In his 20-plus years in the Hip Hop industry, Kool G. Rap has crafted countless classics with legends like Marley Marl, DJ Premier and more. Now, in a recent interview with Unkut, the revered Juice Crew emcee recalls one studio session that ultimately failed to materialize into a single.
Kool Giancana revealed that he was supposed to record a track produced by the Neptunes for his 2002 Rawkus album The Giacana Story. According to G. Rap, however, he and Pharrell were unable to get on the same page musically, as Skateboard P sought to sonically recreate the Juice Crew emcee’s hits like “Ill Street Blues.”
“Pharrell was trying to cater to hits that I did in the past, but I wanted him to come with some of the things he was doing during those times,” he said. “He was trying to come to my world, but I was trying to go to his world. I was trying to explain to him, ‘I’m trying to bring G. Rap to your world. Not convert to your world.’ But he was stuck on ‘Ill Street Blues.’ I guess that was one of his favorite G. Rap records, so I suppose he was trying to cater to that sound – but I was trying to get into the Neptunes sound of the times!”
The Corona, Queens emcee is currently working on full-length projects with both Necro and The Alchemist. Check out the full interview over at Unkut.
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How the fuck you go from “Ill Street Blues” to working with Necro?!?!
fuck necro. corny rapper.
Really? Show me a wack Necro beat. Go listen to Drake.
BURY YOU AND YOUR MOMMA WITH SATAN CORNY YEAH FUCKN RIGHT!
Rafael ‘Necro’ Bronstein beating off in 3rd Avenue Brooklyn gay video shops…
i dont like drake and i dont like necro both are two extremes i dont fuck with
Necro is corny and just because I think that dont mean I listen to Drake either.
Necro is a corny wigger
Drake is a simpy teenage girl rapper
I can think of 1,000 artists I’d listen to before either
Hes as much a wigger as your favorite rapper/wanna be gangster is a “blitalian”
not all artists can get the vibe they want from the producers thats why we have A&Rs to bring the right producer to the right artist i dont think that shit would off sounded that tight any how kools lyrics on a commercially pop sounding beating would of done more harm than help in my opionion.
Sounds like G Rap wanted to sell his soul to Pharell for a hit.
just because someone wants to experiment with a new sound does not automatically mean they were trying to sell their soul. Its just music. smh (stuck in the 90s azz)
Nothing wrong with what he said, The Neptunes were dope back in the day and did some underrated work with Old School MC’s like MC Lyte & Guru that people dont bring up when there sipping the haterade. Hearing G Rap over some dope Neptunes shit like “Superthug” or Mystikals “Jump” would have been insane
hahaha “sipping the haterade” ……very true.
thats wats up………. Go Girl Music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgSIsJyy2jo&feature=channel_video_title
Kool G wanted to sell out, Pharrell not…
KOOL G RAP AND NECRO GODFATHERS 2013 BE ON THE LOOKOUT NECROPRODUCT.COM
VIVA NECRO NECROPRODUCT.COM GODFATHERS KOOL G RAP AND NECRO 2013 HOPEFULLY FUCKN NECRO MUAH HAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Nathaniel has had A LOT of failures… i.e. basically everything since “4, 5, 6” which was half shit.
But oooh, Nathaniel watches gangster movies and raps about them; so fucking “real.”
Anyone remember his pay to play website?
Anyone remember the Clik of Respect?
Nathaniel is as full of fucking shit as Rakim with his bullshit about Dre and Aftermath.
Not that Dre isn’t a piece of shit but give Rakim his freedom and look at the cornball shit he’s come out with.
FACT: DJ Polo and Eric B were BOTH way more important to these guys than they’ll ever admit… the records don’t lie!!!!!
looks like someone is on their period.
FACT: 456 is classic
…You not talking about anything!!!…
u right wit regards to sum thangs u say , but why are those record a fail to you, is it cause u are one them dudes that if it aint on radio or video itz not worthy? just askin cause g raps worst verse is betta than any nigga on radion and tv right now
Roots of Evil is his best album. Anyone who actually thinks he fell off after 4,5,6 obviously hasn’t heard it.
Roots of Evil is a fucking horrible record; an embarrassment to ANY rapper let alone one you white nerds think is “GOAT”– which he might have been for a few minutes in the late ’80s but not for a moment since then.
G Rap the greatest of all time…not enough know of him.
Necro and alchemist? that’s pretty fuckin sick…
his last album was way underrated.
too real. much respect.
G rap is top 10 at best, but he shouldve listened to skateboard the man makes hits & last time i checked G hadnt had one since the 90’s
Its unfortunate that the collaboration between Kool G-Rap & Pharrell didn’t happen. I’m sure it would have been something special and nothing short of a classic Hip-Hop joint & banger. Maybe the lack of collaboration on the part of the more mainstream and relevant producers & artist is a key reason why artist such as Kool G-Rap & others have faded away and not been as relevant as they should, especially when they would add more depth to the Hip-Hop music landscape…Qaadiru Rashaad
Indeed brother.
Necro = Cornier version of Eminem
ya hes white so compare to eminem. Genius.
