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Interview with Ice Cube

Posted: Mar 16, 2008 at 6:43 AM
By: Michael S. Scherotter
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Usually behind the camera, Michael Scherotter sat down with Hip Hop icon Ice Cube at South by Southwest before he was scheduled to perform at a free live concert streamed to his new UVNTV.com site using Silverlight for high-quality video. Michael asked Cube questions about the intersection of technology with music, hip-hop and celebrity.
Here are some highlights:
1:00 Starting out in rap
2:30 What tech Ice Cube uses
3:12 How technology impacts music and film
5:23 Maintaining a 20-year career in hip-hop
6:53 Technology and being a celebrity
9:05 Possibilities of direct-to-web contect on UVNTV.com
10:10 How hip-hop will change the web?
12:14 Cube's Vison for UVNTV.com
13:09 Hip-hop's global reach
14:14 Gangsta Rap Made Me Do it Video and a surprise for Cube
16:40 Video and music quality on the web and Silverlight
17:50 Why artists should be on UVNTV.com in addition to MySpace
19:50 What Cube's listening to now

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Klever1

Mar 16, 2008 at 9:03 AM

Great Interview Michael and great questions I might add . He seemed truly happy to have the Zune too. Ice Cube Zune commercial anyone .
daryllmc just another nerd...

Mar 16, 2008 at 1:18 PM

of course you were nervous--the man is an icon!!

I admire you just for getting through it. me, I probably would have passed out at the introduction.
JeremySharp

Mar 16, 2008 at 7:42 PM

Very nice. Thought the questions were great. As well as the answers!
Synergist Combining Software in Amazing Ways

Mar 18, 2008 at 8:46 PM

Thanks! I was a bit nervous going in but Cube's calm presence made for a great interview.
Pace What do you see?

Mar 19, 2008 at 1:53 AM

edit: ignore me
phreaks

Mar 21, 2008 at 4:13 PM

removed
dcharles

Mar 23, 2008 at 3:47 PM

Great interview! i guess he reflects a lot of celebrity's fears when he talks about phone cameras.
phreaks

Mar 25, 2008 at 5:02 PM

phreaks wrote:

removed

Why was my post removed?

"Don't mess with a geek from the projects" is that somehow objectionable?

Perhaps if you were true Cube fans you would appreciate and understand the wit.

Again, I will reiterate, great interview.

/Stop frontin
StevenAFC

Mar 26, 2008 at 12:56 AM

Who is Ice Cube?
Duncanma "yeah that's awful close, but that's not why I'm so hard done by"

Mar 26, 2008 at 1:20 AM

StevenAFC wrote:

Who is Ice Cube?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube gives a fair bit of information if you are interested... very brief description is that he is a very popular rap artist who is now more often seen as an actor
Synergist Combining Software in Amazing Ways

Mar 26, 2008 at 10:54 AM

I don't know why your post was removed; probably by some overzealous bot. Must use bland language
Michael

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