{"id":28113,"date":"2013-11-26T03:01:21","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T03:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siccness.net\/?p=28113"},"modified":"2013-11-26T03:01:21","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T03:01:21","slug":"kurupt-shares-the-stories-behind-eight-of-his-best-verses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/kurupt-shares-the-stories-behind-eight-of-his-best-verses","title":{"rendered":"Kurupt Shares The Stories Behind Eight Of His Best Verses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\u201cbitches Ain\u2019t shyt\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
Album: The Chronic (1992)<\/p>\n

That was the first one. You know, actually that was the remix to \u201cG Thang.\u201d Dr. Dre showed me that we could make two records off of one record. It was the \u201cG Thang\u201d remix, right? He took certain pieces of music off of it and only kept the bass line, a key part and he kept the drums off of the \u201cG Thang\u201d remix. And then after he took of that other music, he kept those parts and said we are going to make a whole new record and he made a whole new record. Yep. That\u2019s a \u201cG Thang\u201d remix and Dr. Dre took the music off of it. He kept a string part and he kept the keyboard part, he kept the drums and the bass line.<\/p>\n

\u201cStranded On Death Row\u201d
\nAlbum: The Chronic (1992)<\/p>\n

I just wanted to serve every rapper on the planet. That\u2019s all. Yeah. It was that easy. It was that simple. I just wanted to slaughter everybody who thought they could rap. [Laughs] I think I definitely got close to it. [Laughs] Definitely. \u201cStranded on Death Row, so duck when I swing my shyt \/ I get rugged like Rawhead Rex with fat tracks that fits \/ The gangsta type, what I recite\u2019s kinda lethal \/ nikkaz know, the flow that I kick, there\u2019s no equal \/ I\u2019m murderin\u2019 nikkaz, Yo, and maybe because of the tone \/ I kicks my grip, the mic and kick shyt \/ nikkaz can\u2019t fukk with \/ So remember I go hardcore, and slam \/ Nuff respect like a sensei, whoop ass like Van Damme \/ So any nikka that claim they bossin\u2019 \/ Why don\u2019t you bring your ass on over to Crenshaw and Slauson? \/ Take a walk through the hood, and we up to no good \/ Slangin\u2019 on things like a real O.G should \/ I\u2019m stackin\u2019 and mackin\u2019 and packin\u2019 a ten so \/ When you\u2019re slippin, I slip the clip in \/ But ain\u2019t no set trippin\u2019 \/ Cause it\u2019s Death Row, rollin like the Mafia \/ Think about whoopin\u2019 some ass, but what the fukk stoppin ya? \/ Ain\u2019t nothan but a buster \/ I\u2019m Stranded on Death Row for pumpin slugs in motherfukkers \/ Now you know you\u2019re outdone \/ Feel the shotgun, Kurupt inmate cell block one.\u201d<\/p>\n

The thing about that record right there is that I gave it up for my neighborhood. That was a big thing for my community because everybody else on Death Row was from Compton or Long Beach. I was the only one from South Central, so to be able to represent my neighborhood was a big thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cPuffin\u2019 On Blunts And Drankin\u2019 Tanqueray\u201d
\nAlbum: \u201cfukk Wit Dre Day\u201d B-Side (1993)<\/p>\n

That\u2019s another record that I went crazy. My main thing on \u201cPuffin\u2019 On Blunts,\u201d though, is that I wanted to be known as one of the greatest MCs on the planet and I wanted to impress Dr. Dre. That was the inspiration behind \u201cPuffin\u2019 Blunts.\u201d Definitely! Totally! You know what I\u2019m saying? That\u2019s basically what it was. I just wanted to destroy it. I always wanted to impress Dr. Dre and just express my skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cAin\u2019t No Fun (If The Homies Can\u2019t Have None)\u201d
\nAlbum: Doggystyle (1993)<\/p>\n

We was in Culver City. Snoopy had a spot and Daz made the beat and basically, from there took it to Dr. Dre and Dr. Dre added his hotness on it. Me, I was into murdering MCs so I was about hip-hop and rapping and cutting people into bits and pieces. Snoopy was in it and was like, \u201cYou can\u2019t kill everybody, Kurupt. You gotta make records that people can relate to.\u201d You know what I mean? \u201cAin\u2019t No Fun\u201d was more about fun than anything. It was more about us enjoying ourselves and having a good time. It was actually the second \u201cfun\u201d record that I made because the first one was \u201cbytches Ain\u2019t shyt\u201d on The Chronic. \u201cAin\u2019t No Fun\u201d was like the second fun record that I ever made. Before then, I was just into records where I was annihilating rappers.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew York, New York\u201d
\nAlbum: Dogg Food (1995)<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t even going after New York. It wasn\u2019t a diss record. It really wasn\u2019t. \u201cNew York, New York\u201d was a record that we made in dedication to New York. We really felt that New York created hip-hop. New York created battle rap and the whole ball of wax so what I did was a battle rap on this beat DJ Pooh did. That beat originally, DJ Pooh made it for Biggie Smalls for a St. Ides commercial. He made the beat and really I picked the beat and I was like, \u201cMan, I love that beat. I want that.\u201d Then he did a St. Ides commercial with Biggie Smalls and I heard it on the radio. I was like \u201cDamn, cuz. That\u2019s my beat. [Laughs] Damn. Hold on. That\u2019s my beat.\u201d I called DJ Pooh and was like \u201cMan, Pooh! That\u2019s my beat! Man, Biggie is on my beat.\u201d He was like \u201cI got you.\u201d Man, I was like I want to go to the studio tomorrow. I want to knock this motherfukker down.<\/p>\n

