INTERVIEW: "No Limits": An Interview with Oh No

With all the helium-voiced alter egos, metal mask-wearing supervillians, and ghosts of underground legends teeming around Stones Throw Records, beatmaker-slash-rapper Oh No faces some stiff in-house competition for listeners’ attention. He’s managed to carve out his own niche, though, with a fun and fearless approach to the art and a knack for outside-the-box concept projects. Oh No followed-up his 2004 debut, "The Disrupt," with "Exodus into Unheard Rhythms" (2006), a compilation album built on samples from the back catalog of Canadian producer Galt MacDermot. This past July, he one-upped himself with "Dr. No’s Oxperiment," a 28-track bonanza of amped-up Turkish, Italian, Greek, and Lebanese breaks. Oh No woke up early on his bornday (it’s a blessing) to take a phone call with OKP’s T.M. Wolf. What follows are some slices of an hour and a half convo that touched on everything from sampling to "Midnight Marauders" to his upcoming project with Alchemist… (More...)