De vorba cu...Busta Rhymes!

Astazi la club Bamboo din Bucuresti a avut loc o conferinta de presa ceva mai restransa cu Busta Rhymes. Omul e exact cum mi-am imaginat, nu are deloc fite de star si e si damn funny!

Am reusit sa il intreb si eu cate ceva, mi-as fi dorit mai mult timp fata in fata cu el, dar e ok si asa. :D Dupa ce i-a facut introducerea Catalin Botezatu si dupa ce a spus cateva noutati despre cluburile Bamboo din tara, Busta a preluat microfonul si ne-a salutat cu o voce puternica.

Apoi a vorbit putin despre problema intampinata ultima data cand trebuia sa vina in Bucuresti, cand nu s-au inteles promoterii cu stafful lui si concertul nu a mai avut loc. A spus ca asa cum e normal fiecare dintre parti are obligatii contractuale - obligatia lui este sa vina si sa faca un show unde sa dea randament 100%, dar pentru asta trebuie sa fie platit, caci are si el o familie de hranit si pana la urma asta e jobul lui. La fel ca orice om, daca nu e platit, nu isi face treaba.

A explicat ca ii pare rau ca au fost fanii dezamagiti atunci, dar ca trebuie sa se stie: Busta Rhymes isi face treaba daca promoterii care il contracteaza isi fac treaba. A fost bucuros ca a reusit sa isi spuna parerea, deoarece fanii nu prea au sansa sa afle motivul adevarat atunci cand un concert este anuntat si nu mai are loc.

Dupa ce a explicat ca nu a fost din vina lui anularea acelui concert, jurnalistii prezenti (inclusiv eu) l-au luat la intrebari. Mai jos o sa transcriu intrebarile cele mai interesante si cele care sunt in targetul nostru (au fost puse si multe intrebari de genul "ai incercat chilotii lui Botezatu", "de ce te-ai tuns", "cand iti aduci familia in Romania" etc). O sa va las cateva poze realizate de colegul Edi plus o scurta inregistrare video. :) Inregistrarea audio AICI.

P.S. Intrebarile puse de mine le voi marca cu * la inceput si la sfarsit

- What can you tell us about romanian artists? Mostly your kind of music, rap/hip-hop. Busta Rhymes: I support all kind of music, but of course, mostly hip-hop because you know what I'm sayin'... But I support all kind of good music, I'm gonna support singers, I'm gonna support rap because hip-hop is my first love, but I'm gonna support also rock, alternative, doesn't matter what kind of music, imma give it the proper exposure to the masses. I will meet with Antonia and maybe I'll have a feat with her, but not only with her.

- Tell us about tonight show. Busta Rhymes: I can't really tell you much about tonight show. All I can say is that you might wanna slap yourself in the face if you miss tonight show. Tonight show will be an incredible experience. We had the opportunity to come in the club last night to see in what environment we will perform. It's incredible what big this facilites are. We have this huge place, these fishtanks, the dancers, everything... Now I can go home and plan the concert, because I know how many things I can use in the show.

So I'm gonna tell ya'll this: If you had any plans for tonight, you need to cancel those plans and you need to come and see the Busta Rhymes show. Period!

- *How much time do you spend in the studio?*

B.R. It depends on how I feel, you know? Sometimes I spend a long time in the studio, sometimes I spend a short time in the studio, it depends on how is my inspiration of the day, I can be very creative someday, it depends on the song, some songs can give me a lot of energy. It depends, u know?

- *Your last album, "Back on my B.S." has a lot of collaborations on it. How is it to work with all that artists?*

B.R.: It's always cool to work with other artists, collaborations are usually a pleasure, mostly when you're working with artists that you're a friend of. So for me it's usually 95% a pleasure to work with them, the other 5% it's those unpleasant experiences when you have to deal with the legal shit , u know? When you make a record with an artist, after you make the record you have to deal with the lawyers, everybody have to get paid, everybody have to give their clearences with each record company, and all that crazy legal shit. But as far as being in the studio and working with artists is allways a wonderfull experience, because you're getting an opportunity to experience other people creative process, they are gettin the chance to experience yours... So I enjoy working with other artists on my projects.

- *Tell us about your crazy flow! It's a natural talent or do you practice it?*

B.R.: I think practice it's a part of doin'it, u know what I'm sayin'? Everytime you're doin'it you get better. I don't sit in my house and just practice though... I don't go to a reherseal studio and practice... My practice is everytime I make a record, that's practice, because I'm gettin' another opportunity to make another song... So everytime I'm doin' it it's getting better, because not only that I make the song, but I also have the chance to practice my flow, my ability to put my verse better and better. So each time a make a record I just develop the flow and the record feels that much more incredible each time. So, you know, practice actually comes to just doin' it. The more you work and make new songs, the better you're getting, you know what I'm sayin'?

