There's one in every family. In some of the hardest albums No Limit Records ever released, C-Murder was often the culprit. He was and is the Backwoods-smoking younger brother of Master P and older brother of Silkk Tha Shocker, as C (short for Corey) somehow seemed the most convincing of the Brothers Miller when it came to rhyming about murder, malice or money-getting schemes.
Time proved to be prophetic. In early 2002, C-Murder was convicted of second-degree murder for a shooting in a Louisiana club. Now released to house arrest with his grandmother, the foulest mouth of Tru is now using some different words and topics to reflect on life. In a discussion with HipHopDX about literature, hustling and Soulja Slim, C-Murder has all the side-effects of a reformed man. But for those curious to see or hear what's really going on in Corey Miller's world, he's still hustling - DVDs and CDs for your taking.
HipHopDX: C-Murder, how’s life been treating you lately?
C-Murder: Man, life is good right now, bruh. I’m back in the streets back on the grind working on this album. I finished this DVD that’s about to drop and all my Tru Records artists are about to get back in the lab to handle their business, so you know it’s good right now.
DX: Tell me this whole thing you're doing with all your Tru artists?
CM: That’s the movement, bruh, and just like in this DVD, I’m just basically introducing people to my artists, letting them see how they rock it in the studio laying down these hit records making that gutter music. The next thing coming out on Tru Records is The Cutt Boys, who are some of my homey’s from the neighborhood.
DX: What’s it’s like to go back to the hood and putting your homies on so they can get some money too?
CM: It’s good, you know, I’ve been grinding, holding it down, so I got to show them love too and plus I want real dudes on my team, you know. That’s some real homies I grew up with that I’ve been knowing. They are loyal, they respect the game, and most of all the talent, their talent is crucial, they’re out the box.
DX: Since they’re your boys from the hood what makes them real? Let it be known.
CM: I was raised with these dudes from day one, you know. We used to fight each other, everything, so I know them in and out back and forth, and they know me. We just real street cats we from the streets for real, but we got sense. We ain’t out there acting up, wilding out, we tryna do something better with our life. That’s what really make us real when we really need each other. Fuck all the street shit; we about that money shit, you see what I’m saying?
DX: There is nothing like getting your money.
CM: Yeah bruh, for real, you can’t do nothing when you in jail, you heard.
DX: Speaking of, what’s the toughest thing about taking time off and coming back to get on the grind?
CM: Just the hypeness of it, man, getting in the studio getting some crucial beats and sitting in there letting the world know everything I do. It’s all about that, my fans been showing me love keeping my head up and other things. They been holding me down 100%, and I’m about to come back out and give them that real music they want right back.
DX: Speaking on your fans, why you think they’re so happy to see you back out doing your thing?
CM: They can relate to me, man, I never tried to sell myself as some big-time dude acting funny with my fans; plus my music always keep it real. I always did what I did when I was in the studio and in the booth. I never changed none of that no matter what the Hip Hop scene was in the industry. No matter what the people said I just keep my music gutter, and they can respect that. Plus they can respect how I rock when I’m out in the street so it just shows real recognize real that’s all.
DX: Back in the days with No Limit, your music was so gutter. Will it be more grimy or you will change it up a little bit?
CM: Man, down here, they screaming for it, so you already know what to expect with this one. Screamin' 4 Vengeance is the title, and it’s no holds barred. It’s more gangsta, more gutter, and you know I stepped my game up. You're gonna see some different shit on here and plus, you're gonna see some gangsta shit where you can bob your head just hearing the same ol' same, dog.
DX: You're from New Orleans and many know it’s has one of the highest murder rates in the nation, can you speak on your life growing up in N.O.?
CM: Being a young kid growing up in New Orleans , especially in the projects, is ruthless. You just gotta know how to survive and violence and crime just becomes a part of your everyday life. You gotta know how to adapt to it and not get took under by the street, you know stuff like not get swept away by stuff that’s going on in the hood. You gotta stay focused and try to move out the hood, ya feel me. The one thing that inspired me, bruh, is my grandma, she raised me working during the day, she took me in and worked to take of us. I always said to myself, I’m make it so I can take care of her and buy her a house. As long as you got a goal and focus on it, bruh, you gonna make it no matter where you from and how the streets treating you. No matter what’s going on around you you got your own mind and you gonna survive.
