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Page 4 THE BATTALION Monday, September 24,21 Kicking with Che S&d! 2 Live Crew recently visited B-CS, The Battalion met with them after the sho\ ,&M C discipl By By Dino Ramos THE BATTALION The rap group 2 Live Crew consists of members Luke, Fresh Kid Ice, Treach, DJ Mr. Mixx and Brother Marquis. They may be best known for exceeding the boundaries of censorship in 1991 with their controversial track “Me So Homy.” The group per- formed Sept. 5 in College Station at the Texas Hall of Fame. The Battalion caught an interview with Fresh Kid Ice before their performance. The Battalion: One of the top questions on everyone's mind here is “What keeps on bringing you back to a small college town like College Station?' Fresh Kid lee: Going on college tours keeps us in tune with our fans. The majority of our listeners are in college, ranging from the age of 18 and up. College Station seems to be one of the hypest towns when we go on tour. The Battalion: What are your views and opinions on hip-hop music today compared to when you first started? Fresh Kid Ice: Today, it’s definitely a lot better. There seems to be more variety within the field of hip-hop. You get to hear different points of view and this genre is just becoming . more universal. The Battalion: In not just hip- hop, what are some of your favorite new music artists today? Fresh Kid Ice: I listen to a variety of music. I listen to oldies, hip-hop, rock, all of it. A lot of the topics many artists sing about today vary; they have many dif ferent views. Some of my favorites are Nelly and Bubba Sparxxx, just to name a few. Many artists are just out there having fun. The Battalion: Along the lines of the previous question, what are some of your music influences? Fresh Kid Ice: We draw from a variety of music, like party music from the '70s like K.C. and the Sunshine Band. Being from Miami, we also tend to get influ enced by reggae and Latin sounds. The Battalion: When the group was censored back in 1991, the music you produced seems like a G-rating compared to some of the stuff produced today. Do you think you opened doors to exceeding boundaries in censorship? Fresh Kid Ice: Every so often, you have groups that chal lenge censorship. Even back in the day, you had artists like The Doors and Elvis challenge it. It just shows that we are not the only ones who have done this. Even today, artists like Marilyn Manson do what we did. As music grows, people are going to be constantly challenging the boundaries. The Battalion: Besides cen sorship, how drastically do you think the music business has changed since you first started? Fresh Kid Ice: It's changed some; more and more artists are becoming aware of the business aspects of music. When we start ed. many artists were just about making music and not concerned with the business side. I think it's a good thing that artists today know more about royalties, pub lishing and stuff that many were not aware of back then. The Battalion: You said before that hip-hop is more uni versal now and that the genre has gotten a lot better, but how do you feel about the emphasis on the “bling-bling” and the other materialistic things in hip- hop today? Fresh Kid Ice: Rap started as a way of boasting and there w hole cycle to it. It started off “gangsta” then into “thug now boasting. It is slowly mo\ into a whole dance feel Mary J. Blige’s song “fin Affair” and Ja Rule’s “Lr Up.” Rapping is becoming fun and party-like again. The Battalion: Your musi; definitely considered pant and sometimes it gets dubtx "fxHity music.” Do you thir 2 Live Crew would coi themselves pioneers of music? Fresh Kid Ice: It isnotne,; sarily the booty music, but of the whole Southern mov of hip-hop into mainstream, are one of the first groups the south. Both the Ghetto B and us started the movement The Battalion: To end interview, can fans expectr upcoming projects that 2 L Crew is working on? Can- expect any new albumsorp tegds? Fresh Kid Ice: We have gle that is expected to be rel sometime in October cak| “Dance Shawty.” The new tru is definitely in tune withtheat ditional 2 Live Crew style, tei the same time there will beafe to it. Fans could expect a re album release in early 2002. Every week< :50 a.m. annoc !adets member Cadets roll oi la.m. physical tr running and upp [daily routine like As stated on ! [of Cadets strives [soldier, a stalest! Although son [traditions of the [who represent Tt Freshman E.J in Company C-. the tradition that the University. “Joining the ( wanted to be a p; A&M is known going to be fine since then. I've I by working as a had fun working mentals that will The traditions j One of the purpo ities and teach s for what they m; The. 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