Episode 31 - mentaLCAse Part 1

The HipHopHumboldt Podcast

For Episode 31, I was able to sit down with a real Humboldt County legend, Case aka mentaLCAse from LCA the Lower Class Alcoholics. Case talked about how LCA came up learning the game from scratch, pre-computers and analog. He lays out the cats that were doing it in his crew and how they came together - it started as a tagging crew and was never a planned thing... a totally organic rise in Humboldt County. There were honestly more shout outs on this one than any other episode, and a lost of history that Case brought to the podcast. Shouts to Jimbo, OEB, DJ Saco, shoutouts to so many people that helped make LCA possible. Case got into the growth and growing pains that LCA went through over the years. Case talked about holding himself to a high standard in the moves he was making. He talked about his work with Eli Fowler on one of my favorites, the Howie Dootis project. He talked about so many different aspects of the scene. Case talked about how he used to smoke with the best of em but doesn't smoke anymore and how that has changed his life and his creative process.

We moved the conversation around and I asked Case what era of Hip Hop was his favorite. Case is a true hip hop historian, has a seriously legit vault, and holds a great wealth of hip hop in his head and his heart. Towards the end of this first part of my interview with Case, we got into social media talk, MySpace, and how you have to use these digital platforms to get out there nowadays. It's always a good conversation when someone knows a lot about the game and this was seriously a dope one laying out a lot of Humboldt County Hip Hop history. Don't miss Part 1 of my conversation with mentaLCAse, with Part 2 coming later this month. Thanks to Case for his time and thanks to the listeners for tuning in as always! Stay tuned