1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: Real key for real celebrity joined the Breakfast Morning everybody 2 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: is DJ envi Angela, Ye, Charl, I mean the guy. 3 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 1: We are the Breakfast Club special guests and friends to 4 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: the room lead at the New School. When it come 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 1: to these rappers out here, what's up? Listen? First of all, 6 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 1: salute to you for giving props to one of my 7 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: favorite the seeds of all time, Killer Mike on the 8 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: Hood Politics Record All the time. Man, that never happens 9 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: for artists like you give props to guys like Mike. 10 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: You've been doing it for a long time, way before me. 11 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, So it's only right he's 12 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: gonna continue to do it too. Do you actually listen 13 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:42,919 Speaker 1: to Mike like you listen to Running Jews, Running Jews Joints? Crazy, um, Atlanta, Man? 14 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: What happened with your album? Album? Was supposed to come 15 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: out that one weekend? Then it just dropped on a 16 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 1: Sunday and then it was only the clean version, and 17 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 1: the clean version was taking off everybody. What happened? They dropped? 18 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: They dropped them the clean version. And the crazy part 19 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: about it is we knew that the iTunes leak was 20 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: gonna be down for a minute when once they did 21 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: that because it's a certain system that they put in 22 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: at the labels to either put it on iTunes put 23 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: it up, so the date was actually confused and locked 24 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: it in and locked it off, so the fans was tripping. 25 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: So I'm sure he's seen that on his Twitter and 26 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: went crazy. How much time did y'all spend on the 27 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,040 Speaker 1: marketing campaign, like, Yo, how are you gonna roll the 28 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: album out? Because you can't do a traditional release no more? Yeah, definitely. 29 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: We We always sit as as an entity as far 30 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: as TD and make our own rules first. And that's 31 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: been day one. That's been since iTunes, that's been since 32 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: our mixtapes. So even though everybody's doing it traditionally now, 33 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: we always had that knack to, you know, put it 34 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: out the way you want to. And our thing is 35 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: is is the people gona likeack in regardless they gonna 36 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: like it or they're not. So you could put it out, 37 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: you could put up people on stage, you could do 38 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: the war shows, you can do radio, but if they 39 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: don't rock with the music, they're not going to get 40 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: it or don't. The first thing that we heard from 41 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: from this project, little it wasn't your normal Kendrick Lamar 42 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: per se type of record. Yeah, yeah, So what was 43 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: the inspiration of our why you decided to let that 44 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: one go first? Yeah, the inspiration behind it was really 45 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: um talking to some of the older cats in the 46 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: neighborhood and really doing somebody of the norm uh speaking 47 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: speaking uh, some type of positivity back in the city 48 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: rather than doing you know what we used to doing period. 49 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: You know, from the initial content of the record, I 50 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: always said, it's for some of my homeboys back in 51 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: on the yard and also the community period. And it 52 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: was it was it was therapeutic for myself, you know, 53 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: because sometimes wake up and we may not feel the 54 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 1: same wi we feel yesterday. So that was that was 55 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: the initial wind state. And it did just that. You 56 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: won two Grammys, which yall didn't show up, y'all. Purpose 57 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:51,919 Speaker 1: I had to work. I had to finish that album. 58 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: I was locked in. I couldn't lose focus. I couldn't 59 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: go on tour, I couldn't do no awards. I was 60 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: on a deadline. Expect to win last year. You was 61 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: expected to win. Now I don't. I don't expect nothing. 62 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: I don't expect nothing nothing. I just put the music 63 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: out now I read that you started working on this 64 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: album right when you were finishing Mad City. Yeah, and 65 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: so it took you like two years. Two years to 66 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: do it. Yeah, Okay, how many songs did you actually do? Um? 67 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: I probably did about thirty to forty songs that we 68 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: actually fought over in the studio because a lot of 69 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: the records was was my favorite records. You know, sometimes 70 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: it'd be like that, you may do something crazy and 71 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: it just don't end up because it might not be 72 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: as cohesive as you thought. So what happens with those 73 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: they'd be for my my ear my iPhone. That's been 74 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: a lot of mixed reviews behind the album. Some people 75 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: