Boulet Cap Podcast. Special guests in here my guy representing North Valletjo, North Man, The Russell's here. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome man, hey man. So give me like a you know, for people who don't know man, kind of give everyone a little kind of like run down on your background. How long you've been making music and you know just where you're from, you know, man, I'm from North Falo, California.
Uh shit. Background wise, I've probably been doing music since I was like, probably started rapping since I was like seven or eight, just like rapping with my sister, you know, we're like beasts and instrumentals and shit from Lime Wire or shit like that. Then I probably really started taking it serious in like twenty eighteen, dropped my first project called The Field Effect, and then from there we've just been kind of like rolling rolling. So Vallejo, you know,
is a historical hip hop city. There's been some legends out of vallet Ho. Su the Bay Area in general is such a like it always referred to the Bay as its like own thing. It's like it's like its
own country within a country, especially within hip hop. Right, Like there's so much base Like you go to the Bay and you'll go to the club and like if you have like you're not like up up on what's hot, there'd be like songs that aren't even from the Bay that are like getting played out there that only worked there, you know what I'm saying. But like it's it's it's his own world, man like. And you know, obviously the bigger artists from the Bay that we know, e forty
mac dre uh you know hers fucking legend already. Yeah, shout out to Gez, shout out to Kaylani. Where like, you know, there's the there's the other other side of the coin, which is like Hi Roll and and uh Dell and all those guys who really had the nineties
on smash. But like, did you pull from any of the more traditional Bay Area music, because I don't get that from from when I listen to your ship, I don't really get a lot of a lot of the people would consider Bay Area vibes, right, I mean I give a little bit of both, but yeah, I get that a lot, Like I get a lot of love from the East Coast because you know, like they fuck
with like rapping and bars. But definitely, I mean I came up on forty and dre and short, like my mom's a huge too short family, two short set guys wrapping freaky tails when I was five. If you feel me, shot your mom for playing freaky tails around here with your phones man playing freaky tails and cocktails. Yeah you
feel me? But nah, I came up heavy on the bait on the base shit, but I also had like a mix of everything else, Like my pops played a little bit of everything, So I was hearing whole hearing nas and pop. You feel me that the kind of stuff that, like you gravitated towards more the lyrical shit, I think, uh yeah, just naturally, just because like that music just resonates a bit more at times, like you feel me as a kid when you hear Dear Mama
and you hear only God can judge me? Like you, you don't know what's happening, but you know that something is different, you know, I mean, like the just the content matter is a bit different. So it definitely like it just hits home a little bit more. You're so talk about all your videos Good Company GC. Come give me give me an education on this on what GC is?
What does it mean? So GC stands for a good Company, and basically I started this company probably in about twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen, and we're just like a basically like here to help artists. You feel me in a bay like I didn't really have any backing or support like outside when I was growing my shit. I couldn't get people to like help me and help me with play all this extra shit playlist and just none of that. So we start kind of figuring out the game and doing
it ourselves. And I kind of got with my homies and we just started building a platform to where we're like if an artist does need help and we love what they're doing, we're able to syst and accommodate in certain areas, whether that be like marketing content as playlists and shit like that. And it's and it's a it's on platform, right, so like you go to the YouTube
page and there's right. So we have a live performance session platform, but we also do just a bunch of other content and we kind of started we started a live performance platform last December, and it's kind of like you know, like Colors Genius, iMac shit like that, just our own in our home because like, man, we had to do we had to go everywhere to do everything. You feel me, it's like every time we had to shoot something, we had to go to in La New York or Frisco. Yeah me, So I was like big
on bringing at home and doing it. We actually went to a Vivo in twenty nineteen and shot some content with them, and I was telling my team, I'm like, bro, we gotta go home and do this ourselves. Like we it shouldn't be we shouldn't have to fly across the country to do it. So like that was a plan and we kind of really went home and just made
that shit shape. Yeah, you were saying, like it's dope because obviously Vallejo's not a place that like people who aren't from the Bay frequent, right, So you're bringing a lot of like attention and just trafficked like fro. We didn't have some of the biggest execs in the game coming to Valao, which has never happened. You feel me pulling up to the crib, Like there was a point where I stopped like taking meetings flying. I'm like, I'm
not going to do no meetings. You got to come to the crib if you want to talk to me, And like just that is so different because we've never bro if you're not going to Marine World, you ain't coming to Valao. You feel me. So now we have artists who are like prominent and bubbling and established coming to the v to work with us. You feel me, and like that's a big stamp for Valao and the culture. Just something different that we've never had. Like we literally
have to go everywhere for everything. If you just want to eat great food, you damn there, gotta go somewhere, you feel me. So it's like wait, wait, you're saying that the food in Laos not great. No, the food is smacking, but it's like the options are limited. Like, bro, we're a city with fucking four or five exits. You feel me. Like, if you want like all the eyes like you feel Frisco, you can find everything you want everything you feel me kind of yeah, give me that.
