Sir Mix-A-Lot may forever be linked to 1992 mega-hit “Baby Got Back,” but you’d be off-base in labeling him a one-hit wonder. One of hip hop’s ultimate DIY practitioners, he was a platinum-selling artist long before “Baby Got Back” introduced suburbanites everywhere to the glories of the big, bad booty. He founded his own record label, produced his own tracks, created a Seattle hip-hop scene from scratch and was among the first hip-hop acts to collaborate in the rock genre. These days, he is working on a new album due out next year and generally surveying a scene hugely influenced by the music he created two decades ago. Sir Mix will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all this week. Read our Q&A with him.
Sir Mix-A-Lot: We need a new feel-good trend. Remember the Pet Rock, Barney, mood rings, the Bump, hi-top fades, mullets, Cabbage Patch Kids and “Where’s The Beef?”? With SpongeBob holding the fort down, we are going to need a new “thing.” Maybe a Jimmy Choo shoe with an eight-inch heel and side braces to protect your ankle for only $35. Maybe a gas salon, a place where, on those occasions when you feel a little bloated, you can go into the hip-looking place, lay down and have your body purged. Maybe call it a poot station.
