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| CAPTAIN
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| JayQuan : Where are
you from , and how did you get into Hip Hop? Capt Rock : I am from
Manhattan and I started as a Dj for Jeckyll & Hyde . I was called Dj
Ronnie Green .
JQ : Did you ever release material with them as thier Dj ? CR : No , the Aleems who owned NIA records had a concept for the Captain Rock character and they had auditions , and Jeckyll & Hyde took me to them . JQ : Was Cosmic Glide your first record with NIA. CR : Yes and it didnt do well at all....I think the Aleems lost faith a little after that first single . JQ : The return of Captain Rock did better right ? CR : Yes , not in New York but in the UK and down South it was huge . JQ : Who did the writing on those songs ? CR : Jeckyll & Hyde did all but Cosmic Blast - I wrote that one . JQ : How about Future Shock...did that do well...it was hot here in VA. CR : Yes it did very well especially in Philly...I remember getting in the car with the Aleems and driving all over the country with a trunk full of records . JQ : I think your best joint was Cosmic Blast....it had Scratching , Beatboxing and the whole 9 . It was a lot slower than your other records . CR : Yeah Dj Darryll D did the Scratching , and Richie Rich Beatboxed . I wrote that record in front of my projects in like 2 days . It was very big in New York....probably the slower tempo. JQ : I didnt like the You Stink / House Of Rock single... CR : That sucked....it was terrible....the Aleems were experimenting....it was like the downfall. JQ : In 1986 you did Bongo Beats...that was hot....how did it do? CR : Not well ..it wasnt promoted at all...by that time the Aleems thought that Capt Rock was over , and they were putting all the money into thier stuff with Leroy Burgess. JQ : Who did you perform with during your career ? CR : Man....Mick Jagger , Run DMC , LL Cool J , Chaka Khan , Rebbie Jackson , Whodini..... JQ : What do you think of current rap ? CR : I dont like all the cursing , and negativity ......we paved the way for the current rappers , and I dont like the subject matter . We use to go to the schools , hospitals , basketball tournaments......everywhere when we toured . I dont see that now. We respected what we were doing.......these guys are making a lot of money , but there is no respect. JQ : Thanks for your time.... ŠJayquan Dot Com 2001 As told to JayQuan 11/8/01 * Special thanks to Troy Smith *
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