Gashi Talks With Joey Franchize
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00:00And let me just tell you, Gashy, bro, love the album.
00:04Man, thank you.
00:05It's like a breath of fresh air, dude.
00:08Just the music that's on there.
00:11The game needed it, man.
00:13You know?
00:13The game needed new music, man.
00:15Like, new sound.
00:18The game needed a new sound.
00:20I feel like it's the same shit over and over again.
00:27Same shit, you know?
00:29Like, no one's trying anything different.
00:31It's the same flow for the past fucking five years, you know?
00:35No one's trying anything different, you know what I mean?
00:37Shout out to The Weeknd, though, you know what I mean?
00:41Well, you know, it did sound like this last album, kind of,
00:45so I can't really say it's totally new,
00:47but he's still doing something different, I would say.
00:53I like Miley's sound.
00:54But this is coming from a guy that kind of started a wave years ago
00:58that's, you know, popping now, you know what I mean?
01:01Yeah.
01:01Like, and then, you know, then you had to dive into something different
01:04just to kind of show the versatility, and it's deeper than that.
01:08I mean, it's crazy you say that, you know what I mean?
01:10A lot of people, a lot of people that know my music
01:13know that the sound that's out right now is the sound I had in 2013.
01:18You know what I mean?
01:18You had that a long time ago.
01:20A long time ago, you know?
01:22I was singing, rapping, and, you know, people would, you know,
01:25it's funny, I think, like, when I hear NBA Youngboy,
01:28it kind of reminds me of me back in college.
01:31That whole sound thing, like, you know what I mean?
01:34I think that's, like, one of my favorite rappers out right now
01:36is NBA Youngboy and Lil Baby.
01:40Youngboy's on top of that game when it comes to that, you know?
01:42Yeah, I love Lil Baby, bro.
01:44He dope.
01:44But, like, besides that, I'm not really too impressed
01:48with everything else.
01:48Like, I don't really care.
01:49Like, I'm not going out of my way.
01:51Do you remember, like, when Kendrick would drop,
01:53or Drake would drop, and you'd be like,
01:56shut up, put headphones on.
01:57You don't want no one to talk to you.
01:59You've got to be zoned out.
01:59Like, when was the last time you did that?
02:01Never.
02:01Like, we don't care anymore.
02:03Right.
02:04Because it's always the same shit.
02:06They hype it up, and then it's a fucking letdown every time.
02:09It's never...
02:10I don't remember the last time I listened to an album
02:13in front of the back.
02:15No, I had this same conversation.
02:17Like, me and my lady were just talking about it,
02:19and I think this project, you know, 1984,
02:22not talking because you're my man,
02:24because I'm going to tell you, like, straight up,
02:25if it's trash, it's trash.
02:26If it's good, it's good.
02:28But this is the first album I can really, in a minute,
02:31that I can really listen to, like, top to bottom,
02:33and then run it back.
02:35Like, the replay value on it is there.
02:37Thank you, bro.
02:38Thank you so much.
02:39A lot of people have been telling me the same thing.
02:41Like, yo, one thing I love about the 1984 album
02:44is I can let it ride out.
02:45And I think that's the biggest compliment somebody could give you.
02:48It's like, bro, I could play that shit
02:50and let the whole thing ride out
02:51without having no worries on a song coming on
02:54that I don't like, you know?
02:55And I think I did that, man.
02:57I appreciate you telling me that, man.
02:58I think I did that.
02:59That was the goal.
02:59That was the aim.
03:01The next song, the next album is going to be...
03:04The next album is going to be not even an album,
03:06because I'm going to just drop singles, singles, singles,
03:08like I did the first one.
03:10But, like, I don't respect the artists
03:13if they don't have one album
03:15that I can listen to front to back.
03:17That's how I judge artists, based on albums.
03:20You know what I mean?
03:22Same.
03:22Can I listen to your album front to back?
03:25That's the only way I respect the artists.
03:28If I could listen to your shit, front to back.
03:30Travis Scott, Days Before Rodeo, front to back.
03:35I fucking love that shit.
