He thinks Macklemore has done a lot of good for hip-hop.
“You know, I love where Seattle hiphop has gone. Of course, all hiphop is like that – Seattle hiphop used to be all about battling, and I thought we needed to be a bit more together to help that flourish. SO I think guys like the Blue Scholars, Common Market, obviously Macklemore, I think Macklemore in my opinion – not only did he take Seattle music forward, but he really elevated the conversation in hiphop. He talked about things that were taboo. Like homosexuality, it was almost like dinosaurs, when it comes to homosexuality hiphop was almost like dinosaurs, something we were uncomfortable talking about, and Macklemore opened that door – beautifully, I might add.”
His dream collaborators are Madonna, Korn and Gary Numan.
“I was gonna say Prince, but that might be difficult, he would like take over the studio.”
The “Baby Got Back” video almost made him blush the first time he saw it.
“It’s kind of weird because that was the first major production I’d been to . . . so to see the finished project was a little surprising, and as an artist – I was shocked and flattered, I almost blushed, not that I was ashamed of it, but it put all eyes on me, which was very uncomfortable initially (still is, a little bit).”
He’s proud of his legacy as the guy who likes big butts.
“It doesn’t bother me at all. Here’s my thing: I see a lot of artists that have hit records. And then for some reason, after they’ve gotten all that money from the record, they go on a campaign to diss the very record that made them rich. I think that’s ignorant. That’s one of the stupidest business models I’ve ever seen in my life. Imagine this: McDonalds comes out with a commercial saying ‘We hate hamburgers.’ It makes no sense!”