Go ahead, Shoot: cRITICAL

I am going to interview someone every week from either my circle or someone I admire… This section will be called “Go ahead, Shoot”… This week I interviewed my hip hop compadre & good friend cRITICAL.  Below you will find a review I did for his album, “Medical Records” and underneath that you will find the interview… Enjoy!

 

“I strike and slap the green off incredible-Hulk/ and have scientists standing there checking-his-pulse” 

 

If you haven’t had your medicine cup this morning…Skip it. Go straight for the needle & inject yourself with some authentic hip hop manifested by cRITICAL of cRITICAL Madness.. on the album “Medical Records“. People might think I am plugging the album because I am featured on it. Well I am… But the reason I am featured on the album is why you should be plugging it to all of your friends who appreciate real hip hop. That reason is…cRITICAL is a beast. This album puts me in a New York state of mind & will intimidate mc’s from all walks of life. Medical Records is a throw back to the boom baps we grew up on, and the wordplay that inspired us… He does it very tastefully as well. I’ve noticed a lot of Mc’s really forcing that original sound of the 90’s & making it sound corny as opposed to doing it justice. cRIT is a beastly, arm swinging, barbaric hip hop historian who will not let you down…after all, he’s in it to make the listeners happy… And i’m fuckin’ smiling ear to ear.

 

 

“Realities Strange” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDXCsfEZzJ8

GO AHEAD, SHOOT

 

 

VIC – Mr. cRITICAL… Whats new?

 

cRIT – It’s a new day. I’m just tryin’ took keep a positive outlook on things & keep myself surrounded by creative & humble people.

 

VIC - I hear ya…So you dropped Medical Records… Which joint got the best response?

 

cRIT – Well it’s funny because people tend to draw to the joints you least expect. “Reality’s Strange”, “Remember” & “Medical Records” have received the best feedback. 

 

VIC - Realities Strange is my favorite joint…I know you are working on a few new projects, give your fans a little insight…

 

cRIT - I’m releasing 3 projects: “Critical Madness-Organ Donors vol. uno”, “cRIT-N-TzAR-Close To Home” & Critical Madness-Bringing Out The Dead”. After that comes the Hidden Agenda project, my next solo album called “Electrical Tape” & the next cRIT-N-TzAR album.

 

VIC -  I got a snippet of “Close to Home” and it sounds dope as fuck. I know you have been there & done that, but Would you ever jump back into the battle circuit? 

 

cRIT - I get the itch to battle every now & then but I would rather cypher to be honest. I miss just getting up w/ my peeps & taping the cyphers we had on cassettes.I don’t feel too passionate about battling & I won’t do anything that I can’t put all of my heart into.

 

VIC - You come from a different era where producers and Mc’s really sharpened their skills & those that couldn’t naturally spit or come up with a beat…didn’t try.  it seems nowadays everyone wants to be a rapper or producer, is this good or bad for the game? 

 

cRIT - It’s bad because they made it into something that everyone can do. If everyone can do it then it ain’t really special anymore.There has to be regulations. Rap is too flooded with fans trying to be artists but the flipside to it is that the wack emceez make us look really fuckin’ good!

 

 

VIC - I couldn’t agree with you more…do you have someone in your life that really pushed you toward hip hop? A mentor so to speak?  Do you play that role for any young Mcs trying to come up? 

 

cRIT - My mother always pushed me but the strongest people convinced me to keep rapping when I wanted to quit. This chic that I used to fuck(no relationship) inspired me, my homie in junior high kept pushing me when I was like “fuck it” and my boy Frog aka Sapo. It came from unexpected places. I play roles in mad kid’s lives even before this rap shit. I used to work in a grouphome and still keep up with a bunch of them.

 

 

VIC - PhilanthrocRIT…What is your least favorite thing about the hip hop game?

 

cRIT – Bloggers who think they know everything about hip-hop and groupie hip-hop chics that jock rappers and don’t show love to the emceez that the dudes they jock are biting!

 

VIC - Fuckin Bloggers…Name your top 5 favorite producers that you have actually worked with..

 

cRIT -TzarizM, Marco Polo, Sharp, Tempermental, Krytonite

 

VIC - If you could feature any MC & Producer to complete your dream track, who would it be?

 

cRIT – This is deep because I have a few but I would love to do a joint with Ghostface & Kool Keith over a crazy Buckwild joint or Alchemist beat. That joint would have to be called “Cyber Slut” and be about pullin’ freaky chicz on the internet…lol! Maybe a Pete Rock or Hi-Teck beat featuring me , Masta Ace,  AZ & Royal Flush or a Madlib beat featuring Diamond, Lord Finesse & me. Btw….I think that Lord Finesse has the illest name and voice in hip-hop.

 

VIC – Lord Finesse is one of my all time favs.  As an artist, would you prefer to be in the studio brainstorming or out on stage giving the crowd a peice of your mind? 

 

cRIT – Both…I like experimenting in the lab and creating but I love to rip live shows and get weight off my chest

 

 

VIC -  What is your favorite verse of all time?  

 

cRIT – Nas-”Verbal Intercourse”

 

VIC - Any Shouts? 

 

cRIT – O-Zone, Urban Jungle, Strangaz Productions, P-Dox, Creative Juices & Hidden Agenda….Shouts to George Carlin & my Aunt Sylvia (R.I.P.)