Aesop Rock Interview

Do you think you're old? Do you feel old? Are you scared of growing old?

Jeez way to jump right in there. Ha. I guess I do feel old. I'm 30. I have a handful of friends my age and older, but most people doing the music I do, or attending the shows I do are younger. The concert-going fans will always be a younger bunch, as I was really all about seeing shows during my late teens and early 20's. The only part that scares me about growing old is that I am constantly haunted by wondering what I'm gonna do next, in all of this, in music, in art, all of it. Sometimes the worry of that outweighs the enjoyment of what I do. Will I find something to keep me interested musically or otherwise? Will whatever I find pay the bills and support whatever family I may have at that time? I'm finally at the point where I can actually look back a little and say "oh shit, this is what I did with my youth". That can make you feel locked in, which is a scary thing. I also am starting to have the desires to involve myself in things that help out younger generations, which to me is an "old" way to think. I am starting to feel like it is my duty to show kids that they don't have to be a banker or sit in a cubicle, or if they DO have to or want to do that, there are other things in life that can bring you satisfaction and a sense of personal accomplishment that don't necessarily come with a 9-5. I know living off music or art has been a blessing, and if it stops ever I am still happy I got a chance to do it. I'd love to introduce kids to that world.

On the MTV site they said something about you "building on the rapping style eccentrics of Kool Keith and Del". How do you feel about that, and did you see Kool Keith last week at mezzanine and what did you think of the show?

I take that as a huge compliment. Those are 2 dudes that I am honored to share a place in a sentence with, as I definitely felt like both of them were role models to me in many ways. They really continue to show people that it is ok to let your personality show thru in your music, which really is the most important thing. It seems really odd, and sad that something like 'letting your personality show thru' is something that people need to be reminded of, but I guess it's maybe a sign of the times. I dunno. I did not see the Kool Keith show in sf.

List some places here in SF where you can be found? (places you enjoy going- eating at- parks to sit- record stores- spending time at- bars to drink at- movie theaters- anything if anything.

It depends on who's looking for me. To be honest I don't go to that many bars or parties. I don't drink, so that kinda stuff isn't really all that appealing. I'm really just trying to get used to the city still. I lived in NY forever, aside from college, so it's a bit of a change of pace. I haven't been here all that long. Most days my wife goes to work and I work at the crib. I make my rounds to all the record spots every couple weeks. I like walking anywhere cuz most of it is still relatively unfamiliar to me. I am a major movie nerd but I hate theatres. I'm trying to re-train myself to enjoy theatres. That being said, I saw nacho libre the other day and was really really let down. I like jack black, but they forgot to write jokes into the movie. I can also be found prying Jeremy fish out of his house to go eat at any of SF's fine diners. Grub Steak is up there.

I know Fat Nick from skating in Ohio. Do you know him and have you been to his Scribble Jam? If so, you ever compete in it?

I've actually never been to scribble jam. I may know nick if I saw him but the name doesn't ring a bell.

Did you say that smoking cigarettes will make your voice sound dope? That stuff causes cancer. Worry about that stuff? You smoke four packs a day?! My dad used to smoke three. I thought that was tough.

Jesus talk about something being blown out of proportion. I said the voice/cigarettes thing as a joke in an interview many many years ago and it has haunted me ever since. I did at one time in my life for several months smoke 3-4 packs a day. It was a bad time. A 'low point' if you will. The rest of my smoking 'career' averaged around a pack a day. Smoking doesn't do anything to your voice but fuck it up. I have long said in my life that I would quit smoking when I either had a baby or turned 30, whichever came first. that being said, I do not have a baby, but I did turn 30. I have not had a cigarette for 23 days. I have officially quit. Cold turkey. No going back.

Tell me how this collaboration with Jeremy Fish came about. How did you two meet and what in the hell do you think about that big geezer?

Man that guy is my hero. We have a friend in common who hit me up a while back saying that this guy Jeremy fish had an opportunity to pitch a cartoon to Disney and wanted me to be involved in the music side. I flipped out cuz I was also a fan of his, and owned some of his work. I was also dying for any kind of side project that I could get involved in, as occasionally making solo records gets really boring and repetitive, no matter how you approach it. As soon as I moved out to SF we got up, and that was that. We were getting the runaround on the cartoon, but decided we would collaborate regardless, as we had a ton in common and really just hit it off well. I grew up skateboarding, though it had been maybe 7 years since I have done it regularly, but Jeremy is pretty involved, and I got to nerd out on old skateboarding stuff. We just got along well, and his work ethic is inspiring to say the least. When I first moved to sf and re-set up my studio I was working a lot but having a real hard time getting into a zone. New surroundings, foreign city, all that. Jeremy really took the time to show me around a bit and helped me to get back in the zone. That guy is a gentleman and a scholar.

