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3026982, If he could somehow land q-tip or premier...🙏🏾
Posted by dillinjah, Sat Sep-19-20 11:08 AM
>Even though there's some stuff that the didn't cover (as I
>mentioned above), I don't imagine there's going to be another
>Prince Paul-centered season of this. So, does Open Mike keep
>this as a one-off? Or should he try to talk to someone else?
>And who?
>
>Finding someone else to do all these in-depth interviews is
>likely going to be hard. Prince Paul worked because 1) he's a
>great interview, 2) Has a sense of humor and doesn't take
>himself too seriously, and 3) is willing to talking about both
>his successes and failures in very open and honest way. He's
>not self-aggrandizing.
>
>So, I think the field of producers is pretty narrow of who
>Open Mike could successfully pull this off with. I think
>Premier, if he could get him, is the best choice. He keeps it
>buck and likes to talk about the process. Pete Rock would be
>awful (he's not an interesting interview at all). RZA is
>always in self-promotion mode. Large Pro could give a lot of
>insight, but every interview I've seen with him is kind of
>dry. I don't think Marley Marl would talk honestly about what
>he did and didn't do. Maybe Q-Tip could work?
>
>If he wanted to do a rapper instead of a producer, you run
>into the same pitfalls. KRS would either be great or a
>disaster, no in-between. Redman might be able to pull it off.
>I could see LL being interesting, but he might be too "big"
>for this.
>
>Anyway, just some thoughts.