WEBVTT - #18 - Blxst 0:00:11.080 --> 0:00:14.040 Hey, that's right, another edition of that Bootleg Cat podcast 0:00:14.240 --> 0:00:18.759 officially here. Trying to remember what episode we're on. I 0:00:18.800 --> 0:00:23.959 think we're on episode number eighteen. Possibly, I can't believe 0:00:24.000 --> 0:00:26.599 I don't know what episode wrong. Nonetheless, we are here. 0:00:26.960 --> 0:00:28.600 Shout out to everybody who gave us all the great 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:32.160 feedback on the MC eight interview a couple of weeks 0:00:32.159 --> 0:00:34.480 ago and the Action Bronson interview that dropped last week. 0:00:34.600 --> 0:00:37.680 We are on episode eighteen. Welcome to episode eighteen. The 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:41.240 Bootleg Cap podcast is officially old enough to buy porn 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:44.320 and cigarettes, ladies and gentlemen. So yo. I appreciate everybody 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:46.839 who's checked in right now. Got a really dope episode 0:00:46.840 --> 0:00:48.640 for everybody tonight. Man, A lot of crazy shit going 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:51.200 on in the world right now. Donald Trump's got the RONA, 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:56.560 and I'd like to go on record and say if 0:00:56.600 --> 0:00:59.720 I gave my true thoughts, I'd probably get canceled and 0:00:59.880 --> 0:01:02.480 or fired from any sort of position that I'm in 0:01:02.480 --> 0:01:04.759 in life. So I will go ahead and just say 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:07.960 we wish him a speedy recovery. And it's still fucked, 0:01:08.000 --> 0:01:15.759 Donald Trump, you feel me? Nonetheless, Man, crazy like week 0:01:15.840 --> 0:01:21.199 for hip hop. I gotta acknowledge some albums that came out. 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:24.360 I want to shout out to twenty one Savage and 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:27.880 Metro Boom and Savage Mode two dropped and did not disappoint. 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:32.400 Incredible body of work. Lord knows how they got Morgan 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:38.520 Freeman to narrate the entire project, but man it came 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:43.479 out incredible. Shout out to both of them. Also, new music, 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:49.200 Westside Guns new album is officially out finally his Shady 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:55.040 Records debut, and he has two Slick Rick features on 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:57.960 his Shady Records debut. So if he would have had 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:01.920 one slick Rick feature, I would have been extremely impressed, 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:06.160 but the fact he pulled off two is just insane. 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:09.880 So shout out to a West Side Gun. His official album, 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:14.800 Who Made the Sunshine is out this third project this year, 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:18.400 Griselda has put out Let's see they had the Conway 0:02:18.480 --> 0:02:24.519 project that came out before that, Ari Caesar and then 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:27.440 you know Benny the Butcher's about to drop Burning Approve. 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:30.840 So shout out to the whole Griselda for just twenty 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:33.720 twenty just putting in work. Also went to shout out 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:39.639 to Smoke Dizzey's album, YG's album Roucchie from La put 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:45.120 out a decent project, and also Larry June and Harry 0:02:45.120 --> 0:02:47.919 Fraud put some shit out, but nonetheless a great, great, 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:51.520 great week for hip hop. I suggest my first two 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:53.960 listens if you're listening right now, go straight to that 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:57.520 twenty one Savage album. 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Today's episode is an interview with the 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:06.680 hottest artist in La right Now the hottest up and 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:10.520 coming artist. DJ Head, my co host That Real ninety 0:05:10.560 --> 0:05:11.960 two to three put me onto this kid a long 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:15.039 time ago. This is actually somebody had tried to sign 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:19.080 and man, such a talented guy, such a nice dude. 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:23.599 Super excited to talk to this guy. His name is Blast. 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:29.919 He put out a EP that's incredible and really just 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:34.159 on the cusp of being that next it guy. So 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:38.240 let's get into this podcast man, episode number eighteen with 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:41.039 Blast right here. Man, it's the boutleg Cab Podcast. Let's 0:05:41.040 --> 0:05:44.800 get to it. Boutlet Cab Podcast special guest in here. 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:49.640 We got the hottest artist in LA right now. Damn 0:05:49.720 --> 0:05:53.240 that's heavy, bro. His name is Blast. What's the deal man? 