Chef Rich: What was it like having Method Man in the booth rapping lines he had written, and did he ever offer any constructive criticism from the booth?
Grant Dekernion: Well, it was interesting. I’ve only done a few rap things with Meth, but the main one we did, he was actually in Norway at the time. So we were over this wire, and I had written this pitch for what he would rap, and obviously he’s the pro—he can feel free to mess with it if he likes. But it was a little bit surreal him being like, “Okay, well play me what you’ve got,” and he hears it and he’s like, “Uh, okay,” and then he does it his own way.
I mean, probably the funniest part is we had all these lyrics in mind, and he liked them, so he’s like, “Yeah lets go with this.” And it took me literally an afternoon of editing to be able to get a demo of what this could sound like, and I think Method Man did it in one breath in about 32 seconds. So it’s been really great, and we’re going to be working with him tomorrow.
He’s been very collaborative, and he’s always open to throwing in his own flavor and switching things around and just in general making them better. So it’s been really cool.
We’ve seen shows in the past like Metalocalypse which spawns off a live act that eventually turns into a touring band. Could you see Chozen following that path?
Grant: I don’t know about that one. You know, I think we do a great job making these songs for the show, but it is—I’m not a pro rap-performing artist. I do the best I can, and it does take probably a bit more production on our end to get stuff done than it would if we had someone with the skills of Method Man or whoever doing it every week. So I don’t know if it would lend itself quite to that, but I’ve actually seen Metalocalypse (Dethklok) the band, and I’m a huge fan.
Read our interview with Grant about Chozen Season 1 in the upcoming issue of Bubbleblabber the Magazine! Chozen premiers this Monday Night @ 10:30 pm EST only on FX, check your local listings!