"Your signing to G Unit seemed to catch everyone off guard. How did that happen?
Prodigy: 50 Cent heard that we were free agents. He called Hav like, "Yo, what´s up? I´m fucking with y´all. Let´s do it."
After seven albums being self-contained, by joining G Unit are you admitting that maybe, your way wasn´t working anymore?
Havoc: Nah, not at all. The way we were doing it always worked. It was just the record companies were fucking up. Now we have a better platform.
50 recently said he´s picking all the beats for your upcoming album. Is that true?
H: He sends beats to us. If we don´t like it, we always got our opinions. But he´s got such a good ear that every track he picks is right, so it´s all good. I´m still producing somewhere close to half the album.
Did you sign an artist deal?
H: Nah, not like a regular deal. We got a lot of perks. We got more points than any artist ever got to this day, so it´s a real good deal.
Perks? Give me a few examples of these perks.
P: We got Porsches.
H: Top of the line. I got a GT3 that´s nonrecoupable.
So, I guess it didn´t bother you that on "Piggy Bank" 50 said to Jadakiss, "I´ll do your little ass like Jay did Mobb Deep?"
H: Nope
P: When he said that line, he was just talking about what really happened. At Summer Jam, Jay-Z put up a picture of me when I was a little kid in my grandmother´s dance school. We´re all bigger than Jay now.
Similar to Ja Rule´s R.U.L.E., Amerikaz Nightmare had it´s fans, but it didn´t achieve commercial success. Were you worried that your time might have passed?
H: The difference with Ja Rule is people were tired of him. We came out with a good record, but the record company wasn´t getting it to the fans.
Speaking of Ja Rule, 50 is known for his beefs. Will it be a problem for you to work with people he´s beefing with?
H: I´m a producer, bottom line. Nobody can tell me what I can and can´t do as far as me being creative. And 50 is not even like that at all. But, I will say that I´m down for my team, and I ain´t trying to start no friction.
Havoc produced "Don´t Need Your Love" on The Documentary. And P, you did "Dead Bodies"on the Alchemist´s album with Game. Will you continue to work with him in the future?
P: If Fif tells me, "Yo don´t give that n*gga no verses," them n*ggas ain´t getting no verses, man. It´s not gonna stop my money, ´cause I´ll get money from somewhere else. I´ll be like All right, cool. What verse can I do? That´s where I´m gonna get money from, then.
It doesn´t matter that someone has a say in your music relationships?
P: Hell no. He made me rich.
How does your G Unit affiliation affect your relationship with Nas?
P: Who that? You´re talking about Milkshake? He´s not in the picture no more. He left the radar.
Is Big Noyd going to be involved with your new album, Blood Money?
P: Once Mobb Deep gets an album out and goes on tour and our album is selling, then we´ll start thinking about different artists. But right now, we´re not really worried about nobody else but Mobb Deep.
There was a controversy earlier this year with your former manager Littles, saying you two were breaking up. What was that about?
P: Who that, son? I don´t even know who that is.
With your recent appearance on the Anger Management 3 tour, you seem to have lost weight. Are you still struggling with sickle cell?
P: I´m in perfect health. I ain´t been sick in a long time.
H: We slim dudes. But check this bank account. Tell me how I look now (laughs). My hips look kinda fat right? My pockets are bulging.
How do you feel about New York´s rap chances right now?
H: I mean, everybody gets their time. It started in New York and it´s gonna come back ultimately. People go, "What about the South?" That´s a tool to pit everybody against one another. We´re all making black music. Right now, our Down South brothers are winning cause they deserve it.
Who do you guys feel is really representing New York right now?
H: Mobb Deep.
Duly noted. Since signing to G Unit, what´s been the biggest change in your lives?
P: We´re megastars now.
H: I never thought it would be this way.
P: When we signed that contract, Fif gave us the keys to the planet. We can open up any door right now."
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