Evil Dee: Cats be like, "How could you play Jay, Vaste Aire, and then Fifty." What happens is that the cats who don’t know, won’t hear the Vaste Aire record, but the ones who do, will be blown away. Throw on the underground record in between two hot records and you’ve just broke a new record!

DM: What do you think about all the new deejaying technology?

Evil Dee: I use the CDJ – instead of vinyl. It’s easier to sneak around with. One of the problems in Hip Hop is that we don’t embrace technology. And what we have to do is embrace the technology. The Serato is hot also. I might get the Serato. In my house I have my studio for the radio station. Once I get that, I can have every record that I need in front of me.

DM: Ha. I like that – sneak around. You can’t sneak anywhere with a whole bunch of vinyl. I heard one night you showed up at Table 50 for an impromptu set with Tip and Ronson.

Evil Dee: Yeah! I just happened to sneak in there one day. You know how I be doing, I’m like the jazz cat who sneaks into a club and hangs with the band and then goes on and just wrecks it.

DM: ... like thelonious or dizzy! In regard to Fully Loaded with Statik, you have an impressive list of artists – Jean Grae, Wordsworth, KRS-One and others. What was it like working with them?

Evil Dee: These are my people. We all worked together before. I did Wordsworth’s first 12 inch. When I was on Hot 97 I was the first one to play Jean Grae’s record. We all have history. All of us coming together in the studio, it’s like one big barbeque. It’s like we’re coming out to cook one nice big meal. That’s what this record basically is - one big good meal.

DM: You can catch Evil and Mr. Walt crushing things at Joe’s Pub every Sunday night in New York. Their latest record, Fully Loaded with Statik is in stores now. Be sure to get a copy. You won’t be disappointed. - el fin -