Like you know, obviously, for people who don't know, the bear is broken up into a lot of different parts, right you know obviously there's Oakland, Uh, there's Risco, Frisco and yeah, so like what what do you think makes because Vallejo, like I said, you know, shout out to like Nepha Fario forty Valleo is a huge part as far as just the historical context of barrier hip hop music. But what what do you think makes Vallejo different than
the rest of the Bay. I think it's because we're integrated but also separate, you know, like we're very like once you cross the bridge, everything is kind of together, like Emeryville, Oakland, h you got like, hey, we're all of that shit. It's like you feel me. It's like connected Berkeley, it's all like right there within each other. Valeo it's like just it's just us here. You feel me.
There's no connection. And I think with that we've been able to develop everything uniquely because it's like we're not tied into nothing. So everything that comes out the v is fresh, like it's only here. You can only get this ship here, the sound and staun everything you feel me, the sauce like bro, it's just a different energy. You feel me. And people are really probably for about it as well, Like you don't meet too many people from Valleo. Who isn't like if you meet somebody from val they're
gonna let you know they from right. No, that's for sure that that shit gonna come up period. Yeah. No, that's facts or they're like they're they're they're like shot of my guy Ken. His instagram is Vallejo Camp. Like, bro, he obviously his motherfuger in Atlanta and he's talking about Lee, right, Bro, you feel me because it's really it's it's the water. Like we're we're a standalone city. You feel me. Like, come from Frisco. You got to cross two bridges to
get in Balayo. You feel me. And we're both in the Bay Area, but we're just like a standalone city. Has there been any like of the Bay Area ogs that have like tapped in with you yet? Yeah, for sure, Like Fody, uh, Mandy as cool as fun, he's the best. You know. Forty is like one of the few guys you'll meet him and you'll be like, this is exactly who I hope you would be, man, Bro exactly, Man, I have all be for you, Like he's exactly who you are, especially when he's off that wine or that tequila.
Boy different nigga, man. But yeah, Fody tapped in and then uh he tapped in with me. It's been a ski Yeah, Yeah, it's been a few, Bro, it's been a few, but yeah, it's just been love. Like everybody is now starting to kind of show love and not even just like some of the younger ones pe tap scene, Yeah, a lot of love. Uh, did he forty trying to
sign you? Ain't trying to sign you? But was also like, bro, I'm here whatever you're trying to do, whatever you need, But no, he didn't try to sign I always tell Forty like when his albums come out, like, Bro, who the fuck says no to you? Bro? Because this motherfucker will put a triple album out with everybody in the gate. I'm like, bro, who says no to E forty? This full cause they're gonna say yes, and like you'll see the trackers, they'll be like, yep, everyone say yes exactly exactly.
I Mean he's a cultural for sure and one of the most underrated mcs ever. Facts Facts hippopot shout out to forty man. So with what you're doing, it's like very very Uh, it's unconventional as far as like I love your approach with like the music or the freestyles you drop, they could be found on Spotify, they can be found everywhere. You do your freestyles over original music. It's just it's just it. I feel like you're you're, you're,
you're kind of approaching the rap shit. You know, everyone always talks about content first, content first, content first, but yet when they drop content, they don't really all truly monetize it the way they should be, right, you know what I mean? Like everybody can do a freestyle over who shot you by biggie, but you can't get paid off it, you know what I'm saying, If they you
don't own it. What was your motivation to kind of approaching some of the content you do in that way where you can really just kind of if you have a moment where Charlemagne posts your freestyle, people can go
listen to it on Spotify, let it on YouTube. I mean, that was my thing, and really it was like a way for me to be able to like pay all my niggas and like just everybody who helps me and contributes, you feel me, Like everything we work on I'm just like, bro, we need it accessible everywhere, so it's like wherever that revenue comes from, we could be able to split it
and break it down, you feel me. And that was like a big thing to me, Like I had a crazy moment when I've just been figuring out the game the past two years, and when I was looking and I'm like, damn, bro, people are working on music videos.
