MVRemix: Where were you born and raised, and what was it like growing up there over the years?

Kutmasta Kurt: I was born In Kansas-Tucky. Yeah you may have heard of it, it’s where we have the Redneck Olympics every 4 years. I used to admire a guy named DJ Cletus, he had mad skills in the field, and won the Tractor Pull year after year. I always wanted to be like him, and now since I won the event myself this year, I feel like I’ve finally accomplished something in life worth living.

MVRemix: How did you first get into producing / DJing?

Kutmasta Kurt: We used to set up speakers in the corn fields and invite the whole town to hip-hop all night long. My favorite record was Rappin’ Duke, and that inspired me to start producing. The first Rapper I worked with was MC Gomer G, he’s currently in prison for bestiality

MVRemix: What is your first memory of Hip Hop?

Kutmasta Kurt: Sugarhill gang. They were rapping to a popular song called good times by chic I was like hey what's going on here, this is kind of like country music but in a talking form and from a street perspective. It was very familiar to me because of it’s similarity to country music. Now it’s funny to see how rap is all down south and country, it’s came back to it’s roots. Hip-Hop has become black country music!

MVRemix: How are some of the artists or groups you grew up listening to?

Kutmasta Kurt: Kenny Rodgers, The Beatles, Miles Davis, Pat Boone, Steve Miller Band and of course Van Halen.

MVRemix: How did you take your producing/DJ skills to the next level and start to get your foot in the industry door? Who was the first artist you sold a beat to?

Kutmasta Kurt: I utilized my connections in the music biz. Most of the Music Biz is on Coke and I was selling mad coke for many years! I’d sell them an 8 ball and then give them a tape of my own remixes using acapellas for the current singles I liked. All this mosh up/ grey album shit..I was doing that in the early 90’s! The first artists I sold a beat to was MC Gomer’s brother, or was it his dad Def Jed. He has his little tape out in the late 80’s but didn’t sell very many copies. The fist Major label remix I did in 91’ was actually a radio version for Fuck Compton by Tim Dog on Ruff House/Columbia. I invented this technique of not only removing curses from records, but then adding sound effects or different words from other records in their place…damn I was ahead of my time!

MVRemix: How did you hook up with Kool Keith and what has it been like working with him over the years?

Kutmasta Kurt: I met Keith while doing long hauls cross country. I stopped at a flying j’s to take a piss and eat fried chicken, when low and behold, who was there in the stall next to me but Kool mutha freakin Keith?! I gave him a beat tape and we kept in touch over CB for a couple years. Later we finally recorded some demos which landed us a deal here in LA on Capitol Records. I’ve been here in the big city10 years now, and Keith just recently moved back to NYC.

MVRemix: You have produced tons of classic material with Keith, as well as other artists, but do you feel you get the credit you deserve?

Kutmasta Kurt: Of course not, but that’s why I dropped this here album. You gotta go out there and take the credit, b/c most artists aren’t gonna give it to you. They have even tried to use the success I’ve helped them achieve to further their own production careers…HA, HA, but the joke is on them when they ask them back how come your beats aren’t what I was expecting?

MVRemix: Let's talk about "Redneck Games", which was originally supposed to be called "Redneck Olympics". So what happened with that whole situation? Do you find it flattering that the US Olympic Committee would go through all this trouble just to change the title of your album?

Kutmasta Kurt: Flattering yes, but very stupid! they got a special provision from the US Supreme court which gives them right to the words Olympics, Olympiad etc which extend way past that of any other company or organization’s trade mark or copy write laws. The other countries are not so anal, just us, so the other versions are still RNO!

MVRemix: What inspired you to release "Redneck Games"?

Kutmasta Kurt: It was time to release the biscuits. Let people know what time it is with Kutmasta Kurt, and do it in a creative way which shows the world who I really am, and what I do.

MVRemix: You have tons of great cuts on the album, but if you had to choose three tracks on the album, which ones are your favorite?

Kutmasta Kurt: 1,2,3,4 by Titan Body Movin - Beastie Boys Wildin' Out Remix by Mos Def & Diverse

MVRemix: Since you work with a lot of west coast artists, what is your feeling about the west right now? Because a lot of people feel the west is dead.

Kutmasta Kurt: The reason it’s dead is because people pigeon hole what West Coast Hip-Hop is. They try to say Snoop is the only thing on one end of the spectrum, or J5 on the other. There's lot’s more out there then that, but people’s minds and ears are closed. In reality it’s all about the South now, and LA is the South, go 150 miles further down and your in Mexico!

MVRemix: Who are some of the artists you are feeling right now?

Kutmasta Kurt: I’m feeling Myself right now, oh is that too explicit? I’d Like to feel Beyonce!

MVRemix: I am just going to name a few producers, and you tell me what you like or dislike about them.

A) Alchemist

Kutmasta Kurt: Nice guy, really great producer, but he plays the wigger role too much (to me) for being a graduate of Beverly Hills High School, but hey it works! I mean being a rich kid isn’t very marketable is it? No harm intended, you know I’m just giving you a hard time Alan...keep up the big beats.

MVRemix: B) Lil Jon

Kutmasta Kurt: Hey did you see his high school year book picture..what a nerd!. He has little musical skill, but is great at marketing himself. I’m going his route next year! Look out for little Kurt, I got my dreads growing now!

MVRemix: C) Necro

Kutmasta Kurt: I don’t dislike the guy personally, because I don’t know him, but he seems to be a big Kool Keith Fan. He’s Rather Stuck on Sex Style...oh and his new album cover is strangely similar to The Dopestyle 1231 cover

MVRemix: D) Just Blaze

Kutmasta Kurt: Never heard of him.

MVRemix: E) Fredwreck

Kutmasta Kurt: He’s an old friend from the Wake-Up Show and Bay Area crew. I’m happy to see him have success, no diss but I honestly couldn’t tell a Fred beat apart from the others. Keep doing your thing Freddy!

MVRemix: Switching gears, what are your thoughts on President Bush getting re-elected?

Kutmasta Kurt: The Redneck always Wins! If the democrats were serious about trying to beat Bush the would have got a redernecked okie to run. Shit I know plenty! Their choice for Kerry to run was plain stupid!

MVRemix: What else do you have going on in the immediate future that you would like the fans to know about?

Kutmasta Kurt: Working on Motion Mans second Album…It’s coming along dope!

MVRemix: What artists have you recently worked with (or sold beats to)

Kutmasta Kurt: Michael Jackson, Beyonce and Cher.

MVRemix: Anything else you would like to discuss that we haven't covered already?

Kutmasta Kurt: I’d like to discuss my disgust with the alternative rap label and crowd. Fuck that shit it's the new trip-hop!

MVRemix: Any last words, shout outs, plugs, etc?

Kutmasta Kurt: Check out my label web site www.threshrecs.com, dope videos, merchandise, the message board and more.