Would you consider yourself a nerd?

music nerd, movie nerd, video game nerd, part-time skateboard nerd, part time art nerd, and I like to read science journals.

Describe yourself when you were twelve.

Skateboarding. Dead Kennedy's and Public Enemy t-shirts. Pretty much listening to any music my older brother gave me. Trying to make art. Learning to play bass. Rapping over my brother's Casio concoctions. Building a launch ramp. Making out with a fat chick who wore Skid Row t-shirts. That was all around that time give or take.

You perform live a lot. Tell us about your worst live show.

There have been a few doozies. We had one this past year. I went to Santos Brazil for 2 shows with my friends Rob Sonic and dj Big Wiz. We played in this concrete soccer stadium thing by the beach. It was kind of open on the sides and covered up on top. It was over 100 degrees outside, and hotter in the spot. When we got up, somebody had piled all these towels onto wiz's computer, causing the whole thing to over heat. it was so hot that his equipment simply would not turn on. we were all so hot and that was causing us to be aggravated and irritable with each other. We finally go things running and in our flustered state started doing the wrong set (form an older set list), as in playing songs that weren't rehearsed. About 4 songs in the whole system again shut down. if that happens in the u.s. you can cover it up with something accapella, or freestyle, or make the crowd clap or something. but when you are somewhere with a language barrier, a lot of the impromptu shit is out the window. we tried our best and fudged our way thru it with the equipment going in and out the whole set. I've never seen wiz so mad. in hind site it was funny, but Christ we were not happy. luckily we played the following day too, and the weather had cooled. we did a lot better. I've had everything from blackouts during the performance to stabbings at the show.

When you first started taking off was it hard to stay away from the hot groupies?

yes.

How has living in SF changed your music if at all... and how did you end up here?

My music tends to change over time regardless, so it's hard to tell what effect sf has had on it directly without taking into account the changes the sound has already gone thru. I'm being really critical on what I do these days, it seems more so than ever before. I'm also trying to just write about shit I have never written about. I have a few more stories than I ever had. I've been really into songs that tell a story lately, or songs that just describe a setting and set up an event but don't actually detail the event, if that makes sense. saying this was the time, the city looked like this, it was night, it was summer, the air smelled like this, etc. I love that stuff.

I came to SF cuz I recently got married, and it was easier for me to relocate than my wife. she had a job and a band (parchman farm) in sf, where as I always worked by myself from home.

So you used to skate in the '90s. What was the largest pair of pants you rocked? I got to 56, and that was conservative.

Hum I don't honestly remember the actual size. I definitely had some bad ones though. But for every large pair of jeans I had, there was always a raver somewhere that made me feel like mine were a small/acceptable size.

With the world getting crazier and crazier... are you the type to zone out and escape or are you stressing about the fucked-up-ness of it all?

I guess a bit of both. Being married is pretty dope cuz at the end of the day I have someone to escape with. That makes it pretty easy to zone out. It makes it easier to tune out the bad. It has made the importance of the idea of family really really clear to me, and once you get that sense of comfort, it feels like at the end of a movie when they zoom out, and it just keeps zooming out more and more, and the houses get smaller, the city, the state, the country, the globe... You start looking at your family and your loved ones in a different light. everything you ever took for granted becomes clear in many ways, and the idea of what success and happiness are really changes... I still keep up on current events as it is important to stay aware of where you live and what is going on, but I also am primarily concerned with the health of my wife, my brothers, parents, etc.

Following the World Cup?

negative

Ever think you'd be interviewed by a website called Fecal Face?

never

All proceeds from your show on the 6th go to 826 Valencia which is great and all, but I read somewhere that reading bores you. How did you get involved with 826 Valencia?

Well, I don't really read novels. I just always found it boring, (though I have been thinking of giving it a go again recently), but writing, that is pretty much my everyday. Maybe in some ways that doesn't even out, but I don't give a fuck. I love writing, and I love music, and lyrics. I also love reading, just not novels. I actually became aware of 826 Valencia because I am a massive fan of Chris Ware. I knew he had a mural on that building, and I knew he had done artwork for Mcseeney's, so when I moved out here I went to see the mural he did (which by the way is fucking crazy). I then read up on 826 and found the organization to be involved in some extremely admirable things... Offering creative writing workshops to children, and publishing short stories written by children, among other things. They basically promote the idea of getting kids siked on art, and right now that is exactly what I want my mission to be. Then, randomly, 826 contacted me about being part of some sort of benefit show or something in NY. I told them that I was not living in NY anymore, but I would love to help out in anyway. Then when this me and Jeremy thing came up, we discussed it and thought this would be the perfect opportunity to help out. I think Jeremy feels similar in a lot of ways about being part of something that helps to get younger people into the idea of drawing pictures or creative writing, or anything of that nature. So I called in a favor to some friends, and before I knew it I had a benefit show on my hands.

