-what-happened-in-1993.html/" target="_blank">Philip Woldemariam</a></b>的兇殺案被列為嫌疑犯(發生於1993年八月)。Suge Knight回憶起這段期間,他們上下最重要的事情就是確保Snoop不要真的被抓進去關了。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihNBp67JaJeLMKW7AMTfjm5HHjFYSbeWxRjbu_ZQbnu4ThcE2Z3BFOrHtW44Xh8olvQUZ9CjEoaKrutZg3PXwRv9qXNG0Fq3zUqnovrhg9bx6jjC0V8oBteylrwxjsvIcHlzIo-B8vnBQUICeoP-6PCfB4WWFq_gNqKSdOTPZo6Qr0F4AsT6c1hs4/s1079/snoopmurder.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="1079" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihNBp67JaJeLMKW7AMTfjm5HHjFYSbeWxRjbu_ZQbnu4ThcE2Z3BFOrHtW44Xh8olvQUZ9CjEoaKrutZg3PXwRv9qXNG0Fq3zUqnovrhg9bx6jjC0V8oBteylrwxjsvIcHlzIo-B8vnBQUICeoP-6PCfB4WWFq_gNqKSdOTPZo6Qr0F4AsT6c1hs4/w640-h640/snoopmurder.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">當時Snoop Dogg才剛錄完一首歌曲,接著就要面對Philip Woldemariam案的一連串開庭審判。Snoop身為初出茅廬的新人,當時連一張唱片都還沒賣過,光是找律師就花了Death Row Records五百萬美元。此外,Snoop Dogg因為已經有過案底,這次兇殺案如果被判有罪,則肯定會被關上好幾十年、死在獄中。金主<a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2020/10/defiant-ones-dr-drejimmy-iovine.html" target="_blank"><b>Jimmy lovine</b></a>和Interscope Records更是明確表達不會介入官司,自己的爛攤子自己收,對於Snoop本人或是Death Row Records的壓力可想而知。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">事實上,當時Suge Knight和許多人都覺得這場官司是穩輸了,有幾次在法院中Snoop Dogg自己都膝蓋一軟差點跌倒,似乎快要承受不住壓力。但最後Snoop Dogg還是挺過去了,這起官司一直到1996年的二月,才宣判Snoop Dogg無罪、讓他心裡真正放下一顆大石。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">All Eyez On Me 製作過程</span></h2><span style="font-family: arial;">在Death Row Records的期間,Daz Dillinger與2Pac之間互動也是相當緊密。Daz製作了"All Eyez On Me"專輯,包辦了27首歌曲中的五首,最後這張專輯直接將2Pac封神、助Death Row推向頂峰,創下RIAA鑽石級認證的驚人銷售紀錄。在專輯中,Daz製作了一些經典曲如"I Ain’t Mad At Cha"、"2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted",以及超高人氣作品"Got My Mind Made Up"。</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9gztDvPWTWs" width="320" youtube-src-id="9gztDvPWTWs"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2Pac - Got My Mind Made Up (Feat. Dat Nigga Daz & Kurupt, Redman & Method Man)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZVWecqZzWUs" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZVWecqZzWUs"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2Pac - Got My Mind Made Up (Uncut & Extended)</span></b></div></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>"Got My Mind Made Up"</b>這首歌曲不僅找來DPG老搭檔Kurupt尬一角,同時還有Method Man以及Redman(當時兩人都隸屬於Def Jam Records)。但在這首歌曲的原始版本中,跨刀陣容其實不僅止如此,原本的規劃是再找來武當幫的<b>Inspectah Deck</b>、以及Death Row女力代表<b>The Lady Of Rage</b>一同獻聲。但在最後正式專輯的版本中,這兩人的verse都不見蹤影,只能聽見一些Inspectah Deck的背景聲。</span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">在2016年的<a href="https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2016/04/daz-explains-why-lady-of-rage-inspectah-deck-verses-did-not-make-all-eyez-on-me-video/" target="_blank">訪談</a>中,Daz回憶到這段故事:當時的製作過程中,是分成三個ADAT tape去錄製。第一個tape是曲子,第二個tape是四人的饒舌部分,以及第三個tape則是Inspectah Deck。Deck當時還沒發過個人專輯、跟Medthod Man及Redman比起來可說是名不見經傳。結果第三個tape不翼而飛、很可能是被工程師搞丟了,導致最後成品中Inspectah Deck的歌詞整段不見。</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><i>“On that part with Inspectah Deck, like I said before, that third ADAT tape was missing. I don’t know if the engineers didn’t transfer the shit [properly], but they just heard the beat—Method Man, Redman, and all that shit, and they didn’t even think about the [third tape]. Really, that’s how that one kicked off.” <br /></i><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">至於原訂也會參與"Got My Mind Made Up"單曲的The Lady Of Rage,即便她與Daz是長期合作的夥伴,但最後因為這首歌曲已經塞了六個猛男、在錄音室激烈競爭,在這樣的緊繃氛圍下The Lady Of Rage自己選擇退出,The Lady Of Rage也成為了"All Eyez On Me"專輯中少數幾位沒登場的Death Row元老級歌手。Daz在訪談中談到當時The Lady Of Rage寫下來的verse其實也堪比1994年"Afro Puffs"的那股狠勁。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ITuRQAsq8XM" width="320" youtube-src-id="ITuRQAsq8XM"></iframe></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">(Kurupt在另一個訪談的說法是說2Pac決定砍掉的Inspectah Deck的verse,他覺得歌曲夠長了,就把後面的砍光光lol)</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">此外,儘管<b>"Got My Mind Made Up"</b>單曲大受歡迎,但真正有分到報酬、拿到版稅的只有Tupac、Kurupt和Daz三人而已。在Death Row改組之後,Daz能夠拿到60%的版稅(50%來自於擔任歌曲的製作人,10%來自於歌曲中1/5的饒舌部分)。至於Def Jam的兩人則是什麼都沒拿到、連個RIAA紀念獎牌都沒收到,真的是很悲情啊。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">西岸愛牛肉番外篇:Dre vs Pac</span></b></h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiraR_IpXLvIfG_uU_N3uKim1AZhwcm9kFutTEZCJrGb3MLRWaEjyxOfgsRhn0Pr59qNsx05IEBVGEgP8DBYqIWOylK-A03VCfTzjwdzX_fdVwZuYIvYb5TeJmfC5CVjgB8mvz0qyyp6biPf2uMDQ6wAOrVhSIna42AlVvv-dsqkJqe1gqMuSCroSk/s1899/california%20love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1899" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiraR_IpXLvIfG_uU_N3uKim1AZhwcm9kFutTEZCJrGb3MLRWaEjyxOfgsRhn0Pr59qNsx05IEBVGEgP8DBYqIWOylK-A03VCfTzjwdzX_fdVwZuYIvYb5TeJmfC5CVjgB8mvz0qyyp6biPf2uMDQ6wAOrVhSIna42AlVvv-dsqkJqe1gqMuSCroSk/w640-h424/california%20love.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>這邊也有段小插曲。Daz在訪談中回憶:當時歌曲錄製完成後,Daz拿著ADAT tapes跑去Dr. Dre家,因為Dre家裡有可以播放ADAT規格的機器,於是就把幾卷母帶丟在那就離開了。後來Dre在播放的時候,2Pac正好也撞見。那時候2Pac雖然有進錄音室錄歌,但不曉得"</span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">Got My Mind Made Up"的曲子是由誰製作的,結果Dr. Dre搶走Daz的功勞、回覆2Pac說這首是他做的。後來Daz出面反駁後,這個小事件造成了Dre和2Pac兩人的言語衝突。</span></div></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">事實上,Dre和2Pac二人的關係在1996年的時候逐漸緊繃,互看不順眼,主要是當時Dre萌生退意、和Suge Knight處不來,而2Pac又是忠心耿耿、偏向Suge Knight陣營那方。此外,再加上Dre習慣性搶走Daz Dillinger的作曲credits、而且Snoop Dogg兇殺案<a href="https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/snoop-doggy-dogg-trial-1995-96" target="_blank">出庭</a>時Dre又沒到場聲援,種種行徑都讓2Pac看得很不爽,到最後2Pac已經不再信任Dre。</span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: center;">於是就在Dre離開Death Row之後,2Pac開始不留情面,直接在歌詞中嗆起Dr. Dr</span><span style="text-align: center;">e來。例如<b>"To Live and Die in L.A."</b>歌曲結尾的<a href="https://youtu.be/3AFTtiZVZ3o?t=240" target="_blank">outro</a>,直接酸:<b>"</b></span><b>L.A., California Love part mothafuckin' two Without gay ass Dre",</b>或是另一首<b>"Toss It Up"</b>更是罵更大力、還直接刻意抄"No Diggity"曲調,嗆聲意味濃厚。而這整段與2Pac的相處關係,Dr. Dre在生涯中從來都沒有正式回答過....就當茶餘飯後故事看看吧。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">為什麼會Dre會被笑是gay?其實也是80年代Dr. Dre在World Class Wrecking Crew出道時打扮的花枝招展,且90年代Dre有個同床多年的gay lover這個謠言也是甚囂塵上。Eazy-E在<b>"It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa"</b>專輯中也是抓著這點大酸特酸,真的是很鬧。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3AFTtiZVZ3o" width="320" youtube-src-id="3AFTtiZVZ3o"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">"<span style="text-align: start;">L.A., California Love part mothafuckin' two Without gay ass Dre"</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ONyV610j4sU" width="320" youtube-src-id="ONyV610j4sU"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">"Screaming "Compton", but you can't return, you ain't heard? </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Brothers pissed 'cause you switched and escaped to the burbs"</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>參考資料:</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2016/04/daz-explains-why-lady-of-rage-inspectah-deck-verses-did-not-make-all-eyez-on-me-video/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2016/04/daz-explains-why-lady-of-rage-inspectah-deck-verses-did-not-make-all-eyez-on-me-video/</span></a></li><li><p><a href="https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2018/04/daz-dillinger-says-which-songs-dr-dre-stole-credit-for-video/"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2018/04/daz-dillinger-says-which-songs-dr-dre-stole-credit-for-video/</span></a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/20270-suge-knight-says-daz-ghost-produced-most-of-doggystyle-for-dr-dre-news" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/20270-suge-knight-says-daz-ghost-produced-most-of-doggystyle-for-dr-dre-news</span></a></p></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054766711310725329.post-32595889773266445892022-11-02T01:43:00.004-07:002022-11-02T07:05:04.155-07:00[歌手介紹] The Wreck Brothers (Fredwreck & Salam Wreck)<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOW3CrtS8Q08jFla7-siBEP7OnCKhW2tuquQSIt0GXBSkju9yQ8nSOpVDWrnTzYtMxF-DnIa_oMP5LxUSYRzuvShYe0d6sI8Y8LW8BRfC5Mos8C6kHsOdzUm8EddaFUeA9OBaSC_mKevbDHdqxK01b0KEyANBquzJwpE8ziEu8rWiCz55TpOn09q8/s800/fredwreck.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOW3CrtS8Q08jFla7-siBEP7OnCKhW2tuquQSIt0GXBSkju9yQ8nSOpVDWrnTzYtMxF-DnIa_oMP5LxUSYRzuvShYe0d6sI8Y8LW8BRfC5Mos8C6kHsOdzUm8EddaFUeA9OBaSC_mKevbDHdqxK01b0KEyANBquzJwpE8ziEu8rWiCz55TpOn09q8/w640-h400/fredwreck.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>在介紹</span><b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/salamwreck/" target="_blank">DJ Salam Wreck</a></b><span>之前,不得不先介紹他的哥哥</span><b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/fredwreck/" target="_blank">Fredwreck</a></b><span>。</span></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(原文by Dragon/ 修訂by Johnny)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Fredwreck於1972年在底特律的郊區Flint出生,父母親是巴勒斯坦移民,家中還有其他三位兄弟:Robert、Salam (也就是DJ Salam Wreck)、Omar。後來一家人搬到了北加的San Jose生活。受到了Dr. Dre、Mantronix、Marley Marl等人的影響,Fredwreck對音樂產生興趣,開始學習做音樂、錄音、當DJ。1995年,The Bomb Squad製作人Hank Shocklee找他到MCA/Universal唱片(The Bomb Squad常常為紐約知名饒舌團Public Enemy製作歌曲),負責一些藝人A&R的工作,合作對象有Mary J. Blige、Aaliyah (R.I.P.)等人,並參與製作過Dangerous Minds、Tales from the Hood等電影院聲帶。</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkUpZB5iWt0ccg1L9dzI4kiUsiymFqhCWHRZl4vKWX3ol1GklPNTg8RtqHzU3bRWQHYXBBKfFw9qAx9e89ZkGz_wsovmeJjfVYEjyxEuWI7lCh0ZrUOokBgl4TJ8-MCXRBS6o2bV2-Fb5XYu1fhqhA6gVNHBPOZ_G4QxCH1xEa57O9vadBf1TN6k/s528/image001.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="528" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkUpZB5iWt0ccg1L9dzI4kiUsiymFqhCWHRZl4vKWX3ol1GklPNTg8RtqHzU3bRWQHYXBBKfFw9qAx9e89ZkGz_wsovmeJjfVYEjyxEuWI7lCh0ZrUOokBgl4TJ8-MCXRBS6o2bV2-Fb5XYu1fhqhA6gVNHBPOZ_G4QxCH1xEa57O9vadBf1TN6k/w640-h640/image001.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr. Dre & Frewreck</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />1997年,他離開MCA/Universal,並決定專注在製作。有一天Dr. Dre聽到了他的作品,就產生了興趣、邀約他到錄音室一起製作"2001"專輯,於是就在洛杉磯展開了他的下一站音樂生涯。當時他的室友就是Xzibit,Fredwreck藉著這個機緣認識了Soopafly、DPG一幫人,從此生涯開始起飛,獲得了Snoop Dogg的賞識成為Doggystyle Records的御用製作人。他陸續為Snoop Dogg、Nate Dogg、Xzibit、Master P、KRS One、Westside Connection、Cypress Hill、50 Cent、Mobb Deep、Lil Kim等眾多饒舌明星製作歌曲,合作對象涵蓋全美,東西南岸都有人找他製作。2007年,他跳脫舒適圈,和製作人/美國偶像評審Kara DioGuardi合作,開始走出嘻哈圈,為Britney Spears和Hilary Duff這兩位紅遍全世界的流行歌手製作。</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MmDrDaSQtcc" width="320" youtube-src-id="MmDrDaSQtcc"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>Kurupt - Who Ride Wit Us (Feat. Daz Dillinger / Prod. Fredwreck) 1999</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z2YLzQc165w" width="320" youtube-src-id="z2YLzQc165w"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>Kurupt - Calling Out Names(Feat. Xzibit / Prod. Fredwreck) 1999</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2NOaBqo-GnI" width="320" youtube-src-id="2NOaBqo-GnI"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Westside Connection - Gangsta Nation (Feat. Nate Dogg / Prod. Fredwreck) 2003</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q9cAz1M9398" width="320" youtube-src-id="Q9cAz1M9398"></iframe></span></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>Mobb Deep - Have A
Party (Feat. Nate Dogg, 50 Cent / Prod. Fredwreck) 2005</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/97IDaxc4Qn4" width="320" youtube-src-id="97IDaxc4Qn4"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>Snoop Dogg - Crazy
(Feat. Nate Dogg / Prod. Fredwreck) 2006</b></span></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>
</b><p class="MsoNormal">嚴格來說,Fredwreck並不是作品產量非常多的西岸製作人(例如DJ Battlecat的產量就是他的兩倍以上),但是重質不重量,音樂的品質很高,許多都是專輯的主打歌曲。獲得成功後,Fredwreck創作的腳步仍沒有停歇,2019年,他為Anderson .Paak的<b>"Ventura"</b>專輯製作了一首<b>"Make It Better"</b>,該專輯獲得了葛萊美的最佳R&B專輯獎,事業再創高峰。(順道一提,去看他IG會發現他也還蠻會攝影的)</p></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="607" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq91WkNvMACnxMX6m2lnjJi5RakD6_C34y5DEYsCR2-PIihpkdwIm0Q5vA_aaVIu4TsDRNKZAmOFQkRqzix0ngqGZG1UEY9n__SIHoWeIwXXtieOh4wCvQFng2nEBCo8v4fvX-z2WcuqSh2sx4nN_yHobCsOathG1GeXCA78AAqsj2EHkgUO93g8I/w480-h640/image002.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Estevan Oriol, Fredwreck<o:p></o:p></b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq91WkNvMACnxMX6m2lnjJi5RakD6_C34y5DEYsCR2-PIihpkdwIm0Q5vA_aaVIu4TsDRNKZAmOFQkRqzix0ngqGZG1UEY9n__SIHoWeIwXXtieOh4wCvQFng2nEBCo8v4fvX-z2WcuqSh2sx4nN_yHobCsOathG1GeXCA78AAqsj2EHkgUO93g8I/s810/image002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></b></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/790lgFGKjns" width="320" youtube-src-id="790lgFGKjns"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Britney Spears - Ooh Ooh Baby (Prod. Kara DioGuardi, Fredwreck) 2007</span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PVbQrvlB_gw" width="320" youtube-src-id="PVbQrvlB_gw"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>Eminem - Framed (Prod. Eminem, Fredwreck) 2017</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JQZPXjX181A" width="320" youtube-src-id="JQZPXjX181A"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Ice Cube - Everythang's Corrupt (2018)</span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pDK26HWQE1c" width="320" youtube-src-id="pDK26HWQE1c"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Anderson .Paak -
Make It Better (Feat. Smokey Robinson / Prod. Anderson .Paak, Fredwreck, The
Alchemist) 2019</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="1099" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCz_W3_fuukQc8ag8lpJzIK2ApKpfoDiNypZ_kCcUjQOseNuNWvzgnQjCh6FRqv2Ao78qZlOl0kKAWsAY16AMu7jbwW14b5LcwPcyCQm1ewL6aAh5G11xOODGdtc1VSkSlAN2XzZFrD9BPfyejufjTMlxwh086c1kOEDyMKonUGHMVPOr-mQpfgE/w640-h412/image003.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Tha Dogg Pound, Salam Wreck , Planet Asia<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCz_W3_fuukQc8ag8lpJzIK2ApKpfoDiNypZ_kCcUjQOseNuNWvzgnQjCh6FRqv2Ao78qZlOl0kKAWsAY16AMu7jbwW14b5LcwPcyCQm1ewL6aAh5G11xOODGdtc1VSkSlAN2XzZFrD9BPfyejufjTMlxwh086c1kOEDyMKonUGHMVPOr-mQpfgE/s1099/image003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></b></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><br /></span>Salam Wreck跟隨著哥哥的腳步一起踏入音樂圈,剛出道不久就獲得了和東岸大咖DMX、50 Cent、Styles P合作的機會。後來他和D12首領Proof 密切合作,2004年,Salam Wreck 發表了<b>"Welcome To The Pyrex"</b>專輯,除了D12以外,還找上King Gordy、Guilty Simpson、Obie Trice合作,滿滿的底特律vibe。2005年,Salam Wreck主持了Proof的<b>"Grown Man Shit" mixtape</b>、並參與製作Proof的個人專輯<b>"</b></span><b>Searching For Jerry Garcia"</b>。無奈Proof在2006年於一場夜店衝突中死亡,如果Proof沒有死的話,兩人再加上D12一幫兄弟,肯定能做出更多屌貨。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiBhUiG2lhI" width="320" youtube-src-id="FiBhUiG2lhI"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>DMX - Shot
Down (Feat. 50 Cent, Styles P / Prod. Salam Wreck) 2003</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>
</b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zw66FnlINkQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="zw66FnlINkQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: left;">D12 - Fuck Wit Us (Prod.
Salam Wreck) 2004</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QSanLwsBUXc" width="320" youtube-src-id="QSanLwsBUXc"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: left;">D12 - Let Me Spend
This Money (Prod. Salam Wreck) 2004</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_O_2m93MQRk" width="320" youtube-src-id="_O_2m93MQRk"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: left;">Proof - M.A.D. (Feat.
Rude Jude / Prod. Salam Wreck) 2005</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></div></b></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="510" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWe-AB5xJNbqUNIbTWBuTBcbooO4MzvF8wFIU-UanakuazrQ2raHrzRVz037odWZgGKTEsDVOt53JO3tj0WXOkRh_lhwjyKa4cyzYvk4C-_KxJLsYjMmB3SNyow6mLPoNzqoDHsHGBT0C9f7Ayh0tt9QiW0nailuI5fpT0xVeljr1pF7T6M36cpA/w480-h640/image004.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="480" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Warren G, Salam Wreck</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWe-AB5xJNbqUNIbTWBuTBcbooO4MzvF8wFIU-UanakuazrQ2raHrzRVz037odWZgGKTEsDVOt53JO3tj0WXOkRh_lhwjyKa4cyzYvk4C-_KxJLsYjMmB3SNyow6mLPoNzqoDHsHGBT0C9f7Ayh0tt9QiW0nailuI5fpT0xVeljr1pF7T6M36cpA/s680/image004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></b></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span><br /></span></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Salam Wreck在2006年發表第二張作品<b>"Trouble Soon"</b>,兩張專輯都透過他自己經營的Masari Music Entertainment發行。後來他就沒有發行過專輯,工作重心擺在當DJ的部分,跟著Warren G、Tha Dogg Pound、Obie Trice、Demrick等歌手在美國和世界各地巡迴演出。<br /><br />Salam Wreck也和B-Real相當熟識。2008年他選擇離開底特律,前往洛杉磯發展,主要原因也是Proof過世之後、D12聲勢及發展都大不如前,於是在盛情邀約之下加入了B-Real的<b>"Audio Hustlaz"</b>製作團隊,他後來有陣子也上B-Real主持的Dr. Greenthumb Show做助理主持。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">近年來,Salam Wreck除了當DJ之外,製作方面也是持續有產出,2021年Salam Wreck為年輕歌手Youngkobe製作,一起做了"<b>BorN Widdit"</b>這張EP,2022年還有找回底特律老鄉Obie Trice以及D12的成員Bizarre、Swifty McVay共同合體發表單曲<b>"Suicide"</b>,或許未來還有機會看到更多D12合作作品也不一定。<span><span>網路上關於<span lang="EN-US">Salam
Wreck</span>的資料和訪問其實不多,之前看<span lang="EN-US">Breal TV</span>的節目,感覺他是一個很<span lang="EN-US">high</span>的人。期待他這次來台的演出囉!</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8z5tI1cQERk" width="320" youtube-src-id="8z5tI1cQERk"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Bizarre - Oh Mary! (Feat.
