1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,200 Speaker 1: It's a wrap rate off podcast. My Name is beat 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: I Elie Wilson. What's up being feeling good, man? Yo, 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: this guy. Man, I heard you like the album a lot, man. 4 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: It's an album of the year contender, really, I think so. 5 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:11,879 Speaker 1: It's my favorite project from him too. Man, it's like God, 6 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: Man Joey Badass on the rap. Right up, podcast. What's up? 7 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you. Congratulations on the project. Man, it 8 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: feel feels like the reception has been unanimous so far. Right, absolutely. 9 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: I mean it feels great for me, you know, coming 10 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: on five years not releasing any music, it's like a 11 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:33,880 Speaker 1: big weightlifted off from my shoulder. That's, you know what 12 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 1: I'm saying, and it's it's inspiring to to see everybody 13 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: receive it so well. But also for me it's like 14 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: in that five year gap I almost forgot what it 15 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: felt like, that that transfer advantage to give people music 16 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,239 Speaker 1: and for them to respond in the way where it's 17 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: like Yo, I love like you know what you said here, 18 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: and this track is doing these certain things for me, 19 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So now it just kind 20 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: of got me motivated to keep it going. I remember 21 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: the light Packy p you said that the light was demming, 22 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: but you feel like you got your Mojo back right, 23 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: like how did you find yourself during that time? So, Um, 24 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: you know, around that time, that was in the midst 25 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 1: of the pandemic. You know what I'm saying. I felt 26 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: like after I put out my last album, all American Badass, 27 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: that was seventeen, the next year I had my first child, 28 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: my daughter Intogo rain. Um. You know, things just started 29 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: to kind of well, things never slowed down for me, 30 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, and at that point in 31 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: my life it was like, okay, now I got a 32 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 1: kid and a lot of things started clicking for me. 33 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 1: A lot of things started changing, and fast. For two 34 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: years later, when the pandemic hit, it was like that 35 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: was the first time in my life where I actually 36 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: got to sit down in my adult life, where I 37 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: got to actually sit down, because I've been like I 38 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: hit the ground running since I was seventeen years old, 39 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, like I haven't been home 40 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: for a six month, for four to six month period, 41 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: since I was seventeen, you know what I'm saying. So 42 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: it was like shows tours back to back, just traveling 43 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: and doing this, doing that. It was never no moment 44 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: of stillness really like a real, true moments. So when 45 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:15,639 Speaker 1: I got that, I started to realize, Um, a lot 46 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: of you know, things that I was burying. I started 47 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,679 Speaker 1: to do some in the work, you know what I mean, 48 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: and to find myself again because also through all of 49 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: those events I also lost two very close people to me, 50 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. So there was a lot 51 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: of grieving that I've never done. It was a lot 52 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: of trauma from that that I had buried deep. I've 53 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: never took that time to like, you know what I'm saying, 54 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,519 Speaker 1: like really go into myself because I was so on 55 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: the move. So I was able to be distracted, I 56 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: was able to put that stuff off for a minute, 57 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. So came I finally got 58 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: that piece, I finally got that stillness. You know, I 59 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: found it felt like I found my light again and 60 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: it felt like I found Um. And I don't not 61 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: to say that I ever necessarily lost it, but it 62 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,359 Speaker 1: just kind of got cloud got you. So it's that 63 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: specific approach you had in mind when you attack to 64 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 1: because to me there's so much energy from me. Like 65 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: the first couple of tracks, like you just you're in 66 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: your bag and it's like it's sort of like it feels. 67 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: It's very urgency with you know what I mean. Well, 68 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:15,799 Speaker 1: you know this album I really wanted to like I 69 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 1: wanted to feel like. I wanted it to feel like 70 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: how I feel right now. You know what I'm saying, 71 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: like I went through many phases over the last five years. 72 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: Like the first two albums I was working on, they 73 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: had a really dark undertone because I was depressed. You 74 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: know what I mean. Like with two thousand, this is 75 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: me fully in my light, like, you know what I'm saying. 76 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: The depression is over, like I've walked out of that. 77 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: I beat that. There's so much songs too, that I've 78 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: made in that ever, that which I'm still so emotionally 79 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: attracted to, but I couldn't put it on this album 80 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: because I wanted people to feel where I'm at now. 81 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. So, yeah, part of that 82 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: is like, like this is an abundant album, you know 83 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, like I'm living in that energy, I'm 84 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: living in that headspace. This is my lifestyle, this is 85 00:03:57,760 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: my life. It's crazy. When I was listening to some 86 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: of your early is it, like how how your flow 87 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: is changed and like how this, this project, you sound 88 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: like to me, very like poised and Polish and precise, 89 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: like with the bars, like, can you speak about that? 90 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: Like your your provement of the lyricists. Well, you know, 91 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: over the years, you know, over these last five years, 92 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: I've done a lot of experimenting, but I would say, 93 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 1: you know, what might be true to sound for a 94 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: lot of my listeners is, uh, that traditional rap style. 95 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying? That showcases all over two thousands. 96 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: So over these last couple of years, like I haven't 97 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: missed a single moment on that. I've been developing my skill, 98 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: developing my style, while still experimenting as an artist and, like, 99 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: you know, trying out new sounds and new things. But 100 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 1: I mean, listen, I'm I'm somebody who you call a 101 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: self improvement Junkie, you know what I mean? Like I'm 102 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 1: always gonna push my pen, even after two thousand and 103 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: like right now I'm in a space where Um even 104 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 1: more inspired and it's like I started journaling now and 105 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: I'm I'm I'm kind of observing the ways how that's 106 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: pushing my pen as well. Just so no more like 107 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 1: detailed aspect and a more self aware aspect, you know. Yeah, 108 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: obviously two thousand is the sequels to nine, your breakout mixtape, 109 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 1: and back in June there was some delay over sample issues, right, 110 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: you said a lot of people thought that was pushed 111 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 1: back because of the drake album. Honestly, never mind, like 112 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 1: what was this issue with the song clearance? So, all right, 113 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: if I'm being completely um honest, because I don't really 114 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 1: know how to not be, that's great. You know. Well, 115 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: you know, first off, it had nothing to do with drake. 