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DJ J-Love
All the pictures in this interview are credited to MEYHEM/J-LOVE.
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Vintage Gear Addicts Online Magazine
February 2006 - Issue 002.5
Everyone knows J-Love for the mix tapes and all the hip hop but what a lot of people don’t know is that you got a crazy lo’ game going on as well. When did you really start getting into rockin’ lo?
DJ J-LOVE:
Like late 93’- 94’ I just been kept it rockin’ since back then. I’m not like these new jack little niggas know what I’m saying? All of a sudden niggas is rocking polo n’ shit like cuz’ Kanye West or fucking eBay or whatever the fuck it is… Niggas used to be nervous! They couldn’t even walk the streets with they lo’ like some kids may have had Polo, but they had to keep in their closets cuz they’d get smacked; niggas would like lick they palm and just open hand smack niggas to take niggas shit. But niggas know me man, I got pictures when I was like 80 pounds lighter wearing the same Indian head I got now; niggas know what it is.
What would you say is your favorite lo line or item?
DJ J-LOVE:
: It’s hard man… I always fucked with the wooden ski’s that was always like my favorite shit the turtleneck, the Indian head knit always been crazy, the snow beach, the 92 ski button up, the p-wing shit… Yo that shit is endless really…
MEYHEM:Son you still got that ski shit?
DJ J-LOVE:
I got everything boyyyyy! (Laughs)
What were you up to in the 90’s before you started dropping mix tapes? I know that your music background goes way back, so let everyone know how that all came about.
DJ J-LOVE:
: I was just wildin’ out man... making money however I can, counterfeit money whatever. Music always been there… I was like seven years old walking around with like 40 cassettes in my pockets n’ shit. That’s crazy cuz’ one time I got frisked; I had the 25 on me and a fuckin’ knife, and I had so many cassettes in my pockets, them niggas didn’t even feelem’ cuz I had hopped the train in the city n shit… those times were crazy but it is what it is.
I know as far as music people wonder about music credential. With an MC it’s easier to get a feel of what they have to say. I’ve always held a personal respect for the DJ; cause anyone who knows hip hop knows that all of this started because of the DJ… When did you start Dj’ing, and who were some of your early influences?
DJ J-LOVE:
Probably like 93’ 94, around the same time that everything else was poppin off for me really... I never really looked up to nobody; it was my love for music for the most part… I like certain niggas, but it wasn’t like, “Oh my god I want to be like this nigga or nothing like that... I had respect for niggas like Kid Capri, Grandmaster Flash, Africa Bambata, Love Bug Starsky, you know certain niggas and shit but I never idolized no man, I just gave respect where respect was due…
The music game has fallen off scale since the 90’s... Beats are weak, lyrics are on some wack shit, and albums in general are pretty much trash…
DJ J-LOVE:
Yea my music don’t really reflect any of that…
Word! You new album was dope kid! (Better Your Life available at www.j-loveonline.com) It was ill to listen to the caliber of MC’s that you brought together to make your album possible. Name a few heads that were on the first Better Your Life?
DJ J-LOVE:
I put together different types of MC’s who are all ill nah mean? From heads like Ghostface, Raekwon, RZA, Method Man, Inspecktah Deck, and La The Darkman , to Large Professor, Masta Ace, Slick Rick, to Cormega, MOP, Kool G Rap, Meyhem and I did my own thing on two tracks as well… one with my man Large Professor, and “Perseverance” which I did for dolo nah'mean?
I understand that you got part two dropping soon as well… Who can we expect to listen to on your next joint?
DJ J-LOVE:
I got a couple of new joints dropping in a few. I’m working on two more compilation albums that’s going to feature niggas like Cuban Linx, Brand Nubian, Sons of Man, Killa Sha, and Rakim. I only fuck with music I like. I don’t lick balls and cater to the mainstream wack shit that most DJ’s be playing. I basically put together shit that I want to hear, and I just put it out nah’mean. So I basically make bread of off of putting together shit I like anyways… Check out j-loveonline.com for the bangers!
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