True story; the day I heard Planet Asia signed with Interscope I turned to my friend and said ‘they’ll drop his contract before they drop his album.’ After some two years on Interscope and “Life As It Is” never saw the light of day. Asia gladly took his walking papers. Today, Cali Agent number 2 will release his debut LP “Grand Opening.”
“I left Interscope because Jimmy Iovine is a dick rider, a dick sucker,” Asia told allhiphop. “Tom Whalley went to Warner Brothers and he was the real mothefucker. He’s’ the dude that signed Tupac and he signed me. All the mothefuckers that I wanted to use, everyone is using. I wanted to use Kanye, niggas is using Kanye. Niggas is using Jake One, all the niggas that I said was dope.”
On this album Asia still has production from Jake One (no Kanye unfortunately), Supa Dave West, and guest spots from Ghostface, Goapele and Cali Agent partner Rasco. “We are taking it back to the golden era. And No, I am not taking it back in time, but we are making golden era hip-hop music as far as the rules of hip-hop that niggas live by in terms of being original,” Asia added. “We just came off a tour of Europe. They treat you like a real star over there. They like the real hip-hop over there and that’s what is missing here. I come from the crack culture, but they rapped so they didn’t have to sell dope. Now they got niggas rapping to sell dope.”
