Bishop Lamont - The Layover

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Bishop Lamont – The Lay Over (10/04/12)

WARNING! (Important notice to Hip Hop/Music listeners) 

We, as well as various other multi-media outlets, have been made aware that the ‘Bishop’ is returning. By the ‘Bishop,’ we mean Bishop Lamont. Many reports are suggesting that Bishop Lamont (real name Phillip Martin) will be releasing his excessively talked about street album “The Layover” on Thursday, October 4th, 2012. It is widely believed that this street album will be a precursor to the highly anticipated and eagerly talked about debut studio album by Bishop titled “The Reformation.”

We also know that Mr. Lamont has locked himself in the studio for months recording epic materiel for his music, which will no doubt find its way to “The Layover,” and ultimately, “The Reformation.” We genuinely urge our readers to be very careful when listening to the potential music coming from the Carson, CA native.

When listening to “The Layover,” please take heed as to the content and sound of Mr. Lamont’s music. This is a critical matter when it comes to public listeners. There are many rumors bubbling to the surface about surprises that will absolutely shock listeners. There is not a single human being alive, who can truly predict what Bishop will unleash to the fans this October, nor will anyone know what tracks, producers, or guest artists will surprisingly be on the album. All we can tell you is to be very careful since we do know that there are indeed some shocking surprises on the record that nobody would ever expect at this point in time.


DISCLAIMER: Bishop Lamont’s “The Layover” is not for the faint hearted. Listeners should be advised to anticipate powerful content and eargasmic music blasting through their speakers when listening to “The Layover.” It has been determined that pregnant women, elderly people, breastfeeding mothers, and skateboard riders can indeed listen to the album.

Bishop Lamont Interview by allhiphop.com

Bishop Lamont is set to release his seventh street album, The Layover, on October 4. It is the last one that the Carson, California native will put out for free online before dropping his highly-anticipated, proper debut, The Reformation. With three singles and two videos off of the street album available 24/7 online, excitement for its arrival is greater than ever. While taking a break from mixing records in the studio, Bishop kindly allowed AllHipHop.com to speak with him about his new project. We discussed what is missing in Hip-Hop today, why he won’t discuss specifics, and what The Layover means to him. Sometimes the journey is just as significant as the destination, and this is a perfect example of that:

AllHipHop.com: Are you pleased with the reception of the three singles from The Layover so far?

Bishop Lamont: Yeah, man, because it’s not even about me. It’s about the fans enjoying pure Hip-Hop music again. Switching up from the usual [stuff] that people are hearing. So that’s a reward in itself.

AllHipHop.com: Judging from your reference to Walkmans on “Phat Gold Dookie Rope ” and Sneakas’ references to Kriss Kross and Big Punisher on “That’s What She Said”, as well as the latter’s lunchtime version, there’s definitely a nostalgic feel to some of these tracks. Was that intentional?

Bishop Lamont: It’s definitely intentional because people, for some reason, have forgotten how Hip-Hop used to sound when it had its own identity and a pureness to it. I’m going to sound like me. I’m going to sound like what I want to sound like. I don’t want to do what this other producer did for five other artists that have the same kind of beat. I’m going to do what I do because that’s what’s convincing. [I want to] have a unique sound, an identity, [my] own voice.

AllHipHop.com: If I’m not mistaken, “Don’t Stop,” The Layover’s first single, is your third collaboration with Mopreme Shakur. How did you two first connect?

Bishop Lamont: Me and Mopreme, man, I don’t know how many years ago, [we met] through a mutual friend. And it’s been on ever since. It’s just been a blessing. He’s been such a great mentor for me. From his experience coming into the business and going through the journey with his younger [step]brother Tupac. He’s such a great source of guidance, information, and inspiration, because he was there through it all.

AllHipHop.com: How did you approach this project, as a whole, differently than your other street albums?

Bishop Lamont: The Layover, really, symbolically, is just me being on the runway and going through delays. But we’re finally at takeoff and that’s what its about. So it’s really just something for the fans most of all. It’s not only a layover for me, but a layover for them. [I’m] going to get you through this. While you wait for [The Reformation], here’s some music. Here’s some energy to get you through the last wait before you get what I’ve been working my whole life to give you. That was the whole approach, because before, I wasn’t going to do any more mixtapes at all. But the fans kept demanding it.

AllHipHop.com: Production-wise, who is involved?

