1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: You're watching the Breakfast Club. One thing everybody is DJ 2 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: Envy Angela, Ye, Charl, I mean the guy we are 3 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: the Breakfast Club special guests and friends to the room 4 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: leader at the New School. When it come to these 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: rappers out here, listen. First of all, salute to you 6 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: for giving propers to one of my favorite them season 7 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: of all time, Killer Mike on the Hood Politics record 8 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: all the Time. Man, that never happens for artists like you. 9 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: Give propers to guys like Mike. He've been doing it 10 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: for a long time away before me. You, I'm saying, 11 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:36,279 Speaker 1: so it's only right. He's gonna conte continue to do 12 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: it too. Do you actually listen to Mike like you 13 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 1: listening to Run the Jews? Ye, Running Jews Joint. It's crazy, Um, 14 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: Atlanta man, Now what happened with your album? Album? Was 15 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: supposed to come out that one week and then it 16 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 1: just dropped on a Sunday and then it was only 17 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: the clean version, and the clean version was taking off everybody. 18 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: What happened? They dropped? They dropped the um, the clean version. 19 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: And the crazy part about it is we knew that 20 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: the iTunes leak was gonna be down for a minute 21 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 1: when once they did that because it's a certain system 22 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 1: that they put in at the labels to either put 23 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: it on iTunes put it up, so the date was 24 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 1: actually confused and locked it in and locked it off, 25 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: so the fans was tripping. So I'm sure he's seen 26 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: that on his Twitter and went crazy. How much time 27 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: did y'all spend on the marketing campaign, like, Yo, how 28 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 1: are you gonna roll the album? Because you can't do 29 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: a traditional release no more? Yeah, definitely. We We always 30 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: sits as an entity as far as TD and make 31 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 1: our own rules first. And that's been day one. That's 32 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: been since iTunes, that's been since our mixtapes. So even 33 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: though everybody's doing it traditionally now, we always had that 34 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:45,960 Speaker 1: knack to, you know, put it out the way you 35 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: want to. And our thing is is is the people 36 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: gonna like it? Regardless they gonna like it or they're not. 37 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: So you could put it out, you could put up 38 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: people on stage, you could do the war shows, you 39 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: could do radio, but if they don't rock with the music, 40 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: they're not going to get it or don't talk about 41 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: the first thing that we heard from from this project 42 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: little it wasn't your normal Kendrick Lamar per se type 43 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: of record. Yeah, yeah, So what was the inspiration of 44 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: our why you decided to let that one go first? Yeah, 45 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: the inspiration behind it was really talking to some of 46 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: the older cats in the neighborhood and really doing somebody 47 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: of the norm, uh speaking, speaking some type of positivity 48 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: back in the city, rather than doing you know what 49 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: we used to doing period. You know, from an initial 50 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: content of the record, I always said, it's for some 51 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: of my homeboys back in on the yard and also 52 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: the community period. And it was it was it was 53 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: therapeutic for myself, you know, because sometimes wake up and 54 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: we may not feel the same on we feilt yesterday. 55 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: So that was that was the initial wind state. And 56 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: it did just that. You won two Grammys. WHI y'all 57 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 1: didn't show up y'all Purposelyott this year. I had to work. 58 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: I had to finish that album. I was locked in. 59 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: I couldn't lose focus. I couldn't go on tour, I 60 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:59,519 Speaker 1: couldn't do no awards. I was on a deadline. The 61 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 1: aspect to win, because I mean last year you was 62 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: expected to win. Now I don't. I don't expect nothing. 63 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: I don't expect nothing. I just put the music out. Now. 64 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 1: I read that you started working on this album right 65 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: when you were finishing Mad City. Yeah, and so it 66 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: took you like two years. Two years to do it. Yeah, Okay, 67 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 1: how many songs did you actually do? Um? I probably 68 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 1: did about thirty to forty songs that we actually fought 69 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: over in the studio because a lot of the records 70 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: was was my favorite records. You know, sometimes it'd be 71 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: like that, you may do something crazy and it just 72 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: don't end up because it might not be as cohesive 73 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: as you thought. So what happens with those? They'd be 74 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: for my my ear of my iPhone. There's been a 75 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: