Haastattelussa Frisco-veteraani Black C

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02/12/2020

Haastattelussa RBL Posse -räppiryhmästä tuttu Frisco-veteraani Black C.

What’s up, Black C? How are you today?

I’m good, JP! Maintaining through this pandemic.

Let’s get straight to the point. Can you tell me about your life growing up in San Francisco?

Life in San Francisco was great for me; there were a lot of things to do since it was a tourist town. There were plenty of ways to make money as a youngster. We would go down to Fisherman’s Wharf or Pier 39 and stand on milk crates, acting like robots for money, or we would dance and pass a hat around afterward. We always made a couple of hundred a day between about five of us—that’s until we got into selling drugs.

When did you start becoming interested in music?

I got into music at the age of 17 when I got out of this juvenile detention center, which was a one-year program called Log Cabin Ranch (LCR). As soon as I got out, my friend from the neighborhood named Budwyser asked me to invest in some music equipment to help further his career. I did, and I caught the rapping bug myself after messing around with the beats for a while.

What’s the inspiration behind your music right now, at this moment?

I was uninspired for a while, but my inspiration nowadays comes from the younger guys out of my city like H2MG AR, Larry June, Drew Beez, Yatta, Lil Yee, Ice, ZayBang, and Lil Bean. They are bringing the gas for Frisco right now and got me back to writing.

Has your style changed much over the years?

My style, I feel, has always changed over the years. Just listen to my raps on my first album compared to now. It’s a very different flow, but I think you have to evolve or sound outdated. Only a chosen few, like Too $hort and E-40, can keep their similar flow from when they started.

Do you tend to rely more on hardware or software when producing your music?

As of late, it’s been software. There are tons of plugins to keep you creative as a producer, and I love it. Back in the day, when you were working with a bunch of sound modules, you were stuck with what you had unless an upgrade came out, and that was usually just as expensive as the module itself. Now you can upgrade right away in five minutes by downloading an update; you can’t beat that.

Can you tell us the story behind “Don’t Give Me No Bammer Weed” and how the song came to be?

The story behind it is too long to tell, but the short version is this: we were trying to make a weed song for Hunters Point because we were calling bunk weed “bammer weed” back then. We originally called the song “Bammer Joint.” The hook went, “Don’t give me no bammer joint; we don’t smoke that shit in Hunters Point.” By the time we headed to the studio, I decided to change it up to “Don’t give me no bammer weed; we don’t smoke that shit in the SFC,” to involve the whole Frisco instead of just Hunters Point, and it worked as planned.

How do you feel about the San Francisco scene right now, and what do you think sets San Francisco apart from everyone else?

I love what the youngsters are doing right now for the city; they are leveling up. You can’t do anything but respect that. What sets the city apart is that we have a different swag about us. Oakland, Vallejo, Sacramento, Richmond, etc., all have a different swag, but you can tell it’s Bay Area.

What upcoming projects do you have in the works?

I’m working on a couple of singles and videos as we speak, and I also have a book that I just finished up that should be out next year. I’m proofreading it and making corrections at the moment. I’m also working on Hitman’s 25th Anniversary deluxe album for the fans, and we’re releasing it on vinyl also this year.