Time proved to be prophetic. In early 2002, C-Murder was convicted of second-degree murder for a shooting in a Louisiana club. Now released to house arrest with his grandmother, the foulest mouth of Tru is now using some different words and topics to reflect on life. In a discussion with HipHopDX about literature, hustling and Soulja Slim, C-Murder has all the side-effects of a reformed man. But for those curious to see or hear what's really going on in Corey Miller's world, he's still hustling - DVDs and CDs for your taking.
HipHopDX: C-Murder, how’s life been treating you lately?
C-Murder: Man, life is good right now, bruh. I’m back in the streets back on the grind working on this album. I finished this DVD that’s about to drop and all my Tru Records artists are about to get back in the lab to handle their business, so you know it’s good right now.
DX: Tell me this whole thing you're doing with all your Tru artists?
CM: That’s the movement, bruh, and just like in this DVD, I’m just basically introducing people to my artists, letting them see how they rock it in the studio laying down these hit records making that gutter music. The next thing coming out on Tru Records is The Cutt Boys, who are some of my homey’s from the neighborhood.
DX: What’s it’s like to go back to the hood and putting your homies on so they can get some money too?
CM: It’s good, you know, I’ve been grinding, holding it down, so I got to show them love too and plus I want real dudes on my team, you know. That’s some real homies I grew up with that I’ve been knowing. They are loyal, they respect the game, and most of all the talent, their talent is crucial, they’re out the box.
DX: Since they’re your boys from the hood what makes them real? Let it be known.
CM: I was raised with these dudes from day one, you know. We used to fight each other, everything, so I know them in and out back and forth, and they know me. We just real street cats we from the streets for real, but we got sense. We ain’t out there acting up, wilding out, we tryna do something better with our life. That’s what really make us real when we really need each other. Fuck all the street shit; we about that money shit, you see what I’m saying?
DX: There is nothing like getting your money.
CM: Yeah bruh, for real, you can’t do nothing when you in jail, you heard.
DX: Speaking of, what’s the toughest thing about taking time off and coming back to get on the grind?
CM: Just the hypeness of it, man, getting in the studio getting some crucial beats and sitting in there letting the world know everything I do. It’s all about that, my fans been showing me love keeping my head up and other things. They been holding me down 100%, and I’m about to come back out and give them that real music they want right back.
DX: Speaking on your fans, why you think they’re so happy to see you back out doing your thing?
CM: They can relate to me, man, I never tried to sell myself as some big-time dude acting funny with my fans; plus my music always keep it real. I always did what I did when I was in the studio and in the booth. I never changed none of that no matter what the Hip Hop scene was in the industry. No matter what the people said I just keep my music gutter, and they can respect that. Plus they can respect how I rock when I’m out in the street so it just shows real recognize real that’s all.
DX: Back in the days with No Limit, your music was so gutter. Will it be more grimy or you will change it up a little bit?
CM: Man, down here, they screaming for it, so you already know what to expect with this one. Screamin' 4 Vengeance is the title, and it’s no holds barred. It’s more gangsta, more gutter, and you know I stepped my game up. You're gonna see some different shit on here and plus, you're gonna see some gangsta shit where you can bob your head just hearing the same ol' same, dog.
DX: You're from New Orleans and many know it’s has one of the highest murder rates in the nation, can you speak on your life growing up in N.O.?
CM: Being a young kid growing up in New Orleans , especially in the projects, is ruthless. You just gotta know how to survive and violence and crime just becomes a part of your everyday life. You gotta know how to adapt to it and not get took under by the street, you know stuff like not get swept away by stuff that’s going on in the hood. You gotta stay focused and try to move out the hood, ya feel me. The one thing that inspired me, bruh, is my grandma, she raised me working during the day, she took me in and worked to take of us. I always said to myself, I’m make it so I can take care of her and buy her a house. As long as you got a goal and focus on it, bruh, you gonna make it no matter where you from and how the streets treating you. No matter what’s going on around you you got your own mind and you gonna survive.