Words by Daniel Isenberg (@StanIpcus)
If you’ve ever heard a DJ Green Lantern mixtape, then you
already know why he is so well-respected within the hip-hop community.
His tapes are next level—from the crazy intros, to the sick scratches,
to the blends, to the exclusive freestyles, remixes, and original
production. There’s never a need to fast-forward. Just pop it in, and
let it ride. Seamless. Detailed. Dope.
To continue with our Mixtape Memories series, we got on the
horn with Green Lantern recently during a rare moment of relaxation
(he’s been touring with Nas, DJing festivals, and holding down his
weekly Invasion Radio show, among other things, all summer).
For Part One of our interview, we discussed his early days coming up as a
mixtape DJ in his hometown of Rochester, New York, how his work got on
the radar of record label and industry heads in NYC, and his classic
mixtape collaborations with Eminem/Shady Records, Jadakiss, and more.
Plus, a look back at his upstate distribution grind, his view on “pause
tapes,” and the production tricks that made him an Evil Genius.
Click here to read the whole interview
1 comment:
DJ Green Lantern is one of my favorites, this was good read!
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