SOHH ON THE SCENE

Last week I went up to the Universal Motown offices to interview Busta Rhymes about his new LP, Back on My B.S.. Though I've run into Busta on a red carpet or two in the past, this was my first sit down interview with the New York based emcee.

When I entered the green room at the label Bus-a-Bus was right in the middle of a hair cut. A black barber's cape was draped around his shoulders. Even though he was a little busy Busta took the time out to greet me. We chatted about current hip-hop hot topics while his barber shaped him up. When the cut was finally complete, Busta tossed on his black Yankee fitted and was ready for the interview.

Busta gave thoughtful answers to all of my questions including one about the recent surge of leaked information coming out about rappers like Alfamega and Rick Ross. We talked about everything from his two pre-album mixtape releases to Twitter.

Check out what Busta had to say about releasing his album the same day as Eminem, Method Man/Redman and DJ Drama.

Later in the week I was up at the Sony Building to interview J Records rapper, Hurricane Chris. When I walked into the conference room Chris was at one end of the table completing a phone interview while a few label reps and members of his team worked on laptops at the other end. A box of cold uneaten pizza sat on the table in front of him. Though he asked for a microwave to heat it up, the young rapper jumped right into his SOHH.com interview before taking a bite.

When he told me that he loves freestyling for his fans, I had to ask him to spit something for SOHH.com. Check it out.