Legendz

As an uprising artist out of the North, Detroit to be exact, Trick Trick is gearing up to show the world why he is a force to be reckoned with. Having grown up on the rough streets of Detroit, he has overcome adversity to be in his current position. Over the years he has enjoyed his share of major label attention as a artist formerly on Motown/ Universal. Trick is now getting ready to drop his latest offering to the hip hop world, his independently fueled album titled The Villain (KOCH). With support from heavy-hitters such as Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Eminem among others, he has been busy in the lab concocting an album that he dubs as The Chronic Detroit style. Trick Trick took a timeout of his hustle grind to holla at Yo! Raps. He chops it up about his life before the rap game, and how he gets his hustle on these days.



Kick it off by letting the audience know what Trick Trick was about before entering the rap game.



To be honest with you, I was selling dope., banging, doing a lot of the same shit as other young niggaz in the street.



So what got you into rhyming?



I always dug it. I was always in to it. When I was younger I used to play the drums in the church and I had a musical background. Ya know, my father was a DJ while holding a job down at a hospital and my mother was a singer. She would perform in all kinds of plays and musical productions and stuff.



So music has been flowing in you since the beginning?



Yeah there was always music in my household.



When did the streets come knocking?



When my father left, it was only a matter of time before I started getting in trouble and freedom was just too much for me to handle at that age. Without my father staying on my head like he used to, and mom struggling, and them two not seeing eye to eye, eventually landed me in the game. At that time, it was nothing for the OG's to give me they bag and they beeper for me to make it happen. Everybody knew all they had to do was give they back to Chris. Lil Trick and he would handle it. But it was when I went to prison that I really started getting serious about the music.



So how much work did you have to put in to knock out your new album The Villain?



I was working on The Villain for about two years. Altogether, I probably recorded about 50-60 songs.



Had to make sure you gotta done right, huh?



Oh yeah, I was in the studio everyday. Also because I got a lot of artist that I produce for plus I be selling beats to artist in around Detroit.



So you also be getting busy behind the boards on the production side of things too?



Most definitely. I produced the majority of this album with the exception of a tracks produced by Dr. Dre and Eminem. Eminem gave me a lot of feedback on the production also. Like I would produce a track and give it to Eminem and he would come in and add his feel to the drums or the bass or even the whole track. I listen because he sold 30 million, he knows what he's talking about.



So how did the connection with Dr. Dre come about?



I hooked up with Dre through Eminem. Me and Eminem are tight.



Who are some of the other artists that you hooked up with for this album?



This album here...I did like a Dr. Dre The Chronic, Detroit style. I worked with a lot of artist because I knew that I was gonna need some help with this being my first real independent project. I got Eminem, Dr. Dre, Kid Rock, Ice Cube, Lil Jon, Young Buc, Royce Da 5'9", Paradigm and the rest of my family.



Tell us how you got inked with powerhouse KOCH Records?



Well, at first I was signed to Motown/Universal. But that wasn't cutting it. I couldn't deal with that pussy ass making a nigga change shit. They knew that I was uncontrollable in that aspect. I felt that I had to go G-side. They had messed my last album up. Don't get me wrong, I made some money, but in the end I felt that I could take my career to a higher level being independent and if I did require help KOCH was the best home for me to accomplish my agenda. When they came to Detroit and hollered at me, they let me know that they would bust they ass for me and give me good marketing and promotions. We came to an agreement that was reasonable for both parties and from there I was like let's rock and roll.



What other projects outside of the music business are you working on?



One of the next things I'm working on is a movie with Ice Cube. It's called Game Squad. Another big name artist is involved as well but, I can't say who it is. This is gonna be a production under Cubevision Films. So it was a script that we had been working on for a while now and we finally got it over to Cubevision Films. It's a really good script, based on true events. Another thing I'm doing is a project with my beverage group. We have a beverage coming out called G-Punch in the early spring of 2009.



You major hustling man. I'm going to you get back on your grind. Any shout outs before we check out of here?



Shout out to everybody that supported me, and shout out to all the real people and everybody that respect their self. Because if you know how to respect yourself, you know how to respect those around you. I also wanna say to keep God first and you can't do nothing without him whether you like it or not.