Sir
Mix-A-Lot sounds off about new album
By
Dustin Habermann
Daily Lobo
ALBUQUERQUE,
N.M. (U-Wire) -- After a six-year hiatus,
Sir Mix-a-Lot, the emcee best known for
his 1992 hit "Baby Got Back,"
is back with a new record, "Daddy's
Home," released Sept. 9.
In
an interview with the Daily Lobo, Mix
shared his thoughts on the music industry,
downloading music and diverse perspectives
on his new record.
Daily
Lobo: Why has there been such a long period
between this album and the last?
Sir Mix-a-Lot: The record industry. Everything's
wrong with the record industry right now.
You got guys paying $20 for wack-ass CDs
with one song, you got the industry talking
about suing kids for downloading music,
you got these artists with Web sites and
they charge you to watch the very same
videos you can watch for free on MTV.
It
just ass-backwards. The whole business
is dying and I think that's beautiful,
let it die. If it dies it's going to help
the musicians get their product out there
because the fans are so weaned on MTV
that they're scared to look elsewhere
for product.
DL:
So you don't object to people downloading
your music?
SM: Well, I don't want to go broke because
of it. But if a guy is going to spend
$20 potentially on my CD and he's downloading
my stuff, I don't mind. I'm giving a lot
of stuff away free on my site, (www.sirmixalot.info).
DL:
Your flow has changed over the years.
SM: Oh, most definitely. I think a lot
of people almost expected me to do a wack-ass
record. They're probably saying, "Oh,
this cat's been in the game for a while,
he's probably going to rap the same way
he did when he did 'Baby Got Back.'"
A
lot of old-school artists do that; they
have a tendency to say, "Well, this
is my sound." That's not your sound!
If you truly love hip-hop and you truly
love music, you stay in touch with it.
I
tour. I'm not this guy who sits back in
house in Beverly Hills, trying to tell
the world what they like. I touch hands
and talk to people and do shows in little
hole-in-the-wall clubs intentionally because
I really want to get out and see what
cats want to hear.