03:37Front to back.
03:37I love that shit.
03:39Take Care, So Far Gone, front to back.
03:43Kanye West, From the First Album Till Yeezus, front to back.
03:50Was Yeezus before?
03:51Oh, yeah, it was after My Dark Twisted Fantasy.
03:53Yeah, front to back.
03:54Front to back.
03:55All those albums, front to back.
03:56Album artist, front to back.
03:58Jay-Z, Reasonable Doubt, Blueprint.
04:02Well, majority of the albums,
04:04but my favorite albums are Blueprint and Reasonable Doubt,
04:07front to back.
04:08Big E, album, front to back.
04:11Tupac, front to back.
04:15Nas, front to back.
04:19Pink Floyd, front to back.
04:21There you go.
04:22Okay.
04:24Queen, front to back.
04:25All their shit.
04:26Nothing but fucking smashes.
04:28The Beatles, front to back.
04:31These are artists that are front to back artists.
04:34These are artists that you respect.
04:35You have their vinyls.
04:36You're like, yo, I respect these artists.
04:38Like, you know how difficult it is to make a themed album?
04:40Adele, front to back.
04:43Beyonce, front to back.
04:44Rihanna, every album, front to back.
04:47Fire.
04:47Nothing but fire.
04:49These are the artists that are, like, the special ones.
04:51And I feel like I'm fighting to be in that talk, in that conversation.
04:56You know what I mean?
04:57It's deeper than just a bunch of singles.
04:59You know what I mean?
04:59Can you drop an album that takes you, that takes a person into a world where they're like,
05:05damn, I just left 2020.
05:06As shitty as 2020 was, I just found a way to leave it, and my anxiety is calm.
05:12That is what I did 1984 for.
05:15It's like, I want to, the original name for 1984 was supposed to be called Nostalgia 84.
05:22You know what I mean?
05:22Right.
05:23But somebody dropped a Nostalgia album, so I was like, you know what?
05:26I got to switch it up and call it 1984.
05:27So I called it 1984.
05:29And I know Van Halen had an album called 1984, but this is the new 1984, you know?
05:341984 was the best, the best, the best year of music, I believe.
05:41Prince, Michael Jackson.
05:42Check it out.
05:43The best music that ever dropped.
05:46Bro, the first Mac dropped in 1984.
05:48Jordan got drafted.
05:49I didn't even know that.
05:50Yeah, 1984, Jordan.
05:51I know Jordan, yeah.
05:52My parents got married in 1984.
05:54Think about the most amazing things.
05:55George Michael, Prince, Purple Rain dropped.
06:02Purple Rain dropped in 1984.
06:05The most incredible games.
06:07Ninja Turtles, 1984.
06:09My shit.
06:11My shit, Ninja Turtles.
06:13That's what I'm saying.
06:13How much shit dropped in 1984 for me to be like, yo, why shouldn't I call it that?
06:20So that's why I named it the album, Matt.
06:23And yeah, I could talk about it all day.
06:28I'm in love with this album.
06:30I'm so happy.
06:31It's not about the numbers and if it was, it's about legacy.
06:34It's about purpose and finding ways to leave something behind that you're remembered for.
06:40You know what I mean?
06:40A lot of artists die nowadays and their music, we can't even play it.
06:44It fades out.
06:45You know what I mean?
06:46And I don't want that to happen to me.
06:50I'm scared to happen to me.
06:51You know what I mean?
06:52Like, you know, but then you got artists that made a stain and are remembered.
06:59You know what I mean?
07:00They are forever.
07:01You know what I mean?
07:02Tupac, forever.
07:03Biggie, forever.
07:04Like, you know, Michael Jackson, forever.
07:07These are artists that are forever.
07:08You could put out here, Michael Jackson on the radio 24-7, bro.
07:11I go home all day, bro.
07:14The catalog's crazy.
07:16Exactly.
07:16David Bowie, like, you know what I mean?
07:18Freddie Mercury, all these artists that passed away that you could still hear them on earth.
07:23They're still alive.