Bishop Lamont: I can’t say, because I’m going back to the days of when you didn’t know who was on it until you got the album. I’m so anti-put up a tracklist. To me, putting up a tracklisting is like giving out the entire script of a movie. It’s already kind of letting you know the changes in the story, the cliffhangers and stuff. I want people to get it and I want them to go through the experience of being surprised at each turn.
It’s a roller coaster ride, and I don’t want you to see it coming. I want you to get thrown this way and thrown that way, with your hands up through the whole thing. Then I want you turn around and get right back on that motherf*cker and do it all over again. So I don’t want to say who’s on it, but it’s so many dope people. I’m just excited about it. I’m not putting a tracklisting out for it. You’re going to experience it, and then you’ll know who’s on it when you hear them on it.

AllHipHop.com: Can you talk about the beat selection process? Were there certain types of beats that you were looking for?

Bishop Lamont: I was definitely looking for a certain kind of sound, a sound that has been rare. That’s why “Don’t Stop” is what “Don’t Stop” sounds like. I felt like the West Coast, for the most part, had lost its identity in the sense that they didn’t make beats like that anymore. They forget that they could make bangers like that and sound like themselves, instead of trying to sound like what they perceive the sound to be, or what they think the East Coast is, or what they think Pop should sound like.
The West used to have an incredible voice starting from Eazy-E, N.W.A to Above the Law – shout out to Big Hutch – and just incredible music like that. You had so many dope people, and they had a unique original sound. It was important that I took [listeners] back to the essence, and that I showed them pure Hip-Hop because they forget that we did and still do have it. That was a major goal from “Don’t Stop” to “That’s What She Said” to “Phat Gold Dookie Rope”. It’s like, remember? Remember the dope stuff that we used to do?
Yeah, the first time I heard the flutes on “Don’t Stop” it reminded me of the beat to Snoop Dogg’s “Tha Shiznit” from Doggystyle. Exactly. The Dogg Pound era. That was a great era; they call it the G-funk era. Whatever. It was just a dope time, and we just all but abandoned that. [For the lunchtime version of “That’s What She Said”], I went back to my old high school, and we were beating on the same tables we used to beat on and freestyle at. Shouts out to Carson High. We want to keep the art of ciphering and the experience of Hip-Hop alive and well.

AllHipHop.com: You’ve recently been making music with people such as King Tee, Rampage, and Fredro Starr among others. Are any of those records going to go on The Layover?

Bishop Lamont: I want people to be surprised when they get it. I don’t want to give anything away. All I can say is every one of the records we did will be coming out on something. If it’s not on The Layover, it will [still] be on something. It’s dope having a record with classic cats.

AllHipHop.com: Do you have a favorite track on this upcoming release?

Bishop Lamont: They are all like your kids, so they’re all my babies. I love all my babies. You’ve got your first born, and the first born on The Layover was “Don’t Stop”, and so you keep going from there. There are a lot of beautiful babies, so I can’t really say, man.

AllHipHop.com: On Saturday, September 22, on your Facebook page, you said, “Putting down the finishing touches on The Layover mixtape!!!! This sh#t is ridiculous!!! My mixtapes are better than all u b#tch n%ggas albums!!!” Could you please elaborate on that statement for those who might question the validity of it?

Bishop Lamont: When you hear it, you’ll understand why. And I’ve been proving it from N*gger Noize up to The Shawshank Redemption. It’s just that real, because it’s something that we give people and the way we put everything together: concepts, production, rhymes, the guest stars. We don’t f*ck around. We don’t fall short. We don’t play games with it.

AllHipHop.com: Is there anything you want to add or comment on that we haven’t already discussed?

Bishop Lamont: Just basically, a lot of people are asking, “Why is it called The Layover? Oh, didn’t Evidence have a record called The Layover?” That’s the last thing I’d want to do (bite someone else’s title in order to copy them). I’m calling it The Layover for two, maybe three reasons. We’re finally on the runway right before take off, and it’s a little wait. Really, what The Layover represents is journey music. Music you can take on a plane. Music you can take on a bus. Music in your ride. It’s also reflective of my journey, and what I’m about to do finally, musically after all this time, and give the world my life’s work which is The Reformation and everything that Diocese as label has to offer.