As of this second, what are you looking forward to and what are you looking forward least to?

Well, isn't that vague. here's a few answers:
1) I'm looking forward to eating the pastrami in the fridge. I am not looking forward to cleaning the dish.
2) I'm looking forward to finishing up another record. I am not looking forward to dealing with critics young enough to be my son telling me what I'm doing wrong.
3) I'm looking forward to next week's episode of deadwood. I'm not looking forward to it inevitably being cancelled cuz they always cancel my favorite shows.

from fecalface.com

Dudley Perkins (aka Declaime) "Expressions (2012 a.u.)" review

One of the underground's biggest challenges is balancing mainstream notions of hip-hop against the originality it needs to continue growing. Far too often underground emcees and producers lean so heavily on originality that the whole system falls out of whack, leading to something so abstract and disparate that nodding to the rhythm becomes harder than passing a kidney stone. Dudley Perkins's 2003 debut, A Lil' Light, fell victim to originality overdose. But for his follow-up, Expressions (2012 A.U.), Perkins and A Lil' Light producer Madlib have found a more fluid symmetry.

In everything from his collaborations with MF Doom and the late Jay Dee to his jazzy explorations with Yesterday's New Quintet, Madlib is easily one of hip-hop's golden revolutionaries. At times his production can be so sparse that there's very little to keep the track moving, but that's not the case with Expressions. This time around, Madlib's production is hitting all the funky corners with layered grooves that evoke the attitudes and emotions of A Tribe Called Quest's The Low End Theory.

Perkins's objective to keep the grooves flowing on Expressions is laid down with first lines of opener "Funky Dudley": "A little bit of funk and a dash of soul/ A little bit of George borrowed from my Ol' gran' pappy's stack of old school/ One nation under a groove." From there on the funk samples dance famously with Dudley's vocal style, which cross-pollinates the worlds of D'Angelo and Ol' Dirty Bastard. From "Get on Up" to the James Brown vocal sample in "Dolla Bill," Expressions uses Perkins's voice as if it were a sample itself, incorporating it in the production and the rhythms.

There are very few down moments throughout Expressions' thirteen songs, the exception being the unnecessary and aimless "Domestic Interlude" skit. Madlib's production works flawlessly, his semi-psychedelic influence on R&B, soul and hip-hop keeping Perkins's style fresh and original. All the parts seem to be in place on Expressions: producer and emcee work side by side to create a cohesive sound that not only represents the creativity of the underground but could also awaken the tired ears of the mainstream.

from prefixmag.com

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Wordsworth Mirror Music Review // Full Albums Free MP3 Downloads @ Rapidshare.de

If skills sold, Wordsworth would be a rich man. Ever since his days freestyling at the "Lyricist Lounge" showcases, Wordsworth has been one of Hip-Hop's brightest young stars. Now with his long awaited debut release Mirror Music, Wordsworth is finally ready to live up to the hype placed upon him almost six years ago.

With Mirror Music, Wordsworth delivers a solid album that proves the freestyle emcee is capable of producing conceptual material on all levels. Words is no longer the happy go lucky teenage emcee content with rhyming about woman and parties. Instead, we witness the maturation of Words as he comes into his own on Mirror Music. Proof of this comes on "Trust", the album's standout cut that finds Words questioning how he treated woman in the past. The song acts as a message to his daughter, as her birth changed Words perspective on how woman should be treated. "I did a lot of things to woman I never thought was wrong, and had a different outlook once my daughter was born. There was many times I heard you wouldn't want no one to treat your sister that way, I said no, and insisted to play." Wordsworth would have never been able to make a track like "Trust" years ago. But now that he is older, wiser and more mature, Words is able to look inside himself and realize his shortcomings.

Besides producing honest and straightforward efforts, Words also excels with his story telling tracks. Simply put, Wordsworth is one of the best at producing short stories. "One Day" finds Words reenacting a day's events, as he vividly runs through everything he encounters. But unlike most emcees, Words is able to paint a picture that allows each listener to actually see and feel what he is spitting about. This is especially true on his noteworthy first verse. "5:30 heard the garbage man when dawn had began. My sister tries to wake me up banging my door with hard knocks, the noises in my neighborhood that's the alarm clock. Five trucks, gypsy cabs, loud honking they horns. Stereo goes off at 6:00, and not a minute before." "Twelve Months" is another vintage Wordsworth story-telling track, as he tells the story of Stan and Jerry and their adventures each month. While the concept sounds simple, Words keeps the song interesting at all times by pulling off a great story with a fantastic ending.