lot of mixed reviews behind the album. Some people feel 76 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: like you're being too preachy preachy. How do you feel 77 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: about the reception of the album. I feel great about 78 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: the reception of the album. I ain't catched the preachy 79 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: thing because majority of the album is me, me talking 80 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: about my faults, especially on records like you Ain't Got 81 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: a Lot of Kicking, Black of the Bear. All these 82 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: are therapeutic songs for me. I feel like sometimes when 83 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: somebody's doing really well, because Ken Jake, you have a 84 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: lot on you like people look at you. It's like 85 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: Ken Jake is the greatest. Yeah, and sometimes people want 86 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: to come in and be really critical and find some 87 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: type of fun. Yeah, all the time. But we're all human, 88 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 1: So you gonna find a fault anyway that somehow. I 89 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: don't don't. I don't run from. I'm not scared of 90 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 1: I can't live in fear that. You know, everybody had 91 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: their opinions or whatnot. I didn't know you were suffering 92 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 1: from depression the way you said you was on the album. Yeah, 93 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: did the industry caused not the industry just to change? 94 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: You know, it's a drastic change when you you you're 95 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: around so many different faces, faces that you don't quite 96 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: understand and mean different people and things are going on 97 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: back home that it's out of your control to handle. 98 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. People would think that that 99 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: would take you away. You know, the money that the lifestyle, 100 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 1: you're able to take a lot of those people that 101 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: would usually be from the hood, that you get another chance, 102 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: taking the places that they would never see. Yeah, you can, 103 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: but you can't take everywhe it's still stuff they're going 104 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: I still got family and comfty, you know, I can't 105 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: I can't put a million dollars and they parting and say, 106 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: you don't have feel what I'm saying, all I can 107 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: do is put them in positions where they can find 108 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: for themselves. But sometimes the lifestyle that they end they 109 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: might not know how to handle it. They might not 110 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: know how to handle some type of working world where 111 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 1: they never been in. All they know is the streets. 112 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: We talked the other day about responsibility and how responsible 113 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: are artists to the community, like as far as being leaders, 114 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: as far as speaking out against social issues, and this 115 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: is something that you've always done in your music. Do 116 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: you think that more artists should be responsible? Uh? Do 117 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: I think more artists should. We have a hand for 118 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: right now. But I think every artist should always be 119 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 1: responsible for how how they go about marketing or putting 120 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: their music or how they you know, put their words 121 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: together because us This is something I didn't understand until 122 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: I went out on these roles and talk to these kids. 123 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: They take my music very seriously. So with that being said, 124 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 1: I know they take the next artist music very seriously. 125 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 1: Sober by this industry now, I real talk because the 126 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: real life that the artists went through for for kids 127 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: in this new generation it might just be a trend 128 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,719 Speaker 1: for them until they go out there and get themselves killed. 129 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,840 Speaker 1: You feel I'm saying, so how I put my words 130 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:35,479 Speaker 1: together me for me personally, it's a strategic way, you know, 131 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: I'm not just glowing find the streets of whatnot. You know, 132 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: it's a reality check, but it's for the better at 133 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 1: the end of the day. That's why I respected I 134 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: so much because it was an uplifting song for a 135 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:48,840 Speaker 1: lot of kids that usually, especially during this time, we 136 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: don't see that, you know, and it was it was 137 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: mean and Charlemagne were talking it. It felt positive, but 138 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 1: it felt outcasts in a way that it was different 139 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: where kids can see that you ain't just got to 140 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: sell drugs and shooting. It was. It was a positive joy. Yeah, definitely. 141 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:03,039 Speaker 1: It takes a lot of gus to put a record 142 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 1: like that on your second album too. What was the 143 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,360 Speaker 1: label's thing when you came with that type of it 144 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: first single? Yeah, yeah, I mean that was behind it 145 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: because they know that we came in as business as 146 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: TDE top Dog Entertainment doing what we want to do. 147 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: You know, we were selling records, we were selling mixtapes, 148 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: and the foundation that we have with the kids is strong. 