feel like you're being too preachy preachy. How do you 76 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: feel about the reception of the album. I feel great 77 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: about the reception of the album. I ain't catch the 78 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: preachy thing because majority of the albums me me talking 79 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: about my faults, especially on records like you Ain't Got 80 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: a lot of Kicking, Black of the Bury. All these 81 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: are therapeutic songs for me. I feel like sometimes when 82 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: somebody's doing really well, because Ken Jake, you have a 83 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: lot on you, like people look at you, it's like 84 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: Ken Jake is the greatest. Yeah, and sometimes people want 85 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: to come in and be really critical and find some 86 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: type of fun. Yeah, all the time. But we're all human, 87 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: So you're gonna find a fault anyway that somehow. I don't. 88 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: I don't, I don't run from I'm not scared of 89 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: I can't live in fear that. You know, everybody had 90 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: their opinions or whatnot. I didn't know you were suffering 91 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: from depression the way you said you was on the album. Yeah, 92 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 1: the industry called not the industry just to change. You know, 93 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 1: it's a drastic change when you you you're around so 94 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: many different faces, faces that you don't quite understand and 95 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: mean different people and things are going on back home 96 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: that's out of your control to handle, you know what 97 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: I'm saying. People would think that would take you away. 98 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: You know, the money that the lifestyle, you're able to 99 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:55,039 Speaker 1: take a lot of those people that would usually be 100 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 1: from the hood, that you get another chance, taking the 101 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: places that they would never see. Yeah, you can, but 102 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 1: you can't take everywhere. It's still stuff. They're gone. I 103 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 1: still got family and comfty. You know, I can't. I 104 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 1: can't put a million dollars in they pocket and say 105 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: you don't have feel what I'm saying, all I can 106 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: do is put them in positions where they can find 107 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: for themselves. But sometimes the lifestyle that they end they 108 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: might not know how to handle it. They might not 109 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: know how to handle some type of working world where 110 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 1: they never been in. All they know, it's the streets. 111 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: We talked the other day about responsibility and how responsible 112 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: are artists to the community, like as far as being leaders, 113 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: as far as speaking out against social issues, and this 114 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: is something that you've always done in your music. Do 115 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 1: you think that more artists should be responsible? Uh? Do 116 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 1: I think more artists should. We have a hand for 117 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,360 Speaker 1: right now. But I think every artist should always be 118 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 1: responsible for how how they go about marketing or putting 119 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 1: their music or how they you know, put their words together. 120 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 1: Because this is something I didn't understand until I went 121 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 1: out on these roads and talk to these kids. They 122 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: take my music very seriously. So with that being said, 123 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,600 Speaker 1: I know they take the next artist music very seriously. 124 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 1: So by this industry now, I real talk because the 125 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: real life that the artists went through for for kids 126 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,239 Speaker 1: in this new generation, it might just be a trend 127 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: for them until they go out there and get themselves killed. 128 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 1: You feel I'm saying, so how I put my words 129 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 1: together me for me personally, It's a strategic way, you know, 130 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: I'm not just glowing find the streets of whatnot. You know, 131 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: it's a reality check, but it's for the better at 132 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:44,840 Speaker 1: the end of the day. That's why I respected I 133 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: so much because it was an uplifting song for a 134 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: lot of kids that usually, especially during this time, we 135 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: don't see that, you know, and it was it was 136 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 1: mean and Charlemagne were talking it. It felt positive, but 137 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 1: it felt outcasts in a way that it was different 138 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: where kids can see that you ain't just got to 139 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 1: sell drugs and shooting. It was. It was a positive joy. Yeah, definitely. 140 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 1: It takes a lot of gus to put a record 141 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: like that on your second album too. What was the 142 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 1: labels thing when you came with that type of it 143 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: first single? Yeah, yeah, I mean that was behind it 144 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: because they know that we came in as business as 145 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: TDE top Dog Entertainment doing what we want to do. 146 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: You know, we were selling records, were selling mixtapes and 147 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: the foundation that we have with the kids is strong, 148 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: is stronger than any type of number of marketing service 149 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: that the label can do. So that was behind it, 150 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: and I appreciate them for that. They never ever came 151 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: in trying to strategically move my creativity around. And I 152 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: respect that because on your second now I'm everybody's looking. 