Alaska: Cold Vein Connections
by Adhimu "Mindbender Futurama" Stewart

Who is Alaska? Dope fucking MC. Core (former) Atoms Fam member. Co-writer of "Take No Chances", one of many examples of breathless, fresh lyricism. Def Jukie. The Paul McCartney half of Hangar 18 (Wind'N'Breeze is Jux's Michael Jackson – Camu Tao is Rick James, bitch). Literary classics consumer. Pornography connoisseur. What else do you need to know? It will be revealed to you below. Plus some extra space shit that makes no sense, word to Prodigy, dunny. Just getting back from a big pimpin' condo vacation in Mexico, Alaska spoke with Mindbender on some fan/friend foolishness. Just finishing the "Paid Dues" tour with MURS, Lif, Cage, DOOM, Sage, Blueprint, Living Legends and other underground greats and preparing the fall release of Hangar 18's sophomore Def Jux album "Sweep The Leg", he spoke openly and honestly about everything he was asked.

Mindbender Futurama for Philaflava.com: How are you doing? The Paid Dues tour is done; you're just chillin for a minute...

Alaska: Yeah, the tour's done; we're just going to be home for a little while now...

Philaflava.com: That's dope... but are you going back out on the road for 'Sweep The Leg'?

Alaska: Yeah, we go out... November 1st for about a month and a half.

Philaflava.com: North America? Europe?

Alaska: Just the States.

Philaflava.com: Alright, I got a bunch of random questions, so I'll just throw them out...So is L'il Wayne falling off now, or is he peaking, soon burst forth upon a new level of greatness?

Alaska: You know, I'm not sure really... everything I've heard from him I dug, but he's never made a good album yet, so I'm not sure if he's gotten to the point where he's killing shit. He definitely can come up with witty verses, and when he works with other people, he's really good, but I don't know if he's done the thing... where he can actually claim the "I'm great!" that he's great all the time. He's talented as hell, I don't take a damn thing away from him... and he's one of the most entertaining guys in hip hop to me, but I don't know if he's coming up, or if he's just a mixtape guy.

Philaflava.com: I feel you. People are already making the L'il Wayne vs. Tupac arguments and it's like WOW...

Alaska: Yeah, it's a little premature for that.

Philaflava.com: Tupac is a religion, to some people, across the world...

Alaska: Yeah... and it's like, I know a lot of people are not even Tupac fans, but you can't put those two in the same league. It's like putting him and Jay and him and B.I.G.... or even him and KRS and him and Rakim... or Nas... I guess at the end of the day, it's part of self-promotion. Ever since he started claiming he's the best rapper alive, people started talking about it.

Philaflava.com: Yeah, it's that whole Kanye mind control shit. I guess that's where we are at in hip hop in 2007....

Philaflava.com: What was your favorite year of underground hip hop so, considering you live in NYC with Co Flow and Rawkus and the Fondle 'Em days?

Alaska: It was probably 95, 96 era... I think my favorite thing that came out from underground hip hop is the Yeshua and Siah EP.

Philaflava.com: Word up.

Alaska: I think that thing was just... it was really good, the way it captured that sound of like... I mean, Co Flow was brilliant, and it was definitely an unbelievable landmark thing that Co Flow did, but it wasn't necessarily the sound of the underground. It was definitely the cutting edge and the leaders of the underground. I feel like Yeshua and Siah, got that sound of like, the underground music that everyone was really buzzing about. And really made the scene up as a whole. I think that Yeshua and Siah really had that sound. That stuff was also really the first sorta underground stuff that I heard that had that that super high production value, not even just with the beats, but with the sound of it. That could stand up against any major label record, sonically. I think one thing that the underground has had to tackle is getting that sonic quality that is hard to get.

Philaflava.com: Yeah, exactly. That costs money.

Alaska: Exactly. I knew those guys. So I knew one of the dudes they were working with worked at a production studio for like TV commercials and shit like that, and they had access to that top notch studio equipment to record and mix, and that's why it came out sounding so great.

Philaflava.com: So that was your peak? Pretty much your favorite time?

