Vibe.com, February 20th, 2004
VIBEOnline: What role did you have in creating the Inside Hip Hop DVD?
Scoop: I was both host and producer along with my brother, Charlie Corwan, and Live Music Channel. It was my first trip as producer and I've learned a lot. I think that I know exactly what I want my projects to look and feel like now so my second project is going to be even better. There's definitely going to be a follow up to Inside Hip Hop-we're planning it right now. It will be on shelves in the next three months.
VO: Tell me about your first DVD project Fatman Scoop TV.
Scoop: I interview celebrities, I go to video shoots, I play one-on-one basketball with Rasheed Wallace. Kanye West was even nice enough to show us how to produce a hit record. We put it all together on one tape.
VO: What about your satellite radio show?
Scoop: I have a syndicated radio show with DJ Mr. Vince on X Radio called Full Throttle. It reaches 36 markets across America. Basically, we stick to the formula that works: interview the celebrity, get the information out of them, and play their hits. That's all people really want. That's it. In March it will be a year that I've been doing that.
VO: How does Full Throttle compare to your Red Alert show on Hot 97?
Scoop: Well, being on air in New York City is a little more liberal. I can take liberties with my radio show in New York that I could never do across America. I'm on the radio down south where I can't get away with the same things.
VO: How does it feel to still be riding that wave of success from your single "Be Faithful?" It blew up in New York and is now topping UK charts four years later.
Scoop: For me it's a beautiful thing to be able to just continue doing it and doing shows off it. That record was so successful because it was done with good intentions in mind. My brother had to go to school. We were trying to find a way for him to go to school and we couldn't. That record paid his tuition.
VO: That song is going down in historyÂ…
Scoop: I think that that song will go down as the best party record of all time. I could continue playing that record for the next 15 to 20 years and still get calls. It's a great thing. I love to perform-that's what I do. That's what turns me on, so for me to be able to do that is like a gift. That's how I get high. I get high by performing, I don't smoke, I don't drink. I get high being in front of a crowd of 2,000 people and going bizerk.
VO: What's on the horizon for you?
Scoop: More DVD's and more records. For me, it's about stepping it up, performing. It's growing and moving forward. I want my next DVD to better than the last. I think you can only get better when you keep practicing and I'm going to keep practicing.
VO: Which role suits you best: producer, on-air personality, or record exec.?
Scoop: That's hard to say because I just do them. I'm wearing a lot of hats but I guess that's what you got to do to be in this game. If you want the one that makes me the happiest, that would be performer. That's the thing that gets my blood pumping in the morning.
VO: Why do you think hip hop has permeated the mainstream?
Scoop: I think that it's a music of the people. When something is motivated by the people, you can't stop it.
