Power in numbers: “Having Moves behind me means everything. It so important to have that support. We’re all working together and that’s what it’s about to me. I’m an artist but I engineer and do some graphics too. I’m in here doing some engineering now. I’ve got a producer that works in here, Uno Smalls, and he’s got a thousand beats. I used a lot of his stuff so it can be all original. I produce too so I’ve got hundreds of beats on my computer. I’ve got all kinds of stuff. I make beats for other people. I write for other people. I’ve been pulled into other people’s projects. I’ve got a lot of stuff going on here on this desktop. I’ve got folders of beats.”
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The breakdown: “I curate my beats before I make an album. I get the beats I know I like, and I keep breaking it down and breaking it down. Once I make all the songs, I pick the best songs out of them and break them down. I’d call myself a minimalist. Kanye (West) is one of my big influences and that’s one of the main things I learned from him, for real. Minimalism is a whole thing. It’s a whole type of person and I think I’m that.”
Mining the past: “I’m calling the EP ‘True Romance’ based off the Tarantino movie from 1993. I’m not going to say it’s one of my favorites but I’m into it. That’s the year I was born. It’s my favorite year. A lot of stuff I do is based on that year. The theme these days is to do obscure films and stuff and I’ve got a little aesthetic I’m going with for a second.”
Diverse themes: “I’ve got a lot more stuff coming after this, but this EP is mostly R&B, melodic stuff. There are songs about sex, drugs and partying but at the same time it’s deeper than that. It’s really poetic and I’ve got a message. I want to make inspirational music. I still want it to be club rocking, but my real message is inspirational.”
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