YOUNG S DUB Words // Ms. Rivercity
S.Dub enjoyed a brief record deal under Russell Simmons Music Group. With the label now out of commission, Young S.Dub reveals plans to further his own label as the Mayor of Charlotte. You look pretty young. How long have you been in the rap game? I’m 22 now. I’ve been doing this seriously since I was 18. I’m from Charlotte, NC and I performed a lot to build a buzz in my city. I really didn’t expect it at first coming out on my first local album called Official Take Over. I opened arenas for big artists at the time. I got signed to Russell Simmons Music Group and I was on the Waist Deep soundtrack – the movie with The Game, Larenz Tate, Tyrese, and Meagan Good. What happened with the label situation? The label kinda crashed and I started my own label called Everything Profit – ETP. I’ve just been promoting that and doing shows. Last night I had a show at the old Comedy Zone. They’re bringing that back. I did my hit single “I’m Fly” produced by Krazy Figgz. He’s gonna be a big problem for the industry. Krazy’s gonna be the executive producer ‘cause he’s got every sound – the rock, the Hip Hop, whatever. He can adapt and make any type of track, not just Down South records. Basically, when it folded, I took the songs that were in my possession and put ‘em on other producers’ beats.
Were you pretty disappointed when your first big break didn’t go as planned? How did you bounce back from that? When I got signed, I was working on the album in Atlanta. I had about eight songs with production from DJ Toomp, Drumma Boy, and a couple of Charlotte producers. I don’t really know what happened with the label, but it didn’t have nothing to do with me as an artist. It wasn’t like I got dropped off the label or I didn’t have no singles. The song that was on the Waist Deep soundtrack had a buzz in my city and rotation on the radio. We was waiting on a video to be shot for it. Technically I’m still signed under that label under Def Jam. What are you planning to do about that? I want to get released off the label ‘cause I’ve got people that want to do other situations with me. Some people might say they’ll buy me out of the contract and re-sign me, you got people that believe in me like that, but what if something doesn’t come out right? I’m trying to get released so I can do my own thing and promote my own label. I want to bring my people in with me but I got to get through the dirt first. I know I’ve got what it takes to be on the next level, win awards, be in movies, and all that. I’m still a young ass dude and the man in my city, the new face of the South. Website: Myspace.com/Sdubthegreat
You have a mixtape coming out with Chuck T. How did you link up with him? It’s called I’m the Man in My City. I’m still putting the finishing touches on it. I’m looking forward to putting it out and letting ‘em really know who I am and why I’m at this point, and why I have the right to call myself the Mayor of My City. I got another mixtape coming out before the Chuck T tape called Kings of the Queen with my dawgs Sport E. Odie and DJ Cease Fire. I’m trying to have both mixtapes in the streets at once. Sport E. Odie is a big party promoter out here. He’s got the college crowds and with DJ Chuck T being known all around the Carolinas and having relationships in other cities, I thought it was a good idea to go with him too.
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