Alaska: I would think so, I mean, that time, and also when Def Jux first started coming out... when Cann Ox album came out, stuff like that, being that I was more involved in that... being that it was like Vast and Vordul... seeing that whole process happen, and watch as this buzz that was created around this music, was like "wow!" It's amazing. It was a really cool time. I'm not even trying to put quality against quality on a sound level, but just being involved in it like that, those were really special periods for me. Even doing this Paid Dues tour was the same sorta thing. It's like seeing all of these artists that have been, the ones that have managed to stay at it through the years, coming together and putting together this tour that is financially viable and bringing out thousands of kids. Show them there IS a fan base for this music. You might have to bring a few of us together to get it, but there IS a fan base for it. MURS is a genius for that.

Philaflava.com: Yeah man, the line up was like the best you could imagine.

Alaska: Pretty much. There were a few people missing that had some other stuff going on like finishing up records and stuff like that, but as far as a full day show of hip hop, you got your money's worth without a question. And it was the whole country, it wasn't just east coast or west coast, it was everybody.

Philaflava.com: Word. Hey yo, if you could make a ménage a trois porno and wear a Mexican wrestler mask to cover your face, who would you fuck?

Alaska: Ummm... Rosario Dawson...

Philaflava.com: G'yeah!

Alaska: And.... probably Natalie Portman. I mean, I'd like someone that I could talk with after as well.

Philaflava.com: Word up. And big up Rosario Dawson.

Alaska: Yeah, I've already decided I'm going to marry her.

Philaflava.com: Oh... alright (dejected). Hey, have you seen Men in Black 2? Where she's like, "The Light of the Earth"?

Alaska: Yes.

Philaflava.com: I thought it was pretty accurate.

Alaska: Yeah, definitely. Absolutely wonderful.

Philaflava.com: So, have you ever seen her in New York?

Alaska: I have actually.

Philaflava.com: With your own two eyes?!

Alaska: With my own two eyes! She had blonde hair actually. She had like a bleached blonde short hair cut.

Philaflava.com: Oh JESUS.

Alaska: I think at the time she was dating someone from 'Sex in the City'. He had an apartment right next to the old office I used to work at. So I was outside, I used to smoke cigarettes, I was outside having a cigarette, and she just basically walked up to the buzzer, and I was like 'Oh shit, that was Rosario Dawson!' Also, at that same spot, Jay-Z recorded 'The Black Album' right across the street.

Philaflava.com: WHAT!

Alaska: We used to always be in the office, and we'd see that Maybach pull up and we'd be like 'Awwww, it's Jay.' I tried to give him a copy of the Hangar 18 album right when it came out. It was right around the time of the New York City blackout. Also, Fab 5 Freddy was also outside, we were outside this bar, across the street from my job. Fab 5 Freddy used to be there, with this basketball team that used to be in the Rucker's tournament... and cause of the blackout, Jay-Z couldn't record, so he came out… and I saw him and I had a CD in my pocket, and I started running across the street like 'yo, Jay!' And his bodyguard, this mountain of a dude, I mean he had to be like 6'5", 300-plus, just gave me the Dikembe Mutumbo finger like "NO." And he came over and took the CD, and I never got the opportunity to put it in Jay-Z's hand. I was like 'aargh!'

Philaflava.com: Ha ha! Actually, that's funny you say that... so, "Take No Chances" is an amazing song. Do you guys fight over what flows to use in songs? Or do you work like Jay and Kanye and mnemonically come up with lines without a pen or paper in synchronicity?

Alaska: We pretty much work together. A lot of times, it will be like one of us will come up with a flow, the way we record is like, paWL makes the beats, gives em over to us, and we sit there in either my apartment or (Breeze's) apartment, and turn on the TV, and watch football or whatever's on, and just have the beat playing, and come up with flows in our head. And once one of us gets a flow, the other one will just bite it. We just bite each other all time.

Philaflava.com: Well, it's better than biting Jay-Z. A couple other rappers have done that already.

Alaska: True.

Philaflava.com: Can you give a clarify the record case on Atoms Fam, and what's going on for the present and the future?

Alaska: Uh, my take on Atoms Fam is that it's over.

Philaflava.com: Really?

Alaska: Yeah... I mean, it got to the point where there's pretty much 6 of us, 6 MCs, and then DJ Sip and paWL, The roots are me and Ian, then there's Vast, Vordul, Cryptic and Jest. Jest is an attorney right now; he has no time to make music. I mean, he makes music, but his focus is his job. He's a defense attorney and is pretty much working all the time. Cryptic decided to stop making music…

Philaflava.com: Oh really?

