Inglewood California natives and Westside Connection affiliates AllFrumTha I return with their third and best album to date entitled 'larger than life' due April 19 on Free Agency Recordings.

Comprised of well-known west coast hip-hop rap artists Binky Mac and Squeak Ru, their new album and upcoming projects have caught the eyes and ears of everyone in the hip-hop community.

AllFrumTha I stands for ‘All From Inglewood’ and these are proud Inglewood California residents and strong west coast style rap artist.

In a rare exchange ThugLifeArmy.com had a chance to speak to both of the members of the group, in separate interviews

Binky Mac is half of the hip-hop rap group AllFrumTha I. This is a good interview and a good update for those who know of AllFrumTha I. It also will introduce you to Binky Mac if you are not aware of who he is.

AllFrumTha I have a great background and this interview may surprise you. The people that Binky Mac has worked with and the thoughts he has on west coast music scene. He shares some interesting thoughts on the direction of west coast hip-hop and the artists who perform it. His insight on the music game shows his years of experience in the game.

You can find a tracklist and cover art for this album 'Larger Than Life' due out April 19th, click here.

Robert - Thanks for taking time for this.

Binky Mac - Oh yea man no problem. It's all good dawg.

Robert - So we can get a feel for where you're from and what kind of place Inglewood is; how would you best describe Inglewood to someone who has never been there?

Binky Mac - Inglewood is a good place. Inglewood is the type of place that is gang affiliated but then you got the city council, the mayor, and all them. They live there. Ya know what I mean. There are beautiful homes in Inglewood and everything. Inglewood is a good place. There's gangs and everything, but for the most part Inglewood is a good city.

Robert - Did you grow up there?

Binky - I grew up here, I was born in Kansas City. I came here when I was real young.

Robert - Did you 'bang' when you were young?

Binky - I gang banged from mainly Jr. High School and High School. And then after that, I was really just like an affiliate because all my homies may have still been banging. I was out there doing my thing, ya know. I was in pop locking groups or singing groups or rap groups ya know what I mean. I was in another group before AllFrumTha I called the 1st Amendment. So I always stayed busy.

Sorta like (DJ) Quik's situation, I remember with Quik's situation he was talking about how the gang banging was around him , he was over there but he was in the house doing music a lot. So it was the same situation, we was running and doing whatever we could to get out there.

Robert - I know Mack 10 got ya'all started in the business but how did you hook up with him and that break come about?

Binky Mac - Mack 10 actually grew up with Squeak. He grew up with Squeak but he ended up being in 1st Amendment with me. In that group there was about 6 of us. And Mack 10 was one of the members in the group, and I was a member in it and there were a couple of other guys.

I remember one day Mack asking me for a track. And I got this thing, even when I was coming up and I was charging ten thousand a track, if somebody would ask me for a track I would never turn them down - I'd give it to them. Cause you never know where that individual will end up at ya know what I mean? Mainly not for that reason but out of love too ya know, so I ended up giving Mack a track. He never actually recorded that track back then cause he was trying to do some solo stuff, so when he actually ended up hooking up with DJ Pooh, and then Pooh introducing him to Cube, and Cube brought him out, he ended up coming back and grabbing us. Me as a producer and Squeak as the rapper, he got us signed with Priority. So that's how we ended up hooking up, but we were in a group called, like I said earlier, First Amendment.

Robert - Are you still in close contact with the Westside Connection crew?

Binky Mac - I talked to WC about, wow, 4 months; last time I talked to him is about 3 or 4 months ago. I talked to Mack 10 about a month ago. We all live really about 5 minutes from each other but where we live at you just don't bump into somebody. Every now and then ya might but I don't see those guys all the time. I know Mack is supposedly working on a new album. He asked me to get him a song on there and our schedules has been a conflict.

Read the entire Binky Mac interview at ThugLifeArmy.com
 

Robert – So we can get a feel for where you’re from and what kind of place Inglewood is; how would you best describe Inglewood to someone who has never been there?

Squeak Ru – It’s sorta like a suburban area on the outskirts of LA. We mainly go thru the same things that everybody in LA goes thru. Theres some good spots and some bad spots, ya know what I’m saying.

Robert - I know Mack 10 got ya’all started in the business but how did you hook up with him and that break come about?

Squeak Ru – Well actually we are all from the same neighborhood. Bink and Mack was in the same lil group. And when Mack got his deal he reached back and brought Bink in, and at that time me and Bink had established a group and that’s how it all kicked off.

Robert – Are you still in close contact with the Westside Connection crew?

Squeak Ru – Yeah, yeah, yeah ya know. We got our differences with Mack thru out the recent years but mainly everybody is just doing their thing. Ain’t nobody really shakin no salt on each other, We are just all doing our own thing and on our own terms now.

Robert – Do you still see him (Mack 10) around?

Squeak Ru – Actually I haven’t seen him in awhile ya know.

Robert – What about Dub C?

Squeak Ru – Yeah, I see Dub often. I really don’t see Cube that much, ya know Cube is off into the movie thing now and that takes up a lot of his time.

Robert – I have heard 2 tracks off your upcoming album. ‘Hero’ and ‘Runnin This’, are they a good sample of what we can expect from the rest of the new album?

Squeak Ru – Yeah, it’s real mature, it’s got the club bangers on there. It’s a step up from the recent records we have done. I’m really feeling good about it. It’s competitive with what’s going on as far as what’s at the top of the charts.

Robert - What kind of feedback are you getting so far?

Squeak Ru – Man the response has been real good. A lot of people, especially out here on the west coast, have been waiting for us to come back out ; so the feedback has been real good.

Robert – It seems west coast radio is slow to support and play many west coast artists. Is the record getting any air play out on the west coast?

Squeak Ru – We are just now getting our feet wet with that. We are in the beginning stages of that. But we really ain’t worried about the radio right now. We are just taking it to the streets, cause the streets are what’s going to decide.

Robert – But you have to have air play to sell units right?

Squeak Ru– You got to have it but if they are playing in the street they will play it on the radio. So we are trying to make them bounce off each other right now.

Robert – I think Binky said the first single off the album will be ‘Lil Momma’?

Squeak Ru – Yeah, it’s called ‘Lil Momma’.

Robert – Do you like that track?

Squeak Ru– I like that track man. It’s a lil club banger. Ya got to get to the females, the females are what sell records, ya know. The dudes, whatever the women are shaking their ass to that’s what they are going to be playing.

Robert – Do you have a favorite track off the album?

Squeak Ru – I like ‘Hero’, it’s one of my favorites, ‘Lil Momma’ is one of my favorites, ‘Runnin This’, I got a song on there called ‘Why They Wanna Keep Me Down’, I really like that. Those are probably my top favorites right there.

Read the entire interview with Squeak Ru at ThugLifeArmy.com