Even though Wordsworth puts forth an extremely solid underground release, there are a couple of problems that prevent it from truly being one of the year's best. First and foremost, the album's 20 cuts tend to drag on, especially during the second half. The album would have benefited from a reduction in songs, as the first 11 songs overshadow most of the remaining nine, especially in regards to the production. Sebb's fast paced synthesizer production on "Point Blank" fails to impress, as the beat fails to mess with Words' style. The same can be said for the more "commercial" sounds of "Don't Go", as the track's hook is down right awful. Da Beatminerz predictable production on "On Your Feet" is another extremely sleepy effort that should have also been excluded.

While Mirror Music's 20 plus tracks maybe a little too much to take in at first, in the end the album's finest efforts overshadow such disappointments. With his debut release, Wordsworth shatters the notion that he is a freestyle emcee unable of producing a good album. Maybe waiting all this time to release his debut album was the best move he could have made, because the Wordsworth of a couple of years ago would not have been able to produce an album like Mirror Music.

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Underground Favorites The Juggaknots Regroup For New LP, Connect With Slick Rick

After an extended hiatus NYC underground favorites The Juggaknots are gearing up for the release of their highly anticipated sophomore effort entitled Use Your Confusion.

The Bronx-bred group, consisting of siblings Breeze Brewin, Buddy Slim, and Queen Heroine, haven't released an official album together since their critically acclaimed debut album Clear Blue Skies in '95, which due to popular demand was re-released in 2003.

During the ten year period between albums, the group took up new careers as inner city school teachers in their hometown, yet still found the time to drop a couple of 12 inches and an EP called The Love Deluxe Movement.

Set to be released via Amalgam Entertainment in the fall, Use Your Confusion features appearances from Sadat X of Brand Nubian, Slick Rick and Wordsworth, while production is supplied by J-Zone, DJ Eli, Oh-No and B-Money.

from sohh.com

DAN THE AUTOMATOR PRODUCES 2K7 (+Free MP3 Downloads)

Video Game soundtracks have gotten pretty dope lately right? The NBA 2k series has been really killing it over the past few years and this year's edition keeps the tradition rolling. For this edition 2K sports has enlisted the services of Dan the Automater to produce 12 original and exclusive tracks Featuring A Tribe Called Quest, Fabolous, Ghostface, Mos Def, E-40, Lupe Fiasco and more! Crazy right? There must be some hip hop heads over at 2K Sports because this soundtrack looks dope.

"We're fired up to work with Dan the Automator to create original beats and production for the NBA 2K7 soundtrack," said Tim Rosa, director of brand and lifestyle marketing for 2K Sports. "Dan's noted for his production skills, but he is also a huge sports fan with solid gaming skills. He gets it and brings it like few others."

Track listing:

1. Dan The Automator - Intro
2. Slim Thug - I Love This Game
3. Rhymefest - Bang The Ball
4. Hieroglyphics - Don't Hate The Player
5. Fabolous - Ball Til You Fall
6. Aceyalone & Rakaa of Dilated Peoples - Champions
7. E-40 & San Quinn - Baller Blockin'
8. Ghostface & A.G. of D.I.T.C. - 2K007
9. Lupe Fiasco & Evidence of Dilated Peoples - Catch Me
10. Mos Def & Anwar Superstar - Here Comes The Champ
11. Charli 2na of Jurassic 5 - Anchor Man
12. A Tribe Called Quest - Lyrics To Go (remix)
13. Zion I - Fade Away

from hiphopsite.com

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Non Phixion Speak Out About Break Up

from Necro

I NOTICED ALOT OF PEOPLE TALKING SHIT AND ACTING LIKE THE POSTS I MADE WERENT OFFICIAL OR MAYBE YOU WERENT UNDERSTANDING HOW SERIOUS WHAT I SAID WAS I THEN FOUND OUT TODAY THAT GORETEX MADE A BULLETIN ON MYSPACE SAYING NON-PHIXION BROKE UP BECAUSE OF A GIRL(LIE) SO I SAID ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND GOT QUOTES FROM EVERYONE DOWN WITH US ITS ALL IN CAPS CUZ I WROTE IT OUT, EVERYBODY GAVE ME THEIR QUOTES ON THE PHONE EXCEPT FOR BILL AND ECLIPSE, THEY EMAILED ME THEIR QUOTES ALL QUOTES ARE FROM THE PERSON THEMSELVES IN THEIR OWN WORDS AND THEIR OPINION OF GORETEX AND THEIR VIEW OF THE SITUATION THIS SHOULD CLEAR UP EVERYTHING, 14 PEOPLE CANT BE WRONG IF I REALLY WANTED TO KILL MY DAY TODAY I COULD HAVE ROUNDED UP 50 QUOTES FROM 50 PEOPLE WHO HAVE DEALT WITH HIM BUT I DONT GOT TIME I WANNA FINISH THIS SHIT ONCE AND FOR ALL
QUOTES BELOW:


ILL BILL -

"I'M GONNA SAY THIS FOR THE TRUE HEADS AND SUPPORTERS OF NON PHIXION SO YA'LL KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS ONCE AND FOR ALL.
I HATE TO HAVE TO AIR IT OUT LIKE THIS BUT I RESPECT YA'LL TOO MUCH AND APPRECIATE THE LOVE YA'LL HAVE SHOWN US OVER THE YEARS TOO MUCH TO BULLSHIT YA'LL.
AT THE SAME TIME I DON'T WANT TO BE ANSWERING A MILLION QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BREAK UP SO HERE'S A GOOD WAY TO LAY IT ALL OUT.
EVERYBODY AROUND ME FROM HOMIES, TO ACQUAINTANCES TO COMPLETE STRANGERS HAS ASKED ME WHY THIS DUDE GORETEX IS SO SELF DESTRUCTIVE? MY ANSWER IS ALWAYS THE SAME - I DON'T KNOW WHY. THERE'S A MILLION EXCUSES A BACK STABBER AND A LOWLIFE CAN COME UP WITH TO JUSTIFY THEIR WAYS AND ACTIONS BUT IN THE END, LOYALTY IS LOYALTY AND AS HARD AS IT'S BEEN FOR ME TO ACCEPT IT, THIS DUDE IS A SNAKE.
WE USED TO BE HOMIES BUT I DON'T RELATE TO HIM ANYMORE AND HAVEN'T FOR A LONG TIME. NOBODY HAS WORKED HARDER THAN ME TO MAKE NON PHIXION SUCCESSFUL. THE FACT THAT THE GROUP IS OFFICIALLY OVER IS HORRIBLE. WHAT A FUCKIN WASTE. UP UNTIL THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS I DIDN'T EVEN GIVE A SHIT ABOUT A SOLO CAREER. TO ME, NON PHIXION WAS ALWAYS BIGGER AND MORE IMPORTANT THAN A SOLO ALBUM OR THIS DUDE'S PROBLEMS BUT IT'S JUST GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO? SIT AROUND AND WAIT FOR HIM TO FLUSH OUR CAREERS DOWN THE TOILET WITH HIS OWN? FUCK THAT. HE WON'T ADMIT HE HAS A PROBLEM.
AND NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY, AND BELIEVE ME, I'VE FUCKED TRIED, YOU CAN'T HELP SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T WANNA BE HELPED. THIS DUDE HAS NO RESPECT FOR THE HUSTLE AND THE GRIND. HIS CAREER HAS BEEN HANDED TO HIM ON A SILVER PLATTER AND HE LOOKS AT IT WITH RESENTMENT. THERE ARE ARTISTS THAT WOULD GIVE THEIR RIGHT ARM TO BE IN THE POSITION HE'S IN BUT HE DOESN'T GET IT. HE'S LOST. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT IN MY LIFE. HE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DEAL WITH ON ANY LEVEL, PERSONAL OR BUSINESS WISE AND HAS MADE DOING ANYTHING WITH NON PHIXION A FUCKIN MESS. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY RUN AWAY FROM RESPONSIBILITY & SUCCESS THE WAY HE HAS. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY FUCK UP SO MANY TIMES LIKE HE HAS AND THEN POINT THE FINGER AT SOMEBODY ELSE AND NOT MAN UP. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY TALK OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF THEIR MOUTH THE WAY HE DOES. HE'S A 2 HEADED SNAKE AND IN THE END, HE ENDED UP BITING HIMSELF. NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE KEPT ALL HIS GREASY WAYS AND ACTIONS UNDERCOVER FOR HOPES THAT HE WOULD EVENTUALLY GET HIS SHIT TOGETHER, NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE HOMIES PUT HIM ON IN THE MUSIC GAME, PUT MONEY IN HIS POCKET AND KEPT HIS NAME IN THE GAME, HE STILL SPIT DEAD IN OUR FACES."