116 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 1: We had no idea that drake was even coming, just 117 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: like the world. You know what I'm saying. What really happened, 118 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: and I'm you know, Google, forgive me for saying, is 119 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: if this is like out of pocket, but you know 120 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: Young Guru, you know, he was mixing the album and 121 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: his father passed, you know what I'm saying, and he 122 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: had to deal with that and I was not about to, 123 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: you know, put pressure on him or like, you know, 124 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: and I wanted him to mix it out. So, you know, 125 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,480 Speaker 1: I could have got somebody else to mix it, but 126 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: I just decided to wait for him. So I was 127 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: like fun, I'm gonna take the heat sample clearances. The 128 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: thing happened. Happened to be convenient, having to work in 129 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: my favorite's. I got a whole press for all for that. 130 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: It worked out and I ain't gonna lie, like I'm 131 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,280 Speaker 1: glad that it did. I'm glad that we did do that, 132 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: like I believe everything happens for a reason. Extra time. Yeah, 133 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: and I feel like he gave it that extra time 134 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 1: for me to create that buzz, for me to kind 135 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: of roll it out, for me to get the hype up, 136 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, and because we were just 137 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 1: gonna drop it like right on his head, you know 138 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: what I mean, boom, here's the album. But I like 139 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: that we pushed it back and then, you know what 140 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 1: I'm saying, we dropped some joints before it and everything. 141 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: And Yeah, we're about the group touched like what, in 142 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: your opinion, makes him so special, like the mixing of 143 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 1: the master and like, well, you know, to be honest, 144 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: from my perspective, like you know, I've always thought what 145 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: he'd done was amazing. But for me, like I'm a 146 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: real poor guy, I'm an energy guy and I've always 147 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: rented to go over the years and, like you know, 148 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 1: it would be a massive like mutual respect and like connection. 149 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: We always spoke about working so when I knew that 150 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: this was the project, I was coming with him, like y'all, 151 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: can't think of a better person and do this with, 152 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? And I hit him up 153 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: and it's just aligned, just like that. Another person that 154 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: brought the energy is did he? He's the first once 155 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: you're here. Why do you want him to set the 156 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: tone for the album? It's almost like the narrator. Anyway. 157 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: He's somebody who I've built the really strong relationship with 158 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,679 Speaker 1: over the last couple of years and he's somebody who's 159 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: definitely pushed my pen uh, pushed me past barriers and 160 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: repeatedly challenges me, you know what I'm saying. So, once 161 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: I had the whole album that that was actually the 162 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: last song I recorded for that. We recorded that like 163 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,080 Speaker 1: the last week of May, you know, and it was 164 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: a vision that I had. I wanted to create this 165 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 1: kind of Motif for the album where it was like 166 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: kind of Jazz clubby and that was like I wanted 167 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: to intro to kind of lay that, and then the 168 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: the skits in the transitions will kind of follow that. 169 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. So I was like, Yo, 170 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: puff is the best person to set that time, you 171 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: know what I mean, and he just I just kind 172 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: of hit him up on it because I was in 173 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: l a finishing it and he just pulled up. He 174 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: pulled up with a Somalia, but instead of seven one, 175 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: he was serving UH Delhi Young. What was those sessions 176 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 1: like when you encourage him to pop his puff daddy ship? 177 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: Like Oh, yeah, he was like Yo, do what take 178 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: beat me, you know what I'm saying. So I did 179 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: it for him like the way that I wanted him 180 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 1: to do it. It's actually on my instagram. Is like 181 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: a little clip and the making of that joint and 182 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:49,439 Speaker 1: then he just did it, you know what I'm saying. 183 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: He understood the vision right away and he just got it. Yeah, 184 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: and he trusted me, you know what I'm saying. Like 185 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:59,079 Speaker 1: he he hasn't heard it until it came out. He 186 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: say about it. He loved it. Yeah, he loved it, 187 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: loved it. He Got Nas on there too, like why 188 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 1: was it all supported to get him on the when 189 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 1: you buy your government, man, Joe, I don't know which 190 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: is crazy, and it was. So I'll tell you the 191 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: whole story about that. Was a little bit about that, 192 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: but some cruise control. Yeah, that's at the end of 193 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: cruise control. So originally I wanted nos on want to 194 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: be loved. You know. He was supposed to cut that 195 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: for me but, you know, schedules and everything, Um, he 196 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 1: couldn't get around to it. So we actually had a show. 197 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: We had a festival in polling together, just it's just 198 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: me and as in his dressing room. Were chopping into 199 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: five hours. They talked about all types of ship. I'm 200 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: like Yo, I'm like trying to think of the right 201 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: time to bring back up the track that I need 202 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: you right. So eventually I'm like Yo, Bro, listen, whatever. 203 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 1: You can't do the verse, Cool, but I need your 204 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: presence on this trying and I was like I got 205 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 1: this idea. You know what I'm saying, like I'm approaching 206 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: the album like this, if you could just say some words. 207 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: But when he said back, got you, he sent it 208 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 1: back and that was that, just like that. He's also 209 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:02,439 Speaker 1: the one that told you the head high was the 210 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: single was at the same time. No, no, no no, no, 211 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 1: this is two separate times. That was that was probably 212 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: in March. That was like it went to Time New 213 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: York City. I think that was when we did the 214 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: the podcast for his joint women say yeah, yeah, I 215 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: mean happening, like you said, New York City, having like 216 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: Puffin Nos and not to all that. Like how important 217 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: is it to rerap New York City and the setoplay 218 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 1: escape for New York and you spot in the game 219 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: right now? For me it's very important because it's like 220 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 1: at Twenti seven, you know, the third halbum my career 221 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,559 Speaker 1: is like I'm looking at this whole ship different. It's like, 222 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: you know, you got artists and you've got listeners, but 223 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: you also got product and you got consumed, and I 224 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:46,680 Speaker 1: feel like me understanding my brand identity is like New York, 225 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: like people listen to music for escapism, you know what 226 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 1: I'm saying, like your music gotta be able to take 227 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 1: them somewhere, and I just so happened to be that 228 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: New York guy for a lot of people. But it's 229 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: also branded in me like it's it's authentic, like it's real. 230 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: So me understanding that, I definitely wanted to drill in 231 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: that a little bit more, you know what I'm saying? 232 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 1: That's why I like my stuff goes so crazy overseas 233 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: because they listened to my ship and they teleport themselves 234 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:13,599 Speaker 1: to the best city in the world, you know what 235 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: I mean. So I feel like that element is always 236 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 1: gonna be present in my music, you know what I mean, 237 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: like it's where I'm from. It's also just the Mecca 238 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 1: of the world, like it's an honor, is a badge 239 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:32,439 Speaker 1: of honor, and not only in my New York, from Brooklyn, 240 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 1: from Queens. So I also saw tweeted back in May 241 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: that you said you found your Quincy Jones. So for 242 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 1: you Niggas, who's that Quincy Jones for you? For this album? 