CLASSIFIED LEVEL 5 SECURITY.
According to the Official Secrets Act 1911.
London North Secure Compound No. 3
October 8th, 2008
Interviewer - Dr. Devlin MBChB P.H.D.
Interviewee - Mr. Baron Samedi, also known as "Biz"
[interview begins 11:11 pm]
Dr. Devlin: Good evening
Baron: Is it?
Dr. Devlin: For the record, please state your name
Baron: Baron.
Dr. Devlin: Eloquent, I see. Now, lets take a look at your file. According to this, you have spent the last ten years pursuing a vocation as a "rapper" and a ... "sick beat dropper"?
Baron: Oh fo sho!
Dr. Devlin: Indeed. Now, in this time, you are alleged to have been part of various "crews" including Mandroids with Shotslinga, The Illsmith Estate with Troy Scalpels and Apocraphe, and, most prominently, you have been one of the two leading members of the resistance movement known as Undercurrent, releasing such product as the Sons Of Celluloid LP, the Pirate Radio EP, and the Crisis Talks Mixtape. As a solo artist, you have dropped various demos, followed by the albums Spit Happens and Ripping Yarns, and the Animal Rites mixtape. Unconfirmed reports also state that you are currently planning a further album, named Wanderland, as well as working on new LPs by Undercurrent, Lixx and Grit Grammar. Can you confirm these facts for the tape?
Baron: Sure can Mr. Doctor man Sir.
Dr. Devlin: Interesting.
[Dr. Devlin writes in his notebook]
Dr. Devlin: So, you listen to hip hop music then?
Baron: Naturally. A large percentage of what i listen to is hip hop, and im not closed-minded about it either, i like all kinds, whether its that Ghetto Unicorns From Space kinda shit or just some straight-up Get Your Face Ripped Off By Carnivores battle shit, with a little bit of that Lets All Get High On Antifreeze crunk shit thrown in for good measure. To put it into context, the last few joints i've been really feeling have been by Elzhi, Blu & Exile, Shape Of Broad Minds, Ghetto, The Clipse, NYOil, Sean Price and Lupe, to name a few...
Dr. Devlin: Right. So, what would you describe as your golden age of hip hop?
Baron: I dunno, i dont want to come across as nostalgic, i loved the nineties, people like redman, wu tang, boot camp click, early snoop, the rawkus movement, but nowadays we got Soulja Boy 'Superman'ing hos so its all good still.
Dr. Devlin: And do you listen to other forms of music?
Baron: Tom Waits. Kate Bush. Curtis Mayfield. Lots of old soul and crazy 70s prog rock. And this japanese jazz pianist chick called Hiromi, she's fuckin' mental.
Dr. Devlin: Less of the colourful language, please. Now, lets change the subject. Tell me about your dreams.
Baron: My dreams? I have some crazy dreams, like the one where i had a pet translucent glowing beetle that acted as my spirit guide, or the one where im on a craft in space with these dark shapeless figures i cant focus on, and who dont speak, and i look out of this large oblong window and see the Horsehead Nebula outside passing by, and feel totally at peace. Then again, i also have the ones where i turn up at the airport to go on holiday without my passport. Or a suitcase. Or any clothes.
Dr. Devlin: Interesting.
[Dr. Devlin writes in his notebook]
[Dr Devlin exits room and returns with several sheets of card and a cup of tea]
[Dr Devlin slides a sheet of card across the table, face-down]
Dr. Devlin: This is known as a Rorschach test. Turn this over and tell me what you see.
Baron: Umm, monkeys from the future?
Dr. Devlin: Good, now try this one.
Baron: Two cute little bunny rabbits playing Nintendo.
Dr. Devlin: And this one?
Baron: Jesus, thats too horrible to even say. You're a sick sick man.
Dr. Devlin: Interesting.
[Dr. Devlin writes frenetically in his notebook]
Dr. Devlin: Tell me - are you religious?
Baron: Yes, but im the only member. Really though, im a man with questions, not a man with answers. Ive explored many ideas, theories, and concepts - some of them are religious, some of them are scientific, some of them sit well with me and some dont, but at the end of the day i dont think any of them has the definitive answer, and its quite arrogant of people to suggest they do considering how little we really know. Although the number 11 11 does seem to crop up a lot...
Dr. Devlin: Describe Hell to me.
Baron: Its a big white hotel block by a beach where heroin addicts shoot up at night. It smells of petrol, and everything feels like cheap kitchen paper. The beds are full of spiders, the lifts only play James Blunt, the buffet serves cheese, olives, oysters and liver, and every other guest there is Davina McCall.
Dr. Devlin: Fascinating, quite fascinating. Im partial to oysters myself. I don't care much for hip hop music however, but if i did, what would you want to tell me about your plans?
Baron: Oh, I see, this is the part where my ego takes over and i reveal all my plans to you, is it? Well, think again - did you really believe i'd tell you about my new album, Wanderland, a semi-conceptual album loosely based on inner-city life, Alice In Wonderland and Dante's Inferno? Or the forthcoming album 'A Life Of Time' by Lixx and the yet-untitled album by Grit Grammar, both fully produced by me? Or even the next Undercurrent album, which is going to blow the world away like a Large Hadron Collider?
Dr. Devlin: You just did.
Baron: What?
Dr. Devlin: You just did tell me your plans.
Baron: Hmm. Maybe i wanted you to know.
Dr. Devlin: Most interesting.
[Dr. Devlin writes in his notebook]
Dr. Devlin: Now then, as exciting as this has been, its time to wrap it up for now. Is there anything further you wish to add for the benefit of the tape?
Baron: Well, shouts to my girl Sal, Lixx, Grit and all my fam, everyone who's come through and dropped the sickness on one of our fine compositions, anyone who's helped us out over the years, and most of all, anyone who's feeling the music we make. Big up yourselves, nuff respect for checking us out and keep your peepers peeled for new material - Peace!
Dr. Devlin: Peace indeed. Whatever that means.
[Interview terminated 11:32 pm, patient is escorted back to his cell]
