The T's have been crossed, the I's have been dotted, and now Brooklyn's Papoose is a free man.
"Actually, I just got out of the situation with Jive," he told us last week at Philippe's restaurant in Manhattan. "I had options when I was trying to get out of the situation with Jive. Now that I'm out of the situation, I'mma make my decision within the next couple weeks or so. And I'm going to move forward. After I make my decision, I want the single out, and I want the album to come right afterward. I want my album out as soon as possible. I just want to get it out there."
The lyrical MC said he wants to release his album, Nacirema Dream, this year, no question. He pinpointed June as a target month, but he's still shuffling songs for the project. Now that he's out of his contract with Jive, Pap said there are a few songs from the album he turned in that he wants to swap out for better ones.
"I'm not with the industry politics, like, 'Yo, you have to have this type of record.' I'm not with none of that, because I'm not bred like that. I'm bred from the street."
Speaking of the street, the DJ Kay Slay protégé recently got into it with another 'hood-certified guy, Fat Joe. After trading barbs in the press about a fight they had in North Carolina, Pap said he's done with Joe. But he warned everyone against thinking someone with a slim frame like his couldn't hold his own with a big guy like Joey Crack.
"That's the same reason he got punched in his face," Pap boasted. "Don't underestimate nobody. He's a big dude, but that's dead weight. He thought he was just gonna come in there and get an easy run, try to punk me. 'Yo, you got a problem with me?' That sh-- don't scare me. I'm from Brooklyn; that don't put no fear in my heart. Size don't mean nothing. Like I said, that's dead weight.
"If you listen to the interviews, he told you himself," Papoose continued. "He wants to fabricate, 'Papoose was in the corner, he was so afraid.' But he doesn't realize that the people and the fans aren't stupid. You said it yourself; you asked me, 'Do I have a problem?' You said yourself that I said, 'Do you want to make it a problem?' That was the only thing he was honest about. Everything else, the fabrication starts. A person that's afraid isn't going to ask you, 'Do you want to make it a problem?' So it speaks for itself." ...
1220 07 Papoose interview with Vibe Down and out on Xmas: rappers share their holiday memories and reflect on 2007. This edition: BK boy Papoose tells VIBE why getting off Jive was his Christmas wish, and how he beat up Mike Tyson (kinda) in the '80s.Read it here.
11 08 07
Papoose at the Knitting Factory!
Papoose will be performing at the Knitting Factory on Wed the 28th November. Tickets available @ Fat Beats, Ticketweb.com TXT PAP to 467467 for discount on tkts
08 13 07 Booking Papoose
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08 04 07 Papoose on Whoo Kid Radio You can hear the interview here: part1 part 2
07 09 07 Papoose on The Come Up Show
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05 18 07 Papoose live on Conspiracy Radio Papoose will be live tonight on the conspiracy radio show.
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EUROPEAN TIME 10pm -4am
US TIME (est) 4pm - 10pm EST .
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15 07 Cakemakers & Smell Talent Booking present: Papoose live in Bmore. Click here for the flyer:
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13 07 Papoose Performances
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18 07 Listen to the new single - Victory 2007 You can hear the brand new street
single on
the Papoose myspace page here
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09 07 Papoose on Fox Good Day Street Talk
Hip Hop
Watch it Here
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15 07 Papoose talks to Prefix mag
Out of all the upcoming artists in New York's revivalist movement, Papoose
is what the game has been missing: lyrics, prose and poetics...read
it here.
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27 07 BallerStatus.com Interview Papoose talks to ballerstatus.com about
The Nacirema Dream,
50 Shots and more. Check it out here
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25 07 STRAIGHT STUNTIN Magazine party @ the golden lady this friday featuring,
Dj Kayslay, Busta Rhymes, Buffie the body, Papoose, Lyric and many more
celebrities:check the page 4 more info: myspace.com/straightstuntinmag
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03 07 Hot 24 Seven Magazine Check out the online magazine featuring
a cover story with Papoose. Read it here
01 01 07 BET Performace
Watch Papoose's new
years eve performance
with Busta Rhymes here
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27 06 Mixtapekings.com
interview Brooklyn born-and-bred MC, Papoose,
receives more than just love the Brooklyn way. Read it here
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21 06 Smoking
Sessions With Papoose Read the new interview here
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20 06 PAPOOSE INTERVIEW Papoose talks to Soundslam.com in an exclusive
interview.
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15 06 : PAPOOSE PERFORMS
WITH THE CLIPSE IN PHILLY Papoose and
Clipse will be performing at Pinnacle Nightclub (720 Arch St Phila,Pa
19103) Saturday December 16th as part of a celebration for "The Foundation"
DVD Magazine's 2nd Issue. Contact the club at (215) 413-7720 for further
details.
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04 06 : ALPHABETICAL SLAUGHTER
The hot new video can now be seen online.
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03 06 : MIXTAPE AWARDS Papoose
was voted the winner of
'Best East Coast Mixtape Artist' at the 2006 mixtape
awards. Thanks
to everyone who voted.
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2 06 : 50 SHOTS
Papoose speaks to SkinnyDipp about the song '50
Shots'. Listen here
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29 06 : NEW MIXTAPE
The
Fourth Quarter Assassin - Holiday
Hitman is in the streets now.
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28 06:
MIXTAPE AWARDS
You can now vote for the 2006 Justo Mixtape Awards. Papoose is nominated
in the 'Best East Coast Mixtape Artist' catagory.