King Gordy, Livio / Prod. Salam Wreck) 2006</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xzBFQCCsPUQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="xzBFQCCsPUQ"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: left;"><b>Proof - When I Was
Young (Feat. Royce 5'9 / Prod. Salam Wreck) 2006</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/o9z8ySgpNG8" width="320" youtube-src-id="o9z8ySgpNG8"></iframe></div><b>B Real - When They
Hate You (Feat. Babydoll Refresh / Prod. Salam Wreck) 2009</b></span></span></div></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ic9Wy0GL2vE" width="320" youtube-src-id="Ic9Wy0GL2vE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: left;">La Coka Nostra -
High Times (Feat. Sick Jacken / Prod. Salam Wreck) 2016</span></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y0IPgeOLnwY" width="320" youtube-src-id="Y0IPgeOLnwY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: left;">Youngkobe X Salam Wreck
– All I Know (Feat. NHale) 2021</span></b></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dsn_K72utZg" width="320" youtube-src-id="Dsn_K72utZg"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Bizarre, Swifty McVay, & Obie Trice - SUICIDE (Prod. Salam Wreck) 2022</span></b></div></div></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="680" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUppB5HGIggyyHd3mAXcmDoID-yPGVhzJ-UcLZvJh9gi2QR11GXsh-r8pxobm1pdK9dtFzOjWQj1yJCrNHbC4ayuOXN4D-jNbkpMMux4jMRbe1Ik__V73-eBKPCS9rjYe2jezco4UZUgSgJYTXEiJcMuUojuCxyMtFxT4oPfdNyMvKAxChvdddezU/w640-h480/image005.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Tha Dogg Pound, Paul Wall, Salam Wreck<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUppB5HGIggyyHd3mAXcmDoID-yPGVhzJ-UcLZvJh9gi2QR11GXsh-r8pxobm1pdK9dtFzOjWQj1yJCrNHbC4ayuOXN4D-jNbkpMMux4jMRbe1Ik__V73-eBKPCS9rjYe2jezco4UZUgSgJYTXEiJcMuUojuCxyMtFxT4oPfdNyMvKAxChvdddezU/s680/image005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></b></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054766711310725329.post-82238723376297472962022-10-29T12:40:00.018-07:002023-03-04T22:28:43.231-08:00[歌手介紹] Daz Dillinger (Long Beach, CA)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWE8BpDmNEdpXA6WrXlu0wKcLHDu7-POAWiiPQ7BJXAeZKWSKgLeuvp0tkotxKAxzotzkpr6NZkluWVJMQO7SQRNpXXK9Fgm0OeN76j_6J5ztx-zuWpNyfh8Z84UoimEr0FG-XPNGil3X9o_V6JyNC2VGPv0ZSTUU7o2Dpw21he42IHkFx1F_xZdM/w640-h480/snoop%20daz-2.png" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">這次西屯純愛組成立DPG Taiwan,邀請到Daz Dillinger和Lil Eazy-E來台演出,實在是台灣嘻哈圈一大盛事。因此也決定趁著這個機會重新來介紹一下Daz Dillinger這位西岸傳奇。<br /><span style="text-align: left;"><b>(原文by Dragon & Johnny)</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name='more'></a></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">關於Daz和Kurupt的牛肉事件始末,可以參考我們2017年寫的<a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2017/09/daz-dillinger-vs-kurupt.html" target="_blank"><b>西岸愛牛肉第三集</b></a>,過程蠻有趣的。這篇文章就不再重新贅述兩人2002-2005年間的內部紛爭。</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Daz Dillinger</b> (原名Delmar Drew Arnaud),1973年5月25出生於加州Long Beach。和他的表哥<b>Snoop Dogg</b>一起在加州Long Beach長大,家族裡還有Nate Dogg、Lil' 1/2 Dead、RBX、Ray J、Brandy等歌手。</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Daz的音樂生涯始於90年代初期。19歲時,年紀輕輕的Daz (當時使用Dat Nigga Daz為藝名) 就和<b>Death Row Records</b>簽約,負責擔綱Paradise的專屬製作人(Paradise是老闆Suge Knight當時的女朋友),在訪談中Daz曾提到當年第一台鼓機就是Dr. Dre送給他的,就此開啟了他的音樂之路。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QVNUQbDLoiKeXbjcXj1tjwLQZ_zxQqRvURpPExwLhs3WuYfEypWZRnvsMmY8EXIrlRQnkKS6Tv18_eUwCxAMVAEdcnzb82_UMadikezwWQiB1sUg9hc4dBhYtNGVBRTXd6NHnb-LY4IEjAefwEmecYI5XusA_B1pHjzGaVi1XfjEpaP7vIWy1F0/s1080/studio%20snoop%20daz.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1080" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QVNUQbDLoiKeXbjcXj1tjwLQZ_zxQqRvURpPExwLhs3WuYfEypWZRnvsMmY8EXIrlRQnkKS6Tv18_eUwCxAMVAEdcnzb82_UMadikezwWQiB1sUg9hc4dBhYtNGVBRTXd6NHnb-LY4IEjAefwEmecYI5XusA_B1pHjzGaVi1XfjEpaP7vIWy1F0/w640-h430/studio%20snoop%20daz.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1992年,Daz Dillinger、Dr. Dre與Snoop Dogg一起錄製"Doggystyle"專輯</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">在向Dr. Dre學習的過程中,Daz Dillinger也有機會一起參與製作<b>"The Chronic"</b>專輯。除了幫忙編曲之外,Daz在多首作品中嘗試饒舌,像是"Deeez Nuuuts"、"The Day the Niggaz Took Over"、"Bitches Ain't Shit"....等作品。藉著"The Chronic"一炮而紅後,Daz繼續參與許多作品,成為Death Row Records不可或缺的要角。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Daz可說是僅次於Dr. Dre之後的二把手。在"Doggystyle" 中,他和 Dr. Dre 合作炮製出了<b>"Serial Killa"</b>和<b>"Murder Was the Case"</b>。在"Dogg Food"專輯裡,Daz更包辦幾乎所有的作曲,後來Daz也幫2Pac、Lady of Rage、Nate Dogg等人製作,並參與Above The Rim、Murder Was the Case、Gridlock'd等電影原聲帶。Death Row Records會在九零年代這麼成功,有許多汗馬功勞可以歸功於Daz的作曲功力。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gmqpQb6x74M" width="320" youtube-src-id="gmqpQb6x74M"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr. Dre - Bitches Ain't Shit (Feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg & Dat Nigga Daz) 1992</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0vZApT1566E" width="320" youtube-src-id="0vZApT1566E"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The Lady Of Rage - Afro Puffs (Feat. Snoop Dogg / Prod. Dat Nigga Daz) 1994</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">於此期間,Daz認識了同公司的Kurupt。</span>兩人本來並非一個團體,但兩人與Dr. Dre一起錄製"The Chronic"時,Dr. Dre認為兩人的化學效應很好,建議二人應該一起組團。於是便組成了<b>Tha Dogg Pound</b>,<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">1993年在同門師兄Snoop Dogg的專輯</span><b style="font-size: 16px;">"Doggystyle"</b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">中登場。</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b1JpKqv1oDo" width="320" youtube-src-id="b1JpKqv1oDo"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Snoop Dogg - Serial Killa (Feat. The D.O.C., Tha Dogg Pound, RBX) 1993</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QI6N5GBoevI" width="320" youtube-src-id="QI6N5GBoevI"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Snoop Dogg - Doggy Dogg World (Feat. Tha Dogg Pound, The Dramatics, Nanci Fletcher) 1993</span></b></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">當時,Dre領軍的Death Row Records以及Eazy-E統領的Ruthless Records正吵得不可開交,雙方互相敵視。Tha Dogg Pound也沒閒著,用一首</span><b style="background-color: white;">"Dogg Pound Gangstaz"</b><span style="background-color: white;">開噴Bone Thugs。另一首</span><b style="background-color: white;">"What Would You Do?"</b><span style="background-color: white;">則怒嗆B.G. Knocc Out、Ruthless Records一夥人。Bone Thugs和B.G. Knocc Out、Dresta後來分別以<b>"<a href="https://youtu.be/oo4QdfIHnUA" target="_blank">Shotz to tha Double Glock</a>"</b>、<b>"<a href="https://youtu.be/mEOoaRbIcNM" target="_blank">D.P.G./K</a>"</b>這兩首歌曲反擊。(這場牛肉後來大家都已經和解,2022年甚至傳出Dogg Pound和Bone Thugs要組團的新聞)</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JtJjVSdC4Dw" width="320" youtube-src-id="JtJjVSdC4Dw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Tha Dogg Pound - Dogg Pound Gangstaz 1995</b></div></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cp3TErlFw1M" width="320" youtube-src-id="cp3TErlFw1M"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Tha Dogg Pound - What Would You Do? (Feat. Snoop Dogg) 1995</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mEOoaRbIcNM" width="320" youtube-src-id="mEOoaRbIcNM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>B.G. Knocc Out & Dresta - D.P.G./K (Dogg Pound Killa) 1995</b></div></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzOgWONGjsn_6Ss4eCZtuPDDLCG_19894KfQ-4RXSLzrgVTv1c397XPzZcaHzP0Pb8PV78GB-BDoMHvgEaAQIX9Yb-qgJwwMmNeA8xXgr9n3aJH_fUrc28Xu9XFCXy3lu4m2J1ncQ33fO5dyS78Ihzcooaf_n32XDFWLniYCK4DtfQsyLNhiQmA0/w636-h640/R-226063-1561987540-3451.jpeg" /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">1995年,兩人在Death Row Records發行首張專輯<b>"Dogg Food"</b>,這張作品非常成功,大賣200萬張,主打歌<b>"Let's Play House"</b>紅透半邊天。亮眼的銷售成績加上犀利的歌詞 (那時候炮火對準了紐約 Bad Boy Records,此外也毫不留情地diss西岸的Ruthless Records),使得Dogg Pound成為了西岸最火紅的雙人組。</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qx9yypsIW_Q" width="320" youtube-src-id="Qx9yypsIW_Q"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Tha Dogg Pound - Let's Play House (Feat. Michel'le, Nate Dogg) 1995</b></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">當時除了Death Row與Ruthless之間的競爭,東西岸牛肉大戰也已經揭開序幕。Death Row老闆Suge Knight於1995年在紐約舉辦的<a href="https://youtu.be/mv2OMXngkEs" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The Source Awards</a>中嘲諷Puff Daddy和Bad Boy Records。這件事發生過後,Dogg Pound一行人就跑到紐約拍<b>"New York, New York"</b>的MV,結果在拍攝期間卻發生了槍擊案(據說是Biggie找人在MV拍攝時開槍),幸好無人受傷。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JPN40vnBQEA" width="320" youtube-src-id="JPN40vnBQEA"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Tha Dogg Pound - New York, New York (Feat. Snoop Dogg) 1995</span></b></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Kurupt事後說到:本來的MV其實沒有踢倒紐約建築的橋段,這段場景是在槍擊案發生後才加上去的。Dogg Pound陣營原本是帶著善意到紐約拍MV,還跑去電台找Funkmaster Flex,希望Funkmaster Flex可以幫忙連絡一些紐約歌手,結果卻被他拒絕。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">本來期盼Nas、Big L等人可以一起出現在MV中,卻被紐約的人認為Dogg Pound在diss紐約,甚至還遭到開槍攻擊,整件事造成Dogg Pound非常不爽,於是找上DJ Quik一起唱了一首<b>"NY ’87"</b>,怒罵Biggie、Mobb Deep等人。但這首歌曲當年並沒有馬上發表,而是一直到2000年Death Row破產之後才流出。事後,Capone-N-Noreaga一幫紐約歌手也出了首<b>"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv2Tfgkm_0M&ab_channel=TommyBoy" target="_blank">LA, LA"</a></b>攻擊西岸(後來這牛肉也早都沒事了,Capone還有跟Daz在今年發表專輯"Guidelinez",並推出新曲<b>"<a href="https://youtu.be/ZqO7I5aSyJE" target="_blank">LA LA x NY NY</a>"</b>)。其實如果認真去看"New York, New York"這首歌的歌詞,應該就會發現,他們是真的沒有在diss紐約。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PCF_cyxA8o8" width="320" youtube-src-id="PCF_cyxA8o8"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2Pac - NY 87 (Feat. DJ Quik, Tha Dogg Pound, Deadly Threat)</span></b></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">題外話:DPG一夥人雖然被開槍,但幾個月後Snoop有去見Puff Daddy,兩人關係一直都不錯,當時Puff Daddy說Biggie也在,DJ Premier、Easy Mo Bee等人全都在同一個錄音室。Biggie就放了他的新歌<b>"Somebody's Gotta Die"</b>給Snoop聽,其中有兩一句歌詞就是在致敬Snoop,誇讚他唱片賣很好,可惜誰也沒想到過沒多久Biggie就死了。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>“I'm sittin' in the crib dreamin' about Lear jets and coupes </i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>The way Salt shoops and how to sell records like Snoop (oops!)”</i></b></span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div><div><p class="p1" style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span></b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/22YBfS3hLrg" width="320" youtube-src-id="22YBfS3hLrg"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The Notorious B.I.G. - Somebody's Gotta Die 1997</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">隨著東西岸情勢越來越緊張,Suge Knight的強勢作風也造成內部糾紛不斷。1995年底,2Pac出獄後全力衝刺新專輯,Suge Knight卻變得越來越暴力,Dr. Dre因為各種bullshit而埋下了日後想要遠離Death Row的念頭,在1996年2Pac的雙CD專輯<b>"All Eyez on Me"</b>中,Dr. Dre只做了二首歌、一首remix,貢獻並不多。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">這反而給了Daz Dillinger和Johnny J (R.I.P.)等其他人機會。在這張專輯中,Daz一共製作了5首歌,其中<b>"Ambitionz Az A Ridah"</b>、<b>"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted"</b>、<b>"I Ain't Mad At Cha"</b>都是紅到爆炸,專輯大賣1000萬張,成為史上最屌的饒舌專輯之一,也確立了2Pac與Death Row王朝的歷史地位。Daz作為製作人的聲勢達到了巔峰,奠定了他在西岸嘻哈樂界中不可動搖的地位。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cQZqPi1aHNo" width="320" youtube-src-id="cQZqPi1aHNo"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2Pac - Ambitionz az a ridah (Prod. Daz Dillinger) 1996</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5V7u672xw4g" width="320" youtube-src-id="5V7u672xw4g"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2Pac - 2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted (Feat. Snoop Dogg/ Prod. Daz Dillinger) 1996</span></b></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">可惜好景不常,1996年三月<a href="https://www.latimes.com/local/la-fi-dredeathrow22march2296-story.html"><b>Dr. Dre離去</b></a>、創立Aftermath Entertainment另起爐灶。1996年九月,2Pac在Las Vegas遭受槍擊不幸過世,而Suge Knight在同年十月入獄。建國元老們(Snoop Dogg、Kurupt、Nate Dogg)也跟著紛紛離開。</span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Daz是在2Pac槍擊案後少數留下來的歌手之一,到了1998年三月,Daz發行了首張個人專輯<b>"Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back"</b>,這張算是九零年代Death Row Records中最後一張 G-Funk專輯。至於他的好搭檔Kurupt離開後則是跟Antra Records簽約,發行首張個人專輯<b>"Kuruption!"</b>,Daz也有情義相挺參與製作了三首歌,包括後來仍為人津津樂道的"C-Walk"。Daz算是比較晚走的,他曾說過:他當時其實是為了留在Death Row多偷幾首歌再走,但這使得他來不及參與Dr. Dre的下一張力作<b>"2001"</b>。</span></div><div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPf--mvU6GB8lCnuXjZv3sQjvn1vrioRNfsUnsCON8p6tn7FzqQUNSjsFVIzZCRB3ir9TKUPBRsCc5yJJLkj9CIGORu9iEVxa-qlm4kJ1JK1rt8WhoNZIdwDv_OmCprpx-AoS60Monu7VA4O8xNaqjPwGjlpIgpkkPKQs0fnte3TKKwkjpmQGOC60/w514-h640/daz-dillinger-retaliation-revenge-and-get-back-md-web.jpeg" /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YjuCuaR94DQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="YjuCuaR94DQ"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Daz Dillinger - In California (Prod. Soopafly) 1998</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iykvtX_ptyg" width="320" youtube-src-id="iykvtX_ptyg"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Kurupt, Big Tray Deee, Slip Capone - C-Walk (Prod. Daz Dillinger) 1998</span></b></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">離開Death Row後,Daz成立了<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.P.G._Recordz">D.P.G. Recordz</a> </b>(Dogg Pound Gangstaz Recordz的縮寫),並於2000年發表了個人專輯<b>"R.A.W."</b>,可惜Daz的影響力已不如以往,銷售成績慘不忍睹。2001年,Daz和Kurupt終於合作推出第二張團體專輯<b>"Dillinger & Young Gotti"</b>,當時Death Row Records仍舊保有使用"Tha Dogg Pound"的權利,因此他們只能改用D.P.G的名號來發行專輯。</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">這張團體專輯發行之後,2002年, Kurupt卻跑回去吃回頭草、重新和Death Row簽約,因此爆發了Daz和Kurupt之間的牛肉大戰(請參考<a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2017/09/daz-dillinger-vs-kurupt.html">西岸愛牛肉第三集</a>)。這場 Beef 從2002年持續到2005年,直到Snoop Dogg舉辦<a href="https://www.mtv.com/news/o12xtb/snoop-dogg-holds-summit-to-squash-beefs-unify-west-coast">Protect the West Conference</a>後兩人才又重新和好。Kurupt隨即退出Death Row Records,而且他們終於也拿回了"Tha Dogg Pound"名字的使用權力,牛肉大戰正式畫上句點,二人重新以個人或Dogg Pound團體的名義繼續做音樂。2006年Dogg Pound重新合體後的首張專輯"Cali Iz Active"賣得不錯,同年Daz也在So So Def發了一張"So So Gangsta"專輯,同樣也獲得不錯的成績,二人直到現在依舊活躍於樂壇。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">題外話:2002年時,Dre、Eminem一幫人出了幾首歌diss Jermaine Dupri,但Snoop、Daz二人似乎不受影響,Snoop與Jermaine合作了非常暢銷的<b>"<a href="https://youtu.be/5cXGtneAmps">Welcome To Atlanta</a>"</b>混音版單曲。Daz則是於2003年和So So Def老闆Jermaine簽約,成為旗下藝人。不知他們大家當時關係如何,可能Dre不在意,畢竟跟Jermaine Dupri本來就沒啥深仇大恨。</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Daz和許多不紅了就破產的饒舌歌手不同,因為他參與過許多經典專輯的製作,他曾在IG上說過,他光靠音樂版權收入,一季大概可以賺20萬美金。雖然很有錢,但他在創作這方面還是蠻勤勞的,幾乎每年都有新作品誕生,常常和各地的歌手合作(個人蠻喜歡2013年他和WC合作的"West Coast Gangsta Shit"專輯)。近年來,他常常跑去亞特蘭大,在那買了豪宅,開設Dogg Pound Sound Stage Studios。2022年,Daz Dillinger來到台灣成立了<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dpg_taiwan/"><b>DPG Taiwan</b></a>,究竟未來還會有什麼好貨,絕對值得所有西岸迷們密切追蹤!</span></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0LyPuFt3CRl1sCv2Rlg2wbwnYIyhhJJShdUbHJ92KpUjrkhAhgPZGOLlASN-2ERIYYzE8wjI-B9mm74B1DnAl28zDsqEd3VV0mCW2OLviKqpw6KDeWC_73Wf8D0ch1ZwqArFzS2bBqhcBCA3kTf5wxvJvFzpUeC2_U2xznqh-p6XB4pvOiGE5iRc/w640-h432/%E8%9E%A2%E5%B9%95%E5%BF%AB%E7%85%A7%202022-10-30%20%E4%B8%8A%E5%8D%883.14.27.png" /></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oA4W_Kr7Amw" width="320" youtube-src-id="oA4W_Kr7Amw"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Daz Dillinger, WC - Stay Out The Way (Feat. Snoop Dogg) 2013</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h6o7CE3aNfU" width="320" youtube-src-id="h6o7CE3aNfU"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Daz Dillinger, WC - Late Nite 2013</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">參考資料:<br /></span></b><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfRgR717he4&ab_channel=TIDAL" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfRgR717he4&ab_channel=TIDAL</span></a></span></li><li><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o17jELfX8I0&ab_channel=djvlad" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o17jELfX8I0&ab_channel=djvlad</span></a></span></li><li><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSlykg8OqaA&t=14s&ab_channel=djvlad" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSlykg8OqaA&t=14s&ab_channel=djvlad</span></a></span></li><li><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbpYopVmsG8&t=437s&ab_channel=djvlad" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbpYopVmsG8&t=437s&ab_channel=djvlad</span></a></span></li><li><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbQnTZ4q4-Q&ab_channel=BHighAtl" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbQnTZ4q4-Q&ab_channel=BHighAtl</span></a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2013/07/daz-dillinger-long-beach-ca.html" target="_blank">https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2013/07/daz-dillinger-long-beach-ca.html</a></span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054766711310725329.post-39601128696152954252022-10-28T00:05:00.011-07:002022-10-28T00:13:35.841-07:00[歌手介紹] Lil Eazy-E (Compton, CA)<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Lil Eazy-E </b></span><span lang="EN-US">1984</span>年出生於加州<span lang="EN-US">Compton</span>,是<span lang="EN-US">Eazy-E</span>的大兒子。</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(原文by西岸愛小編Dragon/ 修訂by Johnny)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTyHfmdKO3Q3cIO9U03wZpPsUgHckd1fP1uiTxLZXGg9dSUPMe-4acL7Zs34UcC-0JIyqJlVQSDZUtx6M6ek6nEctpIhwZ1Tv1SIjxs7wvLPEXBgVglebf5KAuH5cJWzpL9BGASCEPsCGkJvIX4QB3cMVXeOpfN7UErI05KJc2V_7yASLVNgPZ30/s900/lilez.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTyHfmdKO3Q3cIO9U03wZpPsUgHckd1fP1uiTxLZXGg9dSUPMe-4acL7Zs34UcC-0JIyqJlVQSDZUtx6M6ek6nEctpIhwZ1Tv1SIjxs7wvLPEXBgVglebf5KAuH5cJWzpL9BGASCEPsCGkJvIX4QB3cMVXeOpfN7UErI05KJc2V_7yASLVNgPZ30/w640-h640/lilez.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name='more'></a></span></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Lil Eazy-E小時候由奶奶扶養長大,假日會去見他的父親<span lang="EN-US">Eazy-E</span>,<span lang="EN-US">Eazy-E不幸於1995</span>年染上愛滋過世,當時<span lang="EN-US">Lil
Eazy-E只有10</span>歲。<span lang="EN-US">Lil Eazy-E</span>曾說過:許多人以為他從小含著金湯匙出生,住在比佛利山莊之類的高級地方,其實不然,他就住在他父親小時候住的老房子裡,並沒有過著奢華的生活。他也不知道<span lang="EN-US">Eazy-E</span>究竟賺了多少錢。<span lang="EN-US">18</span>歲時,<span lang="EN-US">Lil Eazy-E</span>搬到了<span lang="EN-US">Las Vegas居</span>住了一段時間,據說這段時間他都在<span lang="EN-US">hustle</span>,他和<span lang="EN-US">Kelly Park Compton Crips</span>有掛勾。但他知道不可能<span lang="EN-US">hustle</span>一輩子,於是就回到家鄉<span lang="EN-US">Compton</span>尋求做音樂的機會。</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Lil Eazy-E</span>於<span lang="EN-US">2002-2003</span>年間正式出道,他先是在<span lang="EN-US">Eazy-E</span>的紀錄片<b>"<span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://youtu.be/G8Qnm5QXGi8" target="_blank">Eazy-E: The Life and Timez of EricWright</a>"</span></b>現身說法,首度出現在嘻哈圈。之後被<span lang="EN-US">Virgin Records</span>給簽下。<span lang="EN-US">Lil Eazy-E</span>曾表示,他會被唱片公司簽下,需要歸功於<span lang="EN-US">The Game</span>和<span lang="EN-US">DJ Whoo Kid</span>讓他在<span lang="EN-US">mixtape</span>中唱了一段<span lang="EN-US">16 bars</span>,他指的應該就是<b>"<span lang="EN-US">My Confessions"</span></b>這首歌,這首歌收錄在<b>"</b><span lang="EN-US"><b>G Unit Radio Pt. 8 - The Fifth Element</b>" mixtape</span>中,後來又被放入<span lang="EN-US">The Game</span>的"<span lang="EN-US"><b>Westside Story"</b> mixtape</span>。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">雖說被唱片公司相中,但卻因為管理階層改組等原因,<span lang="EN-US">Virgin Records</span>始終沒有發行他的專輯"<span lang="EN-US">Prince of
