Unreleased Shock G Interview from 2008 (Part 3 of 3)

The following is an unedited Q and A e-mail exchange between Mr. Todd Davis and Shock G from 2008 (part 3 of 3).  

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12). Do you have any other aspirations, maybe even outside of music altogether?? 

I paint. I draw cartoons & comics. I’m in the process of writing a book. I like wildlife too, there’s so much to be learned from the wild animals, the inexcessiveness of their nature. Their eating habits. Ever notice that wild animals (squirrels, horses, giraffes, deer, monkeys, zebras, etc) ever notice that they don’t get sick like we do? They run like the wind, even as senior citizens, but no high-blood pressure, no diabetes, no stroke, no heart disease, no arthritis, no cellulite, no obesity, no doctors, and no dentists.

Humans on the other hand are all fucked up, with cabinets full of medicine, and with practically everyone becoming sick in some way by middle age.

I avoid sugar, grease, & dairy products, and I try to eat as much natural & raw plant food, and drink as much water as I can. So I can be healthy & active like the animals are. Wise eating is the cure to all.

But u won’t hear that on TV or in the news, this society needs us to be sick for the economy to continue.

13). Would it be fair to say that you are happy with the current state of Hip-Hop music?? 

I love it, so much variety out there. If u really search, u can find examples of any kind of hip-hop u want. It’s all out there.

14). Since everyone either knows you already, or will become familiar with you, for and through your music, what would you want these same people to know about Shock G that they won’t get from listening to your record(s)??  

 My private life is the polar opposite of the d.u. scene, and especially the Humpty character. Humpty’s an excessive & over-indulgent type of dude. On the contrary, I’m a minimalist in real life. I have no microwave oven, no TV, and no cellphone. My only luxury is my light-speed internet connection and my mac computer.  I make my meals from scratch with raw ingredients everyday at home. I shop only 3 days or so in advance, so that everything’s always market fresh, instead of frozen, boxed or canned. No poppin last nights pizza or yesterdays nuggets in the microwave ’round nis muhfucka! That’s that bullshit that leads to high-blood pressure and arthritis.

 And in return, I have energy for dayz, more than when I was in high-school, and can break my girl off all day & night, without viagra. ha ha, yup.

15). What would these same people find you doing in your off/spare time completely away from the music?? 

 Drawing my beautiful girlfriend, I like to paint her, or make little cartoons of us. Or cook for her, I make a mean vegan pesto angel-hair zuchinni pasta, with garlic sourdough and a light basil dipping sauce. Or my special Shockgs’ Broccoli Parmesian. Sometimes I cook for my neighbors nextdoor, or for my family. We just had a big week-long family reunion out here in LA.  My little sister Liz Carson is a designer on tour with Ebony Fashion Fair at present, so we based the family reunion around her LA dates.

16). To date, what has been your biggest career highlight??  

 Too many to mention. Working with George Clinton. Producing Tupac Shakur. Sharing the stage with RZA recently. Having Erykah Badu hold me down on drum machine while I busted at a Tupac benefit, and her & I closing the show together. Touring with Murs & Scarub of Living Legends as their DJ & music conductor. Producing a Prince song on his Crystal Ball album. Touring with the Luniz, total lunatics on the road. Touring with Humpty Hump, so much fun he is. Exchanging email addys and chatting with Fiona Apple online. Touring Japan with Queen Latifah, Tupac, and the rest of d.u.

To be able to hire my high school best friend Larry Cushnie and my younger brother Kent Racker as stage crew and bring them on tour around the world with us on those first big stadium d.u. tours. Priceless. To have Bernie Worrell (Parliaments main keyboardist) in my home-studio back in 99 when I lived in Sacramento, showing me the correct chords to all my favorite high-school era Parliament jams.

To see digital underground songs in wedding & Kareoke song books around the world!! “Look Mom, no grammy but we made it to kareoke books!”  hee hee.

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