Florida has played an important role in the progression of hip hop over the years. With the recent success of such artists as Rick Ross, Plies, and T-Pain, their stock continues to rise. But while a new movement in the sunshine state has begun, you can’t forget about one of the state’s founding movements, Poe Boy. Star of the long-running label, Brisco, has been contributing to Florida’s music scene for years and has carried Poe Boy on his back throughout his career. With the help of his Cash Money deal, Brisco is ready to make his mark in the mainstream in 2010. He talks to SheBloggin.com about his thoughts on Florida hip hop, his robbery incident, new music, and his recent So Icey diss track.
Tasha: You’ve been an important element of Florida’s hip hop scene for a while now. Do you feel that you are still underrated?
Brisco: Very much so. Hip hop has been over-saturated. A lot of this ain’t real out here.
Tasha: Recently it seems that the whole “goon” movement has become watered down due to fakes and phonies. Explain what a goon really is and how you feel about rappers throwing that word around.
Brisco: Goon is a movement. Just like when Pac started the thug movement. It’s just a way of life; I do what I gotta do to feed my family. But I feel like I started the whole goon movement. I’ve been saying it since I was 12. As far as the other rappers, they just using it, I don’t take offense to it.
Tasha: Poe Boy has been a strong force in Florida for a long time, but with the recent success of DJ Khaled’s movement, do you feel that Poe Boy has been overshadowed?
Brisco: Yeah I kinda do. Poe Boy brought that feeling, you know? They brought that family feeling. It’s not the same as what Poe Boy brought. We’ve been a unit, always been like family.
Tasha: What’s your relationship with DJ Khaled?
Brisco: I don’t know, I feel like he can help a little more. I’ve made my contribution to him so I feel like he can help me a little more. But it is what it is.
Tasha: You recently released a track called “Waka Blocka” dissing Waka Flocka, Gucci Mane, OJ the Juiceman, and Yung Berg. First off, what made you go after Waka?
Brisco: Gucci made a track called Heavy where he mentioned my name. He said “Wish a nigga would run up on me like I’m Brisco”. He dissed me while I was down. At the time I was dealing with issues in the streets, so that was my response. This was just all for the sport of it but I’m gonna go at the whole camp. I was in Atlanta when I recorded that track.
Tasha: You dissed him right after he was shot. You didn’t think that was inappropriate?
Brisco: Before I did the track I made sure that Waka was OK. I’m a spiritual dude so I wouldn’t have done that unless I knew he was OK.
Tasha: Ok, so you went at OJ too because he’s apart of Gucci’s camp?
Brisco: Yeah. He’s with Gucci so I had to go at all of them.
Tasha: The Yung Berg mention was kind of random, why did take shots at him?
Brisco: I used him to get a little more popularity. He was just a stepping stone.
Tasha: So if Brisco and his camp ran into So Icey…
Brisco: We would probably just smile and laugh about it. There’s no beef. This was all for the sport, just hip hop. They definitely wouldn’t put hands on me. Nobody wants another Tupac/Biggie situation. I don’t think either of us would let it get to that level.
Tasha: So what’s your status with Cash Money?
Brisco: Everything’s good, I just had to gather myself and get my mind right. I want to come correct with my music, so I’ve just been taking the time to get it right.
Tasha: How do you feel about Lil Wayne going to jail?
Brisco: Aw man, I don’t ever like seeing a nigga go to jail. Free all the real niggas in jail. Free Gucci and Boosie. I’m just gonna carry the label. I’m gonna use this time to holla at the bosses and help them make more money.
Tasha: How has your aura been since you got robbed?
Brisco: I don’t trust anybody now. I move a little wiser now. I don’t go certain places I used to go; I’m just smarter with how I move. But it’s all good because it just adds to my story. I wasn’t really robbed, I was shut up.
Tasha: When’s your album dropping?
Brisco: Street Medicine April 20th. You’re gonna hear my story and the things I’ve gone through. I gotta mixtape out now, no DJs, no drops just music. I detailed what happened with the incident.
Tasha: Do you think mainstream is ready for Brisco?
Brisco: They better be! One thing about mainstream is you can’t lie to them, so what you see is what you get with me.
Tasha: What’s going to set you apart from other rappers out?
Brisco: My deliveries and my whole brain structure. I research things, plus I got a story to tell. I lost my mom, dad, older brother, and seen my best friend get shot in the head. I’ve been through real things and my story will set me apart from everybody else.
Follow Brisco on Twitter: @briscoopalocka
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