XXL caught up with Mr. MUBU himself to discuss a few things including ‘Ye shouting him out on the “I Don’t Like” remix, the growing attention on Chicago’s bubbling hip-hop scene and the long-awaited Dope & Shrimp project. Peep an excerpt below:
What do you make of everything that’s going on with Chief Keef and Chi-town’s hip-hop landscape right now?
Me and Keef, we been working together for like half a year but man, the Chicago thing, it’s kinda crazy. I’m just now realizing that a lot of the younger artists, Chief Keef and Lil Durk, they came up on my music. They were fans of my music before they got hot, so it makes me feel good. Like YP and Rockie [Fresh], I was already rocking with them and Chief Keef listened to us, so we all kinda groomed each other into the artists that we are now. The majority of us all know each other. I was just kicking it with Rockie and YP out here in the hills. So everything is just organic and all love.
You guys have all been at it for a while. Is it bizarre to have your music resonating on a national level all of a sudden?
It is crazy, but to me it’s kind of like how you felt before you turned 18. You had a curfew and you just wanted to stay out like your older cousins and siblings and you just couldn’t wait until you turned 18 or 21, whatever. But once you do you’re like, “Man, this shit ain’t nothing. So on the one hand it’s somewhat overwhelming but at the same time it just feels right and makes me want to work harder and get more people to my music.
Be sure to check out the full piece here. Dope & Shrimp coming soon.