Compton" (當年原本各大西岸論壇都在討論,例如DubCNN、West Coast 2K等,西岸迷們引頸期盼這位王子能否接下Eazy-E的火炬繼續寫下傳奇)</span>。後來他改和另一間主流大廠<span lang="EN-US">Universal Motown Records</span>簽約,卻仍舊沒有發專輯,只有發行過<span lang="EN-US">mixtape和一些</span>單曲。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bgvas4rcR8o" width="320" youtube-src-id="Bgvas4rcR8o"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Lil Eazy-E - Get it Crackin' (2003)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bJThxZIxslY" width="320" youtube-src-id="bJThxZIxslY"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The Game ft Lil Eazy-E - My Confessions (2004)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ms0RqqFJBws" width="320" youtube-src-id="ms0RqqFJBws"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Lil Eazy-E - Gangsta Shit (2005)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IIEnQk5qNsY" width="320" youtube-src-id="IIEnQk5qNsY"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Lil Eazy-E - WEST SIDE</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_xp-d-KM_OY" width="320" youtube-src-id="_xp-d-KM_OY"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Lil Eazy-E, BG Knocc Out & Gangsta Dresta - Gangsta Movement (2006)</span></b></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">即使在大唱片公司的發展不那麼順利,Lil Eazy-E還是靠著自己的饒舌打響了名號,歌曲<b>"Get it Crackin"</b>被收錄在當時很賣座的<b>"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvN8PQtRbp4&list=PL01BE70D21AD1743D" target="_blank">True Crime:Streets of LA</a>"</b>電玩原聲帶中。離開Universal Motown Records後,他並沒有再和大公司簽約,而是成立自己的音樂廠牌<b><a href="https://richandruthless.com/" target="_blank">Rich & Ruthless Records</a></b>,目前旗下的藝人有他的弟弟Baby Eazy-E (E3)、墨西哥裔饒舌歌手Kiki Smooth等人,並由DPG的經紀人<b>Arnold "Bigg A" White</b>擔任廠牌的執行長。兄弟倆今年和Kwayke合作,發了一張<b>"Sons of Legends"</b> EP。Lil Eazy-E的音樂生涯路上,受到許多父親的朋友的照顧,例如Bone Thugs、Kokane、BG Knocc Out、Gangsta Dresta、DJ Yella等人,有的一起做歌、有的一起演出。Lil Eazy-E和Dr. Dre的兒子Curtis Young、DPG一掛、Mr. Criminal、Insane Clown Posse等人關係也不錯,都有合作,雖不算大紅大紫,但常常表演、時不時出一些作品。</span></div><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfAdPxNjTfh9XX3qsqy8Ylq4fZO4h_CeXHAztJMTL7XUoz3PweGMasko2OXkFc3Xulci83ikvBGavZDZink_3-ZbNdyjfish1-c1rPX6qdzSdUiotHsfIl6CQQVagXqTpOstSD4Od0wYJXDDvZAYS9Geq63mPCyBf7S-9dyG_Z3VJs86eTnRzyP8/s972/Baby%20Eazy%20E%20(E3).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="972" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfAdPxNjTfh9XX3qsqy8Ylq4fZO4h_CeXHAztJMTL7XUoz3PweGMasko2OXkFc3Xulci83ikvBGavZDZink_3-ZbNdyjfish1-c1rPX6qdzSdUiotHsfIl6CQQVagXqTpOstSD4Od0wYJXDDvZAYS9Geq63mPCyBf7S-9dyG_Z3VJs86eTnRzyP8/w640-h394/Baby%20Eazy%20E%20(E3).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Baby Eazy-E (E3)</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-H08eATPF0" width="320" youtube-src-id="x-H08eATPF0"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Lil Eazy-E - This Ain't A Game (Feat. Bone Thugs N Harmony) (2006)</span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WIQcd55P0iw" width="320" youtube-src-id="WIQcd55P0iw"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Lil Eazy-E - Boyz N Da Hood (2007)</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qQiQcQco8F0" width="320" youtube-src-id="qQiQcQco8F0"></iframe></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Lil Eazy-E - Life of a G</b></span><b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">(Feat. Kokane)</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/toGER2fwbd0" width="320" youtube-src-id="toGER2fwbd0"></iframe></span></div></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Lil Eazy-E - I got that (Feat. Timbaland)</span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lil Eazy-E和The Game同樣來自Compton,兩人一開始關係不錯,Lil Eazy-E有出現在The Game的"The Documentary"紀錄片中,然而事情不久後就變調。The Game非常的喜歡Eazy-E,在他的手上還有Eazy-E的刺青。當時Lil Eazy-E認為:The Game頻繁地提到Eazy-E,一下說他在實現Eazy-E的夢想,一下又說他自己是Eazy-E再世,令他感到不快。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Game則在120 bars回應,說Lil Eazy-E的歌詞不是自己寫的,叫他chill、不要沒事亂放炮。The Game覺得Lil Eazy-E突然搞這牛肉,可能只是為了想宣傳自己的新專輯而已。Lil Eazy-E日後則在訪問中承認自己的錯誤,說自己當時太年輕、衝動,受到身邊的人影響就開始無的放矢,並感謝The Game過去的幫助,之後兩人終於握手言和。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9o7P6GIx55M" width="320" youtube-src-id="9o7P6GIx55M"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The Game - 120 bars (2005)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LsvQ1Ci55dI" width="320" youtube-src-id="LsvQ1Ci55dI"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Lil Eazy-E - Coming From Compton (The Game Diss) (2006)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e9NXKDYTWl0" width="320" youtube-src-id="e9NXKDYTWl0"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Lil Eazy-E - They Know Me (The Game diss) </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span lang="EN-US"><b>"Straight Outta Compton"</b>傳記</span>電影於<span lang="EN-US">2015</span>年上映,<span lang="EN-US">Lil Eazy-E</span>雖然試鏡了很多次,但還是沒獲得青睞,無緣在電影中扮演自己的父親(詳情可參考<b>西岸愛舊文<a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2015/08/all-about-compton-vol-2.html" target="_blank">All About Compton</a></b>)。許多網路留言表示,因為這部電影是由<span lang="EN-US">Ice Cube</span>、<span lang="EN-US">Dr Dre</span>製作,故事自然會比較偏向兩人的說法,而非<span lang="EN-US">Eazy-E</span>那邊。<span lang="EN-US">Lil Eazy-E</span>對於電影與現實不符的部分,可能會有意見。例如電影中<span lang="EN-US">Eazy-E</span>後來很窮,還有<span lang="EN-US">Eazy-E</span>被<span lang="EN-US">Suge</span>的人痛毆的場景,有很高的機率都不是事實。<span lang="EN-US">DJ Vlad</span>曾經訪問過<span lang="EN-US">Lil Eazy-E</span>這件事情,<span lang="EN-US">Lil Eazy-E倒也是</span>沒抱怨劇組。電影中有一幕是<span lang="EN-US">Eazy-E</span>生病快死了,當初導演曾經問他是否能減重,變成消瘦、生病的模樣,<span lang="EN-US">Lil Eazy-E</span>坦承要他減重、增重並不容易,還坦承自己不算是一個專業的演員。如果有看訪問的話,會發現<span lang="EN-US">Lil Eazy-E</span>講話蠻溫文儒雅的,感覺似乎是謙虛、脾氣很好的類型。</div></span><div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">除了音樂事業外,近年來Lil Eazy-E跨足到大麻產業,2019年成立<a href="https://richandruthlesscannabis.com/" target="_blank"><b>Rich & Ruthless Cannabis</b></a>,從加州綠三角Humboldt County引進純天然、無化學、無農藥的產品,公司的高級大麻花在加州各地的dispensary都買得到。還得到了牙買加大麻公司Kaya Group的獨家代理權,在加州拓展生意。期待未來台灣也能因應趨勢修改法規,到時候大家一起來chill一發他們研發的品種CPT Kush Ride。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cEA13zwlZ1I" width="320" youtube-src-id="cEA13zwlZ1I"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Mr.Criminal - L.W.A. Ft. Lil Eazy-E (2016)</span></b></div><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AH8lwX6uYAM" width="320" youtube-src-id="AH8lwX6uYAM"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Lil Eazy-E - It Ain't Over (2021)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aSDEM9PknkQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="aSDEM9PknkQ"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Aceron Feat Lil Eazy-E & Gizelle -Wavy (2022)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kW5uHeadr4g" width="320" youtube-src-id="kW5uHeadr4g"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Remik González - Peligrosa Ft. Lil Eazy-E & Kiki Smooth (2022)</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>參考資料:</b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rap.fandom.com/wiki/Lil%27_Eazy-E" target="_blank">https://rap.fandom.com/wiki/Lil%27_Eazy-E</a></span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKQktXI6DlA&ab_channel=djvlad" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKQktXI6DlA&ab_channel=djvlad</a></span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SQLHk_ajVY&ab_channel=HoldinCourtPodcast" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SQLHk_ajVY&ab_channel=HoldinCourtPodcast</span></a></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwf89e9jmqw&ab_channel=djvlad" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwf89e9jmqw&ab_channel=djvlad</span></a></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054766711310725329.post-69239419116266225982021-06-28T01:36:00.007-07:002022-10-25T22:21:44.892-07:00[Concerts] Blackalicious @ The Prophet Bar 2017<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMRQfthohLmSFk8YAukPnVQvY6IKwbwVh0olugNL8YQrMk07PKpcIXpt6HKCdB5Q_U4DRv3hImcoavjBekxfL2yV823ZplX40y_Jf1XUgZ4sNURGpLP2lDfU5ov7-4o9eZw3zqV3dMBo/s960/1.jpg"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMRQfthohLmSFk8YAukPnVQvY6IKwbwVh0olugNL8YQrMk07PKpcIXpt6HKCdB5Q_U4DRv3hImcoavjBekxfL2yV823ZplX40y_Jf1XUgZ4sNURGpLP2lDfU5ov7-4o9eZw3zqV3dMBo/w640-h640/1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">團體:Blackalicious <br />Hypeman:Jumbo from the Lifesavas <br />開場:Local不知名MC一位 <br />演唱會:沒有名字 <br />時間:2017.10.21 20:00 <br />地點:The Prophet Bar <br />票價:22.15/ 停車費:5</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">原文by西岸愛小編Dragon/ 修訂by Johnny<br /><span><a name='more'></a></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxKxwaFMzzao9nMGm8XgE75oPxsb_Qb3mjMQ7Tg6n-JziN7ILjkj3pSQt79Z-NavNPonUZMMWPu997LwLh-RhbvBXafOwGKR9vi3AYq2hDvDXaewlifN0lOiEJWO18A2rtgvpLXJMhyphenhyphenM/s630/2.jpg"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxKxwaFMzzao9nMGm8XgE75oPxsb_Qb3mjMQ7Tg6n-JziN7ILjkj3pSQt79Z-NavNPonUZMMWPu997LwLh-RhbvBXafOwGKR9vi3AYq2hDvDXaewlifN0lOiEJWO18A2rtgvpLXJMhyphenhyphenM/w640-h426/2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />有時候總是要等人出名了,或是死了才寫文章。不是要蹭熱度,就人生缺乏動力。<b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/officialblackalicious" target="_blank">Blackalicious</a></b>由<a href="https://www.facebook.com/realgiftofgab" target="_blank">Gift of Gab</a>和<a href="https://www.facebook.com/chiefxcelmusic" target="_blank">Chief Xcel</a>兩人組成,1MC、1DJ的編制。Gift of Gab本來住在LA都會區,Chief Xcel則是來自Bay Area。兩人在高中時搬了家,1987年一起在Sacramento的John F. Kennedy高中唸書。當時有上同一門經濟學,所以認識了彼此,平常兩人會爭論Ice-T 和Too Short誰比較屌之類的話題,也都喜歡紐約團體Audio Two的Top Billin這首歌。當時Gift of Gab和Chief Xcel有想要一起做音樂,但因為其他團員離開、Gift of Gab的媽媽叫他不要做世俗音樂(應該就是非宗教相關的)之類的事情,後來也沒什麼成果。<br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">高中畢業後Gift of Gab回到LA都會區,而Chief Xcel在離Sacramento不遠的UC Davis唸大學。Chief Xcel當時買了錄音設備開始做beats,兩人會透過電話來做歌,Gift of Gab也常告訴Chief Xcel當時LA的地下音樂Good Life一夥有多屌。後來兩人覺得這樣子做歌,做不出什麼東西,於是Gift of Gab便搭巴士到了Davis,和Chief Xcel一起住,正式組成Blackalicious發展。當時他們的夥伴還有Lyrics Born、DJ Shadow、Lateef The Truthspeaker等等,一夥人組成了SoleSides這個嘻哈團體。</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDJDy6_c8ttwu4sJfiEh7vTLE4wTZHTJpLahT18dtuekkkIK8GE1TDA9vN025n0GwTwiGRVySxA_6F8Y1a1dsCHuSfXc8xFU0Mghg1Xi_FlIHYYJG4E3yWVVj3YxFbvu1z3iNc1mTPGk/s500/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDJDy6_c8ttwu4sJfiEh7vTLE4wTZHTJpLahT18dtuekkkIK8GE1TDA9vN025n0GwTwiGRVySxA_6F8Y1a1dsCHuSfXc8xFU0Mghg1Xi_FlIHYYJG4E3yWVVj3YxFbvu1z3iNc1mTPGk/w640-h640/3.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />當初在網路上看到他們要來達拉斯的時候,我對這團有印象,但其實也忘記他們是誰了,饒舌歌手太多,我甚至一度以為他們的名字是Blacklacious。但當我上維基百科一查,看到Nia這張專輯的封面的時候,馬上想起來這張誤打誤撞買到的專輯。這張專輯和我當時所認識的西岸風格並不一樣,一開始我還以為他們來自東岸。但第一次聽就覺得非常不錯,不論是歌曲的製作、歌詞的內容、押韻、饒舌的flow都有很高的水準,非常推薦大家去聽。 <br /><br />雖然並不是主流大紅大紫的團體,但也廣受地下歌迷的愛戴。其中<b>Alphabet Aerobics</b>這首歌中,Gift of Gab照順序使用同一字母開頭的詞來饒舌,展現其深厚的字彙量。之後紐約的Papoose和英國的Lowkey也推出類似的作品。這首歌也因為哈利波特演員Daniel Radcliffe在Jimmy Fallon show上面表演而受到一般大眾的關注。話說Daniel Radcliffe饒舌也不差。</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aKdV5FvXLuI" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">今天的場地在The Prophet Bar,這邊和之前曾經去過的The Doors是連在一起、共用廁所的,也許是同個老闆經營的。這是我第一次來到這個場地,這邊不是很好,場地是長方形,舞台在短邊,和The Pipe有點像,如果比較晚進場站在後面可能就看不太到。這場之前認識的東岸大叔也有來,東岸大叔還說以前Dallas當地的傳奇人物Erykah Badu在走紅之前,不定期會在這邊表演。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTRK5DUbTtBTVbhuuyTH96vpo3BBVOoyTQJv7wycTfVSVE8e9TngDOMO2NlwIWuHQFuGUnPJToeyTgOQ_Ohef99eQVQ9SeOcOwWAUt6pGEk_2-5ScO_aN0kb9nheFHl4eWOf5PAM8ysGc/s809/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="606" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTRK5DUbTtBTVbhuuyTH96vpo3BBVOoyTQJv7wycTfVSVE8e9TngDOMO2NlwIWuHQFuGUnPJToeyTgOQ_Ohef99eQVQ9SeOcOwWAUt6pGEk_2-5ScO_aN0kb9nheFHl4eWOf5PAM8ysGc/w480-h640/4.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUUijCmMzBbfjav7CbWZAQbqrHB8cxhYRAPv1D2XeH40RQJR844duddau1hXGRLcoYuHe-MR6UoOze9yRXqrA8GEOoRBiWEOiiF93iiroLoKa9N2La78URkqXohOr-8q-YUsao0802CI/s809/5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="606" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUUijCmMzBbfjav7CbWZAQbqrHB8cxhYRAPv1D2XeH40RQJR844duddau1hXGRLcoYuHe-MR6UoOze9yRXqrA8GEOoRBiWEOiiF93iiroLoKa9N2La78URkqXohOr-8q-YUsao0802CI/w480-h640/5.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">同時也在宣傳紐奧良的</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">Curren$y</span><span style="line-height: 107%;">的演唱會,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">Curren$y</span><span style="line-height: 107%;">也是我蠻喜歡的歌手,可惜我無緣參加。</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_WcnZsTqguTTLvvj5VzvdqcLJfEs248ZS3k3aVlxB3P4bWxlLuqJ6yW9CsGd20BhmDh5w4XRoXPyOWlZE3gJceyOrT2AjONtEFTCKkDf70LUx0ZgOPvcY7-LtJVfgcL76WI50SiAGng/s808/6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="808" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_WcnZsTqguTTLvvj5VzvdqcLJfEs248ZS3k3aVlxB3P4bWxlLuqJ6yW9CsGd20BhmDh5w4XRoXPyOWlZE3gJceyOrT2AjONtEFTCKkDf70LUx0ZgOPvcY7-LtJVfgcL76WI50SiAGng/w640-h480/6.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">開場的是這位<span lang="EN-US">local</span>的不知名<span lang="EN-US">MC</span>,歌詞和唱法還可以,但聽久了就稍微無聊,並沒有特殊之處。<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8R1w5cGH6Sr8vF_YIZTQkJbHrkdJRWpqB7VULgnMhXP730kWvcblouqQ_obypyQ01wxxuEdEahiqkp_05qH3Wox4S4J73lf3Fu3QK_CuyMj8VsghLoKqTxeCU0hcie1ncJ2072Oz9oMw/s808/7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="808" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8R1w5cGH6Sr8vF_YIZTQkJbHrkdJRWpqB7VULgnMhXP730kWvcblouqQ_obypyQ01wxxuEdEahiqkp_05qH3Wox4S4J73lf3Fu3QK_CuyMj8VsghLoKqTxeCU0hcie1ncJ2072Oz9oMw/w640-h480/7.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Chief Xcel</span>上台準備、試音。<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVtgoh-zL9mD7UderNaq8mlDHNEbTOHZz2OcjqTSKSNnbyExcRupaMAoUbGe3PKXvxE_iOBxrZgyy8Wi4TrIoQh-6gFoZHdR1YOe45HIPZZM7qBIe7G6MCBYiJhjMPQOmdenBY3g-qtQ/s808/8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="808" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVtgoh-zL9mD7UderNaq8mlDHNEbTOHZz2OcjqTSKSNnbyExcRupaMAoUbGe3PKXvxE_iOBxrZgyy8Wi4TrIoQh-6gFoZHdR1YOe45HIPZZM7qBIe7G6MCBYiJhjMPQOmdenBY3g-qtQ/w640-h480/8.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">左邊這位擔任<span lang="EN-US">Hype man</span>兼暖場的是<span lang="EN-US">Lifesavas</span>成員<span lang="EN-US">Jumbo</span>,<span lang="EN-US">Lifesavas</span>這團是<span lang="EN-US">Chief Xcel</span>所發掘的團體。他現場的表演還蠻有活力的,常常自己搖擺、動起來。這場氣氛還蠻<span lang="EN-US">high</span>的,本來以為像<span lang="EN-US">Blackalicious</span>這種歌曲沒那麼<span lang="EN-US">high</span>的團體的表演會比較靜,但沒想到<span lang="EN-US">Gift of
Gab</span>和<span lang="EN-US">Jumbo</span>都很會帶氣氛,觀眾也都買單一起<span lang="EN-US">high</span>起來,也發現<span lang="EN-US">Blackalicious</span>的<span lang="EN-US">high</span>歌比我以為的還多。<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDH1HUGXNjLniNaCCl344Vo69WQKI1Yy4f1wMF7rjVtTjSHTlLK-tQMObn4o1HcJOXKRYMUyAwFDO0iQlVkM7tadyMUsiTJheY_FAgUu2UcN4nfIsRm3uPK9_i4BMem6tvOi-YH8g55js/s735/9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="735" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDH1HUGXNjLniNaCCl344Vo69WQKI1Yy4f1wMF7rjVtTjSHTlLK-tQMObn4o1HcJOXKRYMUyAwFDO0iQlVkM7tadyMUsiTJheY_FAgUu2UcN4nfIsRm3uPK9_i4BMem6tvOi-YH8g55js/w640-h478/9.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">這次也是該唱的曲目都唱了,但因為資料有點遺失,不是非常確定唱了哪些歌曲。印象中有:<span lang="EN-US">Deception</span>、<span lang="EN-US">Release</span>、<span lang="EN-US">Make you feel that way</span>、<span lang="EN-US">Blazing arrow</span>、<span lang="EN-US">Shallow Days(</span>這首我還蠻喜歡的<span lang="EN-US">)</span>、<span lang="EN-US">On fire tonight</span>、<span lang="EN-US">Blacka</span>、<span lang="EN-US">Sports Alphabet</span>、<span lang="EN-US">Swan Lake</span>、<span lang="EN-US">The Craft</span>、<span lang="EN-US">Chemical Calisthenics</span>、<span lang="EN-US">Alphabet Aerobics</span>最後這兩首其中一首壓軸。</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XFn44AtvlRqIWREpBUXYxuBz_EW6ph6AtBwGRqwEMXFZ78Qiyn1UBkazK0WgZ3jy4_J_uMYwlnCXrYHJwCYTYK9xSELbTX2yfg7qVnRxFT63EH_cunzW0dD4ES5iHAP_430Snj6vj7k/s808/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="808" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XFn44AtvlRqIWREpBUXYxuBz_EW6ph6AtBwGRqwEMXFZ78Qiyn1UBkazK0WgZ3jy4_J_uMYwlnCXrYHJwCYTYK9xSELbTX2yfg7qVnRxFT63EH_cunzW0dD4ES5iHAP_430Snj6vj7k/w640-h480/10.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Gift of Gab看起來蠻操老的,我還特地去查了他46歲。Jumbo開場唱了一次,中間又唱了一次,Gift of Gab坐在後面。雖然不會不喜歡Jumbo,但他又不是主秀,當時不懂為何要這樣安排。Gift of Gab雖然饒舌的聲音、力度都有出來,但他的臉看起來真的是非常的疲憊,表演到後面搬了一張椅子來坐,坐著饒舌。 <br /><br />這場表演見識到了Gift of Gab深厚的MC功力,唱<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A0BmbiM53Q" target="_blank">Deception</a>、<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D5iyKXZcUQ" target="_blank">Alphabet Aerobics</a>這種歌的時候夠嗨,唱Shallow Days 、Make you feel that way氣氛也營造得很好,good vibe。Chief Xcel在後面控場,功不可沒。記得Gift of Gab一唱完然就消失了,還好有幸和Chief Xcel、Jumbo合照。</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />我個人是不太喜歡他們排歌的順序,表演期間還Freestyle了兩次。有時候唱到正嗨,又突然Freestyle,加上前面提到的Jumbo中間又表演,整個show的感覺不太流暢,印象中也不是很長。2020傳出他換腎的消息,才知道Gift of Gab有在洗腎(Chief Xcel說他每周要洗腎四次,一次八小時),才明白那些安排的原因應該都是健康因素,需要調節體力,演唱會比一般的還要早開始,應該也是同個原因。看表演時,覺得他的身體狀況不好,明明比我家裡長輩年輕,卻沒什麼活力,沒想到現在(2021/6)真的<a href="https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/9592919/blackalicious-gift-of-gab-dead-timothy-parker/" target="_blank">因為腎衰竭走了</a>,享年50歲。RIP。</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="574" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJowibLdI594g1Q65woxvLr3e2orfhpqcfW-poNxLONqh0EhdEHRs_0HWrtVZ5tLb2O4tM3TLM1tWoTb4kXN-fIj4yhZhoW1DELEKv7FzD6v5QLRx7kqVqQ95MrXTuYgvm-3gieRZdV8/w478-h640/12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="478" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rest In Peace Gift of Gab</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJowibLdI594g1Q65woxvLr3e2orfhpqcfW-poNxLONqh0EhdEHRs_0HWrtVZ5tLb2O4tM3TLM1tWoTb4kXN-fIj4yhZhoW1DELEKv7FzD6v5QLRx7kqVqQ95MrXTuYgvm-3gieRZdV8/s767/12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">其實除了Nia以外,後來我也沒去聽他們別的專輯了,就是零星聽了一些歌。有些歌youtube點閱率不高,但真的也是順耳、好聽,例如If I may,和Watsky 合作的<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlrvQpkPhMA" target="_blank">Everything Turns to Gold</a>也好好聽。可能我聽得太少,想不出來有誰能在2002年左右,寫得出<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arJXKrBThBc" target="_blank">Chemical Calisthenics</a>這種歌?</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="新細明體, serif" style="line-height: 107%;">綜觀</span><span lang="EN-US">Blackalicious / Gift of Gab</span><span face=""新細明體","serif"" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">的生涯,在嘻哈迷的心中絕對佔有一席之地。