Alaska: And he decided to go back to school. Vordul is M.I.A. I mean, I haven't seen Vordul in probably 3 years. And I have probably spoke to Vast once in the last year. So my take on it is, it's done. You know, it was a great thing to be in, and it was a lot of great memories, and we made some great music here and there, and it was cool for what it was, but I don't think there's ever going to be another project, like I don't see myself dedicating my time to a nother project. I know Ian and I have spoke about that, like 'these guys are my friends', but as far as music, my focus is on Hangar 18, and that's all my focus is on. And I think Vast is probably the same way, and he's focusing on the stuff that's going on with him and Vordul. It just doesn't really exist anymore. It was what it was, it was cool, and basically... we're all sort of on our own right now, doing our own thing. There's no bad blood, nobody hates each other, nobody's mad at each other... it's realistically, I don't see anything happening with Atoms Family again. We're all just doing our own thing.

Philaflava.com: So what's different with Def Jux 2007, than when you started there?

Alaska: Ummm... we're different. we're in a better position than when we started. We're a little bit more known, so we're definitely seeing that with the new record... we were sort of rookies when we came out. Obviously, there is attention paid, but the big attention is being paid to the guys that pay every body else's paychecks, the guys who keep the label in business. So I think that we're starting to get into that point where it's like, these guys have shown work and have shown what they can do, and they're going to put some muscle behind it. The label itself is much more focused on how to really spread the name, and not really rely on the name "Def Jux" anymore. They have a really good team in place right now that is like, 'How are we going to maximize everything we can get out of exposing these groups? How we going to get the best press for us? the best radio push? Creating the most buzz?" And getting these groups out here where they can have a career and keep putting out music. I think it's a good time over there right now, you know what I mean? There's good music coming out, and the roster sorta been brought down a little bit, and everyone that's putting out music is really sort of focusing on making REALLY good music. I think everyone knows how to make music better now. You know, at the time when we came, Def Jux was the media darling and the hipster darling at the time, so like just the name "Def Jux" alone at that time was like: "You're on Def Jux? You're a star." I think we've gotten beyond that now. Def Jux hit its backlash. Def Jux hit its backlash right around the time we came out. I feel like we made it through that backlash, and people are respecting it again. I mean, there's always some people who are going to dis, cause there's always someone who's gotta have an opinion, or they might honestly not like it. But you saw when El's record ("I'll Sleep When You're Dead") came out, people were fuckin amped about it. They weren't talking shit like 'oh nerd rap, this that and the third', which was sort of happening for a period with Jux. But now it's like, I think it with anything: if you weather that storm, and you're still there, people gotta give you that respect. And I think that's where the label is at right now. I think they are really repositioning themselves in the scene. they didn't put out anything a year ago, but this year, they've already got El's album, Aes's album, Rob's album is about to drop, we're about to drop... you got Cage coming out early 08. It's just gonna be like a lot of hard hits in a row. I think it's an exciting time to see where it's gonna go.

Philaflava.com: So is anything happening with Tame One?

Alaska: The only thing I heard were the internet rumors. I haven't heard anything about him signing any of the business stuff. And I heard something about another big name that might be working with us soon, but I can't say anything cause I promised him I wouldn't' say anything.

Philaflava.com: So what's the best lesson you learned from releasing "The Multi-Platinum Debut Album"?

Alaska: I think the best thing we learned was sort of a business lesson. This time around we got a manager, we got a really good manager, that's working with us, and we didn't have a manager last time. And artists and labels are going to have beefs. There's no if's, and's, or but's about it. Especially when it's around the record. And when we first seen whenever that happened, we would tend to be like 'yo fuck that!', you know what I mean? We would basically pull our self of the equation and stop dealing with it. Instead of, now that we have a manager, we don't have to worry about that. We can keep the business side business, it's not a personal issue, there's a sort of medium between the label and the artists. Where in the past, when you're talking about shit, especially with your first record, your first record is your baby. It's like, you have these ideas of what you want to do, and someone's like "no", you're like "what the fuck?" You start to take those things personal...

Philaflava.com: For real, like "What do you mean my baby's ugly?!?"

