The Jacka & Lee Majors are the Go-Bots

The Jacka and Lee Majors are the Gobots 2, with DJ Quest. All Bay Music Magazine sat down with both halves of the duo.

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The Jacka

All Bay Magazine: First of all, how did you get your solo name?

Jacka: That's my nickname

ABM: That was your nickname?

Jacka: Uh-huh, I just took it into the rap world.

ABM: What was the idea behind the name for "Go-Bots"?

Jacka: Um, the Go-Bots are from an 80's cartoon that came out in the mid to late 80's you know? We used that name because we got this concept where we make D-Boy 80's music and we will use samples from the 80's and all the things that was going on at the time. The Go-Bots and everything that was just like a dope title. However a lot of people think it was a hyphy name. Because of the word "Go" is like a young like word for like "Go! Go!" They think the word came from there, but it came from an 80's cartoon, and we just used the name to represent the 80's for us.

ABM: Alright, tell us a little more about where your from, what music you listen too, your favorite artist?..

Jacka: Well, really through I am from all over man, but you know I am from Costa Carta County. I am really from Richmond and moved too Pittsburgh. That is how we all got discriminate as the Mob Figaz go. We love Pittsburgh, it's the city we got the most trouble at ya know? The city where we did a whole bunch of shit in. It's basically where we are all from man. I was from some where else, and then I moved there and I really become part of the streets and the culture and everything that was going on up there. So you know? I got to represent!

ABM: That's whats up! Alright tell us some of your favorite artist..

Jacka: *pause* Um, I really don't listen to rap really, you know what I mean? I mean I'll listen to a dope rap or a dope song you know? Like a realistic song about real life, but honestly there aren't too many rap music I really listen too. However I do listen to a lot of reggae. I listen to a lot of old reggae too. My favorite group right now is Midnite. They come with music like roots, you will never get tired listening to a Midnite album. I highly recommend y'all to check it out. They got hella albums out, I listen to all kinds of reggae. From roots, to dancehall, I listen to Nirvina, Sizzla, I mean everybody!

ABM: How did the first Go-Bots album do?

Jacka: Um, I am not so sure how it did. I mean it did pretty good. I never really checked the scans cause Lee and I did the first Go-Bots album, and we didn't really do what we wanted to do with it. So it wasn't really what we thought about in our head because we were trying to make a few dollars. So then we sold the album to our homie Nick Peace.

ABM: Right..

Jacka: You know? So after he bought the album, we said for the second album now that we have a foundation for it. We can do what we really wanted to do with it. So we used a lot of 80's samples and a lot of 80's themes and we all just went in man. It's just gonna be be dope. Everything we do is gonna have an 80's feel, every video we shoot, it is gonna be about the 80's, you know what I mean?

ABM: Yeah...obviously you have a solo career now, so what else are you working on right now that you want the public to know about?

Jacka: The Devil's Rejects Part 2 I am working on. Freeway and I just got done with an album we did together which is dope! I am thinking about calling it "The Best of Both Coasts". It's not finalized... we don't know what we gonna call it as of right now, but the album is done. I also just got done with a street album with Paul Wall. All original beats and everything. However Paul Wall is under a strict contract, so we cant really call it an album.

ABM: Right..

Jacka: I mean it is an album, but we just can't call it one..

ABM: That's tight!

Jacka: I was in the studio last night with Baby Bash and we made a few hit songs man. We did one over a Dr. Dre beat. Him and Nipsey Hussle, so yea that's a fucking hit!

ABM: Hell yeah! Any new songs right now that you want people to know about?

Jacka: Um, I just take them as they come man. I do a lot of songs with people and they just use it as a single. We have a lot of young artist, a lot of up and coming artist, and they got a lot of big songs on the radio right now. A lot of the artist get me on the remixes and a lot of them get me on one of their songs. Like for instance, we got Hari Springer, he coming up, we just did a video with him, matter a fact. He got a nice single on the radio right now called "Let Me See You Move". We just did the video for that song, so that should be dope.

ABM: Who are some of the artist and producers you worked with on the Go-Bots album?

Jacka: We worked with one dude that made the only beat on the album that wasn't a 80's sample. Its with Paul Wall and its called "Patty Cake" and its dope. I don't know his name, Lee Major know his name, he is one of his homeboys. Everybody else that did beats was my boy Pack Slap, he produced the whole album.

ABM: What is the lead single for the Go-Bots album? Are you gonna shoot any videos for the album?

Jacka: Yeah, right now its Own Risk, there is a video we just did for that song. Then after that we gonna drop the mixtape with Paul Wall..

ABM: That's huge! Anything recently you done for the public, tours, events, you know for the community?

Jacka: Yeah, I just got off tour with Zion I. I am about to do another tour called the "D-Boyz Tour" with Mac 10, that's gonna be in December.

ABM: Also on a side note, I heard you were out in Europe, how was that experience?

Jacka: Europe is dope! I didn't really go all around Europe, I just want to England. I was in Birmingham, which is a place that is the size of Oakland. There is about 5 million people up there. 5 Million aint really nothing in Oakland, maybe 5 million police! **chuckles** But naw they got about 5 million people down there. All black Jamaican people too! It's crazy man! They go crazy over there man and they LOVE the bay. They love all the street shit, they don't like the commercial shit. No down south southern shit, they might play some Gucci Mane but that's about it, you know what I mean? They don't listen to New York shit either. They ONLY listen to bay shit. They might also listen to a little bit of Sacramento shit too.

ABM: Wow..

Jacka: Yea, basically everybody out there listen to Bay music and that's it, and maybe some Reggae.

ABM: Did they mention any artist?