153 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: I mean, I know what the kids, won't you feel me? 154 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: I'm fairly young myself. You feel saying I got little brothers. 155 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: I know what they listened to all day. So it 156 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: takes a strong following and a strong support system, not 157 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: only from in my camp, but the folks around me 158 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: to say, okay, continue to do what you do. What 159 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: was that dance in the video? What was that called? 160 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: That's that's la a coaching man? We go, we go, 161 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: We're gonn continue to push that on the Where the 162 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: hell did the Tupac audio come from? From Mortal Man? 163 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: Because I thought I had heard every Tupac in Yeah, 164 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: I ain't not heard those vocals before trip. I got that. 165 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: I got that uh when I was in Germany from 166 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: this Caddy said, I got this unreleased UH Park interview 167 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: and he handed off to me. So what made you listen? 168 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: Because I'm sure everybody close Yeah, real tug. I did 169 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: my research. I had to see it. Is this official? 170 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: You know? First off? So I went through it, played 171 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 1: it back and oh yeah, you gotta get everything clear. 172 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, But when you heard it you felt like 173 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: he was talking to you or have the questions in 174 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: your mind or yeah, because the trip is Park was 175 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 1: a prophet to me, and everything he's talking about it's 176 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 1: actually going on today. You've gone saying and and and 177 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: that right there just sparked idea immediately for what I 178 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 1: was talking about in my record. So when you met 179 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: Park in Cuba, this, yeah, the old Germany thing. I 180 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 1: got vocals in Germany. What the hellth is money in Germany? Now? 181 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: But it was, it was, It was a blessing. And 182 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:17,079 Speaker 1: I came about it. And I really appreciate his mother too, 183 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 1: you know, for for um giving me, giving me an 184 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 1: opportunity to use the vocals because you know, people hold 185 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 1: them things dear. And if she would have stood down 186 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 1: and said no, I would have respect that too. It 187 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: out of respect that I have for her and her 188 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: son's legacy because the things that he know, it comes 189 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: from her. You feel what I'm saying, So either way 190 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 1: it would have win. Iour show respect period. Do you 191 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,959 Speaker 1: read a lot? I always wondering I'm like, because you 192 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 1: seemed like you got you're so full of knowledge and wisdom, Like, 193 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 1: where does it come from? I mean my encounter with people. 194 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: I'm not scared to talk to people. I'm not scared 195 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: to to interact, whether it's a five year old kid 196 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: or or eighty year old man. You know what I'm saying. 197 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: Of course I read, but I put it to you 198 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: like this. I'd rather be interacting with a person, you know, 199 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 1: rather than gathering up information, you know, from somewhere else, 200 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 1: speaking to a person with wisdom that've been here before me, 201 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: somewhat life experience. It's always um. Now, what about La. 202 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: You had seemed like you were disappointed with the album 203 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: sales in La alone. You feel like they're not supporting 204 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:20,080 Speaker 1: you like they should. I think that was top Dog. 205 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: You don't music to care about. You do the music, 206 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 1: and you let them hand. I can't see you in 207 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: the studio like y'all. They're only about now. Top absolutely 208 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 1: got out ready to go shoot up record stores. Yeah 209 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 1: he gotta do that. He I mean, he's the businessman. 210 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: Got to calm tap Dog down sometimes all the time. Man, 211 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: you know, but he he he knows the music and 212 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: he knows the quality of the music, so he looked 213 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 1: at it not from only a businessman standpoint. He knows 214 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: the magnitude of the record. You know what I'm saying. 215 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:54,839 Speaker 1: He's close to it, just like I'm close to it. 216 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:58,719 Speaker 1: So if he gets angry about something, I can't say, 217 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:01,559 Speaker 1: you shouldn't be angry because he has a right to it. 218 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: We were just we starved together man in the studio. 