LUCKYIAM
He is known as PSC, Luckyiam, Lucky or Cool Man number 1!!! In the early 90's Lucky studied the art of dope Left Coast hip hop at the Goodlife Cafe among Heavyweights Freestyle Fellowship & countless others. Wanting to create his own style and identity in hip hop, he headed north to the bay area shortly after the infamous L.A. Riots and joined The Mystik Journeymen with Sunspot Jonz. The Journeymen took the the bay area underground scene by storm and continued to take the underground street tape hustle they invented worldwide. Luckyiam.psc is the co-founder of Living Legends crew and he is a cosistant solo artist as well
How did you come up with the name, Luckyiam.PSC?
My first rap name was PSC. It meant Pushing Self Consciousness or Porn Star Creator but in 97 I was in England with LLcrew, J5 and the Invisible Skratch Piklz. Also some old school cats as well, like Grand Master Caz & Special K.. It was a b-boy festival so there was probably 99.9% dudes there! I came up on a sexy lil momma from Hong Kong (it used to be run by the British) and Special K was like "daaamn man, you Lucky..from now on I'm gonna call you Lucky"! I was like "hmmm, ok Lucky I am".
What is "Intelligent hip hop you could dance to. (if you could dance)?"
That is the definition of the music my crew makes. I does not mean intelligent in the super scientifical sense. It means highly skilled writers & poets making music that is bumping plus knocking and saying raps that might fly over the head of a extremely ignorant individual. At the same time though, when played at high volume could cause a hood rat to dance.
You have a wide amount of influences in your music, do you think it opens yourself to make music that hasn't been made "Hip-Hop" before?
Of course it does. It makes you a bit less afraid to climb outta the box a lot Hip-Hop purist wanna trap you in. You tend to push ye old envelope a bit more. ie. Andre 3000
What is LegendaryMusic.net?
That is the Living Legends crew website address. You get bio's, videos, pics, show information, a messge board open for kids to tell us they love us or they like our old shit better. And much more.
Are you trying to stay Indie, or is the Major Label route the way you're looking?
We are trying to stay busy & relevant, and happy making music and handling music business. I wouldn't say we are looking for a major deal but we would be open for a good deal. Like a dump truck full of money and creative control...shit, we would sign today.
You have a long list a collaborations, who do you work with you feel you work best?
I like the songs we have made with Pep Love of Hiero(to me he is our long lost group member) and I like making music that involves Madlib.. hopefully there will be a Legends album produced entirely produced by him in the near future(fingers crossed).
I see on your page you have shows coming up, what can people expect from your shows?
High energy, we actually move around when we rap! Fun.. stage presence, great rapping ability, lots of affordable merchandise to purchage at a low, only at the concert prices. Also Girls have the chance for after hours extra credit.
You've toured all around the world, what's the best and worst experience? Ever boo'ed off the stage.
Have not been boo'ed off of a stage anywhere on earth. But one time I was off on some shrooms during a show in Japan and I threw up at the back of the stage during the show, then I wiped my mouth and continued rapping. What's the best experiance? I dunno, there are so many... One time after a show in Sydney, Australia I went out to a club with a dj from out there and met a beautiful Colombian girl who I almost married.
What you think of the internet and music?
It's wonderful, people get to find out if albums are full of shit before they get fooled into buying them because of a hot single or big promotion. ALSO people without huge promotional bucks can build decent internet followings. And without the internet and music this interview would not exisist.
You think of MySpace's Music promotion(MySpace featured you)?
I have nothing but LOVE for Myspace. Rosyln has our back over there. Living Legends was featured as well. I LOVE HER!!! Myspace music is dope BUT it has opened the flood gates for a lot of shitty music! All these fools constantly saying/posting, yo check out page and blah,blah,blah... you rarely discover a gem like that.. Honestly I have only heard one good artist on MySpace that I have not heard of before.. But I know a lot of music. When I got my feature I had people writing me expressing that they just found me so it's all good. I guess..it's a new era "the good Myspace music scenesters" vs. "the wanna-be myspace musicians!" protect your ears people.
Thanks man for the interview, anything you like to say before we part?
LuckyIamPSC @ MySpace.com peace,
Lucky!
Got tricked by the smoke and the screen it seems
Hollywood ain't really all that it seems
With my team at the El Rey and y'all know how we play
A show with the fellowship we ripped and skipped
To the Hyatt minus the dips
We on a road trip over all the bullshit
Glamour and the glitz
I wish we never had to go through what happened next
But history repeats itself
And I've been used to getting dissed
If wishes ever come true, this is one I entertained
Mr. BDP requested meeting of the gang (double L)
Over to the office we proceeded
Hype and curious about what he needed
Greeted by pounds and hugs major love
Next came the pitch on how we supposed to sign up
"Get under the wing" Rap City/MTV
All them things that momma and my sister want to see for me
Next scene performing at a club
For the label that he runs
We supposed to sign up
Put us up in the Holiday Inn on Highland
We do the show everybody drunk and smiling
Leak out the info that we ‘bout to sign it
But little did we know that the Blastmaster's lying
Another chapter in this book called the Legends
Everything ain't never what it seems and that's forever
Now if it's cool in moderation
I found a way to pace it
I made it more acceptable my life and I ace it
I'm faded on occasion an abrasion to the clean cut
Blend it with my normal way of life and now I seem stuck
Even when I'm not blue I'm focused and I thank you
For opening that part of my brain I couldn't break through
Even though it's illegal while consuming
I participate in dangerous activities I'm dooming
My future longevity heavenly prospect
I think I have a good heart, I'd say I had a late start
People in my family have fallen to addiction
It's a mission uncontrollable you can't take the friction
P to the S to the C
By request to be fresh equals how I rap on sequence
With 16 bar verses and very little curses
And an aptitude for chorus that makes me quite important
At your service
I'm ready, kinda nervous but I'm ready
But first I gotta please me and I've mastered that believe me
It's easy!
5 finger romance with the mic hand
Stand back, I'll bust in your in face cuz I planned that
I ban rap artists who consider they selves the hardest
Regardless of the make up I always slice the cake up
Ya edible, icing, enticing to my eyesight
But everything that glitters ain't gold, you best to come tight
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