Alaska: Yeah, exactly. Like "What do you mean my baby can't have a Polo shirt? Why the fuck does my baby have to shop at Old Navy?" And if you have a manager, you have someone who one: will argue your side, and it's always arguing with the label, they're dealing with the label. And then two, they also come back and explain to you in a much better way, where you're not fuckin' butt hurt over something, like this is why it has to happen this way. We haven't had a manager until a year and a half ago. I think that's the most important lesson we've received. We had managers but none of them were good until the one we got. Having that person that handles your business is the most important thing, so it leaves you free to be an artist. It also makes you look more professional when you go out and try to deal with people that are bigger than you… since we've gotten this manager, we've gone out with Gym Class heroes twice, we went out with El-P, and we went on this Paid Dues tour. You kind of just see how things change and just jump, when you have that person that can work connections and be on the phone all the time… like, I dunno… say WE'RE trying to call L'il Wayne. If WE'RE calling him 900 times a day, we're assholes. But if your management calls, it looks like a little more professional. Even though, someone like L'il Wayne would not return our calls, you get what I'm saying, ha ha!

Philaflava.com: Ha ha, yeah! It's good to know that you guys are moving up levels like that. The underground is changing… I mean, I don't want to just relegate you to the underground, but hip hop that is not major label promoted is changing, and certain cats that used to do it a lot are not doing it anymore, and it's a weird time where it's at these days. I mean, I'm not going to say the shit is dead, obviously, cause we're doing it, as much as I love Nas… but what do you think about how things are in the culture nowadays?

Alaska: I feel excited about it! I feel there's tons of shit out there inspiring… I mean, I think hip hop as we knew it 5 years ago is dead, but I think it's just a matter of a generation gap forming. Hip hop is youth culture, youth music. Music that appeals to a 21 year old kid, SHOULDN'T appeal to a 35 year old man! There is problems in music, but we've been there. There's repetitive shit, there's boring shit, but there's dope shit, a lot of dope shit. But just cause a dude who makes the same album over and over again doesn't sell any records doesn't mean hip hop is dead. And I'm not even referring to Nas when I say that, I'm just saying that in general, because that definitely has been a rallying cry for a long time.

Philaflava.com: So, break down your name.

Alaska: Alaska? Um, back in the day, I used to love Mr. T. My name is Tim, so I swore by Mr. T. I thought I was fucking clever, ha ha! But I got tired of that after a while, cause it wasn't really fitting the style I was coming with anymore. Cause I was getting into that 94/95, Cella Dwellas underground style, and I wanted a name that was more fitting to that. So I was like, "I need something that's kinda out there…" And I was drunk and high at a party, and I was like "Alaska! that works! That's out there!" And that's how it came about!

Philaflava.com: What about Wind'n'Breeze? He's like New York, New York, if he was in Chicago.

Alaska: Ha ha! I mean, Wind didn't have a rap name for a long time. And around the same time, he was out in Arizona. And he came back like "I got a new rap name! It's the wind and breeze of Arizona!" We were like "….nah!". And he was like "Really? What about just Wind'n'Breeze?" And we were like "Aiight, cool!"

Philaflava.com: So you guys are very geographically based… word, I appreciate that. I'd have to say, your writing and rhymes are pretty abstract and creative. So, as far as fiction and non-fiction writing, what are some of your favorite authors, and do you use any of their techniques in their lyrics?

Alaska: Um, I don't think I use them when it comes to songs, I pay attention to MCs and songwriters when it comes to songs, but when it comes to writers, I love Henry Miller, Hunter S. Thompson, I like a lot of Chuck Palahniuk, J.D. Salinger… just dudes that were doing some different shit I guess. I think in that kind of way it affects our writing, I like dudes that have an interesting way with words more than anything.

Philaflava.com: I read some of the Hunter S. Thompson stuff you had when I was at your crib for the first time, and I have to say, that man is a MONSTER with words.

Alaska: He's really vicious. You want to know who else is good? David Eggers. If you ever get a chance… he has a book called "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius".

Philaflava.com: Word, I heard of that. I gotta read that. Yo: best movie you saw in the last little while?

Alaska: Superbad. That shit was amazingly funny. I loved that shit. I'm buying it on DVD the second it comes out. I definitely recommend it. Also, I just saw "Halloween" today.

Philaflava.com: How is it?

Alaska: I liked it. It was fuckin "Halloween". I was reading on the board, people getting pissy about it like 'there's no suspense!' It's like: you fucking know the story, what do you expect to happen? It's like you're watching a remake. Should there really be a lot of suspense? I thought it was cool though, it was pretty violent, sorta stylized… had ass and titties… it was cool.

