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Rapper, Mercury

In an era of black music that's populated by trendy dances and ring tones, Khujo Goodie acts as the voice of reason, bringing substance and content to a genre that often lacks the two. With his second solo album, Mercury, now in stores, Khujo plans to continue serving everyone the same course of excellence that he and his cohorts have been doing since the south's rise to hip-hop's center stage.

"I call [the album] Mercury, man, because it's a combination of hot songs put together. It's time to keep building with the momentum of the south right now," he says. "It's real relevant that godfathers like myself and the other Goodie put out new material just to let these cats know that we've been here, we've been doing this, and there's nothing new under the sun."

This being his first solo release since 2002's The Man Not the Dawg, Khujo watched as thesouth came under heavy fire due to accusations of producing disposable music, lacking creativity. "When people say that [about the south], I think that they're just being a little jealous right now. I don't think that's really a positive thing to say," he says. "When the other regions had the music, we could've easily said that [the music] was disposable, so I think people need to just big up everybody. Don't just come with criticism; come with solutions."

With five songs for the Goodie Mob's reunion album already in the can, expect to hear big things from Khujo Goodie very soon. - jason thompson

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