'Bust Down' stars Langston Kerman and Chris Redd talk Freddie Gibbs, new series and more (Exclusive)
We’re officially 48 hours away from ‘Bust Down’ premiering to the masses on Peacock and with as much appreciation as I personally have for humor here both in my real life and here on Attack The Culture, it was only right to connect with legendary funnymen Langston Kerman and Chris Redd to dish on their new series.
From talking about having hip-hop heavyweight Freddie Gibbs co-star on the series with them to how the show evolved from its initial creation to reach the masses this Thursday, March 10 - the conversation hits hard.
Check out a few key moments from the discussion and keep scrolling to check out the full chop up session.
Did you have any idea Freddie Gibbs would deliver the way he delivered - granted the casino is based in Gary, Indiana, his home base, but what he brought to the show especially with the pressure of being around four, legendary comic stand-up legends like yourself, how crazy?
Langston: I would say Freddie showed up in a way that nobody could have anticipated. Maybe even Freddie, I think he destroyed the role. I think he embodied Chauncey better than anyone could have. So we’re super grateful that he took the time to do it.
Chris: 100 percent. He was just like a ball to play off of. We have a bunch of moments where we go head to head. I think everybody kind of does, especially him and Langston. But just going head to head on some improv shit, effortless. The man is hilarious and some of the things he does, throughout the series, it’s just mad funny. You kind of forget you’re watching one of the best rappers and you’re just watching Freddie Gibbs kill it.
I saw some interviews with you guys obviously breaking down what ‘Bust Down’ is all about and I know there was an original, before it was ‘Bust Down’ it was ‘All 4 One’ - and then scrap that and it turns into ‘Bust Down.’ We’ll start with you Chris, what was the evolution like? What did you maybe take away to turn it into ‘Bust Down’ or did everything get scrapped from what ‘Bust Down’ is today?
Chris: It’s been an evolution. This all started from an idea that was actually really bad. [laughs] It was me getting my three very talented friends behind the idea that we should remake this horrid idea and in the journey of it all, we found ‘Bust Down’ and what ‘Bust Down’ is. I think we were all creativity circling around what it ended up being but it just took the journey. If you had asked us in the middle of it, it would have been like, ‘They’re fucking with us, man.’ But when it comes down to it, we needed all that time for it to become what it is.
It’s just a perfect version. It’s very rare you write something and it comes out as good or even better than what you created it being and it’s just a blessing.
Langston: I think that’s absolutely correct. This project has had about four or five different homes at this point which meant that at some point ‘All 4 One’ seemed like the correct thing and thank God whoever was responsible for it turned it down because it was a very bad show that we were just trying to make and now I’m proud of what we landed on.
Chris: And I’m really glad we ditched the UPN name.
Langston: ‘All 4 One’ is a UPN show. [laughs] Our original name was going to be called ‘Eve.’ [laughs]
Chris: [laughs]
