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HipHopWired: What can you tell me about the Tyga record?

CJ Hilton: It’s a sample of a Big Pun record. The “So Hard” record [from] back in the day. We took that and we re-did that, and we put Fat Joe and Tyga on it. It’s a really good song for the clubs. Actually, [songwriter] Rico Love [brought] the song to me. I loved the song so we decided to get Tyga on it, and we took it to Fat Joe and of course he said he had to be on it.

HipHopWired:  How has working with Salaam Remi and Nas rubbed off on you?

CJ Hilton: I didn’t actually get to work with Nas. The way that happened, we did the record [“So Fresh”] and of course because Salaam and Nas work so close, he sent the record over to Nas, [and he] loved it. He was actually overseas at the time, he did it and sent it back. One of the most important things that I’ve learned from Salaam is to just keep it simple. I’m a real musician, I play several instruments, I play drums, guitar, bass, [and] piano, so being a musician you can sometimes over play when you’re producing. Salaam just keeps it simple, he doesn’t do too much.

HipHopWired: Is it true that you’re working with J. Cole?

CJ Hilton: I’m about to work with J. Cole, I’m putting out a mixtape and J. Cole is going to be on that mixtape. The mixtape is called The Package: Part One. Basically about six months ago we put out The Package and Idris Elba—his name is actually DJ Driis on the mixtape—he hosted it for me. We put that out about six months ago, I felt like it should have been out there a little more, so I wanted to put out a part two of that mixtape so that’s what The Package: Part One is basically about.

The song that J. Cole is on is called “I Wish.” It’s just letting you into CJ’s world, telling you some of the things that I wish. I have a daughter so I wish that I could have stayed with my baby’s mother. [The song] It’s just showing you more about CJ.

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