You can put a name on your album but to
be hardcore takes more then just music.
In ART12 #8,
I wrote that
I couldn't
relate to
the music of
White Wolf.
Wondering
"why". I got
the answer
when I
walked them
to the
subway
station.
Samp B.: "Is this The Netherlands?" We
live in the same country but in a total
different world.
After two cd's came number three. A cd
that I can dig. They sound more grown
up. Samp. B: "Well I never knew what I
wanted to do. After 'De Posse' we had a
record contract for an album. We did
it, and right after it I thought it
could be a lot better. Same thing with
"Bij Nacht En Ontij".
In the business where the
sales aren't big you don't
have to warn any A&R man to
be careful what to put out
and to keep an eye on the
costs. Samp. B, C.MC and DJ
PWB first recorded 6 songs
before going to DJAX. Proving they had
material for album number three. Miss
DJAX gave the green light. So here is
Hardkoornografie including a video
track.
Samp B.: "Before we started recording,
I moved out of my parents house to live
on my own with my girl. Now everything
became a lot more serious. That made
clear for me what I wanted. I want to
have fun! This is the first cd that I
still like. Instead of the others which
I very quickly didn't like." They look
what their idea's are and look what the
fans want to hear or how they want it.
That is how it works. Come with an idea
and work it out before you start.
Samp B.: "Make sure the organization is
tight.". Other people come up with an
idea and think step two will come
easy". Well... they have it wrong.
Samp. B: "Thats just the point where
all the problems start."
In the music you can hear DJ PWB is
growing. PWB stands for Power Brain. On
the first album the sample choice was
quite childish. On the second album a
lot more original samples. And on this
third and also his first Breakbeat
album (DJAX BREAKBEATZ #4, ed.) he got
into diggin in the crate where you can
find dope flava's. DJ PWB is leader of
SL Troopers. A crew of 4 dj's: DJ Sopa,
DJ Champ, DJ DNS and of course DJ PWB.
Cutting up records and bringing a show
of their own. On the solo tip he's busy
trying to
win the
Turntablized
championships.
At home he
has his own
professional
recording
and
production
studio.
Finished his sound (engineer) education
and started it up officially. "So my
father and I first put in a concrete
floor in the barn." Big ass question
mark above my head: "Barn ?! You think
that it's safe while you're in your
flat?". DJ PWB: "I live on a farm."
Aah, that explains. Stupid me, not
everybody lives in a flat. And when he
wants to he rents it out to other
artist. DJ PWB: "Only if I like them."
Samp B.'s second project is the
"Vrijsprekers" (Freestylers, ed.). With
a very simple concept, 'Call a subject
and we freestyle'. But not that simple
to do. But he's a master in
freestyling. What are your influences,
with which cats are you hanging? Samp
B.: "It sounds stupid but I really
don't talk with anybody in HipHop." You
hardly run into Samp B. at a party. He
is some head and shoulders bigger then
me, moves like a still not full grown
human and misses the b-boy
stand/attitude/mind. I know him since
the first days of 'De Posse'. So we go
back a while...
In Goes I meet Caz One Production Crew,
the break dancers. And guess what! It's
DJ Wan 2 of 24K. He also breaks! A
b-boy I really know a long time. Man,
with One Two and the other cats from
Eindhoven fun has no-limits. Eindhoven
is the gezelligste (Coziest, ed.). With
DJ Wan 2 it's like instant fun, just
add some attention. With other words:
some old b-boys on the loose. And hey,
we have some markers, we have some,
almost, clean dressing room walls...
Hitting with no running, yes!
Well..., No. That last one wasn't
totally correct. Hitting, no running
and (shit) paying'. Samp B. was really
pissed of. Not even to speak about the
venue manager. DJ Wan 2: "It's HipHop.
It is a tradition. The manager ain't
gonna complain." Well he did. Samp B.
came up with the idea that everyone who
did some writing had to pay. Of course
the
White
Wolf
crew had
no
writings
on the
wall and
every
sticker
of them was putted up there by me. He
was very easy to handle by the venue
manager. And even worse: he asked me to
step in his "office" (the showers) and
gave me a lecture. Samp B.: "AQ, can
you understand that you gave me this
bullshit?!". Yes of course I can
understand! Since when does HipHop
bring no bullshit or no problems?! So I
had to pay f15,-. It's nothing. But
Samp B. showed a lack of b-boy
mentality. Guess the skills are there,
but the soul wasn't. I
don't think Eric B.
and Rakim will ever
know if Samp B. got
it.
AQ's big ego tripper:
"Why did you use the
12 from ART12#7 logo
in the illustration of
your third cd?" C.MC:
"The designer asked us
to write down everything what we think
Dutch HipHop is." Thanks guys!