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:55.760 What's up? Man? It's crazy because DJ Head has been 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:57.560 telling me about you for so long. My co host 0:05:58.520 --> 0:06:02.599 and I remember remember him and Sallas talking about you, 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:06.960 and I guess dj had tried to sign you or 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:09.560 approached you to the hell. I don't know. Yeah, but 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:11.320 he was like, yo, Blast, the only guy I ever 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:14.359 tried to like work with. Right, Yeah, he told me 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:17.520 that too. Shout out DJ Head. That's good people, always 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:21.360 giving good advice. Yeah, we definitely sat down before it 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:25.080 had some some talks. Give me some of your background, man, like, like, 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:26.640 where are you from in LA because a lot of 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:29.560 you know that I heard I see you rocking the 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:32.799 Cranshaw had sometimes like where are you from in the city, 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:36.320 So I just say I'm from LA. I grew up 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:38.839 on the east side of LA seventy fifth and Central, Okay, 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:42.400 over there by Freemont High. Then I moved to Inglewood 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:45.040 and then high school years I moved to the Ie 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:47.760 with my dad. Oh shit, So you're just like, yeah, 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:51.479 La through and through a Yeah, that's crazy. Yeah. So 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:56.360 your man, your shit is so fire. Bro. I first 0:06:56.880 --> 0:07:01.440 like tapped in with you the project you guys drop 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:05.480 the joint tape together, which is fucking LA classic. But 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:07.800 give me some of your background as an artist, like 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:10.600 how long have you been making music? Man? Like? Like 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:14.640 when did this shit become your your job? Like Okay, 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:16.640 this is what I'm gonna do now, Like yeah, I mean, 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:18.800 I would say fresh out of high school. I started 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:23.280 producing and recording myself simultaneously. So I was just teaching 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:28.400 myself on YouTube, fucking with fl studio and in pro 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:32.000 tools and download downloading different programs, just teaching myself and 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:33.800 I fell in love with it. This was probably like 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:38.960 eight years ago. So okay, so you're you record yourself, 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:44.120 you make beats, ya, you sing? Yeah, do you mix 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:49.440 and master? Yeah? So you're like fucking Russ two point oh, 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:52.840 You're like LA's Russ, just the one fucking stop shot. 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:56.960 You're keeping all the money. Yeah. I do my my 0:07:57.000 --> 0:07:59.160 cover art two and most of my post production on 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:02.600 my videos as well. You do your cover art, your 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:05.680 you know, your your EP artwork was fire and looking 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:09.480 shout out EP on my Eagle Team. She creatively put 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:13.760 that together. That shit's dope, man. So so you kind 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:17.040 of became a master of the craft, just every aspect 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:20.720 of it. What was your like childhood, like, like what 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:23.120 like were you you know, how did you grow up? 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:25.800 Like did you play any sports? What were you doing 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:28.200 like as a kid prior to music. As a kid, 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:32.240 it was just running around just figuring shit out. I remember, 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:34.160 like the first thing to come to my mind is 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:36.920 riding bikes with my friends. That was the best, right, 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:39.960 throwing rocks at house, having pegs, right, just a little 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:43.920 bait hop on the back tire bro exactly. Yeah, I 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:46.200 mean it was cool until you get older you realize, 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:49.280 like certain locations you're not supposed to go to and 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:52.520 stuff like that, territories and yeah, it kind of changed 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:55.240 my perspective as I grew up. But yeah, that was 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:56.800 part of the reason why my mom wanted me to 0:08:56.800 --> 0:08:59.200 go to the i E. My dad to get away 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:04.400 from that that like exactly was uh going how much 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:06.600 of a because a lot of people who aren't from 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:09.160 the LA area, they'll hear someone from Riverside and they'll 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:11.880 