Four Murder Dog Facts
Four Murder Dog Facts (from Vol. 15, #1)
This is a new semi regular feature where I highlight interesting facts and anecdotes from Murder Dog Magazine, which I recently subscribed to. (It is the only rap magazine I subscribe to, in case you were wondering). Though MD is certainly not without it’s faults, I think the underground nature occasionally encourages artists to open up in ways they rarely do and the format allows a lot of minutiae that would be left on the cutting room floor at other publications to stay in the book. So here are a few highlights:
1. Grand Hustle second stringer Alfafamega served time alongside Mac Dre in Lompoc. “He was the first dude to ever tell me I was gonna get a record deal when I got out. He was like ‘If you don’t get a deal the game is rigged.’”
2. Lord Infamous: “Me and [DJ] Paul grew up together and one of the first places we ever did a song was in church.. I was only ten years old. We was nervous as hell. We did ‘Amazing Grace’. Paul was on the keyboard and I sung.”
3. Poisonous Mentality is Rick Ross’ favorite Poison Clan album.
4. Pimp C was not a fan of Slum Village. Bun B: “Every now and then I would get in his car and put in Slum Village and he would say ‘Get that shit out of my damn car!’”
April 13th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
It always surprises me when a (relatively) newer Southern rapper namechecks some shit like Poison Clan without being prodded into doing it. Three 6 Mafia is embarrassed by real hip hop and they are the only ones who confront this fear in public.. If you watched Hollyhood you might know what I’m talking about.
April 13th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
And that Lord interview was eye opening.
April 13th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Well the interviewer did ask about Poison Clan specifically (another reason to read Murder Dog!). Plus Ross has to be like 45 years old.
April 13th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
nice feature, i see pimp had better tastes than bun
April 14th, 2008 at 12:45 am
wayne on Carter III:
I have a song with Busta Rhymes that was the best. I respect Busta because he is a real veteran, all the way back to Leaders Of the New School.
ain’t that some shit?
April 14th, 2008 at 12:53 am
Wayne respects Busta because a new-age Busta is all he’ll ever be.
April 14th, 2008 at 2:45 am
I like Poison Clan because they put Canadian money in their videos, and this was waaaay before the loonie blew the fuck up.
April 14th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Murder Dog is by far the best mag out there. The interviews are generally about music, rather than all the paparazzi shit that surrounds rap. The year end issue for 2005 – The Hyphy Special – was one of the best mags ever. Not to mention the brilliant Rap-A-Lot roster interviews, crazy detailed DJ Quik pieces and the like. I’ve even grown to love the ridiculously hard to follow Q and A layout – which is basically none existent save for those random blue and red boxes.
April 14th, 2008 at 10:44 am
mrdr dog interview archives should be required reading…
http://www.murderdog.com/archives/sammysam/SammySam3.html
April 14th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Rick Ross and Pimp C have/had good taste.
April 14th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
They allways give love to the underground cats, my homeboy L.O.C. out of Souf Cack got a great review in the new issue.
April 14th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
why don’t they sell murder dog anywhere anymore? i haven’t seen it in ages. i thought it went under.
April 14th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
“Wayne respects Busta because a new-age Busta is all he’ll ever be.”
……..you’ve been drinking too much mountain dew.
April 14th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Murder Dog’s formatting is what makes it hard as fuck for me to follow. Even if they just included line breaks or some initials like
MD: So you like Southern rap?
40: Nahmeen fa sho.
I would be able to keep up with the interviews. When that’s all the magazine is, it’s annoying.
April 14th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
I hate Mountain Dew. Busta is washed up now, but look at his first couple albums, all the classic guest appearances (Scenario, Flava In Your Ear, etc.), his freestyles on old Doo Wop tapes… he was every bit as good as Wayne was last year.
April 14th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
“he was every bit as good as Wayne was last year.”
which was over a 5-6 year period. hmm…
April 14th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
juicy j should be every little kids idol
April 15th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
they’re only putting out about 4 a year now. I think the no distinction between interviewer and ee is a plus, though they still cut some deep shit out. In that Infamous review he went on to talk about a period of being suicidal
April 15th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
also, re:murderdog – wassup with the clowns??
April 15th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
killer mike : “You see how we get written out of history? Think about it. If it wasn’t for Murder Dog, Spice 1, UGK, 8Ball & MJG, Mac Mall, E-40, all these people could be written out of history. Seriously. If it wasn’t for a publication like Murder Dog.”
April 15th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
A 5-6 year period? Wayne wasn’t even a good rapper until 2004. He became a really good one somewhere in between Carters 1 and 2. Currently he’s starting to suck again.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:54 am
i was talking about busta’s period of dope music.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:56 am
“Busta is washed up now.”
Quite so, except his new record is insanity.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:57 am
As is the NEW STATE PROPERTY SONG.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
I’m suprised, I can’t say I can understand why people are arguing over when Lil’ Wayne was ever any good…. I think he’s been on some h-to the omo shit for a while.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
I wonder what specific Slum Village songs C disliked. It’s rare that anyone who makes beats hates on Dilla
April 17th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
“I wonder what specific Slum Village songs C disliked. It’s rare that anyone who makes beats hates on Dilla”
The guy made a song called “Pregnant Pussy.” I’d imagine that Dilla made music that was the exact opposite of everything he stood for.
April 17th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
“The guy made a song called “Pregnant Pussy.” I’d imagine that Dilla made music that was the exact opposite of everything he stood for.”
Actually I think their subject matter was a lot more similar than fans of either would probably like to admit.
April 17th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
^for real, with Slum Village especially. one of the most interesting things about the posthumous mythologizing of Dilla is the way a lot people seem to mentally lump him in with conscious, backpacker stuff. not that he wasn’t that too but aside from “Fuck the Police” he was always way more on some party, weed & girls shit than anything else.
April 18th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Dilla > The entire South
April 18th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
“I’d imagine that Dilla made music that was the exact opposite of everything he stood for.”
fellatio… interference…
December 24th, 2009 at 2:16 am
I started writing for MD back in ‘98 and I originally found it buying a 40. I was impressed because I was big into alot of the artists they were featuring like JD Walker, Al Kapone, and shit like that. I will say though it has gone in a new direction but my favorite MD era was from 1999-2004