243 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: So like a combinations, I ain't gonna lie, it's like 244 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,839 Speaker 1: so shout out to my boy Chris mcclinny. He just 245 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: came on as pretty much my musical director on my 246 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 1: last tour, you know what I mean. He was very 247 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: present on this album as well. He did the intro 248 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 1: and all of the transitional skits in between with the keys. 249 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 1: Um My boy Eric Ar Elliott, which is a monster yours, 250 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 1: who co produced a joint with with Chris Um statics select. 251 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,839 Speaker 1: Why that is very underrated, you know what I mean, 252 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: like in terms of just how much you know impact 253 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: he has like the touches on the album, the sagas, 254 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 1: a sequencing and stuff. Well, this decade is gonna Change, 255 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: so he's gonna run this stack. It feels like you guys, 256 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 1: I mean obviously you've done a lot of work together, 257 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 1: but for this project it feels like you guys took 258 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: it to a whole another level. Absolutely absolutely chemistry different 259 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: this time around. Nah, like always the same. It's just 260 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: you got like it just we took a five year 261 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: gap and okay, so boom, static is somebody who static 262 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: is like my comfort zone, you know what I'm saying. 263 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: Like I'll be out in the world, I'll be working 264 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 1: with everybody, I'll go to the land and work with everybody, 265 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: go to L A, work with anybody. Then I come 266 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: home and it's like with static, I just go over 267 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: there by myself. I'm not y studio Yo, and it's 268 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 1: just me and static in the room and we will 269 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: do that probably like three or four times a year 270 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 1: and come out with like ten tracks a year by 271 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: just those random link ups, you know what I'm saying. Like, 272 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:17,079 Speaker 1: and we used to do way more when he was 273 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:19,719 Speaker 1: actually my towards Dj. We would just be on the 274 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: road cutting. Shut up, but we'll do that and ten 275 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: by five years, it's like fifty records we just had, 276 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, and it's like it's so 277 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 1: easy for us to tune in because we just got 278 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 1: that chemistry, we got that report, you know what I'm saying. 279 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: So yeah, it's like it's it's like if every time 280 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,319 Speaker 1: I go to static crib, we were making were making something, 281 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, something that's definitely gonna stand 282 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 1: out be one of those ones, like it's just kind 283 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 1: of inevitable, because the thing is his work ethic is 284 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: so crazy that he always just got one of those 285 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 1: beats or two of those beats, you know what I'm saying. 286 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: So I'll go on one sitting it's like all right, 287 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 1: boom and we're gonna do it right on the spot. 288 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: And listening to the album, seems like you're all embracing 289 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 1: your role as it like elder statesman in the game. 290 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: Like you mentioned, you came in at seventeen, ten years in, 291 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 1: like is that fair to say? Like on Zip Code 292 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: you say ten years killing the game. I'm really going 293 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 1: to get like are you embracing that? Absolutely, absolutely, you know, Um, 294 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: every day more and more too. It's like, especially to 295 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: meet these new artists coming into the game, and it's like, 296 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 1: you know, they're giving me my flowers, like, Yo, I've 297 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 1: been listening since then. Boom, boom, boom. You know what 298 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: I mean, like I paved the way for a lot 299 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 1: of these young artists. You know what I'm saying, like 300 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 1: I mean I remember when I first met a little 301 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 1: busy B he said, Yo, Bro, you showed me that 302 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: I could do this ship. I saw your video on MTV, 303 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: sucker free. I saw you like the same age as me, 304 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 1: like you made me think it was possible. You know 305 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, like quote me, God, strike me if 306 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: I'm there. You know what I'm saying, as you're feeling me, like, 307 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: and he's not the only one. You know what I'm saying. Recipes, 308 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 1: and my brother x recipes to juice world. You know 309 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, like they all have given me my flowers. 310 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. So I'm definitely Um, yeah, 311 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 1: you know, I'm just I'm just walking into that. I can't. 312 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 1: I can't deny it. I can't. You know what I'm saying. 313 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: And also it was like the workers there, the wisdom 314 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: is there, you know what I'm saying, like the knowledge 315 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: is there, the characters, there's head out you speak on acts, 316 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 1: like what what compelled you to share that? Well, man, 317 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 1: I just think he was a really special dude, you 318 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, and I really did appreciate that 319 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: time that we spent together. I flew to Miami to 320 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 1: work with him for a couple of days while he 321 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 1: was on house arrest, and it's like, you know, we 322 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: really connected with the same sign querious. Uh, we found 323 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 1: the chemistry real quick, you know what I'm saying. And 324 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: even before that, like we used to just speak. It's 325 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 1: like we was pent piles. Sure, I mean like I 326 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: was somebody he looked up to, you know what I mean. 327 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: So you hit me up and we were just chop 328 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: it up about whatever, you know what I'm saying, and 329 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: that was that was just my Homie, man, that was 330 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: my that's my little bro for real. You know, you 331 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: said you told him what his album was missing. What 332 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: was it missing? It was missing, which, like it's kind 333 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 1: of like what it wasn't like what I told him, 334 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: because I was a big fan of seventeen, his first album, 335 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 1: and I feel like he didn't have nothing in the 336 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: vein of joscelyn floors or everybody dies in your nightmares. 337 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: So we made infinity right then and there. And then 338 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: he made um remedy for a broken heart right after 339 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: I left, like he was inspired type ship, you know 340 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. So that was it. He added those 341 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: two and but that's dope to get it, to be 342 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: able to have that conversation, to be kind of critical 343 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 1: appearing like that, because I would want somebody the same 344 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: thing for me, even even on this album, like my 345 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 1: brother Jid, you know what I'm saying. He's like Yo, 346 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: you gotta put a female on this record right here. 347 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: You gotta just have her sing the vocals, you know 348 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. On the joint that we did and 349 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 1: on cruise control, he told me that before, you know 350 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 1: what I mean, and my brother asked so same thing, 351 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: like you know, Sol funny, though, he's like Yo. We 352 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: thought you was you would tell me, like when? When 353 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: when him and had her revenge? Like they thought that 354 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 1: I was out of here. We thought you was like 355 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 1: fuck it. He's like Yo. We wasn't mad at you, though, 356 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 1: but when I put him the album, he's like Yo, 357 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 1: but I'm happy that this is the album, because I 358 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: saw you said that you didn't like a lot of 359 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: the UH backlash you got with devastated, like I love Devon, 360 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 1: like talk about making a great record like that, and 361 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: then sometimes people try to pull you and say, well, 362 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 1: we want this sort of essence from you, like so 363 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 1: boom devastated. Like what I realized is, yes'm I'm an artist, artist, 364 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Anybody around me can tell 365 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 1: you that, like I will. I got ranged like a motherfucker. However, 366 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter to your consumers, you know what I'm saying, 367 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:53,959 Speaker 1: is like they're used to all right. It's like going 368 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,920 Speaker 1: to your favorite restaurant