Dame Grease Speaks On Swizz, Ruff Ryders and Max B

April 21st, 2008 | Author: ------

After reflecting on the state of hip-hop with esteemed producer Dame Grease, Grease offered a few words to HipHopDX on who he thought the next “big thing” of hip-hop would be as well as revealed his relationships today with his old Ruff Ryder crew.

“Throughout my entire career? Wow, that’s hard. I fuck with Max B hard, he’s my favorite artist, Max,” Grease said when discussing his favorite artist that he’s worked with throughout his career. When asked if Max B would be the next big thing, Grease said, “Honestly, yeah his shit is hot, and I’m fucking with him so I’m going to make sure he’s going to get that official platinum quality music, that star quality sounds. He’s got his own crew and he ain’t working with Vacant Lot, he’s working with Grease, and I’m executive producing his next mixtape as well.”

After attempting to pry some information on the rumor that Grease is currently scoring a few films, the brains behind the sound of Cradle 2 the Grave, said that he was working on two films, but wouldn’t part with any more information.

When asked to reflect on some of his former boys in the Ruff Ryder click, Grease showed love to almost all of the old members including Styles P and Jadakiss, yet shined some light on hostility between another of DMX’s great producers, Swiss Beatz. “Um, believe it or not, me and Styles are on the phone almost every day. Me and Jada is actually cool, like at the Sheek release party we were just kicking it like, 'Nigga, we’ve got to do what we’ve got to do.' I mean look forward to Jada and Grease in the studio. Actually, Swizz Beatz, he don’t like Grease, I mean he’s cool when we see each other and it’s like, 'Hey.' You know as far as any type of friends or work opportunities, I actually blocked all of their albums, like Cassidy and Shawnda. I mean more power to him, blesses to him and more power to him. But niggas fuck with Grease. Actually, I’m more on that vibe, you’re guaranteed to see a lot of differences with who I work with. I'll keep it 100% official. I fuck with who fucks with me, if you fuck with me I fuck with you. I keep it like that. If you notice songs and things I do, I mean you might hear a lot of me and Styles or Hell Rell and Max. I mean we’re chilling, we’re in the club, our kids play together in the park. You know.”

Dame Grease also discussed new albums for Donny Goines, himself, and working with DJ Webstar so keep an eye out for those releases when they hit stores.

Reported By: Jake Spilman Jr