Arabian Prince
From glittering boogie to the early days of gangsta rap: classic tales from electro royalty
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Eazy E, god rest his soul, couldn’t rap at all.
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Then we bought an 808 and that’s when it got sick.
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Clubs were really, really freaky back then. How can I say it? There was a lot of sweating.
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Dr. Dre happened to have on this shiny sequined doctor outfit and he had on lipstick and makeup.
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We got a letter from the FBI telling us: ‘You can’t sing this song anymore or make music like this ever again.’
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I sit on the toilet and work on music.
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Whether you got a stick and a drum or Reason, it’s not what you use, it’s how you use it.
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Interviewer
Torsten Schmidt
A long-time music scribe for leading German club/pop culture gazettes and national newspapers, and one of the founding members of the Red Bull Music Academy crew, Tor has been around since before day one. He's rubbed shoulders on the couch with everyone from Bob Moog to A-Trak, and as if amassing a definitive collection of vintage synths and drum machines didn't show enough loyalty to the cause, he also keeps faith with notorious Bundesliga underdogs, 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
