LIL SCRAPPY: G's UP

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24: How did your new album end up being a collaborative effort between Lil Jon and 50 Cent?
Lil Scrappy: Well you know I have Violator management and Chris Lighty also manages 50 Cent as well, but one day I had got into some drama and got hurt and 50 Cent called me out of the blue and gave me some encouraging words and nobody else had called me. So when I got back on my feet and it was time for me to start recording my album, I hit him (50 Cent) up and was like we need to make a situation. He told me it was a go. I fuck with you already and you are already an established artist so it’s not much I will have to do. Then we spoke to Lil Jon and it was handled.

24: What’s the name of the new album and what producers did you work with outside of the Lil Jon production?
Lil Scrappy: The album name is “Breed To Die Born To Live” and production wise Lil Jon did about 85 % because he the boss but I got Jazze Pha, Drum Squad, Sha Money XL, and Slim Shady to name a few.

24: How different is it when working with Lil Jon compared to working with 50 Cent?
Lil Scrappy: Both have a good work ethic but Lil Jon mostly sticks to doing beats and 50 Cent is more of an artist so they have to separate ways of looking at things so for me it was the best of both worlds and I learned a lot from those two.

24: What have you learned from your last album that will help you make this album even more successful?
Lil Scrappy: We’ll really I never had an album. The last one was more of a compilation with Lil Scrappy and Trillville. On this new album I feel like I gave everybody a well-rounded album.

24: How did you get signed with Lil Jon and BME?
Lil Scrappy: Just doing a whole bunch of shows and having my songs on the radio. I was hot underground wise and Lil Jon came to a show to see Trillville and saw my performance and the rest is history.

24: You have your first single out “Money In The Bank” featuring Young Buck when can your fans expect the album out in stores?
Lil Scrappy: “Breed To Live Born To Die” will be in stores December 5. Go get that. I worked hard on this album.

24: What’s been going on with G’s Up?
Lil Scrappy: Working on a new mixtape with Cannon and doing everything we can to make my album pop and be successful, and I also have my mixtape Cannon titled “Expect The Unexpected.”

24: Other than the new album coming out soon what else do you have going on?
Lil Scrappy: I got a DVD coming out and the group Crime Mobb is signed to my label G’s Up Inc. They have their new single out “Rock Yo Hips” featuring Lil Scrappy of course, so support that plus the video will be soon to follow.

24: Any last words?
Lil Scrappy: Tell everybody be more real then hard. It’s always better to show the love, hard people die first and keep it real. Album in stores December 5.

Interview by: Jay Carter