149 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:27,239 Speaker 1: It's stronger than any type of number of marketing service 150 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: that a label can do. So it was behind it, 151 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: and I appreciate them for that. They never ever came 152 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: in trying to strategically move my creativity around, and I 153 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: respect that because on your second album, everybody's looking. I mean, 154 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: I know what the kids, won't you feel me? I'm 155 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: fairly young myself, you feel saying I got little brothers. 156 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: I know what they listened to all day. So it 157 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: takes a strong following and a strong support system, not 158 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 1: only from me in my camp, but the folks around 159 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: me to say, okay, continue to do what you do. 160 00:07:57,920 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: And what was that dance in the video that day? 161 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: What was that called? That's that's l a coaching man. 162 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: We go, we go, We're gonna continue to push that one. 163 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: Where the hell did the Tuparc audio come from for 164 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: Mortal macause I thought I had heard every Tupac in Yeah, 165 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: I ain't not heard those vocals before trip. I got that. 166 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: I got that uh when I was in Germany from 167 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: this caddy. He said, I got this unreleased uh Park 168 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: interview and he handed off to me. So what made 169 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 1: you listen? Because I'm sure everybody close. Yeah, real, tug. 170 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: I did my research. I had to see it is 171 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: this official, you know? First off? So I went through it, 172 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: play it back and oh yeah, you gotta get everything clear. 173 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, But when you heard it, you felt like 174 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: he was talking to you or have the questions in 175 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: your mind or yeah, because the trip is Park was 176 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: a prophet to be and everything he's talking about, it's 177 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:55,839 Speaker 1: actually going on today. You've saying and and and that 178 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 1: right there just sparked idea immediately for what I was 179 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 1: talking about about. Record. So when you met Park in Cuba, 180 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: this is the old Germany thing. I got vocals in Germany. 181 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 1: What the hell is an to Germany? Now? But it was, 182 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 1: it was, It was a blessed and I came about it. 183 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 1: And I really appreciate his mother too, you know, for 184 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: for um giving me, giving me an opportunity to use 185 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:23,719 Speaker 1: the vocals, because you know, people hold them things dear. 186 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: And if she would have stood down and said no, 187 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: I would have respect that too, out of respect that 188 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: I have for her and her son's legacy, because the 189 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: things that he know, it comes from her. You feel 190 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, So either way, it would have win. 191 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: I would show respect period. Do you read a lot? 192 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: I always wondering. I'm like, because you seemed like you 193 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:42,559 Speaker 1: got you're so full of knowledge and wisdom, Like, where 194 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: does it come from? I mean my encounter with people. 195 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: I'm not scared to talk to people. I'm not scared 196 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,079 Speaker 1: to to interact, whether it's a five year old kid 197 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: or or eighty year old man. You know what I'm saying. 198 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: Of course I read, but I put it to you 199 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: like this. I'd rather be interacting with a person, you know, 200 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 1: rather than gathering up information, you know, from somewhere else, 201 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,199 Speaker 1: speaking to a person with wisdom that've been here before me, 202 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,679 Speaker 1: some more life experience. It's always um. Now, what about LA. 203 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: You had seemed like you were disappointed with the album 204 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: sales in LA alone. You feel like they're not supporting 205 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: you like they should. I think that was top Dog. 206 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 1: You don't music actually care about you do the music, 207 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 1: and you let them hand. I can't see you in 208 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: the studio like y'all. They're only about thirty now. Top 209 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 1: absolutely got out ready to go shoot up record stores. 210 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: Yeah he gotta do that. He I mean, he's the businessman. 211 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 1: You got to calm Tap Dog down sometimes all the time, man, 212 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: you know, but he he he knows the music, and 213 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: he knows the quality of the music. So he looked 214 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 1: at it not from only a businessman standpoint. He knows 215 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: the magnitude of the record. You know what I'm saying. 216 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 1: He's close to it, just like I'm close to it. 217 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: So if he gets angry about something, I can't say 218 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:01,319 Speaker 1: you shouldn't be angry because he has a right to it. 219 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 1: We were just we starved together man in the studio. 