As I mentioned before, there are few things better than a Curren$y and Nardwuar conversation. I mean, just look at the frame above. Simply awesome.
“…and now she grants wishes!?!?!?”
Alright, last Nardwuar interview from SXSW…I just love these…and you can’t even front, they actually get the artists to reveal a little more about their history than most interviews.
Plus, this might be the best ending in a while. “Everybody Harlem Shake!”
Bronson was one of the few artists at SXSW that I hadn’t seen perform before so I was really excited to see him rock. Aside from being a dope MC, this dude is completely hilarious on and off stage. You can get a sample of that in this video with Nardwuar.
Nardwuar hit a home run with all his hip-hop interviews at SXSW last year and this year was no different. Dude was everywhere. Here’s his clip with Kendrick Lamar, where K. Dot gives you a little insight into his history. Love the story about his dad driving him and his mom home from the hospital for the first time and blasting Big Daddy Kane because “he has to hear this.” Awesome.
I’m catching up on some videos I missed over the last few weeks (work x the Christmas madness) and I have to post this one up. Nardwuar caught up with Ghost during Deini’s first ever visit to Vancouver a few weeks back and as expected, hilarity and wisdom ensued. “Noodles is noodles.” What more can you say?
First came the above interview at SXSW and with Curren$y recently completing his Pacific Northwest trip, Nardwuar posted the follow up:
Nardwuar is obviously legendary, but for his bits to work, he needs the interviewee to play along. There have been plenty of good examples, but the interaction between these two is on another level. Plus, Curren$y’s personality is high comedy, no pun.
Greatness.
As someone who has interviewed a lot of these folks that Nardwuar assaults, these are equal parts fascinating and horrifying to me. They’re not really informative in the traditional sense, but at least their entertaining. I’m still waiting until he really uncovers some long lost skeletons though: “Do you remember the night you spent with a stripper in Atlanta in 1996? No? Well have we got a surprise for you…Nasir, Jr., come on in…”
I’m just glad I wasn’t the interviewer who had to go next…
Holler @ a Hyphey 🙂