SABAC -

"THIS IS ME BEING HONEST, GORETEX IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO UNFORTUNATELY CHOSE TO CODUCT HIMSELF IN WAYS THAT NEITHER I OR ANYONE ELSE DOWN WITH HIM COULD CONDONE, THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL THE POSSIBILITIES OF ENABLING THIS GUY, SOMETIMES EVEN WITH FAMILY YOU HAVE TO JUST CUT THEM OFF, HOPE FOR THE BEST BUT MAKE SURE THEY DONT BRING YOU OR ANYONE ELSE DOWN"

ECLIPSE -

"NON PHIXION HAD BEEN DRIVING ON 3 WHEELS FOR A LONG LONG TIME NOW. I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU WHO CAME TO OUR SHOWS NOTICED GORETEX WASN'T THERE. THAT WAS JUST A SMALL REPRESENTATION OF THE TYPE OF PROBLEMS WE CONTINUED TO HAVE WITH HIM THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. WE ALWAYS COVERED FOR HIM, BUT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. BREAKING UP NON PHIXION WAS NOT AN EASY DECISION BECAUSE OF OUR FANS, BUT IT WAS JUST NOT FUN TO BE IN THE GROUP WITH HIM ANYMORE. IN ORDER FOR NON PHIXION TO ADVANCE, EVERYBODY IN THE GROUP NEEDED TO PULL THEIR WEIGHT. IT JUST NEVER HAPPENED WITH HIM.

UNCLE HOWIE -

"HE NEEDS TO STOP USING DRUGS AND PEOPLE, AND START STANDING ON HIS OWN 2 FEET BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAKING CARE OF HIM HIS WHOLE LIFE AND NOW ITS TIME FOR HIM TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF, ALL HIS GOOD FRIENDS HAVE BEEN LOOKING OUT FOR HIM ALL THE TIME AND THEY HAD THEIR OWN LIVES TO LIVE AND ITS TIME FOR HIM TO LIVE HIS LIFE, AND I KNOW BECAUSE IM UNCLE HOWIE AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED ALL THIS, THE REASON NON-PHIXION IS OVER IS BECAUSE THEY CANT GET FUCKING GORETEX TO SHOW UP AT A FUCKING SHOW OR AT THE STUDIO, EVEN THOUGH HE HAS ALL THIS TALENT WHAT GOOD IS IT IF HE ONLY USES IT WHEN HE JERKS OFF, ITS A GOD DAMN FUCKING SHAME THAT A GREAT GROUP LIKE NON PHIXION HAS TO COME TO AN END BECAUSE OF ONE FUCKING DRUG ADDICT, ILL BILL AND NECRO HAVE BEEN TAKING CARE OF FUCKING GORETEX SINCE THEIR CHILDHOOD, HOW MUCH LONGER CAN THIS CONTINUE?
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LIVES TO LIVE, NOW ITS TIME FOR FUCKING GORETEX TO MAN UP HE IS GONNA BE A FUCK UP ALL HIS LIFE UNTIL HE HITS BOTTOM AND NOONE IS THERE TO PICK HIM UP, THEN HE WILL HAVE TO STAND UP, EVEN FANS ARE GETTING TIRED OF TAKING CARE OF HIM, HE CANT LIVE OFF HIS FANS ANYMORE, HE IS GONNA END UP HITTING BOTTOM LIKE I DID AND HE IS GONNA WAKE UP IN A FUCKING DETOX
LET ME TELL YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE SOMETHING, GORETEX IS THE TYPE OF MOTHERFUCKER THAT WILL STAB HIS BEST FRIEND IN THE MOTHERFUCKING BACK WHILE HIS FRIEND IS TAKING CARE OF HIM, AND I HATE MOTHERFUCKERS LIKE THAT
IM REALLY PISSED ABOUT THIS FUCKER, YOU CANT BLAME IT ON DRUGS BECAUSE HE IS A SCUMBAG WITHOUT DRUGS, IM REALLY PISSED MAN, WOW!!!! HOW CAN U STAB SOMEONE THAT IS HELPING YOU??
I HOPE ALL YOU FANS THAT READ THIS REALIZE THAT IM TALKING FROM THE HEART AND I REALLY HATE THE FUCKER NOW
I USED TO CARE ABOUT HIM, BUT IM AFRAID HE'LL STAB ME IN THE BACK NOW TOO, IM THINKING TO MYSELF NOW HOW MANY TIMES NECRO AND ILL BILL HELPED THIS FUCKER, EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW THEY WERE TAKING A CHANCE ON GETTING STABBED IN THE BACK, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, THAT REAL LOW LIFE SHIT, THE KIND OF SHIT THAT REALLY HURTS ON THE INSIDE
ITS NOT DRUGS, ITS HIS PERSONALITY, THE TYPE OF HUMAN BEING HE IS, HE HAS NO VALUE SYSTEM"