這點可以從他們出道</span><span lang="EN-US">20</span><span face=""新細明體","serif"" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">多年後,仍然可以獨立在美國、歐洲,開超過</span><span lang="EN-US">20</span><span face=""新細明體","serif"" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">場的長期巡迴看出</span><span lang="EN-US">(</span><span face=""新細明體","serif"" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">我看的這個</span><span lang="EN-US">tour</span><span face=""新細明體","serif"" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">剛好比較短,只有</span><span lang="EN-US">10</span><span face=""新細明體","serif"" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">幾場</span><span lang="EN-US">)</span><span face=""新細明體","serif"" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">。不是一線主流大咖,卻能那麼多人</span><span lang="EN-US">book</span><span face=""新細明體","serif"" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">的歌手,這樣的案例也沒有很多。</span><span lang="EN-US">2017</span><span face=""新細明體","serif"" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">年</span><span lang="EN-US">Gift of Gab</span><span face=""新細明體","serif"" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">和</span><span lang="EN-US">R.A. 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(Maverick Montana of DaCloth) 獨家訪談 2021<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsNXY8EP9Bq-hLJiQ7a3XpHLpoNdySGFx0veKaILBfMzKFme1McMhP_u1TbujmnToGIPo9h8O2h1E_HUKPT-ifRHnDCqMnFBwrufOhqzO_ucYQnraiWevB1Y9MQTrgN6Uk3cONkm0GpO8/s1920/dacloth.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="1920" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsNXY8EP9Bq-hLJiQ7a3XpHLpoNdySGFx0veKaILBfMzKFme1McMhP_u1TbujmnToGIPo9h8O2h1E_HUKPT-ifRHnDCqMnFBwrufOhqzO_ucYQnraiWevB1Y9MQTrgN6Uk3cONkm0GpO8/w640-h408/dacloth.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">邁入2021年,由於疫情及個人因素,很多計畫都推遲,但只要一有機會,西岸愛仍會持續推出訪問。這次聯繫上<b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dabusinessend_mav/" target="_blank">M.A.V.</a> (a.k.a Maverick Montana)</b>,他們的團隊<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDLI4Ts5KGsMMzhZ14MM3sw" target="_blank">DaCloth</a></b>正從紐約崛,在這百花爭鳴的地下嘻哈圈成為一股新勢力。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><br /><b>1. Can you introduce yourself? How did you start your career? 請做個自我介紹</b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">M.A.V. (以下簡稱M):</span>Peace! I’m MAV one of the founding members of DaCloth! Money And Violence the people respect both. I started this journey in early 2000 late 90’s and took several years off to deal with some real life shit pre DaCloths inception.<br style="font-weight: 400;" /></li><li><b>M:</b>Peace! 我是M.A.V.,DaCloth團隊的創始成員。M.A.V.的意思是"金錢與暴力" (Money And Violence)的縮寫,這是人們所敬畏的兩件事。我從90年末、2000年初開始音樂生涯,DaCloth成立之前,我在街頭打滾了好幾年。</li></ul><b>2. How do you describe your style? 如何形容你的風格?</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>M:</b>I’d describe my style as real time intelligence with real life experience... no cliche shit...<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>M:</b>我會形容我的風格為真實的街頭智慧、以及真實的生活經驗...而不是那些譁眾取寵的陳腔濫調...</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWd7Vlu4lm4t4ncNSnxO5BQV8bK0uU2OXcGhmUnc2g72debE_SJm0J1-KNRXJgSN_WCmu2XB1TPnNae8-BdlkZ6kj0uZwasTqc8isr-mPpJYHAKYFr3LJd6ZT7SNFfQBffIaHSjSfyhbI/s1920/mav-da-cloth-interview-1920x822.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="1920" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWd7Vlu4lm4t4ncNSnxO5BQV8bK0uU2OXcGhmUnc2g72debE_SJm0J1-KNRXJgSN_WCmu2XB1TPnNae8-BdlkZ6kj0uZwasTqc8isr-mPpJYHAKYFr3LJd6ZT7SNFfQBffIaHSjSfyhbI/w640-h274/mav-da-cloth-interview-1920x822.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></b><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>3. Who inspires you the most? Or what albums that inspire you the most? 音樂上的啟發。</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>M:</b>Truly life is my biggest inspiration, that’s where everything I write comes from. Life and all it throws at you, how you navigate it. Triumphs and failures for some of us it’s similar and for some it’s very different. As far as what albums I’d say Illmatic as a young man, Reasonable Doubt, the Adventures of Slick Rick, Straight Out of Compton, I listened to so much as a youngster the earliest was Bambata and guys like Kurtis Blow. They weren’t really influential to me but the latter albums were similar to a life I had grown to know well and we like what we are. But the person who made me want to rap would be my sister, I heard her live on the radio one evening rapping and I knew that’s what I wanted to do one day.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>M: </b>生活就是最大的啟發,我所有的作品都是由此而來。生命中的一切,重點在於你是如何去掌控,如同勝利或是失敗的定義,有些人是這樣、但對另一些人卻又不一樣。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">如果說是音樂專輯的話,在年幼時期影響我最大的就是illmatic。另外還有Reasonable Doubt, the Adventures of Slick Rick, Straight Out of Compton等專輯,我把這些專輯聽了好幾遍。更早期的Afrika Bambaataa以及Kurtis Blow我也聽,即使這兩位並不是真的對我造成很大的影響,但是專輯所傳達出的訊息就是來自街頭的真實生活,這是我成長過程中相當熟悉、也相當喜愛的。至於真正影響我、讓我開始饒舌的則是我的姊姊,小時候曾聽到她在廣播電台上的夜間節目中現場饒舌,從此讓我決定未來也要成為饒舌歌手。</span></li></ul><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">4. You are one of the founding members of DaCloth. Can you let us know how it all starts? Who are other members? and what is your role in the group? 你是DaCloth的創始成員,可以介紹一下各個成員以及你在團體中的定位?</span></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>M:</b>After doing our things separately as solo artists me Rigz, Symph and Illanoise decided to connect and take the strength in numbers approach. Later we recruited TimesChange, Mooch and Rob Gates. As far as my roll I’ve played a lot of positions under DaCloth umbrella. I’m whatever my team need me to be when they need me to be it. I’ve answered calls, made connections, held the lights at video shoots and carried equipment. I just get shit done...<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>M:</b>我們一開始其實是各自發展。後來由我、<a href="https://www.instagram.com/rigz585/" target="_blank">Rigz</a>、<a href="https://www.instagram.com/daclothsymph/" target="_blank">Symph</a>以及<a href="https://www.instagram.com/illanoise585/" target="_blank">Illanoise</a>決定一起合作,用團隊力量的方式來創造優勢。後來延攬了<a href="https://www.instagram.com/timeschange/" target="_blank">TimesChange</a>、<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dacloth_mooch/" target="_blank">Mooch</a>以及<a href="https://www.instagram.com/rob_likegetrobbed_gates/" target="_blank">Rob Gates</a>等人加入。我在團隊中的角色,其實負責了很多部分,只要是團隊要我做的任何事、或是對我的期望,我都會去達成,不論是打電話、做公關、在拍攝音樂錄影帶時幫忙打光、或是扛器材設備等等,我總是使命必達。</span></li></ul></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">5. Rochester has many great hip hop artists, such as Eto, 38 Spesh...etc.. There are so many underground artists rising up in recent years. How do you differentiate yourself from others? 你的家鄉Rochester有許多優秀的嘻哈音樂人,例如Eto、38Spesh等等,有許多人在近幾年逐漸崛起,你要如何與其他人做出差異、脫穎而出?</span></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>M:</b>First off the age separates us! I’ve lived a storied life while some stories are just beginning. I just stay true to me and I don’t really subscribe to what other artists have going on. The guys getting the light from Rochester have been dope for years it just took some time for the rest of the world to catch up.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>M:</b>光是年紀的差異就讓我與其他歌手不同了。我的人生歷練就如同一個故事,而有一些故事才正要開始。我總是保持真實的自己,不會特別去關注其他歌手們在做啥。而其實Rochester出產的嘻哈音樂一直都很屌,但這需要花時間才能讓世界各地的人都體驗到。</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>6. From 2019 to 2020, you have released 7 projects. How did you finish them in this short period of time? 光是在近兩年內你就推出七張專輯,你是如何在這麼短的時間內完成?<br /></b><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>M:</b>I was commissioned to do two different projects all while working on some of my own. Sometimes in the middle of recording a project I’ll take a break and record a different project so when I go back to the original I’ll feel a little refreshed in doing so. I have several projects done now that I’ve yet to release but whenever I do it’ll be new to the audience and listeners may be under the assumption that I wrote and recorded them in haste which couldn’t be the further from the truth.<br /></span></li><li><b>M:</b>我是同時多工進行,當我在做自己的作品時、又同時接了另外兩個合作的案子。有時候在錄製一張專輯時,我會在完成一半的時後就休息一下,然後跑去錄另一張不同的專輯,之後再回來完成原本的工作,透過這種方式比較能讓我保持耳目一新、重新出發。不過其實我是已經累積了很多作品,只是都還沒發表過,因此當我接連推出作品時,或許聽眾會以為我是在匆忙之間完成,但事實上並非如此。</li></ul><b>7. The trend of vinyl records keeps growing. The sale of vinyl records has officially surpassed CDs. And lots of underground hip hop vinyl pop up at the market. How do you feel about this trend? What is your opinion on releasing music on vinyl? 黑膠唱片的風潮持續成長,甚至已經正式超越CD的銷量,近年來許多地下嘻哈唱片紛紛浮出檯面。你是如何看待這股風潮?以及你對以黑膠形式發行音樂的看法?</b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>M:</b>I feel like this is history repeating itself! Vinyl played an important role in the way people listened to music and there are people who still appreciate the sound of a good quality 12 inch on the wheel. I think at this point for some of us vinyl is the standard.<br /></span></li><li><b>M:</b>我覺得這就是歷史輪迴。以前黑膠唱片就是人們聆聽音樂時相當重要的媒介,而現在也還是很多人珍惜著12吋唱片轉動時所帶來的美好音質。因此對我們這類喜愛黑膠的人來說,黑膠唱片才應該是業界的標準。</li></ul></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>8. What is your advice to other upcoming independent artists, especially during the coronavirus pandemic? 你對其他正要展開生涯的獨立音樂人有何建議?尤其是在目前疫情嚴峻的影響之下。</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>M:</b>If you didn’t take advantage of the world being at a standstill you were waisting time! People were at home streams were up, the consumers purchased music at an alarming rate and if you didn’t have anything to offer them again you were late to the party. If you take what your doing serious use every opportunity to build your brand and your name up as an artists. Work on perfecting your craft but most importantly have a plan in place to deliver your music to your fan base. Connect with artists outside of your area to broaden that fanbase and give them quality shit. If you don’t take advantage of this now it may be a little harder to establish yourself once the world is in motion again. It can definitely be done though, just take advantage of this time as an artist.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>M:</b>如果你不懂得掌握潮流、而是停頓不前,那麼就是在浪費時間。疫情之下,現在的人們都關在家聽著串流音樂、瘋搶著購買黑膠唱片,如果你不懂得在這時提供他們想要的,那麼你就錯失了許多良機。如果你很認真看待你的事業,那麼就應該珍惜每一次的機會去建立品牌以及你的名聲。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">除了要讓自己的技巧越來越強之外,最重要的是如何將你的音樂給呈現給粉絲,例如與其他地區的音樂人一起合作來接觸到更多的粉絲族群。如果不善加利用這些機會,當世界重新又動起來的時候,要再去卡位就很難了。總之就是把握現在有的機會去好好經營,這些事情都是絕對能達到的。</span></li></ul></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">9. Who do you want to work with in the future projects? And can you let us know where we can follow your works? 未來最想和誰合作?去哪邊可追蹤到你的音樂?</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>M:</b>I personally don’t have any particular artists or producers I want to work with on projects. I think in time something could materialize, but I just do what I want to do as an artist and I have a network of artists that I respect and can call on in those moments. My work can be found at AllThingzMAV.com and via my bandcamp page <a href="http://mavmusic3.bandcamp.com/">mavmusic3.bandcamp.com</a> in the near future you’ll have to come to my website to get anything MAV associated musically. </span>In DaCloth We Trust !!!!!!!!!!</li><li><b>M:</b>我自己並沒有特別想和哪個歌手或製作人合作。很多合作隨著時間發展都能去實現,但目前我只想做自己想做的事,我也有自己的社交網絡,裡面的人都是我所尊敬且任何時候都能聯繫上。想追蹤我的音樂可以去AllThingzMAV.com 或是我的<a href="http://mavmusic3.bandcamp.com" target="_blank">bandcamp page</a>,不過未來我所有的作品都會移往個人網站上去。</li></ul></span></div>
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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnhukYkbJ1MRRK0kDuyp903DdBefMO0XKCeN7xTu0yStev6pPt72YuRAF6jaMqFCcFrVcn5OK3NZhz6clkgPmdXkNWMFsLhm0ArFPlq0US5MPyvWIrFf7_0uAzqAKNNuMrs-3FgyE_Cc/w640-h360/jimmydre.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">原文: Dragon/ 修訂: Johnny</span></b></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name='more'></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6958022/" target="_blank">The Defiant Ones</a></b>這部紀錄片由HBO製作,分成兩線分別介紹<b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DrDre" target="_blank">Dr Dre</a></b>與<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Iovine" target="_blank">Jimmy Iovine</a></b>。雖然說N.W.A和Dr Dre的故事都講到爛了,但還是再講一次。<br /><br /></span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jimmy Iovine</span></h2><span style="font-family: arial;">Jimmy Iovine是義大利裔,出生在紐約,父親是碼頭工人。Jimmy成績差、從小就不喜歡上學,於是他買了吉他、開始組團。二十歲左右的時候,他來到Record Plant錄音室工作,幫忙打掃並學習錄音,這段經歷也正式開啟了Jimmy Iovine的音樂生涯,有機會參與了數張美國歷史上經典的搖滾專輯:1973年的復活節,約翰藍儂卻跑到錄音室錄歌,大家都放假去了,便叫有空的Jimmy來幫忙錄音。1975年,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" target="_blank">Bruce Springsteen</a>和製作人Jon Landau正在錄製"Born to Run"專輯,Jon Landau叫Jimmy來幫忙做,結果這張專輯在全美大賣了六百萬張,讓Bruce Springsteen成為了搖滾巨星。</span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsk6bAd6ZxMawWs4lEF-jNvWgue2G3SyqEfA1L7dkBAA12I1Aqbn4IOLGsCbTx56QkAXeNfyLiYJarZEfx1qUn_-e6mDTKeDoIGBk7tFEJu8lr-8DUyENv6g0RUrUd9RSju16_KswS3P8/s670/jimmylovine1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="670" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsk6bAd6ZxMawWs4lEF-jNvWgue2G3SyqEfA1L7dkBAA12I1Aqbn4IOLGsCbTx56QkAXeNfyLiYJarZEfx1qUn_-e6mDTKeDoIGBk7tFEJu8lr-8DUyENv6g0RUrUd9RSju16_KswS3P8/w640-h426/jimmylovine1.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jimmy </b><span style="text-align: start;"><b>Iovine</b></span><b>與龐克音樂教母Patti Smith</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">後來Jimmy改和英國倫敦的樂團Foghat合作,但結果並不順利,反而害他被炒了魷魚。幸好不久後Jimmy遇到了<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%95%E8%92%82%C2%B7%E5%8F%B2%E5%AF%86%E6%96%AF" target="_blank">Patti Smith</a>,Patti Smith希望Jimmy來製作她的專輯,因為Jimmy總是在錄音室裡面用認真態度完成工作,Patti Smith就是想要和這種工作狂工作。1978年,Patti Smith與她的樂團推出了<b>"Easter"</b>專輯,整張都是由Jimmy Iovine操刀製作,後來這張專輯大賣,幫助Patti Smith進入主流市場、同時也證明了Jimmy Iovine的才能。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">在洛杉磯的<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Petty" target="_blank">Tom Petty</a> (R.I.P.)聽到了Jimmy幫Bruce Springsteen、Patti Smith做的東西,覺得很喜歡,就把Jimmy從紐約找到洛杉磯來幫忙錄音。Jimmy第一次到洛杉磯的時候是12月,那時候洛杉磯是25°C,他們幫Jimmy租了一個房子,但他覺得很可怕,因為他在紐約都是住在公寓裏面,洛杉磯的這種房子讓他感覺好像住在森林裡。之後Jimmy幫忙製作<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Nicks" target="_blank">Stevie Nicks</a> (Fleetwood Mac的靈魂人物)的音樂,當時兩人還交往同居了一陣子,雖然說這段戀情相當短暫就結束了(由於Stevie Nicks本身患有相當嚴重的毒癮),但這時期的Jimmy算是已經在業界闖出名堂。Jimmy可以為Dire Straits、Bob Seager這種本來就已經成功的歌手製作,還搭上了U2,和Bono一拍即合,做了很多音樂。</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9n5rdMbUCI3N6gsx1J6AcZXZ7ViGGcWaX_F-PZfyXUzQpM-hQi74vtl0_tNt1fyrJUoDo1xNQui9PkU-OKK4MRJlEAM2Gj1KYQngx2ZjODd0isO2ZT_FSCC9WBSqDsDb64Zt5ECf2V8o/s2048/jimmy3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9n5rdMbUCI3N6gsx1J6AcZXZ7ViGGcWaX_F-PZfyXUzQpM-hQi74vtl0_tNt1fyrJUoDo1xNQui9PkU-OKK4MRJlEAM2Gj1KYQngx2ZjODd0isO2ZT_FSCC9WBSqDsDb64Zt5ECf2V8o/w640-h426/jimmy3.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jimmy </b><span style="text-align: start;"><b>Iovine</b></span><b>與九寸釘樂團主唱Trent Reznor</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><h2 style="text-align: left;">Dr Dre</h2>Dr Dre從小就喜歡音樂,想當DJ的他,找上了夜店老闆Alonzo Williams,後來成功加入<b>World Class Wreckin' Cru</b>。Dr Dre想做嘻哈音樂,但Alonzo 希望他們做Oldies和充滿電子風味的舞曲快歌,Dr Dre並沒有很喜歡當時World Class Wreckin' Cru做的東西。於是Dr Dre決定和Eazy-E一起搞音樂,Eazy-E很不會饒舌,但聲音很有識別度,於是Dr Dre耐心地陪他錄音,才成功做出作品。(這部分的情節也可以直接看電影<b>"Straight Outta Compton"</b>)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">當Eazy-E在錄音室一直搞砸時,Ice Cube總會受不了而走開,想不到Eazy E的歌曲<b>"<a href="https://youtu.be/64mx7TiCbuY" target="_blank">Boyz-N-The-Hood</a>"</b>竟然真的成功了(MC Ren還嚇到,想說Eazy E怎麼會饒舌)。打鐵趁熱之下,Dr Dre找來了The D.O.C.,而Eazy-E找了住在附近的MC Ren一起加入、成為正式團員。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">在N.W.A的成員定位之中,Eazy E是走街頭路線,Ice Cube走一個Malcom X的憤怒路線,MC Ren是兩個路線間的橋梁,Dr Dre則是結合街頭和商業。至於The D.O.C.寫了很多歌詞,但他卻更有意願去當個solo artist,原因沒有多做說明。此時Eazy-E也推出女子團體JJ Fad,大獲成功,拿下了RIAA認證的金唱片。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">N.W.A一行人有在玩漆彈,有天Dr Dre、Eazy-E拿著漆彈槍到高速公路上射別人的車子,不久後就被警察逮捕,Dr Dre假日得去坐牢,因為少了Dr Dre一起party,Ice Cube的生活變得相當無聊,於是就寫了<b>"Fuck The Police"</b>,這讓N.W.A迅速竄紅。後來Dr Dre的弟弟Tyree死了,Dre開始憂鬱起來,反觀D.O.C.倒是很high,邊做愛邊用Ecstasy,在Ecstasy效果還沒退的時候開車回家、出了車禍,送醫院做了14小時的整形手術,D.O.C.的聲音沒了,也斷送了他大好的音樂生涯。</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1989年,Ice Cube離開N.W.A後,雙方人馬開始瘋狂互嗆。主持人Dee Barnes當時主持Pump it up節目,在採訪完N.W.A之後,又跑去找Ice Cube訪問,Ice Cube當然是不干示弱地回嗆N.W.A,還模仿D.O.C.出車禍後的聲音來嘲諷他。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1991年,Dr Dre也受不了被剝削,當面質問Eazy-E,說不是經紀人Jerry Heller走,就是他自己退出,而Eazy-E說他沒辦法擺脫Jerry。後來離開N.W.A後,Dre變得更加消沉,常常喝酒,有一次在Club喝酒後遇到Dee Barnes,就把他給揍了一頓,這個揍女人事件成為了Dre生涯上的一大污點。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">後來Dr Dre在Calabasas區買了一棟房子,Snoop Dogg便搬進去和他住,Warren G、Nate Dogg、Daz Dillinger、Kurupt、D.O.C.等人都會到該處一起做音樂,這樣子的環境之下讓Dr Dre有了製作一張個人專輯的想法。當時D.O.C.介紹了Suge Knight給Dre認識,於是一夥人加入了<b>Death Row Recrods</b>。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Dre與Jimmy lovine</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: arial;">在"The Chronic"專輯完成以後,Dr Dre造訪了紐約等地方、拜訪各大唱片公司,希望可以幫忙發行這張專輯,但都被拒絕,因為當時幫派饒舌被許多保守人士厭惡。透過牽線,他們最後得以和Jimmy Iovine見面,Dr Dre和Suge Knight播了<b>"The Chronic"</b>給Jimmy聽,Jimmy不懂饒舌、過去在音樂界的資歷都是搖滾樂,也不知道Dr Dre是誰,但他覺得這音樂實在太屌了,於是決定馬上和他們簽約,還買下電台的黃金時段幫忙打歌。Dr Dre與Jimmy Iovine,這看似毫不相干的兩人,生涯正式在此交會。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk13eJXgNLf3vo7yrJuT4OPT7DvN1zACqhHQy0a-t2iLJrPswGYtYYMAyr5zS9kMXmzdV1nAICCSQyISD9pMmAsOcZ1wPOO_CRfRTT0qZqLHdTVakAysfhDzTAu9YzLMH7BTCjF4V5QQ/s1092/Dr.-Dre-and-Jimmy-Iovine-beats-2018-billboard-1548-1092x722.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1092" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk13eJXgNLf3vo7yrJuT4OPT7DvN1zACqhHQy0a-t2iLJrPswGYtYYMAyr5zS9kMXmzdV1nAICCSQyISD9pMmAsOcZ1wPOO_CRfRTT0qZqLHdTVakAysfhDzTAu9YzLMH7BTCjF4V5QQ/w640-h424/Dr.-Dre-and-Jimmy-Iovine-beats-2018-billboard-1548-1092x722.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">千禧年後,盜版開始猖獗,音樂產業開始走下坡,沒人能解決這產業迅速變化所衍生的問題。直到遇到了有想法的賈伯斯,但只有這樣還不夠。2006年,Jimmy想到了來賣耳機和喇叭,再度找來好夥伴Dr Dre和Monster公司合作,2008年正式成立<b><a href="https://www.beatsbydre.com/" target="_blank">Beats</a></b>。Jimmy和旗下藝人到處宣傳,讓Beats爆紅,2012年Beats登上了巔峰,在全美耳機市場中一度拿下了20%的市佔率。Eminem還曾為此不爽,因為他只想要Dr Dre專心做音樂,而不是去搞副業。Beats接著在2013年跨足串流音樂界,推出自家平台Daisy,並成功讓Apple花了30億美金收購了公司,讓Jimmy與Dre兩人不只是在音樂界發光發熱,在商場上同樣風生水起。整部紀錄片也差不多在這邊結束。</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>觀後心得</b><br /></span><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">看完這部紀錄片之後,可以確認Jimmy Iovine在嘻哈、搖滾、流行音樂的發展中極為重要,但關於他的中文介紹非常少,以前我其實也不太清楚他的來歷。認識Jimmy Iovine是因為Dr Dre。深入了解才知道Jimmy Iovine的資歷比Dr Dre長多了。他製作的東西超級多,大家可以挖挖看,也許會有許多發現。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">紀錄片裡面還提到不少Dr Dre和太太的感情,結果現在也在進行離婚訴訟了。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">紀錄片沒提到宏達電曾經是Beats的大股東一事,確實這也不是重點。至少HTC有靠他們撈到一些錢。當時HTC還曾邀請Dre與Snoop Dogg來台灣...