be like, oh, that's La. Yeah, Like what's the big 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:15.000 difference culturally you think, like from what you were like 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:18.160 before your mom sent you to to I E. Like 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:22.760 what changed the most Just me knowing everybody in the 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:27.199 neighborhood really like everybody more to theyself out there. When 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:30.199 I was a late younger, It's like everybody's more outside 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:33.319 and vocal and you know, everybody on your block, you 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:34.880 know what I'm saying. Out there, it was just like 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:38.920 everybody to theyself. So I would say that's the most 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:42.439 change that I seen. Do you remember the first time 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:47.800 one of your records like like hit us, Like, like 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:50.600 do you remember like your first like song that got 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:53.120 moving online? Like what was like was it something when 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:54.840 you were in high school? Like what was like, like 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:56.680 even if it was like just the homies really like, 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:59.360 oh shit, Like people really like my music even if 0:09:59.400 --> 0:10:02.600 it's like thirty of them, Like yeah, nah, for sure. 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:05.040 I used to put songs on my Space back in 0:10:05.040 --> 0:10:06.880 the day, shout out to my space. You know who 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:09.160 was in your top eight though? Real quick, damn, I 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:11.760 don't even remember. That's that's a good question. Are they 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:15.280 still around? Would they from my top eight still around 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:17.439 to this day? That wasn't a solid top eight then? 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:21.400 So you had you were putting music up on MySpace, right, 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:24.760 and I feel like we'll reassured me to keep to 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:27.920 keep making music. Was girls used to upload my songs 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:29.440 on their page? You know how you can? Yeah, you 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:32.600 get paid someone else exactly. So I used to think 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:34.079 that was cool. I used to think I was somebody 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:36.360 because they were put if you if you had the 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:39.640 song choice on your Mindspace page was so important, that's all. 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:42.400 That's all the credit you needed. Back then, I would 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:44.880 put way too much thought into which songs that would 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:47.120 have as like my two or three on MySpace. So like, yo, 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:48.640 when people come to my page, I want them to 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:51.920 know how raw rap ship I'm into. I want them 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:54.040 to know I'll be fucking with the boom bab ship exactly. 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:57.120 That was your whole personality. Let me put this fucking this, 0:10:57.120 --> 0:10:59.800 this re up gang, push your t ship on my page. 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:01.680 You know what I'm saying. So people know, like I 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:05.079 with the fucking with the Nelly shit. Feel me? No, 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:10.960 that's crazy. So how old are you? I'm fifteen, You're fifteen, Okay? 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:15.160 Well how where're you graduate? High school? Twenty ten? Okay 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:18.240 for sure? I graduated no five, So so yeah, I'm 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:20.440 just trying to judge the era of music you came up. 0:11:21.120 --> 0:11:27.720 So you obviously are like I mean, sonically, man, you 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:32.280 can do anything. I feel like your melodies are crazy. 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:36.719 Where you think you get that from? Damn, that's a 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:39.640 good ass question. I probably would say just growing up 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:42.760 in my house, my mom and my older sister just 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:45.800 would play anything, you know, from Erica by Dude to 0:11:45.880 --> 0:11:49.320 Jill Scott. But like that's where most some good shit. Yeah, 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:53.320 my melodic side came from. And that's what really attracts 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:55.960 to me the most. Like melodies, Yeah, like, and I 0:11:56.000 --> 0:12:00.400 feel like too, like melodies are are the heart people. 