Whats the difference between touring with EPMD and touring with Jay-Z?
Touring with EPMD, there were definitely differences, but mainly it’s that it was the ‘Golden Era’, you know what I mean? Every group that was on tour with us had their own sound. And back then we could do tours in big arenas, and there might be a fight here and there, but, we were never denied any arenas back then. So there’s a difference right there! With Jay-Z, basically, I was experienced. I was a made man, you know, and I controlled the whole show, the whole tour actually. And they had never been on a tour like that by themselves, so I was basically the mentor during the whole thing. It was the same amount of people, just a different time. Matter of fact, that might have been the first and last tour since the ‘Golden Era’ where it was all hardcore hip hop groups. You didn’t need an R&B group just to get into a big arena. Both tours were good fun, though, and on top of that, no drama! Are you happy with the direction in which DJ-ing has gone in recent years? I’m happy with the publ