Philaflava.com: So how about the internet? Do you use it a lot? These Philaflava people will want to know how connected it's fourth favorite rapper is.

Alaska: I mean, I use it, but I don't use it really that well. I could probably use it a whole lot better. I use it to check out that board, check out ESPN, check my email, check my bank account…

Philaflava.com: You started with porn… good. Your priorities are straight. ('board' sounded like 'porn' through the phone)

Alaska: No, but porn is in there! There's a site called Megarotic.com. It's sorta like a YouTube for porn. You can only watch like 10 videos a day, but you can get like full on half-hour scenes. When you want to buffer, you just click to anywhere you want on that bar and it gets there in like 2 seconds. And you can find some fly shit on there… like, I don't know a lot of porn star names, but wind put me up on this one chick named Naomi, who is fucking phenomenal.

Philaflava.com: Naomi? Aiight!

Alaska: Yeah, she's this Latin chick. She's in one of the Bangbros ones, whatever the Bangbros one is about butts.

Philaflava.com: Duly noted. Yo, the porn industry is crazy. Sometimes don't you just want to drop out of rap and just join that shit?!

Alaska: Yeah. The porn industry is outta control!

Philaflava.com: It must be way more epidemic than it was in the 80's…

Alaska: Probably. And I would think better.

Philaflava.com: Word.

Alaska: The movie scene was wack.

Philaflava.com: Yeah, just straight movies? Oh yeah, you were around there in NY in those days, with straight movies in Times Square. You probably weren't old enough, but did you see that time?

Alaska: Yeah. I never went to one though.

Philaflava.com: Was it as grimy as the myth is?

Alaska: I still think it's grimy now, even though it's cleaned up. Times square is a fucked up place.

Philaflava.com: So: Hangar 18. You guys are named after the classic metal song.

Alaska: Yes.

Philaflava.com: If you could make a metal album with anyone besides Megadeth, the originator of your group game, who would it be?

Alaska: Wow. Um, it would probably either be Metallica, circa "Master of Puppets" era… I think that's like the best metal album ever. Or Anthrax, during "Among the Living". That period of time for those two groups.

Philaflava.com: You're big in rock and metal?

Alaska: I used to be. I don't know any of the new shit. When I was in high school, I was definitely into that in high school. First I was into metal, then as the years went by, I was more and more into hip hop. But I was definitely a metal head first.

Philaflava.com: You got one of those high school pictures with a mullet and shit?

Alaska: Sadly, I do! It was a bad fashion time. People glorify that now, like with American Apparel, but nobody ever looks cool like this, dressed in the 80s.

Philaflava.com: So what do you think about the whole hipster/electro/retro era of shit now?

Alaska: I don't know, man. Ummmm…. It's kind of gay!

Philaflava.com: Ha, ha ha! I feel you, man! No homo! Ha ha!

Alaska: I mean, I know dudes into that and some of them are cool, but it seems like some real follower shit. I mean, just cause you're being ironic doesn't mean you're original. And again, it's one of those things, it's like some young man, and some young woman shit, so maybe I shouldn't understand it. I'm not really that into it. I kinda look at it like: yeah, you're guys are fuckin'… everything ironic, you think that's cool… but you're not really feeling anything, you're not experiencing anything… you're not doing anything new. You're just biting some shit and trying to have some fun with it. And it's like, that's cool, that's easy… but the Wedding Singer already did that. So basically, your whole steez is: The Wedding Singer. Ha ha! I mean, I actually like some of the gear, like that shit's fresh. If I was skinnier, I'd rock some of it. But some of that slim stuff wouldn't look good on my large frame.

Philaflava.com: Ha ha ha! I also think it's the attitude, too. I mean, hip hop has its attitude, but this hipster shit, this know it all shit is like: you can't surprise anyone with anything cause they already know everything… and they are already over it, already, ha ha.

Alaska: Yeah, it's a real lame existence. A real lame and sorry ass existence. It's almost like Revenge of the Nerds taken to… the next level like some level that it should never exist on. There's not really anything special about you. That shit ain't really for me.

Philaflava.com: Word. So, do you feel good about the album?

Alaska: Yeah. I feel real good about it. It's mad different from the last record.

Philaflava.com: It's slower?

