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From having his own record label, publishing
company, graphic design company, consulting agency, and so on…
Dub G really explains the meaning of having a Hustle. Born on
the Gulf Coast, this talented entrepreneur has survived the worst
of the worst, including Hurricane Katrina.
NP: Could you tell our readers and those
who may not know you, some information about yourself?
Dub G: For those who don't know me and
do know me, I will re-introduce myself. I am Dub G a.k.a. One
Stop. I do a lot of things in the game, as far as being well rounded.
I am C.E.O. of Big House Music, producer of Big Dub Music. I have
my own graphic design company called MISvISION Graphics. I am
a free-lance writer. I have done projects with the New Power Magazine,
Urban Elevation, and DirtyDirty.com. I am also a free-lance photographer
& everything else in the game you can think about as far as
prints, posters, getting your label paper work up and running,
industry talk, and promotions. I'm getting back into all that.
Hurricane Katrina really through me off track a little bit. I'm
in the A-town, now, just waiting till the first of the year to
get everything up and running.
NP: With your graphic design company, could
you explain more about it and who you have worked with?
Dub G: MISvISION has been up and running
since 2003. Me and my dog Chozen in Houston have been doing album
covers, vehicle wraps, mixtapes, posters, billboards, pens, and
anything you can think about. We’ve done work for Chamillionaire,
Mike Jones, Keke Wyatt, Jazze Pha, Bubba Sparxx, DJ Kizzy Rock
and the list is bananas. There are just too many to name, but
people who are just out there on the grind are the type of people
I have been working with. Also, shouts out to Charlie Braxton
for helping me out with the journalism, and Carlton Wade for helping
me in the industry.
NP: Tell our readers more about your record
label and production company?
Dub G: Everything is going good at Big
House Music. We have been doing our thing since 98'. In 2000,
we dropped the first album, which was mine - Dub G, "That's
Me". It did pretty good for what we was doing. We were fresh
in the game, learning as we go. I was blessed to be around really
innovative people that was heavy off into the game at that time.
A couple of big wigs gave me a whole lot of game. We sold a substantial
amount of albums with the first two. Then we dropped another one.
At that time we wasn't working with a nice size budget, so the
record was going as far as we could get it out. The internet helped
a lot and with me traveling, meeting people and helped us get
over the hump that a lot of other cats don't get to. Then we sat
back for a minute. Next we dropped XVII’s (seventeen) album.
He got a mix tape series, which is much like an album, "Underground
Heat" which got a lot of attention. He flew out to LA and
San Diego with Nelly's people for a couple of months, and did
some recording. It has been a life and learning experience. Me
personally, I got a whole lot of game and some to give. This year
we are dropping my man Freakie ‘s album, "Freakie Wayz,"
in January. Then the Herb/Hound/Gangsta, "Coming From Nothing"
mixtape is out now. We got part 2 of XVII’s Underground
Heat series “My Get Back” dropping soon. Then we got
my mixtape, "The Next Level". Then by spring or mid-summer
we are going to drop my album, "Executive Status". We
have come a long way. We sent off some demos and got some good
reviews. Far as the ‘06, 'we are going to have a lot of
albums in the streets. We feel it is good, but it is up to the
public if they loving our music. We already got a nice little
fan base and trying to expand it to the masses. As far as publishing,
I got my own publishing called Big Dub Music. Anybody who don't
have they publishing or don't understand it can holla at me. I
can publish their music. You got to know how to multi-task cause
everybody can't multi-task. You might be able to do five things,
but only one thing come out straight. But if you are talented
in what you do, you can turn those five things into twenty things.
That's how I try to position myself and my people to where if
this opportunity jumps off for us we already know about it. So
lets get this thing going.
NP: Being from Mississippi, how do you
feel about the music scene? Is it growing or it is staying at
a moderate state?
Dub G: Well, I will speak on my end of
town, the Gulf Coast. Everything down there has been stagnated
cause of Hurricane Katrina. It knocked off damn near all the clubs
that were doing a lot of shows. A lot of places got damaged. Towns
were just completely gone. We are on a rebuild stage. We have
two clubs that are still open. One of them is cooperating with
the music scene and letting artist come in and promote their cds.
The radio stations are showing some love. We just on a kind of
rebuild stage on every aspect of life. But as far as the Sip goes,
we have people who strived and got their notoriety out there.
People like: Banner, Kamikaze, Boo, Queen Boyz, Reese & Bigelow,
Smoke D & DJ Xmas. People like that who got out and put their
grind in the game. But as of today, there are so many people rapping.
