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The whole interview is pretty in depth. I'm not a huge Fatts fan so I don't know what else he's put out. I only checked this BC Curren$y was on it. But I'll probably give his record a chance when it comes out.
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.2290/title.joey-fatts-previews-ill-street-blues-stresses-creative-control
DX: In terms of iLL Street Blues, where did the title come from?
Joey Fatts: First of all, I’m not gonna sit here and front like I just know about Hip Hop or I knew it was a Kool G Rap song. I was listening to Jay Z, just getting my fucking history on, making sure I was on top of my shit and listening to everything… “Hard Knock Life,” everything. I ran across “Feelin’ It” and he said, “The ill street blues got you hunger painin’.” And I’m like, “Damn, that’s dope. Ill street blues.”
DX: You eventually found out. Even though you said you aren’t a super Hip Hop historian, how much studying have you done?
Joey Fatts: I did it right away, because I’m like, “Ill street blues. It’s so dope that I’m sure somebody else… It’s too much of a good saying.” So I just Google’d it. Google tells you everything. Kool G Rap was the first song that popped up, so I’m like, “OK, let me check out this Kool G Rap song, because this is where it comes from.” And of course, a lot of people had their projects named after iLL Street Blues. HipHopDX has a big fan base, so when you guys tweeted my album cover, everybody was like, “Oh that was my album’s name.” I’m like, “Dude, shut up. How many albums are named iLL Street Blues? It’s a popular saying.”
DX: Have you found that you studied Hip Hop more since you’ve grown in stature?
Joey Fatts: Yeah, yeah. Like I said, I don’t really lie about Hip Hop. I didn’t listen to much of Jay Z two years ago, because I’m from the West. I was raised on Snoop Dogg and stuff of that sort, so I didn’t listen to too much of Jay Z until like two years ago. And I started like, “Damn, he’s dope.” Of course I liked “Big Pimpin,” but those are commercial hits. He raps better on the shit that’s not on the radio, so actually getting behind the hits and seeing what he did to make his shit go platinum. ---
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