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Interview with Fiend
- 0:01 Introductions, upbringing in Hollygrove
- 1:26 Second lines, block parties in Hollygrove, Ghost Town, his father’s bar
- 3:22 Musicians in his family
- 5:11 On his musicianship
- 6:03 His first performances, his first songs
- 8:51 Meeting KLC, going on tour when he was a teenager, New Orleans exceptionalism
- 14:44 Traditionalism of rap and bounce, marginalizing of rap, repackaging his image because of limitations of “Fiend” image
- 20:55 Describing the club Ghost Town in Hollygrove
- 22:17 New Orleans regional styles, the Hollygrove sound and slang, more about Ghost Town and T.T. Tucker/DJ Irv
- 24:17 On Fiend’s track “Ghost Town,” New Orleans as a 3rd world city
- 26:38 Recording for Big Boy, recording his big early hits, “Baddest M*therf*cker Alive”
- 28:27 Leroy “Precise” Edwards production style vs KLC’s production style
- 29:35 His years with No Limit
- 34:17 The origins of Womp Womp, producing his own work
- 37:08 Contribution of women in New Orleans rap, Mia X, the rise of bounce artists
- 40:55 On the meteoric rise of No Limit
- 42:48 Describing bounce, New Orleans as a jungle, violence, murder, tourism, Lil Wayne
- 50:55 On returning to music after a hiatus, importance of music to him
- 52:02 Hurricane Katrina
- 53:08 Analog vs. digital
- 54:37 On his newer music and the changes in his sound/style over time, on making music to honor his dad’s memory
- 58:18 On his creative process, using his voice as an instrument, his international sound