07:24Like, that is the purpose for me.
07:26And that is my goal is to be here forever in this shitty earth.
07:30As much as I can't wait to leave.
07:32And in all honesty, I can't wait to dip, to be real with you.
07:35Like, I'm, like, over it.
07:37I'm over this shit.
07:38I'm, like, I'm over it.
07:40But the fact that I could leave something behind that can make the world pure and beautiful and people could feel something, that makes me happy.
07:46You know what I'm saying?
07:47My nephews, my kids, whatever, if I have kids.
07:50Like, whatever I leave behind for them to enjoy a little piece of me, my work.
07:54Because you can't, you could kill, you could rip my paintings apart, but you can't rip my music.
07:59Once it hits the internet, it's forever.
08:02Nice.
08:03But we need you, we need you here.
08:04We need more of the vibes, man.
08:06Because, listen, 1984 took me to a place, took me out of 2020.
08:10And it's what we needed.
08:11And I'm glad that you broke it down the way you did, bro.
08:13Like, now that you mentioned it, 1984, it's fucking lit.
08:18And let's just put it, and I think it's awesome because, you know, you've always been a family guy.
08:22You've always been a good friend to me.
08:24Always good to your people.
08:26Yeah.
08:27Man, and songs like Mama, like, really kind of give an old day to, like,
08:32really what you stand for.
08:33And that's, like, your family.
08:35And please just break it down.
08:36And getting Sting to be a part of that record, dog.
08:38Like, you told me that, and I'm like, yo, you out of here after that.
08:41I mean, bro, thank you so much.
08:43I mean, you know, like, bro, like, I am the Sting of this generation.
08:49I am the Phil Collins of this generation.
08:51Regardless of what people say, they can say whatever they want.
08:53Like, my music sounds like Sting, the police, and Phil Collins.
08:57It does.
08:58You know what I mean?
08:59It does.
08:59It sounds like that.
09:00So I am the generation of this.
09:03If you hear both of us on the record, it doesn't sound too.
09:06Oh, yeah.
09:07You really got to listen close because it's.
09:09It's different.
09:10Yeah.
09:10But, like, we literally sound like the same person.
09:14You know what I mean?
09:15So when I made Mama, it was 2015.
09:19People don't understand.
09:20I was on the 80s wave in 2015.
09:22I started the 80s wave in 2015.
09:24I fell in love with it.
09:25I'm not going to say that I began the wave because you have, like, Chromio.
09:29You have a bunch of artists that have been doing this for a while.
09:31The whole 80s.
09:32But I think I leveled it up to a place where they're, like,
09:34they didn't expect an artist like me to take it there.
09:37You know what I mean?
09:38So I don't give a fuck about credit.
09:40Pat in the back.
09:41I don't care about that.
09:42That's all irrelevant.
09:43Awards are irrelevant.
09:45Bullshit.
09:45Nothing means.
09:46It all means nothing to me.
09:48You know what I'm saying?
09:48You give credit where it's due to people, and that's good.
09:50Take it how you want it.
09:51I don't really give a fuck.
09:52At this point, I don't feel nothing.
09:54You know what I mean?
09:55So I did Mama because at the time I was broke as shit,
09:59and I thought about a lot of the things that I've been through.
10:04You know what I mean?
10:05And I always said, wish I knew then what I know now.
10:07Like, I wish I could.
10:09You know what I mean?
10:10I wish a human being, if they could travel time and know them what they know now,
10:15they'd be a lot more successful, and they'd be a lot more happier.
10:19You know what I mean?
10:20Because they wouldn't hurt people or they wouldn't make the mistakes that a lot of us make.
10:25And so the whole thing started with Mama, the first song I recorded.
10:33And it's about time travel, which I knew then what I know now.
10:35And someone heard it and was like, yo, it sounds like the police.
10:38And I was like, wow, how crazy would it be if I could get Sting on it?
10:42Years later, my record, years later, five years later, my record, somehow, some way,
10:48through my manager, gets to Sting.
10:50And Sting hears it and goes, wow, what an incredible record.