and the dish is the feather Chini, 369 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,439 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, and you close down. So 370 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:03,400 Speaker 1: you close down for like two weeks, you come back, 371 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: your client tellers lined up and you ain't got the 372 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: fetter Geni on your man. We don't want to Tagle Telly, 373 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 1: we don't want the rig of you know what I'm saying, 374 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 1: like we want the fetter genie. You know what I'm saying. So, 375 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: like that was the first that was me seeing that 376 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 1: for the first time, like I thought that I thought 377 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,880 Speaker 1: what was so ill was, yo, how I could make 378 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: this song and it's so different from any song I've 379 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:36,360 Speaker 1: ever made and it could be this big song. Like everybody, 380 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,439 Speaker 1: I praise that and I know it's a lot of 381 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 1: my fans will do praise that, but for the most part, 382 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: the majority, they had to disconnect to that song because 383 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,360 Speaker 1: they didn't see my identity in it. They didn't see 384 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:49,360 Speaker 1: my identity in the sound. They didn't see the same 385 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: guy that they fell in love with in that sound. 386 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, which is understandable to me now, 387 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,200 Speaker 1: like the process that thought. You know, that's the show, 388 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: because it was a lot of artists, now, the younger artists, 389 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 1: to come in and make a big but you don't 390 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:02,679 Speaker 1: really connect to who they are yet just love the 391 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: record exactly. You have built the error. You're from these generation. 392 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:08,479 Speaker 1: You know whether it's cold drake, you know you guys, Kendrick, 393 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 1: you built your identity not for the before before you 394 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 1: made hit records. You have built an identity. The gift 395 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 1: is the curse. The give is the curse. You know 396 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 1: what I mean. But is it different understanding? When you 397 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 1: have that awareness, it's like, okay, cool, like this is 398 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: a hit album. You know what I mean? Like that's 399 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: the difference between the record and you know what I'm saying. 400 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 1: So how much proudly do you text? You do the 401 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 1: Jay Z almansor like WHO's the best? Mc Kenny Cole? 402 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:35,880 Speaker 1: You know you are cold. How probably are you, being 403 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 1: from that generation of hip hop? How proud, very, you know, very, 404 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:42,919 Speaker 1: like I feel like what made it special to you, like, 405 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: because we always draw up the drake Cole Kendrick Narrative. 406 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: You what made a specialist? That we brought wrapping, rapping, 407 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 1: back to the game at a time where it was 408 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 1: just kind of, you know, it was if rap was 409 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:00,920 Speaker 1: really mainstream. It was, you know, we had greats like 410 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: little Wayne, Jay z Kanye West, of course, but these 411 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:08,159 Speaker 1: guys were mainstream. Like we brought the underground back. We 412 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 1: literally were the underground movement of the time, you know 413 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, like we were the guys like, Oh, 414 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: these guys are next up, these guys, giving these guys 415 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,879 Speaker 1: up top to pressure. Can you put up where I 416 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,360 Speaker 1: g up yesterday's say forever underground, infiltrating the mainstream. World Up, 417 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:24,640 Speaker 1: world up. You know what I'm saying? That's what it's been. 418 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 1: You know, that's what it always was. You mentioned them 419 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:30,679 Speaker 1: on the Baddest, you know, Cole and Kendrick, like, do 420 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: you feel like those are the only competition right now? 421 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: Jr D, and that's my brother. You know what I'm saying. 422 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:40,200 Speaker 1: Jed Denzel, you know what I mean. These guys are 423 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: consistent in their crusts metiveness. Oh yeah, F shall FA, y'all, 424 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 1: rest in peace, my dog, of course. You know what 425 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:53,199 Speaker 1: I'm saying. Um, yeah, these guys are all like in 426 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 1: that mindset. I want to be the best. You know 427 00:20:56,119 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. That's why I keep them close now, 428 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:02,680 Speaker 1: but those are really my brothers, though. You know what 429 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: I'm saying, and it's like it reminds me of back 430 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: in the days, me Steves and C j. You know 431 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. It's like, yeah, like you want to 432 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: be close to the competition because that's how you stay 433 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: on your don't you say that? Because a lot of 434 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,159 Speaker 1: artists don't feel like they have that competitiveness. Yeah, I 435 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 1: mean it's because a lot of artists don't want to 436 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 1: give other artists, you know what I'm saying, like the publicly, 437 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, but it's like, Yo, we 438 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: are all intertwerined anyway. You know what I'm saying, whether 439 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 1: somebody speaks on it or not. You know I mean. 440 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm just keeping it real, but these also 441 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 1: my guys, you know what I'm saying. That lyrics stood 442 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: out to me. You say I'm taking steps to be 443 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: the best. To Lay me the rest all day I want. Like, 444 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:45,199 Speaker 1: what did those steps look like for you man? Just 445 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 1: constant elevation, constant elevation, you know what I mean. Just 446 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 1: always challenging myself, pushing myself to do things that I've 447 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: never done and even if I got to reinvent, the 448 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 1: will to do it better, you know what I'm saying, 449 00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:59,679 Speaker 1: to do it stronger and ship like that. How did 450 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 1: you of the balance from the you know, a lot 451 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,880 Speaker 1: of times we see hip hop, somebody's acting thing takes off. 452 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 1: It's hard to get back to that music. You know 453 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 1: what I mean. How are you able to like find 454 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,719 Speaker 1: that balance? It's just alignment really, like, uh, I don't know, 455 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: to be honest. I just always had a interest for 456 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: TV and film. I got that first opportunity, knocked it 457 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 1: out the park and it's just kind of been a 458 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:25,159 Speaker 1: snowball effect from there. At the same time still on 459 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: my music career. You know, I just feel like this 460 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 1: is this is kind of the first time we've seen 461 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,959 Speaker 1: it done in this new generation. So I'm almost like 462 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: right in the blueprint right now live, you know what 463 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:38,679 Speaker 1: I mean, in real time. I'm writing the blueprint on 464 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 1: how to do that. I'm still figuring this ship out, 465 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: but it's just I'm just letting it flow, you know 466 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,959 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, like I'm kind of just rolling with 467 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: the punchers. But one thing I will say when it 468 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:51,919 Speaker 1: comes to TV and film, like I'm very particular about 469 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 1: what I do, except what I do take on because 470 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 1: one I do have another career, I have a reputation, 471 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying? That I don't want to talk. 472 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: So I gotta be Super Selective with roles that I'm 473 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:05,400 Speaker 1: taking and TV and film like I can't be out 474 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 1: here like playing like a ballerina. Yeah, yeah, just you know, 475 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 1: certain roles you did. You supposed to be hard today 476 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: for right. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. Shout to Um 477 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:24,199 Speaker 1: my man James. Yeah, we was trying to make that 478 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 1: work out during the pandemic. But with the pandemic, plus 479 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 1: me filming for Raising Kanan. We couldn't do it. Give Him. 480 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: How are you supposed to that? Right, I mean ship. 481 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: So that role was like a two million dollar role. Yeah, 482 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: you do touch on there's a lot of there's a 483 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 1: lot of there's a lot of money, a little bit 484 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 1: of money talk, but you also bring up like stocks 485 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 1: and stuff like that. I talk about that transition of like, 486 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:53,159 Speaker 1: you know, everybody wants to get the bag right, but 487 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 1: then with the bad comes responsibilities, and you're kind of 488 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: touching that a little bit about, you know, how financial 489 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 1: stabilities kind of change your life. Oh Yeah, you know, 490 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 1: I'm big on financial stability, financial literacy, financial freedom, you 491 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 1: know what I mean, and since a from a young age, 492 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: starting my stock portfolio early, my investment portfolio early. You 493 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: know what I mean. Having conversations with certain people, you 494 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, networking with the right people and 495 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: things like that, reading books, doing my own knowledge, doing 496 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 1: my own research. That's Um like yeah, you know, we're 497 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 1: at a point now where, you know, we could splurge 498 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: and we can have fun, but the mentality is always 499 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: making the right and safe moves and investments. You know 500 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,439 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, like on cruise control, you kind of 501 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 1: touching down a little bit, like you feel like there's 502 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:39,879 Speaker 1: a lot of hangar ons surrounding you and like people 503 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,439 Speaker 1: are just latching onto what we used to do, you know, 504 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: not necessarily being a part of your life today right 505 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: like I think there was that lyric was like a 506 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: lot of people thought that they were there for me. 507 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 1: They were just in the way. So how do you 508 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 1: like Navigat and like kind of filter out those people 509 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 1: that are in the way? That's a great question. Uh, 510 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: it's something that I learned with time. You know what 511 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 1: I mean? It's just energy, is the first thing. You 512 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:03,959 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. You gotta pay attention to how 513 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,439 Speaker 1: you feel when you're around certain people or once you 514 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 1: leave certain people, once you have a certain exchange of 515 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 1: certain people. Do you feel robbed, do you feel liberated? 516 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 1: They feel positive, do you feel negative? To me, starting 517 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 1: to pay attention to things like that and just kind 518 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,199 Speaker 1: of cleaning up my circle and tightening it up and, 519 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 1: you know, really seeing people for if they was taking 520 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 1: something from me or if they was contributed and there 521 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: was a mutual thing, you know, and just learning my 522 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:37,120 Speaker 1: discern building my discernment from that it's definitely, like I said, 523 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 1: something that happened over time because, you know, you got 524 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 1: trials and tribulations, like you learn things about people. Um, 525 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: one of my recent lessons is love ain't enough. I mean, 526 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:49,440 Speaker 1: like love ain't enough for me to bend over backwards. 527 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, like at first, maybe, but 528 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 1: after a while, like not. You know what I'm saying, 529 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 1: like it's it's a it's a boundary you gotta set. 530 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 1: After a while it's a breaking point. Yeah, but love 531 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 1: just Sain't enough. I know you had a spiritual wakening 532 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 1: back in junior. You know the album. You say you 533 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:08,879 Speaker 1: meditate every day. Like, how has that helped you? It 534 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 1: helps me a lot. Actually, don't meditate every day. I 535 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 1: tried to intentionally, like you know, I want to meditate 536 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 1: every day. It's kind of like a manifestation. At the point. 537 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 1: I was, though, you know what I'm saying. I definitely, 538 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 1: when I wrote that Song I was, but it's it's 539 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:27,200 Speaker 1: hard to find that stillness in that piece when you're 540 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 1: showing the move, you know what I mean, like I've 541 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 1: been non stopped since May and I'm just getting back home, 542 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 1: like off the tour. You know, trying to find that 543 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: stillness and everything. But it's very important, man, because you 544 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 1: gotta be able to slow down time a little bit 545 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 1: and really premeditate things that you want to do and 546 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 1: decisions that you want to make, because when you're just 547 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:54,119 Speaker 1: living on the pulse all the time, it's Um so 548 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,359 Speaker 1: it's like a bunch of doors, you know, and if 549 00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 1: you if you're living on the post every time, like 550 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 1: you don't, you ain't got time to really consider which 551 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 1: doors is necessarily the best to take you just so 552 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 1: it's instead of it being five doors, it's just too 553 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 1: you're just gonna, you know what I'm saying, choose left 554 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 1: or right. You know what I'm saying. So it's important 555 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 1: because you you get to maximize opportunities. That way. You 556 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: gotta take that stimmus. You gotta have that moment of 557 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 1: clarity because also, if you're burnt out, that don't serve anybody. 558 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, you can't. You can't do 559 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,119 Speaker 1: anything to the best of your ability if you're not 560 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 1: feeling your best self. You know what I'm saying, you 561 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 1: can't give nothing you. So, whatever it is, you know 562 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 1: what I mean, you should you you show up to work, 563 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 1: like beat out, not a hundred percent this rap radar interview. 564 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,680 Speaker 1: It's kind of like like it was good, but I 565 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 1: don't know what's wrong to be I'm sure having you know, 566 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 1: your daughter, it sent to you as well. Right, absolutely, 567 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,120 Speaker 1: I mean not only did this censer me, but like 568 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: it really softened me, you know what I mean? It 569 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:07,639 Speaker 1: made me much more patient, much more gentle and delicate 570 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 1: in my approach. Yeah, I read on the stars. You 571 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:11,879 Speaker 1: said that was the wake up. Right, it was a 572 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: wake up because that was at the point in my 573 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 1: life where I was taking care of so many people 574 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: and I thought that I had to, like I thought 575 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 1: it was my absolute responsibility. So when I had my kid, 576 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,600 Speaker 1: it was like, Oh, shift, I only got one you 577 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 1: know what I'm I only got one person and I'm 578 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: really actually obligated to provide for and it was a 579 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 1: big wake up call for me because now I was 580 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:42,200 Speaker 1: like all right, like it almost was the right excuse 581 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,080 Speaker 1: to right, you know what I'm saying? It's like all right, yeah, 582 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 1: my kid is here. You know what I'm saying, I 583 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 1: gotta get yeah, this is this baby girl. No hard feelings. Absolutely, 584 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:58,080 Speaker 1: family seems to be like an underlying theme throughout the project. 585 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 1: I mean I've been introduced to Richie. Rich it was 586 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 1: like your cousin. Yeah, he said You wrote your first 587 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 1: round for you. Yeah, my cousin Richie. Do you remember 588 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 1: that wrong? M My name is little Jay and I 589 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 1: got the nine. You messed with me and I blow 590 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,959 Speaker 1: off your mind. They hating couse. I'll be on my 591 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: grind and I always shine, while you acting like yourself. 592 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 1: Clocks Fall, put a pipe bomb in your mailbox. You'all 593 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 1: was like six, seven, eight, rapping that verse, I not 594 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 1: even knowing what the funk I was talking about. I 595 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 1: remember one time, like my mom was like, you know, 596 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 1: she was hosting the fans, like she had her friends 597 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 1: and over about the house, and like they was asking 598 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 1: me what you want to be when you grew up, 599 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: and I was like, I want to be a rapper. 600 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: And then they're like, you want to be a rapper 601 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: and you gotta know how to wrap. You rap them 602 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,040 Speaker 1: like yeah, they're like rap, and I wrapped that verse. 