219 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 1: You know, did you ever envision all of this happening 220 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: when you first signed early on and you know it 221 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: took some time to get the ball running. Did you 222 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: ever think that things would be this big and you 223 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:14,719 Speaker 1: would be considered like one of the biggest hip hop 224 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:18,199 Speaker 1: artists today, to be hundred cent real, which you I didn't, 225 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 1: but Top Dog did. That's real talk. And you can 226 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 1: ask anybody that's been around us, or if you whoever 227 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 1: know him a long time. He always said, Kay dives 228 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: gonna gonna do something in this game. Way be five 229 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: and believe it. You know I was in the studio 230 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 1: just playing around. You know, he grabbed me and Jay 231 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: Rock off the streets Compton and watch say getting the studio, 232 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: do something better with your life, and we're here doing it. 233 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: Now Jay Rock is doing this thing. He's at an 234 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 1: all time level where he's ready to blow and break out. 235 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 1: And the same thing with him, he gave me my shot. 236 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: Jay Rock gave me my shot by jumping out into 237 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 1: the wolves of the industry and the politics. I didn't 238 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:58,839 Speaker 1: have to go through that. I felt mad. I always 239 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: felt like Jay Rock had a great um debut album, 240 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: but he was like the guinea pig. Yeah. Man, it 241 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:05,320 Speaker 1: was so much. We had to learn, so much he 242 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 1: had to learn, you know. So by the time we 243 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 1: went through a lot of mistakes, I was ready, you know, 244 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: and Rock was in my corner giving me game, like 245 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: do this like that, because when you do that, you 246 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: do when when when you go on this meeting like that, 247 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 1: they gonna say this, and you got to stand up 248 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,839 Speaker 1: for yourself. And that's the gaming game is true. J 249 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 1: Cole was trying to sign you at one point. He 250 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: never told me that. He never told me I wanted 251 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 1: to sign Ken, Yeah, because I think by the time 252 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: I met him, he wanted to get this is his 253 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:36,440 Speaker 1: label off off the ground and he was already signed 254 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 1: and doing this thing. I was still independent. But that 255 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,680 Speaker 1: that's that's that's a good good Eye for Talent album together. 256 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: That's also a thing that everybody's talking about all the time. 257 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: It's always just the schedule issue, you know, once we 258 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: get around that, that's that's my boy, though I talked 259 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: to him on a regular You got them extra songs already, 260 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: you know you do. Y'all got music recorded? Yeah, we 261 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 1: do together exactly, but also going back in and continue 262 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 1: to work because new songs are so old. We're both 263 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: grown this artist. Now. When you dropped the influmous control verse, 264 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: it seems like you were ready to compete and eat 265 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:12,959 Speaker 1: all competition. But the piple Butterfly, it seems like you 266 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 1: don't even care what everybody else is doing. Yeah, I mean, 267 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: you know what the thing about control is, I think 268 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 1: people forgot just off the music that I put out 269 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: that I'm actually from the West Coast and the aggression 270 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 1: that we have in our music. I can't run from that, 271 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 1: you know, whether it'd be a control verse, whether it 272 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: be black or a berry, that's that's all. I'm influenced by. Q. 273 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 1: I'm influenced by by Dre so sugar free on your 274 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 1: sugar free Yeah, yeah, respector ship definitely sugar Freeze in 275 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: my music. Keim Kunter one of the interludes. So I 276 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 1: think what happened was people forgot that. So when you 277 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: hear something like control come from Kenji glamars as a 278 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 1: reminder that you know, I grew up off against the 279 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:57,719 Speaker 1: rap and that aggression are always being me. Were you 280 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 1: surprised that nobody snapped back because this is you know, exercise, 281 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 1: and nobody was. Everybody was like, I'm gonna leave that 282 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 1: man alone. Yeah yeah yeah, and those who did, they 283 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 1: did in a friendly way, very friend very friendly. Uh yeah, 284 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: it was It was cool. What's more important? Love from 285 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: your peers are our love from the consumers discreets, because 286 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: I see a lot of people, a lot of musical 287 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: artists are bicking up this album crazy, like yeah yeah, 288 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: uh my fans for show, my fans for show, because 289 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 1: those are people that's been rocking with me since day one, 290 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: before we even signed to a major. You know how 291 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: I got out here in New York then my first 292 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 1: sold out show at so Obs that was just off 293 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: the love of the music, you know, so they always 294 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 1: be number one period. You remember your first interview you 295 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: did up here? Nah, don't I know? I know y'alls 296 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: out y'all zone me charletmaginne tellbody but no. But but 297 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: it was so early that we didn't even have it 298 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 1: didn't even go on air. It was on the webisode. 