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Exclusive: Messy Marv: Beyond The Bay Area Beef and Back In The Booth
San Francisco rapper Messy Marv set The Bay in a blaze of turmoil over the summer of last year when he took aim at veteran Hip-Hop legend Too $hort in an exclusive interview with AllHipHop.com. The controversial interview prompted even more controversial interviews with us by fellow Bay Area rapper JT the Bigga Figga and then, of course, Too $hort himself. Since then, things seem to have calmed down for Messy Marv in regards to the beef and he even put together another project called Da New Frank Lukas – Dat Neva Wore Da Mink Coat this past Valentine’s Day. Messy Marv called up AllHipHop.com again to tell us about what went on after those crazy interviews and where his mind is at now: AllHipHop.com: The last time we spoke, you set The Bay on fire with a lot of controversy. But judging your recent behavior, things seemed to have cooled down and you appear to be focused on your career. Messy Marv: I was focused then and now. Due to the AllHipHop.com interview by JT the Bigga Figga where he lied about me robbing his studio, paying the Oak Park Bloods for protection, starting wars, giving trophies out to the youngsters in my hood to knock people down and me skipping town when the killing got heavy – my attorney said he implicated me for robbery, embedding in a criminal organization and conspiracy to commit murder. The interview had all of those fake a** trumped up charges against me, and it didn’t help at all because homicide detectives were following me around before my tour. It was all lies – but just based on the lies that JT the Bigga Figga said in your interview, I could have been conspired on some bullsh*t and sent away for a long f*ckin’ time! Whether JT likes it or not, that’s a form of affadavit. I had to deny that sh*t and keep denying it based on the fact that it was all lies, and if I didn’t, it could have escalated. But I’m blessed to be here and I’m looking forward to living my life as it was – drama free. AllHipHop.com: Are things cleared up with Too $hort? Or is there a beef still going on? Messy Marv: To be honest, it was over with after I spoke and he spoke. As men, you can agree to disagree. We both spoke, and that was it. The Bay looks good right now. E-40 just dropped a video and his album comes out in March. Too $hort just dropped his video and his album comes out in February. It’s a real good look for The Bay – we’re looking good. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lFWk7Um8AM&w=560&h=315] AllHipHop.com: You recently stated on your Twitter account that you and E-40 were going to do business together. Messy Marv: Me and 40 had a personal relationship. We talk often and call each other on Christmas, Thanksgiving, and other holidays. There have been discussions about merging Sick-Wid-It and Scalen for some time now. It was supposed to go through. It wasn’t a publicity stunt or nothing like that. I don’t front for the camera. E-40 didn’t speak to the fans about it for whatever reasons – which I wish he would have – so I did. We tried to put our situations together. Some things came up during our conversations about distribution, who I am as a person and who he is as a person, doing songs to squash some beefs, and me being a Blood. At the end, I guess he wanted to protect the best interest of his label, saying more people don’t like me than people don’t like him. Everything is good, though. I’m not mad at 40. We’re still pushing for The Bay, and it’s all love. AllHipHop.com: You just released your new mixtape, Da New Frank Lukas – Dat Neva Wore Da Mink Coat. Messy Marv: I released it on February 14, and I call that day the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre #2. I’m murdered the game in broad daylight. The album reached #33 on the iTunes chart, and my new video did good numbers on World Star on the day of the Lukas release as well. AllHipHop.com: What’s with the Frank Lucas reference? Messy Marv: If you remember the movie, Frank Lucas was a real low-key dude. Once he wore that mink coat, that’s when them people were on to him. Then eventually he told on the police. I’m a low-key n*gga, so my whole idea with the album is to tell the game on the police. Last year, I went through a lot of fake a** n*ggas behaving in an informant manner speaking on me, in reference to the JT the Bigga Figga interview that you did, and a Youtube video that Homewrecka put out stating that I gave him $5,000 to knock somebody down – which was a lie as well. I said to myself that I was going to put the police out there by talking about what these homicide detectives did, and about the sh*t that these others said and lied about me. AllHipHop.com: Won’t something like that bring more heat on you? Messy Marv: I don’t give a f*ck about the heat. I pay my taxes, and I’m a professional young, Black male. I did my time, and I’m no longer under paperwork. Everything that’s being said about me is just some sh*t that motherf*cker made up and could have gotten me locked up. F*ck the heat. I’m going to put these punk a** police out there. I’m the new Frank Lucas on this album. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmTXhuqc1xM&w=560&h=315] AllHipHop.com: You have no fear when it comes to drama [laughter]. Messy Marv: Why have fear when you believe in something grand? I’ll keep denying what JT the Bigga Figga and Homewrecka states because they are all lies. It was very insulting. I put what they said out there so the game can see exactly how they both implicated me in some […]
