DM: That was a sample heavy record. Kanye and some other producers have been flipping samples and working hard to resurrect that art-form in the mainstream. In all of your experiences, who has chopped or flipped a sample in the most insane way?

Mr. Walt: You know, I don’t know. But, hmmm, you know what! If it [were] anyone, I’d have to say it was something Tip did back in the day. The way he used to put together his records... It was crazy. The way his samples sounded it would be so bananas. It’d be so crazy.

DM: Tip had mad records right?

Mr. Walt: Not really... Tip didn’t have a lot of records. That wasn’t it. [He didn’t have records] like how me and E have records. Tip had the obscure joints. Everyone would have a James Brown record, but he had the James Brown record no one had. His ear was so crazy.

DM: How have the new sample laws affected your production style? Have you been discouraged or denied by all the clearance regulations?

Mr. Walt: We look at it like, something has to be brought to the table. We just go ahead and do it. Sometimes you have to take your chances. We don’t really worry about it.

DM: You guys are also skilled deejays. How do you balance your desires to play those great lesser-known records with the crowd's need for songs of familiarity like Candy Shop?

Evil Dee: I don’t know. I just get a feeling. I walk into a party and I know when to drop records. Depending on their reaction – it might be experimenting time. When it comes to playing records … I can’t explain it. I just look around and go with it.

But I guess, when it comes to the choice [mainstream vs. underground], you’re the deejay – you control the party. You can throw any record in between two hot records.