299 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 1: Yeah it was. It was on a webisode thing. And 300 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: and I just remember back then, I was like, this 301 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 1: kid is gonna be something. And we were having a 302 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 1: conversation never day about who the best lyricism, best rappers, 303 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: and I mentioned you and Charlemagne was like, I don't 304 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: think he has enough in yet. Still yeah, yeah, because 305 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 1: you said he was one of the greatest of all times. 306 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: Man only got two albums from doing some time hearing 307 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 1: him snapping some of the things that he said most artists, 308 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: I don't think they do y'all no favors when they 309 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: automatically put y'all with the goats already get of course 310 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 1: I can hear it. Of course you gotta have that time. 311 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: And that's the thing that I say with the word 312 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: classic and an instant classic album, um me putting to 313 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 1: Pimple Butterfly out. You hear the speculation of kids saying 314 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: that all over again prior to when we put Good 315 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: Kid in matt City out. And I always told him, 316 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 1: listen to the music a few times man before before 317 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: we start throwing words out like that, even when it's 318 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: on my behalf, because I want you to live with it, 319 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. I want it to be 320 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: first listening and you like it, or first listening and 321 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 1: you have an a pin live with it, grow with it, 322 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 1: because at the end of the day, I make albums 323 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: that I have that type of longevity. If not, I 324 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 1: can just give you a whole bunch of singles on record. 325 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: You feel what I'm saying. And I was talking to 326 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 1: somebody the other day. I make my music basically for 327 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 1: people in the system and in the printing system and 328 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 1: kids in college because they got a number of time 329 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 1: to listen to it. So I want you to treat 330 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 1: it just like that I wanted. I wanted to be 331 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: an actual course that you're taking and that you can 332 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: live with. And I agree with that because like I 333 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: like to read a lot, you can't just rush through 334 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: a four agreement. You can't just rush through a forty 335 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 1: a law of power. And that's how I feel with 336 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: you my head. I heard something new every time, every time, 337 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: every time, and it's supposed to be like that for me. Personally, 338 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 1: everybody don't supposed to do what I do or you know, 339 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 1: stay staying in your lane. But as long as I 340 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: do music, I want to make some people can live 341 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 1: with and go back and say, you know what he 342 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 1: did put out a classic album. You know how many 343 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: years from now when you you keep on playing it 344 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 1: back and it makes it it's ridiculous. The album first, 345 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 1: the album literally came out. I woke up, it was 346 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: up up at night, two hours later. It's a classic. 347 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,399 Speaker 1: I'm like, hi, y'all figuring out already. Yeah, yeah, And 348 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 1: I appreciate the love. I think, you know, for the 349 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 1: most part, it's it's excitement of getting some some a 350 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: little bit outside of the norm, and I appreciate that. 351 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: But at the same time, live with it and and 352 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: learn to learn to love it even more, you feel me. 353 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:33,440 Speaker 1: One of my favorite records these Walls, is that about? Yeah? Yeah, 354 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: that's one of my favorite records too. Who Uses but 355 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: was dope? But who like you know, you were the 356 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 1: platinum artists. Yeah. When I went, when I went in 357 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: the studio, when I said I want to do this record, 358 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 1: I said I wanted to go in with these specific 359 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: characters and lock in with them for seven months, you know, 360 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 1: to a year, and that was Bloud Um, George Clinton 361 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 1: and the Wise Terrece Martin producer sound Wave my in 362 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 1: house produce and uh thunder Cat and Rocky Um. We 363 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,120 Speaker 1: locked in. We locked in for a year and completed 364 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: the project. So I already had the mind state on 365 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 1: what I wanted to sound like me personally. I'm not 366 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not. I'm not sold on your celebrity 367 