People are shooting this kind of people are doing this and it's going viral and they don't own it, and they're not getting paid and the people who worked on it aren't getting paid and the only person who's getting paid is whoever monetized it on YouTube, you know, Like, and that shit was just nuts to me. And I had a big moment, like I had to go redo a lot of stuff, like just making sure everybody is good and straight. You feel me? So when you say taking care of every so like do you give your
cameraman a split on the drun? I give everybody. If you hold a fucking light in my video, you're going to get a percentage if you anything, you feel me, Like, if you contributed to something we've created or done, you're gonna get all the live sessions were doing good company. We break down all that bread. If you engineer record, you edit the artist, the producer, like if you find the projection that we use, if you send me an artist, like I had a lot of homies who sent me
artists like like, hey, this is dope. If we end up bringing them on, I'm giving you a percentage. You feel me it wouldn't have happened without you. And it's like this game, for some reason doesn't work like that. I got a boy who works on a lot of big music videos. We were talking and I'm like, hey, how much? What do you own any of that? And he's like nah, And I'm like, Bro, you've done a hundred of them. What do you mean? Like some of these have millions of views and the artists blew up
off the video. Why don't you own any of it? That shit don't make no sense even like engineers, and like people who like Bro, they I think engineer is probably the most underappreciated person in the musical process. Bro yes, because and it's it sucks because his game has been built around like a Paola system or just a I Gotta Eat system. That it is like niggas don't want to percent it say rather you just pay them. But it's like I don't like I don't charge for anything
I do, like any thing. You see what I do with artists. If I help write put out a record, market, any I put my bread up behind artists, I don't charge for nothing. I just want a percent for what I work for. I feel like there's no price worth what I'm doing a feature. You hit me for a feature, like everyone's how much you trying for a feature? It's like I don't If I don't love it, I'm just
not gonna do it. Yeah, you feel me. And this game has been twisted like nobody's operating off that everybody want their bread and it's like that shit cool, But like I'm really trying to like build something long term, Like I'd be damned if something make ten million dollars
and I helped create it and you ain't getting nothing. Yeah, nothing, not even five versus you know, you're right, especially with like these young directors, right, they'll shoot a video just for free most of the time, and it goes like the artist blows up and the only nigga who ain't got paid is the person who made it. Yeah, I need a nap. That's a refreshing approach to the game. Man. So right now, obviously you're you know, you've had a
lot of dope moments over the last few months. I know Charlomagne is a big fan of yours, and he and co signed a lot of new artists. Man shout out Charlottemagne. Man, Charlemagne shows crazy love like organic natural facts. He's one of the most organic naturally just amazing dudes. I know. Man, Charlamagne shows so much love that niggas think that I'm paying him the post now. They think he's doing promo label. So that's so crazy, that's just insane,
you know. But he's like he's someone who like really supports it, gets behind it, like where did where do you where did he uh, like what do you know kind of the origin of like how he discovered your ship? O Vain so shout out to Hovain. Hobin is a great guy. Man. Hoven is the guy. Man. Yeah, that's he's making some questionable fashion decisions sometimes, but well you know, listen, Hoven's a bigger guy, so he you know, there's certain
shit that probably ain't made in his size. East Coach niggas, Man, it's just different out there. Man shout out trigg One. Nigga had on ugs with the knitted top. Wait Coven had it ugs on Wait wait wait, wait, no no no, I will roast that now. But you feel me like doing don't let me find out Hovein got huggs, bro, because I will never let that probably got bro, I
never let that ship ever, ever ever. Charlemagne and Charlamagne fucked with it heavy, like Havein has been a big part in just like a lot of what's been happening. Haven's great man. Are you working with Hovain? Yeah, Covain's the best. I've been knowing Hovein since uh early Troy Ave days early or I was one of the bigger uh so I was probably the biggest supporter of triave
low key early on man and love. Yeah, and then things got weird, and I really, you know, I didn't really agree with the way I know Hoveain, and I know he's a great guy, you know what I'm saying. So when all that shit kind of transpired, I'm like, Bro, like I've seen this guy hold you down. Bro, Havein's
