EMCEE CHILANGO INTERVIEW

Paz hermano, can you give us your history, when you started recording, etc?

WELL, I STARTED WRITING LYRICS FIVE YEARS AGO BUT I STARTED RECORDING IN 2006 AND I TOOK OUT A MIXTAPE CALLED “CAMBIANDO LA HISTORIA”, THEN IN 2007 I MET MY HOMEBOY VIZIOUS FROM IN DA ROOM PRODUCTIONZ AND I RECORDED MY FIRST ALBUM CALLED “R.A.P. (REALIDAD, ARTE Y POESIA)” PRODUCED BY HIM. ALSO I JUST RELEASE MY NEW ALBUM A MONTH AGO THAT I PUT UP ON THE INTERNET SO EVERYONE CAN DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE AT MY MYSPACE, ITS CALLED “POR KE MENTIR? SI ES POR EL HIP-HOP”. CHECK OUT WWW.MYSPACE.COM/MCCHILANGO

I know you’ve collaborated with Latin Thugs Records and Mellow Man Ace, no? How did that come about?

THAT CAME OUT BECAUSE I FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS WORKING ON AN ALBUM CALLED “LA FAMILIA” WITH DIFFERENT RAPPERS AROUND THE WORLD SO I JUST WROTE TO HIM ON MYSPACE SO HE WROTE ME BACK, HE LIKED MY WORK AND INVITE ME TO L.A. TO WORK WITH HIM ON A TRACK. I MET HIM, WE WORK TOGETHER ON A SONG CALLED “MANTENIENDOLO REAL”, IT WILL BE REALEASE SOMETIME IN THIS YEAR IN THE ALBUM “MELLOW MAN ACE (EL PADRINO) PRESENTS: LA FAMILIA VOL.2”. AFTER I MET MELLOW HE INTRODUCE ME TO FRED, THE PRESIDENT OF LATIN THUG RECORDS SO WE WORKED OUT A DISTRIBUTION DEAL SO NOW IM WORKING ON MY NEW ALBUM THAT WOULD BE RELEASE UNDER LATIN THUG RECORDS LABEL.

So what is it that you bring to music that separates you from other people?

I BRING ALL KINDS OF FEELINGS I DONT GET STUCK IN JUST ONE STYLE, I DO GANGSTA RAP, REAL HIP-HOP, CONCIOUS, REVOLUTIONARY, LOVE SONGS, EVERYTHING, I THINK THAT IS WHAT SEPARATES ME FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT EVERYTHING I DO OR WRITE ITS REAL, I DONT HAVE TO FAKE ANYTHING.

What is your objective with your music, the message?

MY OBJECTIVE IS THAT THE PEOPLE GET RID OF THOSE FAKE STEREOTYPES THAT THEY WATCH ON T.V. THIS DAYS, THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT HIP-HOP IT’S A CULTURE THAT WE LIVE IN DAY BY DAY. I TRY MY BEST GIVING THEM A POSITIVE MESSAGE IN EVERYSONG I WRITE. I HOPE THAT ONE OF THIS DAYS THE REAL HIP-HOP BE ON T.V. INSTEAD OF THE COMERCIAL SHIT.

What avenues do you to take to put the plan into action?

I GUESS I PUT WORK INTO WHAT I DO, DONT JUST SIT AND CHILL EXPECTING TO THINGS HAPPEN, I TRY TO BE EVERYWHERE DOING WHAT I NEED TO DO, PROMOTING AND ALL THAT STUF. TILL THIS DAY EVERYONE THAT HAS EVER HEARD MY MUSIC IS DOWN WITH ME TO PROMOTE AND HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE WITH MY MOVEMENT.

I see you putting in work carnal, what does your family think of all this?

TO BE HONEST AT THE BEGINING THEY JUST THOUGHT I WAS PLAYING BUT THEN THEY NOTICE I TOOK IT SERIOUSLY AND THEY RESPECT MY DECISIONS SO NOW THEY SUPPORT ME ON EVERYTHING I DO BUT SOMETIMES THEY THINK IT’S A WASTE OF TIME AND I SHOULD GET A REGULAR JOB INSTEAD OF BEING INTO THIS.

So tell us about Mexifornia, the album….

MEXIFORNIA…ALL STARTED WITH A SONG THAT I WROTE CALLED “BIENVENIDO A MEXIFORNIA”, IT TALKS ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE ALIKE HERE IN CALIFORNIA AS IN MEXICO SO I STARTED THIS MOVEMENT CALLED “MEXIFORNIA” U KNOW, I BORN IN MEXICO BUT I GREW UP HERE IN CALIFORNIA SO I MIX UP BOTH CULTURES AND WAY OF LIVING AS WELL, THE RESULTS ITS “MEXIFORNIA”. I PUT OUT A MIXTAPE CALLED “BIENVENIDO A MEXIFORNIA VOL.1” THAT IS A COMPILATION OF DIFFERENT RAPPERS AROUND CALIFORNIA THAT BORN IN MEXICO . ALSO IM WORKING ON MY NEW ALBUM THAT IT WILL BE CALLED “EN UN LUGAR LLAMADO MEXIFORNIA” THAT I HOPE I FINISH IT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

What’s next for you homie?

LIKE I SAID, TRY TO FINISH MY NEW ALBUM, ALSO IM WORKING ON AN ALBUM WITH MY CREW (R.A.P. SQUAD), AND IM ABOUT TO DROP A MIXTAPE WITH MY HOMEBOY BABYBOY FROM SALINAS, CA. HIM AND ME HAVE A GROUP CALLED “88-89” SO WE JUST HAVE TO FINISH A COUPLE MORE SONGS. THEN I HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT COMING UP WITH MELLOW AND LA FAMILIA BUT THAT ONE WILL REVEALE SOON.

Orale hermano, keep it banging…paz y respeto !

MUCHAS GRACIAS CARNAL, MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT TO ILLUMINATI 2G…