DJ Booth Interviews Chamillionaire (Pt. 2)
On Being Forced to Release “Hip-Hop Police” as a Single:
“What people don’t know is, [off] the last album, “Hip Hop Police,” which I liked – it’s a creative record – is the equivalent of me doing the “Internet Nerds” record on Mixtape Messiah. I didn’t want it as a single, but the label wanted it as a single, so I went with it. I fought it at first, but I lost, and it ended up being a single. So now, when the public views it, they’re like, “Well, Chamillionaire’s dope, but he doesn’t have a good choice of single,” those are idiots who don’t know how the industry works.”
On Having to Kiss Ass to Sell Records:
“I remember walking into XXL, doin’ the whole Save the World campaign and tellin’ them all this stuff to try to convince them to give me a cover, kissin’ everybody’s butt and all that type of stuff, doin’ all the handshakes, kissing-babies type of stuff you have to do, and then later on they diss you in the magazine. It’s like, “Whoa, wait a second! Why the heck was I in here, tellin’ you this whole story about my vision for the album and all that type of stuff?” You don’t necessarily have to feel everything I do, but, man, I feel like I wasted my time! Like, why would I do that again? But the industry tells you you have to do that.”
Check out the rest of what Chamillionaire had to say at DJ Booth.