220 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 1: You know, did you ever envision all of this happening 221 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 1: when you first signed early on and you know it 222 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: took some time to get the ball run? Did you 223 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 1: ever think that things would be this big and you 224 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: would be considered like one of the biggest hip hop 225 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: artists today to be hundredcent real, which I didn't but 226 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 1: Top Dog did. That's real talk. And you can ask 227 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 1: anybody that's been around us, or if you whoever nor 228 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 1: him a long time. He always said, Kay Doves gonna 229 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: go gonna do something in this game. Way be five 230 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: and believed. You know, I was in the studio just 231 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 1: playing around. You know. He grabbed me and Jay Rock 232 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 1: off the streets Compton and watch say getting the studio, 233 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: do something better with your life, and we're here doing 234 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 1: it now. Jay Rock is doing this thing. He's at 235 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 1: an all time level where he's ready to blow and 236 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:50,439 Speaker 1: break out. And the same thing with him. He gave 237 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 1: me my shot. Jay Rock gave me my shot by 238 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:55,959 Speaker 1: jumping out into the wolves of the industry and the politics. 239 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 1: I didn't have to go through that. I felt mad. 240 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: I always felt like Jay Rock had a great debut album, 241 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: but he was like the guinea pig. Yeah. Man, it 242 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 1: was so much. We had to learn, so much he 243 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: had to learn, you know. So by the time we 244 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: went through a lot of mistakes, I was ready, you know, 245 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:12,319 Speaker 1: and Rock was in my corner giving me game, like 246 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: do this like that, because when you do that, you 247 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:17,319 Speaker 1: do when when when you go on this meeting like that, 248 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: they gonna say this, and you got to stand up 249 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,599 Speaker 1: for yourself. And that's the gaming game is true. J 250 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:24,199 Speaker 1: Cole was trying to sign you at one point. He 251 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 1: never told me that. He never told me I wanted 252 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: to sign yeah, because I think by the time I 253 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: met him, he wanted to get this. This is his 254 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: label off off the ground and he was already signed 255 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: and doing this thing. I was still independent. But that 256 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: that's that's that's a good, good eye for talent album together. 257 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 1: That's also a thing that everybody's talking about all the time. 258 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:49,839 Speaker 1: It's always just the schedule issue, you know, once we 259 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 1: get around that, that's that's my boy, though I talked 260 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 1: to him on a regular You got them extra songs already, 261 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:57,719 Speaker 1: you know we do. Y'all got music recorded? Yeah, we 262 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:01,599 Speaker 1: do together? Yeah, exactly, But also going back in and 263 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 1: continue to work because new songs are so old. We're 264 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: both grown this artist. Now. When you dropped the Influmouce 265 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 1: control Verse, it seems like you were ready to compete 266 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: and eat all competition. But the Pimple Butterfly, it seems 267 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 1: like you don't even care what everybody else is doing. Yeah, 268 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: I mean, you know what the thing about control is. 269 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,959 Speaker 1: I think people forgot just off the music that I 270 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: put out, that I'm actually from the West Coast and 271 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 1: the aggression that we have in our music. I can't 272 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,839 Speaker 1: run from that, you know, whether it'd be a control verse, 273 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:33,679 Speaker 1: whether it be Black or the Berry, that's that's all. 274 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: I'm influenced by. Q. I'm influenced by by Dre so 275 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 1: Free on your sugar free. Yeah yeah, respector ship definitely 276 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:45,959 Speaker 1: sugar free is in my music, Kim Kunter one of 277 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,559 Speaker 1: the interludes. So I think what happened was people forgot that. 278 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 1: So when you hear something like control come from Kenji Glamars, 279 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 1: it's a reminder that you know, I grew up off 280 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: against the rapp and that aggression are always being me. 281 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: Were you surprised that nobody snapped back because this is 282 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: you know, local exercise, and nobody was. Everybody was like, 283 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna leave that man alone. Yeah yeah yeah, and 284 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: those who did, they did in a friendly way, very 285 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: very friendly. Uh yeah, it was. It was cool. What's 286 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: more important? Love from your peers are our love from 287 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: the consumers discreeted because I see a lot of people, 288 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: a lot of musical artists are picking up this album 289 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 1: crazy like yeah yeah, uh my fans for show, my 290 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 1: fans for show, because those are the people that's been 291 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: rocking with me since day one, before we even signed 292 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: to a major. You know how I got out here 293 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: in New York. Then my first sold out show at 294 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 1: so OBS that was just off the love of the music, 295 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: you know, so they always be number one period. You 296 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: remember your first interview you did up here. Nah, I don't, 297 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 1: I know, I know, y'all out y'all zon me, Charlemagne somebody, 298 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 1: but no. But but it was so early that we 299 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 1: didn't even have it didn't even go on air. It 300 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: was on the webisode. Yeah it was. It was on 301 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: a webisode thing. And and I just remember back then, 302 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: I was like, this kid is gonna be something. And 303 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: we were having a conversation never day about who are 304 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 1: the best lyricis and best rappers, and I mentioned you, 305 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 1: and Charlemagne was like, I don't think he has enough 306 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 1: in yet. Still yeah, yeah, because you said he was 307 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: one of the greatest of all times. Man only got 308 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 1: two albums, but some time hearing him snapping some of 309 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 1: the things that he said, most artists, I don't think 310 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: they do y'all no favors when they automatically put y'all 311 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: with the goats already get of course, of course you 312 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: gotta have that time. And that's the thing that I 313 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: say with the word classic and an instant classic album, 314 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: um me putting to Pimper Butterfly out. You hear the 315 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 1: speculation of kids saying that all over again. Prior to 316 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 1: when we put Good Kid in matt City out and 317 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 1: I always told him, listen to the music a few times, 318 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: man before we before we start throwing words out like that, 319 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 1: even when it's on my behalf, because I want you 320 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 1: to live with it, you know what I'm saying. I 321 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: wanted to be first listening and you like it, or 322 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: first listening and you have an a pin, live with it, 323 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: grow with it, because at the end of the day, 324 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: I make albums that have that type of longevity. If not, 325 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 1: I can just give you a whole bunch of singles 326 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 1: on record. You know what I'm saying. And I was 327 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 1: talking to somebody the other day. I make my music 328 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: basically for people in the system and in the printer 329 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: system and and kids in college because they got a 330 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 1: number of time to listen to it. So I want 331 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: you to treat it just like that I wanted. I 332 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: wanted to be an actual course that you're taking and 333 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 1: that you can live with. And I agree with that 334 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 1: because like I like to read a lot, you can't 335 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: just rush through a four agreement. You can't just rush 336 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: through a forty eight law of power. And that's how 337 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: I feel with you my head. I hear something new 338 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: every time, every time every time. And it's supposed to 339 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: be like that for me personally. Um, everybody don't supposed 340 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: to do what I do or you know, stay stay 341 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 1: in your lane. But as long as I do music, 342 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: I want to make some people can live with and 343 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 1: go back and say, you know what he did put 344 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 1: out a classic album. You know how many years from 345 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: now when you when you keep on playing it back 346 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: and it makes it's ridiculous. The album first, the album 347 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: literally came out. I woke up, it was up up 348 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:08,879 Speaker 1: at night two hours later. It's a classic. I'm like, hi, 349 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:12,240 Speaker 1: y'all figuring out already? Yeah, yeah, And I appreciate the love. 350 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 1: I think, you know, for the most part is it's 351 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 1: excitement of getting some some a little bit outside of 352 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 1: the norm. And I appreciate that. But at the same time, 353 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: live with it and and learn to learn to love 354 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: it even more, you feel me. One of my favorite 355 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:33,440 Speaker 1: records these Walls, is that about? Yeah? Okay, yeah, that's 356 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: one of my favorite records too. Who uses but was dope? 357 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,360 Speaker 1: But who like you know, you were the platinum artists. Yeah. 358 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 1: When I went, when I went in the studio, when 359 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 1: I said I wanted to do this record, I said 360 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:48,639 Speaker 1: I wanted to go in with these specific characters and 361 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: lock in with them for seven months, you know, to 362 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 1: a year. And that was Bloud Um, George Clinton and 363 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 1: the Wise, Terence Martin producer sound Wave my in house producer, 364 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 1: and uh thunder Cat and Rocky Um. We locked in. 365 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,400 Speaker 1: We locked in for a year and completed the project. 