good people though. That's dope, man, Yeah, I mean you got a great guy behind you then, yeah, this great guy And then also kind of like he's in New York and you're in the Bays, Cannibal, both sides of the country online right were touching both hands. And that's the thing, like I feel like as a Bay Area artists, like we don't often get that East Coast support and a lot of my a lot of people who championed me, like Early Wallow, Russ Meek Meal, all of them. You
feel me. They're on the East Coast, you feel me. So it's like dope to have both sides kind of supporting and getting behind them. Wallow so far man I Love is my favorite podcast Wallowed someone Wallow supported like very early and like pushing the line. And I end up giving him a percent of some ship because it really changed my life. You feel me and helped me, and it's like things like that, but you give okay, okay, so give me. So you gave Wallow percentage of what
a record? Yeah, a record exactly. I gave him a percentage of a record because he like, really Wallow is one of the reasons, like some shit really blew, like everything changed. I was getting a call from every fucking label in the world that morning, and I was like, bro, like, you deserve a percent of you feel me. If I was with a label, they would be taking hella, so you feel me like I had to. It was an easy call for me being able to break down a
part induce splitz. It's like it allows me to do shit like that when niggas really come in and help me to just bro You feel me like that's something long term. In fucking ten years, I feel like I'll be one of the biggest artists in the world. That percent is gonna be a real stock. Do you feel me? Right? Hey? What up? Man? We gotta interrupt the interview real quick to tell you about our family at odd Socks. Now. When I be riding for odd Socks so hard, man,
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this person like my shit or this is crazy. Like you know, I think we all kind of get that then, know if I can say it. Yeah, but I've had some big another big one that was like dope to me. Mark Pitts had reached out. Mark Pitts is legend, legend, biggie of course bro. So that was that was the one that was like, damn, bro, this is insane. It's really reaching you feel me, Like when you say the other one you couldn't you can't talk about yet. Is it because there's a collab coming or it's some it's
some crazy shitting the works? How crazy as crazy as like, give me, give me an idea. Man, I'm gonna just see if I can guess. Even if you guess, you won't know. You feel me just crazy. So you and Kendrick working together there it is Kendrick Lamar. Right, you guys got a record on the l A Russell and Kendrick Lamore all the way, all the way. You heard it here you heard that's it's funny too because I saw you he posted Joe button thing and I thought
that was so funny. Right, it was like obviously he was talking about you. Right, Did you have any did Joe Budden reach out to you at all? No, he didn't, He didn't reach out. I actually have a fan of mine hit me and was like, bro, I think he's talking about He's got to be talking about, which is dope, Like you feel me Like a lot of moments I miss because I don't really be watching like pop, bro,
I'll be like working, like putting it together. You'd be busy, yeah, like they sent me and was like he's definitely talking about you, so I've seen it. I'm like, man, that's dope. You feel me. I love Joe Budden, but just showing the love that he did show in a very Joe Button way. You feel me in a very Joe butddon way. That a very Joe Button way you feel me. But I know for him that that took a lot. You feel me, So it's like that shit cool. And he's not giving that coach sign to a lot of people,
you feel me? Who has been the I'm assuming what we were talking off the camera. You've had a lot of people trying to sign you obviously, right has been like an artist that's tried to sign you yet Yeah, yeah, we actually got got like a situation now from an artist that's like really great, you feel something, you're considering
something I'm actually considering. Like he gave me a really great offer to just like to stay independent and to just be a part of something big, which is like dope to me because he's someone who came in early and was like, bro, I really want to help and assist and we've been just trying to talk about ways to do that, and like, bro, he really structured He really gave me an opportunity to say, all right, what do you want? You feel me? And I'm like, man,
this is what would helped me. And he's like, bro, let's do it. You feel me is don't have to don't have all the fucking major label bullshit that you gotta deal with, Like it's an incredible deal, like bro, And it came from an artist, which to me was just like Bro, that is this an artist that has a track record of you have any successful label? No, no,
he doesn't even have a label. This is an artist who just has a track record of being successfully independent and doing this ship and right now he's developing a label. But it's not even about the label. It's just about, like, Bro, I need to help damn. So what's it like working with Russ? That's hilarious. It's gotta be Russ. It is shout out, shout out Russ. So yeah, we got we got some ship that we're considering. And just looking at him, man, Russ.
