Sir Mix-a-Lot is back in the news thanks to Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda," which heavily samples the veteran rapper's multiplatinum hit "Baby Got Back."
Seattle's pre-Macklemore #RapGawd recently sat down with Billboard to discuss the creation of the new hit.
"Nicki got my manager's number through Universal, we both have deals with Universal, and she got on the phone with us one night," Sir Mix-a-Lot said. "It was just old school vibing. She had this idea she was feeling pretty good about. We had already told her it was cool to use it [but] she called back saying she wanted to change something about the chorus. She ended up coming up with all the ideas. Next thing I know, the song was done. One thing I'll say about her is she's a beast in the studio. I think sometimes, people look at the sexy stuff and they think she shows up and does her vocal time and then leaves. No. That girl works hard. I was very impressed with her work ethic."
Turns out, Mix-a-Lot's response to the ensuing video was just like everyone else's.
"I was like, 'Damn!'" he said. "I'm not exaggerating. I watched it probably 10 more times just to see who all these women were. But, I thought it was fun. What it said, on a more serious note, when I did "Baby Got Back," women with curves were not accepted. But that's a fact, they were not in the mainstream. We've come 180 degrees from that point. Not only is it accepted, but it's also expected, which I thought was cool. To me, if nothing else proved it, that did. It was a sexy ass video."
As the interview went on, Mix-a-Lot made it clear: He's not in need of any extra cash. But he wants to make some new tunes.
"I think the problem that I'm having is I want to do a record, but I want to release it in a way that doesn't look like a desperate attempt at relevancy," he said. "I'm fine. I'm still making good money. I'm not working at Burger King."
He revealed that a collabo with '90s jokesters Presidents of the United States of America could be in the works.
"This is not about trying to remain relevant," he said. "I have no illusions of grandeur and I don't think I'm going to put out a record that [hits] charts, because hip-hop won't allow that. But, I am going to do some stuff with The Presidents [of the United States of America]. We had started doing this record [as a] group called Subset [which] we created a long time ago. We did this record and it was crazy [but] we never put it out. I'm thinking about recording that."
Need a Subset refresher? Here you go:
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