BIZARRE RIDE II THE PHARCYDE
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ne of the most seminal hip hop albums of all time,
Bizarre Ride to the Pharcyde, is now 23 years old. Shocker. Back in ’92, amidst all the gangster rap coming out, LA crew Te Pharcyde kept the Daisy Age alive with this collection of hilarious, clever and just plain weird rhymes. You might know Ya Mama. You might know Passin’ Me By. You might know Otha Fish. Tere’s honestly not a duff track on this album. Members of Te Pharcyde will be playing at Epic this month, and I, rather excitedly, spoke to rapper and producer Slimkid3 about the history of the Pharcyde crew and the huge legacy of Bizarre Ride.
22 / July 2015/
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What kind of music were you surrounded by as a child growing up? Growing up my mom and grandparents had lots of music, from John Coltrane, Eddie Grant, Bob Marley, Te Jackson 5, Enchantment, New Birth, Earth Wind & Fire, Richard Pryor to Blow Fly. I was exposed to it all. So you met Imani and Booty Brown when you were young and started off as dancers and choreographers. Were you intending on doing that as a career at that point? I met Imani when I was in college, and Booty Brown a little while after; Fatlip was the last to arrive on our musical career. And we were all amazingly dope battle dancers. All of us except for Fatlip taught choreography back in those days as well. It's how we survived. You met Fatlip and J-Swift at an after school music group. What did you learn form that experience that helped you create Te Pharcyde and it’s sound?
We were at a place called SCU (South Central Unit), where we learned how to write music, perform, become producers, and about the music business in general. How did that help form the Pharcyde sound? It was all of the up’s and down’s, the hopes and failed attempts that carved the Pharcyde sound. We gave up trying to be what everyone else wanted us to be. We just let go, and truly stopped giving a shit, became more unfiltered, and BOOM! Te Pharcyde was made. In the early 90’s gangster rap was pretty in, but albums like Bizarre Ride stuck out. What was it that made you want to make a different kind of hip hop? We weren't gangsters, and LA was a place of respect. You can
was easy... no pun intended. Ha ha!”
“Ya Mama
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