I always champion Russ and trying to give him his flowers because like he literally is giving everyone, Like you know, we were just talking about Wallow, but he's giving people millions of dollars worth of game like Russ if it's crazy because Russ is like like showing everyone the way, Bro, and people are fucking weirdoer their haters or they you know,
they don't like the messenger of us. Russ is a real nigga, Like I'm just gonna say it, Like Bro, he's reported early and he told me early on like brou, i'm'a i'm'a figure out a way how I can get in an assistant. He really like held his in like even with the offer, like Bro, a lot of offers I got from labels, the first offers, like, Bro, are you fucking kidding me? Like Brus stopped talking to me, you feel me? Russ really came correct from the get go,
and he was like, look at it. Whatever you think should be changed, let me know, Like I sent this nigga long ass message of like I I don't really feel He was like, all right, let's switch it all you feel me? Like there was nothing that he wasn't willing to do cause he's really like Bro, he gave me a deal that is like very artist favorable as
he would like yo, like he does. He's gotta he's gotta practice what he preaches, right man, Bro, And it's incredible to see like an artist do it because I've gotten offers from majors and it's like, Bro, are y'all are y'all nuts? You feel me? So it's like, uh, he's definitely just showed a lot of real love and support and you could tell that he really fucks with and it has passion because the offer reflects that. It's easy for people to come in and say, oh, we
love what you're doing, we want to help him. This is but you get an offer and it's like this don't look like what y'all to me, Like this shit really looked like what he told me. And it's funny. On the phone I told him, I said, Bro, everything sounds amazing on this phone. I don't want to get a contract, and now I don't understand what we're talking about. You feel me so like I'm somebody I don't believe all that music industry shit. Ha fifty pays contracts, Like, Bro,
that shit is dead. If I'm talking to you right now and I understand everything, then I get a contract and now I'm confused, something wrong. I don't even want to look at it, bro, Like well, The thing with Russ is like he always preaches that right, like you shouldn't you know. I feel like he's just giving everyone
the way. It's like, Yo, you should never pay a lawyer ten percent, like you should never give it, like you should never give up this much just for people to hit uplook, Like all these things are like man, bro, Bro, what's crazy is I'm waiting for Drake to listen to Russ and just go independent and break the whole fucking industry. Bro.
And he needs to. But Drake is also someone who like doesn't need to be independent because like Republic run him that stupid running that bag, Like why wouldn't you he could? He would break the record industry if he went independent, I think, because I don't think and no one's ever really like at that level said I'm going independent. I mean, it's the biggest artist in the world. Like, well, I wonder what Kendrick's about to do, like with it being that this is the last album, Like I'm sure
he'll go indie after Like it just wouldn't make any sense. Well, I know that Baby Kim is on him and Dave Free's label and they're coming through Colombia Sony. So I'd only assume if Kendrick is going to I mean, I don't know. I'm just assuming at this point though, right because Drake not unders over at Warner, right, but Drake's Republic. But yeah, but Kendrick's labels over I think at Columbia or at least Baby kim Is. So I don't know.
If Kendrick goes independent, it'd be fucking insane, insane. Don't any of them if any of them do it, you feel me, it'd be like that'd be like one of those three guys, you know, like Kendrick Cole or Drake, one of the three. Yeah, one of those three goes to India. So it's it's it's like gonna just expose what I mean, what Russ has been saying this whole time. Brou And Russ's genius, bro, like he knows for sure. I wish you do a podcast or something, man, like
once a month, did you hit him? He'll do it. I just think he did a podcast, even it was once a month because his interviews. Man, you can watch a Russ interview and come away like, damn, I'm inspired. I got some game ownership just the way man, it's like, Bro, that's dope though, So you're so are you going to be like working with him releasing music together? Man? We have we got some ship in the works. And then you're just like, man, he's just been like a good
just help figure whatever. Like if I reach out, like I could literally call him whenever, and if he brings you on tour, that'd be confusing. Flyer, Man, that'd be a crazy flyer. We look like hiding playing Russell Hell Russell right now, that'd be fire though. I mean you guys, assuming you guys got you guys got some unreleased music together. Man, we got we Man, you got a project with him? Who knows ep? Who knows? Man? That choump ep was crazy? Man? Right, Man,
hopefully he puts me on Chomp too. Russell. You see this, hey man, you fit the bill right. I want him to do like because I know he like self produces everything. I would love for us to just go like tapping with the Alchemists for like that ten records, just do like a whole like if he does Chomp, just do with one producer and it be like a legendary like late like Alchemists or even like Harry fraud or some
shit like that. This ship would be crazy. So talk about your relationship Marlon seven and your relationship with Tope. Who's here come man? Shout out Top Man Portland in a building? Man Portland in a building? How did you do heroin in Portland? And they they ain't tripping Portland in a building? Smoke crack on the corner, go ahead. That was just I just met Top this year, like
in fucking February or something like pretty recently. I had Yeah, I had did a live session for an artist named Lucky and Toad produced to beat, so I had to send him a split and I'm like, hey, bros, some bread coming here? This is that right? And he ended up hitting me on Twitter and was like, bro, I'm really trying to work with the Russell this. I just
d M him. I'm like, let's get it because I had I told myself last year at the end of last year, I'm like, I'm gonna try to collaborate more because I didn't work with people for like the first two three years, right, I just stuck within my team, So I'm like, let me try to collaborate more. So he pulled up. We did like three or four that first day in like two and a half three hours, right just knocked him out and I told him, I'm like, bro, I want to make a soundtrack for my bike rides.
