TD3: hi

Tonedeff: Hola.

TD3: How’s everything going with Tonedeff and the QN5 All-Stars?

Tonedeff: Everything’s been moving along nicely…especially after a frustrating start. But we got our distro sorted out, finally. And we’re ready to feed the hungry with music.

TD3: Tonedeff is an intellectual (of sorts)... what are your feelings on Bush?

Tonedeff: He’s a chimp in a suit.

TD3: Dont you think its a sort of Catch 22 that your in, where the same audience you are trying to get to support and purchase your music, is the same audience that downloads most of their favorite artists’ MP3’s off the net for free?

Tonedeff: It’s a double edged sword, man. I don’t have a problem with people downloading in general. But in the end, if you dig it…. buy it. I just resent those people that make it their life to get everything free and don’t give three shit about music. These are the same kids that literally download any and everything they can…JUST TO HAVE IT. That’s just stupid to me. Most kids that download MP3s still buy CDs. And in all honesty, it’s just another avenue of promotion…you just need to learn how to manage it.

TD3: Alright, stop bullshitting us, Tone…. when is the REAL release date for your next release?

Tonedeff: hahahah. It drops when it drops. everytime I give a hard release date…it fucks up. so I’m shutting up for now.

TD3: In Pack’s recent interview here on TD3productions.com (::cough::: plug plug), he was asked what your Best & Worst Characteristic Traits were, and he said “Tone is a perfectionist and a pessimist.” .... You think that’s true? and please ellaborate for us on how those are both your high and low points…

Tonedeff: Hah. Pack pretty much summed me up. I mean, I’m not happy about being a pessimist, but I can definitely recognize how Jaded I’ve become to this industry. So much bad shit has happened in my career, (false starts, bad managers, failed deals) that I always expect the worst to happen. I don’t trust anyone. The rest of the cats get on me because of that…they’re right…but I’m workin on it. Trying to be a little more positive. And yes, I’m a perfectionist. Only cause I don’t trust anyone else to handle my own shit. So, that’s why I’m such a control freak.

TD3: Who is played-the-fuck-out and needs nothing more than to clean out his desk (maybe steal a couple company pens), and just turn around and walk back home?

Tonedeff:. I really really wish Nelly or JaRule would just stop. But they’re rich. So who cares.

TD3: Heard a rumor that “Shag” was suppossed to be a track that was made for an Austin Powers Movie Soundtrack…. true?

Tonedeff: Absolutely true. It was dropped last minute to make room for the Britney joint “Boys” with Pharrel. The bigger names the better. Why else would I have made an Austin Powers song? lol. I killed that shit though. Great song. :-) (pats self on back)

TD3: Haha, ok egomaniac.

Tonedeff: Me? nah. Im a downtrodden pessemist. I’m the rap equivalent to Eeeyore

TD3: You and Arsenio still hang out?

Tonedeff: Nah. He’s too bigtime for me, Hosting Star Search and doing 1-800 Collect commercials now. He’s big time now.

TD3: Speaking of Carrot Top, how did your Tour De Canada go?

Tonedeff: Canada was live, man. Alot of heads out there that are hungry for new music. It’s crazy, because they have their own music out there. People on the radio and videos and shit that we never see in the USA. So, we got asked alot of “do you know ______” questions, and we were like… “Uhhh, no”. I had a blast though. I’ll have to roll back there at some point.

TD3: What are we gunna see in store with the cats of QN5 in 2004? (wow, i rhymed… can i be down too??) And please, please explain how the whole “QN5” name came to be.

Tonedeff: Haha. We have a gameplan and we’ve worked the past couple of years to stick to it. Basically, it all kicks off with my debut LP, Archetype. Once that drops, it’s going to be a steady stream of new albums from Pack, Mecca, CunninLynguists, Session & a whole bunch of other stuff, including a QN5 DVD and Asterisk:Three among others. QN5 means Quintic Nickelism to the 5th power. That basically means 5×5x5. In layman terms, we’re always 5 steps ahead of the game and we’re well-rounded (ala the number five). Pretty simple, but we stick to QN5 cause its easy to remember.

TD3: And finally… imagine you fall asleep, and when you wake up its 2054… why the FUCK does hip hop look like? And, will Tonedeff finally be given the respect and appreciation he deserves by then?

Tonedeff: A. I wake up and Hip-Hop doesn’t exist as we know it anymore. I see 5 Japanese kids rapping in spanish wearing panchos with throwback jerseys that say Lebron James with spaceboots and saftey pins through their eyelids. They’re doing a song about Candy. I turn off the channel and listen to “classical” music by billy joel. B. Yes. Cause I’ll be dead by then. Fuck. Now I’m depressed. :-(

TD3: haha ight…that sounds good…i like to end on a good note

Tonedeff: hahah, bastard.

TD3: unless u got something else you wanted to say or mention?

Tonedeff: I do actually. Please buy QN5 Music. We’re broke but talented. Thanks so much for the interview, man. www.QN5.com!!!

TD3: cool, thanks.

Tonedeff: rock on.