Twista - Adrenaline Rush 07

It’s that time to jump back in the Chevy, take off the Big Boy shoes, throw them 30’s & Vogues back on, and lets WANG!!! That’s right we going back to ’97 Chi-Town, at least it feels that way, we on some Adrenaline Rush sh*t.
It’s a decade later and a lot of things have changed, we living in a state of inflation, we at war for every reason but the right one, but one thing is constant; no matter how much everyone claims the game is good; Hip Hop needs an Adrenaline Rush. I been holding this interview 4 a minute, waiting 4 the right time to hit you in the head with this realness; and what day is more deserving but the homey, Twista’s release date of Adrenaline Rush. So if you new to the Chi, and weary of the surroundings, don’t trip sit back and enjoy the convo while we expound on everything from getting your B.I correct, staying true, survival techniques, and remaking a classic. I’m a hit you in head with Part 1 of the Interview, and this what I want yall to do, go cope the homey T’s classic give it a good listen, and come on back. Maine got part 2 for you to focus that new found energy on, MINUTE.


Twista: I think we slightly passing the era, where n****s dollars is off the immediate rap dollar. You know where n****s have to eat directly off rap, well certain n****s do, you nowhatumsayin. But, I think the veterans, have started businesses and doing other things, so they can relax a little bit and make choices with the music they want to make a lil bit.

HHH: Yeah, that’s wise. I think it should be like that period, cause once the money get into it, it drives yo hustle; and it ain’t always about the art and it ain’t always about the love then, nowhatumsayin.

Twista: Yeah, Mims should have some shit to stack. Bladaskippy should have some condos, or some shit being built. The new n****s should already be doing it.

HHH: Through da door. It seems like half of them doing it, cause they coming with they own labels already.

Twista: Labels are different; you reinvesting your money back into the element that you making money off of. You wise, cause you investing your money, but you also want to make investments off of things that have nothing to do with rap, whatsoever.

HHH: Kind of like you and the Barber Shop?

Twista: Yeah, trying to get a club together too. Like 2008, on Randolph (Downtown) down the street from Greek town

HHH: That’s key, that’s a nice area too. That’s good, that’s what I’m talking about. You are starting to see us invest more back into our community. It’s Grown Man Season.

Twista: Man, Joe, I’m getting wise now. Then the way the music industry looking right now, pretty much everybody stocking they bomb shelter, tightening up.

HHH: With that being said, is all your other hustles blue collar? I notice you got a lot of blue collar hustles, like Midwest dudes. You don’t seem to put all the glitz and glamour to your shit, you just straight up hustle.

Twista: It depends on what type of person you are. I be tripping cause I be seeing guys who got it, GOT IT and they love that limelight. It’s like a drug, I guess I been taking the drug so long, I’m use to it now. I be trying to do things that’s low key.

HHH: That’s one thing about the Chi, people don’t understand. It’s a lot of people that make money low key.

Twista: That’s a good word you said, cause when people ask me about Chicago, that’s one word I’m going to use to describe it. N****s in Chicago don’t do all that rah-rah-rah, we got this, I slap this from this, I fuck this n****, etc. We do it amongst ourselves, but once cameras come out or some shit, we ain’t on that shit. We don’t care how good we rap, Gotdamnit, we ain’t fin2 put our business out. We finna hurt that n****, we ain’t finna tell you. We like nah, me & dude cool (lol).

HHH: I wanted to know what made you revisit Adrenaline Rush, because I don’t know about the rest of the world, but the Chi been waiting since that 1st dropped?

Twista: Really that’s why I did it, Joe. It’s like some people not familiar with their fans, or some people thinking about the outwork, they not looking at what’s getting them there. Me, I think about what I hear all the time. It’s like this the main thing. “Twist, what you hear about your music all the time?” N****s, females walking down the street, what’s the common phrase you hear? N****s want that Adrenaline Rush shit, n****s ready to hear that Adrenaline Rush shit, n****s want that Adrenaline Rush shit. So I’m giving them that Adrenaline Rush shit, so I sat my ass down and said ok; Adrenaline Rush 2007, Boom. Took the album cover picture sitting in the chair with the different sweater on, did the whole lil style up for the fam. So that’s why I did the album like that.

HHH: You don’t see to many people reaching 2 they fans like that, and that was like 97, am I right? .

Twista: Ten years later.

HHH: This the anniversary

Twista: You got the 9 & the 7, the number for perfection and the number for completion. Now it’s 07, I’m like BAM, gotta hit them again, its perfect.

HHH: It’s just everybody fiending 4 that real raw dope, that undeniable. Like the 1st Adrenaline Rush, oh my goodness them beats.

Twista: Yeah, I put some of them songs on there, I kept it open. I couldn’t just go whole Adrenaline Rush, cause I learned some new stuff & met a lot of new people, so you got that new shit in there. But gave you that base 9 joints you looking 4 to make up that Adrenaline Rush.

HHH: Who do have featured on the album?

Twista: We got Speedknot Mobstas, we got Toxic, the new one is Tight Mike; He did “Make U Moan” on “The Day After”, “Whip Game Proper” for this album. So the album come on with the skit’s and shit, “Man, what’s going on with Twista, Joe?? On the same vibe, this time it’s coming off of when I had the accident. So these n****s get into some where them n****s who caused the accident. So we kept it on that Adrenaline Rush vibe in yo bones when you hear it.