It’s a fair comparison to make as alot of Necro and Em fans only listen to them due to racial solidarity. Em fans especially are the worse. Whether they’re white females, gays, teenagers, middles-class people or just the average regular person who has an aversion to hip-hop they all tell you Em is the exception in hip-hop. I’ve heard so many weak platitudes as to why he should be exonerated for his harsh, contentious views on gays and women such as he loves his daughter or he performed with Elton John. To most whites, these extrapolations explain why he’s exceptable, but normal Black emcees are uncultured homophobic, mysogonistic philistines. Whites are only fooling themselves by having this quixotic outlook; the type of white I described is a closet bigot who harbours hostile feelings about our people, but doesn’t know how to channel their emotions constructively, so plays the Em card thinking a supposedly cavalier opinion about his music differentiates them from overtly bigoted Fox News presenters. They’re all scum to me, but at least FN hosts don’t try to camouflage their true feelings about Black people. Necro’s cool though.
“just askin cause g raps worst verse is betta than any nigga on radion and tv right now”
I don’t know what stations you’re watching/listening too, but G Rap isn’t outshining anybody current. He’s old. Crusty, and his jewelry has an expiration date.
“How you anonymous and we can see the “ho” in you?”-Schwarz
^ that man has NEVER lied
Unlike YOU Quote-Man, you pose daily dying for validation. Honest question……………….
If you think you are so much better than all of us and swear you are above us and have the information of the universe none of us have why do YOU still bother commenting here? Is it your white ENTITLEMENT issues? Because if you were apart of white PRIVILEGE you wouldn’t waste your time bothering with “peons”.
You have serious social and mental issues Quote-Man.
“just because someone wants to experiment with a new sound does not automatically mean they were trying to sell their soul. Its just music”
Then why is G Rap talking about it all these years later? Exactly. You can go play now.
He’s talking about it because Robbie asked him. Robbie knows about rap history to bring up questions and thoughts other rap interviewers wouldn’t.
Robbie is one of those respected white guys in rap you wish you were Quote-Man. We watch you try to be “that guy” daily and you’re not. You have realistic social and mental issues you need to address. A real man would attach a moniker to his thoughts and speak to the people, you do the exact opposite. Hide.
AYE
IT’S 2 THE POINT WE KNOW HE A FCUKBOI EXTRAORDINAIRE
WE SCUD MISSILE’D HIS COMMENTS 4 MONTHS HE OFFERED ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN RETURN BUT EMOTIONAL FCUKERY
KEEP UR FOOT ON HIS NECK BUT EXPECT NOTHING FROM HIM
I’D RATHER SPAR WITH YESSIR “QUOTEMAN” IS NOT A WORTHY OPPONENT 4 SCHWARZ
YES “QUOTEMAN”
U R THE LCD OF COMMENTS HERE
NOW CRY HARASSMENT LIKE A BITCH
U HAVE FCUKBOI’ITIS IN UR PLASMA
LOL
HO
salute G rap, although i was waitin on collaboration album with the chef
diz nigga wack on da mic. no talent. nursery rhymes. Weezy would outrap diz old ass nigga. swag
NOT
NOT, that G rap album was off the hook son
SMACK YOUR SELF CLOWN! You must be a special Ed student in the 4th grade if you think Wayne has ever spit better then G-Rap. I didn’t grow up in his era and know he is a million times better then Wayne’s gay ass. You probably kiss men in the mouth too!
an album with Kool G and Alchemist would be dope..brace yourselves
Brace yourselves for what, 2000 copies sold in a week, if that?
washed up bitter excuse making bum who LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES about his life and failures since DJ Polo took the dookie ropes away.
Nathaniel has actually had an interesting life and “LIve and Let Die” is a serious GOAT candidate…
How anyone can pretend he’s done anything even close to that since then is beyond me.
Q: why doe Nathaniel pretend he’s a cartoon mafia dude?
Why are you sucking him? He must be your idol because you sound like you’ve been studing his life! FOH! Clown! Respect one of the nicest MC’s to ever do it!
You parasites are the reason Hip Hop is dying! Instead of paying homage to the Legends ya want to call them old heads. SMFH! That’s probably because your father blew your mothers back out then left… So anybody older then you’re mad at… LMAO. They need to castrate ya to make sure you don’t breed and spread that hate in your blood!
Donnis Mac –
Wow. You’re so tough over a screen. Here, do me a favor. Go down to the closest precicnt and just admit to something, anything.
Schwarz –
You sound emotionally unhinged lol Did Santa pass your hood again this year? No, wait. Best Buy didn’t accept your food stamps for that new big screen TV. I could go on and on but I already evicted you out this game in 2012. Don’t you think for 2013 you should oh I don’t know, get a life, some direction, and maybe a girlfriend? Might take away some of that hostility that is dripping off every word you type.
“If you think you are so much better than all of us”
You lose your cyber cool very fast. Seriously Donnis Mac (were you kicked out of The Lox by any chance?), take a chill pill and learn to respect a different opinion than your’s.
“that man has NEVER lied”
Schwarz has the reputation of a used car salesman. If you befriend him bad things will start happening like the fiscal cliff.