可惜現在應該是沒機會了></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Eminem雖然直接怒嗆Fuck Beats,但印象中那時他也推得很大力。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Beats耳機很潮,品質卻….。</span></li></ol><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK753bCSb-i6RcDu4bLxbe4Fcb073pODolpEckxHDlDzR-b8W_OwKUre_r0YgxNYT-qdayc5j6yfa-4Hc6UlUTybfxoEmZwhxP5wyOrGH0A8ceeHETXOvoXih_wtvGUiUlEXnuIQLbbEY/s1500/0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK753bCSb-i6RcDu4bLxbe4Fcb073pODolpEckxHDlDzR-b8W_OwKUre_r0YgxNYT-qdayc5j6yfa-4Hc6UlUTybfxoEmZwhxP5wyOrGH0A8ceeHETXOvoXih_wtvGUiUlEXnuIQLbbEY/w640-h426/0.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2017年,Dr Dre與Jimmy Iovine在南加大的動工典禮</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">他們的第一棟系館Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Hall在2019年正式完工</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">魯編Johnny補充</span></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Jimmy Iovine不僅是Dre的伯樂。兩人真的是關係非常密切,在Beats的成功之後,憑著他們在產業多年的經驗以及商品設計上的專業,在2013年五月,一起捐助了南加州大學(USC)美金七千萬元,成立<b>"<a href="https://iovine-young.usc.edu/" target="_blank">USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy</a> for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation"</b>學院。這是在我離開美國的那一年的事了~ 這幾年也都陸續有<a href="https://medium.com/@theandyhsu/%E6%88%91%E5%9C%A8%E5%8D%97%E5%8A%A0%E5%A4%A7%E5%89%B5%E6%96%B0%E5%AD%B8%E7%A8%8B%E7%9A%84%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E5%AD%B8%E6%9C%9F-5ea4d3b98ec4" target="_blank">台灣留學生</a>去就讀,相信在USC的資源體系之下,未來能培育出更多產業界所需的創意人才。</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054766711310725329.post-39122872607389001882020-09-30T08:56:00.006-07:002020-10-09T09:41:42.036-07:00[Exclusive] DJ Eclipse (Non Phixion/Rock Steady Crew) 獨家訪談 2020<span style="font-family: arial;">因為在Discogs買唱片的緣故,<span>聯繫上了來自紐約的傳奇</span><span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/djeclipsersc/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">DJ Eclipse</a>來進行這次訪談。</span></span><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHV0Pf-5Xw8VOwHsh9YW_fyqTY78PP1DZfSr1QZM22iAecTwqcJj6rhQmGJOUNwTW3mNjqQxEussN6FadvM5877Q3Xl9XaEdJWgjrLbczxvFBit_s_-EQ-XrrmbPkrb9OzdCDFJo6Pf2c/s970/nonphixion.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="970" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHV0Pf-5Xw8VOwHsh9YW_fyqTY78PP1DZfSr1QZM22iAecTwqcJj6rhQmGJOUNwTW3mNjqQxEussN6FadvM5877Q3Xl9XaEdJWgjrLbczxvFBit_s_-EQ-XrrmbPkrb9OzdCDFJo6Pf2c/w640-h640/nonphixion.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>DJ Eclipse</b>出生於羅德島州,在80年代就已經是當地小有名氣的DJ。1992年,他搬遷至紐約定居,幫3rd Bass成員之一的MC Serch製作他的第二張個人專輯(後來因為與Def Jam合約糾紛而無緣發行)。</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">在Wild Pitch Records工作的時期,DJ Eclipse認識了Sabac、Ill Bill以及Goretex等人,於是決定在1995年組成嘻哈團體<b>Non Phixion</b>。一直到了2002年,他們才透過自己營運的獨立廠牌Uncle Howie Records發表首張專輯<b>"The Future Is Now"</b>,投下了地下嘻哈圈的震撼彈。</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(也許對年輕人說Non Phixion這名字有點陌生。但如果有聽過老莫的<a href="https://youtu.be/-wL_u-7hjSQ" target="_blank">了不起負責</a><span>,其實正是使用Non Phixion的經典名曲</span><b>"<a href="https://youtu.be/eisUeOernHM" target="_blank">The C.I.A. Is Trying to Kill Me</a>"</b><span>)</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">多年來兩人可說是合作無間,靠著Ill Bill生猛的風格與DJ Eclipse精湛的刷碟技巧,密切合作過多首作品,一直到2020年Ill Bill最新的專輯"Gorilla Twins"或是"La Bella Medusa"都還能看到DJ Eclipse的蹤跡。</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">DJ Eclipse本身就是個成名甚早的DJ,90年代就加入了Rock Steady Crew,此外DJ Eclipse也主持過許多知名廣播節目,例如紐約大學電台WNYU播送的The Halftime Show、或是<a href="http://www.rapisouttacontrol.com/" target="_blank">Rap Is Outta Control</a>等等,可說是相當活躍!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJpnxM65pVG8_cYjG9n4a7cF3-AnQG5MhcmlX5VgKctu9XH6zvdhqqpSqUXgyzGTOQvYXcfYm6jm3JSLkYj17T73xZ_D4gUhTBRY2Imgsx6w9a3qgWCebrg9Wop_Mjyuy8AX44Ka2hHE/s1200/DHxpAZBUQAAzYqk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="971" data-original-width="1200" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJpnxM65pVG8_cYjG9n4a7cF3-AnQG5MhcmlX5VgKctu9XH6zvdhqqpSqUXgyzGTOQvYXcfYm6jm3JSLkYj17T73xZ_D4gUhTBRY2Imgsx6w9a3qgWCebrg9Wop_Mjyuy8AX44Ka2hHE/w640-h518/DHxpAZBUQAAzYqk.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>1. Can you introduce yourself? When and how did you fall in love with hip hop, and get into the art of DJ? (</b><b>請做個自我介紹。如何愛上嘻哈並投入於DJ?)</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>DJ Eclipse (以下簡稱EC):</b>What's up everyone, DJ Eclipse here. I got hooked on Hip Hop when I first heard "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang. That was like end of '79 beginning of '80. From that point I started buying anything that would come out on the Sugar Hill or Enjoy labels. And over the next couple of years the other aspects of the culture like graffiti, breaking and DJing totally had taken over my interests. So in 1984 I decided I wanted to actually become a DJ.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>EC:</b>大家好,我是DJ Eclipse。我是在聽過Sugarhill Gang的<b>"<a href="https://youtu.be/mcCK99wHrk0" target="_blank">Rapper's Delight</a>"</b>之後愛上嘻哈的,當時大概是79年末、80年代初。自此之後,我就開始購買Sugar Hill Records或是Enjoy出品的各種唱片。接下來的幾年,我逐漸愛上了嘻哈的各種元素,包含塗鴉、breaking以及DJ。一直到1984年,我決定認真投入於DJ成為職業生涯。</span></li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>2. What are your favorite artists (or albums) that influenced you the most? (你最喜愛的歌手或專輯有哪些)</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>EC:</b>As far as being influenced in the very beginning it would have to be Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five. They were like the complete package. Then as time went on a bit and other DJs became known to me, guys like DJ Cash Money, Daddy Rich and Scratch stepped the DJ game up and were also huge influences. Additionally, there was a local crew where I grew up in Providence, RI called the Magical Four. I looked up to them a lot.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>EC:</b>如果說是在生涯早期影響著我的話,我會說是</span><b>Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five</b>,他們根本就是無懈可擊。後來,我接觸到許多DJ,像是DJ Cash Money、Daddy Rich以及Scratch等人都將DJ提升到了另一個層次,對我影響也很大。除此之外,我也很仰慕一個來自我故鄉羅德島的嘻哈團體<b>Magical Four</b>。</span></li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>3. You are a core member of Non Phixion, and also collaborated with Ill Bill frequently. Looks like you and Ill Bill have very great team chemistry? (你是Non Phixion的成員,也與Ill Bill合作非常頻繁,我猜你們之間一定有很好的化學效應吧)</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>EC:</b>Yeah, Bill and I are both very passionate about what we create as well as both very aggressive when it comes to getting things done. So it's easy to work with someone who works at the same pace as you and holds the same standards as to how the finished product comes out.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>EC:</b>當然。Bill和我都非常熱衷於創作,我們對於工作也都非常積極。所以與這種能和自己在同一個步調、且對於成果有同一個標準的人合作是非常容易的。</span></li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>4. To those Taiwanese people who don’t know yet, can you recommend some of your favorite tracks that you have participated in? (請推薦幾首你參與過的作品)</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>EC:</b>I used to produce a little in the 90s and I would say my favorite tracks I did were the remixes for "Time's Up" and "Born 2 Live" by O.C. </span>Most of the tracks I'm involved in now are usually ones that I do scratch choruses on. Many for ILL BILL and Vinnie Paz....hard to pick just one. Vinnie's "Cheesesteaks" and "Nineteen Ninety Three" (which I also produced) are really good. In the last few weeks alone I've done some really good ones for Teflon, Reel Wolf, C-Lance and Goretex.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>EC:</b>我在九零年代製作了一些作品,我很喜歡那段時期幫O.C.所製作的<b>"Time's Up"</b>以及<b>"Born 2 Live"</b>混音版。近年來我參與的作品大多是用刷碟的方式加在副歌中,其中有許多是Ill Bill或是Vinnie Paz的作品....我很難從中挑選,但我會挑Vinnie Paz的<b>"Cheesesteaks"</b>、還有由我自己製作的<b>"Nineteen Ninety Three"</b>,這些歌曲也都很棒。不過在前幾個禮拜內,我也幫Teflon、Reel Wolf、C-Lance、Goretex等人做了許多很棒的曲子。</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UJSxlgxA7TI" width="560"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bgaye36ofjU" width="560"></iframe></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>5. In the 80s & 90s, DJ was an important element of hip hop. You can see there’s a DJ in almost every great hip hop crew, such as Run DMC, Dilated Peoples, The Artifacts...etc. Looks like things have changed after the 2000s. What are your thoughts or opinions on this trend? (在80、90年代,你可以看見每一個偉大的嘻哈團體中一定有個DJ成員,這在2000年之後似乎改變了,對於這種轉變你有什麼看法?)</b></span><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>EC:</b>The DJ is the backbone of Hip Hop. The MC came as an extension to hype what the DJ was doing. Once Hip Hop was put on record the focus started to become the people that you actually heard (the MCs). And when videos came it was also the people that you heard AND saw. The 80s were all those original crews with DJs coming out, but actually the 90s is when it really started to change. Those of us that were independent were heavily influenced from the originators so we started groups that had to have a DJ. But when you think about the mainstream artists that were coming out in the 90s most of them (Jay-Z, Nas, Wu, Biggie, etc) didn't have a DJ in the group. It was just them as the MCs. They would use DJs, but they were never billed as part of the group. I think the best artists were those that had the complete package of DJ/MC. Made for better shows and just overall better chemistry.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>EC:</b>原本DJ是嘻哈的骨幹,而MC則是伴隨DJ放歌時而衍生出來製造現場氣氛的。但當嘻哈音樂開始被錄製進唱片中,人們的焦點就隨之轉移到MC上了,因為你直接可以聽到他們在表達什麼,當音樂錄影帶推出之後,人們的注意力不只是聽而已,外表如何被人看見也很重要。80年代的那些嘻哈團體,都是以DJ為中心而生,到了90年代就開始逐漸改變了。而我們這種獨立藝人,早年受到這些前輩的影響很深,所以當我們要成立團體的時候,一定也是必須要有個DJ才行。但那些90年代的主流嘻哈歌手,像是Jay-Z、Nas、Wu-Tang、Biggie..等等,他們其實都沒有正式的DJ成員,他們都是以MC的姿態呈現。他們會使用DJ作為演出的一部分,但從來都不會是正式的成員。我自己認為,最好的嘻哈音樂人應該是要有完整的DJ/MC編制,這對於現場演出的精彩度或是團隊的化學效應都是最好的。</span></li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTbM_vuqGcimDrHPhqtZuKaeb9dT2aTzBqRlbpVRMSvY__yWsj9o54vNpIf6D7gSZxbURfRKdofF2AoFeJBOjlL1rbt_KEZX2fGQJgU_rAp-zAwV79pd_TryOVt02CjaJLhUlevn8Pdo/s941/non.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="939" data-original-width="941" height="639" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTbM_vuqGcimDrHPhqtZuKaeb9dT2aTzBqRlbpVRMSvY__yWsj9o54vNpIf6D7gSZxbURfRKdofF2AoFeJBOjlL1rbt_KEZX2fGQJgU_rAp-zAwV79pd_TryOVt02CjaJLhUlevn8Pdo/w640-h639/non.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>6. Do you still buy vinyl? Are there any differences for you between using real vinyl records and using a DVS system? (你現在還買唱片嗎?你覺得使用真的黑膠或是DVS系統放歌有什麼區別嗎?)</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>EC:</b>Yes, I still buy vinyl, but nowhere near as often as I used to. Main reason is I just don't have the room to put anymore! I love spinning vinyl when I'm playing out, but also love using Serato to play new music on my show that might not even be available on vinyl. Makes life easier. Vinyl does sound better to me, but I make sure that when I digitize my vinyl that I save the files at the highest quality possible so that I don't lose too much of that warmth that you get from vinyl.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>EC:</b>當然,我還是會買唱片,但也已經不如以往那麼頻繁了。主要的原因是我真的沒空間放這麼多唱片了!我很喜歡用真的黑膠放歌,但也很喜愛使用Serato在我的節目上播放新的音樂,因為這些新音樂很多都沒有被做成黑膠,這對我來說真的很方便。我覺得黑膠唱片的聲音確實比較好,所以當我在做數位轉檔的時候,也會確保能用最高品質的格式來存檔,才不會失去了黑膠唱片原始的溫度感。</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>7. What is your favorite DJ equipment? (你最喜愛的DJ設備)</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>EC:</b>Technics 1200 will always be my favorite turntable. Mixers change by the years. I've loved many of them through time. Right now I would say my favorites are the Pioneer S9 and the Numark Scratch mixer.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>EC:</b>Technics 1200永遠是我最愛的唱盤。至於混音器的喜好則會隨著時間改變,我有很多款喜愛的混音器,現在我最喜愛的大概是Pioneer S9以及Numark Scratch。</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>8. How’s your life during this covid pandemic? I wish you all the best! (在這段疫情中,你的生活過得還好嗎?希望你一切順利)</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>EC:</b>It's been hard adjusting to the pandemic. I have two kids so dealing with social distancing and school has been very challenging for them. And touring is a big part of my work so obviously that isn't happening now either. The family has since adjusted and we're now maintaining, but it's crazy to see how much has changed since March. Looking forward to 2021!</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>EC:</b>要適應這個新冠疫情真的很困難。我有兩個小孩,對他們來說要保持social distancing又要去學校真的是一大挑戰。而巡迴演出一直以來都是我工作中很重要的一部分,現在也明顯是無法了。我們家已經開始調適並且維持至今,從三月以來的這些轉變真的是太瘋狂了!期望2021趕快到來。</span></li></ul></div></div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/paxCl0ddVEg" width="560"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TWTgIpJ2Ylk" width="560"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">(這段影片中DJ Eclipse介紹了他的唱片收藏,總數大約3000張,真的很猛)</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">這段新冠肺炎疫情造成美國災情慘重,相信對於這些音樂人來說也真的是很艱困的時刻,在演唱會全部禁止的慘況下收入銳減,所以如果有喜愛的歌手,就請多多花錢購買支持了!</span><div><div><br /></div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZPq1rfzX0gU" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054766711310725329.post-89712890444842930562020-09-12T09:06:00.010-07:002020-09-12T09:18:40.657-07:00[西岸嘻哈名人堂] 第三集: L.A. Dream Team<div><span style="font-family: arial;">延續去年撰寫的西岸嘻哈名人堂系列文,這次第三集就來介紹80年代著名的洛杉磯嘻哈團體 <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LA-Dream-Team-109260667621/" target="_blank">L.A. Dream Team</a></b>。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWtv8KO7pN1sIneIfCsuI-cnJXndiEC40pyLEx4rkVirZ71OvyQvPfDpHRBMDsVaBxiHGNoXI9Ui3ZyyU4yk438PiVsulsyWkz_IcN_5vVGlMaZTOMLuyohewcUcTqYE9yUOPhXqumso/s593/la+dream+logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="593" height="619" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWtv8KO7pN1sIneIfCsuI-cnJXndiEC40pyLEx4rkVirZ71OvyQvPfDpHRBMDsVaBxiHGNoXI9Ui3ZyyU4yk438PiVsulsyWkz_IcN_5vVGlMaZTOMLuyohewcUcTqYE9yUOPhXqumso/w625-h619/la+dream+logo.jpg" width="625" /></span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span><span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">L.A. Dream Team 是由 <b>Chris "Snake Puppy" Wilson </b>以及<b> Rudy Pardee</b><b> </b>在1984年創立的嘻哈團體。Rudy Pardee出生於克里夫蘭(1957年6月29出生),由於對音樂的熱愛,在年輕時就決定搬到娛樂產業發達的洛杉磯繼續追尋夢想,並且與Chris Wilson一同組成團體、成立廠牌"Dream Team Records"。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnsrCxA25B-sm55U2zANAnVC3bt08fYJyATqGm-VJCuyl7ZiKCtgie9ql9bFfnfJwqgxYJGnjmRjDZOGgV21dka1D_qiynefUthtEDPxlDaSnzLS8eD2PHpBJO2qTrzxM8AD6D_rHWgPQ/s350/dream_team_logo_02_99fab141af.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnsrCxA25B-sm55U2zANAnVC3bt08fYJyATqGm-VJCuyl7ZiKCtgie9ql9bFfnfJwqgxYJGnjmRjDZOGgV21dka1D_qiynefUthtEDPxlDaSnzLS8eD2PHpBJO2qTrzxM8AD6D_rHWgPQ/s320/dream_team_logo_02_99fab141af.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHlRolZB-dZRB57z-YEAxjvKnknis3rhdAzYO1q1RAqs-pjRG7DmXb61j9nAJJgHvYHuDh9Fz-IFtWGAsYoQih2L291RiigxglyLnU_0W6KkY_yiCaASX3P201nFk9f36Gsc45UVETE0/s604/la+dream+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="469" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHlRolZB-dZRB57z-YEAxjvKnknis3rhdAzYO1q1RAqs-pjRG7DmXb61j9nAJJgHvYHuDh9Fz-IFtWGAsYoQih2L291RiigxglyLnU_0W6KkY_yiCaASX3P201nFk9f36Gsc45UVETE0/w388-h500/la+dream+2.jpg" width="388" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">L.A. Dream Team成立不久後,隨即又加入了幾名新成員:Lisa "Miss Rockberry" Love、Big Burt以及<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_Richie_Rich" target="_blank">The Real Richie Rich</a> (與北加州的Richie Rich不同人)。1986年,他們與主流大廠MCA Records簽約,錄製了兩張專輯 - 1985年的<b>"</b><b><a href="https://www.discogs.com/LA-Dream-Team-Kings-Of-The-West-Coast/master/160428" target="_blank">Kings Of The West Coast</a>"</b>以及1986年的<b>"<a href="https://www.discogs.com/LA-Dream-Team-Bad-To-The-Bone/master/160431" target="_blank">Bad To The Bone</a>"</b>。</span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">如果有人問80年代中期的西岸嘻哈音樂是什麼模樣?那麼L.A. Dream Team的音樂應該足以做為代表。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">70年代末、80年代初期正是電子音樂、迪斯可舞曲當道的年代,而L.A. Dream Team也擁抱了這些元素,做出來的嘻哈音樂全部都是以派對為導向,不論是歌詞內容、還是音樂風格,都是充分反映了時代氛圍。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1xFMg2Bc5GE" width="320" youtube-src-id="1xFMg2Bc5GE"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">L.A. Dream Team - Nursery Rhymes (1985)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bIo9bbHv8aU" width="320" youtube-src-id="bIo9bbHv8aU"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">L.A. Dream Team - The Dream Team Is In The House (1986)</span></b></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">生涯剛起步的L.A. Dream Team,其實並沒有獲得多大的成功,即使有幾首代表作品,例如<b>"The Dream Team Is in the House"</b>、<b>"Nursery Rhymes"</b> 以及<b> "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GA-QZ2Xlbk" target="_blank">Rockberry Jam</a>"</b>,但總括來說專輯並不成功,銷售成績不甚理想。1986年,女成員Lisa Love不幸死於一場車禍意外,於是L.A. Dream Team又遞補了另外兩位女成員:Robin Williams (The Robin) 以及 Tanisha Hill (又名Tish Jones),用這組全新陣容在1989年再度透過MCA Records來發表第三張專輯<b>"<a href="https://www.discogs.com/Dream-Team-Back-To-Black/master/160432" target="_blank">Back to Black</a>"</b>。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">一間企業如果失去了舊有的市場,又無法擄獲新的消費者,最終就只有收場一途。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">在1989年這個時間點,L.A. Dream Team也面臨著相同的窘境:電子派對曲風已經逐漸式微,隨之而來的是幫派饒舌 - Eazy-E與N.W.A.席捲了整個西岸,並逐步征服全美、甚至全世界,L.A. Dream Team這種曲風已經不受消費者的青睞,他們的音樂夢也隨之殞落。</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Chris Wilson放棄饒舌之後,便轉居幕後、進入製片以及音樂製作的領域。至於Pardee,曾幫喜劇電影金牌警校軍四(Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol)譜寫過配樂,也曾經嘗試新團體<b>"<a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/336169-Family-Dream" target="_blank">Family Dream</a>" </b>(由L.A. Dream Team中的幾名成員組成,換湯不換藥),最後也是放棄饒舌,靠著自學的方式成為了一名電腦工程師,進入環球唱片任職,甚至還當上了專案經理。<br /><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">到了1993年,L.A. Dream Team曾再度嘗試以<b>"Dream Team Posse (DTP)"</b>的名義回歸,發表<a href="https://www.discogs.com/DTP-The-Dream-Team-100-Proof-Rockberry/master/603848" target="_blank">新單曲</a>,但仍是無力回天。自此之後L.A. Dream Team正式解散、再也沒有重新復出。1998年,Rudy Pardee浮淺時意外死亡,而Chris Wilson接替著他的遺志,至今在洛杉磯地區的一些表演活動中仍可見到他的蹤跡。</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPy5Hm_e4m7VforNrl-ROONWKpzMuYZVtEYp3dC825DwWtWre6m2Vjdx_GEk_qf2JzqiT5XZbWfE-DmaS7unn26FUY2xX_3bHWhlg4d4HOyTzaXPG0_m74nTEq_08qL5K4L8ojkcWw-A/s960/la+dream+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPy5Hm_e4m7VforNrl-ROONWKpzMuYZVtEYp3dC825DwWtWre6m2Vjdx_GEk_qf2JzqiT5XZbWfE-DmaS7unn26FUY2xX_3bHWhlg4d4HOyTzaXPG0_m74nTEq_08qL5K4L8ojkcWw-A/w625-h416/la+dream+.jpg" width="625" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">近況:Egyptian Lover, DJ Yella, Arabian Prince, "Snake Puppy" of L.A. Dream Team</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3FhwLQOflOQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="3FhwLQOflOQ"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">L.A. Dream Team在2018年的現場演出片段</span></b></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">整體來說,L.A. Dream Team的音樂生涯不算成功,但靠著幾首名曲也讓他們在西岸嘻哈歷史上佔有一席之地。