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 1: or how many you know records you sold. I'm sold 368 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 1: on the actual talent and what we're trying to convey 369 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: it and get across. So that was my my uh 370 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 1: initial idea for making this record beforehand. Oh yeah, for sure, 371 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 1: for sure like old Snoop, Yeah yeah, I laid the 372 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 1: skeleton down. I lard the skeleton down because I haven't 373 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 1: heard him like that in a long time. So I 374 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 1: know he didn't write it. Yeah, that's that's the og. 375 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:49,479 Speaker 1: But uh me going in, I just said, do what 376 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:52,919 Speaker 1: you do. You know you've been doing it before me. 377 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: This is what I've been a fan of, you know, 378 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,680 Speaker 1: So all I can do is directed. I can't sound 379 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: like you know, that's this talent, that's that come from guy, 380 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:03,679 Speaker 1: from him He also did a surprise performance on Callie 381 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 1: and you did all of that with um rebokey. You 382 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 1: look like you've been working out doing CrossFit a little 383 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:10,880 Speaker 1: bit something. I've been doing some push ups. I don't 384 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: know if to I know I know every I know everybody. 385 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: I know everybody. When they signed up to rebuke, they 386 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 1: all do the CrossFit and everything. It's him. I wanted 387 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,479 Speaker 1: to try because they always took about how great it is. 388 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 1: I ain't jumped in it yet. You haven't you going to? Yeah, 389 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 1: hopefully I get some time before this tour crack off 390 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: explain that you was it attracted trailer something running through 391 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:35,359 Speaker 1: La people chasing it. It was everybody ran. It was 392 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:38,199 Speaker 1: a police chase. It from everybody. Everybody run. They had 393 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: top Dog out there too. Hey, funniest thing alive. Oh 394 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:49,119 Speaker 1: you see it's a red hat bouncing. No, it was 395 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 1: crazy ran the whole way. You know who Noel Gallaghers 396 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: from Oasis. He they asked him about you and he 397 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:57,680 Speaker 1: was like, who is that? What do you say? I 398 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: never heard him? Sounds like a character off Seinfeld. You 399 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: can't about stuff like that. That's funny to me. Yeah, 400 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: I don't care for real. Why why does d Why 401 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: you don't do more records with Dre? That would that 402 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 1: make the album? So to say it's it's it's a 403 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 1: thing that we got going on, that we weighing known. 404 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 1: It's it's a strategic move. So you do album. If 405 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: I if I could speak on it, I would, But 406 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,199 Speaker 1: that man is a scientist and we gotta plan so 407 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 1: that the direction of the third album more Drake production. 408 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:32,639 Speaker 1: Maybe it could be how does he help you with 409 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 1: the album? Like do you go do you do records? 410 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:36,159 Speaker 1: And then he you know, arrange them for you. I 411 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 1: don't know mixing like what no I do that? I 412 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: do that far as uh, the arrangements. It's it's it's 413 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 1: really going in and once I completed getting his expertise about, 414 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,959 Speaker 1: you know, the sonic sound of it. You know me personally, 415 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 1: I'm hands on with everything, you know, and I'm a 416 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 1: huge on how it won't something to sound rather scratch 417 00:20:58,240 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 1: the record if it's it's a good record or not. 418 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 1: I wanted to sound and feel a certain way, So 419 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 1: things like going in and recording on two inch tape 420 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,879 Speaker 1: and running back through analog. Him knowing about things like 421 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 1: that and pro tools. What's the difference between it. You know, 422 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 1: I did the most majority of the record going back 423 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,439 Speaker 1: when I'm mixing was through analog, the same stuff for 424 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:20,360 Speaker 1: people who don't know what analog is. This is what 425 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 1: Marvin Gaye, Luther Van Jofs, what they recorded on prior 426 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 1: to pro tools, you know. So it's a little bit 427 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:28,399 Speaker 1: more difficult, but it gives you a warm sound. And 428 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: this techniques and things I don't know, you know, So 429 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 1: I go to Drake for that advice. Now that's all. 430 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 1: You say that you're the closest thing that a lot 431 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: of these kids got to a reverend. Yeah, I say that. 432 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,119 Speaker 1: I said that, and it likes of you know, I 433 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: got a little brother and little sister and cousins, and 434 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,680 Speaker 1: they belief level is is at an all time low. 435 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 1: You know. Know these days, you know, they they they 436 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 1: don't believe in anything. You feel me. So if what 437 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 1: I'm putting it, putting in in my music, it's an 438 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,919 Speaker 1: act of guide and using me as a vessel. What 439 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: makes me any different from somebody being in church and 440 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: giving that word you feel I'm saying. So that's how 441 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:10,360 Speaker 1: I look at it. Last time you was up there, 442 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: you said you're real personal and you're real quiet and 443 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 1: private with your relationship and you said you had a 444 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 1: bull Yeah, it was rumors that you guys got engage. Yeah, yeah, 445 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 1: that's true. Yeah, definitely. Congratulations that Yeah, I'm laying to 446 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 1: the saw. You welcome to the club, bro, that's right. 