366 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 1: So I already had the mind state on what I 367 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: wanted to sound like me personally. I'm not I'm not 368 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm not sold on your celebrity or how 369 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,159 Speaker 1: many you know records you sold. I'm sold on the 370 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 1: actual talent and what we're trying to convey it and 371 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: get across. So that was my my uh initial idea 372 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 1: for making this record beforehand. Oh yeah, for sure, for 373 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 1: sure Like old Snoop, Yeah yeah, I laid the skeleton down. 374 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: I lard the skeleton down because I haven't heard him 375 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:43,399 Speaker 1: like that in a long time. So I know he 376 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 1: didn't write it. Yeah, that's that's the og. But uh 377 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 1: me going in, I just said, do what you do. 378 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,920 Speaker 1: You know you've been doing it before me. This is 379 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:55,120 Speaker 1: what I've been a fan of, you know, So all 380 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:57,680 Speaker 1: I can do is directed. I can't sound like you 381 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 1: know that's this talent, that's that comes from guy from him. 382 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 1: You also did a surprise performance on Callie and you 383 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 1: did all of that with Rebuke. You look like you've 384 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:09,439 Speaker 1: been working out doing cross fit a little bit. I've 385 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 1: been doing some push ups. I don't know if to. 386 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,440 Speaker 1: I know I know every I know everybody. I know 387 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 1: everybody when they signed up to Rebuke, they all do 388 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 1: the CrossFit and everything and something I wanted to try 389 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:23,359 Speaker 1: because they always took about how great it is. I 390 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 1: ain't jumped in it yet. You haven't you going to? Yeah, 391 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: hopefully I get some time before this tour crack off 392 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,640 Speaker 1: explain that you was it attracted trail or something running 393 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 1: through LA people chasing it? It was everybody run. It 394 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:37,640 Speaker 1: was a police chase. It first, everybody running. Everybody run. 395 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 1: They had top Dog out there too. Hey, funniest day alive. 396 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: Oh you see it's a red hat bouncing. No, it 397 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 1: was crazy ran the whole way. You know who Noel 398 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,399 Speaker 1: Gallaghers from Oasis. He they asked him about you and 399 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:57,360 Speaker 1: he was like, who is that? What do you say? 400 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 1: I never heard him? He sounds like a character off 401 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: sign Feld. You can't about stuff like that. That's funny 402 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:07,439 Speaker 1: to me. I don't care for real, Why why does 403 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: the d Why you don't do more records with Dre? 404 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 1: That would that make the album? So to say it's 405 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 1: it's it's a thing that we got going on that 406 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:18,119 Speaker 1: we weigh known. It's it's a strategic move. So are 407 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 1: you gonna do an album? As if I if I 408 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: could speak on it, I would, But that man is 409 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 1: a scientist and we're gonna plan so that the direction 410 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: of the third album more Drake production. Maybe it could 411 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: be how does he help you with the album? Like 412 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:34,359 Speaker 1: do you go? Do you do records? And then he 413 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: you know, arranges them for you. I don't know mixing 414 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: like what no I do that? I do that far 415 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: as uh, the arrangements. It's it's really going in and 416 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,680 Speaker 1: once I completed getting his expertise about you know, the 417 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:51,120 Speaker 1: sonic sound of it. You know me personally, I'm hands 418 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 1: on with everything you know, and I'm a huge on 419 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 1: how it won't something to sound rather scratch the record 420 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 1: if it's it's a good record or not. I wanted 421 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: to sound and feel a certain way, So things like 422 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 1: going in and recording on two inch tape and running 423 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: back through analog him knowing about things like that, and 424 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 1: pro tools. What's the difference between it. You know, I 425 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 1: did the most majority of the record going back when 426 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 1: I'm mixing was through analog, the same stuff for people 427 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,680 Speaker 1: who don't know what analog is. This is what Marvin Gaye, 428 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 1: Luther Van Jofs, what they recorded on prior to pro tools, 429 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:26,920 Speaker 1: you know. So it's a little bit more difficult, but 430 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: it gives you a warm sound. And this techniques and 431 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:32,119 Speaker 1: things I don't know, you know, So I go to 432 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,119 Speaker 1: Drake for that advice. Now that's all. You say that 433 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 1: you're the closest thing that a lot of these kids 434 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: got to a reverend. Yeah, I say that. I said that, 435 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 1: and it likes of you know, I got a little 436 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 1: brother and little sister and cousins, and they belief level 437 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: is is at an all time low, you know, know 438 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 1: these days, you know, they they they don't believe in anything, 439 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 