Would Dream Merchant compare to Pete Rock’s Soul Survivor I or II?
9th Wonder: Nope, it’s not safe to say that. I don’t even want to place such high expectations on this record. Pete Rock and everybody knows Pete Rock, Premier, the RZA, GZA, Madlib, the Alchemist, Just Blaze, Kanye all of those producers and Diamond D, you name all of those producers – I look up to all those guys. Nothing, I feel that I make, is comparable to what those guys do or what they’ve done. I don’t feel like I’ve made a “PSA” or a “You Don’t Know” by Just Blaze, yet. I don’t feel like I’ve made a “Through The Wire” or “Overnight Celebrity” like Kanye, I don’t feel like I’ve made a “We Gon Make It” by Alchemist. I don’t feel like I’ve made those records yet, to me. So I don’t compare it to those at all. Format: What was your inspiration behind the album, what message were you trying to portray? 9th Wonder: This particular album is the boom-bap-rappity-rap record. It’s like rap, you like rap the beat, this is what this is. And I think in today’s market there’s not enough of tha