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:02.120 You know, hear a lot of people talking about like 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:04.520 today's music is more melodic than like in the nineties 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:06.559 or the two thousands. But it's like, I feel like 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:09.360 the melody part is the hardest part. Like you, like, 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:11.840 anybody can write a bunch of lyrics on a page 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:14.960 and then they open their mouth and they sound god awful. 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:19.520 Right now. That's part of the reason why, like, when 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:22.520 I'm recording, I just like to go with whatever I'm feeling, 0:12:22.520 --> 0:12:25.240 because when you write it, it's not the exact same 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:27.160 as you will perform it, you know what I'm saying. 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:30.600 That makes sense. So is that your process when you're recording. 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:33.439 Are you like just feeling the melody out. Yeah, I 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:37.959 just say a melody with no words, like to a beat, 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:40.360 and then feel the words in it and then as 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:43.000 it goes Yeah, exactly. Yeah. I mean I've been in 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:44.120 the studio a lot. I feel like a lot of 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:46.840 people are kind of that's kind of like the way 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:48.720 they record now because I feel like, like you said, 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:53.199 writing it down is like it's like you're reciting something. Yeah, 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:56.160 I mean, especially with me having a studio of my house, 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:59.080 it gives me the opportunity to take my time with 0:12:59.160 --> 0:13:02.000 it too, so to say like I'm just freestyle and everything, 0:13:02.040 --> 0:13:04.439 but I really like to take my time and fine 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:07.920 what feels good versus what sounds good. Okay, So outside 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:10.280 of you in the MySpace moment, what was the first 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:13.440 record of yours? Like what like? Like, I know that 0:13:13.520 --> 0:13:15.440 the Bino Project made a lot of waves, and before 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:17.280 that you were making some noise, But what was that 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:18.960 record that kind of put you on in the city 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:21.120 where you were kind of like okay, like you know, 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:26.200 this shit's going in the right direction. Damn, that's a 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:28.719 good I wouldn't even say it was one record. It 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:30.640 was just a buy. I know you're dropping a lot. Yeah. 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:33.320 It was a slow build up until the point where 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:35.880 where I put out until I put out the six 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:38.800 tape and I was like, okay, I had this record 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:42.160 called Savage with Bino. That was the one that really 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:45.760 like caught everybody attention. And I was on Bino's Sorry 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:50.600 for the Way tape. Yeah, so you and Bino. By 0:13:50.640 --> 0:13:53.520 the way, Bino's project outside is super slept on it. 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:58.559 Go check that shit out. Father, You're on your You're Yeah, 0:13:58.640 --> 0:14:01.240 the singles crazy. We was running that shit up on 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:03.720 the radio for at least a month. Man shot out 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:07.520 that record is crazy. How did your guys' friendship like 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:10.920 start up. So it's this artist y'all may know his name, 0:14:11.000 --> 0:14:13.440 Kaitlyn for real, for real, shout out to Kaylyn. I 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:16.480 produced this song. He got called right with it, of course, 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:19.200 and uh, Beino hit up Kaitlin, like, yo, who did this? 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:21.520 You know even didn't even know as an artist at 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:23.960 the time. Okay, a lot of people know me from producing. 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:29.000 So yeah, Kaitlyn exchanged our contacts. I sent Beino probably 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:32.280 like five beats and he recorded everyone and like like 0:14:32.360 --> 0:14:34.680 a week. Wow. I sent them back, but he was 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:36.720 dropping them too and putting videos out to him and 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:40.320 they was all going viral, like you know, on YouTube, right, 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:44.160 So yeah, he started putting together He's Sorry for the 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:47.360 Weight tape. I sent them savage and he ended up 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:50.440 putting that on I'm Sorry for the Weight and then 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:53.520 we also ended up putting that on six tape, right, 0:14:53.840 --> 0:14:57.560 And that's how we started our relationship. That's crazy because 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:02.440 it's it's like like you guys recently just started fucking 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:05.360 with each other. But chemistry's fire. I don't know what 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:08.440 it is, but just his workflow is just like mine. 