至於他們的廠牌Dream Team Records其實也幫西岸早期的一些歌手發片,例如女子饒舌團體J.J. Fad的<b>"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti1bFMBd6V4&feature=emb_title" target="_blank">Supersonic</a>"</b>正是由Dream Team Records發行,這就足以讓L.A. Dream Team在西岸嘻哈歷史上寫上一個亮眼的篇章。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">還記得以前在美國唸書的時期,常常在唱片行的dollar bin (一片一塊錢那種)專區看到L.A. Dream Team的唱片,讓我印象非常深刻 (這也反映了80年代壓片量有多大,當時的饒舌歌手如果加入主流廠牌,應該是能薛到一大票)。至於L.A Dream Team的另一個成員<a href="https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1s3vle" target="_blank">The Real Richie Rich</a>也很妙,他常常出現在洛杉磯的大大小小的音樂活動、感覺跟很多一線的歌手都很媽吉,但有一次被DJ Quik打到眼睛瘀青 (大概就我在美國的時期,2012年左右吧),因為他用手去摸了DJ Quik兒子的屌.... 真的很有事,當時看Facebook看到這動態還真的是笑死,不過現在也找不到相關連結了。</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>參考資料:</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025424/http://westcoastpioneers.com/groups/la-dream-team.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025424/http://westcoastpioneers.com/groups/la-dream-team.html</span></a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LA_Dream_Team" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LA_Dream_Team</span></a></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>同場加映:</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2018/10/bobby-jimmy-and-critters.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;">[西岸嘻哈名人堂] 第一集: Bobby Jimmy and the Critters</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2019/01/matt-dikedelicious-vinyl.html" target="_blank">[西岸嘻哈名人堂] 第二集: Matt Dike與Delicious Vinyl</a></span></li></ul><div><br /></div></div></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054766711310725329.post-18171996499495063352020-08-28T00:59:00.011-07:002020-08-28T01:10:30.746-07:00[專題] VladTV: B-Real 訪談解析<div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>原文: Dragon/ 修訂: Johnny</b></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">最近<span lang=""><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/djvlad" target="_blank">DJ Vlad</a></b></span>訪問了<span lang=""><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/brealofcypresshill/" target="_blank">B-Real</a></b></span>,超長的兩個半小時完整訪談,</span><span style="font-family: arial;">內容鉅細靡遺</span><span style="font-family: arial;">。知道的人就知道,</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial;">B-Real</span><span style="font-family: arial;">從不閃躲,有話直說。因為是訪談,話題比較雜,這篇文章大部分是訪談內容翻譯,加上少部分我個人的想法補充。不想花時間看片的人可來看看。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjst3tw7MCKRkOSilDTiZxEZ76y31qkH3S1xhTNFu9R0rBLXBJT3uSDtZHbSBFYW123nfJqrjRMiUJxQMddS_ZR1rzoinZg02Xp32kqm9MO-y8k0PPmsop7FBN9h3CoZRSoYko5_vVLKvA/s1800/rs-248064-RS-Cypress-Hill.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjst3tw7MCKRkOSilDTiZxEZ76y31qkH3S1xhTNFu9R0rBLXBJT3uSDtZHbSBFYW123nfJqrjRMiUJxQMddS_ZR1rzoinZg02Xp32kqm9MO-y8k0PPmsop7FBN9h3CoZRSoYko5_vVLKvA/s640/rs-248064-RS-Cypress-Hill.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R6T7c9lM6fE" width="560"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="text-align: left;">訪談連結:</span><span lang="" style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6T7c9lM6fE&t=3880s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6T7c9lM6fE&t=3880s</a></span></b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></b></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">出生</span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="">B-Real</span>先是講了他的背景,父親是出生於美國的墨西哥裔,原本住在<span lang="">Arizona</span>,並會來回墨西哥的<span lang="">Chihuahua</span>,母親則是來自古巴的政治犯,應該是對於卡斯楚有所不滿,導致她被關押在監獄裡,透過親戚越獄,坐筏飄到美國,被漁夫發現。<span lang="">B-Real</span>的爸爸是個卡車司機,有自己的公司,但曾經惹到一些人,導致被開了<span lang="">12</span>槍,也波及公司的其他員工。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">可能因為身體夠強壯,中彈後心臟病發<span lang="">2</span>次,最後還是成功活下來,他爸卻不願提起任何訴訟。因為沒有訴訟,兇手逃過法律制裁後,在家開<span lang="">party</span>慶祝,結果居然在<span lang="">party</span>的時候心臟病發死了,兇手的兒子卻還怪罪於<span lang="">B-Real</span>的爸爸、想報仇,最後沒成功、被<span lang="">B-Real</span>的姪子揍了一頓。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBxq8LC6ulstljZu59ekOyCNzMp06j4Vhrm44B3WH1Szp-MPeGsPU-YEE7cYBDsVjAOAOZRMweDbxc9BxzZAUnfw2Ddig5Jg3k3o1Ib1wFAAbVo5kYsvSgvr_ofDKIU1T0kH51kRp4Gc/s2048/xbmo6d0gyw031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBxq8LC6ulstljZu59ekOyCNzMp06j4Vhrm44B3WH1Szp-MPeGsPU-YEE7cYBDsVjAOAOZRMweDbxc9BxzZAUnfw2Ddig5Jg3k3o1Ib1wFAAbVo5kYsvSgvr_ofDKIU1T0kH51kRp4Gc/w640-h427/xbmo6d0gyw031.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span lang="" style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="">B-Real</span>和拳擊手<span lang="">/</span>大麻大亨<span lang="">Mike Tyson</span></b></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">血幫成員</span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="">B-Real</span>透過<span lang="">Sen Dog</span>認識、進入血幫,混的是<span lang=""><b>Neighborhood Family Swan Bloods</b></span>,<span lang="">Bloods</span>成員以非裔為主,<span lang="">B-Real</span>哥哥則是混<span lang="">Latin</span>幫派。因為幫派、種族不同所以造成許多麻煩,連<span lang="">LAPD</span>都會覺得他很怪,一個<span lang="">Mexican</span>怎麼會跟<span lang="">Bloods</span>混在一起<span lang="">? </span>有因此被找過麻煩。幸好<span lang="">B-Real</span>的幫派和哥哥的幫派大致上都是只顧自己的地盤,沒什麼衝突。且<span lang="">B-Real</span>說幫派由相同種族構成的情況起初在監獄裡較為明顯,反而在街頭上並不明顯,直到後來街頭的幫派才和監獄裡的一樣,種族壁壘分明。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="font-family: arial;">事實上,B-Real</span><span style="font-family: arial;">幾乎不曾在歌曲裡面提到他混的幫派,也不刻意打扮成血幫分子。他說是因為不想要在幫派這檔事上火上加油、或是刻意美化。他也曾在訪談中提到,自己當年原本混幫派混的可兇了,後來會脫離,有很大一部分原因都是團員Sen Dog、Eric Bobo等人積極地把他拉出來玩音樂,所以B-Real常常講就是音樂給了他救贖。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNECgrKDwdgXLlIEg8ROC4lzmm_gRo-cMYuiDocDFrmOynx1wYEYDy7KA9oPHfKFn8bPegzlZ-oLrzypM0gO9rTRxOSl7IUkSguppMDt-PVynwnBC5d_lv8k1HOFNSlznNu0q4Tbhjeho/s1620/GettyImages-1017334242.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNECgrKDwdgXLlIEg8ROC4lzmm_gRo-cMYuiDocDFrmOynx1wYEYDy7KA9oPHfKFn8bPegzlZ-oLrzypM0gO9rTRxOSl7IUkSguppMDt-PVynwnBC5d_lv8k1HOFNSlznNu0q4Tbhjeho/s640/GettyImages-1017334242.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="">B-Real</span>於他所經營的<span lang="">Dr Greenthumb</span>藥房</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></div></b></span><p></p>
<h1 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">推廣大麻</span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">在<span lang="">Cypress Hill</span>之前,幾乎沒人在講大麻的事情,<span lang="">B-Real</span>說他也沒有刻意要去講,只是大麻就是他們的生活。當時還有一些禁忌存在,唱大麻的歌難以被主流唱片公司接受。<span lang="">Vlad</span>也以<span lang="">N.W.A</span>的經典歌曲<b>"<span lang=""><a href="https://youtu.be/u31FO_4d9TY" target="_blank">Express Yourself</a>"</span></b>舉例,<span lang="">Dr. Dre</span>唱道:<span lang=""><b>I still express, yo I don't smoke weed
or sess</b></span>,<span lang="">Vlad</span>說當時普遍認為魯蛇才會抽大麻。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">隨著時代變遷,後來越來越多歌手都開始講大麻,<span lang="">B-Real</span>也非常歡迎,他認為越多人提、就越能加速合法化。<span lang="">Cypress Hill</span>在知名電視節目<a href="https://vimeo.com/64461427" target="_blank"><span lang="">Saturday Night Live</span>上</a>抽大麻,被永遠禁止上節目,原本一行人打算先砸樂器再<span lang="">light it up</span>,但<span lang="">DJ Muggs</span>對於被禁止在節目上抽感到不爽,所以直接怒抽一發,然後邊抽邊唱,之後就被<span lang="">ban</span>了。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="" style="font-family: arial;">Cypress Hill</span><span style="font-family: arial;">一路推廣大麻</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial;">30</span><span style="font-family: arial;">年左右,美國從</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial;">1990</span><span style="font-family: arial;">年代的不可能開放,到現在開放已經成為趨勢,期間經歷了很多的努力,</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial;">B-Real</span><span style="font-family: arial;">認為關鍵在於要花多少時間才能讓人擺脫錯誤的大麻資訊所造成的刻板印象。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">起初</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial;">B-Real</span><span style="font-family: arial;">並沒有透過大麻獲利,但他創立的</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/drgreenthumbs/" target="_blank">Dr Greenthumb</a></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">藥房目前已經有</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial;">6</span><span style="font-family: arial;">家分店,戰戰兢兢的經營中,因為成本並不低,政府有一定的門檻,且要抽稅。如果有員工有不當的行為,還會被吊銷執照。在開藥局之前</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial;">B-Real</span><span style="font-family: arial;">就已經擁有大麻農場,目前可以做一條龍式的垂直供應鏈,這樣營運起來較為容易。</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial;">B-Real</span><span style="font-family: arial;">不斷強調品牌的重要性,如果產品沒有打響自己的品牌名聲,那麼這些有保存期限的貨可能無法賣給藥局,到最後變成幫別人的品牌代工而已。另外他不推薦大家投資大麻股票,因為他覺得在全美合法化之前,大麻股票都不夠穩定。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lj9FVlEtknU" width="560"></iframe></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_hGpiCg1bjwDueMo6o6yee63KJFVfuZ3eNL8z12KNuphm03osmvfiDOargiCK-iLlSPIQ0-IkQ0rny2PpqSjDlStFsWtuFNd1X3oh_q_t6xB7CIyNvYYcctfd-YQPqCfcycvEL91Ld00/s2048/81906212_10158004894952915_7580616143568633856_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1737" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_hGpiCg1bjwDueMo6o6yee63KJFVfuZ3eNL8z12KNuphm03osmvfiDOargiCK-iLlSPIQ0-IkQ0rny2PpqSjDlStFsWtuFNd1X3oh_q_t6xB7CIyNvYYcctfd-YQPqCfcycvEL91Ld00/s640/81906212_10158004894952915_7580616143568633856_o.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang=""><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="">B-Real</span>和<span lang="">Baby Bash</span>在<span lang="">Dr Greenthumb</span>藥房</b> </div></span>
</span><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>對於<span lang="">Latino Hip Hop</span></b><b>的看法<span lang=""><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang=""><b>Kid Frost</b></span>和<span lang=""><a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2013/09/exclusive-mellow-man-ace-cazal-organism.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Mellow Man Ace</a> (Sen Dog的親弟弟)</span>是最早成功將<span lang="">Latino Hip Hop</span>推上檯面的,前者走街頭幫派路線,後者走<span lang="">smooth</span>的<span lang="">party</span>路線。<span lang="">B-Real</span>認為當時<span lang="">Hip Hop</span>或是<span lang="">Latino Hip Hop</span>在<span lang="">Latino</span>族群中還不成氣候,大部分的<span lang="">Latino</span>聽的音樂是<span lang="">Funk</span>、<span lang="">Oldies</span>。<span lang="">B-Real</span>說他也不想單純把<span lang="">Cypress Hill定義成</span>一個<span lang="">Latino Hip Hop</span>團,而是一個<span lang="">Hip Hop</span>團,否則目標族群接觸的就太淺了,所以他們會用雙語饒舌(英文+西班牙語),會創作<span lang="">Latino</span>取向的歌,但也有很多其他<span lang="">Hip Hop</span>或是不同面向的。</span></p>
<h1 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">音樂生涯</span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="">Mellow
Man Ace</span>冒出頭的時候,有陣子<span lang="">Sen Dog</span>當<span lang="">Mellow Man Ace</span>的<span lang="">Hypeman</span>,<span lang="">DJ Muggs</span>則是積極製作、學習音樂,只有<span lang="">B-Real</span>還在混幫派、打混。但後來他卻搞了最多的作品,除了自己和<span lang="">Cypress Hill</span>的作品之外,還參與<span lang="">Psycho Realm</span>、<span lang="">Serial Killers</span>、<span lang="">Prophets of Rage</span>這些團體,也和<span lang="">Berner</span>合作了多張作品。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-family: arial;">補充另一個有趣的小八卦,B-Real最為人所稱道的就是他那尖銳的聲線,但這其實是刻意做出來的腔調。一開始Cypress Hill組團的時候,其他成員就覺得B-Real的聲音太普通了,於是叫他想個辦法、否則就乖乖幫Sen Dog寫歌詞。當時他們很喜歡<a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/51065-Rammellzee" target="_blank">Rammellzee</a>的腔調,於是B-Real就決定向他一樣改變自己的pitch、把聲音提高。這其實也不容易,因為把音調提高可能就會口乾舌燥,B-Real曾經特地找了位唱歌劇的來教他如何控制呼吸及節奏,幾年的時間下來才讓B-Real駕輕就熟。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDexqJ9MVnXP2rte5ZyUn35YMh_V6NybAQKRmo3zguoB1DaLlyTwXyKp6o2bfsV_BI9cs_NlpLjJGV8b5j4WwOQav9Gpyak1Inmy5SOdRv_P5ng2JRvaWt1qZRjUZkZe59hN_b2FTX0Jw/s620/serial-killers-promo-pic-2-compressed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDexqJ9MVnXP2rte5ZyUn35YMh_V6NybAQKRmo3zguoB1DaLlyTwXyKp6o2bfsV_BI9cs_NlpLjJGV8b5j4WwOQav9Gpyak1Inmy5SOdRv_P5ng2JRvaWt1qZRjUZkZe59hN_b2FTX0Jw/s0/serial-killers-promo-pic-2-compressed.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Serial
Killers - 由B-Real、Demrick與Xzibit組成</b> </div></span><p></p>
<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>與<span lang="">Ice Cube</span></b><b>、<span lang="">Mack 10</span></b><b>的故事<span lang=""><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="">Ice
Cube</span>和<span lang="">B-Real</span>透過<span lang="">EPMD</span>認識,成為了朋友。<span lang="">Ice
Cube</span>此時已離開<span lang="">N.W.A</span>、與<span lang="">N.W.A</span>在牛肉。當時<span lang="">B-Real</span>沒在混幫派了,但是怕被別人眼紅,所以隨身都帶著槍,也會穿防彈背心。有次他和<span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">Ice Cube</span>在路上遇到了<span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">Eazy-E</span>,<span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">B-Real</span>想說要出事了,結果<span lang="">Ice Cube</span>和<span lang="">Eazy-E</span>只是互相打個招呼就走了,幸好沒事。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-family: arial;">後來發生了眾所皆知的<span lang="">Cypress Hill</span>和<span lang="">Westside Connection</span>的牛肉,過程請參考西岸愛的文章:<span lang=""><a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2017/08/cypress-hill-vs-westside-connection.html" target="_blank">https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2017/08/cypress-hill-vs-westside-connection.html</a></span>。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-family: arial;">後期<span lang="">Mack 10</span>打電話給<span lang="">B-Real</span>,兩人都是血幫成員,也都認為繼續牛肉下去沒意思、應該出來講開。<span lang="">Mack 10</span>的調停使得<span lang="">Ice Cube</span>和<span lang="">B-Real</span>重新開始對話,也才有之後<span lang="">Shaq的"Men Of Steel"</span>、<span lang="">Warren G的"Get U Down"</span>這兩首歌的合作。</span></p>
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<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>與</b><b><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">The Whooliganz</span></b><b>的關係</b></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;"><b>The Whooliganz</b></span>這個團體由<span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;"><b>Mad Skillz</b></span>和<span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;"><b>Mudfoot</b></span>組成。其中本名<a href="https://www.instagram.com/scottcaan_official/" target="_blank">Scott Caan</a>的Mad Skillz後來成了電影演員,而Mudfoot則是現在大名鼎鼎的嘻哈製作人The Alchemist。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-family: arial;">當時</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">B-Real</span><span style="font-family: arial;">透過友人介紹認識</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">The
Whooliganz</span><span style="font-family: arial;">,雖然這兩個白人來自富人區比佛利山莊,但</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">B-Real</span><span style="font-family: arial;">不在乎</span><span style="font-family: arial;">,覺得他們的東西夠酷,就邀請他們加入</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;"><b>Soul Assassins</b>。當時</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">The Whooliganz</span><span style="font-family: arial;">還被</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">Tommy Boy Records</span><span style="font-family: arial;">簽下,準備發行<a href="https://www.discogs.com/Whooliganz-Proposed-Album/release/4706964">專輯</a>,B-Real也跨刀合作了三首歌曲。雖然後來專輯並沒有成功發行,但</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">B-Real</span><span style="font-family: arial;">特別提到:製作<b>"</b></span><span style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;"><span lang=""><b>Temples of Boom"</b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">專輯時,</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">The
Alchemist</span><span style="font-family: arial;">也幫忙</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">DJ Muggs</span><span style="font-family: arial;">一起挖了很多唱片、貢獻了許多。之後</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">The Whooliganz解散,</span><span style="font-family: arial;">各自靠著自己的才華走向成功,在各自的領域發光發熱。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gKlC3fl_osg" width="560"></iframe></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="" style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><v:shape id="圖片_x0020_5" o:spid="_x0000_i1026" style="height: 222.75pt; mso-wrap-style: square; visibility: visible; width: 150.75pt;" type="#_x0000_t75">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">Cypress Hill</span>最有名的歌曲莫過於<b>"</b><span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;"><b>Insane In the Brain"</b> - </span>這首歌<span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">diss</span>了兩個人:<span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">Kid Frost</span>和<span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">Chubb Rock</span>。<span lang="">Sen Dog</span>當時和<span lang="">Kid Frost</span>有紛爭,這部分<span lang="">B-Real</span>沒有多講。另一位<span lang="">Chubb Rock</span>來自紐約,於<span lang="">1980</span>年末、<span lang="">1990</span>年初的時候靠著多首單曲走紅,<span lang="" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">B-Real</span>很喜歡他的作品,雙方也認識,曾經一起表演。</span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Chubb Rock - Yabadabadoo <br /></span></blockquote><blockquote><b><i><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;">He's buzzing, cummin at cha <br />And you know we had to watcha, time for some lyrics</span></blockquote></i></b></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;">Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill a Man <br /><b><blockquote><i>Hummin'... comin' at cha... <br />And you know I had to gat ya</i></blockquote></b></span></blockquote>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5cJI1HGCcQs" width="560"></iframe></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="">Chubb
Rock</span>的歌曲"<span lang="">Yabadabadoo"</span>引起了<span lang="">B-Real</span>的注意 - <span lang=""><b>He's buzzing, cummin at cha, And you know
we had to watcha, time for some lyrics</b></span>,這兩句歌詞和<span lang="">Cypress Hill</span>首張同名專輯的歌曲<b>"<span lang=""><a href="https://youtu.be/Yg-RIOATCbU" target="_blank">How I Could Just Kill a Man</a>"</span></b>的歌詞、唱法都很類似。後面卻寫了一句<span lang="">time