10:55I want to hop on it.
10:58And just like that, we have Mama featuring Sting, Gashi.
11:03And I feel like it's the legendary move.
11:05The fact that the greats, this is a Grammy winning artist.
11:09Like, this is, like, respected.
11:12Like, you know what I'm saying?
11:14When, when, when...
11:16People created hits from his old hits.
11:19You know what I mean?
11:20Exactly.
11:21You know what I'm saying?
11:22From Bruce World to Diddy.
11:23Yep.
11:24Whatever.
11:24You know what I mean?
11:25This man is the guy.
11:27This is the guy.
11:28And the guy is telling me I'm the guy.
11:30So it's just like when you get people like that telling you, yo, you the shit.
11:35It's like, come.
11:37I don't...
11:38Let me turn the AC on.
11:40I'm getting hot.
11:40Yeah, go ahead.
11:42Yeah.
11:42It just, it just feels like, it feels like, you know, like a waist kind of lifted over
11:47your shoulder.
11:47Like, you can just kind of chill.
11:48Like, with somebody iconic in so many ways can just sit down and not only tell you you're
11:54great, but your song and he is great and I want to get on it.
11:58Yeah.
11:59I mean, you know, it's, it's, it's a special moment.
12:06It's a beautiful thing, you know, and I'm thankful for it.
12:12And, um, I just, I just want to be remembered.
12:20I want to be remembered for my music, my art, and the things I create.
12:25I want people to remember me for that.
12:27I don't want people to remember me for anything else.
12:29You know, it's, it's not relevant.
12:33You know, uh, it's a crazy world we live in.
12:38People are dying left and right.
12:39And the world is full of evil people that, you know, they want to take everything away
12:49from you.
12:49And the moment you get successful, everyone's after your money and everybody wants something.
12:55So I'm blessed enough to have had my success kind of go slowly because I think if it happened
13:05too fast at once, I would not have been able to handle it.
13:08And that's, that's a fact.
13:09So I'm super thankful that it took this long for me to become successful and I'm nowhere
13:16near where I should be at, but it feels good.
13:19The fact that I'm at a pace because honestly, Joey, you know, people come after me now and
13:25I'm bugging out.
13:26Imagine if I were to blow up and have everybody come at me at once.
13:29I lose it, you know what I mean?
13:32And you just got to watch out, man.
13:34You got to play the game.
13:36And, you know, it's, it's, it's, it's a different time we live in, man.
13:41You know what I mean?
13:41It's about TikToks and all that shit.
13:44It's not about real hits anymore.
13:46Yeah.
13:46It's about fast.
13:47It's about, it becomes disposable.
13:49You know what I mean?
13:50Exactly.
13:51Exactly.
13:51And, you know, we've always spoke about this for years, but it's like, it's gotten so bad
13:56that nobody cares anymore, you know?
13:58And music needs a shift right now.
14:01Music needs to shift right now.
14:03And I believe I'm the shift of what's, what needs to happen with the sound I'm making.
14:09It's like, I need to be the example of what I want to hear.
14:13It's not, it has nothing to do with 80s music.
14:17It has nothing to do with that.
14:18You know what I mean?
14:19It has something to do with good music.
14:20We just want to hear good music.
14:22I don't give a fuck what genre it is.
14:24We want good music.
14:25You know what I mean?
14:26And enough with the hype and the bullshit, the TikToks, the dances.
14:31Can you do it without that?
14:33Can you make your shit go without that?
14:36That's the real question.
14:37You know what I mean?
14:37Can people hear your song and just be like, damn, this shit makes me feel somewhere I've
14:41never felt before.
14:42Like the first time you hear Adele hello, that shit make you cry.
14:48Like, holy fuck.
14:49You know what I mean?
14:50Like the first time you heard, you know what I mean?
14:54The first time you heard, I'll be missing you.
14:58It's a good ass song.
15:00You know what I mean?
15:01Like the first time you heard Stand By Me.
15:08You know what I'm saying?
15:09Like these songs.
15:11Even the Backstreet Boys.