- How do you get your ideas for the songs? It's hard to do it? How hard is it to stay in top?

B.R.: It's difficult because you know, the hardest part is to try to figure out if the next song ideea it's gona be as good as the last one. People they love you for the moment, so it's like if you don't continue to deliver for the moment the love will die. And that's not an easy responsibility, 'cause you can't just wake up and do it all the time. You need to pay attention to the way that music changes, as time pases the music changes, new artists come, new sounds we discover, we have new radio formats and they don't play the music that you use to make so now you gotta figure out how to make music in a new way so that they will continue to play your music on the radio... For me I think a lot of that comes with the thing that I'm a fan of the music first, u know? I love music, I'm very competitive so I need to know that I'm still the hottest shit in the world :)).

So I'm going to the club I'm paying attnetion to the music that they play, I watch the fans, I see what they are dancing to, I see what they're not dancing to. I try to figure out what is missing to all that songs that I listened trough the night, and what is missing is the music I try to make, you know what I'm sayin'?

- Do you have time for your personal private life?

B.R.: Yeah, you gotta make the time, because at the end of the day your personal life is the most important, I got kids, I have an incredible woman, Igot my home, I gotta take care of my family, I gotta take care of my friends, my staff, all those people who watch for me. So at the end of the day it's time for you to shut down, you don't wanna hear no music, you don't wanna go to no club, you don't wanna see no people... You just stay home, you watch TV, you play with your kids, you relax, you sleep, you wake up, you fart, you shit, you piss, you go back to sleep, you do regular people things, because at the end of the day you're just a human being, so you gotta live your life as a regular human being in the privacy of your own home.

- *How much time do you spend in the gym? How's your workout goin'?*

B.R.: I just started to workout again, so I would say 4-5 times/week.

- Why did you cut your hair?

B.R.: I did it in 2005, because I was tired of it. It was gettin'too long. Shit is too much man! The longer your hair gets, the more you have to do, right? You gotta wash, you gotta dry it, you gotta grease yourself, you gotta curl, shit man, you got a lot to do with it... I don't have that time.

- Is there one thing you would like to do in Romania?

B.R.: I don't really know that yet. I guess I'll have a lot to do in here, I think Romania it's a great country and I wanna go and do a lil'bit of everything, you know? But again, music for me it's important, and I wanna get a chance to see what will happen with the music of Busta Rhymes in Romania :). I wanna see if we can get a succesful song with Busta Rhymes and some of the romanian artists. It's surprising how incredible the least expected collaborations can have a great succes. I've worked with some people in different parts of the world... So I think that's what I really want. I want to get a romanian artist and to make a collaboration with a huge succes, and then I want to say: look we were just playing with an ideea, and now look at it, it's one of the succesfull hits in the world.

Look at it like that: you eat a slice of pizza and the pizza give a taste in your mouth, and that taste gives you an ideea about a song that you wanna sing to a woman about how the way she kissed you might taste, and then that song becomes an international hit, and it was inspired by a slice a pizza. You know what I'm saying? Sometimes you'll be surprised where the ideas come from, and when you know that a succesful song was inspired by such a simple thing, it's like WOW... You know what I'm saying? It's magical for me, and in my entire career I had such great and least expected moments. Let's hope that here in Romania I'll have a lot of those magical times.

- But honestly, when they first told you to come here, could you find Romania on the map?

B.R.: Of course! You see, that's the difference with me! I'm the type of guy: I like to know where I'm going, I like to explore every square inch of the planet before I chose for my self what's the best place for me to be, and I love to travel, I mean honestly you don't hear people talk too much about Romania, but you can definitely finr Romania on the map! I just not expected a facility like this (nota: vorbea despre clubul Bamboo)... I've been to a lot of clubs...they all look alike, u know?

You go here the club is fine, you go there the club is fine, all clubs all prety similar. Some are smaller, some are bigger, but this here is too much: shit that carees the dancers around in the sky, fishtanks, lights, it's crazy... So if romanians have clubs like this here, it means that romanians sure know how to party in a way that I might have to study and learn from.

- la final o jurnalista l-a rugat sa ne cante cateva versuri, reactia lui a fost dementiala :)) (trebuia sa ii vedeti expresia fetei si sa il auziti) : B.R.: Baby you'll gonna have to wait until tonight to the concert, unless you gonna pay me for an additionally performance. :))

- (jurnalista insista): 2 rhymes, please!

B.R.: You heard what I said love, you gotta wait 'till tonight! Why would you want me to give a sneak peak right now?

- (jurnalista): But you said your music is made out of emotions.

