You just came off a European Tour. What was the overseas response and how is it different than what you get here in the States? Juicy J: We hit like twelve cities in three weeks. It was great. It was off the chain. People were going crazy. What is the overall message of your new album Last 2 Walk? DJ Paul: It’s just the same thing. It’s just some gangsta shit like we always do it. A lot of people were nervous when they heard the “Lolli” record because, you know, it’s different, but we just want the fans to know that the overall album is just like any other Three 6 Mafia album. It’s thug shit man, it’s crazy, it’s one of our best albums ever, so you’re going to love it. You’ve already released two huge singles off Last 2 Walk, “Lolli” and “I’d Rather.” What else can we expect to come next? Juicy J: There’s a bunch of songs on there that could be singles. When the album comes out we’re going to let the fans decide what they want to be the next single. With all this internet stuff we’ve put out three or four songs over the last few years, we’re just giving the fans something while they wait. It’s an appetizer, you know what I mean? Was that the line of thinking when you released “Doe Boy Fresh” as a single with no album? DJ Paul: “Doe Boy Fresh” was going to be a single on the album, but we ended up re-recording the majority of the album. There are a lot of songs on the album that will be bonus tracks for different retail outlets. When “Doe Boy Fresh” was released as a single it sold over a million ringtones and a million downloads, but we just didn’t feel that the album was all the way ready, so we went back because we wanted to make sure we at least had four to five singles on there before we released the album. So we went back and re-recorded “Lolli,” which is probably one of the biggest Three 6 Mafia songs in history. We re-recorded “I’d Rather” and a bunch of other songs, so it’s a
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good thing we pushed the album back, cause we wouldn’t of had any of those songs if we put it out back then. Juicy J: The album is a lot stronger now. It wasn’t as strong back then. We’ve got better production and everything. DJ Paul: We got more features too, like Akon and Good Charlotte. We have stronger features on there now. Will you be doing a United States tour with the release of the new album? DJ Paul: Yeah, we’re going to tour the states. When we were overseas we promoted the new album because it’s going to come out the same day over there, they can order it online. So now we’re going to hit the road in the states. We just left Vegas so we’re definitely going to hit some more spots. The last album, Most Known Unknown, was huge with singles like “Stay Fly,” “Poppin’ My Collar,” “Side 2 Side,” “Pussy Got You Hooked,” and all the remixes. How is Last 2 Walk going to top that? DJ Paul: We don’t know yet. We really don’t make an album to try and top the last the last album. Most Known Unknown is an old album, you know, all those checks are cashed, all those drugs are used, the beers are drunk, all that shit is over
Most Known Unknown is an old album, you know, all those checks are cashed, all those drugs ARE used, the beers are drunk, all that shit is over with. We’re just trying to make something we know the fans are going to like.
with. We’re just trying to make something we know the fans are going to like. We know our fans’ minds, so if we like it, they should like it too. We just try to make something they’re going to like every go ‘round. We don’t focus on none of the past, we just go and look toward the future, and what’s going on in the sound of the world. That’s what we focus on, and we’ll see what happens. How did you link up with with Unk on the new album? DJ Paul: Man, that was great. We actually just did a song for DJ Unk’s album as well. You have made a few movies and obviously had a hand in Hustle and Flow. Any more movie projects in the works? DJ Paul: We actually had three movies, Choices I, Choices II, and Queen of Me, which was a comedy. We just wrote three more movies: one called The Streets of Memphis, Choices III, and we’ve got a Hip Hop film that is still untitled. We’re always working on the movie thing and writing movies. Tell me about your new clothing line. DJ Paul: We’ve got an online store. The clothing isn’t available in stores, so if someone gets one out of a store, they’re buying a bootleg. The online store is www.dangerusskandulus.com or www.myspace.com/dxsclothing. It’s been doing real good. It’s Hip Hop rock gear. It’s mainly tshirts, but we’ve got some bandanas coming out and some sexy t-shirts for the ladies. So it’s just a t-shirt line as of now. So speaking of rock music, a lot of Hip Hop artists are reaching out across the different genres of music. What else are you doing to blend the two? DJ Paul: We’ve got a song on our album with Good Charlotte. We did TRL with them. We were kicking it backstage at the premiere of some video, I can’t remember, and we ended up being in first class together on our flight back to L.A. right after TRL. We started talking to them and that turned into getting together and just drinking and chilling and letting us hear some tracks they made, and