15:13I want it that way.
15:16Bro, like, are you fucking kidding me?
15:19NSYNC.
15:19What about Justin Timberlake?
15:22Cry Me a River, bro.
15:23Like, what Pharrell?
15:29I was just, you could play that shit right now.
15:33Yeah, all day.
15:34Timeless stuff, bro.
15:36Bro, timeless music.
15:37People think when I say timeless music, they always think that I'm talking like David Bowie
15:42all the time.
15:42And like, you know what I mean?
15:44They always think that I'm talking like Beatles.
15:46And no, bro, I'm talking about the new Beatles.
15:49I'm talking about Pharrell.
15:50I'm talking about Kanye.
15:51Hey, these are the rock stars of our generation.
15:53You know what I mean?
15:55Like, it really sucks the fact that Kanye West, my favorite artist, has made so much
15:59amazing music.
16:00He's able to fuck up now.
16:02You know what I mean?
16:03Because he's able to fuck up now.
16:04He's given us so much that he's cool.
16:07I don't care.
16:07I don't really care the fact that he doesn't put out that much good music anymore.
16:10You know what I mean?
16:12It's cool.
16:12Like, you've given us so much that I don't expect you.
16:15You have so much going on.
16:16I don't expect you to drop a song that's going to make me say, oh, my God.
16:20You know?
16:22How would you, like, when you get to a point in your career where your music is and you're
16:27giving so much, and I feel like you're doing it so much, because you put a lot of energy,
16:30you put a lot of soul, you put a lot of heart, blood, sweat, and tears in your shit.
16:34Yeah.
16:34How are you going to feel when that moment happens to you?
16:38Because, I mean, I feel it's going to come, and I feel like this is just the cusp.
16:41What?
16:42The moment of what?
16:43Like, yeah.
16:44Like, as far as handling and coping with, you know, success and somebody on a Kanye level,
16:50you know, when you reach icon status.
16:54I don't know.
16:55You know what?
16:55I don't know.
16:56I don't think I'm built for it.
16:59You know what I'm saying?
17:00I don't think I'm built for it, and that's just me keeping it real with you.
17:02No, that's real.
17:04You know what I'm saying?
17:04I don't think I'm built for it, and that's why God's leading me slowly, slowly, little
17:08by little, because everybody knows, in the most humble way, they're not fucking with my
17:13music, period.
17:14Like, I'm just being humble with you, and I'm being real with you.
17:17In the past how many years, no one's put out better music than me.
17:20I don't give a fuck who you want to call, who you want to put up.
17:23We could go back and forth right now.
17:25Unless you're talking to Drake, unless you're talking about the big dogs, don't compare
17:29me to anyone else, because they're not fucking with me musically.
17:33You know what I'm saying?
17:33They're not fucking with me.
17:35Producing, they're not fucking with me.
17:36You know what I'm saying?
17:37Like, you hear these guys, they talk, like, I'm producing my shit, rapping my shit, but
17:41your shit sounds so generic, and you sound like all your songs are the same, same subject
17:44matter.
17:45So boring.
17:46You know what I mean?
17:47Right.
17:47So when you hear guys talking, like, the way I'm talking right now, like, yo, they're not
17:51fucking with me, boom, boom, boom, play something that's going to be here for
17:54years and now, because my man, you can sell out shows, but your shit's whack.
17:57No one gives a fuck.
17:58Your shit's not being played.
18:00So you can say whatever the fuck you want to say.
18:01You know what I'm saying?
18:02I'm talking about, can you play the shit for your mother?
18:06Can you play that shit at barbecues?
18:08Can you play it at stadiums?
18:10I don't give a fuck if you sell out stadiums.
18:11You don't make stadium music.
18:13You know what I mean?
18:14What I'm saying to you is, I don't think I'm built mentally to be there.
18:18I'm, I'm slowly getting there.
18:21So I'm training myself because you're, because the universe only makes you go through shit
18:28to prepare you for something else.
18:29That's your purpose.
18:31That's what life is.
18:32You know what I mean?
