We certainly wish that we could claim this, but the honor goes to Chiddy Bang. The local alt-hop duo recently revealed to AOL’s The Boombox that while in the studio working on their long-awaited upcoming album Breakfast, they had a chance to get blazed with Keith Richards – OFTEN. Below is an excerpt from the interview where Chidera “Chiddy” Anagmege and Noah “Xaphoon Jones” Bersein talk about how they came to get stoned with the rock ‘n’ roll legend. (BTW: We’re just imagining what type of incoherent conversation we’d be having with him right now.) You can also read the rest of it HERE.
X: There’s a line that Chiddy has [on the album] where he says, "I’m getting stoned while my brother rolls/ So me and Keith will probably blow it down." That’s a reference to one day we ran into Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones. But unless you listen to that line a couple times you won’t get it. It’s almost like we made this for us and we’ll probably get it more than anyone else will.
How did you run into Keith Richards? That’s definitely a memorable experience.
X: We shared a studio with him everyday for like two weeks.
C: Before anyone told me that was Keith Richards, I didn’t even know. I was walking down the hallway smelling like reefer and he was like, "Hey!"
X: Everyday he would peek his little British head in the door and he’d [Chiddy] be like, "Wanna smoke something?" We didn’t get around to it this time, but if there was any hip-hop group that could use a weird Keith Richards sample, we think it would be us. When you are in music school and you’re taking a legal class about not sampling, the Rolling Stones are given as the prime example.