Supastition and S1

The Dirty South for years has been the home of crunk and that down south brand of hip hop for years. But the truth is the dirty south represented real hip hop a long time before Lil Jon came along with groups like Outkast and the Goodie Mob. For the past several years while crunk has been king, there has a been a new generation of dirty south hip hoppers who have been honing their skills and bring back the south to the forefront in underground hip hop with groups like Little Brother, Cunninglynguist and Supastition. Supastition is the lastest of these new generation of down south catz that bringing respectability back to the Dirty South. We recently caught up with the North Carolina native and this is what he had to say.

S-1: Big ups, big ups for getting us the interview with you man…

Supa: Thanks a lot, I appreciate the opportunity…

S-1: Supasition dawg, the name wassup with that, break that down for us…

Supa: Okay basically Supastition means some believe some don’t…you know what I mean…Like I was going by another name before, I had did a lot of work under that name but I was caught up in a contract so the label basically had rights to the name so I had to switch my name to Supastition and start over again…People were sayin you can’t do that…And there were a lot of non believers at the time like people sayin you from N.C you can’t break into the industry…And that the origin of the name Supastition come from…

S-1: We been listening to a lot of your music and the production that you have…there’s a cat…I mean there are several catz, but Illmind man…Talk to me about Illmind…

Supa: Okay yeah, Illmind is my boy we in the same crew called Wax Reform a production crew…Illmind is from Jersey…He has done some work for Akrobatik, Bahamadia, El Da Sensei…He has another album coming out with Symbolic One from Strange Fruit…That’s coming out on BBE…Its gonna be the next B Generation series….Illmind is doin some work, he just finished some work with Ghostface…We’ve been cool that’s one of my main producers him and M-Phases from Australia…

S-1: That’s tight work right there…

Supa: I take a lot of time to try to pick out dope production…Not necessarily just dope beats in general but beats that fit my sounds…I get a lot of dope production but some of it I can’t really fuck with know what I mean… S-1: What’s the response that you have gotten?

Supa: Yo the response in all honesty has been crazy man….The majority of my producers I met on the internet and the response from people that I get e-mails from, people lovin the record and not just from the US but from France, Germany, Australia, Japan…And without the internet it would have took me twice as long. So the internet got its pros and cons but I’m satisfied with everything right now…

S-1: I’m gonna play a little game with you now…The name drop…I’m just gonna drop a few names and we just gonna play off of that….

Supa: Okay…

S-1: Metaphor…We interviewed homeboy awhile ago, hot as hell…young buck from Philly getting down…I know you’ve done some work with him…

Supa: Oh yeah, yeah…the one from Philly…cause there’s a couple of Metaphors, I had to make sure…

S-1: Alright yeah the one from Philly…Anything you wanna say about him?

Supa: Yo he’s ill man…He’s a crazy DJ I know that…He’s a very talented cat…

S-1: Krs-One…Talk to me about that encounter…

Supa: Aiight he’s definitely a legend you know what I mean…It was a pleasure working with him on the album and everything man…

S-1: Was it a cool vibe?…In your own words….How was the vibe?

Supa: To be real with you the whole experience when I met him and the people I was dealing with it wasn’t a cool experience at all you know what I mean…I don’t know if that was just him or the label he’s with…I did shows with him the vibe wasn’t really that cool with me…But I respect him for everything he has done…

S-1: No doubt and we respect you for sayin the truth, that’s the reason I posed the question obviously…But you keeping it real…No doubt…

Supa: With me I ain’t about trying to cover nothing up or be political like I‘ll say it…but at the same time I ain’t gonna sit up here and diss him cause he’s done a lot of things for hip hop…He’s never attacked me personally…I’m grateful for the opportunity….

S-1: No doubt…The Roots…Talk to me about The Roots….

Supa: Basically my joint The Williams…Me and …(6.09)got selected for the Okay player compilation and when the roots came to town QuestLove (?Love) hit me up and invited me to come out and perform on stage with him. I got to chill on the tour bus with them, we sat down and talked for a few hours and he schooled me on the game… I got the utmost respect for those catz. I would think everyone would be on some high for Diddy shit, but they were real humble- Roots, Skills, Jean Grey… I got a lot of respect for those catz.

S-1: No doubt, no doubt. The reason I wanted to bring that shit up is coz there are a lot of catz out there makin music, synthesizing and shit, which is all good, it‘s all gravy. But if you want to talk about REAL musicians dawg The Roots is it, you feel me…

Supa: If you ever seen the live show from the Roots, you’d be like “YO man”

S-1: That shit is bananas dawg, them catz , to an extent, are the essence of hip hop and for them to recognize you and your music, you know what I am sayin… much love on the props dawg you are getting your shit off.

Supa: To me that’s an honor you know what I mean, I am not the type to be in the air askin’ for favors. The opportunities that they have given me this far, I am real grateful for that. The Okay Player joint was probably the turning point in my career, more people started checkin for me after that.

S-1: If there was one thing that you would wanna tell catz that are trying to get in the game right now, the most important above all and anything else, what would that one thing be?

Supa: For one dealing with these labels, don’t go by what it appears on the outside. You might see your favorite artist on the label, and you feel like you wanna go to this label coz you make the same type of music. It’s not about that, at the end of the day it’s about your paperwork. Handle your business and your paperwork, and don’t get caught up in the glamorous side of it. The mainstream level and the indy level is all the same game it’s just on a smaller level as far as independent record labels go

S-1: But the game is still the same right?

Supa: Still the same.

S-1: Is there anything that you wanna say in particular to your fans or something you want to get off your chest, if you just wanna philosophize for a quick minute, what you gotta say kid

Supa: Definitely look out for the Wax Reform album I got comin out , with everybody from Wax Reform which is Mphases, Ill Minds, Moonshine …(8.53) catz from all over the US also my crew Lost Colony from NC will be droppin something real soon. Me and my boy Seven and Equinox that used to be in a group call The Nobodys. We puttin something together… other than that I am just tryin to grind and do my thing. Look out for NC coz North Carolina is on the rise.

S1- Yo definitely bro that has been bubbling for a minute man, so I know where you comin from. Where can they check out your stuff, is there a website? I know there is superstition.com but I want niggaz to hear it from you. Where can they check you out dawg?

Supa: Of course like you said, supastition.com, soulspasm.com, hiphopsite.com, undergroundhiphop.com, mainly all your online stores should be carryin it even some of your mom&pops stores. If you could find the joint cop the deadline EP and for the DJs got the boom box single. I’ve been getting love from a lot of Djs…like Primo played a joint, DJ Revolution…so you know it’s been love

S1: You getting your dues because you’re a talented cat and your stickin with the good production you can’t fuck with that combination dawg

Supa: I’ve been doing it since ‘86 and being that I was an MC I was just talked and rhymed to anything. My first album ”Seven years of bad luck”, basically I just used all the beats that people would give me… I wasn’t picky about it, I just rhymed to anything. When I had more access to producers…

S1: As you evolve and you get to pick and choose somewhat, the quality goes up

Supa: Big difference other than just (spittin 16 on a song?10.32) and actually just sittin down and creatin a whole song from beginning to end. Little brother man I think they raised the standards a lot for catz in NC man

S1: Yeah man, they came a long way in a short period of time, and that’s not an easy task, so definitely I wanna give a shot out for Little Brother for sure… Yo, It’s been a pleasure…again much love, we are definitely backing’ you… This is S1 from Legacy, Legacy Radio-Legacy Magazine I am telling you my niggaz hot, keep an eye out. Superstition yo you the man nigga

Supa: Aight. Thanks a lot man thanks for the exposure man, peace to everybody out there.

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