DubCNN: Were right here with Brotha Lynch Hung. Whats going on with you man?
Brotha Lynch: Just chillin man just enjoying this new release and plotting the next.
DubCNN: You know I have to say Im impressed that you managed to really keep your word and knock out these releases one after the other. Ever since linking with Strange Music, it seems a lot of things fell into place for you
Brotha Lynch: Yeah, a lot of times before the Strange deal, I didnt really have deals, and I was releasing my own stuff under my own label, so I didnt really have time restraints. Now Im there by the book so I mean I knew I was capable of doing it, its just I took my time back in the day but now Im back to work.
DubCNN: You were working this trilogy for a long time, how do you feel looking back at that body of work?
Brotha Lynch: Before I even signed with Strange, I had the idea, but I didnt have the manpower to do it. So when I signed with Strange I knew I had the manpower to do it and now that Ive done it, as tired as I am, yknow keeping that same storyline, Im kinda glad that its done now. But I love it! If it wasnt for this album here, I would have said probably that I could have done better; but this album has made up for everything, I feel.
DubCNN: Now you know every time Ive talked to you in the past youve also said that you have a passion for writing scripts and getting into movies and things like that. Now when I was watching the Meat Cleaver video, I feel like you had a chance to kind of live that part of what you want to do. Could you compare shooting videos to kind of experiencing the movie thing that you wanted to do?
Brotha Lynch: Oh yeah! Basically I was auditioning in that video. You know, hopefully for Rob Zombie or somebody to see it. I do write screenplays, me and my fiancé, we write screenplays a lot. Were looking to jump into that area. Not that Im going to stop music or anything, but I definitely want to get into that area. So I would say that Meat Cleaver video was definitely an audition.
DubCNN: Is Spydaman still an idea in your head?
Brotha Lynch: Well I actually have a Spydaman album but thats my baby there
DubCNN: Because thats the one you were talking about years ago. You were talking about Spydaman before I think even Lynch By Inch came out.
Brotha Lynch: Yeah Ive had that album even before I signed with Strange, but you know I wanted to go new with them. You know I have a company, Madesicc Musicc, until I get that company running right I probably wont drop it. But I do have an album
DubCNN: Looking at some of the collaborations on this project, specifically this song with Hopsin, how did that song get put together? How was it working with Hopsin?
Brotha Lynch: Man, Hopsins a worker! As soon as I got him the beat, shyt he probably done wrote it the same night! We didnt actually work together because at the time he was in Germany on tour. I guess he found a way to do it while he was on tour, which was great, because I mean a lot of artists wouldnt take out the time to do that and he did and he came hard on it. So basically it was done and sent to Strange. They mixed it down and sent it to me, and I was like, yeah I like it.
DubCNN: Are there any collaborations that you would have liked to have on this record that didnt happen because on schedules conflicting or anything?
Brotha Lynch: I would have loved to have Eminem
DubCNN: Well yeah, weve talked about that several times in the past! Do you still think theres a chance for that?
Brotha Lynch: I hope it happens in the future. Eminems kind of untouchable, and I think hes going through a phase right now where he needs to prove a lot of things with his career so I respect it, and Ill wait so, hopefully itll happen one day.
DubCNN: OK. Are you going to be going on tour promoting this new album?
Brotha Lynch: Yeah, we start the Independent Powerhouse Tour March 15th.
DubCNN: Are you going back on the road with Strange?
Brotha Lynch: Yes sir! Itll be me, Tech, a new artist we just signed Rittz Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, and the gang.
DubCNN: Wow, OK, thats dope! How has tour life been with Tech so far? I heard it can be really exhausting!
Brotha Lynch: Oh yeah, definitely that! But I mean its powerful like when you do a show with Tech, or you do a tour with Tech. You never have to worry about having small crowds, thats one! All the fans are there to really see Strange Music; theyre not worried about, you know, any other artists outside of Strange Music.
DubCNN: Got you now you mentioned your label, Madesicc. Whats the current status on that? How are you moving forward with the label?
Brotha Lynch: Well I just recently took over Madesicc myself. I used to have others run it for me; because when I signed the deal with Strange I was really, really busy. But now I just recently took over, January 1st. Its coming slow, but I have some releases. G Maccs album, and Cali Bear Gangs album thats doing pretty good. You know, its hard for unknowns to sell really good in the game, but theyre doing alright. Theyve been on tour with me all of last year, about sixty shows. Thats when I was touring without Strange. They let me do it by the way. They pretty much agreed that I could go out on my own and try to do some shows. I did almost about sixty of them, and took those two artists with me and it upped their sales, so its doing pretty good. Im just getting the technical stuff out of the way, and I think well be alright.
DubCNN: OK, thats cool. So, you know, its the top of the year, the album just dropped, youre about to go on the road what are your plans for after this? Do you already have in your mind what youre going to be doing, or do you just kind of take it as it comes?
Brotha Lynch: Ive started plotting for my next album. Im checking a little of the feedback or whatever from this last album, seeing what the fans like and dont like. And like you said, I mean it seems like a lot of them would, you know, would want me to come up with another movie type of story but I dont know if I would do that yet though.
DubCNN: I mean from conversations Ive been having, I think skill-wise, its right up there with the best shyt youve done. Personally, I might be more inclined to some of the more gangster shyt you were doing rather than just the horrorcore shyt But it was the theme for the trilogy, so it made perfect sense on this one.
Brotha Lynch: I do hear that too, I do hear that too I want to make a 420 album, a weed smoking album! My goal was to do that and on every 420, everybody slaps that album. They do that with Loaded, a lot of people hit me on Twitter about it, but I want to make a better one, like a really high album, you know what I mean! I was thinking about that. Im not sure if Im going to do that yet though. But I do want to make an album that, like every 420, is like everybodys theme album you know what I mean. I dont want people to think I just do horror stuff, because if you go back and listen to Loaded although I have some horror stuff on it its not all I can do as an artist, you know what I mean Im really hip hop.
DubCNN: For sure. Alright well I think thats pretty much all we needed for now. Is there anything else you want to let everybody know?
Brotha Lynch: I just wanted to say shout out to yall for thinking about me. It really helps me a lot. Ive been in the game 27 years, and you guys are still thinking of me. I really appreciate that.