447 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: I just want to say that, Todd Dog tell me 448 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 1: no relationship questions, but I guess I should. I'm glad 449 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 1: you told me. Sorry, congratulations something, congratulate congratulations. I think 450 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:50,640 Speaker 1: that's a great thing, and that's a great that's also 451 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:52,879 Speaker 1: a great example to have somebody that you're loyal and 452 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 1: faith to. A lot of people think it's cool to 453 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 1: just sleep around and do whatever. So you know the thing, 454 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, you want to you 455 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,959 Speaker 1: want to always always have real people around you, period, 456 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,159 Speaker 1: rather it's male or female. And everybody else been around me. 457 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: They've been around since day one, and I can't change that. 458 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:12,879 Speaker 1: I don't change for nobody. I can't run from that. 459 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 1: You feel what I'm saying, So I always show respect 460 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: when I respect it. It's been given and people that 461 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 1: have been by your side, you post to honor that, 462 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 1: and that's how you stand up running around it and 463 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 1: not acknowledging it. It's it's it's it's trivil. You feel 464 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, So you know you speak on respect. 465 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: It's funny you said when you made the comments about 466 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: Ferguson and you said we don't respect ourselves, how can 467 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:36,640 Speaker 1: we expect them to respect us? And people got mad 468 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 1: at you, But you say the same thing in Black 469 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 1: the Berry. Yeah, people loved it. I think I think 470 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: that's just people. Uh Like I said, it's a few times. 471 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 1: These these are folks whoever responded to it a negative way, 472 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 1: they actually don't understand or even know where I come from. 473 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:54,679 Speaker 1: And I can't. I can't knock him for that. You know, 474 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: I've I've took a lot from them, from the community, 475 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,160 Speaker 1: you know where I'm from my home, always have and 476 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,360 Speaker 1: I still deal with it today. So when you when 477 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: I say things like we need to respect, I'm not 478 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: only talking about a black I'm talking about myself. Everything 479 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: comes from me first, you know what I'm saying. I've 480 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,440 Speaker 1: been in situation and I still deal with these situations 481 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:20,639 Speaker 1: today where I have hate towards another guy because he 482 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: has a he killed my homeboy while I'm on tour. 483 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: I still feel that that type of resentment. You feel 484 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: I'm saying. So when I talk about these things, it 485 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 1: all has come from me, So me respecting the fact 486 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:36,400 Speaker 1: that he's a black man and not hating the fact 487 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 1: that he has a different color. That's what I mean 488 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: with respect. So whoever take that out of out of 489 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,199 Speaker 1: out of context, you really need to do your research 490 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 1: and know where I come from and know the background 491 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 1: of who I am, rather than just trying to tear 492 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 1: another black man down. And we've seen it with everybody, 493 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:58,639 Speaker 1: Malcolm X, Martin, Luther, King, Jesus Christ. Don't don't don't 494 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,200 Speaker 1: do that. When somebody standing for something that's good, you 495 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 1: should be behind them and don't try to knock them 496 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 1: off like that. Do you feel like messages are better 497 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 1: conveyed through music as opposed to like seeing them the 498 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 1: magazines are seeing them in radio interview all the time 499 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: because people can't see and feel your sentiments. You know 500 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 1: that with this album you talk about singles. Was there 501 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,120 Speaker 1: a single for this album? Because even with the label 502 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,439 Speaker 1: A label was like play with, play what you like. 503 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: It wasn't like, you know, we're working on this record, 504 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 1: it was like play what you are like? Yeah, play 505 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:28,160 Speaker 1: with you really don't hear that offer. Yeah, definitely, that's 506 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 1: that's the groundwork we deal. We've been building since day one. Um, 507 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: for me, this record, I mean it has potential records 508 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,160 Speaker 1: on the radio, but that's what I wasn't really trying 509 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 1: to identify with that. I was really trying to get 510 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,479 Speaker 1: the point across or what I was talking about. And um, 511 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 1: yeah that that was all for it because you got 512 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,200 Speaker 1: to have a strong team that stand behind you creatively. 