Papoose plans to be busy. During the next several months the Brooklyn rapper, who released his The Nacirema Dream album March 26, says he’ll be a fixture in the studio and in front of the camera.
“I’m working on my next project, but at the same time, I’m just creating visuals for every song on my album at this point,” Papoose says in an exclusive interview with HipHopDX. “I wanna push this album to the ends of the globe. I don’t feel this is an album I’m just gonna drop and forget about. The response from the people is that they want visuals for records like ‘Motion Picture.’ So I was able to shoot a couple good videos. I shot the ‘6 AM’ video featuring Jadakiss and Jim Jones. And then we sampled Ice T on the chorus, so the OG Ice T came out. It’s gonna be epic when that comes out. We already shot videos for the singles with Ron Browz and DJ Premier, and these are all unreleased. So I’m looking to shoot the video for ‘Cure’ and a couple others.”
Papoose signed to Jive Records in 2006 and soon announced that his first album with the imprint would be The Nacirema Dream. He was dropped from the label the following year and, after releasing a string of mixtapes, Papoose released an updated version of The Nacirema Dream album independently in March.
Several notable Rap figures told Papoose that he couldn’t relax now that he’d released his long-awaited debut album. “I was talking to brothers in the game I respect like DJ Premier,” Papoose says. “He was telling me, ‘Yo, man I love the album. I’m glad you finally got it out, and you can’t hesitate to drop the next one. It can’t take seven years…you gotta be fast on it. And I’m definitely gonna be a part of it.’ He’s not the only one that’s told me that; I’m hearing it from a couple different people. Just judging from what people that support me are saying, I think I’m gonna have to move fast to get this next album out. I’m already planning, plotting and strategizing on that. Remy [Ma] will be home next year, and I’m just gonna be contributing to her movement and what she’s trying to do from behind the scenes. We’re working on a lot of things under the table, because a lot of different companies and entities are reaching out to her. We’re planning her comeback, so I feel sorry for everybody.”
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY OMAR BURGESS
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Respect
pretty good album
funny how Premier advices him to be fast and keeps us waiting on NYGz, MC Eiht, KRS-One, Premier vs. Pete Rock and lot of other stuff smh..
haha, true
He’s still consistent. He’s released several albums, even though you probably didn’t know. Other than that… He’s constantly producing for other artists.
I know the albums he put out and highly appreciate it….but as a fan, i really wonder why does it take that long..
read a book then maybe you’ll find out
^Nonsense..
your time came and passed papoose and you wasted it
nobody is looking for this nigga papoose
fail!
The only movement Remy Ma has in the works is straight to the unemployment line. Papoose is a bum, with bum sales to match, and Ma already got dropped like a pass thrown to Tom Brady’s receivers. I’d focus on their kids and raising them to be better than they are.
Nigga can be encouraged by God and he’d still flop like a bitch
everybody flops unless ur name is Drake or Wayne or Minaj so quit that sales bullshit faggot
Cant wait for the next album and the rest of the video’s.
Broke ass bum rapper sold literally 140 copies of his dogshit record, nice work Pap!
Real Talk Q: how the fuck this guy actually survive, day to day?
No way he ‘invested’ his advance and is living off capital gains!
Yah, Premo is a great one to talk business with, all his record label ventures turn out brilliantly… Unless dipshit Pap is listening to Preme and doing the exact opposite.
Only “movement” Remy Ma is part of is trying to shit out the chipped beef from the mess hall. Stay up, Ma!
this nigga need to eat a sandwich
its funny how people want to focus on album sales, but then ignore the fact that long term album sales are what actually matter
that made no sense
This guy is hustlin ass backwards, why not release the visuals before the album actually drops? He had almost seven years…lol…This guy is so stuck in 90’s artist’s mindframe. Try this Pap, 1) Drop a single 2)Shoot the video 3)Repeat steps 1 and 2..4) Release a quality mixtape 5)Choose more singles for visuals…..Repeat/Repeat/Repeat………..But even still, nobody will be checking for ya Fam…..
this dude had so much hype in 06 Flipmode Squad and everything what a waste
how much copy did his garbage cd sell also?
this guy is by far the biggest failure. He had lyrical talent but this proves that even if your lyrical no1 supports that shit they just wan’t pop beats and trash lyrics
Pap still thinks he’s hot……..NO ONE CARES.
what the f*ck is a papoose?
Papoose will always be in my top 5 dead or alive but I consider him to be dead since about 2007. R.I.P. papoose