Krazie Bone | Interview (2005)

Rhoemi (T M H): What's the name of the new album?
Krayzie: The name of the album is Bone Brothers.

Rhoemi (T M H): Tell me a little bit about it. Producers? Writers? Who did you guys work with?
Krayzie: It's basically a Layzie and Bizzy album. I'm featured on a couple of the songs. It's a duo album with them. Mostly the producer on this album is Self Service. He's a big producer from out this way (New York) and he's produced for alot of people. He basically spearheaded the whole album.

Rhoemi: (T M H): What was it like for Layzie and Bizzie to work on this project without the entire group involved?
Krayzie: It's a lil' different. Instead of getting a whole Bone Thugs album, you get half of it. It's a lil' twist on it. Just like me and Wish Bone are working on Bone Brothers Volume 2. It's just us two on the album. We're trying to mix it up a little bit. And change the vibe a little.

Rhoemi (T M H): What do you think about the current state of hip-hop?
Krayzie: Man, it's cool. It's alot more opportunities out there. Alot of chances for people to come in and express themselves. It's "survival of the game" now. People are not scared of hip-hop like they used to be, a couple of years ago. I think hip-hop is moving at a rapid speed and getting more and more respect as we go.

Rhoemi (T M H): A few years ago, you guys did a song with Phil Collins. How did that collaboration come about?
Krayzie: I was just in the studio one day and I was always playing Phil Collins. And I took one of his songs and I just sampled his voice. I let the dudes hear it and they were like "we need to use this song and put it out." And see if we can use Phil Collins. It took awhile to clear the song and he finally agreed to be in the video. It worked out really well. We had to go to Switzerland to shoot the video, of course, cause he was busy working on his projects and we flew out to him. It just all worked out.

Rhoemi (T M H): What's the major difference between being on an independent label and a major one?
Krayzie: You get a little bit more freedom instead of getting lost in the shuffle. With an independent label, they tend to keep their eyes on the project. They work it longer and harder than a major label would. If you come out on a major label and sometimes if you don't do what they expect you to do (in the first week), they're like "okay we'll move onto the next project." Whereas, an independent label, if they're not satisfied with the numbers, they might change up the whole marketing strategy and put more money into it and just keep working on it until they get the results they're looking for.

Rhoemi (T M H): If you guys could do a Best Of Both Worlds-type album with an R&B artist, who would you pick?
Krayzie: I'd probably pick somebody like a Jill Scott or Floetry. Somebody like that. Somebody that I think is real down-to-earth. Kinda like talk about the same issues we talk about, real day-to-day issues and real-life drama. Real stuff.

Rhoemi (T M H): Are you guys planning to tour?
Krayzie: Oh yeah. Definitely we're going on tour. I also have a solo album coming out. My album is called Gemini: The Good Versus The Evil. It'll be out next month. So we're gonna be pretty busy working. We'll probably be on tour together.

Rhoemi (T M H): What do you guys see yourselves doing five years from now?
Krayzie: Hopefully still making music. Just capitalizing on everything to come our way. Just staying in the game. Getting into the producing thing. Doing tracks for myself. Just trying to keep it moving. Just trying to get on my hands on everything possible while the opportunity is there.

Rhoemi (T M H): Any last words for the fans?
Krayzie: Keep supporting Bone. We're gonna always be here. We're gonna always be around. We may take time between our albums but we make sure to do songs that will last for our fans until we come back. Keep supporting us and we're gonna always be here, making the music.