The hip-hop pioneer chops it up about exec-producing a new Netflix docuseries on women in hip-hop, as well as sexism, Eighties nightclubs, Disney voice-over possibilities and much more.
That time was very important for me, along with a lot of the other places that we were able to go and party and listen to new music and see new artists. Union Square was one of those places. And, of course, you had the Red Parrot and the Roxy, and many roller rinks across the tri-state area that made hip-hop available: not just a DJ playing, but also seeing performers. They had clubs uptown. They had the Zodiac and the Zanzibar and the Rooftop and the … I mean, it just goes on.
“I Cram to Understand U ” is a classic. It’s almost low-key conscious, back when that term actually meant something. You should probably get more credit for that. You know, that’s interesting. I never asked him. There were many songs that came out after “I Cram to Understand U” that could have sparked off the invitation to participate.
It’s interesting how much the producer actually dictates where hip-hop goes, tonally, right? And, you know, I had the great fortune of having a great A&R. Merlin Bobb at Atlantic Records would let me play, for the most part, then at the end of every album, he’d say, “OK. Now we gotta go to work.” [.] And then he’d send me to what we identify as the superproducer. Many times over, I was in the right place at the right time.
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