513 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: The walls is out of here for radio. Yeah, um, 514 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 1: probably Mama, Mama, these walls Keen Couter of course, but 515 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 1: yeah these was for show. Now, Um, you roll with 516 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 1: some some some crazy guys, top Dog Punch, you know, 517 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,640 Speaker 1: they don't necessarily speak for you with your people. They're 518 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,159 Speaker 1: your album dropped, Kanye started putting out pictures. Dude, his 519 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: girl Punch was like, what this got to do? Enjoyed album? 520 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 1: Do you ever have to call him and be like, man, 521 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 1: stop it now? I don't have to call him. That's 522 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 1: that's that's their personal opinion. I don't really be on 523 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: the social media like that, and me personally, I don't. 524 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 1: I think that's coincident. I don't really see Kanye doing 525 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 1: that because I actually I work with him and he's 526 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,159 Speaker 1: he's an actual, actually a great guy. You feel what 527 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: I'm saying. So, so they're not speaking for you, because 528 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 1: in my mind, I'm like, in the studio, can you 529 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 1: can't just post this all right now? But previously you 530 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 1: had also said with this album you didn't originally have 531 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,200 Speaker 1: like a release that it was just like whenever it's ready, 532 00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 1: whenever I'm ready to put it out. Yeah, that's what 533 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do it. When did you decide finally, okay, 534 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: we gotta do this, man, when I'm dreamed, dreamed of 535 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,439 Speaker 1: of concepts and what I want to talk about. When 536 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 1: I get get to a point where I ain't got 537 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: no more to talk about it, it's done. You can't 538 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 1: get hard, no more right talk. Yeah, And that's that's 539 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 1: how I come about top Press the Button. So did 540 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,879 Speaker 1: they did you have those discussions like okay, so um, 541 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 1: we gotta figure out it. What song is gonna be 542 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: for you know, a single? What's gonna be for radio? 543 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 1: Do we have that? Or did you just not really yeah? 544 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 1: Definite out not that I recall, Nope, we just what 545 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,239 Speaker 1: it feel like? You know, what's what's what's what are 546 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 1: your sentiments? What I'm trying to convey and listen. I 547 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: always go back to having a good team because I 548 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 1: don't I know a lot of artists. It's not fortunate 549 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,879 Speaker 1: to be in that position, you know. Fortunately I have 550 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 1: somebody like Dave Free and top Dog and Punched to Tom. 551 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 1: I'm rolling with it, you know what I'm saying to 552 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 1: get the green light, do what you do, do it, say, 553 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,399 Speaker 1: say what you gotta say. Rather than making it just 554 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 1: about a number you feel, I'm saying, yes, he didn't 555 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 1: make the album or rapping. He always clowning like that. 556 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 1: That is my final question. The Good Kid Mad City 557 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 1: album cover, that was your mom's man. Yeah, I think 558 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:26,359 Speaker 1: that was like your pops, right Pops. That's my uncle's uncles. 559 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:28,639 Speaker 1: So who's the people on the new cover stand in 560 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,680 Speaker 1: front of the White House? Oh? Man? These these feel 561 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 1: the homies from the neighborhood. Um. That cover has about 562 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 1: several meetings. So the one general I can speak on this, 563 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:41,840 Speaker 1: it's really taking you know, people they call negative and 564 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 1: people I feel that I also have have good hearts, 565 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 1: and taking them around the world. You feel like they 566 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 1: never been out, They've never been out of the Yeah, 567 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 1: they know you're right about that. You know, and that's 568 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 1: a concept within itself, but it's also severn several more, 569 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 1: it gets a little bit deeper. We're gonna have a 570 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 1: movie for this album too, Man, what's going on with 571 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:09,200 Speaker 1: the movie? Hey? With a budget. We appreciate you joining 572 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: us as always fun watching you grow. Man. Appreciate telling 573 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 1: you Man, I never forget the first time I met 574 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 1: you in that bowling alley. I'm like, I thought he 575 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 1: worked there and can't tell you really don't socialize now. 576 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 1: You know when they say money don't change you, it 577 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:31,120 Speaker 1: just multiplies whatever you are. You gonna buy someplace to hide, 578 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,440 Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen. The breakfast club game