07/06/07 - Rhymefest On New Album, "People Are Gonna Be Like, 'Oh My God...

J-Banks · 07-06-2007, 05:28 PM

Rhymefest On New Album, "People Are Gonna Be Like, 'Oh My God, I Didn't Know.'"
Friday - July 6, 2007

SOHH caught up with Rhymefest and chopped it up about his two new albums, his TV show with Kanye West and why Mark Ronson is acting "brand new."

Apparently, Blue Collar wasn't just the name of Rhymefest's 2006 debut. The Windy City wordsmith has been hard at work since releasing his first disc and plans to flood the streets with two albums dropping only months apart -a collaboration with DJ Jazzy Jeff entitled I'm The DJ, He's The Rapper, and his sophomore set, El Che.

"With Jazzy Jeff, you're working with a real producer. Whenever I get in the studio with a real producer who just loves music, it's like the chemistry and the sparks fly, you know? It's like he sets up the face and I put the eyes and the smile and frown and paint the picture," Fest told SOHH. "He said to me that I'm the closest he's been to with any rapper like working with Will Smith again. So, you take the run that somebody like Will Smith and Jazzy Jeff has had and you get that same person saying that this is the closest since that, that means that something great is about to happen."

Hoping to release the nostalgic, light hearted collaboration with Jazzy Jeff in December, the Grammy-award winning MC will follow it up with his more aggressive, sophomore J Records release El Che in April 2008, which features the Lil Jon produced "Angry Black Man On A Elevator". The song has been receiving a lot of attention due to the video of the making of the song which takes viewers into the studio as the pair crafts the single. Fest is also quick to point out that this album will not be a sequel to Blue Collar.

"The people who already know about Rhymefest will be like, 'damn, this is what I've been waiting for him to do. This is Rhymefest grown up, this is the maturity of my favorite artist and I'm glad I'm here to witness it," Fest shared. "The people who may not know me that well, are going to hear this album and be like 'oh my God, I didn't know.' And it's going to give all the people who did know a chance to finally say, 'I told you.' It's going to be another wake up call that says you can do authentic hip-hop and still be successful."

While he's keeping a tight lip on which MC's will be joining him on the record, he did confirm that the likes of Cool & Dre, Animal House, Lil Jon and Kanye West, who he is currently working with on a new show for Comedy Central, will be lending beats to the album.

"Yea, Kanye and I are working on a pilot for a TV show. Right now we really don't have a name for it. It's like 'In Living Color' meets the 'Muppet Show.' So it's like a sketch comedy involving puppets but we involve the live guests and they'll interact with the puppets. We're about to go to LA and start working on the pilot in about a month," he explained. "I know it's concerning TV but, I don't know how much outside of music [the show] is because the characters are going to be heavily music based and I'm going to be writing rhymes for a lot of the characters."

With several collaborations on the horizon, one person that Fest won't be collaborating with is former producer Mark Ronson.

"Mark is doing like Amy Winehouse and he has some other artists and it was kinda like, after Blue Collar, Mark disappeared. When I was trying to get DJ's to play my stuff and trying to really make it pop, I couldn't find him," Fest revealed. "I wanted to do some stuff with him on this album and he's got a manager and his manager was calling my manager like 'we'll schedule some days' and it never happened."

"He kind of bailed on me," Fest continued. "At the end of the day, every man gotta take care of himself as a man and I don't expect no man to take care of me so I ain't tripping but...it kinda threw me off. If anybody out there sees Mark Ronson tell him to give me a call, my number ain't changed."

SOurce-sohh

johnny1000 · 07-06-2007, 05:46 PM

Dope news, propz!!!

slickj101 · 07-06-2007, 05:55 PM

Fest aint bad at all

26shotz · 07-06-2007, 06:06 PM

Dj Jazzy Jeff that is awesome

Drizzy · 07-06-2007, 06:08 PM

fest's good, kanye's better though. Kanye's album will be awesome.

lilwepun305 · 07-06-2007, 06:25 PM

kanye makes boring grown up music on his albums.. I like the original he's the dj im the rapper cd a slept on classic.. and props

GoodMusicFam805 · 07-06-2007, 07:08 PM

I was like "Oh my god i just wasted my money to buy this wack LP"... This CD was "Bum" like Suge Knight!!!

MC B STREETZ · 07-06-2007, 07:23 PM

yessurrrrr

Zhiwai · 07-06-2007, 07:32 PM

Props on this

Pretty Soney · 07-06-2007, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J-Banks

"The people who may not know me that well, are going to hear this album and be like 'oh my God, I didn't know.'
SOurce-sohh

i like ryhmefest but those are big words that he needs to back up now!

Dangermouf · 07-06-2007, 09:36 PM

I like dude 2 but he aint got no buzz, people will never be like oh my god on anything he gonna do, add sum Kanye and Pharrell then maybe

lUp315 · 07-06-2007, 09:41 PM

props
rhymefest is ill

Snapper · 07-07-2007, 06:19 AM

lol propz but he underated and got no buzz.

Rhod-Willz · 07-07-2007, 08:27 AM

DJ jazzy Jeff is an animal!

FoShizzlE · 07-07-2007, 10:49 AM

propzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

PsychoLuke · 07-07-2007, 12:56 PM

the tv show sounds really gay

GMNRecordsCT3 · 07-07-2007, 06:19 PM

oh my god.

kac · 07-08-2007, 02:50 AM

Ok propz on the info.

