Published: Monday - February 12, 2007
Words by Joi Rogers
Sean Price (Photo: Duck Down)
Authentically gritty and most likely unshaven, Sean Price re-enters with 90,000 MySpace friends in hand as Jesus Price Superstar. To help spread his Gospel across the land, the former "brokest rapper alive" has brought his apostles together. 9th Wonder, Sadat X, Rock and Khrysis join in to assist in the resurrection out in stores now.
Now, in all of Price's divine holiness, he and Rock have been unable to reproduce a new Heltah Skeltah album.
"Gotta act like this sh-- we did never existed, and keep goin' on." - Jesus Price 3:2
Amen. That's right folks, the Holy word of hip-hop, according to the infamous partners-in-rhyme, will not arrive at stores and Churches any time soon. Peace be with them. Luckily, the Boot Camp Clik members are still in tact, and with the recent capture of the man who is believed to be responsible for a stabbing death in the parking lot after Sean's show last month, things are already looking up. Hip-hop's followers can rest assured, the world is a better place.
Sean had a thing or two to preach to us today. Read on. Chuuuuch!
BallerStatus.com: Tell me about your outlook on the Jesus Price Superstar album.
Sean Price: I hope it do better than the last album, you know I mean? I hope for the best expect the worst. Of course I'ma hope it do better than the last one. And the next one I put out, I hope it'll do better than both of them. You know, that's just normal thinking. Like I said, I hope for the best, but I expect the worst.
BallerStatus.com: It seems like this album is really heavily anticipated. There's a lot of press and a lot of your fans are talking about it in forums, sp what ingredients did you add to this that's creating such a crazy buzz?
Sean Price: Nothin. It's the same formula from last album. It's just that people love what I did the last time, so Ima give 'em that. I'm givin 'em that. I ain't do nothing extra. I kept the same producers, you know what I mean? The same formula. If it ain't broke, you know what I mean?
BallerStatus.com: How many hours a day do you spend on MySpace?
Sean Price: Probably 45 minutes.
BallerStatus.com: You know, only so many people have 90,000 MySpace friends, so how do you think this huge audience is going to relate to album sales this month?
Sean Price: I don't know man, you know I mean? Just 'cause they your friend on MySpace don't mean they your real friend.
BallerStatus.com: I'm checkin' out a few of the songs, even if your looking at the song count, there's like 60,000 people listening to one song.
Sean Price: On my MySpace?
BallerStatus.com: On your MySpace page, it's crazy.
Sean Price: Well, it might be 60,000 people that listen to it, but that prolly represent like one quarter of the sales though. They ain't all gonna buy it. Half of 'em write me back like, "Yo man, make the song downloadable."
BallerStatus.com: What do you hate about rap or hip-hop in general right now?
Sean Price: I love rap, I do, but the game is fucked up.
BallerStatus.com: Ok, how?
Sean Price: Just you know, like the artists that the majors put out, they real like, one hit wonders and sh-- like that. But besides that, the independent game is where it's at. Not even 'cause the sales and all that, just 'cause it's more true artists out here, people who do good albums. You got dude's on a major that do good singles. If that's what you see all the time is these disposables here now, here today, gone tomorrow ass n----s, then your whole perception of hip-hop might be f---ed up if you're a youngster.
BallerStatus.com: If a major label came hollerin' at you right now would you sign with them?
Sean Price: Yeah.
BallerStatus.com: You would?
Sean Price: I would let 'em know this is how a real artists is. This is a real artist right now, this is how you do it. And I would show the people and the label how the f--- you make a real album and work with a real artist.
BallerStatus.com: Is anybody hollerin' at you right now?
Sean Price: They are, they are hollerin' at me.
BallerStatus.com: They are, that's a real great thing, congratulations on that. Do you see yourself rapping 10 years from now?
Sean Price: I see myself rapping as long as I can. Until I can't do it no more. Ain't no limit.
BallerStatus.com: Is there any other business endeavor that you wanna get into?
Sean Price: Yeah, real estate.
BallerStatus.com: That's it?
Sean Price: Yeah, that's it really.
BallerStatus.com: You've gone back to hustlin' a lot when the goin' got rough. Do you see yourself goin' back to that if the funds get real low?
Sean Price: Nah, nah, nah. I already got other options now.
BallerStatus.com: What do you think about the "Got You Open" track that 50 just put out?
Sean Price: Oh, I think its poppin' man. I like Fif.
BallerStatus.com: You think it's shining' some light into your whole movement? Like it's bringin a lot of people back to how music was 10 years ago?
Sean Price: I mean Black Moon was a big influence on a lot of people. They're MCs. You can't front on Enta The Stage no matter how old it is. Buck came in the game and changed it a little bit with his flow and all that. The way he laid it down, so I'm not surprised if Fif redid it and all that, and we not mad at that too. Matter fact, we admire that, we appreciate that.
BallerStatus.com: How is Rock, and how is the Heltah Skeltah album coming along?
Sean Price: Rock is good. The Heltah Skeltah album is commin' together real f---ed up.
BallerStatus.com: It is? Tell me more. I read about it a little bit, but I wanted to hear it for myself.
Sean Price: It just sound f---ed up right now, we got a lot of work to do.
BallerStatus.com: What do you have to do? Is it the production?
Sean Price: Everything.
BallerStatus.com: Is it the chemistry?
Sean Price: Everything. Everything. Gotta act like this sh-- we did never existed, and keep goin' on.
BallerStatus.com: [Laughs] What's next for the Boot Camp Clik this year?
Sean Price: Well, my album will be out January 30th. Tek is still workin' on they album. They 'bout to go overseas and work on they album. Ummm... Buckshot and 9th [Wonder] workin' on they album, and my artist Rusty Jugs, he 'bout to drop an album. His album may be next after mine.
BallerStatus.com: On Duckdown?
Sean Price: Yeah. And then Dru Ha signed some more artists to Duckdown. They not Bootcamp Clik, but they on Duckdown.
BallerStatus.com: I've seen that you've put a lot of effort into making music and reinventing yourself with your new persona. What really keeps you going?
Sean Price: I desire to be heard. I want to be heard. I wanna be heard and appreciated. Also I want to be rewarded for my craft too. So, that's what keeps me goin'.
BallerStatus.com: Who do you look to for inspiration?
Sean Price: I don't look to nobody for no inspiration man.
BallerStatus.com: [Laughs]
Sean Price: Don't nobody inspire me.
BallerStatus.com: Who in the rap game is doin' they thing right now?
Sean Price: Nobody.
BallerStatus.com: Nobody? [Laughs]
Sean Price: Nah, let me stop. I like Uncle Murda.
BallerStatus.com: Oh my god, I love Uncle Murda too.
Sean Price: Yeah, I like Uncle Murda. He don't like police and neither do I. I like him. I like Papoose. He cool.
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