18:34And the world is a dark, dark, cold place.
18:39You know what I mean?
18:41And it's, and it's, it's a hole that will eat you up if you let it, you know what I mean?
18:45And so that's what the Hollywood and the business is, is, is, is, is, is a scary world.
18:50If you're not strong enough, this will eat you up, you know?
18:53And I'm slowly, little by little going there and I'm making the music I want to make.
18:59And I feel when I get there, I'm going to be mentally prepared for it, but I'm be sitting
19:06on so many classics, so many, so much music that I'm not worried about nothing.
19:10Dog, do you feel me?
19:11I'm about to be 30 years old, bro.
19:13My favorite rappers broke at 29.
19:17My favorite artists broke and got signed at 31.
19:22What are we talking about?
19:24You know what I mean?
19:25And you know what I don't like about the younger rappers nowadays?
19:29How they don't respect the, the OGs that paved the way.
19:34That bothers me too.
19:35They call them old heads, but what they don't see is they're setting themselves up for failure.
19:41They're, I'm telling you, they setting themselves up for failure, dog.
19:46The fact that a young pop artist could see, or a rock artist, young rock artist could see
19:53Ozzy Osbourne on the street and cry and call him like a prophet or some shit.
20:00Like, yo, you're a god to me, dog.
20:01The fact that these young rappers cannot look at a Snoop or can't look at a Dr. Dre or Kanye or, or a Jay-Z or, or, or, or, or, you know what I'm saying?
20:14Like, when they meet these rappers, these OGs who paved the way for us, right?
20:19The fact that they don't have that is so heartbreaking to me because what they don't see that what they're doing is they are killing, they are killing rap.
20:29They're killing hip hop.
20:30Why are they killing?
20:31Slowly and surely.
20:33Do you know why they're killing hip hop?
20:35They're killing hip hop because they're not letting it be timeless.
20:39They're trying to say, oh, they're old.
20:44They're the old wave instead of paying respect and letting it build rock stars, bro.
20:50At like 65 to 70 years old are selling out stadiums, dog.
20:54Still, dog.
20:56I saw Rolling Stones, uh, Billboard, like driving down the street out here.
21:01That's what I'm saying.
21:02Why can't we see that with all these other rappers?
21:05Why are these young rappers destroying the culture and they're destroying it?
21:09And I'm not, and I'm not supposed to be talking about this because this is not my business.
21:13You understand what I'm saying?
21:15People need to know this though.
21:17Like, cause I've been trying to say this for a while, trying to find a way to say it.
21:21I'm a guest.
21:23You understand what I'm saying?
21:24I'm a guest into this hip hop world.
21:27I'm a guest.
21:28I'm not, look at me, dog.
21:30I'm a guest.
21:31You know what I mean?
21:32And I gotta be aware of that, of what I'm talking about.
21:34I'm a guest.
21:35So I can't say much, but all I can say is young rappers need to stop doing that shit.
21:40Cut that out and stop paying homage and respect all rappers and all hip hop artists, because
21:46that's the only way to keep it alive forever.
21:50You know what I mean?
21:50The same way a rock star will look at the Rolling Stones or look at whoever is on tour.
21:55You know what I mean?
21:56Rather be ACDC, Led Zeppelin or whoever it was, Motley Crue, whatever it is.
22:01And they cry is the same way you should be so respectful of the OGs, like Snoop Dogg.
22:09If I saw Snoop Dogg, bro, I'd fucking cry, bro.
22:11I'd bug the fuck out.
22:12Bro, Snoop Dogg, bro.
22:13I've seen Snoop Dogg.
22:15I've DJed next to Snoop Dogg.
22:17Bro, you know what I'm saying?
22:19It's crazy.
22:20Bro, if I saw Snoop, I'd lose my fucking mind.
22:23He's one of my favorite, favorite rappers.
22:25You know what I mean?
22:25Like DMX, bro.
22:27I met DMX and I lost my mind.
22:29You know what I mean?
22:30Like DJ Premier, bro.
22:32You know what I'm saying?
22:33These are people that are so special.
