Mc Magic talks about his early days, becoming a DJ, producer, labels, Bootleg Kev, Snow Tha Product, and more!
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00:00 Intro
0:44 – MC Magic on why he’s so passionate about making love songs
2:08 – Taking it as a compliment when everyone thinks he is from LA. DoKnow was heartbroken when he found out
3:57 – Watching his older sisters run away with their boyfriends after their father left
4:52 – Teaching himself about music as a kid by studying pop music on the radio
6:23 – Magic sings the first song he ever wrote at 10 yrs old
7:18 – Being one of the few Latinos in a band in high school, became a DJ after getting kicked out of the band. Making his own turntables
9:27 – Lying to get his first DJ gig. Experiencing “Rappers Delight” and the beginning of hip hop in the 80s
12:45 – Bringing out 2,000 kids to Teen Night every week at his first club gig in Phoenix
13:38 – Originally DJing as “The Magic Mixer” and shortened to “MC Magic” when he started rapping
14:03 – Life changed after “Lost in Love” in 1990. Holding on to it for 2 years and recording the final version in one take
15:45 – Origins of NB Ridaz. Accidentally formed ‘Nasty Boy Klique’ with his second album. Leaving his record label forced him to change the name to NB Ridaz
17:05 – Rejoining his original record label with better terms after NB Ridaz’s first big song “Runaway” blew up in 1999
18:18 – Magic explains how he wrote the legendary intro on “Pretty Girl”
25:26 – The difference between music today is the people try to sound like whoever’s hot
26:05 – Being inspired to do talkbox Roger Troutman. Borrowing 10K to get Roger on his song. Being blessed with a talkbox from Roger’s family after he passed away
29:12 – Working at the same swap meet as Bootleg Kev where he would bootleg MC Magic CDs. Magic admits he also bootlegged CDs as a DJ
30:24 – Dominating LA radio in 2004 led to the first NB Ridaz show in LA in 2005
32:36 – Magic remembers recording “Love Again” with Jenny Rivera and shooting the music video with Estevan Oriol
37:53 – Only regret from his career is that Twista couldn’t be in the music video for “Diggin” with Snow Tha Product
39:10 – First meeting Snow Tha Product and giving her her first shot when she was still known as Snow White
43:33 – Magic explains how his label cut him out when he tried to get Lil Rob signed. Got no money after producing some of Rob’s biggest hits
46:54 – How labels taking advantage of artists, and force them to tour to make money
54:36 – Magic breaks out the Talkbox
56:14 – DoKnow and Magic sing “Pretty Girl” and “Lies” together
58:42 – Magic brought special gifts for DoKnow. Turning his songs into makeup palettes
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