603 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: My mom looked at me like she said, you know 604 00:29:55,200 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: where the nun is? I said No. She said, listen, 605 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,959 Speaker 1: if you want to wrap, you rap, but you make 606 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 1: sure you stick to what you know. Wow, that's what 607 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 1: my duds told me, you know what I'm saying, that 608 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:15,239 Speaker 1: from there. I looked it up. I was like, oh, 609 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: that's a good it's good. But then did you feel 610 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 1: like you want? You wanted to be a rapper. I 611 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:22,760 Speaker 1: wanted that quick kicking, that that could be a reality 612 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:26,400 Speaker 1: for you. Always, there was always a reality, I mean 613 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 1: since I saw a biggie on the TV. I don't know, 614 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:32,840 Speaker 1: it was something about Biggie that just made me feel 615 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:36,680 Speaker 1: from a very young age that I could be that. 616 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:38,720 Speaker 1: You know, I remember going to first grade for the 617 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,960 Speaker 1: first time and being introduced to poetry and I was like, Oh, 618 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,160 Speaker 1: like the way my brain registered it is like this 619 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 1: is what Biggie does, and then from there I would 620 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:50,960 Speaker 1: write poems and rap structures, you know what I'm saying. 621 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 1: And that's that's where it started. Right there. You mentioned, 622 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 1: it always comes up a lot, the infamous meeting with 623 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 1: Jay z right you said on the record. You say 624 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 1: I pete game like Ja. That's why you didn't sign us. 625 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:06,720 Speaker 1: Can we speak a little about that? Why? Why did 626 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 1: you go there with it? You know what I'm saying? 627 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, just pretty much being like all right, 628 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,080 Speaker 1: so I read Jay Z's book to Code It, and 629 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,720 Speaker 1: one of my biggest takeaways from that was when he 630 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: had that meeting with Russell Simmons when he's like Yo, 631 00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:24,840 Speaker 1: he said he realized in that moment I don't want 632 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 1: to sign to these Niggas, I want to beat these niggas. 633 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:29,840 Speaker 1: So that was that. That was like a nod to 634 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,560 Speaker 1: that bar. You know what I'm yeah, shout out to 635 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: Jay said obviously have a great relationship. Yeah, no, we're here, 636 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: we're good. I mean, you know, we cord you, like, 637 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:40,160 Speaker 1: you know, I don't call him or anything, but like 638 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:41,960 Speaker 1: every time we see each other we have a great 639 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,480 Speaker 1: convo and it's just last time you see me. Actually 640 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 1: he was like Yo, it's hard for me to differentiate 641 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 1: you from your character, which you as colleague of jail. 642 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:01,800 Speaker 1: But said like, man is kind of one of the 643 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:03,840 Speaker 1: biggest forces behind the scenes. Like what's it like working 644 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:06,200 Speaker 1: with him? Yeah, man, me and manly we've been working 645 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 1: for the last five years. It's great, man, we got 646 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,840 Speaker 1: this really good dynamic. You know what I'm saying? UH, 647 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:15,600 Speaker 1: should I hope, like brand CEOS and ship don't be 648 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,840 Speaker 1: tuning in wrap radar, because the suppose a little joy, 649 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,640 Speaker 1: but like we got this good bad cop, good cop 650 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 1: like dynamic, you know what I'm saying, and it's it's 651 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,760 Speaker 1: a really good approach. We got this good chemistry and 652 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,680 Speaker 1: report like manily is my man for Real, you know 653 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:35,640 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. He has helped me turn my ship around, 654 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 1: make all my ship makes sense, because before I met him, 655 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,080 Speaker 1: my ship was a mess, you know what I'm saying, 656 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,720 Speaker 1: like all my ship was convoluted. I ain't so all 657 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:46,840 Speaker 1: over the place and hours altogether and organized. John. Yeah, 658 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,240 Speaker 1: you said you feel like you're the most underrated, but 659 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:54,960 Speaker 1: you leasie, ain't the most underpaid, right. Yea. One of 660 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:56,400 Speaker 1: the records that stood out to me too on the 661 00:32:56,480 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 1: album is survivor skill. Yeah, obviously touched on like Steves 662 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 1: and other family member, junior beat. Can you talk about 663 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,400 Speaker 1: him and like the impact that he had in your life? Yeah, man, 664 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,960 Speaker 1: junior B was that was my older cousin. It was 665 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:12,800 Speaker 1: junior and it was my cousin Craig. Junior was an 666 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:14,960 Speaker 1: older brother. Craig was a younger brother and like growing 667 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:19,920 Speaker 1: up they were like almost like these big brother figures 668 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:23,120 Speaker 1: in my life. You know what I'm saying, and you 669 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,200 Speaker 1: had a lot of cousins rail too. Yeah, I mean 670 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:28,240 Speaker 1: my I got a big ass family. I got a 671 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:31,240 Speaker 1: big ass family and yeah, I'm grateful for that. I 672 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:35,720 Speaker 1: remember at the end of thirteen, like I was really depressed. 673 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:38,440 Speaker 1: I was adjusting with the fame. It was like my 674 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 1: second year in the game. Just lost my man a 675 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 1: year ago. Still dealing with that, not knowing how to 676 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:46,680 Speaker 1: deal with it, you know, and not knowing how to grieve, 677 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,520 Speaker 1: just a little bit in over my head and, Um, 678 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 1: you know, I was venting the junior one day and 679 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 1: I told him, like, I need help, you know what 680 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:57,440 Speaker 1: I'm saying, and he was always somebody who was very 681 00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 1: responsible and very, you know, put together and organized, so 682 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:04,080 Speaker 1: I knew I could kind of lean on him a bit. 683 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:06,360 Speaker 1: And he said, yeah, I'm gonna finish this semester school 684 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,080 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna Clump there and he came up the 685 00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:13,439 Speaker 1: year and that whole year like really helped me get 686 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:16,000 Speaker 1: my ship together, you know what I'm saying. Like he 687 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:18,920 Speaker 1: was my day to day, my assistant, my tour manager. 688 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,759 Speaker 1: We lived together every day. He woke me up, you know, 689 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 1: saying the first voice, first face I would hear, last voice, 690 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:27,760 Speaker 1: last face I would see. You know, what I'm saying. 691 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,600 Speaker 1: We was doing a tour at the end often and 692 00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:32,880 Speaker 1: Europe tour, and he had to go home because he 693 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,680 Speaker 1: couldn't come to a certain country because his passport or whatever, 694 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 1: and he went back home for Thanksgiving and that's when 695 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:42,400 Speaker 1: he had passed away. And Uh, tragic Carson and like 696 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,320 Speaker 1: a block away from his career. You know what I'm saying. 697 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:49,359 Speaker 1: And Yeah, that was that was real hard on the family. Um, 698 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:52,279 Speaker 1: super hard on me too. I mean I was on 699 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:54,480 Speaker 1: the road, not knowing what to do. He was in 700 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:57,800 Speaker 1: the hospital. He was in hospital for about like six days, 701 00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:01,480 Speaker 1: six seven days before he passed. So I didn't I 702 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:02,840 Speaker 1: didn't know how to feel. I didn't know what was 703 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:04,719 Speaker 1: gonna happen. Like I felt like he would have wanted 704 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:06,880 Speaker 1: me to stay on the tour, so I stayed and 705 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,560 Speaker 1: then I didn't get to see him before he passed. 706 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,600 Speaker 1: And you know, that ship always played a big part 707 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:14,880 Speaker 1: in my grieving and everything. You know what I'm saying. 