Devin the Dude On Scarface's Place In Rap, "I Don't Think He's Gonna Quit Anytime Soon"

Southern rapper Devin the Dude recently chopped it up with SOHH and discussed his views on Scarface's 20 year run in hip-hop.

From Dev's perspective, Face Mob is no where close to being finished with hip-hop.

"He never left [rap], so he's not coming back from nowhere man, he's always been musically inclined and as long as there's some musical buttons around or a guitar or a piano or anything. I believe that's what he's always gonna be doing because he's very talented in those areas. He can play the bass, he can play the piano and he can rap and he knows choruses and melodies and everything. I don't think he's gonna quit anytime soon. I think the fans need him and the people need him to continue doing what he's been doing and let him know how genuine he is to hip-hop and how he can help other people mold their careers around what he's doing. I don't think he's gonna be going anywhere any time soon."
Fellow Texas rapper Chamillionaire recently talked with SOHH about Scarface making a comeback in hip-hop.

"I love it when people like that come back," Cham told SOHH. "I'm not one of them guys that gets upset when they say they're gonna retire and then come back. Even now I'm seeing stuff from like from Devin the Dude, I don't know if it's gonna be super mainstream, but I think stuff like that is needed to balance out the game."
Last month, Face said he would be dropping his first mixtape, Dopeman Music.

"I'm a free agent," he said in an interview. "I always wanted to drop a mixtape on my own. So I just said, 'Let's drop an independent mixtape.' I feel that I should be as an adult andmusician and pioneer -- that's what they call me...I feel that I need to move on to another stage with the way I deliver my music to the public. I got a lot of sh*t and I'm using about three percent of what I know about music. I'm not using it all. I'm music. I can play that sh*t long enough for a real musician to catch it and feel me, where I'm going, and we make magic like that."
The underground project's track list was released last week.

1. Picking Up The Pieces 2. Dopeman Music (feat. B. James & Monk Kaza) 3. Lyrical Assault (feat. Malice & Mr. Lo Key) 4. FaSho Money (Skit) 5. Gwap (feat. B. James & Monk Kaza) 6. Get Lost (feat. B. James, Monk Kaza & Rodney Gant) 7. The N Word 8. The Ghetto Report (feat. B. James & Monk Kaza) 9. 2 The Beat (feat. B. James & Monk Kaza) 10. Wanted 11. Hustle Game 12. Riff Raff (Skit) 13. In My Blood (feat. B. James) 14. Bad Man (feat. Papa Reu)
Dopeman Music is scheduled to drop Tuesday, May 4th.

Devin the Dude Ready For "Detox" Guest Feature, "I'm Hoping I Get The Chance To Make The Cut"

In anticipation of Dr. Dre's Detox dropping later this year, SOHH reached out to The Chronic 2001 collaborator Devin the Dude to find out if he will be featured on the long-awaited project.

Devin said he he hopes his contributions make it onto the album.

"I believe the Detox record is going to be very well worth waiting for," Dev told SOHH. "With the upcoming line-up that I heard is gonna be on there, a lot of powerful producers and a lot of very talented artists are on there so it's like fine wine. [laughs] It's like fine wine, man. I'm hoping I get the chance to make the cut but if not, I'll be promoting it just as much as if I was because I appreciate him reaching out to me and having me out there to just give it a shot and see what was going on and he's very excited about it. And everybody pretty much saw that in his eyes and how he moves around and does his thing in the studio and get very creative and get things moving -- so yeah, it's gonna be real cool."
Back in 2007, Dev said there were early talks of him being involved on Detox.

"Well actually man, I talked to one of the guys with him, working on the Detox album and [he] asked me if I wanted to be a part of it and to hit them with the details and I was like 'Yeaaaa!,'" he revealed in an interview.
The rapper recently recalled working with Dre for 2001's "F*ck You" collaboration.

"When Rap-A-Lot told me that Dre wanted me to come out and work with him I didn't believe it and thought it was a very unfunny joke," Devin remembers. "But it wasn't a joke. Dre called my house and it was the best phone conversation I ever had. He told me how he and Snoop used to listen to the Odd Squad's music on his first Chronic tour. I was speechless! I'm in debt to both Dre and Snoop for reaching out like they did. 'F*ck You' did a lot for me and my rap career. It inspired me to move forward with my career."
Dre recently said his new single with Jay-Z, "Under Pressure," will likely be released this month.

"Yes, hopefully we'll be releasing ['Under Pressure'] in the next two weeks or so," Dre said in an interview referring to his Jay-Z collaboration. "And I'm definitely gonna be putting the album out this year. Finally, you know, and I think everybody is gonna be happy with it. That's it right now. I'm just trying to finish thisrecord, finally get it done, get it out and start promoting it."