Raekwon Talks Justin Bieber, Kanye West with Vulture
September 3rd, 2010 | 
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Let’s talk about your remix of Justin Bieber’s “Runaway Love” with Kanye. What kind of response have you gotten since it came out?
I’ve been getting a great response. It’s been a couple of mixed feelings on the net. It’s all good. It makes me laugh to know how people feel about certain things, but for the most part, everybody appreciated it. You almost feel like somebody wants to down you, but then when they hear it, it’s like you can’t really speak bad about it. Me, as somebody that’s an O.G. in the game, an old school legend, however you wanna call it, he gave me an opportunity to reach the young youth. And he’s a newb right now, so if he needs my assistance, of course I’m a be there to show my support.
Everybody stayed in they element. Rae didn’t go away from his element. I gave it to it according to what I felt. I think [Bieber's] a talented young cat, and I wanted to be a part of that, so really anything else after that is just history being made again. He wasn’t around while we was doing our thing, but at the same token, he acknowledges us, we acknowledge him. We got his back. That’s how I wanted to come at the situation, and I think a lot of people was looking at it like “the collaboration sounds crazy,” but you can’t front on me and Kanye. You can’t front on Justin. We all got great careers, and we’ve been successful through our trials already, you know?
Justin called you “Chef” on Twitter. Were you surprised that he knew about you like that?
I was surprised, more or less, that he was down for the get-down, which is, wanting to make that happen. But everybody calls me “Chef” in the game, and I’m sure that he’s a hip-hopper. He’s up on Wu-Tang. I’m sure that the cats he be around, they let him know what’s real and who’s who, so I wasn’t really shocked on that note, I was more shocked that he would have wanted to do something. That part made me feel good.
Will you be doing more work with Kanye after this?
We’re discussing things, and we definitely agreed to put in some more work together soon, so you’re gonna see something happen real soon. Real, real soon. At the end of the day, we’ve always been in the game as peers and friends. I’ve known Kanye for a while. We never got that opportunity to work together, but now things is happening. Yeah, get ready for it. You’re gonna hear some things.
The remix samples “Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta F’ Wit.” Have you gotten any feedback from the rest of the Clan about it?
Definitely. They’re happy. They see that I’m out there doing what I have to do to keep the flag up. It’s a great situation to be in, where you look at shorty, you look at Justin, he’s a young dude that really is a sparkling artist. For him to acknowledge Raekwon, it’s like he still acknowledges Wu-Tang. Everybody’s like “good move,” you know what I mean? “Good move in your career. You keeping yourself relevant with the youth and the youngsters.” That’s what it’s all about, letting the youngsters know that we got they backs, and let’s make great music.
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via PMP Worldwide
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