1: you feel me. So if what I'm putting it and 440 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 1: putting in in my music, it's an act of God 441 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 1: and He using me as a vessel. What makes me 442 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 1: any different from somebody being in church and giving their word, 443 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 1: you feel I'm saying. So that's how I look at it. 444 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: Last time you was up there, you said you're real 445 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:13,880 Speaker 1: personal and you're real quiet and private with your relationship, 446 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 1: and you said you had a bull. Yeah, there was 447 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 1: rumors that you guys got engage. Yeah, yeah, that's true. Yeah, 448 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 1: definitely congratulations that Yeah, I'm layal to the saw. You 449 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:23,880 Speaker 1: welcome to the club, bro, that's right. I just want 450 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: to say that Tod Dog tell me no relationship questions, 451 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:42,920 Speaker 1: but I guess I'm glad he told me. I'm sorry. 452 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: Congratulations something, congratulate you. Congratulations. I think that's a great thing, 453 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 1: and that's a great that's also a great example to 454 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 1: have somebody that you're loyal and faith to. A lot 455 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,440 Speaker 1: of people think it's cool to just sleep around and 456 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 1: do whatever. So you know the thing, at the end 457 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:01,360 Speaker 1: of the day, you want to you want to always 458 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 1: always have real people around you, period, rather it's male 459 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: or female. And everybody else been around me. They've been 460 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 1: around since day one, and I can't change that. I 461 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 1: don't change for nobody. I can't run from that. You 462 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,399 Speaker 1: feel what I'm saying, So I always show respect when 463 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: I respect it, it's been given and people that have 464 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: been by your side, you post to honor that and 465 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,920 Speaker 1: that's how you stand up running around it and not 466 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:27,879 Speaker 1: acknowledging it. It's it's it's it's trivil. You feel what 467 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: I'm saying, So you know you speak on respect. It's 468 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 1: funny you said when you made the comments about Ferguson 469 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 1: and you said we don't respect ourselves, how can we 470 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 1: expect them to respect us? And people got mad at you, 471 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: But you say the same thing in Black of the Berry. Yeah, yeah, 472 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 1: people loved it. I think I think that's just people. 473 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:46,439 Speaker 1: Uh Like I said, it's a few times. These These 474 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 1: are folks whoever responded to it a negative way, they 475 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: actually know, understand or even know where I come from. 476 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 1: And I can't. I can't knock them for that. You know, 477 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 1: I've took a lot from them, from the community. You 478 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 1: know where I'm from. My homeboys have and I still 479 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: deal with it today. So when you when I say 480 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 1: things like we need to respect, I'm not only talking 481 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 1: about a black I'm talking about myself. Everything comes from 482 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,200 Speaker 1: me first, you know what I'm saying. I've been in 483 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 1: situation and I still deal with these situations today where 484 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 1: I have hate towards another guy because he has a 485 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 1: he killed my homeboy. While I'm on tour, I still 486 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 1: feel that that type of resentment you feel. I'm saying 487 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 1: so when I talk about these things, it all has 488 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 1: come from me, So me respecting the fact that he's 489 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 1: a black man and not hating the fact that he 490 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 1: has a different color. That's what I mean with respect. 491 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: So whoever take that out of out of out of context, 492 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 1: you really need to do your research and know where 493 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 1: I come from and know the background of who I am, 494 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 1: rather than just trying to tear another black man down. 495 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 1: And we've seen it with everybody, Malcolm X, Martin, Luther, King, 496 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. Don't don't don't do that. When somebody standing 497 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 1: for some then that's good. You should be behind them 498 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 1: and don't try to knock them off like that. Do 499 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:05,959 Speaker 1: you feel like messages are better conveyed through music as 500 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 1: opposed to like seeing them in the magazines or seeing 501 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,400 Speaker 1: them in radio interviews all the time because people can't 502 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 1: see and feel your sentiments. You know that with this 503 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 1: album you talk about singles. Was there a single for 504 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 1: this album? Because even with the label, A label was 505 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 1: like play with play what you like. It wasn't like, 506 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: you know, we're working on this record. It was like, 507 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 1: play what you're like, Yeah, play with you? I really 508 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 1: don't hear that offer. Yeah, definitely. Uh, that's that's the 509 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 1: groundwork we deal. We've been building since day one. Um 510 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:36,479 Speaker 1: for me, this record, I mean it has potential records 511 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 1: on the radio. But that's what I wasn't really trying 512 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:40,679 Speaker 1: to identify with that. I was really trying to get 513 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 1: the point across or what I was talking about, and 514 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,399 Speaker 1: m yeah, that that was all for it because you 515 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:48,920 Speaker 1: got to have a strong team that stand behind you creatively. 