....DeMoNiK.... · 07-08-2007, 02:53 AM

he working with jazzy jeef . .

I hope he does well the first album was nice

Smithilberry · 07-08-2007, 07:51 PM

cool....... rhymefest is good

07-06-2007, 05:28 PM	#1
J-Banks Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 21,015 Repped: 5,294 Repped 53,425 Times in 7,839 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Neg Reps: 53 Neg Repped at 93 Times in 86 Posts	07/06/07 - Rhymefest On New Album, "People Are Gonna Be Like, 'Oh My God... 07/06/07 - Rhymefest On New Album, "People Are Gonna Be Like, 'Oh My God... Rhymefest On New Album, "People Are Gonna Be Like, 'Oh My God, I Didn't Know.'" Friday - July 6, 2007 SOHH caught up with Rhymefest and chopped it up about his two new albums, his TV show with Kanye West and why Mark Ronson is acting "brand new." Apparently, Blue Collar wasn't just the name of Rhymefest's 2006 debut. The Windy City wordsmith has been hard at work since releasing his first disc and plans to flood the streets with two albums dropping only months apart -a collaboration with DJ Jazzy Jeff entitled I'm The DJ, He's The Rapper, and his sophomore set, El Che. "With Jazzy Jeff, you're working with a real producer. Whenever I get in the studio with a real producer who just loves music, it's like the chemistry and the sparks fly, you know? It's like he sets up the face and I put the eyes and the smile and frown and paint the picture," Fest told SOHH. "He said to me that I'm the closest he's been to with any rapper like working with Will Smith again. So, you take the run that somebody like Will Smith and Jazzy Jeff has had and you get that same person saying that this is the closest since that, that means that something great is about to happen." Hoping to release the nostalgic, light hearted collaboration with Jazzy Jeff in December, the Grammy-award winning MC will follow it up with his more aggressive, sophomore J Records release El Che in April 2008, which features the Lil Jon produced "Angry Black Man On A Elevator". The song has been receiving a lot of attention due to the video of the making of the song which takes viewers into the studio as the pair crafts the single. Fest is also quick to point out that this album will not be a sequel to Blue Collar. "The people who already know about Rhymefest will be like, 'damn, this is what I've been waiting for him to do. This is Rhymefest grown up, this is the maturity of my favorite artist and I'm glad I'm here to witness it," Fest shared. "The people who may not know me that well, are going to hear this album and be like 'oh my God, I didn't know.' And it's going to give all the people who did know a chance to finally say, 'I told you.' It's going to be another wake up call that says you can do authentic hip-hop and still be successful." While he's keeping a tight lip on which MC's will be joining him on the record, he did confirm that the likes of Cool & Dre, Animal House, Lil Jon and Kanye West, who he is currently working with on a new show for Comedy Central, will be lending beats to the album. "Yea, Kanye and I are working on a pilot for a TV show. Right now we really don't have a name for it. It's like 'In Living Color' meets the 'Muppet Show.' So it's like a sketch comedy involving puppets but we involve the live guests and they'll interact with the puppets. We're about to go to LA and start working on the pilot in about a month," he explained. "I know it's concerning TV but, I don't know how much outside of music [the show] is because the characters are going to be heavily music based and I'm going to be writing rhymes for a lot of the characters." With several collaborations on the horizon, one person that Fest won't be collaborating with is former producer Mark Ronson. "Mark is doing like Amy Winehouse and he has some other artists and it was kinda like, after Blue Collar, Mark disappeared. When I was trying to get DJ's to play my stuff and trying to really make it pop, I couldn't find him," Fest revealed. "I wanted to do some stuff with him on this album and he's got a manager and his manager was calling my manager like 'we'll schedule some days' and it never happened." "He kind of bailed on me," Fest continued. "At the end of the day, every man gotta take care of himself as a man and I don't expect no man to take care of me so I ain't tripping but...it kinda threw me off. If anybody out there sees Mark Ronson tell him to give me a call, my number ain't changed." SOurce-sohh __________________ JBanksblog.com - check it out __________________

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lilwepun305 Fuck Hip Hop Dickheads! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: somewhere Posts: 403 Repped: 25 Repped 10 Times in 7 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	kanye makes boring grown up music on his albums.. I like the original he's the dj im the rapper cd a slept on classic.. and props __________________ "And these haters get stretched out like a bad thong" - Luda

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johnny1000 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 54 Repped: 0 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Dope news, propz!!!

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slickj101 **** Sloppy Joe Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY Posts: 367 Repped: 1 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Fest aint bad at all

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Drizzy aKa dRiZz Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: UK Posts: 3,844 Repped: 609 Repped 1,674 Times in 252 Posts Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 7 Times in 5 Posts	fest's good, kanye's better though. Kanye's album will be awesome.

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07-06-2007, 09:36 PM	#11
Dangermouf Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,223 Repped: 93 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	I like dude 2 but he aint got no buzz, people will never be like oh my god on anything he gonna do, add sum Kanye and Pharrell then maybe

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lUp315 Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 169 Repped: 0 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	props rhymefest is ill

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kac Veteran Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tallahassee,FL Posts: 3,891 Repped: 1,815 Repped 61 Times in 13 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ok propz on the info.

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