Grand Daddy I.U.
Grand Daddy I.U.: Say it just like that. Funny ass nigga.
Halftimeonline: What’s been the biggest lesson you learned in the hip hop game?
Grand Daddy I.U.: The biggest lesson I learned was don’t trust any of these industry motherfuckers. All of them are snakes. The artists, the execs and especially the A&Rs. That and save your money. All the chains and all that is fine but it don’t pay the bills once the records stop selling.
Halftimeonline: What did you think about Cam’ron using the ‘Something New’ beat?
Grand Daddy I.U.: I wasn’t mad at that. The only thing I was mad at was the nigga Boola that did the track. He called me up like yo we gonna try and get you on a “Something New” (remix) with Cam’ron. I was like cool. He was like what’s the name of that sample? So I told him and next thing I know niggas called me like yo you heard the new Cam’ron shit? I was like this nigga. He was calling me like yo you know the name of this sample and that sample. I was giving him records and all that. He did that shit and after that his numbers were changed. He was calling me everyday asking me questions cuz he was producing for Dame Dash and them but he didn’t know a lot of records and then he snaked me on that.
Halftimeonline: Damn, you can’t get a break.
Grand Daddy I.U.: That’s alright cuz I’m gonna prevail. Right now niggas not even knowing I got some lawsuits going on with cats taking my beats. Between BET, MTV and MTV2 they used about 25 of my beats. Ten of my joints are on that On that All Eyez on Nas and Jay-Z shit. Then they had something called Sucker Free Power Players and it was like eight on there. I had like seven beats on the BET interview with Dave Chappelle and none of them paid me or gave me publishing credit. I got some joints on this DVD called Buckwild Bus tour. I don’t know how they got them shits. So they gotta pay me.
November 23rd, 2006
LISTEN FRENCH RAP
IS GREAT
SO LISTEN THE LANGUAGE IS NOT A POROBLEM
BECAUSE ALL OVEER THEE WORLDDD AMERICAN RAP IS PRESENT
SO LISTEN NEW FLOW
NOW STYLE
BUT REAL HIPHOP
November 23rd, 2006
word to i.u.!!
bringinbak that ol boombap
good luck bro
November 24th, 2006
Yo good interview, definetly hilarious talking bout all the behind the scene shit.. and oh yeah now that GZA shyt make mad sense.. but i remember Video music box playing this nigga shit ..
November 26th, 2006
daaaaaaaamn… that was a good read.. Cam dropped the ball by not having him on the remix, could have won over some older fans
January 17th, 2007
I was up on the I.U. shit waaay back in like ‘90-’91? Me and my college roommate used to boom that sh*t riding thru the city, cause on “I Kick Ass”, K was cuttin’ up a Richard Pryor album…man NOBODY was as slick…every track was butta. I.U., show these young knuckleheads whassap and blow it out the frame again. Plus the Album cover was advanced and very innovative.
ONE - Sha
February 17th, 2007
It,s wild that nowaday,s their,s only a small limited amount of artist I listen to that are recent.
But you can take from 1979- to basically 1998. All that hip hop music from then I was feeling and strictly acknowledging.
Basically the music changed in sound around 1997 I guess I can say about that time. Yo! It got to radio friendly for me .
But I ain,t complaining , just state”n the fact that if your deep into hip hop like me. Names like “GRAND DADDY I.U.” come to me just as quick as krs-1, public enemy, ice-t, n.w.a, jay-z, and any of these new catz who is out now.
Grand daddy i.u. is A influence, and for all the m.c.s who act like they don,t know. Need to stop fronting digging up classic,s trying make hit,s for their own benefiets, To make it worst they don,t even acknowledge who and where it came from. ALOT OF THESE SO CALLED RAPPERS IS ALL FOR THE MONEY ,NO HOMAGE BEING PAID TO THE ONE,S WHO PROVIDED THE PATH , NO NOTHING , THEY DON,T REALLY CARE ABOUT HIP HOP , SUCKAZ LIKE THAT CAN CATCH A LEAD PIPE UP SIDE THEIR FUNNY LOOKIN FACE , BY A REAL SMOOTH ASSASSIN . {HEY YO! I.U. I GOTCHA BACK 4REAL, CAUSE I,LL SUPPORT THIS SHIT TILL I,M DEAD } SO LET THE U FLOW ON 1 LUV
November 13th, 2007
you know ya shit was poping esspecialy that verse female i need more than one strait up and down i aint wit no relation shit back then it was on the money but i fucked up and got hitched but still looking at you kid stay real you know the deal thats what the mask is for just don’t kick no ass they got foot ball numbers for them fools now
comstok attica and clintin to bad the mall is closed but this day in time is stuck onthat money shit bigger and better thing CHILL REGULAR BIG IS GONE