for some lyrics</span>。雖然並沒有明講,但<span lang="">B-Real</span>認為這是一個隱喻的<span lang="">diss</span>,是在說<span lang="">Cypress Hill</span>沒有歌詞。</span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><blockquote>Chubb Rock - Treat Em Right<br /><b><blockquote><i>Anyway the shunless one brings forth the fun <br />No hatred; the summer's almost done</i></blockquote></b>Cypress Hill - Insane In the Brain <br /><b><blockquote><i>To the one on the flamboyant tip <br />I'll just toss that ham in the frying pan</i></blockquote></b></blockquote></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W4kydwb50S4" width="560"></iframe> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">於是Cypress Hill決定在第二張專輯<b>"Black Sunday"</b>的主打歌<b>"Insane In the Brain"</b>反擊。B-Real說當時Chubb Rock會自稱是The flamboyant one (大概是說自己是個出眾的人),還有唱一句歌詞"The flamboyant one, brings forth the fun"。我用關鍵字搜尋,發現B-Real指的應該是Chubb Rock的"Treat Em Right"這首歌,但網路上的歌詞大部分是寫:Anyway the shunless one brings forth the fun</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(也有版本是寫Anyway the struggle is won, brings forth the fun,與B-Real所說的歌詞不同,不知道是歌詞有改過還是B-Real記錯了。)<br /><br />總之,他們用<b>"To the one on the flamboyant tip. I'll just toss that ham in the frying pan"</b>做了diss精彩回擊。</span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RijB8wnJCN0" width="560"></iframe></span></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: center 207.65pt;"><br /></p></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>斡旋<span lang="">Everlast</span></b><b>和<span lang="">Eminem</span></b><b>的牛肉</b></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="">Everlast</span>和<span lang="">Eminem</span>的牛肉過程請參考西岸愛的文章:<span lang=""><a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2019/02/eminem.html">https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2019/02/eminem.html</a></span>。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-family: arial;">這兩人都是<span lang="">B-Real</span>的朋友,<span lang="">B-Real</span>認為<span lang="">Everlast</span>和<span lang="">Eminem</span>其實都尊敬著對方,只是有一些誤會。兩人也都有聯絡<span lang="">B-Real</span>,希望<span lang="">B-Real</span>和對方溝通。<span lang="">B-Real</span>居中斡旋,並告訴他們:雙方都是自己的朋友,不希望他們繼續牛肉,最後兩邊終於和解。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-family: arial;">另外</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial;">B-Real</span><span style="font-family: arial;">也有提到電影</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial;">American Me</span><span style="font-family: arial;">導演、演員</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial;">Edward James
Olmos</span><span style="font-family: arial;">拍了電影後,導致某些幫派分子無法接受,被街頭通緝的事情,在此順便將這部片推薦給大家。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan; tab-stops: center 207.65pt;"><span lang=""><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LB4nujXBMxZz4Y1f612vG8_T6Zh0Jj7p_aeK1rC5-zQKXlX9cTyynBD27GI8pNbd53UYBvYLjIoNOBGspg9q3IBiQmSGDSvg9b4y3mYQ4KP7VPJJlvUBRPL3fiSPf7vXcuZSaoLDi_Q/s960/89541913_2625572261012950_3794858254626979840_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="787" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LB4nujXBMxZz4Y1f612vG8_T6Zh0Jj7p_aeK1rC5-zQKXlX9cTyynBD27GI8pNbd53UYBvYLjIoNOBGspg9q3IBiQmSGDSvg9b4y3mYQ4KP7VPJJlvUBRPL3fiSPf7vXcuZSaoLDi_Q/s640/89541913_2625572261012950_3794858254626979840_n.jpg" /></span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang=""><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Everlast, B-Real, Berner</span></b></span></div><span lang=""><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; orphans: 2; tab-stops: center 207.65pt; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span lang=""><o:p></o:p></span></p></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">總而言之,這個訪談真的講了很多東西,聽完以後對</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial;">B-Real</span><span style="font-family: arial;">只有更加</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial;">respect</span><span style="font-family: arial;">。至於</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial;">Kid Frost</span><span style="font-family: arial;">和</span><span lang="" style="font-family: arial;">Cypress Hill</span><span style="font-family: arial;">的恩怨,以後可能會再說明了。</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054766711310725329.post-11763463146003546582020-03-22T06:06:00.002-07:002023-09-20T19:46:32.233-07:00[專題] Kobe Bryant與嘻哈的不解之緣<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">原文: Dragon/ 修訂: Johnny</span></b><br />
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</span><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Kobe Bryant於1996年加入NBA。在1999年時,他和Sony唱片簽約,準備在2000年發行自己的專輯 “Visions”。其實在那之前,他就已經開始在音樂圈打滾。雖然Kobe小時候在義大利住了8年,但是回到美國後,就待在費城這個饒舌重鎮,自然而然受到了嘻哈的薰陶。</span></span><br /><br />
</span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">CHEIZAW</span></b></h2>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">大約是1992年,在Kobe念國中的時候(費城的Lower Merian High School),他就參加了一個叫做<b>CHEIZAW</b>的饒舌團體,這個名稱是來自香港電影金臂童中的七殺幫(Chi Sha gang)。Wu-Tang Clan的U-God aka Golden Arms也是從這電影發想來的。</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">CHEIZAW組成成員有Broady Boy、Tréoz、Russell Howards、Akia Stone、Jester、Sai Bey等人,全部都是志在以battle為主的地下歌手。</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">當時團體會在費城的一些活動中出現,據說當時Kobe的東西受到Canibus影響很深,會寫一些高品質的歌詞。</span>有一次他還和CHEIZAW團員Broady Boy組隊,與Punch and Words (就是後來加入Masta Ace團體eMC的Punchline & Wordsworth)來一場2對2的饒舌battle。</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Words曾這麼回憶道:"可以很明顯感受到他是受到Canibus的影響,Kobe的寫詞功力一流,只要他一踏入cypher當中,可別只把他當成運動員,如果你小看了他、就等著被他用韻腳狠狠修理。"</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">除了在地下battle圈中用麥克風修理對手,Kobe也參與了一些主流市場的作品。例如1997年與Brian McKnight合作"Hold Me"這首歌曲。在Kobe過世之後,</span>Brian McKnight也寫了"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl57wZBwvbE" target="_blank">Can't Say Goodbye</a>“這首作品來致意,並宣稱會將之收錄在自己生涯的最後一張專輯(預計2020年五月發行)。</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Kobe征戰NBA三年之後,就在1999年,CHEIZAW被Sony的經理<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stoute" target="_blank">Steve Stoute</a>簽下,這位Steve Stoute大有來頭,曾經是Nas和Mary J. Blige的經紀人。Kobe在1998年的夏天有一陣子就是住在Steve紐澤西的家中。當時Kobe還是練球為主,但當沒練球時,他和製作團隊the Trackmasters等人就常常待在紐約知名的錄音室The Hit Factory裡面,Kobe也在紐約向Nas、Foxy Brown等人學習如何當藝人,時時刻刻努力精進自己,就如同在球場上的Mamba mentality一樣。</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Steve雖然簽下了整團CHEIZAW,然而他卻在訪問中說過:他認為這團體一定會慢慢的崩壞,而最後留下來的就是一張只有Kobe的唱片。他認為這種事在人們成功的時候是再自然不過,朋友、事情都會變,最後終就會分道揚鑣。甚至還說製作人L.A. Reid也只是為了簽Toni Braxton而把她全部的姊妹都簽了下來。最終,CHEIZAW果然混不出名堂,沒有留下任何的錄音作品或mixtape,成員也幾乎都消失在歷史的洪流中。</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Sony在當時嘗試讓Kobe更深入音樂圈去發展,1999年Kobe出現在Destiny Child的hit song:"Say My Name"的remix版本中,Kobe也在"Bug-A-Boo"這首歌的MV客串。</span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Kobe的第一首個人單曲"K.O.B.E."於2000年的明星賽首播,找上名模Tyra Banks合作。"K.O.B.E."單曲的B Side "Thug Poet"這首歌則是找來Broady Boy以及年輕的50 Cent合作,另外sample了Nas的"Nas Is Like"這首歌。可惜單曲並不叫好,原本簽下他的Steve也已經離開公司,導致Kobe的處境變得尷尬。另外就是Kobe似乎還是比較喜歡一些lyrical的饒舌,和公司希望他推出迎合市場取向的流行饒舌不同。最終,原本預計在2000年發售的個人專輯"Visions"的計畫就被延期、取消。</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">後來Kobe自己創立了獨立廠牌Heads High Entertainment,由姐夫Jerrod Washington擔任經紀人,除了簽下老友Broady Boy之外,也到處簽了一些饒舌歌手,但情況急轉直下,他似乎不想再繼續經營音樂這塊,公司也在一年內就草草收攤了。Kobe本人也拒絕回應有關唱片公司的相關訪問。此後也一直都沒有再涉足音樂,直到和周杰倫合作了"天地一鬥"。</span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">根據作曲家<a href="https://www.instagram.com/delfunkboymusic/?hl=zh-tw" target="_blank">Delray Richardson</a>的回憶,1996年8月11號,Kobe曾和2pac見上了一面,就在表演場地House of Blues中。這場表演當時並沒有什麼對外宣傳、也沒留下什麼資料記錄,但據說同場的表演嘉賓還有LL Cool J、Outkast,可說是眾星雲集。大概就在一個月之後,2pac就因為槍擊案而身亡,再也沒有機會去湖人隊主場看Kobe一展身手。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">在1999年的夏天,Snoop Dogg與他的饒舌團體Tha Eastsidaz正在拍攝音樂錄影帶"G'd Up",Kobe就是在那天的拍攝現場遇見了未來的老婆Vanessa,當時Kobe二十歲、Vanessa十七歲。Kobe過世之後,Snoop Dogg也在Instagram上發表了下面左方這張照片,雖然沒有明確日期,不過推斷應該就是他們的首次相遇之日。</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br />總結來看Kobe的饒舌生涯算是相當短暫,就如同他的生命一樣也是died too young。即使如此,Kobe還是用不同的方式影響了嘻哈文化,因為Kobe永不懈怠的奮戰精神,許多饒舌歌手都把Kobe寫在自己歌詞中,提及Kobe的作品可說是不勝枚舉,也讓世人永遠難以忘懷。</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /><br /><b>參考資料:</b></span></span></span><b><br />
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<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://thesource.com/2020/01/30/kobe-bryant-rap-career/" target="_blank">https://thesource.com/2020/01/30/kobe-bryant-rap-career/</a></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://grantland.com/features/the-secret-history-kobe-bryant-failed-attempt-rap-career/" target="_blank">http://grantland.com/features/the-secret-history-kobe-bryant-failed-attempt-rap-career/</a></span></span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-01-29/kobe-bryant-rapper-songs-music?fbclid=IwAR0hdKYf7bXb7DhPBMm2Gh0o6weVxjNWA-Mj95Qs6zWUFq_iUeOVZAeJmM8" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-01-29/kobe-bryant-rapper-songs-music?fbclid=IwAR0hdKYf7bXb7DhPBMm2Gh0o6weVxjNWA-Mj95Qs6zWUFq_iUeOVZAeJmM8</a></span></span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/kobe-bryant-rap-references-lakers-rap-career-hip-hop-drake-nas-chamillionaire/21yzsksjpgf01fwv1fp6d4msj" target="_blank">https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/kobe-bryant-rap-references-lakers-rap-career-hip-hop-drake-nas-chamillionaire/21yzsksjpgf01fwv1fp6d4msj</a></span></span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.4447/title.kobe-bryant-pivoted-from-music-but-hip-hop-was-always-in-his-dna" target="_blank">https://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.4447/title.kobe-bryant-pivoted-from-music-but-hip-hop-was-always-in-his-dna</a></span></span></span></li>
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</span><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><a href="http://stutsbeats.com/" target="_blank">STUTS</a></b>出生於1989年、來自名古屋,目前是日本備受矚目的嘻哈製作人,跨足流行、嘻哈、電視廣告等各種領域。當時在2013年,STUTS在紐約哈林區的街頭彈奏MPC 1000,並且透過YouTube發表了這段即興演出影片,結果意想不到地在網路上掀起了廣大話題,於是更加堅定STUTS朝向職業音樂人的生涯道路,至今已經發表兩張正式專輯"<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 15.104px;">Pushin'"與"Eutopia",更</span>擔任過多首音樂製作、remix作品,還在2018年末登上日本NHK紅白歌合戰演出。近年來STUTS人氣持續扶搖直上,未來發展值得期待。</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>1. 請做個自我介紹。</b></span></span></span><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>STUTS (以下簡稱ST):</b>我叫做STUTS,我是一位製作人,來自</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">日本。</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">live表演時,我會使用MPC表演</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">。</span> </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">我大約是15歲的時候開始做音樂的。</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">一開始原本是想要rap,</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">因為想要有beat來rap,於是就開始做beat,</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">就這麼一路往製作beat的方向去了。後來</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">大概是在20、21歲的時候開始學會彈MPC。</span></span></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;">
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>2. 你是如何學會MPC的</b></span><b>?</b></span></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b>ST:</b>基本上是我自己學會的,</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">一開始參考的是一個叫做Hifana的MPC團體,</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">另外還有Jel等製作人,就</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">在Youtube上看到他彈MPC的影片來自學,</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">了解到原來這樣彈也不錯,</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">但開始製做beat的時候,完全就是我自己一個人做而已。</span></li></ul>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>3. 為什麼選擇使用MPC</b></span><b>?</b></span></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b>ST:</b>我本來就很喜歡嘻哈。</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">如果談到製作嘻哈音樂的話,那MPC是非常主流的,</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">有許多人都在使用,</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">所以我也想用MPC,就跟著買了。</span></li></ul>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><b>4. 當時每天會花多久時間練習? 你當時還是個學生而已,有課業要顧、又要做音樂,會不會有什麼困難或挫折?</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b style="font-family: arial;">ST:</b><span style="font-family: arial;">一開始的時候1天大約3-4個小時。我大概是讀高中的時候開始做beat,當時就是從學校放學回家以後,就一直做beats,那時1天大約花5-6個小時。</span>這段過程我並不覺得挫折,以前沒有很多的時間,而現在有很多的時間可以運用,但當時很辛苦,必須要在有限的時間內,試著集中精神來做beats。</li></ul><div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>5. 紐約的即興演出</b></span><b>?</b></span></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b>ST:</b>住在紐約的朋友問我要不要去紐約表演看看,</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">一開始其實只是普通的去紐約旅遊,</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">後來和朋友討論,想知道有沒有機會可以在那邊live表演,</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">後來朋友提議說乾脆就在那附近的路邊表演,於是</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">就覺得那就這麼做吧,就做了。</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">一開始有一點緊張,</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">但後來開始以後,人潮漸漸聚集過來,就覺得蠻開心的。</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">6. Studio Recording與 Live performance?你覺得哪個比較困難?</span></b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b style="font-family: arial;">ST:</b><span style="font-family: arial;">我覺得製作beats比較難,說難是因為要思考許多事情。但兩個其實都不容易。現場表演比較不是用思考的,因為比較像是投入感情在演奏的感覺....所以可能還是作曲的時候會覺得比較困難吧。</span></li></ul>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">7. 可否談談你在2019年發表的新專輯"EUTOPIA"</span></b><b>?</b></span></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b>ST:</b>烏托邦大多是拼成UTOPIA - </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">UTOPIA的意思是一個不存在的地方。</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">而EUTOPIA的意思則是一個存在,且最好的地方。</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">以EUTOPIA命名,是含有以EUTOPIA為目標,往該處邁進的意涵。</span></li></ul><div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">8. 加入主流廠牌Space Shower對你而言能帶來什麼優勢?</span></b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b style="font-family: arial;">ST:</b><span style="font-family: arial;">在行銷宣傳等方面我無法靠自己達成。而且不像自己一個人做的時候,加入Space Shower可以帶來其他客觀的視角,例如A&R那邊的意見對我來說很重要...大概會有這些優點吧。</span></li></ul>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">9. 你的音樂有嘻哈、R&B、流行的味道全部融合在一起。未來會嘗試把其他新的曲風融入作品嗎?</span></b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b style="font-family: arial;">ST:</b><span style="font-family: arial;">我不太會去劃分曲風。其實沒有特別拘泥音樂類型,只是不知不覺就這麼做了。我比較不會去想說「我要來試試看這種曲風」,可能比較是被一些當下聽到的音樂影響,而不會特別想說「來做做這個曲風看看」 。基本上來說,我覺得我就是在做嘻哈音樂。</span></li></ul>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">10. 不做音樂的話,會做些什麼?</span></b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b style="font-family: arial;">ST:</b><span style="font-family: arial;">我現在只有做音樂,沒有做其他的工作,在Pushin'專輯發行約一年前就辭職了,而在那之前我的職業是電腦工程師。</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>14. 個人的生涯目標。</b></span></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b>ST:</b>這是出自於我自己喜歡嘻哈的想法。</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">因為在日本,嘻哈其實也是小眾(minor),我</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">希望嘻哈可以在日本傳得更廣,讓</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">日本的嘻哈可以在世界更加發揚光大,</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">會希望可以達到這樣的境界</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">也不是為了發揚日式嘻哈而努力,只是不想讓日本嘻哈被困在同一個地方而已.....</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">其實好像和國家也沒關係,就是希望嘻哈更發揚光大。</span></li></ul>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">STUTS本人相當靦腆,甚至比我還緊張,感覺起來就是個好人(!?),算是我訪問過這麼多人中最不像音樂人的一位。可惜訪談時背景雜音過大,影片聲音全毀....就用文字檔加減看一下吧。話說Space Shower整個攝影團隊都來了,還很用心的做了當時的<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tkeuQWFANk&t=1114s" target="_blank">活動全記錄</a></b>,有興趣的朋友也可以看看囉。</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">感謝UDS的協助,才得以完成這次Tuxedo的訪問。</span>訪談錄製於2019/11/02</span><br />
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</span><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">來自密西根(現居洛杉磯)的<a href="https://www.facebook.com/MayerHawthorne/" target="_blank"><b>Mayer Hawthorne</b></a>與來自西雅圖的<a href="https://www.facebook.com/jakeone/" target="_blank"><b>Jake One</b></a>,在Tuxedo成軍之前早已都是在樂壇打滾多年的老鳥,曾榮獲八次葛萊美獎的提名。兩人透過了嘻哈音樂而認識彼此、成為了莫逆之交,於是決定組成復古靈魂樂團<b>"<a href="https://www.facebook.com/tuxedo/" target="_blank">Tuxedo</a>"</b>。從2015年初試啼聲就大受歡迎,一路至今仍持續發表專輯,並成立自己的獨立廠牌Funk On Sight,相信在2020年還會有許多值得期待的作品推出!</span><br />
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">1. Tuxedo的成軍過程?</span></b></span><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jake One (以下簡稱JO):</b>說起來蠻有趣的,我們在Tuxedo這個計畫中做的不是嘻哈,但當初我們兩個都是透過嘻哈音樂而認識....我們兩個都是DJ。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mayer Hawthorne (以下簡稱MH):</b>在Tuxedo之前,我們都是放嘻哈的DJ、製作人。在西雅圖的某場表演中,我遇見了Jake。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>JO:</b>當時我們都有做自己的混音CD,於是就互相交換了。我聽了之後感到非常訝異,裡面放的曲目竟然沒有任何一首嘻哈歌曲,全部都是滿滿的Boogie Funk。我覺得這好奇妙,因為這正是我自己在做的事,我還以為只有我這樣做。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>MH:</b>我也以為只有我會這樣做....於是我們就這樣變成了好朋友。這一切的開端就從那時候開始。</span></li></ul>
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">2. 你們是怎麼想到Tuxedo這個團名的?</span></b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>MH:</b>在想團名的時候,我們很確定必須要是一個很短的單字,但又要優雅、並且能代表著音樂本身。就像是之前的Chic、Zapp或是Devo這樣。所以說,"Tuxedo"大概就符合這樣的概念,音樂也正如其名地優雅。 </span></li></ul>
<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">3. 你們的背景非常不同。Jake One老早就是身經百戰的嘻哈製作人,從一線的主流歌手Rick Ross、50 Cent到如Brother Ali的地下歌手都有合作。而Mayer Hawthorne從Stones Throw時期以來就走著復古靈魂的風格。組成Tuxedo之後,兩人在合作上會有摩擦嗎?</span></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>JO:</b>我們在合作時,唯一會意見不合的地方,大概就是他想要節奏做快一點、而我會想要調慢一點吧...哈哈哈。</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">這就是我在做嘻哈音樂的思維。太快了的話,聽起來根本就不嘻哈。</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>MH:</b>而我則是要讓聽眾聽了之後想要跳舞。但其實我們兩人都是很喜歡嘻哈音樂的。事實上我比你們想的還要嘻哈多了。這也是為甚麼Tuxedo能夠合作順利,因為我們兩人的想法非常相似。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>JO:</b>事實上,我們在做這些Funk、R&B音樂時,使用的是嘻哈音樂的觀點。很多人都是反過來做,你知道...有些樂手,他們會用樂器彈奏放克音樂,他們就很難適應嘻哈這種以取樣為基礎的做法。然而我們在做音樂的時候,總是不會忘記嘻哈的一面,我們會想著如果是做一首嘻哈歌曲的話會是什麼樣的感覺,歌曲的結構就會有不同的編排。這就是因為從小到大我們就是一直愛著嘻哈音樂,像是Dr. Dre、G-Funk音樂以及DJ Battlecat等等,這些都有著相同元素。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>MH:</b>這就是為什麼Tuxedo可以如此特別又不落俗套。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>JO:</b>在合作過程中也蠻奇妙的,當我們兩人一開始決定合作時,我們大概就只是一年見面個一兩次,然後做幾首歌曲來玩玩而已。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>MH:</b>一開始做的音樂,就只是為了我們自己。讓我們在開車時,可以在我的車裡播放來聽一聽。 </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>JO:</b>一直到2015年,我們真正的發表專輯之後,我們才一起巡迴、真正花時間相處。所以這很奇怪吧,以前我們都不會相處這麼久。而我覺得最棒的一點,就是我跟他之間會互補,這一點讓這段合作關係維持得很好。他是個完美主義者,我是喜歡負責出點子,而他就會很堅持的完成.....我才不想這麼麻煩哩。所以這樣合作真的太棒了,我可以提出一大堆好點子,而他會幫我好好整理。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>MH:</b>我會把一個粗略的概念,完整地做成一首歌曲。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>JO:</b>所以我們之間從來不會有什麼衝突。他是主唱,我則在後面放歌....我就喜歡待在後頭,而他喜歡唱歌,這樣子的合作根本完美。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>MH:</b>而且我們都愛小籠包...哈哈。</span></li></ul>
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">4. 可否談談新專輯"Tuxedo III"?這張專輯聽起來似乎跟之前有些不同之處,也多找了一些歌手跨刀合作。 </span></b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>MH:</b>關於新專輯,我們加入了更多808鼓機的元素。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>JO:</b>這已經是我們第三張專輯了,在一開始的時候,我們根本沒預期會有第二張,結果我們的音樂大受歡迎,才想說...好像真的可以做下去。所以,在做第三張專輯的時候,我們就想著如何改變過去既有的風格,也自然而然地決定找來其他歌手加入我們的世界中一起合作。</span>在選擇合作對象時,我們也有些條件,第一、這個人要是我們的好朋友,第二、他跟我們的音樂搭配起來夠好。我覺得我們選的人都很棒,原本我們有找到了更大咖的歌手,但聽起來好像無法跟音樂契合,最後就不採用了。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>MH:</b>合作對象是我們實際認識的朋友,我覺得這點非常重要。因為這樣子才能夠真正理解我們在幹麻,並且能一起樂在其中。</span></li></ul>
