Chase N Cashe interview
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Interview with Chase N Cashe (producer/rapper) 0:10 On growing up on the West Bank, importance of sports and music growing up, his parents are originally from Mississippi, his parents’ record collection, on the influence of New Orleans music and other music he loved growing up 7:38 Influence of DJ Jubilee and Take Fo, his favorite New Orleans records and his favorite artists, BG and Soulja Slim, the melodic quality of New Orleans slang, aesthetics of New Orleans rap, the influence of Juvenile and Mystikal, the importance of regionalism, the importance of record stores, the influence of brass bands and horns in New Orleans music 19:15 On the influence of New Orleans music on the world vs. insular music-making, on leaving New Orleans to further artists’ careers 26:30 The social organizing surrounding the bounce beat, the mainstreaming of bounce and its influence 29:00 The beginnings of his career, began with drums and keyboard 33:25 On his first big career breaks, moving to LA in 2006, leaving for Katrina, building his career 40:35 The rise of Southern rap and New Orleans influence, the popularization of Southern aesthetics, on deciding to move back to New Orleans 48:00 Gentrification and music in New Orleans 1:01:17 End of tape