Like Baby Stone, I have been seeing his people everywhere. They
go out with their street teams, wrapped vans - they doing their
thing. My man Fontaine is out of Jack-Town out there messing with
Hump from Sucka Free. Doughbelly Stray up there in the GTA, he
got his thing jumping. We got people in certain areas doing their
thing. Mississippi is so scattered out. My man P-Boy Stone has
been putting it down for a while, a long long time. I was at a
conference and Wendy Day was talking bout him and has never met
him until that day. People throughout the Sip put they grind in
but it is not as many as it should. It is not as many as a Texas.
You can go to Texas, and go to a store and hear a name you ain't
never heard but they big as I don't know what in Texas. Louisiana,
Atlanta, Miami, New York, and other places like that have artist
of that magnitude. Mississippi is so drawn out. People from the
delta don't come to the coast to promote. People from the central
don't come to the coast. But a select few cats are going everywhere
they can. The scene is going to thrive. More people need to focus
and make moves. These young cats need to learn about the marketing,
promotions, and your image and apply those things and get out.
We can be a big impact if we can get out to these areas and bring
those big name people in from New York or LA. Bring them in and
let them see that this guy is talented and have all his stuff
together. It will come to pass and we will get ours.
NP: Dealing with Hurricane Katrina, how
did that affect you and your family, your business, and everything
else?
Dub G: With me personally, I lost everything.
Literally everything I had except my little car, three outfits,
and my computer - cause I took it with me. I had 2 houses and
lost everything. Basically, our whole city was taken out. Every
city around me was just wiped off the coast. It was nothing there
but FEMA trailers and it wasn't too many of them. It was kind
of crazy cause I actually got stuck down there. My grandmother,
uncle and I were stuck for five days. We were on the north side
of it, but so many trees were down and the river was overflowing.
So I had to strut about a mile a day to a shelter for help saying
"We back here." "We need help!!" Having no
water, no electricity. You really can't take a bath. We were rationed
off two cans of pasta a day. To a certain degree it felt like
you were in a penitentiary with no freedom to walk. They finally
came and got us that Thursday morning. We rode by the house, and
it was really depressing. I recently went back to the coast and
I got sleepy. But then I thought to myself, I don't have anywhere
to sleep. You had to go a state away just to get some rest. It
was kind of depressing, but it was also a blessing in disguise.
I been wanted to get away and get into this market with my music
and graphics. I had people looking out for me. Things started
to pick back up. I let everybody know I was cool and still alive.
It has really been a blessing in disguise. To a certain degree,
I'm back on the map right now. All my business stuff is starting
to take off and the music stuff is starting to come around. My
family is good. Nearly almost all my family moved up here at the
same time. So it’s really a blessing - hands down. Only
thing now is, to get into the cycle of everything going on out
here (Atlanta area).
NP:How did you feel about being nominated
at the SEA Awards?
Dub G: I got two nominations - one for
Producer of The Year, which is a blessing in itself. Its some
nice producers who been in the game way longer than I have been,
and to be in that same class with those
cats is a blessing in itself. I also have one for Graphic Design
Company of The Year. That's basically a testament to me saying
that I have been putting in work. People know about you and been
coming to you and being noticed for that. So, all that is a blessing.
I feel real privileged and honored. And some of these cats have
been doing stuff with big name people, companies, TV shows, and
corporations. It is a real blessing. If I'm able to come home
with one of those things, man look out! I will really show you
how to grind. I'm a grinder for sure, but if I get one its going
to be ridiculous.
NP:So anything else you want to tell the
readers before we close?
Dub G: Like I said, from CEO/artitist/producer/writer/designer/manager/publicist/consultant,
I'm doing the whole nine. If you need any type of guidance or
consultant about the game, holla at me. Any magazines need me
to write some articles- get at me. Hit me on the web at www.thabighouse.com.
You can see what's going on with me, the artists, buy albums,
hear the music, see the music videos, we got the whole nine on
there. Anybody need any graphic work done, production, cd pressing,
billboards, you can also hit me up at www.misvisiongraphics.com.
Yall can see the work and get a sample of everything. You can
see all the big name cats I worked with. You can also reach me
at 228-342-3080. I will answer my phone, if not I will call you
back. Be about your business cause I'm sure about mine. It's a
new year. We trying to get new money and new things and you can't
do it with a small pocket. I appreciate The New Power for showing
me love and doing this interview. Big Ups to all my Big House
fam, to all my cats in the Sip, and everybody who lost something
in Katrina.... Hold ya head up. We gone get back right.
(228) 324-3080
www.thabighouse.com
www.misvisiongraphics.com
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