708 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:19,239 Speaker 1: So yeah, man, Um, that's how how tough was it? 709 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 1: The records if I was guilt and like you don't 710 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:22,600 Speaker 1: really lay it out there because you're touch on a 711 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:24,520 Speaker 1: lot of the only thing that was tough about it 712 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:25,800 Speaker 1: was that I had to record it in front of 713 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,400 Speaker 1: other people, but it was cool, you know what I'm saying, 714 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:30,719 Speaker 1: like it was. It was my people, so, you know, 715 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:34,719 Speaker 1: I wasn't bugged out too much. But the recording process 716 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:38,840 Speaker 1: was good. Man, it felt the reputed to get that out, 717 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:42,200 Speaker 1: to get that record. Like even writing it was such 718 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:45,080 Speaker 1: a therapeutic process. And I also didn't write it like 719 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:48,520 Speaker 1: it just was coming to me, and I'm just the 720 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:51,520 Speaker 1: whole song, the whole song, the whole first verse. It 721 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:53,320 Speaker 1: was just coming to him, you know what I'm saying, 722 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:56,480 Speaker 1: and I'm just reciting and reciting it over and over, 723 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,120 Speaker 1: and that's what makes it so, you know what I mean, 724 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:01,239 Speaker 1: real like. I don't think I could even wrote that 725 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:03,839 Speaker 1: on paper, like it had to be like that because 726 00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:05,840 Speaker 1: of the way I was speaking, you know what I'm saying. 727 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:09,439 Speaker 1: And Yeah, even like steel, you talk about mental health 728 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:11,480 Speaker 1: and how we look at that now compared to how 729 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:13,160 Speaker 1: we looked at it back then and how important we 730 00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:14,879 Speaker 1: view it right and back then it was so much 731 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:17,480 Speaker 1: more taboo, you know what I mean? It was so 732 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:21,000 Speaker 1: much more taboo, like especially for black people, you know, 733 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,080 Speaker 1: like black people are just don't open up to it 734 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:25,560 Speaker 1: a little bit, a little bit. You know what I'm saying, 735 00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:27,719 Speaker 1: like I'm, I'm, I'm I've been telling a lot of 736 00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:29,680 Speaker 1: my niggas that you need to go to therapy and 737 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:32,040 Speaker 1: they still want some, you know, like Kend the real 738 00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,880 Speaker 1: niggas don't need therapy or whatever. So how about what 739 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,640 Speaker 1: stecy's family? How have they received that record? Because I 740 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:42,120 Speaker 1: felt like you kind of not say you apologize, but 741 00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:45,399 Speaker 1: just you know, you spoke about your relationship with them. 742 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,839 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I gave my perspective on this situation. Um, 743 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:52,080 Speaker 1: you know, unfortunately I don't speak to them anymore. I 744 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 1: don't really have a relationship with them, so I'm not 745 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:57,320 Speaker 1: sure how they received it, you know, but my attention 746 00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:59,600 Speaker 1: was definitely not for them to receive it any bad 747 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:02,960 Speaker 1: type of way, and I think that's kind of understood 748 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,839 Speaker 1: in the record. If anything, I was looking forward to 749 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:10,839 Speaker 1: this uniting something, to possibly have his music come out, 750 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:13,719 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And how did as get 751 00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:16,040 Speaker 1: on the outro of that record? It's kind of to 752 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:17,960 Speaker 1: have him because it felt like that record that he 753 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:23,000 Speaker 1: had on book a soul Um. So AB got her 754 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,120 Speaker 1: homie named Doe Burger, which is like his brother when 755 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:28,080 Speaker 1: he was also like my brother. You know, we got 756 00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:32,480 Speaker 1: really close since when we all met, like as my brother. 757 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,560 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, we got matching tattoos, we 758 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:37,960 Speaker 1: got forty seven, you know what I'm saying, like that's 759 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,719 Speaker 1: my dog, ad man dough. So do pass back in 760 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:43,880 Speaker 1: December and that was that was like I didn't go 761 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:47,520 Speaker 1: to l a without hitting though, or seeing though. I 762 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:50,440 Speaker 1: wouldn't even see solo a lot of the times, but 763 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:53,480 Speaker 1: I would see though, and like that was me connecting 764 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,759 Speaker 1: with Solo. You know what I'm saying. That was his 765 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,280 Speaker 1: standing pretty much. Do you feel me? And like those 766 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,799 Speaker 1: just hold all of the homies older than homies. You 767 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:04,480 Speaker 1: feel me? So when he passed, that hit us really 768 00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:07,480 Speaker 1: hard and with this new album coming out, like I 769 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:11,799 Speaker 1: really wanted to channel his energy through it. So I 770 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,359 Speaker 1: asked for Solo and you know, Solo and Steve's also 771 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:16,920 Speaker 1: had an interesting Russia too, so I thought that was 772 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:19,239 Speaker 1: just a good way to kind of tie it together Solo, 773 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:21,600 Speaker 1: to say some words, like you know what I'm saying, 774 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:25,319 Speaker 1: and dropped doeburger name in there too. So that that's 775 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:27,600 Speaker 1: the homies right there. You feel me? I kind of 776 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,160 Speaker 1: like how like on the track list. You don't see nos, 777 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,160 Speaker 1: you don't see a Solon you know, it's just like 778 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,239 Speaker 1: you gotta listen to minute features in addition to the ones. 779 00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:42,279 Speaker 1: That's soon. Yeah, yeah, yeah, thanks. Thanks for appreciating that. 780 00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:44,680 Speaker 1: What do you say about the album I just said? 781 00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:49,879 Speaker 1: I just said fire. You didn't say fire, but it 782 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:53,080 Speaker 1: was a genuine fire, though. I was like no, be 783 00:38:53,239 --> 00:39:00,680 Speaker 1: that really fuxing my album. Something he got makes a 784 00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:03,600 Speaker 1: lot of list. We don't talk about that, but you know, 785 00:39:03,719 --> 00:39:05,880 Speaker 1: not to stay anybody's opinions, the opinion, but if you 786 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:10,520 Speaker 1: put me outside of the top ten, motherfucker, that to 787 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:13,840 Speaker 1: stay too, boy. But before you release this album, you 788 00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:17,279 Speaker 1: had to record with Russ and danger mouse because right 789 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:20,400 Speaker 1: he talked about a shooting that happened on thirty Fourth Street. 790 00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,280 Speaker 1: He said they're still haunt you. Can you talk about 791 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:25,680 Speaker 1: that moment? Man, I was really young and I think 792 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,560 Speaker 1: I was with my mom's in like a tilor shop 793 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:32,000 Speaker 1: or something like that, right on Church Avenue and thirty 794 00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:34,960 Speaker 1: four street. It was just like out of nowhere. It 795 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:39,320 Speaker 1: was just mad shot, you know what I'm saying, and 796 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:42,120 Speaker 1: that was the first time that happened to me as 797 00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:44,160 Speaker 1: a kid. You know what I'm because it's it's many 798 00:39:44,239 --> 00:39:47,560 Speaker 1: of the Times after that, like just being in proximity 799 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:50,319 Speaker 1: of gunshots or whatever, but that was the first time. 800 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:53,040 Speaker 1: So that was like the real first traumatic experience, you 801 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,440 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, and that just always like kind 802 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:57,759 Speaker 1: of run with me because I remember how terrified I 803 00:39:57,920 --> 00:39:59,640 Speaker 1: was in that moment, like I was a little kid. 804 00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,360 Speaker 1: I'm like Yo with somebody just gonna running this store 805 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,640 Speaker 1: and just shoot us, you know what I mean, like 806 00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:07,320 Speaker 1: you don't know what to think at that age. It 807 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:09,280 Speaker 1: was don't to hear you and rust connect on that record. 808 00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:10,960 Speaker 1: We had an interview with him. He talked about it 809 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,960 Speaker 1: on his book, about how he met you before he 810 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,759 Speaker 1: became famous. Do you remember that moment? Oh yeah, absolutely. 811 00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:19,680 Speaker 1: I'll never forget that moment because even that day, like 812 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:24,960 Speaker 1: he had this confidence about it. Guys, I pulled up 813 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:28,239 Speaker 1: to my my homie kids superspot, because he got that. 814 00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:30,960 Speaker 1: We the old one that he had in Brooklyn right 815 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,759 Speaker 1: on Broadway, and you know, just regularly just pull up 816 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:35,960 Speaker 1: there and just hang out. Um, he had like a 817 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:39,560 Speaker 1: little makeshift soccer field in his backyard. We play soccer. 