When you think "North Carolina Hip-Hop," Rapper Big Pooh is one of several MCs that will come to mind. Not only for his lyrical gifts, but his undeniable place in the legacy of the state's music scene (the well known Little Brother should ring a bell).
Many have tried their hand at transforming N.C. into the music mecca it seems to fall short of, but Pooh is one of the handful of artists that has even come close. It's not just his butter-smooth lyricism, but also his unselfish perspective on the culture that has made him a staple for Hip-Hop devotees.
In his one-on-one with Hip-Hop Wired, the solo MC discusses the art of lyricism, the division in North Carolina Hip-Hop, his friendship with Kendrick Lamar and where he currently sits with his Little Brother partners 9th Wonder and Phonte.
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HipHopWired.com: What new projects or albums do you have in the works?
Rapper Big Pooh: I'm still promoting my current album, Dirty Pretty Things and I'm working on a few things. First up is gonna be the second installment of my Phat Boy Fresh series, Phat Boy Fresh Vol. 2. It's almost entirely produced by a kid named Astronote out of Orleans, France. I have a couple other things in the works, I'm working on something for my birthday on February 12th, re-release a project on that day. A couple things I'm working on.
Rapper Big Pooh: I think I'm in a weird space right now. I haven't been here long enough to be put in the same class as Talib Kweli or Mos Def, but I'm not young enough to be with the new generation like a Kendrick Lamar, Wale…them guys. I'm kind of in the middle and I think I've always been caught in the middle. I'm a little too late, but a little too early. It's also a good place because I get a lot of respect from my peers, guys that were before me and guys that came after me. I'm working hard to stay on people's radar…especially the position I'm in, that's what it's all about. You got to continue to feed the people.
HipHopWired.com: How do you do that without over saturating the market with music?
Rapper Big Pooh: It's definitely all about timing, I don't even have the right math equation to tell you what's the perfect time but I guess it's about feeling. I put out my project Dirty Pretty Things November 1st. I'm kind of waiting to see when people, in my eyes, are ready for something else. There's no way to calculate when to release music.
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