I had started biking last year a lot, just like going everywhere. I'm like, I need a soundtrack. A lot of people did during the pandemic. Pandemic. Man, it was out man, Me and the homies all got bikes and we was really just mobbing. So I was like, I want a soundtrack for my bike rides because like that's
why I really listened to my ship. And man, he just came with the wops and it's like he's from Portland, but he's got the Bay sound like it just felt and it's not even just I feel like like right, yeah, right, you feel me so, but it was it was fresh. And Marlin seven is the name of the bike I bought. I had ended up like going through a couple of bikes and I ended up getting one which is Marlin seven,
which I love. The track wants to sponsor me and send me one right man for certain, like I've really given the game. But yeah, we end up doing Marlin seven. And I was getting like hella, like just a couple of months ago, like we've been holding it for a few months. It's been done, and I'm like, man, it's just I got away for the right time, and I got like really colluded with everything because I start kind
of blowing up. Just one day, I was like, fuck this shit, we need to just drop it, Like, let's just drop this shit. And we dropped it and it did his thing. Like, Bro, it's already over two hundred thousand streams only been out a couple of weeks. Like it did his thing. Yeah, I think like too. People don't do that shit no more, bro, And that's why I think it's been hard about like someone like Freddy
Gibbs doing like doing shit with Mad Live. I mean he did that in twenty fourteen for the first time, like Alfredo last year, like just full collaborations when it comes to production and the artists like it always to me, breeds the best projects, the best bodies of work, because it's all it's like a cohesive thing, you know what I'm saying, Like that's just missing everybody. So and I get the single game, but like everything everybody so like they feel like they put an album out, they gotta
have I gotta have a song for the girls. I gotta have club record, I gotta have a radio record. I gotta do you know what I mean that it's like, bro, just put out something that you can press play on. Oh, we just make dope shit and it's like, bro, we run it. And that's how I'm doing. Like all of my projects, like all of my next projects are like with a specific producer and we kind of just did it topped the bottom because I like the cohesion as well.
Looked at you, I mean, what who would you say is your biggest influence as at MC, Like if you had a pinpoint one person where you're like, yo, man, I probably can contribute the most of my style. What
kind of what inspired me to this one person? Early on Kanye and probably later down the line, early on Kanye mid Ja, Hole and Kendrick and later like Drake you feel Me and then like now Hole, like every time Hove does something, I'm like very inspired and like, man, when I got older, I finally like listened to Whole like as a kid, like to the actual was and I'm just like what the fuck, Like it's just different, but yeah, I mean them, Like for sure, Kanye is
the reason. Like I started making beats. I had seen a video on YouTube and like fucking around on the NPC when I was a kid, and I just started. I'm like, man, I want to make beats. They're making beats rapping. That's why a lot of my songs like I'm Always You hear like little comedic you know type, because like Kanye's influence on me, it was heavy and Kanye's I was just telling the HOMEO. I was like, Kanye's probably my favorite artist ever. Bro. I was not a I was not a fan of jesus Is King,
but I love Donda. I think Ya's got the type points. Man. I had ghost Rooms and listen to Ya and ghosts. Ghost Town is one of my favorite songs ever. I think it might be the best Kanye song. It's like top five, top ten Kanye song ever. Man. It was on a come down from a stream trip and I played ghost Town and I was driving and it was like, Bro, I just felt like Evan. I was like, Bro, how the fuck do you make some shit? Like? You know?