818 00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:42,239 Speaker 1: So one day I pull up and Russ is there and, 819 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:44,520 Speaker 1: you know, we're just kicking there, we're playing soccer, and 820 00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:47,360 Speaker 1: he just like, I liked this energy, you know what 821 00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:49,960 Speaker 1: I mean. He had this real confident energy, like he 822 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:52,960 Speaker 1: seemed like he was very self alware and knew what 823 00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:54,920 Speaker 1: he wanted to do and, like, you know, we spoke 824 00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:58,919 Speaker 1: and it was something about the exchange that I've seen 825 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,840 Speaker 1: that he what I saw, where he got from it, 826 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:05,200 Speaker 1: and it was interesting because years later in his book 827 00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:09,640 Speaker 1: he actually detailed the experience, which is how I actually 828 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,400 Speaker 1: perceived it, and what he said is that when he 829 00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:14,960 Speaker 1: met me, like the fact that we were just there, 830 00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:16,960 Speaker 1: was playing soccer and I was just chilling. I was 831 00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:20,239 Speaker 1: so humble. He said it made him see like like, 832 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,080 Speaker 1: like it just feeled the fire under him, like he 833 00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:25,160 Speaker 1: was already had his plan, but meeting me like kind 834 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:28,279 Speaker 1: of cemented in his brain that he was gonna make 835 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:30,479 Speaker 1: it happen for real, for Real, you know what I'm saying. 836 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,440 Speaker 1: And I thought that that was dope, because that's always 837 00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:35,960 Speaker 1: my approach, that's always my intention, like I always say, 838 00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:38,240 Speaker 1: like when fans or whoever approached me on the street, 839 00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:41,320 Speaker 1: I try to always show love, because you never know 840 00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:44,160 Speaker 1: where they at in that in life, in that moment 841 00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:46,560 Speaker 1: where they were in life when they first heard your 842 00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:49,560 Speaker 1: music or got introduced to you, what you did to them, 843 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:52,640 Speaker 1: how you influenced them, like you would never know, you 844 00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:57,040 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, so that one interaction could go 845 00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:59,640 Speaker 1: such a long way, you know what I mean, based 846 00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:01,800 Speaker 1: on the energy that you give to these people. You 847 00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:04,600 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, because that's really hobby. It's like, Damn, 848 00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:09,279 Speaker 1: like you right here outside, like you outside and I'm you, 849 00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:11,920 Speaker 1: were I'm at. I could be where you at, like 850 00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:14,160 Speaker 1: that's like how the calculation works. You know, if you 851 00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:15,719 Speaker 1: could do it, I could do it. Like, Yo, I 852 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:19,840 Speaker 1: touched right here, you know. So I definitely like to 853 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:23,120 Speaker 1: give people that experience. You know what I'm saying, because 854 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:25,560 Speaker 1: I feel like that's one of my that's probably my 855 00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:29,520 Speaker 1: sole purpose alone, is to inspire. You definitely inspired us 856 00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:31,840 Speaker 1: on this project. Man, we're gonna wait five years for 857 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:35,360 Speaker 1: another album or no, that happens, I need you to 858 00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:39,600 Speaker 1: run me down. I remember back in tweeted that you 859 00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:42,120 Speaker 1: finished the album like three times. Did you save any 860 00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:45,400 Speaker 1: of that older material? Absolutely, I got like there was 861 00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:48,120 Speaker 1: like three albums, three or four albums that I did. 862 00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:50,439 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. Like I said, the first two, 863 00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:56,200 Speaker 1: which could just probably be uh combined into one, was depression. 864 00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:59,000 Speaker 1: You know what I mean. It's a real somber project 865 00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:01,160 Speaker 1: and there's one song of for their Cool Ground Zero, 866 00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:03,359 Speaker 1: I see my fans ask me about all the time 867 00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:05,359 Speaker 1: because I had performed it on the beast coast tour 868 00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:08,759 Speaker 1: like every night. That's just an unreleased song. So like, yeah, 869 00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,160 Speaker 1: I definitely have plans on that music coming out in 870 00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:15,480 Speaker 1: the future, but I just gotta find the right opportunities. 871 00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:18,520 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, because I want to be 872 00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:20,719 Speaker 1: very intentional with my music, like I want to make 873 00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:23,320 Speaker 1: sure that, like, when it comes out, it's aligned with 874 00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:27,200 Speaker 1: how my current feelings are or my current sentiments are, 875 00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:29,320 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So, which song were you 876 00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:32,120 Speaker 1: the most proud of on this project? It's a great question. 877 00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:34,160 Speaker 1: You talking your ship on a lot of them. Man, 878 00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:39,560 Speaker 1: I really love shown me. I really love showing me. 879 00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:43,080 Speaker 1: I just think it's like it was just the way, 880 00:43:43,239 --> 00:43:45,239 Speaker 1: just the whole way it came about like that was 881 00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:52,960 Speaker 1: I've never detailed a situation that I experienced so perfectly, 882 00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:56,879 Speaker 1: I feel like, into words and it's just the mood 883 00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:59,640 Speaker 1: of it, the man, I trust sample, like I'm just 884 00:43:59,719 --> 00:44:01,400 Speaker 1: really how I put that on it, you know what 885 00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:03,960 Speaker 1: I'm saying, and I definitely want to tune into that 886 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:05,959 Speaker 1: lane a little bit more. Like I look at showing 887 00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:07,560 Speaker 1: me like in the in the vein of love is 888 00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:09,800 Speaker 1: only a feeling. You know what I mean? It's like 889 00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:12,080 Speaker 1: that Lane and love is only feeling. Is My biggest song. 890 00:44:12,719 --> 00:44:16,400 Speaker 1: Like I think people have an affinity or appreciation of 891 00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:21,520 Speaker 1: love for my love songs, a couple of them. Yeah, 892 00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:24,680 Speaker 1: I like make me feel cruise control, even just having 893 00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:26,800 Speaker 1: did these presents on their over to the bar. Sample. 894 00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:31,560 Speaker 1: When you talk about my favorite songs like it, then 895 00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:34,759 Speaker 1: they change every week. But the baddest uh make me 896 00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:40,960 Speaker 1: that whole for one, Dude. Yeah, man, it's but in 897 00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:43,360 Speaker 1: the head high is another one. Like I feel like 898 00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:45,520 Speaker 1: head high is just gonna be one of those songs that, 899 00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:49,040 Speaker 1: no matter what year, no matter whatever you play, then 900 00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:52,080 Speaker 1: it's always gonna be strong, it's always gonna have that vibe. 901 00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:55,200 Speaker 1: Like to me that's just a quintessential hip hop record. 902 00:44:55,800 --> 00:45:02,640 Speaker 1: You know, it's storytelling, fucking flow sound. It's just I 903 00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:04,879 Speaker 1: love that right. It's ill on eulogy, because I don't 904 00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:07,359 Speaker 1: even realize was realized it was you on the second verse. 905 00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:14,799 Speaker 1: Oh Yeah, yeah, when I pitched this, that's just joey. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. 906 00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:19,919 Speaker 1: Thank you, joey brother contended. Man, I'm just I'm putting 907 00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:25,560 Speaker 1: out there that that man, I'm here. I didn't even 908 00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:27,239 Speaker 1: have to say it myself. You know what I'm saying. 909 00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:31,720 Speaker 1: Something happens. Become yourself proclaiming. I'm just letting the people speak. 910 00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:35,680 Speaker 1: There's people that I've known that not necessarily with Joey 911 00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:39,480 Speaker 1: Badass fans prior, that have like, Yo, that Joey Badass albums, 912 00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:41,600 Speaker 1: like kind of like a word of mouth album. So 913 00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:44,240 Speaker 1: I told you your bars in there. Like it's definitely 914 00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:46,440 Speaker 1: my favorite project you put out. Thank you, thank you. 915 00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:49,880 Speaker 1: I appreciate that. It's my favorite project I put out too. 916 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:52,719 Speaker 1: I think it used to be, yes, but I think 917 00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:56,759 Speaker 1: my best project is still all American Badas. Yeah, really, okay, 918 00:45:56,800 --> 00:46:04,879 Speaker 1: we'll start that debatable comments. Ye Ja. Yeah, rap Rador 919 00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:07,920 Speaker 1: is an interval presents original production from Hyper House, produced 920 00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:11,160 Speaker 1: by Laura Wasser, hosts and producers Elliott Wilson and Brian 921 00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:15,040 Speaker 1: B Dot Miller. Her medival presents executive producers Alan Coy 922 00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:19,719 Speaker 1: and Jay Kleinberg. 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