Aftermath / Shady / G-Unit artist Slim The Mobster talks to Dub CNN about writing majority of Dre’s Detox which he says is finished. He also discusses getting his big break with Dre, working on his debut and much more. A transcript of the video can be found after the jump.
Part 2 of the interview will be released next week.
Dubcnn: Dubcnn.com Iām here with the one and only Slim the Mobster.
Slim the Mobster: Whatās up with it. How yāall?
Dubcnn: Weāre good. Itās a pleasure to be here with you, in exclusive company. Tell us what is going on with you right now.
Slim the Mobster: Currently working on my album, now. We done with Dr. Dreās album. Thatās a good thing. We waiting on all the singles to come out, I got a little influence on that. Thatās always good. We got Em getting ready to get on his stuff. You know how that go.
Dubcnn: Tell us how much of an involvement did you have on that project with Dre?
Slim the Mobster: I had a lot to do with it on different levels. It was certain songs that I probably didnāt write on, but I probably chose the beat. I got a lot of different elements on that album. That album and my albumās gonna two totally different vibes. So thatās gonna be the biggest transition. For the shit that you hear with him and me ā I gotta couple great records with him thatās gonna be on that album. But I think what Iām about to do is gonna be different. Itās gonna be like Get Rich or Die Tryinā. Not music wise ā I got some of the same elements. Shout out to Sha Money. I wan tit to be different at the time, the element of music ā the way everybody is sounding and looking right now, I aināt gonna do that.
Dubcnn: How did you get started doing music form south central and how did you end up here with one of the biggest figures in hip hop and music history?
Slim the Mobster: One of? Heās the biggest. I started in music not as serious as I shouldāve been from the beginning. I got ADD, Iām easily distracted. I was rappinā for a minutes. I was in certain situations, but nothing serious. It just got to a point where at first I was like, āFuck rap, I wanna sell dope, I wanna be a hustler, etcā. It was period in my life where both were happening at the same time. I was doing good in the street and I was doing good with the music. Bt you canāt serve two gods. So that pushed me to take music more seriously. And as I started taking music more seriously ā the funniest shit in the world, I swear to God. Iāve never told anyone in the world this. I took my CD to Dr. Dreās studio at the time. I actually was passing that studio on my way to go buy some materials that I was hustling with, to send my shit out of town. And it just so happened that there was a little box shipping place right next to his studio. And Iām telling my boy, āMan I wish where that nigga studio isā. And my boy he fuck with the music and shit, āI know where itās at. Itās right thereā. āMan we got to go over thereā. And we went ā I left my CD to one of his security guards. He gave me a week in the studio by myself. And I was doing two and three ideas a night. One time I remember he called me he was like, āMan what kind of drugs you on?ā. What you mean what kind of drugs Iām on? Iām motivated by money. I need to feed my kids fast. Thatās how it all started. He pulled up in the process of me leaving my CD with the security. I hit the lottery. I left my number on a lottery ticket, he called me in a matter of minutes. I wasnāt even three streets away from the studio before I got a phone call from his assistant, āYo he wanna fuck with youā. As he showed me that he was serious about he the more serious I had to get about it. So I just left all the bullshit alone. And not to mention he a real dude. Fuck what any nigga say. I caught two gun cases back to back and he didnāt leave me. I was a problem. When you think about it, he can call jay-z, I need you to record lyrics for this record and itās done. So here I am, in the middle of two things. Itās gonna be around, itās just how we do it now. I gotta outthink these fools. Every rapper in the world would love to be in my shoes. I know that so I just gotta be a little smarter than them. Some of āem been in my shoes. Either they feet got too big or the shoes got too small.
Dubcnn: We heard the music, the very little that you did put out. You did a track with Glasses. Tell us about how that came about.
Slim the Mobster: That was one of the first records I ever did with Dr. Dre. Muthafuckinā Streets. I was at the studio, I just kept listening to it over and over, and I was like damn, who can I put on here. I just called him and was like wassup cuz, come fuck with me. He came, he laid it, and Dre was like, āOh I like that.ā And it leaked. A lot of the things that got leaked, they put Bishop Lamont name on, that was me. 26s scrub, so forgive me for the noise. For those people who thought my range wasnāt on 6ās buddy big boy shit goinā on over here. It was a leak, actually the record came out when I was finishing up one of my sentences for one of the gun cases I was talking about. Dre came to see me and he told me, āHey your record came they leaked it. I actually ran into dudes in jail who knew the song word to word. For me that was my experience with a fan. I donāt really consider myself having fans right now because Iām not heavy into the mixtape scene, Iām not a club type person. This is my lead off right here, which Iām doing with Dubcnn, couple little websites. This is home, so they gonā get the first right of refusal.
Dubcnn: Youāve been releasing very little. Tell us about why youāre doing that and how youāre controlling it.
Slim the Mobster; The reason Iām doing it is because, I donāt want to over-saturate myself and I donāt wanna be done fast. I donāt want my best records to be on my mixtape. When a motherfucker get my mixtape itās not gonna be any records that I bank on. Itās gonna be the things that I feel like I can release with no problems because itās so political right now. And I feel like it maintains my value, because when you get a Slim the Mobster record you gonna get a Slim the Mobster record. And not to mention it took my boss 11 years to put a record out so Iām just following suit, Iām not rushing. Plus I got, Iām set. I canāt say Iām set, but Iām definitely not at all worried. I donāt know what the other people was doing when they was here, or how they was doing what they was doingā¦ I hope they bought a million houses or something, but thatās how it is right now with me. Iām just trying to keep my mystique and make āem like, āOooh.ā āCause the things they heard so far, they probably donāt even know, most of those records is years old. But thatās the good thing about having good music when itās new to you, itās new to you. It donāt sound like I recorded it years ago.
Dubcnn: As far as your career, do you have a lot of freedom about how you go about it?
Slim the Mobster: Yeah, I was able to grasp my own situation ācause I did put out my own mixtape, which was part of the reason that really got him fuckinā with me. Shout out to DJ Clue. He did my first mixtape. I was low key kind of signed behind that. That mixtape sold millions and millions, whatever the numbers the best mixtapes did, my mixtape did better than any mixtape ever. So thatās always a good look. How many artists that got mixtapes got signed from their mixtapes, I did. Itās not televised or public as the next person but thatās what I did.
Dubcnn: Musically, where are you coming from? Where is your project gonna be centered around? The Detox album, Iām sure theyāre related but different.
Slim the Mobster: Itās gonna have its similarities, and the difference isā¦ Iām in my own space. The shit I talk about is the shit Dre canāt talk about, the shit Dre wonāt talk about. And the shit Dre talk about is the shit I canāt talk about because I havenāt done it yet. Same with me the things I talk about itās kind of untouchable to him because he already talked about it. My album is gonna be like an NWA album, you gonna hear some shit thatās real. It aināt gonna be a Dr. Dre album, itās gonna be a real joint.
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