516 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:55,439 Speaker 1: The walls out here for radio, yeah, um, probably mama, mama, 517 00:25:55,640 --> 00:26:01,439 Speaker 1: these walls keen couter course, but yeah, these walls for Shure. Now, um, 518 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:05,119 Speaker 1: you roll with some some some crazy guys, top Dog Punch. 519 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: You know, they don't necessarily speak for you with your people, 520 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:12,360 Speaker 1: they're your album dropped. Kanye started putting out pictures due 521 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: his girl. Punch was like what this got to do? 522 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 1: Enjoyed album? Do you ever have to call him and 523 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 1: be like, man, stop it, h Now, I don't have 524 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: to call him. That's that's that's their personal opinion. I 525 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 1: don't really be on the social media like that, and 526 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 1: me personally, I don't I think that's coincident. I don't 527 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 1: really see Kanye doing that because I actually I work 528 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:39,400 Speaker 1: with him and he's he's an actual, actually a great guy. 529 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,399 Speaker 1: You feel what I'm saying. So so they're not speaking 530 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: for you because in my mind, I'm like, in the studio, 531 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 1: you can't just post this all right now. But previously 532 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:54,959 Speaker 1: you had also said with this album, you didn't originally 533 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:56,440 Speaker 1: have like a release that it was just like whenever 534 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: it's ready, whenever I'm ready to put it out. Yeah, 535 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: that's what I'm gonna do it. When did you decided finally, okay, 536 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 1: we gotta do this, man, when I'm dreamed, dreamed of 537 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,199 Speaker 1: of concepts and what I want to talk about. When 538 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 1: I get get to a point where I ain't got 539 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 1: no more to talk about it, it's done. You can't 540 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:20,679 Speaker 1: get hard, no more right talk. Yeah, and that's that's 541 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 1: how I come about top Press the Button. So did 542 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,199 Speaker 1: they did you have those discussions like okay, so, um, 543 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: we got to figure out it. What song is gonna 544 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 1: be for you know, a single? What's gonna be for radio? 545 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 1: Do we have that or did you just not really? Yeah, 546 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 1: definite out not that I recall. Nope, we just what 547 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 1: it feel like. You know, what's what's what's what are 548 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 1: your sentiments? What I'm trying to convey. And this I 549 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: always go back to having a good team because I 550 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 1: don't I know a lot of artists. It's not fortunate 551 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,639 Speaker 1: to be in that position. You know. Fortunately I have 552 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: somebody like Dave Free and Top Dog Punch to too. 553 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 1: I'm rolling, you know what I'm saying to get the 554 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 1: green light? Do what you do? Do it, say say 555 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 1: what you got to say, rather than making it just 556 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 1: about a number you feel. I'm saying he didn't make 557 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 1: the album or rapping he always clowning like that. This 558 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 1: is my final question. The Good Kid Mad City album 559 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: cover that was your mom's man, Yeah, I think that 560 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,159 Speaker 1: was like your pops, right Pops. That's my uncle's uncles. 561 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 1: So who's the people on the new cover standing in 562 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,440 Speaker 1: front of the White House? Oh? Man? These these feel 563 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 1: the homies from the neighborhood. Um. That cover has about 564 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:38,040 Speaker 1: several meetings. So the one general I can speak on this, 565 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 1: it's it's really taking you know, people they call negative 566 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 1: and people I feel that also have have good hearts 567 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 1: and taking them around the world. You feel they've never 568 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 1: been out of Yeah, they know you're right about that, 569 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 1: you know, and that's a concept within itself, but it's 570 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 1: also severn several more, it gets a little bit deeper. 571 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 1: We're gonna have a movie for this album too, man, 572 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 1: what's going on with the movie with a budget. We 573 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 1: appreciate you joining us as always fun watching you grow man. 574 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 1: I'm telling you, man, I never forget the first time 575 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 1: I met you in that bowling alley. I'm like, I 576 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 1: thought he worked there and can't take you really don't 577 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 1: socialize now. You know when they say money don't change you, 578 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:30,479 Speaker 1: it just multiplies whatever you are. You're gonna buy someplace 579 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 1: to hide. Ladies and gentlemen. The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club, 580 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 1: every weekday morning tune in