Rappin’ 4-Tay: Still Standing
It’s been almost five years since Rappin’ 4-Tay last released an album, but that drought is over as the San Francisco veteran independently released Still Standing Vol. 1 just this past September. 4-Tay is best known for bringing that smooth Bay Area pimp vibe to his early 90s hits “Playaz Club” and the remake of The Spinners classic, “I’ll Be Around.” Even though he fell out of the national spotlight after those two hits, 4-Tay went independent and continued to release albums and sell units locally in the true fashion of a Bay Area artist. AllHipHop.com connected with the Frisco legend to remind the world that 4-Tay is “still standing” after all these years – even if the days of nearly guaranteed, national radio play may be long over. Who says one can’t have a long career after a major label contract is gone? Not 4-Tay: AllHipHop.com: Mr. Rappin’ 4-Tay, how are you? Rappin’ 4-Tay: I’m good. Rub a dub dub, I’m chillin’ here at the Playaz Club. AllHipHop.com: Yes, I remember that song. It still gets played on the old school stations out here in Los Angeles. Rappin’ 4-Tay: KDAY. We need a station like that out here in the Bay Area. I like how they stay dedicated to the old school. AllHipHop.com: I love that skit at the beginning of Master P’s “Make Em Say Ugh” where you answer the studio phone. Rappin’ 4-Tay: That was comedy. Master P flew me out there to New Orleans to collaborate and record the song “Playa For Life.” Afterwards, we were thinking of skits to do for the Ghetto Dope album, and he came up with the idea of me answering the phone at his studio [imitates the caller in the skit saying “Uuuuuggggghhh”]. AllHipHop.com: [laughter] Your last album was in 2007. What have you been up to since? Rappin’ 4-Tay: Fatherhood has kicked in like a slot machine. I got married and it’s been a slower pace, although I’ve still been bouncing around on the road like a frog on a lillypad doing these shows. I’ve been out with Suga Free, Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Baby Bash, Montell Jordan, Dru Down, Too $hort, San Quinn, and the list goes on. AllHipHop.com: So the touring business has still been good for you? Rappin’ 4-Tay: For any artist – the road is the best thing. You can get out there and expand. There are a lot of new styles, but some people still love that old school Hip-Hop – there ain’t nothing like it. AllHipHop.com: Aside from the new family life, is there any other reason why it’s been so long between your last album to this new one? Rappin’ 4-Tay: I had a few run-ins with the law. When you’re on probation, you really can’t travel and you’re prohibited from spreading your wings. But now I want the world and my loyal fans to know that 4-Tay is still standing. And that’s why I gave my new album that title. AllHipHop.com: I heard that you recently remade your classic song, “The Playaz Club.” Rappin’ 4-Tay: Yeah, I remade “The Playaz Club.” I had the pleasure of working with a good friend of mine, Wyclef. Me and Wyclef Jean, we re-did the song, and we want everybody to go get a box of Q-Tip squabs and keep your ears opened for that. It has an East Coast and West Coast type of feel to it – like a gangsta gumbo. AllHipHop.com: Did you keep the original sample for the remake? Rappin’ 4-Tay: I kept the original sample, but the homeboy DJ King Assassin added a few things to it. It’s basically the original sample, but the message alone is a different one. We are speaking about how the youngsters are moving at a fast pace. These youngsters are going so fast right now, and I’m trying to educate them to let them know that its not about jacking and so forth. Wyclef says, “Who would’ve thought it would happen at The Playaz Club. Youngsters coming in trying to jack the OGs.” Instead of getting back on them with some jacking, the OGs are trying to school ’em. AllHipHop.com: The rap world is so different from when you first came out. It must be a crazy observation as a rap veteran. Rappin’ 4-Tay: I just think that it’s so crowded now. I’m thankful that I have a recognizable name – without that I wouldn’t be able to pop like Orville Redenbacher. I know that we can never go back to the old system. I would just like all of the youngsters in the world to give homage and to realize who kicked the doors wide open. Sometimes they forget about the OGs. I wish there were more messages in the music. Nowadays, I guess the industry doesn’t care just as long as it sells. AllHipHop.com: Should veterans put new artists on their songs? Rappin’ 4-Tay: I think they should, but a lot of young artists feel like we owe them a career. I guess that comes from watching too much television or videos. They feel like just because someone’s on TV that they can get a career from them. Having a new artist is like having a child sometimes. You’ve got to make sure they are learning the business and hanging around the right people – and not being involved in too much negativity. The Bay Area is hot right now. AllHipHop.com: Oh yes, we know that. We’ve spoken to several [Bay Area] artists that have issues with each other, including Too $hort. Rappin’ 4-Tay: Me myself, my name’s Bennett, and I ain’t in it. But being a pioneer from ‘Frisco, I’d be wrong to say I ain’t in it. So if I were to speak on that, I would just say to show some respect and show some love for those that kicked the doors wide open.