Kurupt: I know but before we even go there. DJ Pooh was like, \u201cKurupt, I got the beat, man. You know it was only a commercial.\u201d I was like, \u201cfukk that. Man, that\u2019s my beat!\u201d And DJ Pooh was like, \u201cWhen do you want to rock?\u201d and I was like \u201cI want to rock tomorrow.\u201d I came in knocked down the lyrics. Now, originally the chorus was \u201cYou ain\u2019t all that something something something. You ain\u2019t all that,\u201d right? And Snoop came in the studio when I was laying my second verse. I laid the first verse in one day and then the next day I laid the second verse. And then when I laid the second verse Snoop came through and he came in and he just got finished listening to Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. He came in saying \u201cNew York, New York! Big city of dreams and everything in New York ain\u2019t always what it seems. You might get fooled when you come from out of town but I\u2019m down by law and know my way around.\u201d He was singing the Melle Mel chorus [from Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five\u2019s \u201cNew York, New York”]. He was singing the chorus and we was like \u201cThat\u2019s shyt\u2019s perfect. It fits perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n

It really got blown out of proportion through the media. It also got blew out of proportion by a lot of people from New York because we wasn\u2019t dissing New York. Before we were knocking down buildings, Do you remember the beginning part of the video when we were in New York in the snow and having fun? That\u2019s the original video. We wanted Nas and everybody from New York to be in the video. It was a dedication to New York but then, we got shot at it while we were shooting it.<\/p>\n

New York felt we were disrespecting them. [Laughs] The New Yorkers wasn\u2019t going for it. They was like \u201cOh, no! You ain\u2019t gonna shoot this shyt out here dissing us.\u201d They shot at us the next day so I mean, after they shot at us. We went back home and Snoop was like, \u201cMan, fukk that!\u201d Then we shot the other part of the video where we started kicking everything the fukk over. That\u2019s why we started kicking things over because we got shot at it. [Laughs]\n

\u201cCallin\u2019 Out Names\u201d
\nAlbum: Tha Streez Iz A Mutha (1999)<\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s self-explanatory. I was upset and I spoke my mind. I was upset and I just spoke my mind. Me and DMX are real good friends now. Isn\u2019t that crazy? And Me and Nas are great friends right now. Me and Ja Rule is great friends. Me and Ja Rule did a movie after that. It\u2019s weird. Ain\u2019t it crazy? But it just goes to show you about life, you know what I mean? One thing I\u2019ve learned from my experience in life of 40 years is that a lot of people that I\u2019ve gotten into it with have ended up being real good friends. Isn\u2019t that crazy?<\/p>\n

\u201cXXplosive\u201d
\nAlbum: 2001 (1999)<\/p>\n

Ah, man. \u201cXXPlosive\u201d! Dr. Dre! Well basically, \u201cXXplosive,\u201d I was on a solo thing. I was living New Jersey with Inga. I was living out there with Foxy Brown and I was working on my solo album, Kuruption!. I think I had just finished Kuruption! and Dr. Dre was like, come to the studio. We doing this. We doing that. So I went to the studio. I flew out to California from Jersey. Inga was living in Jersey. And you know\u2026 Dr. Dre just put the beats up. It was the same regular formula. It\u2019s like me and Dr. Dre and Dogg get together and get into the studio and we just rock. Dr. Dre hooked up the beat. He said \u201cGive me this, Give me that.\u201d We just rock out. That\u2019s what \u201cXXPlosive\u201d was. We were just six dudes in there. D.O.C., Dr. Dre, Myself and Hittman and all of them. We just got on the mic and started flying. Dr. Dre gave me space and said \u201cKurupt, go for it!\u201d and Nate Dogg, too. Nate Dogg laid his. I laid mine.<\/p>\n

You go in with Dr. Dre. He knows what he wants. He tells you what he wants and all you gotta do is deliver. At the same, you are learning. Dr. Dre shows you how simple it is. It\u2019s really easy to do this music. It\u2019s not difficult. It\u2019s not a lot. It\u2019s so simple. You just deliver. Dr. Dre is one of a kind. There\u2019s only one \u201cDoc.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYessir\u201d
\nAlbum: Streetlights (2010)<\/p>\n

Real life. The song is about real life. It was about what I was going through at the time. It was about life. It was about letting people know where I am mentally and personally. \u201cYessir! I am that guy!\u201d It was about reminding people that, look, I\u2019m still that guy. I\u2019m still that nikka. I\u2019ll serve these nikkas daily, my nikka. This what I do. I represent DPG and the West Coast and you will not take us for short. You understand me?<\/p>\n

Kurupt Shares The Stories Behind Eight Of His Best Verses – XXL<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n

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