Alaska: It's definitely got slower joints on it. I think a lot of stuff on the last album was real fucking abstract, and I think it could have come across as gibberish. We knew what the fuck we were talking about, but if you're not in our minds, you might not know what the fuck we're talking about. I think we got better at delivering clearer thoughts, but without just simplifying it. Coming with an idea, and getting it across with that song. At least I think so, but then lots of people thought "Baking Soda" was about crack, so I dunno.

Philaflava.com: Ha ha! Well, it's true art, in that sense that it can be interpreted in more than one way. Cause it's not dumbed down to the lowest possible human denominator.

Alaska: Yeah, I think the record is solid. I think paWL really outdid himself with the beats. He really created some dope soundscapes for us to rap on. On the last album, at the time, we all had our own myths that we were making this groundbreaking record, and I can see how it got lumped in with a lot of the other shit that was out there at the time. But this time I think we carved out our own identity a lot more.

Bonus (Hangar) 18 Questions – Short and sweet for the attention deficient disorderlies:

First 6 Questions by Participating Philaflavians (names in brackets):

1. (Philaflava: aka The King of All Forums) Do you normally hawk people at shows to buy your CDs like you did at Rock the Bells?

Alaska: Usually its at the merch booth and more civilized, but the good people at Clear Channel were taking 40% of our merch money if we sold it at the booth, and we couldn't actually sell it ourselves, so we said "fuck it!" and went hand to hand. Both days were quite profitable.

2. (Brougham33) Who wins in a fight, Wind n' Breeze or Stephon Urkel?

Alaska: Depends on if it's Steve Urkel or his alter ego, Stephan.

3. (Trademark) When you and Kanye finally cut the album, what will be the first single, and who will do the hook?

Alaska: The first single will be 'Old Navy Gear', and the hook will be done by Morgan Friedman.

4. (Shazz) Why do you have all those crabs?

Alaska: Because, they are delicious.

5. (Reggie) Did you have to train for that episode of 'King of Queens' where you scaled a climbing wall?

Alaska: No, but little known fact: the movie 'Hitch' is actually a Hangar 18 biopic.

6. (Franky DiCeech) Why did you abandon your lyrical style to make this silly, stupid, happy album?

Alaska: To piss you off.

7. Can you time travel with the speed of your rap flows?

Alaska: No, but I can with a suped up DeLorean.

8. If you could do it all over again, but rapping was not an option in life for you, would you have wanted to grow up to write the great American novel or would you have wanted to become an ivory hunter in Africa? Or something greater?

Alaska: Probably something greater, like Danny Devito.

9. When you lost your virginity, did you believe the hype, or not, in regards to what you heard about sex?

Alaska: I definitely believed the hype. I actually lost it to this girl that was dating a guy she is now married to.

10. Top 5 drugs/alcohols of choice in the Alaska Road Rider:

Boone's farm
Zima
Smirnoff ice
Crack
Bartyl's and James
11. Tell us a short story showing a side of you that your fans would have no idea existed before now.

Alaska: I get all retarded for puppies.

12. You have one year replacing Steven Spielberg in Hollywood. What do you do with the money and the power?

Alaska: Break the stranglehold the Jews have on Hollywood and hand it over to the Christian Right, so we can have some wholesome family entertainment.... Oh, and remake 'Fame', starring Beyonce's little sister.

13. What does the daily diet of Alaska consist of? A bowl of awesome sauce on top of a sandwich made of sexy B-list porno starlets? Do tell.

Alaska: 1 christened baby, cherry flavored Nerds, and Jolt cola.

14. Any side hip hop hobbies in your repertoire? Do you do clay mouldings of your groupie conquests like a male version of Cynthia Plaster-caster?

Alaska: I'm really into 'Magic: The Gathering'.

15. What's the secret behind DJ paWL's odd spelling of his name?

Alaska: He is dyslexic.

16. "Baking Soda" is a crazy extended metaphor. Do have any others that didn't make the cut worth sharing?

Alaska: We have one for the movie 'Titanic'. It's called 'Supersex Love Iceberg'.

17. If you could make a song with Jay-Z, what would you try to do?

Alaska: Rap better than him.

18. Would you ever appear as an MC on VH1's The (White) Rapper Show or are you of the Sage Francis way of thinking on the subject?

Alaska: Probably not, but only because it wasn't as funny as it should have been.

Bonus question: Favorite Lil Wayne quotable?

Alaska: "Even deaf bitches say "hi!" to me/ she tells a blind girl, and she be like "I gotta see!"