Entrevista Parte III

One of my favorite tracks on the new albums is, “Imma Be Alright (Rent Money).” What's the craziest thing you've ever spent your rent money on?

Oh, my! [laughing] Well, I spend far too much money on clothes. I spend far too much money to try and entertain people when I don't have the money. I've been guilty of doing that. More times than I care to mention, yes, sometimes I get that carried away. And before you know it, you spend all your money and you're like, “Aarrgh! I can't pay my rent.” I just did one of those little things, and yes, it's unfortunate but true. I'm quite frivolous. I've always been frivolous and I think I'll always be frivolous. But I'm alive and well and making music, so I have no complaints.

Although you were born in Paris, you were raised in England. I noticed that the Union Jack appears on your album cover. There's a lot of hoopla right now about French deejays finally getting a great deal of respect – deejays like David Guetta and Daft Punk. Are you torn between being labeled either British or French?

Yes, that's a constant battle with me, really. The French do not necessarily – historically – like the English [laughing]. But it’s almost 2010, so I think, really and truly, I love French house music. I love Daft Punk. And French pop stars are hugely influential, are considered to be influential, and will be always be influential in extraordinary music. And their music is entirely robotic and computerized. It's underground and being sampled by tons of hip-hop artists, and you don't even know what they look like. They make fresh music, they sell millions of albums, and they have fun. And I admire that greatly. I'm like, “All right, I know what they look like.” England's great. They've got great new bands. You've got The Enemy. You've got amazing clothes. I’m proud to be a part of that as well. Part of English . . . you know, it’s shaped me greatly. There's a pattern to me that thrives and will always be underground. You've got grind. You've got urban. People just making stuff purely — and it's always been that way — like jungle bass, or just made purely for playing the club, just a smash in the car. And I admire that greatly. Where in America, it might be underground, but it’s all about the smash, the hit. And all kids listened to American music when I was a kid, even when I was living in France or U.K. As much as I love French dance music or electronic music – and I love London's Indie music, rock music and other music – I'm always going to think of American music. So it's always about the hit records, towards about that next level, and it remains to be that way. And hip-hop is always evolving and changing. And it will change again. And there are some that are afraid of change, but I’m not. I always like changes, no matter what. So I don’t think I’ll ever abandon hip-hop because it’s always influenced me.

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