B.R.: Right, and right know my emotion is in a place that is highly anticipated tonight. So you're gonna have to highly anticipate with me tonight!

- (jurnalista): Tell us in a rhyme what do you feel right now?

B.R.: I feel like you should wait untill tonight. :)) I don't wanna give it away, it's my first time in Bamboo Bucharest, and I don't wanna jinx it. So what you need to do is to go home and wait until tonight, you get sexy, you dress up tonight, come early, make a statement and make sure that people feel your sexiness and in all this glamour tonight... That's the way you must see a Busta Rhymes show.

Mai jos aveti varianta tradusa a interviului, asa cum v-am obisnuit la toate interviurile cu artistii straini.

- Ce ne poti spune despre artistii romani? Mai ales cei din hip-hop/rap? B.R. De obicei sustin toate tipurile de muzica buna, mai ales muzica rap care este prima mea dragoste. Sustin si rockul, muzica alternativa, tot ce inseamna muzica buna. Chiar ma voi intalni cu Antonia sa discutam despre o eventuala colaborare si nu doar cu ea ;). - Spune-ne ce ne asteapta la showul din seara asta. B.R.: Nu va pot spune prea multe despre showul din aceasta seara. Pot doar sa va spun ca veti regreta si e posibil sa va trageti palme de ciuda ca ati ratat showul din aceasta seara. Va fi o experienta incredibila, am avut sansa sa vedem clubul inainte si sa stim ce putem folosi in show.

Va spun doar atat: daca aveati planuri pentru seara asta, anulati-le pentru ca trebuie sa veniti sa vedeti Busta Rhymes show! Punct! - Cat timp petreci in studio? B.R.: Depinde de starea de spirit in care ma aflu, intelegi? Uneori stau mult in studio, uneori mai putin. Depinde de felul in care ma simt, depinde de inspiratia mea din ziua respectiva. Pot fi foarte creativ, unele piese imi pot da energie multa si pot sta mai mult, sau pot sa stau mai putin. -Pe ultimul album ai avut multe colaborari cu artisti renumiti. Cum e sa lucrezi cu atatea nume mari? B.R.: Intotdeauna e misto sa lucrezi cu alti artisti, mai ales cand lucrezi cu artisti cu care esti prieten. Pentru mine 95% e placere si 5% reprezinta experientele neplacute, atunci cand trebuie sa se ocupe cineva de chestiile legale. Dupa ce faci o piesa cu un artist, trebuie sa intervina avocatii, sunt treburi de impartit intre casele de discuri, oamenii trebuie sa fie platiti, stii tu toate mizeriile alea legale care trebuie indeplinite. Dar in general este o placere si o experienta placuta sa lucrezi cu alti artisti, ai sansa sa ii vezi in procesul de creare si sa imprumuti experienta de la ei si ei de la tine. - Ai un flow nebun! Este talent natural sau il exersezi? B.R.: Cred ca exersarea intervine atunci cand faci ceva, intelegi? De fiecare data cand faci ceva devii tot mai bun. Nu stau acasa sa imi exersez flowul, nu merg la un studio de repetitii. Exersez de fiecare data cand fac o piesa noua ma chinui sa scot un flow mai bun si flowul iasa de fiecare data mai bun. Deci cu cat muncesti mai mult, cu atat devii mai bun. -De unde iti vin ideile pentru piese? E greu sa te mentii in top? B.R.: Este foarte greu pentru ca cea mai grea parte este sa incerci sa gasesti o idee pentru o viitoare piesa. Trebuie sa incerci sa faci piesa viitoare mai buna decat ultima. Oamenii te iubesc pentru un anume moment. Si deci daca nu continui sa livrezi "pentru" moment, dragostea moare. Si asta nu e o responsabilitate usoara, nu poti doar sa te trezesti si sa faci asta in fiecare zi. Trebuie sa fii atent la schimbarile din muzica, la noile sounduri, la noii artisti. Chiar si radiourile au formate noi si nu iti mai pun muzica pe care o faceai cu ceva timp in urma. Trebuie sa gasesti o solutie, sa faci muzica in asa fel incat sa reusesti sa reintri pe radio. Pentru mine e asa: sunt un iubitor, un fan al muzicii, sunt foarte competitiv si trebuie sa fiu mereu cel mai tare din parcare :)). Asa ca solutia mea este: merg in club, sunt atent la ce muzica se pune, sunt atent la public, vad pe ce piesa danseaza si pe ce piesa nu danseaza, ma gandesc ce lipseste muzicii din club si incerc sa pun in muzica mea acel lucru. -Mai ai timp pentru viata personala? B.R.: Sigur ca da, trebuie sa iti faci timp, pentru ca la finalul zilei viata personala si privata este cea mai importanta. Am familie, am copii, am o sotie minunata, am prieteni si oameni in echipa de care trebuie sa am grija, pentru ca si ei la randul meu au grija de mine. Deci la finalul unei zile pline este timpul sa iti dai "shut down". Nu mai vrei sa auzi nicio muzica, nu mai vrei sa mergi in niciun club, nu mai vrei sa vezi pe nimeni. Stai in casa, te uiti la TV, te joci cu copiii tai, te relaxezi, mananci, te culci, te trezesti, mergi la baie si iti faci nevoile, te culci iar, faci ceea ce face orice om normal, pentru ca pana la urma esti o fiinta umana si trebuie sa traiesti o viata normala in casa la tine. - Cat timp petreci in sala? B.R.: Tocmai m-am reapucat de sala, deci merg cam de patru-cinci ori pe saptamana. - De ce te-ai tuns? B.R.: M-am tuns in 2005 pentru ca m-am saturat de el. Era prea mult omule! Cu cat iti creste mai mult parul, cu atat mai multe lucruri trebuie sa ii faci. Trebuie sa il speli, trebuie sa il usuci, sa il degresezi, sa il ungi, corect? - Este ceva anume ce ai vrea sa faci in Romania? B.R.: Nu m-am gandit inca la asta. Probabil ca sunt mai multe chestii pe care le pot face in Romania, deci voi face putin din fiecare :D. Repet, pe primul plan e muzica si as vrea sa am sansa sa vad ce se intampla cu muzica lui Busta Rhymes in Romania. Vreau sa vad daca reusesc sa fac o piesa de succes cu un artist roman. Treburile de succes apar mereu in locurile cele mai putin asteptate. Am lucrat cu oameni din toate colturile lumii, surprizele apar exact atunci cand nu te astepti.

