Released nearly five years after his last album and promoted by the rapper since 2001, Kamikaze finally dropped in one of the least popular months for music buying, January. But once I got in the lab, it's the same approach.To say that motor-mouthed Twista and producer Toxic took their time getting Kamikaze out is an understatement. As opposed to being able to go in, just day in, day out, and bang out the whole album," he says. "The only change, this time, was maybe having a lot more going on and being able to concentrate in (just) certain amounts of time. The EP is a preview of a full-length album, "The Dark Horse," that Twista hopes to release by early summer. Twista's latest music, produced by The Legendary Traxster, is dark and ominous. His 2013 EP, "Back to the Basics," covers familiar gangsta-rap ground, like a pitcher who's still potent despite losing speed off his fastball. Today, he mostly uses his entrepreneurial skills for making his own albums and putting them out on his record label, Get Money Gang. Neither of them caught on, although the clothing store lasted longer. In 2006, coming off his sales peak, Twista told reporters he planned to launch a local barber shop (before he became famous, he worked as a barber) and a clothing store. And he put out hit albums "Adrenaline Rush" (1997) and "Kamikaze" (2004). Diddy to Kanye West to Sting (they made a babes-in-the-club remix video for "Stolen Car," and it's humorous to see how infrequently they were together while filming). Twista's music business break came in 1994, when hip-hop was just beginning its big-money bling phase and a Chicago group called Do or Die invited him to appear on its single "Po Pimp." When the song turned into a smash, "Tung Twista" and his fast-talking style were the beneficiaries. But as long as you know (what) you're doing, you'll be all right." In that instance, you have to figure out ways to get by. "But say you're doing a whole show, and you wrote that song to mesmerize people but didn't think it out as well when it came to performing it. "If you're just doing a demonstration for somebody, on a radio station or something, then that's cool," he says. Even in his younger days, Twista had to pace himself to maintain his impossible cadences.
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