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:11.240 So it was easy. We clicked right off the jump. 0:15:11.680 --> 0:15:16.800 Do you feel like, like you said earlier, like you're 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:19.880 you're like your come up and it's still you're still 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:23.120 in the middle of it. But like the slow grinding 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:27.400 aspect of it was. Was it ever like frustrating or like, 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:29.880 were you ever hitting walls in the music industry where 0:15:29.880 --> 0:15:33.920 you're kind of like almost like threw in the hat? Nah? Yeah, 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:36.640 you definitely had those moments. But I don't know. I 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:40.240 feel like me being able to produce my own sound 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:45.000 kept me like humble enough to believe that sooner or 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:46.720 later it was gonna work, you know what I'm saying. 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:49.880 I looked at it like I'm just developing my sound 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:52.120 instead of like when this shit gonna blow. Like I 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:53.760 felt like I was just like all right, like he 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:57.600 was in your reps up right, Yeah, it's gonna hit. 0:15:57.920 --> 0:16:02.400 That's fair man, Damn. So the p is uh it's 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:04.960 fire straight through and through, man. I was. I was 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:07.080 just talking to my homie from New York about it 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:09.680 because all people be hitting me like yo, what's it? 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:11.280 What's going on in l A? And then I gotta 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:16.160 usually hit up DJ head But nah, I mean the 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:22.280 epy Phoenix. Yeah, we've never met, which is crazy because yeah, 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:28.640 but Uh, what was I fucking saying? I'm high ahead, 0:16:29.680 --> 0:16:32.160 talking ahead? Oh your EP, we're talking about your EP. 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:36.560 EP's crazy. I was extremely because I felt like every 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:39.960 time I was talking to anybody, uh, it was like 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:41.880 I've talked to people at def Jam, like and they're 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:44.680 bringing your name up, Like everybody's trying to sign this 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:47.400 full This was before this was like around the time 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:50.680 Beano dropped his project, but everybody had already kind of known, 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:54.720 like you're the guy that's next up. You signed with 0:16:54.800 --> 0:16:59.040 Red Bull, which is very unconventional. I know Warren Bruce 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:03.880 was fucking with red and ye, why what kind of 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:06.320 give us the rundown on that decision? Because it definitely 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:10.399 caught me by surprise. So I'm signed under my own imprint, 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:12.720 which is Eagle, and we did a partnership with Red Bull. 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:17.639 So yeah, basically Eagle is my team that put together 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:20.679 and right now it's just like a management because I'm 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:22.919 the only artist that they focused on. Got you and 0:17:23.480 --> 0:17:26.399 well red Bull. Yeah, everybody be saying like why you 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:28.679 do why you go with Red Bull? I wanted to 0:17:28.680 --> 0:17:31.640 go to unconventional route because this was my first time 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:34.959 doing paperwork with anybody, So I wanted to be strategic, 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:37.960 and I didn't want it to be something where it's 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:41.159 like a long situation, you know what I'm saying. I 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:43.359 wanted to do something where I can learn the ropes 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:45.720 of things. And it was the perfect fit for me 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:50.240 because they understood my position and my value as being 0:17:50.240 --> 0:17:52.879 a producer as well. So I feel like, yeah, it 0:17:52.880 --> 0:17:55.280 was the perfect situation. It's a short term. It's a 0:17:55.320 --> 0:17:59.160 short term deal. So are you a technically a free agent? Now? 0:18:01.320 --> 0:18:03.240 I'm not gonna say that because I do want to. 0:18:03.400 --> 0:18:05.480 I got some plans that I'm not speaking on right now. 0:18:05.600 --> 0:18:11.320 So you've already signed the big, big deal. Nah? Nah. 