You might not be totally tasteless after all: Consumer X

1. Who the fuck are you? (Alias, oldness factor, place I should avoid if I never want to see you, etc. . .)

Rasheed Malek, 24, The Bay. The head writer/editor over at WarrriorsWorld.net and Director/Producer at WarriorsWorld TV, also puttin' in work as a Youth Worker and grad student. The grind never stops.

2. Describe hip hop in one word, then explain your word choice. . .

Universal. Hip Hop is universal as it brings people from all races, religions, cultures and other groups together to share a passion for a genre of music which evokes excitement and energy through everyone. While a dude from the hood is downloading a Lil Wayne album there is someone in the middle of Russia doing the same, all for the love of Hip Hop.

3. Favorite MC (current vs. all time)?

Fav. current MC is Royce da 5'9 and all time fav. MC is Pac.

4. Why the fuck do I care? What qualifies your opinion on the subject?

Hip Hop Baby and 80's Baby which means I grew up on Hip Hop and was always around it in one way or another. Student of the art form, from b-boying to battles to the history of it all, its embedded with me.

5. If you had to boil what hip hop truly is down to three albums, what would they be? Explain.

Eric B. & Rakim- Paid in Full -- Didn't appreciate this till years after it dropped
Nas- Illmatic- Genius
Pac-All Eyez on Me- Greatest Pac album ever

6. You may not be Dave New York, but I still wanna know. . . How do you feel about radio hip hop?

Don't listen to the radio much but I think it has a place in music because the people they're targeting are the younger demographic and those who prefer style over substance. Nothing wrong with radio hip hip once in a while just can't bump it constantly.

7. In your opinion, are hip hop and rap the same? Are the words interchangeable? Why or why not?

Rapping is something anybody can do and doesn't require much talent or skill. Hip Hop is the ability to be an MC, not everyone can be an MC. Takes a special person who can flow, write, deliver and put it all together.

8. Best producer in the game?

Just Blaze

9. What's your guilty pleasure in terms of music? The stuff you wouldn't want ANYONE to catch you listening to.

50 gets a lot of hate but his products have always been consistent and entertaining.

10. Do you like Jay-z? If so, for the love of god, explain why. . .

Ether, need I say more?

11. Who is the one rapper out right now that you feel does not deserve the success they have? Why?

Dr. Dre because he's gotten lazy. Beats have fallen off and become mediocre and the excitement for Detox is gone.

12. Who is the one rapper out right now that deserves more success than they have currently? Why?

Locksmith of the Frontline. Dude can spit bar for bar with ANYONE in Hip Hop but is not only slept on nationally but in his own local market people shit on him just because he doesn't conform or give into the crap bay music.

13. "I'm tryin' to be one of the best, period. Not just one of the best with breasts and a period. . ." -Invincible . . . How do you feel about the fact that you are being interviewed by a girl that thinks she knows more about hip hop than you ever will?

To each its own, if you don't think you're the illest on the block than how can you expect someone else to? Self esteem game is mean and on-point.