22:38And I just think these young rappers need to get this shit together because what they're doing is they're killing something.
22:44So rock music could be forever and rap and hip hop can't.
22:48And that's what they're doing.
22:49They're setting it up for failure.
22:50And I think that's why it should change that, you know?
22:54And, you know, kind of fuck me up because look at me now.
22:58I'm singing.
22:58You know what I mean?
22:59I'm doing pop music because I'm going like I'm trying to, you know what I mean, be here forever.
23:03You know what I mean?
23:05So that's where I'm at.
23:08I'm just I think I think I'm in my own world, man.
23:11You know, I want to be like Elton John.
23:13That's who I want to be like.
23:15I want to be like Elton John.
23:16I want to be, you know what I'm saying?
23:17Elton John was always in his own category.
23:19He was always in his own world, man.
23:21Zoned out.
23:22I watched the movie and he was he was in his own world.
23:25Bro, look at this man, Elton John, bro.
23:27The number two most richest, wealthiest artist at his age right now, bro.
23:32Could you believe that?
23:33I saw that list.
23:34I didn't know that.
23:34That's wild.
23:35Number two on there, bro.
23:37Like Elton John, bro.
23:39That's the that's my that's my guy.
23:42That's who I want to be like Elton John.
23:44That's the best way to say it.
23:45I want to be like Elton John.
23:47I want to be like Sting, Elton John, Phil Collins.
23:50My man Sting bought a fucking condo.
23:52Sixty three million dollars in New York City.
23:54What are we talking about?
23:55Yeah.
23:56It's like nothing.
23:58It's like nothing.
23:59For money.
23:59They have their own genres.
24:01Look, when I say Phil Collins and I say Elton John and I say all these artists, they have
24:05Phil Collins, Sting.
24:06They have their own genre.
24:07You can't put them in one category.
24:09Yeah.
24:09And that's who I am.
24:10I do all types of music.
24:11I love hip hop.
24:12I love pop.
24:13I love rock.
24:14I love country.
24:15You know what I mean?
24:16That's the music I make.
24:17I am the fusion of everything.
24:19I'm the genre bending artist.
24:22Let me ask you a question.
24:23I'm going to shift it a little bit because I want to take what you said and apply it to
24:26something.
24:27You were mentioning like how 1984 like bred so many great artists.
24:31You know, Prince had the Purple Rain.
24:33Prince even did the Batman soundtrack by himself.
24:36Phil Collins did the Tarzan soundtrack by himself.
24:38So now you got this Wonder Woman 1984 movie.
24:41Do you feel like you should be the one or your style of music with the modern tape on,
24:45you know, that 80s vibe should have probably got that phone call or, you know, to contribute?
24:52Yeah, that would have been crazy.
24:54But I think, you know what, that would have been dope.
24:55The 1984 thing would have been sick.
24:57But like, I think a woman should do that.
25:00Okay.
25:01You know what I'm saying?
25:02That movie is powerful.
25:04Wonder Woman is powerful.
25:05We should have like a strong woman like Alicia Keys or we should have somebody like,
25:09you know what I mean, tap into an 80s sound like, you know, like, like just women.
25:14It should be all women getting together and making that because it's Wonder Woman.
25:18I think, you know what I mean?
25:18Respect to all women out there.
25:20They should take that in their hands and make it theirs.
25:23You know what I mean?
25:24I think what I want to tap into is like Bill and Ted.
25:27I like that too.
25:28Yeah.
25:28I just, I was keeping a little bit of the movie earlier.
25:31I saw some of the movie earlier.
25:34Yeah.
25:34So, that's cool.
25:35But, um, the Luxe albums here, you got G-Eazy on it.
25:39You got Default on it.
25:42Yeah.
25:42DeVault is a special, special, special producer.
25:46He's going to be legendary.
25:48You know what I'm saying?
25:48You got Seb Torgas.
25:49He's like the Billy Idol of our generation, of our time right now.
25:54So, you got, these are my best friends, bro.
25:56There's nothing cooler than working with your best friends.