Bishop Lamont - Lunch Time (Prod by Madlib) 2012

Bishop Lamont ft Sneakas - "That's What She Said" (2012)

BISHOP LAMONT ft. SNEAKAS & MYKESTRO "THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID" (Lunch Time Version)

3rd Single off of Bishop Lamont's final street album, "THE LAYOVER" (available Sept 2012) before the highly anticipated album release, "THE REFORMATION." Track features Sneakas. Track is also featured on Sneakas lastest project "There's a Rapp for That."

 


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Bishop Lamont (The Making of "Sodom & Gomorrah" Video) 2012

Apathy feat Bishop Lamont & Blue Raspberry - Be A Better Man

On 9-11-2012, Apathy will be releasing two projects; one of them is a double-disc opus of collaborations, freestyles and unreleased material entitled "Fire Walk With Me". The other release, "The Alien Tongue," is a collection of his unreleased early 90's demo recordings, predating his debut appearances on Jedi Mind Tricks' "Psycho-Social" LP. Both releases can be pre-ordered together along with an exclusive T-shirt bundle over at www.demigodzstore.com where you can also find the full track listings. Check out the latest leak, “Be A Better Man,” from "Fire Walk With Me" which features Bishop Lamont and vocals from Wu-Tang's Blue Raspberry.

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Bishop Lamont feat. Black Milk & Mecca - P.G.D.R - Phat Gold Dookie Rope

Second single off of Bishop Lamont's final street album, "THE LAYOVER" (available Sept 2012) before the highly anticipated album release, "THE REFORMATION." Track features Black Milk & Mr. Mecca.


 


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Bishop Lamont News, song, video clip.

Bishop is back with the 1st single off of the final street album "THE LAYOVER" before "THE REFORMATION" release!! "THE LAYOVER" is presented by Dj Woogie and Bishop Lamont.

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Chin Injeti feat Bishop Lamont, Shad & Skratch Bastid – “Peoples 1″

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2ndRoof feat Bishop Lamont - Never Stop

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A Day In The Life - Bishop Lamont an 1881 Project

Bishop Lamont shares some incite on the development on his long awaited album “Reformation” and is proactive in delivering a message of truth in his music. Here’s an attempt in delivering a series of episodes to be released with updates on Bishop’s Past, Present and Future.

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Sneakas & Bishop Lamont "Neighborhood Watch"

A little bit late on this one, but it's for a good cause so check it out:

For every download of this song from Complex, Serchlite MultiMedia is going to donate 5 cents per download* to the Trayvon Martin fund being set up in Sanford, Florida by his parents.

Donation will be capped at $10,000 for the first 200,000 downloads. Matching contributions can be made by contacting info@Serchlite.com

 

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BISHOP LAMONT FAN CHAT & WEBCAST AT WESTLAKE STUDIOS: BEHIND THE SCENES

After the Webcast - Bishop Lamont at Work in the Dungeon 4/25/2012

'After the Sodom and Gomorrah video premiere and fan chat with Bishop Lamont on 4/25/12, fans got a rare sneak peek at Diocese at work in the dungeon. Also fans saw Bishop record two songs from The Reformation "Wake Up" & "Speak to Me" with production by King Karnov'

Bishop Lamont ft DJ Rhettmatic - Sodom and Gomorrah (BROADCAST TV VERSION) 2012 *OFFICIAL

Blu Nyle feat. Bishop Lamont - Holla Holla Holla (Produced by King Karnov)

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Bishop Lamont - Hell in the City Promo

Bishop Lamont - Evil Puppets Feat Rampage,Kornbread

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Bishop Lamont – 5 Fingers Of Death Freestyle

Bishop Lamont was the guest on Sway In The Morning show on Shade 45 Monday morning. Sway and Devi Dev didn’t let him go before he did DJ Wonder’s 5 fingers of death freestyle

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Bishop Lamont – You Ain’t Fresh (rmx) f. Busta Rhymes

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Bishop Lamont Ft. DJ Rhettmatic - Sodom & Gomorrah

Here is the single from the highly anticipated album "The Reformation" aka "God Damn Nigga, It's About Fucking Time!"

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Bishop Lamont talks to DJ's, Radio, Fans about Sodom and Gomorrah and The Reformation Album

Bishop Lamont talks to DJ's, Radio and fans about his upcoming single Sodom and Gomorrah to be released on January 2, 2012 as one of the first singles from his highly anticipated album, The Reformation.