Q-UNIQUE -

"THE REASON I FIND GORETEX SHADY IS BECAUSE ILL BILL AND NECRO, FOR AS LONG AS I KNOW, KEPT HIM ALIVE IN THIS GAME, AND HE SHOWS THE DEEPEST RESENTMENT TOWARDS THEM AFTER THEY PUT MONEY IN HIS POCKET, PUT HIM ON EVERY RECORD THEY EVER PUT OUT, PUT HIM ON TOUR, AND NEVER ONCE DID I SEE HIM BE THANKFUL OF THAT, AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE ACTS LIKE THEY OWE HIM
FOR ME BEING NEW TO THE CREW AFTER MY CREW DIED OUT AND FOR NECRO AND ILL BILL TO ACCEPT ME AND BRING ME IN WAS A BIG MOVE
MY PLACE IN THE CREW WAS OBVIOUSLY MUCH MORE QUIET THAN HIS BUT THE ONE THING I COULDNT STOMACH WAS THE FACT THAT HE TOOK ILL BILL AND NECRO'S FRIENDSHIP FOR GRANTED
THESE DUDES LOOKED PAST ALL OF HIS FLAWS AND KEPT HIM, LIKE HE WAS THEIR BLOOD RELATED BROTHER AND HE DIDNT GIVE A SHIT. I NOTICED THIS IMMEDIATELY
IM NOT GONNA GET CAUGHT UP IN BASHING THE DUDE, IM JUST SPEAKING FROM A TRUE OBSERVATION
WHEN PEOPLE THROW AWAY AND RUIN THEIR LIVES, THEY USUALLY LOOK FOR A SCAPEGOAT TO BLAME, INSTEAD OF ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS"

MR. HYDE -

"I THINK GORETEX IS UNGRATEFUL, HE WAS GIVEN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITIES BY NECRO, INCREDIBLE PRODUCTION, TO SHINE ON NUMEROUS PROJECTS, AND HE DISRESPECTED EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE PROJECTS BY BEING LAZY AND WASTING STUDIO TIME, TAKING 10 HOURS TO WRITE A VERSE, WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE HAD THEIR SHIT PREPARED ALLREADY, WHEN HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WRITING RHYMES HE WAS IN A ROOM ON MYSPACE SENDING MESSAGES TO GIRLS ON NECRO'S STUDIO TIME
MY OVERALL OPINION OF HIM AS A PERSON IS HE IS A YES MAN, HE TELLS YOU WHAT YOU WANNA HEAR IN PERSON TO YA FACE AND BEHIND YA BACK HE WILL TRY TO SHIT ON YOU"

ELLIOT (PLR ENGINEER) -

"HE IS LOST, IM DISSAPOINTED IN GORETEX BECAUSE THE BOY HAS TALENT BUT HE THINKS THE WORLD OWES HIM SOMETHING, WASTED TALENT"

JOSEPH (NECRO & BILL'S FATHER) -

"TO ME GORETEX WAS MORE LIKE KOTEX, WHICH IS A TAMPON, NEVER REALLY HAD MUCH USE FOR THE GUY, THOUGHT HE WAS AN ASSHOLE, ACTUALLY A USELESS ASSHOLE LAZY FUCK, IT TOOK NON-PHIXION ALONG TIME TO SEE THINGS THE WAY I DID

REALLY HE WAS A LIABILITY TO NON-PHIXION BECAUSE HE WAS LAZY AND MANY THINGS THAT NON PHIXION WANTED TO DO OR COULD HAVE DONE DID NOT COME TO BE BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE IS
BASICALLY GORETEX WAS AND IS A JUNKIE THAT WAS MORE CONCERNED IN GETTING HIS DAILY FIX THEN GOING TO THE STUDIO AND CREATING MUSIC
I CANT DENY THAT GORETEX HAS TALENT BUT WHAT GOOD IS TALENT WHEN YOU HAVE A SHITTY CHARACTER, SHITTY PERSONALITY, AND SHITTY WORK ETHIC"

MING (PLR CREW) -

"I THINK GORETEX HAS A GAY PERSONALITY, WHEN I FIRST MET HIM HE WAS COOL BUT THEN HE STARTED USING DRUGS AND ACTING LIKE A LITTLE BITCH, I DONT FUCK WITH GAY *****S"