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:14.719 I know. I've heard some people trying to get at you, 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:18.000 is it everybody? A lot of people have been tapping there, 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:20.040 But I'm just trying to take my time with it, 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:24.320 right Yeah. Like I feel like the mistake most people 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:29.080 make is like you're like, you're doing what you're supposed 0:18:29.080 --> 0:18:32.200 to be doing. If a major label got involved tomorrow, 0:18:32.640 --> 0:18:36.760 like it might beat up like some things, but you're 0:18:37.160 --> 0:18:39.119 you're like, there's not a lot of major label can 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:42.080 bring to the table that you're not already besides money, 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:46.679 and that's gonna cut that's a fact. But even like 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:50.440 Red Bull, they definitely helped crazy, like with my situation, 0:18:51.080 --> 0:18:54.840 like just with the publications and everything, helping me put 0:18:54.880 --> 0:18:58.480 together my rollout. Oh, they was really on their ship. 0:18:58.640 --> 0:19:01.080 Every idea we came up with it, they was they 0:19:01.200 --> 0:19:03.440 was down there to produce it or you know, figure 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:05.840 out ways they can be a part of it. I 0:19:05.880 --> 0:19:08.000 mean that company is very They do a lot of 0:19:08.040 --> 0:19:11.359 dope dope ship that's like people obviously equated to an 0:19:11.440 --> 0:19:14.760 energy drink, but they do so much ill shit. Nah. Yeah, 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:18.119 they fire fuck with Red Bull Records, absolutely fuck with 0:19:18.200 --> 0:19:22.240 Red Bull Records and only drink red Bull because it 0:19:22.280 --> 0:19:26.800 gives you wings. Do you get free Red Bull for life? 0:19:27.280 --> 0:19:29.840 I hope so. I mean I'm assuming you have cases 0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:32.320 and nah. Yeah. They definitely blessed me with the cases, 0:19:32.440 --> 0:19:35.439 which is lovely, but yeah, I don't know if I 0:19:35.480 --> 0:19:37.919 get it for life though. There's like a Red Bull 0:19:38.480 --> 0:19:42.200 airplane competition. Have you seen that? They got so many 0:19:42.240 --> 0:19:45.280 sports bro? No, but they have like a competition with 0:19:45.320 --> 0:19:48.640 these fucking airplanes doing crazy ass ship bro. It's like 0:19:48.640 --> 0:19:54.040 like what like tricks bro? Yeah, it's like wild. Yeah, 0:19:54.040 --> 0:19:57.080 I've seen that fucking Red Bull man. They were raging 0:19:57.160 --> 0:20:00.879 over there. Yeah, everything extremely part of it. That shit 0:20:00.920 --> 0:20:05.600 crazy talk about man, Just like I know, you've had 0:20:05.640 --> 0:20:10.840 a lot of people tap in with you. Like, like 0:20:10.880 --> 0:20:13.120 I said, you're you're kind of the known. I feel 0:20:13.160 --> 0:20:15.280 like it's the consensus amongst the taste makers out here 0:20:15.400 --> 0:20:18.280 is like you're up next, who's tapped in? It's like 0:20:18.359 --> 0:20:21.640 kind of surprised you that was somebody who you were 0:20:22.640 --> 0:20:24.320 a fan of or somebody who you were like, oh 0:20:24.320 --> 0:20:26.440 my god, this person knows who the fuck I am. 0:20:26.720 --> 0:20:29.560 It's funny, as you said it earlier, Russ tapped in recently, 0:20:29.760 --> 0:20:33.359 Russ Russ a great guy, solid dude. He shouted me 0:20:33.359 --> 0:20:35.879 out on Twitter too. I saw that, Yeah, I just 0:20:35.920 --> 0:20:38.399 saw that, You're right, Yeah, he just tweeted about you 0:20:38.480 --> 0:20:41.080 like it was yesterday, the day before. Yeah, yeah, shout 0:20:41.080 --> 0:20:42.879 out to Russ. That's crazy because I watched all his 0:20:43.000 --> 0:20:45.440 interviews and I be feeling exactly how he be feeling 0:20:45.480 --> 0:20:48.680 about everything. So shout out Russ. Sean love because he 0:20:48.720 --> 0:20:52.119 didn't have to do that. You know, It's interesting with Russ. 0:20:52.160 --> 0:20:54.719 I feel like he gets so much unwarranted hate and 0:20:54.760 --> 0:20:58.080 I'm like, Yo, this guy's literally giving you guys priceless 0:20:58.160 --> 0:21:02.000 game that's crazy for free, like shit, you can't pay 0:21:02.040 --> 0:21:04.360 for shit that nobody will want to tell you. Who 0:21:04.359 --> 0:21:07.600 could tell you? And he's just spreading the game to everybody. 0:21:08.240 --> 0:21:10.320 And it's like, Yo, you could do nothing but appreciate 0:21:10.359 --> 0:21:16.040 somebody like that too. Does that kind of staying independent 0:21:16.200 --> 0:21:20.520 or or not necessarily going like the super major label 0:21:20.600 --> 0:21:23.320 route to somebody like Russ and what he you know, 0:21:23.359 --> 0:21:27.320 when he posted his tumb course, shit, that's just crazy, mom. Yeah, 0:21:27.359 --> 0:21:30.040 that's pure motivation for me. When he even when he 0:21:30.080 --> 0:21:31.719 tapped in, I was tellingim, but I was like, bro, 0:21:31.840 --> 0:21:34.840 this is just reinsurance that I'm on the right path. Yeah, 0:21:34.920 --> 0:21:37.640 things like that. Yeah, that's what motivated me for sure. 0:21:39.359 --> 0:21:43.680 You have a crazy uh record with mis that you 0:21:43.680 --> 0:21:47.919 guys just drop the video for. Are you prepared to 0:21:47.960 --> 0:21:50.360 be the next like hook guy? I think Ty's gonna 0:21:50.359 --> 0:21:52.360 pass you the baton. Hey, I'm not mad at that. 0:21:52.400 --> 0:21:54.600 I'm not mad at that. Yeah, I definitely take that role. 0:21:55.119 --> 0:21:56.960 I'm not mad at being the hook guy. I feel 0:21:57.000 --> 0:21:59.520 like it's coming man, I do too. I feel like 0:21:59.560 --> 0:22:01.200 it's like I feel like you're like tied. All the 0:22:01.240 --> 0:22:07.160 sounds gonna be like yeah, t I got it for show. Yeah. 0:22:07.320 --> 0:22:10.359 On Twitter, that's the trend, they say, blast everyone's coming 0:22:10.400 --> 0:22:13.480 at you, Like, yeah, bro, you got to like, man, 0:22:14.480 --> 0:22:17.760 who's your dream collaboration? Like, who's like that one artist 0:22:18.440 --> 0:22:22.399 that even no matter how unrealistic, it is like that 0:22:22.400 --> 0:22:26.120 that you you want to work with. People probably gonna 0:22:26.119 --> 0:22:28.600 make fun of me, but I'll say Chris Brown. Hey, 0:22:28.760 --> 0:22:31.560