Jim Jones Interview w/ Complex

On His Mixtape:

Complex: So The Ghost of Rich Porter mixtape—how long have you been working on it?
Jim Jones: Well it started as a mixtape for the street. I’ve been working on it probably for like two months now. I got over 40 songs, and we had to sit and break them shits down. It started becoming harder and harder, and there was an album there and people started offering me money for it. It went from something I was going to give away for free to something somebody was going to pay me to give away for free. So, in the end, I’m still going to give it away free.

On Max B:

Complex: How do you feel when Max gets sentenced to 75 years?
Jim Jones: I have no feelings. I’m a numb to that. You dig?

On Jay-Z:

Complex: Are you referring to the video that surfaced of you boppin’ in the club to Jay’s verse on “Swagga Like Us?”
Jim Jones: I like “Swagga Like Us.” Shit, what are you going to be in the middle of the club dancing, like you got your lady with you and he come on and you’re supposed to just stop? She’ll look at you like, “You queer-ass nigga!” So shit, what the fuck is wrong with you niggas, I’m boogeying, man. And I might turn that shit up to 40 in the car if I’m moving fast. My personal issues has nothing to do with my artistic likes. If he has a hot record, he has a hot record. That shit with Alicia is dope, dope as hell. I’m not giving him props, I just like the music. I don’t give a fuck about him, fuck that nigga and the camel he rode in on. If he has a dope ass record though, what the fuck you going to do? It’s fucked up though because they don’t play “Ballin’” in the 40/40 club, that’s the hating shit I be talking about. I’ve got confirmation from DJs who have been kicked out for playing that record.

On “Ballin”:

Complex: Ok, off the top, what songs do you think were bigger than “Ballin’”? Was “In Da Club”?
Jim Jones: Yeah. That was bigger than “Ballin’.” I mean you know what, let’s not get to it. And let’s keep it funky, funkadelic. I did “Ballin’” on Koch. This nigga did “Ballin’” on Interscope and his family tree is NWA. Need I say more? He caught that one, I remember when Flex first played it. I’m going to have to come down to the office and debate this with your committee on video, let’s set that up.