CARBONE (PLR CREW) -

"SINCE I MET THIS DUDE, I KIND OF MADE MY OWN OPINION ABOUT HIM
BILL, NECRO, HYDE, Q, SABAC, MING, ECT. TOLD ME WHAT A DOOSHBAG HE WAS AND I STILL TRIED TO LOOK PAST THAT AND BE COOL WITH THE DUDE
I HAVE SEEN HIM LIE NUMEROUS TIMES AND BE SHADY, ACTING LIKE HE IS YA FRIEND UNTIL HE GETS WHAT HE WANTS FROM YOU AND THEN HE IS OUT
IN MY OPINION ANYONE THAT WILL LOOK YOU IN THE EYES AND LIE IS A PIECE OF SHIT
SO THATS WHERE HE STANDS IN MY MIND"

XAVIER BLAZE (PLR CREW) -

"BASICALLY HE'S A FAKE DUDE, HE USES PEOPLE, AND HE LIES, HE'S A PATHELOGICAL LIAR, HE TELLS 2 STORIES WITH EVERYTHING, FUCK THAT DUDE BECAUSE HE DOESNT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TEAM AND HE WANTS EVERYTHING HANDED TO HIM"

CROOKS (PLR CREW) -

"A WASTE OF TALENT, THE TRUEST FORM OF KARMA, HE SHITS ON HIS FRIENDS AND IT COMES BACK TO HIM 100 TIMES WORSE"

ROB (PLR CREW) -

"I KNOW GORETEX FROM THE OLD SCHOOL DAYS WHEN HE SEEMED TO BE COOL AND I HEARD HE IS A NON-PRODUCTIVE MOTHERFUCKER"

EREZ HUSTLER (PLR CREW) -

"GORETEX IS SUCH A BITCH THAT HE COULDNT FIGHT HIS WAY OUT OF A PAPER BAG, AND HE IS A HOMELESS MAN TO HIS KIDS
AND I ALLREADY KNOW THAT HE IS SUCH A NOBODY THAT WHOEVER DISSES HIM, HE WOULDNT EVEN STEP TO PEEWEE HERMAN
IF IT WASNT FOR NON PHIXION GORETEX WOULDNT BE ALIVE AND THAT GUARANTEED A YEAR FROM NOW HE WONT EXIST"

from gentlejones.blogspot.com

NON PHIXION DISBANDS, MEMBERS TO PURSUE SOLO PROJECTS

After a successful, influential and critically acclaimed ten year career, New York's underground hip hop staple Non Phixion has decided the time has come to call it a day. Non Phixion released their first single back in 1996 and never looked back. The next several years saw the release of multiple Non Phixion 12" singles, but it was their 2002 full-length release "The Future Is Now", with its infectious beats and raw uncut rhymes that finally put Non Phixion on the map as a force to be reckoned with. Non Phixion soon developed a strong following inthe United States, Europe and Japan through word of mouth and extensive touring. Then in 2004, Non Phixion released their highly successful "The Green CD/DVD", solidifying their worldwide dedicated fan base.

Unfortunately all good things come to an end. Within any group, team or unit each individual must pull their own weight for that unit to exist and prosper. After years of dealing with and concealing Goretex's general unreliability and total lack of interest in touring, writing and recording music with Non Phixion, the rest of the group has reluctantly opted to bring it to a dignified end in order to maintain the group's integrity. Continuing on without any one member of this group would be bullshit. With that being said, ILL BILL, Sabac Red & DJ Eclipse have decided to focus on their solo efforts and projects. ILL BILL's Uncle Howie Records has recently joined forces with Perfect Game Recording Co./Warner Music Group to release ILL BILL's next solo album/DVD "The Hour of Reprisal". The album will be released in early 2007 and follows up ILL BILL's debut solo effort "What's Wrong With Bill?" which came out in 2004. ILL BILL is also a member of a new group called La Coka Nostra, which in addition to Bill features House of Pain alumni Everlast, Danny Boy, and DJ Lethal, and newcomers Slaine & Big Left. ILL BILL also has plans to release a "Live at CBGB's" DVD later this year. Sabac Red is currently working on his next solo album and DVD entitled "The Ritual" which will feature production by Necro, ILL BILL, and others. This is the long awaited follow up to his 2004 solo effort "Sabacolypse". 2007 will also see the release of DJ Eclipse's "Halftime Show" DVD highlighting interviews and freestyles with guestsf rom his radio show which can be heard every Wednesday night on 89.1 WNYU from 10:30PM to 1AM in NYC or at www.wnyu.org. Both projects will be released on Uncle Howie Records. And for all those bummed out Non Phixion fans out there, the good news is that Bill, Sabac and Eclipse will definitely continue to work closely together live in concert and on future projects. Stay posted to www.unclehowie.com as well as the upcoming websites www.sabacred.com, www.illbill.com and www.halftimeradioshow.com for future news.

from nonphixion.com