Jacka: Yeah! They mentioned Big Rich, Lee Majors and Rahmean, D-Lo, Sleepy D, Lil Ru from Live wire, J-Stalin, they were naming off everybody! They named a dude out in Sac named G-Mack. They knew all about the old school shit. From Yukmouth, C-Bo, I mean they were naming all the hard shit we like!

ABM: Any last words?

Jacka: Aw man! If you wanna find me, just hit me up on twitter or something. Www.twitter.com/TheJacka or myspace.com/thejackamobfigaz. We got videos and pictures and music. We keep our music updated as much as possible. We defiantly keep the page updated as much as possible with music. We also update it with schedules for shows. You can always check that out on the myspace and twitter pages.

Lee Majors

All Bay Music Magazine: So how did you and Jacka get your solo names?

Lee Majors: I got my name from a character from back in the 80's. He was the $6 Million Man, Fall guy, and Lee Majors. That's where I got my name from. At first my name was Lee-Bo, but then I heard the name Lee Majors about 10 or 12 years ago. When I heard it I was like "Yeah that's it! I'm Lee Majors!" *laughs*

ABM: *Laughs* That's wassup! Out of curiosity, you guys are named the Go-Bots, what was the idea behind it?

Lee Majors: Shit, one day me and Jack were just riding, smoking and I don't know it just came. Jack was like, "Man, we finna do the Go-Bots album, you down?" and I was like "Hell yeah!". We were just riding and chilling and it just popped in our heads. Everybody was doing the hyphy shit, and we were gonna take it back to some different shit.

ABM: Right, kinda like the old school version of "The Go!"

Lee Majors: Exactly!

ABM: Tell us a little bit more about where you both from. What type of music you like? Who is your favorite artist?

Lee Majors: Well, we from West Oakland California. I listen to all kinds of music. I listen to everything, I listen to reggae, classic soul, R&B, the funk, a little bit of everything you know what I mean? Favorite artist? Probably Young Jeezy, Ghostface Killah, his shit go! As far as bay area artist go? I like Messy Marv, and all of them. Basically just good music ya know what I mean?

ABM: Alright, so as far as the Go-Bots album, how did that do?

Lee Majors: First album did good! It was number one on City Hall Distribution for like three months straight. It stayed in the top 25 for a while. I don't know the exact number, but it was good!

ABM: On a side note, I was at a radio station and they said your song was on the top 200 list.

Lee Majors: It was actually my solo album called "Music 4 Da Mob", its in stores right now! It debuted with 50 Cent on the billboard top 200. That's what it was, it was on Billboard Top 200 not the radio.

ABM: That's huge! Very huge for bay area artist, not many artist are doing that.

Lee Majors: uh-huh **nods**

ABM: What else have you been working on lately?

Lee Majors: Well lately Jack and I been wrapping up the Go-Bots album. We still got a couple of songs. It WAS done but we kept getting production ya know? We did a bunch of 80's songs and a bunch of remakes. This producer name Pack Slap, he damn near the shit! He basically produced the whole damn album.

ABM: Are there any hot songs you want the people to know about?

Lee Majors: I mean you gotta listen to everything I do. You gotta listen to all my shit, I mean you not gonna like all my shit. Everybody likes different shit, like my new album just dropped. I got a single called "Demi Moore" Everybody like that song. I got another song called "Weekends" its one of my biggest songs. Everybody like that song, a few songs you like. In fact you may like a lot of my songs ya know?

ABM: One thing I may say is that it's defiantly a great album! Who are some of the artist and producers you worked with on the new "Go-Bots" album?

Lee Majors: As far as artist, we got Paul Wall on there. We got Keak Da Sneak, Huslah, G-Stack, Cellski, Fed-Ex, Mistah Fab, Matt Black, man I could go on. Pack Slap basically produced the majority of the album, I produced one of the tracks. Our single with Paul Wall, we had this one cat from Australia do the beat. I forgot his name but it was dope!

ABM: What is the lead single for the album? Will there be any videos?

Lee Majors: Yeah, we got the single with Paul Wall called "Patty Cake" and we gonna drop another single after that. Not sure yet because the album is FULL of singles. So DJ you can just pick a song. Videos, we already got 2 videos shot, we did "Play at Your Own Risk" featuring Dru Down. Free Dru Down by the way, he locked up right now. We got one song called "Cocaine" on there, it's the remix. We got everybody in that video. You got me, Jacka, Huslah, G-Stack, Yuk, Keak, man it's a BIG video. So look out for that Cocaine Remix!

ABM: That's wassup! Anything you did recently for the community?

Lee Majors: I stay doing stuff for the community, we got a toy drive coming up for Christmas for Kids. Looking forward to doing that, Jack and I are also gonna be judges for this American Idol like thing for the kids. Like a talent show, the winner will get studio time, Jacka and I will do songs with them, give them beats or whatever. Cant give kids money ya know? So we give back with our music.

ABM: Where could we find Lee Majors?

Lee Majors: You can find me anywhere. Myspace (www.myspace.com/LeeMajors3400), Twitter (www.twitter.com/ThaRealLeeMajors), or my gmail. You can find me anywhere man!

ABM: What do you see for the future?

Lee Majors: Expect me to grow more, and my music to get better as I go along. Got some big albums coming up. Expect a lot from this whole champ period.

ABM: Any last words?

Lee Majors: Yeah, free Dru Down! Get that "Music 4 Da Mob" in stores now. Get Jacks' Tear Gas album. Snatch that first Go-Bots album. Snatch all of em if you have to. Itunes, man get them all!

All Bay Music Magazine, Issue One (Volume One, Collectors Edition). Web edition transcribed from the print issue for allbaymusic.com. Text appears as printed, including original spelling and punctuation.