Gandeste-te cam asa: esti acasa si mananci o felie de pizza, felie ce iti lasa un gust in gura, gust care iti da o idee despre o piesa pe care vrei sa o faci unei fete cu care te-ai sarutat, sa ii spui cum s-a simtit acel sarut. Acea piesa devine un hit international si stai sa te gandesti ca a plecat de la o felie de pizza, intelegi? E un lucru magic, te surprinde mereu cand vezi ca lucrurile de succes au plecat de la o chestie atat de simpla. De asa ceva vreau sa am parte in Romania, vreau sa mi se intample cat mai multe momente magice si sa facem cat mai multe piese de succes. - Sincer, cand ti s-a propus sa vii in Romania, ai reusit sa gasesti tara noastra pe harta? B.R.: Bineinteles! Asta e diferenta la mine. Eu sunt tipul de om care calatoreste mult si imi place sa ma interesez de locurile unde merg. Cu siguranta nu auzi lumea vorbind despre Romania atat de des, dar cu siguranta gasesti Romania pe harta! Nu m-am asteptat totusi la un asa mare club cu atatea facilitati. Am fost in foarte multe cluburi si toate arata aproximativ la fel.

Mergi intr-un club e ok, mergi in altul e la fel de ok, unele sunt mai mari, altele mai mici, dar toate relativ la fel. Asta insa ma depaseste, are tot felul de nebunii si blink-blinkuri, chestii care poarta animatoarele prin aer, acvarii cu pesti, lumini, e prea mult, e nebunie! Daca romanii au cluburi de genul asta inseamna ca stiu sa petreaca si cred ca va trebui sa iau lectii de la ei :)).

- la final a fost rugat de o fata sa ne cante cateva versuri: B.R.: Draga mea, trebuie sa astepti pana diseara, sau ma platesti in plus pentru o interpretare extra :)) - jurnalista insista: 2 rime te rugam! B.R.: Ai auzit ce am spus, dragoste! Trebuie sa astepti pana diseara! De ce ai vrea sa auzi un preview acum? - jurnalista: Dar ai spus ca muzica ta e facuta din emotii si trairi. B.R.: Exact, si emotiile mele sunt intr-un loc, unde sunt foarte asteptate diseara, deci va trebui sa "foarte" astepti cu mine pana diseara :)). - jurnalista: spune-ne intr-o rima ce simti acum. B.R.: Simt ca trebuie sa ai rabdare pana diseara. Nu vreau sa dezvalui nimic, e prima mea aparitie in Bamboo Bucuresti si nu vreau sa fie ratata. Deci ce trebuie sa faci este sa mergi acasa, sa astepti cu rabdare, sa te imbraci sexy, sa te aranjezi si sa vii diseara sa fii sigura ca lumea te vede si te simte sexy in tot glamourul de aici. Asta inseamna un concert si un show Busta Rhymes.

Mai jos aveti cateva poze realizate de colegu' Edi si prima parte din conferinta, video. Enjoy!

Foto: Edi Enache pentru Monden.info