Sixshot.Com: What's good man? How you been?

Hell Razah: I’m good. I’m just working on these next projects I got coming up and I’m just glad to be alive in the ‘08.

Sixshot.Com: You've been in the game for a long time. At what point did you know that hip-hop would be your job?

Hell Razah: My brother Tray-Bag gave me the blessing when I was young and I just kept it going from there. I never took it serious though until like 1991 after I lost one of my homies in the Red Hook Projects. That’s when it got real serious for me. That’s the point when I decided that this is what I wanted to do.

Sixshot.Com: You're a diverse dude musically. Who would you say are some of your influences?

Hell Razah: Wow man my list is crazy. I would say mostly Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, James Brown, Al Green all that music that my moms and pops was playing.

Sixshot.Com: Today in 2008, how do you feel about the first Sunz Of Man album?

Hell Razah: Historical man, that’s all I can say about that project, we made history with our first album.

Sixshot.Com: Were you happy with the response back then?

Hell Razah: I mean it can always be better. I feel like I may have been over a few people’s heads but the real, true fans supported so it can only get better.

Sixshot.Com: You've been in group settings for a big part of your career and still are. What made you want to do the solo thing?

Hell Razah: I put a lot of time and energy into groups like Sunz of Man and Maccabeez and it was time to just finally stand up on my own two feet. God is always on time so I move when he tells me to move and that’s how I do it.

Sixshot.Com: What ever happened to the Black Market Militia?

Hell Razah: That was a super group that Killa Priest, Timbo King, Tragedy, Booth, and me put together that turned into this underground movement that we were doing in 2005.

Sixshot.Com: How come we didn't see more projects from Da Las Future?
 
Hell Razah: Da Las Future never dropped any albums yet actually. As far as the independent success we have a solid fan base that respect our music so we have a good foundation to build on top of. We left a lot of fans hanging and wanting to hear more music so it’s like they couldn’t wait for me to put new material out.
 
Sixshot.Com: Do you feel the Sunz of Man could have had even more success?

Hell Razah: Yeah definitely man but it was like back then if you weren’t first priority you were last and all these labels were riding Wu-Tang’s nuts and we had our own style so it was hard but we broke the barrier when we left and came out on Red Ant Records. We had talent so we had to keep it moving. We really didn’t come out until 1998. This makes ten years that the Sunz of Man been out. These majors are weird but you kind of need them so it’s a lesser of two evils choice for us regardless.

Sixshot.Com: As a guy who's been in the game for a while, how are you feeling about hip-hop today?

Hell Razah: I can’t stand it personally but that’s just my opinion because I’m an MC. These dudes really I just don’t know what to call them now. Nobody is original anymore so it’s like a wounded soldier right now bleeding to death.

Sixshot.Com: You did a joint with Crooked I and Ill Bill. How did that come about?

Hell Razah: Crooked I is talented and so is Ill Bill. That to me, to hear us together gives you that feeling of what hip-hop is actually needing today.

Sixshot.Com: So you're not feeling today's lyrical content?

Hell Razah: Lyrics and beats are hip-hop so that would never go anywhere. It’s the level that these lyrics are on that are killing the game. My son’s conversation is deeper than these rappers lyrics and he’s only eight years old.

Sixshot.Com: Do you still have a relationship with the Wu-Tang Clan?

Hell Razah: I mean it’s not like it used to be because everybody is real busy. I’m sure if they wanted to get at me they could. I just dropped two classics in 2007 and I’m about to do it again in 2008. I’m not just sitting around under niggas wings and riding their coattails. They gave me my first opportunity and I want to thank those brothers for that but I got to put in this work on my own and that’s what I’m doing right now. Wait until people see these albums I’m about to drop.
 
Sixshot.Com: Do you feel like hip-hop has gone through a lot of changes from when you first started? 
 
Hell Razah: They killed Biggie, Tupac, Pun, Big L and plenty of others and that killed a big part of that era. I’m just one of the chosen few that’s still here and it shows in my music. You can tell that I’m from that great era because that’s what I spit and what I represent.
 
Sixshot.Com: All right Razah tell us what projects you have in the works that we can look out for. 
 
Hell Razah: Right now I’m working on a video for Millenium Warfare of the Renaissance album and the Heaven-Razah project. Also me, Shabazz the Disciple, and Ayatollah the producer are doing a new group called T.H.U.G. Angelz. We’re actually looking for a home for that project now. The Heaven-Razah project will be dropping on Nature Sounds in 2008. Stay tuned because I got singles coming out and remixes. I’m still a brand new artist, you know? This is my time now and niggas gotta fall back putting out all that weak music because it ain’t going to be able to compare to what I’m doing.
 
Sixshot.Com: Anything you'd like to say to your fans out there?
 
Hell Razah: I just want to thank everybody who has all my music and understands the music. Don’t worry because I got ya’ll when it comes to that real hip-hop music. Just don’t download it. Go out and actually buy it and make sure you check me out at Hell-Razahonline.Com or Www.Myspace.Com/HeavenRazah.