femme: CHEA! It's Prime Time! Rodimusprime, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to allow me to interview you.
rodimus: No, thank you. It's you, the media, and the fans that I do this for on SOHH.
femme: And I would be your biggest fan, I'm sure. Well, Shiggs and myself. Let's dig right into it. How old are you, what is your level of education, and what is your occupation?
rodimus: 25, graduated college in 5 years. I was on the ex-tended Stay America plan. And I try to rap, but have a desk job at the biggest shipping company in the world.
femme: Grandiose as always. So you're an aspiring emcee. I've heard your work, but a lot of SOHH has not, because like yourself, they are self-absorbed and aren't checking anyone else's music. Pick the song that you feel is your personal best and give us the soundclick link so that we can check out the essence that is the Prime.
rodimus: Okay. I think "The Future" best represents what I'm about. Just a young self- made man with dreams of making it big one day.
http://www.soundclick.com/util/streamM3U.m3u?ID=1030226&q=Hi
femme: Thanks for the link. Hopefully the apprecihaters will check that out. If you had to describe SOHH in 5 words or less, what would it be?
rodimus: The last bastion of back-packers
femme: Do you think that SOHH is a good source of hip-hop information, or do you think all the racist threads, dip set mania, anti-dip set mania, etc., have made it a sketchy hip-hop resource?
rodimus: I think it's a great place for people to learn hip hop. Despite the complaints, there is a pretty balanced crowd in the forum. Just because people like me clown off all the time and some people are just jerks doesn't make it any less real. What's real is that we all come together to create a confusing dialogue and that's the essence of the chaotic hip-hop world.
femme: Well put. So what do you think has been the worst thing to happen to hip-hop as of today?
rodimus: I'd probably say the division between mainstream and underground being so sharp. I mean does it really matter if we have different taste? Can't we still respect each other?
femme: I'd like to answer those questions, but in the past I have been criticized for speaking my opinions in my interviews too much as opposed to just asking the questions and letting the interviewee talk.
rodimus: Girl go ahead and speak your mind. This is my interview.
femme: Thanks, I was going to anyway. I agree with you, and the gross separation of mainstream and hip-hop is especially prevalent on SOHH. Cats act like you can't be a fan of underground or indie artists and still like TI and 50. It's like the Jay and Nas thing in a way. It's so unheard of to like both equally. People want you to pick a side, and that's sad.
rodimus: Depends on how you define underground. cause i like the A-team, Little Brother and Cormega but are they underground? The line is blurry to me.
femme: I'm sure one of the many hip-hop elitists on SOHH could clarify that line for you. Who are your top 3 mainstream emcees of today, and who were your top 3 emcees 10 years ago?
rodimus: The best mainstream ? I'd say Nas, Common and Fabolous considering jay's gone. Ten years ago when it was all together, I'd say young Nas, Big when he first came out, and ... Tupac
femme: Excellent. Except I'm going to pretend you didn't say Fabolous was a top 3 of today. What, if any, other genres of music do you listen to?
rodimus: First of all, I just like who I like, and I like fab. I can't defend or deny it, I just do. I listen to a lot of Neo Soul very little jazz and some old school r&b/funk. On another note, if I may - hip hop has encompassed and combined with so much other music I guess you can say I listen to a little bit of everything.
femme: That's a good point, really. Let's abandon the music category and move into some other areas. If you had to do one of the following, which one would you choose, and why? A) Arrive and walk into work butt ass naked, or B) drink a cup of your own urine?
rodimus: Work naked. Not even a close one. Unless of course R. Kelly paid me 5,000 dollars in his hotel room.
femme: In your opinion, who is the best admin or moderator on SOHH, and who is the worst? And of course, why?
rodimus: Sook . Is he still a mod?
femme: Sook for best? He is an admin, meaning he has both mod and admin capabilities. More importantly, he can ban your ass. Who's worst?
rodimus: Worst ... um ... probably Sentenza. Is he a mod?
femme: He is also an admin. *PM's interview to Sentenza* What is the most evil or foul thing you've ever done to another human being?
rodimus: um ... probably beating this dude up and slamming his head into a urinal a few times. He was talking about my momma though. I don't play that shyt.
femme: Your momma. If you could ask David Stern one question, what would it be?
rodimus: What the fuck David? And then I would ice grill him until he was uncomfortable.
femme: Is Dennis Rodman is Hall-of-Fame worthy?
rodimus: Yeah. For hair alone he's in. And for sleeping in the parking lot of the detroit stadium with a gun in his front see cuddled like a teddy bear. Gangsta.
femme: Word. In your opinion, who are the top 3 biggest morons in the Coliseum? Ok, Merc is a given. So the next 2.
rodimus: Merc. NYC Rebel and third is a tie between Protocol and Ed Gizzle.
rodimus: May I add on ...?
femme: LOL! Totally.
rodimus: It's not that these guys are out and out idiotic morons. It's that they often are like me; belligerent and seeking attention. So they go off the deep end. The only difference between they and I is that at some point I abandon the hope of changing someone's mind. We all know our shyt so why continue to badger each other senselessly? I'd rather be making jokes then getting worked up over the net.
femme: I agree. There comes a time when you just gotta chalk it up to that, and let it go. So Everyone on SOHH probably is aware of the long-standing beef between you and jayshiggs. Tell us all how you really feel about shiggs. No homo.
rodimus: I love that guy. (no homo) He's knowledgeable, and he's the straight man (no homo) to all my silly antics. He's like the pretentious member of the odd couple.
femme: Did you ever think that you would be this rich? Did you ever think that you would have these hits?
rodimus: Nah. now that i'm platinum almost twice a week I don't know what to do with my e-fame. the battle to keep it is harder than getting it. I feel like Jay-Z right before he retired. What is left for me to conquer on SOHH? Of course that would make shiggs nas.
rodimus: OOOOOH .... Jay vs. Nas shiggs. Come get some bytch!
femme: LOL! Wanna play word association? This actually isn't a question, it's an SOHHU interview requirement.
rodimus04: okay
femme: feather
rodimus04: cloud
femme: speaker
rodimus04: box
femme: Regis
rodimus: Millions
femme: Rick Fox
rodimus: the prettiest man in the nba
rodimus: no homo
femme: LOL
femme: Soundwave
rodimus: Surrender Decepticon
femme: mercy
rodimus: you welcome (in french)
femme: kiss
rodimus: a whip the color of regis
femme: EXPOSED
rodimus: Darren James
femme: Ok Rodimus, this has been a righteous interview. Dude. I think all of us will come away after having read this feeling a little more in tune with life. Any last words or shoutouts you’d like to give (to) anyone?
rodimus: Um ... yeah. I'd like to give a shout out to all the little people on SOHH that make me possible. It is your constant bickering that has created my out of control raging egomaniac tendencies. Thanks for the pub femme.
femme: No doubt. Thanks again for your time, Prime.
