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Topic subjectYea Preem would be better I think.
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3026983, Yea Preem would be better I think.
Posted by Brew, Sat Sep-19-20 11:39 AM
He'd be more likely to open up IMO. And considering the talent he's worked with they could prolly do like 50 episodes and still not cover it all lol.


>>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.
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