The Mona Scott-Young Episode

By on February 21, 2013 in Show
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In her most in-depth interview ever, Love and Hip-Hop creator Mona Scott-Young discusses the passing of her former Violator Management partner and friend Chris Lighty; addresses the criticisms of Love & Hip-Hop head on; talks about when rap stars like LL Cool J and Busta Rhymes were real larger than life stars and how she’d really like to work with Maino. We went Hollywood on this one.

About Combat Jack

Attorney, author and radio personality Reggie Ossé is an established authority in all things urban entertainment. He is considered the first in today’s new wave of savvy attorneys well versed and nurtured in Urban, Hip Hop and Popular culture. He is the author of “Bling, The Hip Hop Jewelry Book”, a cultural anthropology coffee table book which provides an in depth and entertaining study of man’s fascination with jewelry spanning back to the birth of civilization.

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  • T-Bag

    I have two criticisms of this episode. I didn’t find Mona Scott-Young to be that interesting and on top of being uninteresting throught the whole interview it sounded like she was gasping for air on the mic. The combination of these two factors made for a painful listen. The only reason I listened to the whole show is because I’ve listened to every episode and I wanted to here you guys talk shit.

    • Coolism

      I’m not done listening but so far I don’t hear anybody “gasping for air”

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=875455444 Jay Gatling

    Mona Scott-Young seems to be a pretty descent woman. Much respect.

  • http://twitter.com/mrchrismorrow Chris Morrow

    T-Bag-gasping ie she couldn’t beath?

    • T-Bag

      Listen to the interview my dude. Everyone else was breathing without sounding like they were taking their last breath. It’s sounded horrible.

  • Mac

    love the past few interviews, but where is everyone? no more music breaks? hope this isint complex media ruining a great thing.

    • T-Bag

      I agree, is complex ruining our baby. Where is the team?

    • http://twitter.com/mrchrismorrow Chris Morrow

      just for the record, no complex conspiracy. With Star, basically he’s persona non grata in the building we’ve been recording in, so we had to tape at Just’s studio, which couldn’t fit whole crew.

      Then with Mona, that just happened out of the blue–we weren’t even taping a show the night that happened—and in the interest of getting it out there, we decided to drop it as is.

      but going forward, expect more of the “classic” format as stand alone episodes, supplemented by whatever we end up getting via the grand Complex experiment……

  • David L

    i dont watch reality tv and let’s be honest its all trash for profit

    but its always interesting when yall connect the dots in the industry. everyone with a platform paid their dues, got family history in the biz, and/or knows someone that knows someone that you’ve heard of or admire. i like when yall shine a light on ppl behind the scenes and walk through their grind.

    combats research game is improving and dallas is cleaning up his act – all around improved flow with the interviews.

    the only minor thing i would say is some of the magic is lost in these past couple shows becuase the whole thing is chopped up and edited. logistically i know its hard to bang it out in one go but jsut thought id mention it.

    respect

    • Matt Raz

      believe it or not we only had about 20 minutes notice going into that interview, so we had to scramble for research. think it came together nicely in the end.

      • David L

        props then thats even more impressive. and yea the whole interview proceeded at a natural pace. look forward to the next show..hopefully more of the crew’ll be present

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=785389672 Nora Jj Hurston

    Listening to the CJS is like having people over and they bring a friend along who rounds out the whole evening. I agree with David L. that “it’s always interesting when yall connect the dots in the industry”. I’m sure that many non-industry listeners (like me) tuned in not knowing who Mona Scott Young was and left saying “who knew”?! This episode drove home the reality of how far-reaching hiphop really is. I also enjoyed listening to an intelligent powerful woman who passed the “Dallas” test with flying colors. Make no mistake…I love the way Dallas tries to penetrate (pause); it gives the show a nice anticipatory flavor.
    The CJS is far from perfect but you get the sense that perfection is the goal and that makes for entertaining radio.

  • PlayerScottFree

    Too much kneecap sucking. Mona Scott Young is known or should be known. I felt like Combat was defending her from criticism and didn’t really interview her too much. Whether you like somone or not, do dilligence and make them answer the questions. Let the listener decide.

    • Matt Raz

      Not an excuse, but we only had 15 minutes notice going into the interview, so we had to do a dramatically abbreviated research process, something that usually takes at minimum 3-4 hours.

  • BKThoroughbred

    What the FUCK, Dallas!!! how the fuck could you even mention Karrine Stephens in the same breathe as Mona Scott!!! I was mad insulted over that attempt at humor.
    Overall, It was a good interview and I do like the tighter/shorter format because y’all are more focused.

  • the nature boy

    great show. combat i got an idea i want to pitch to you. it belongs in your network. any way i can give u the details let me know.
    Dallas = sam jackson in django.
    still salty bout that african hatred he was spewing before. dont get mad cuz i’m a nigga on a horse.
    respect to mona scott her shows seem a lil bootleg sometimes tho, but i can see she is learning and improving with each episode and i will continue to support her. i might not love lovenhiphop but i wanted more variety in reality tv, a hiphop aspect and also those women are fun to look at on her shows, i love the way she shows that tahiry aint nothing but a big ass and the camera shows every chance they get. i aint mad at cha

    • Matt Raz

      Curious to hear about your show idea. hit me on e-mail and I’ll forward to the team. mattyraz at gmail dot calm.

  • http://twitter.com/MrFickelstein Ronald Fickelstein

    Dallas Penn really needs to stop ruining these interviews. Pull a Star and “Shut off his mic!”

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