It's crazy? Too? Was like the disrespect that Kitsy ghost kits when people talk about like I think Kitsy Ghosts is like I got it in my probably my top five or six Kanye projects. Like that Ship. I feel like people were just kind of off Yea at the time, so they don't really like give yet they don't give that album Yay enough love and and the kitsy Ghosts, bro Born, Reborn or what? Yeah? Man, what's your favorite Kanye album? Uh? Probably College Dropout fair enough? Yeah, And
I mean because I graduated beautiful late Register. I mean my favorite late Registration. But I think the best might be drop Out because like All Falls Down is like the greatest song in the world to me. Like that ship really changed. Like I just remember being a kid rapping in front to back in the in the back seat like you know, word for word. Yeah, and yeah, that ship really skits every like that's what. Oh, the
skits were amazing. The skits were amazing. Kanye brought skits Like that's the thing is like I wish you would like get like we ain't gotten great Kanye skits for how long? For a minute? Bro, He's not the same Kanye mane, what do you think of Donda different? You know what's funny? So like as as like the more I grow, it's like Kanye's like just repport like slowly comes down to me. I did. Donda was the first project of his. I didn't rush too, didn't rush to it,
you feel me. And I started listening and I was like, I'm not loving it, so I gotta really sit down again, and yeah, there's some dope shit on there. I think that I felt started to feel the same way about Ya though. Yeah it hurt me. Yeah, It's almost like I used to be like so excited for Kanye to drop, and now I'm like, I mean, hopefully this shit don't suck. Bro. That is funny, right, But that's how it feels now, which just like crazy, you know. I think that moment
for me was the Scoop DIY Poop record. That's funny. I was like, ah nah, but Kanye is just that He's still that guide in me for sure, Like it's just he's that guy. But yeah, it's just like it's slowly, just slowly, like you know, as you grow you start to see people. There's some good ship on Donda though. Man, there's some good ship on Donda. I was not a fan of Jesus King in any capacity. There were some ill beats on their shot the bugs, but yeah, you're atheist.
Yeah I am. I'm atheist, but I am atheist. That's also probably why I didn't because I felt like, I love Jesus, Jesus walks right, but I just feel like even Donna's there's a lot of God talk on there, but it isn't like it doesn't feel like force down your fucking throat the Jesus is King ship with all the like live choirs, Jesus as your Lord and save it right, Bro, this is a lot like this is a lot like from somebody who was like a diehard Kanye fan in the every fucking tour, I was like, bro,
this is just this. This is the first time I've ever heard of Kanye album. I'm like, this ship literally isn't for me. Man Demons was getting into him. Boy Nah, I mean yeah I didn't. I didn't really with Jesus King either, Like I mean, I just I just feel like I don't wont to Grammy for Best Gospel Album. So there's that, you know. I mean it's Kanye. Yeah, they don't even know who else made a gospel album that year. Like that's why, Yeah, I love yay Man. I hope I hope. You know, I kind of like
I always hear like that. You know, you'll hear like people talk about music he's working on and like even think about Donda, right, like how long this album was supposed to be a thing, Like there's I just feel like, depending on where he is at the time, I think this is why we probably got something way better than Donna, because he I feel like he kind of got a chip on the shoulder. He's single, he's working out, and ship lost weight as motherfuckers, Like you know, I fuck
with Donda. It was definitely, Uh, it was refreshing for me to enjoy a Kanye album, to be honest, you know what I'm saying. Yeah, you know Plussy fucked up that NAS album. You know the EPW about how you fucking fumbling nask Well, I heard the NAS Kanye shit. I'm like, this has got to be a classic. That ship was mid bro. But during that same run there was Daytona, which is one of my favorite albums ever. Shout out to push your t Yeah, so uh listen,
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all of our people to help, and it's write songs. Yeah, I mean it sounds fair to me. Sign no one, Like I'm big on Like I don't want to own nobody's ship and I don't want to be responsible for nobody ship, and I don't like commitments, like if I'm not fucking with it, I want to just be able to wash your hands and walk away. We did our thing that was great and that's it, you feel me. So that's kind of how we built the company, just being like what an artist fucking needs? You feel me?
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