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">6. 新專輯中我最愛的一首歌大概就是"The Tuxedo Way"了。可否講一下,你們所謂的"Tuxedo Way"代表的含義?想傳達什麼訊息?</span></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>JO:</b><span style="background-color: white;">很有趣的是...多數團體都不會為了自己去寫一首歌。就像是我們做的</span><b>"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2B56DhQXLw" target="_blank">Fux With The Tux</a>"</b><span style="background-color: white;">,這原本是個hashtag,但我們覺得很有趣,所以就做了這首歌,純粹就是自己覺得好玩。</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>MH:</b>這首"Tuxedo Way"的製作過程非常快速。這是專輯中的最後一首歌,也是最快完成的一首,大概只花了幾個小時而已吧。做這首歌曲的意義,就只是為了我們自己打造一首主題曲 - 為了慶祝狂歡的歌曲。我們有很多歌曲聽起來都很歡樂,或是有著慶賀的氛圍,但在這些歌曲中我們還真的沒提到過任何關於"慶祝"的字眼,例如"Let's Have a toast"之類的....我們覺得蠻扯的,之前竟然沒寫過這樣的歌,所以就決定做了這首"The Tuxedo Way"。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>JO:</b>對的,沒錯。"Tuxedo Way"也包含了許多意義,這就是種生活態度。我們會帶著它來到你的城市、播放著唱片。另外</span></span>讓我們感到很有意思的是,亞洲對我們有著強烈的吸引力。明明你們都不會說英文,怎麼可能了解我們的歌詞呢?但事實上,大家都能被這氛圍感染。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>MH:</b>我們現在所處的世界實在太奇怪了,世界各地的人都需要好好放鬆一下、舉杯慶祝,遠離這瘋狂的一切,這就是我們音樂帶給大家的意義。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>JO:</b>在音樂上,我們保持著細微又明確的界線,聽起來要讓人愉悅、卻又不會柔軟到過頭。所以我們總是說:<b>"There's a fine line between keepin' it G and Kenny G"。</b>我們會盡量避免變成Kenny G那邊去。 </span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-family: arial;">8. 請談談你們成立的獨立廠牌Funk On Sight </span></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>JO:</b>我們決定要成立自己的廠牌。因為我們現在所處的時代中,歌手自己應該要去控制所有的作品、決策,藉此培養粉絲族群,於是我們就決定試試看。很有趣的是,我們兩人在樂壇這麼久,卻都從來沒有實際營運過廠牌的經驗。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>MH:</b>這算是一場豪賭。對自己未來的一場賭注,我們也還不確定未來發展會如何,但目前看起來還算不錯,我覺得我們做了一個正確的決定。能夠自己掌握命運,這種感覺真的很棒,同時又有這麼多粉絲一路支持。至於Funk On Sight未來的計劃...我們才剛與Bruno Mars、Kenny G簽下合作的合約,總之會有很多值得期待的新作品。</span></li></ul>
<b><span style="font-family: arial;">9. 你們的現場演出或是MV中總是穿得很帥,是誰決定造型的?</span></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>JO:</b>一直都是我,哈哈。反正不是穿燕尾服、就是穿棉褲,沒有中間灰色地帶。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>MH:</b>只要我們一穿上燕尾服,就知道是派對的時間到了,這就是我們的座右銘。我們對於時尚的靈感,其實大部分都來自專輯的背面,就是70、80年代的唱片封套,我們就是看他們怎麼穿的。 </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>JO:</b>有時候光是看他們色彩如何搭配就很讓人驚艷了,能從中得到很多靈感。例如我們看過一張唱片是穿著相反對比的色調,我們就也想試試,於是我們就去穿不同款的西裝。</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>MH:</b>我們也從很多無名英雄上得到啟發。就是那些在80年代有發過片,但都沒紅過的歌手。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>JO:</b>有時候大家會有些誤解。當然,麥可傑克森、王子這些都是我們的目標,但我們想做的音樂和事情跟他們並不一樣。我們想做的是像Bernard Wright、Jerry Knight,類似這種無名英雄,但我們都超愛。 </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>MH:</b>我們試著把當年他們的活力帶到現今主流的檯面上....那些被人們忽略的80年代的好東西。 </span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>10. 未來會考慮加入更多嘻哈、饒舌的元素嗎? </b><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"> JO:</b>應該很難。即使是在這次新專輯中,我們也考慮過很多饒舌歌手,但這真的很難說。是要我們自己喜歡的饒舌歌手,又要能夠搭配我們的音樂,這樣子的條件侷限到只有少數人能夠符合標準。你知道,這樣起碼要是47歲....哈哈。還要有一定程度的swag,所以要找到年輕又有才華的人來合作真的很難。因為那些年輕人不見得能跟我們的音樂搭配....聽起來就是不對,我們就不會強求。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>MH:</b>說真的,能理解我們音樂的年輕歌手真的非常少數。如果有這樣的人出現,那我們就會想一起合作。不過未來應該還是會試著加入一些饒舌吧。記得我們在做前兩張專輯的時候,我們主動拒絕饒舌,所有的饒舌元素都不考慮加入,有饒舌歌手主動來合作、我們都拒絕掉了,以前我們兩人可是對於製作饒舌音樂有多年的經驗,但當時的重點就是"no rap"。一直到現在第三張專輯,才覺得又可以把饒舌的元素放入。 </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>JO:</b>我們目前跟饒舌歌手合作的也不多。除了Doom之外,我最想合作的歌手就是<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Rick Ross</a>了。他是我熟識的人,所以這可行性很高。</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> 11. 對於亞洲巡迴的感想如何?</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b style="font-family: arial;">JO:</b><span style="font-family: arial;">對於亞洲巡迴,我們感到非常驚喜。第一次有這種感覺是第一次去日本的Summer Sonic,台下的觀眾竟然都聽過我們的歌,這真令人難以置信。</span></li><li><b style="font-family: arial;">MH:</b><span style="font-family: arial;">真的讓人很難想像,我們可是來自地球的另一邊、來自美國,即使有社群媒體,但大多數的時候我們也不知道世界另一邊的聽眾,對我們的音樂反應到底是如何。結果來到亞洲之後,我們很驚訝發現大家的反應都很不錯。</span></li><li><b style="font-family: arial;">JO:</b><span style="font-family: arial;">就像在雅加達也是一樣,我沒預期反應會這麼好,所以這一路都是驚喜。我想大概因為放克音樂算是共通的語言吧,在美國,其實有些歌手是不願意走出舒適圈的,而我們則是會去探索城市、體驗當地文化,嘗試當地最瘋狂的食物,對我們來說最重要的就是唱片和美食兩件事。 </span></li></ul>
<b><span style="font-family: arial;">12. 你們最喜愛的唱片行有哪些?</span></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b style="font-family: arial;">JO:</b><span style="font-family: arial;">年輕的時候,有些唱片行是我們很常去的,真的超愛...唱片都屌翻了。然後網路出現之後就毀了這一切,這些當地的唱片行都沒客人了。於是我們就往國外的唱片行跑,例如阿姆斯特丹,我們就發現那邊的唱片就很不一樣,但是說真的,唱片行的聖地就是日本,例如東京,那裡的唱片是無人能敵的,尤其是唱片的品質。如果是說我的家鄉西雅圖的話....我現在還真的不太常逛了。</span></li><li><b style="font-family: arial;">MH:</b><span style="font-family: arial;">因為他自己就有一大堆唱片,都直接從車庫裡的唱片挖來聽,那可是一大個存放空間耶,這就是他的唱片行。至於我的話,我現在有個朋友是經銷商,我都會私下直接跟他買唱片,就比較少逛唱片行了,不過唱片市集還是會去,例如</span><a href="https://westsidelovetw.blogspot.com/2013/03/events-beat-swap-meet-la-5-year.html" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Beat Swap Meet</a><span style="font-family: arial;">等等,那種地方都可以找到很酷的東西。</span>如果再回到我的家鄉底特律的話,我會推薦Peoples Records、Hello Records,這些唱片行也都不錯。</li></ul></div><div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><b>13. 這麼多年來,你們已經達成了許多目標。例如Jake One在嘻哈圈征戰許久、合作對象已經不計其數,也聽說Mayer Hawthorne在生涯早期其實根本不會唱歌、是後來學的。你們還有什麼事情是一直想做、但是卻還未達到的嗎?</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b style="font-family: arial;">JO:</b><span style="font-family: arial;">很顯然地,我們想要一首暢銷曲,那種真正大賣、家喻戶曉的暢銷曲。我有很多朋友,他們都已經做出了超賣座的暢銷曲,不過他們也想反過來做我們這種很酷的東西。人總是會不滿於現狀,會覺得別人比較好,所以說....如果我們也能有一些超紅的暢銷曲,那就真的太好了。當然這些歌曲的樣貌都必須是我們想要的,我們不會為了想要賣座而去做,因為這根本行不通,這些歌曲都必須是獨特的才行。</span></li><li><b style="font-family: arial;">MH:</b><span style="font-family: arial;">好啦,我們就是想賺點錢,這樣才能去買那些還沒入手的唱片....那種一片上千美元的。我們能在Disk Union花上一大堆錢。</span></li></ul>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><b>14. 對放克音樂的看法?</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b style="font-family: arial;">JO:</b><span style="font-family: arial;">我們在做Tuxedo時,第一首歌曲大概是在2010年發表的,在那個時間點,我們還真的不覺得會有人對這種音樂有興趣。後來大概2012、2013年的時候,出現了一些放客曲風的暢銷曲,我覺得其實跟我們自己在做的也差不多,所以我們就決定在soundcloud上又丟了三首歌,後來越來越受到歡迎,這真的很瘋狂。想想看</span><b style="font-family: arial;">"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-gcfQhR_9c" target="_blank">Do It</a>"</b><span style="font-family: arial;">都已經是2013年的歌了。</span></li><li><b style="font-family: arial;">MH:</b><span style="font-family: arial;">總之,放克音樂的熱潮還在持續,現況並不差,也會持續發展下去。只要讓人感覺快樂,放克音樂就會永遠都存在。</span></li></ul>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><b> 15. 未來目標</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b style="font-family: arial;">MH:</b><span style="font-family: arial;">我們就只是想持續經營下去,希望能再回到台灣,下次表演給更多人看。就是不斷往上爬,然後確保我們不用去做其他那些爛工作來過日子。</span></li></ul>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><b>16. 給年輕音樂人的建議</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b style="font-family: arial;">JO:</b><span style="font-family: arial;">以我做音樂二十年的經驗來說呢...你必須要跟著自己的感覺走,知道什麼是對的、有益的,並且與人連結,Tuxedo一開始純粹只是為了好玩,我們原本沒抱什麼期望,結果我們現在已經巡迴世界各地好多次了。這段經歷也鍛鍊了我,這些都是我在生涯後期沒想到的,到了現在,我竟然還能每天都學到新東西,例如做音樂的方法、並摸索出自己真正想做的事。</span></li><li><b style="font-family: arial;">MH:</b><span style="font-family: arial;">這聽起來有點陳腔濫調,但你做的音樂是要能跟自己產生共鳴的。你做的音樂,是要自己聽了之後覺得是好的。已經有了Drake和Bruno Mars,也已經有我們Tuxedo了,所以如果你做的音樂聽起來像我們,別人也會說你是在學Tuxedo,所以你要做自己風格的東西。這就是我能給的建議...就是要做自己。 </span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">這次訪問的對象非常特別 - 是來自加州Watts的籃球明星<b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/franknittyy/" target="_blank">Frank Nitty</a></b> (原名Franklin Session)。</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Franklin Session與拓荒者隊的一哥Damian Lillard是大學時期的隊友,就曾讚賞Frank是當今NBA之外最強的球員。會有這樣的讚譽並非空穴來風,在成名之前,Frank曾是Verizon一間店的店長,但靠著比賽一步一步打出名堂、累積實力,拿下<b><a href="http://www.drewleague.com/" target="_blank">Drew League</a></b>蟬聯三屆的MVP (最著名事蹟就是在公牛隊的<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txos_fi5ECY" target="_blank">Denzel Valentine</a>上拿下44分)。</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">之後選擇成為職業籃球選手,征戰加拿大職籃、卡達職籃、Big 3聯盟等等,現在即將來到台灣的SBL,以首屆洋將狀元之姿披上<a href="https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aspt/201910150256.aspx" target="_blank">九太科技</a>的戰袍出戰。</span></span><br />
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</span><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">關於生平事蹟,台灣已經有許多媒體都有<a href="https://www.sportsv.net/articles/66368" target="_blank">相關報導</a>,這邊就不再贅述。Franklin Session出身惡名昭彰的Watts,但他沒有走上歪路,在籃球上的天份更是讓許多人瞠目結舌,進攻、防守一把罩,如今已是備受敬重的籃球員、扛下了Watts的希望。</span><br />
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">1. 請做個自我介紹。</span></b></span></span><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Frank Nitty (以下簡稱FN):</b>我的名字是Franklin Session,綽號Frank Nitty。我是Drew League三屆MVP。這個綽號是童年時期的朋友取的,靈感來自美國歷史上著名的幫派老大<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Nitti" target="_blank">Frank Nitti</a>,當時他在黑手黨的綽號是執法者(Enforcer),而對我這種籃球員來說,在場上就是沒人敢來招惹我。就是這樣,我一步一步努力打球至今。</span></span></li></ul>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">2. 什麼時候決定成為職業球員的?</span></b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>FN:</b>一直以來都有一堆人勸我說應該去打職業籃球。也有很多NBA的球員鼓勵我去嘗試。但我一直沒決定,一直到....應該是James Harden,他是最後一個勸我去打職籃的人。在以前,我是白天做著正職工作的普通人,每次有人勸我,我都興趣缺缺,尤其是球團裡的那些政治因素、薪水報酬的考量等等,所以我一直都不確定是否該投身職業籃球。但是,也在那個時期,我找了家人討論許久,後來我老婆也鼓勵我,於是就決定去闖看看了。</span></li></ul>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">3. 成長於Watts,你是如何克服生活在這個環境所帶來的負面影響?</span></b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>FN:</b>這是個好問題,在Watts成長真的是很艱難。我一路上也是有許多掙扎,但我只選擇正確的事做,假如你走了歪路,有九成的機率你會完蛋,只要是一個錯誤的決定,就能夠毀了你的一生,換句話說,你會連命都不保。所以,在那樣的環境下,你必須要保持堅強。Watts的確充斥嚴重的幫派暴力問題。但假如你與好的人一起相處,並且保持真實的自我,那麼這些負面影響就不會是問題。我當時大部分的朋友都不是幫派份子,我以前都在打籃球、玩滑板,你知道的...我從不在街頭做著那些違法犯紀的事。所以,對我來說能和這些幫派劃清界線是很容易的,在成長階段,我沒有接觸、也沒有參與過幫派,大部分的時候,我就是保持低調、避開麻煩。 </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">我有四個哥哥,所以我會從他們的錯誤中學習,這讓我避免再去犯一樣的錯才能學到教訓,我能看著他們來學習,這幫助我找到自己真正想做些什麼,讓我知道不能做某件事、因為會導致某個不好的後果....也就是事先判斷的能力。但這代表我幾乎是禁足在家,當時也是過得很辛苦,因為看著許多人都透過不正當的方式賺到了大量的財富,你心裡當然很羨慕、也想跟著賺大錢,但長期下來,終究會惡有惡報,讓你付出代價,所以我選擇避開這些麻煩,而我也有足夠的才智幫助我找到正職工作。 </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">總之,我就是做了正確的決定,並不是說別人的決定就是錯的,但要知道每個人狀況不同。以前我周遭有許多人、叫我去忙些不同的事情,光是教練,就能把我留在體育館裡大半天,做著慢跑以及其他訓練,結束後早就累翻了,也就沒力氣想做些什麼奇怪的事。那時候的教練Van Myers真的是個很棒的人,他勸我別再只玩滑板,而是投入到籃球上,這真的很酷。</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">5. 你打過加拿大職籃、卡達職籃,為什麼現在會選擇台灣的SBL?</span></b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>FN:</b>我一直想進軍亞洲,例如中國的市場。但在那之前,你必須先有個開始。不會有人隨便就請一位來自加拿大職籃或是Big 3聯盟的球員,就這樣直接讓他打CBA,這是不切實際的。每個球員的目標,幾乎都是先打CBA、再進軍NBA,我當然也想這麼做,不過就是要先在自己的履歷上增添一些實績。 </span></li><li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">CBA請的球員幾乎都是NBA背景的,雖然我不是NBA出身,但我覺得我並不會輸給NBA中的一些球員,因此我覺得加盟SBL會是一個很好的開始,讓我可以在這邊展現出自己的能力。當然,網路上的高光看起來都很酷,但這些高光是看不出球員的防守技巧、看不出對於場上狀況的IQ,也看不出一些無形的東西,例如扮演的是一位好隊友、或是一位無私的傳球者,也看不出得分的真正能力或是製造高難度進球的能力。</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">所以,加入SBL是個很好的開始,</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">之後就是看著辦了,我不是急著說要馬上去哪裡,既然簽約了,我就是在這裡奮鬥,我不會去想其他事情,而是專注在眼前,打個好賽季、幫助球隊贏球,這是我所專注的。我知道SBL不容易,我的位置也並非保障,球隊邀我過來打球,但他們也不知道這合約最後會怎樣,他們就是想先看我的能耐。對....我之前是小有名氣沒錯,但他們也要確保這個簽約是值得的,所以在來台灣之前,我沒什麼其他期望,我來到這裡就是要證明我能打球,如果有其他職業球隊想要,我就能把握機會來簽約。</span></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">6. 你號稱是NBA Killer,之前的大學隊友Damian Lillard也稱你是當今NBA以外最強的球員,而你還拿下三屆Drew League的MVP以及今年的最佳防守球員。</span></b><br />
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">很好奇你是如何達成這些成就的?當初是如何訓練的? 尤其以前你並非職業球員,白天還有個Verizon的正職工作,在時間上是如何分配的?</span></b></span></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>FN:</b>在我還有白天正職工作的時期,我其實沒什麼練習,或是我不會說這是"練習"....我比較像是球員,直接就在場上比賽。所以我打了非常多的球賽,四處參加聯盟、也去過NBA試訓等等,我就是一直打球,我發現用這種方式來變強,對我來說是最好的。我不知道別人是怎樣,對我而言,直接上場打球,做些高難度的投籃動作,這會幫助我變得更強。 </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">在當時,我白天有工作,大概五點下班,而健身房的球場大概就是六點半開始,所以這是很棒的時間點,因此我的日常生活就是:上班、下班打球、回家吃飯看電視、睡覺....日復一日,我大概就是這麼做著一樣的事。至於說我能在Drew League拿下2019年度最佳防守球員,這情況比較不同,因為我得到隊友許多幫助。在Drew League,五個人中就有兩、三個是NBA球員,所以得到的幫助是很大的,這讓我壓力不會那麼大、不用在場上操心有的沒的,我就能放更多心力在防守上,替隊友製造出空擋出手、贏下比賽。總而言之,這也是關於你的熱情、自尊,防守是你應該要做好的,但許多球員不愛防守,因為防守會耗費許多體力,而且非常困難,尤其是當你想要做好進攻、又同時要兼顧防守。我可以理解這些觀點,但對我來講應該是防守第一,這是我的球風。</span></li></ul>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">7. 順道一提,SBL歷史上的最高單場得分紀錄是63分 (2011年由金門酒廠的<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmWiR3u5JlM" target="_blank">Shawn Hawkins</a>創下)。希望你能打破這個紀錄!</span></b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>FN:</b>恩...63分,我從來沒有拿過這麼多分數過。</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>(你有在Denzel Valentine頭上拿下44分過) </b><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">哈哈,是沒錯啦。這一季的Drew League我拿過60分,但這63分的紀錄....是真的要拿下很多分數。其實我傳出去的助攻很多,甚至比我投得多,我不是那種一拿到球就自幹三十球的球員,我想的是怎麼贏球,所以你會看到我能幫隊友製造出大空擋。總之,這很有趣,如果手感火燙的話,我也是會繼續投下去。</span></li></ul><b><span style="font-family: arial;">8. SBL這邊的教練有給你什麼樣的建議嗎?</span></b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>FN:</b>事實上,昨天是我第一次跟他們練球(10/16號)。他們有提到這裡的速度節奏打得很快,所以我想我很適合這樣的比賽,很多人都知道我的速度超快。這是他們目前對我的期望之一。我應該是今天晚上就會完成正式簽約,球隊的經紀人會幫我搞定這些,他們會再詳細檢視、以及對我會有其他的期許。但總而言之,就是確保我有著正確的態度,別做任何傷害球隊的事,並且確保我們比賽的節奏夠快。其他的話,目前是沒聽到什麼建議了。</span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">9. 聽說當初是The Game鼓勵你成為職業球員的?你們是如何認識的?</span></b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>FN:</b>老兄,這一切都是因為The Game,我會走到今天都是受他影響,例如勸我進入聯盟打球,還說怎沒還沒人給Frank一個打球的工作,因為他是最先看見這一切的。至於我和他的相識是在一個加州橘郡的球賽,他也在場上打球,我送給他一堆助攻....這應該是在一個叫做<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheJBLProAm/" target="_blank">JBL</a>的聯賽(與日本職籃無關)。 </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">當時我一進場,大家就把我叫到後面去:Yo Frank 快過來啊,然後The Game就把我拉進他的球隊,這已經是十年前的事了,好久以前啊。後來我們就成為了好朋友,一起打籃球,平時也一起相處。我們都熱愛籃球、也熱愛嘻哈,在日常生活上也有許多共通點,例如都有自己的家庭,所以The Game是我最要好的朋友之一。(關於兩人的友誼也可參考此篇<a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/meet-franklin-session-best-basketball-player-youve-never-heard-225102787.html" target="_blank">文章</a>)</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">10. 平常都聽些什麼音樂?</span></b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>FN:</b>我什麼音樂都聽。我喜歡聽那種你可以跟著起舞的節奏,或是有很屌的歌詞。所以也是看狀況,沒有特別說喜歡聽哪一種類型的音樂。</span></li></ul>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>11. 你也聽The Game的音樂嗎?</b></span></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>FN:</b>當然啦。The Game的<a href="https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2019/10/the-game-last-album-born-2-rap-release-date/" target="_blank">新專輯</a>超屌,前陣子有一場Listening party,地點舉辦在比佛利山,一堆人聽完都瘋了。這張專輯甚至還有Nipsey Hussle合作的作品、以及其他許多歌手跨刀,絕對會是一張好專輯</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">,我自己也相當期待</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">。</span></span></span></li></ul>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> 12. 可否談談你自己的品牌"<a href="https://www.thenittyway.com/" target="_blank">The Nitty Way</a>"?</span></b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>FN:</b>我不會稱它是一個衣服品牌,The Nitty Way傳達的是我內心中的想法。很多人其實不了解我的為人,許多人以為我是個情緒激動的籃球員,但我其實是個超Chill的傢伙。有時候我在場上囂張的像個混蛋,但那就是我打球的態度而已,有個和我一起參加SBL試訓的球員,叫做<a href="https://www.instagram.com/jewjewjacobs/" target="_blank">Julian Jacobs</a> (USC畢業),比賽結束後他就對我說:老兄,我覺得你打球真的超雞巴。才沒有呢,我這個人其實超好相處的,我後來也跟他相處得很好。</span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">The Nitty Way代表的不是服裝品牌而已,而是代表我這個人,當我在訓練時、我希望有個舒適的衣服能穿,衣服前面寫著"The Nitty Way",背後則是寫著"It's not personal, it's just business",意思就是在場上,一切就是公事公辦、無關私人恩怨。在場上互噴是很正常的,但不管怎樣,下了場之後,我會給你一個擁抱,場上的這些都不是在針對個人,而是希望在場上的激情能互相激發出自己最強的能力。我希望一直能保持這種熱情,而不是在球場上,滿腦子都只是想著來賺錢、求個溫飽而已,我才不這麼幹。所以,我一上場就是要來真的。 </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">這就是我這個品牌的典故,其實我也沒打算要推出更多東西,頂多就是個短T、帽T、短褲之類的而已,會去做這些也是大家叫我做的,許多球迷希望我出商品很久了,我也是一直在等待、找個適合的東西來做,最後找到了這個Nitty Way,這就是我一直以來打球的態度。
<span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></b></span></span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">13. 你也很會<a href="https://fansided.com/2019/08/08/frank-nitty-session-drew-league-big-three/" target="_blank">畫畫</a>,IG上常常可以看到你的作品。或許也可以把你的作品印成T恤?</span></b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>FN:</b>很多人這樣建議,但其實我不想這麼做。因為技術上來說,我畫的東西別人也可以畫,你可以在別的地方看見差不多的圖,而這就不能夠代表我了。Nitty Way的目的是要能代表我這個人,所以我不想把那些圖放到衣服上。但我是很喜歡畫畫沒錯,這是我休閒娛樂的嗜好。</span></li></ul>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">14. 給年輕球員、或是年輕一代的建議?你一路走來有學到什麼寶貴的經驗嗎?</span></b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>FN:</b>我從籃球中學到的是 - 你要能受教(coachable)。你必須要有正確的態度,你的周遭會有球員、教練、朋友....這些人會跟你講著各種意見,你要懂得如何聆聽,並且挑選好的去吸收。我不是叫你每個建議都聽進去,因為不是每句話都受用、也無法代表真正的你自己,但你還是應該要保持開闊的心去聆聽,接受他人的教導。你知道...有許多球員都是自以為什麼都會,你不會想變成這種人的,如果真有這種靠自己就行的球員,那也早進入NBA成為明星了。 </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">所以我覺得願意受教是很重要的一件事,我年輕時就不懂得這一點,而給自己造成了許多傷害,我大學時和Damian Lillard是隊友,當時我就是不懂得受教的道理,態度也不正確,最後這態度也多少害到我自己。這些是我一路走來學到的寶貴課程。如果我不是個願意受教的人,那我今天就不會被選中,也不會是個好隊友。假如我沒有保持這種謙卑的態度,一切就不可能成真。</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">MC:Stevie Stone、JL B hood、Jeff James、Flawless real talk、Twistello、Kontages <br />DJ:DJ JPEG <br />開場:Sup3rsayin、Ronnie Blaze、… <br />演唱會:Level Up Tour 2017 <br />時間:2017.9.22 19:00 <br />地點:The Green Elephant <br />票價:$16.52,停車費 0</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">這場也是達拉斯當地的DJ Ronnie Blaze辦的,我超愛他辦的show,因為請的歌手都很讚,也都會帶商品來賣並幫大家簽名、照像。雖然也會有一些比較無趣的開場歌手,但不會拖到很誇張的晚。而且場地不在市區比較近、好停車、又不用停車費,整個超愛。事前查了一下Strange Music的tour官網大多有在賣VIP package,一份含運要100元,且這還不包含演唱會門票,package裡面有XL T shirt、圍巾、領帶、戒指、撲克牌、滑鼠等東西,內容物令人疑惑,真的有人會買這種package嗎?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">因為有飯局,所以比較晚到,幸好還沒開始。這邊開場歌手每次就那些也不在贅述。但這次比較特別的是有請到德州Austin過來的團體Dirty Wormz。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dirty Wormz由MC Smackola和DJ Crash組成。兩人都蠻強的,曾經一度和Tech N9ne、Krizz Kaliko走的很近,還組了一個叫做K.A.B.O.S.H.的團體,推出了幾首歌,但後來再也沒合作了,原因不明。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">DJ Crash有刻意刷碟一下,刷碟技巧還蠻厲害的。結果表演到一半,Ronnie Blaze不知道發什麼神經,直接上台把Smackola的麥克風搶走,還說不准你在我的場子這樣disrespect我,因為Ronnie說他在歌詞裡面偷diss他,Smackola說他是唱……and Ronnie Blaze we in this bitch。但Ronnie Blaze卻說他是唱Ronnie Blaze is a bitch之類的。全部人都傻眼。現場其他歌手和Ronnie Blaze的女友都說是他自己聽錯了。Smackola也一臉疑惑說我沒事罵你幹嘛?後來就表演繼續,表演結束後Ronnie也上台向Dirty Wormz及觀眾道歉。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">下一位是Twistello,剛開場Ronnie Blaze上去靠邀Dirty Wormz的時候,他看起來超興奮的,那時候我還以為他只是看好戲的路人,哈哈,笑死。Twistello來自紐約水牛城,他的表演還行,但感覺也不容易紅。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">下一位是<b>Flawless Real Talk</b>,他還帶了鼓手,Flawless的饒舌蠻猛的,flow變化多,聲音也有辨識度。他出的一系列Pressure歌曲廣受好評,歌曲Doctor的點閱率也有破30萬,算是靠自己開拓出一條道路的歌手。因為他曾和許多歌手巡迴,現場經驗也很豐富,現場快嘴表演完美無瑕,hold的住。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">終於Stevie Stone上台,和他一起的是Hype Man Jeff James,Jeff James也是個製作人。Stevie Stone的表演真的很high、很有活力,他們兩個也都很會帶動氣氛。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">表演的曲目有:My Remedy、Dollar General、808 Bendin'、The Reason、2 Birds 1 Stone、Run It、Rain Dance、 Get Buck、Get Fucked Up、Perfect Stranger、Another Level、Options、The Baptism等。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Stevie Stone後來暫時先下台,換JL B Hood上台,JL和其他人不同,他是Strange Music的正式簽約歌手,很受到大老闆Tech N9ne的重視。2017年發行他在Strange Music的首張專輯DIBKIS,他也是一位蠻有風格的饒舌歌手。表演的曲目有:Some Good、Another Level、Out Da Hood、Own Thang、Password Say You Love Me、Strangeulation VOL II - CYPHER III、Two Up、A Real 1、No Chill、I'm The One等。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">之後Stevie Stone又重返舞台繼續唱。話說有一個胖子一直在觀眾裡面作亂,撞來撞去,感覺他精神有點問題大家都有點怕怕的,幸好保全更大隻,後來就有警告他叫他不要亂搞。結果要結尾的時候那胖子就大聲唱Stevie Stone的The Reason,結果大家又唱起來,Stevie Stone也又再陪大家唱了一次,整個超歡樂的。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">後來又把全部表演的人叫上台,印象中Stevie Stone和JL合唱了Eat II,可惜JL沒有唱Colorado那一首,不然那首現場合體一定超猛。這場表演的人都超友善的,拍照、簽名都來者不拒,不會因為觀眾少就意興闌珊。JL問我要不要一起飛、Stevie Stone問我要不要一起喝酒,但因為要開車都拒絕了。</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Stevie Stone把他所有曾經出過的CD都帶來了,衣服也帶很多。且賣的都比Strange Music官網還便宜,Stevie Stone和JL的新CD甚至便宜了9塊,也有刷卡機可以用。新專輯和Tech N9ne合作只有一首。2015年的Malta Bend專輯和Ya Boy Rich Rocka、Mystikal、Glasses Malone都有合作,又有Run It、Get Fucked Up、Rain Dance等猛歌,就決定買它了,也順便買了JL的Dibkis專輯,這張合作的對象有Tech N9ne、Krizz Kaliko、Nef The Pharaoh、Emilio Rojas等人,他們還順便送了我3張專輯宣傳海報。</span><br />
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