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Thursday, November 1, 2007
Music Chamillionaire’s Ultimate Victory
Posted By Web Editor on Thu, Nov 1, 2007 at 1:55 PM
Qiana Martin, an Atlanta-based correspondent for Creative Loafing Charlotte, attended the BET Awards in the “A” a few weeks ago and managed to snag an interview with the Houston rapper Chamillionaire. During an intimate interview in a posh hotel room, Martin asked the MC all the tough questions about the creation of his sophomore album, Ultimate Victory.
Creative Loafing: What experiences influenced you to create the content for Ultimate Victory?
Chamillionaire: Every day I wake up, watch the news and see that the world is a crazy place. That is what made me name this album Ultimate Victory. It is really about appreciating what is really important.
Did you ever have moments of creative frustration making this album, and how did you overcome them?
Yeah, definitely. Because a lot of the time, you want to do what you want to do, but there are label people that want you to do what they want you to do. How I overcame that is I became the executive producer [and] A/R administrator. If I had not had success with my last album, I probably wouldn’t have had as much pull.
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