25:59You know what I mean?
26:00Like, you're my friend, Joey.
26:04You're my friend.
26:05You know what I mean?
26:05At the end of the day, I know you're a radio dude, whatever.
26:07You're a DJ and you do all these things, but you're my friend first.
26:10You understand what I'm saying?
26:11So, at the end of the day, it's like, there's nothing cooler than working with your friends.
26:18Because, you know what I mean?
26:19It's a beautiful thing.
26:20It's so pure.
26:21People nowadays, they grab an album and they go straight to the fucking features.
26:28It's bullshit.
26:30They skip the whole shit and go straight to the feature.
26:33You know what I mean?
26:34Right.
26:34So, I'm not going to fucking worry about what features I have on my album.
26:39I'm going to work with my friends.
26:40Listen to my whole shit.
26:42Those are my friends, bro.
26:43And another thing is, when you get your elevator and you get put on and you up in the sky,
26:47you send that elevator down to your friends.
26:48Don't be sending it to people you don't even know.
26:50Thanks.
26:51You know what I'm saying?
26:52Like, I support my friends.
26:55I'm all about family and supporting my friends.
26:58If my friends are talented, I'm putting them on.
27:00That's it.
27:01I'm not going to be competing with them, stunting on them and stuff like that.
27:04A lot of motherfuckers grab money and get money and then they want to go on vacation and
27:08invite their friends on vacation just to stunt on them.
27:11I'm not like that.
27:12That's not what I do.
27:13I'm not going on vacation if you can't buy your own ticket.
27:16You know what I mean?
27:17I'm not going on vacation.
27:18I got to put on the groundwork so you can be able to afford it and come out with me.
27:22You know what I mean?
27:23It's a difference.
27:24It's a different mentality I'm in.
27:26You know what I'm saying?
27:26And the money was never the focus, you know?
27:30It's about my legacy.
27:33Look at Chadwick, bro.
27:34Like, four years of cancer didn't tell nobody, you know?
27:37That's how you know.
27:38Your whole team and your whole team was solid to just keep that under wraps.
27:43You know what I mean?
27:44And not draw attention to them in that way.
27:47You focused on the heart.
27:49He left something behind, bro.
27:51That's amazing.
27:53We could watch these movies and see this.
27:56Forever, bro.
27:57He's, bro.
27:59It's such a sad moment.
28:01I cried, you know?
28:02Dog, that dog, it was between losing Black Panther, Black Mamba, bro, it's, it was tough.
28:09And when I got that, my heart stopped, bro.
28:11Bro, 2020 is the worst.
28:12I literally stopped.
28:13I got shook.
28:14But that taught me something, man.
28:16Like, that man was going through hell and didn't tell nobody.
28:20And still lived his life, bro.
28:22Exactly.
28:22So, so watch how you talk to people.
28:25Just because they look like they're fine and they winning, doesn't mean they're not going through it, you know?
28:30You got to be careful how you talk to people.
28:33I think that's one thing I learned out of that, you know?
28:36I learned something from that.
28:37And that's what I walked away from.
28:40I learned that.
28:41I think that's what I learned from that, you know?
28:43Same, man.
28:45God bless him.
28:46I pray, you know what I mean?
28:47I pray he's in a better world, doing better things.
28:50I pray.
28:51I pray God bless his whole family.
28:53My condolences to them.
28:55That story really touched me.
28:57And his story really, really affected me.
29:00And I could, or to see somebody that's, you know what I mean?
29:02It's been a while since somebody that's a celebrity affected me.
29:07That really affected me.
29:09Props to that man.
29:10He's actually helped me with my anxiety.
29:12Like, I was watching his speeches and I was like, wow.
29:15Like, what a brilliant man.
29:21Yeah.
29:22That's great, bro.
29:24Well, look, man.
29:26You know, I love you to death, bro.
29:28And I'm always here for you whenever, you know?
29:31And anytime my phone's always available, I definitely can't wait for this shit to be over soon.
29:37So hopefully I can head out to L.A.
29:38I just want a tour, man.
29:39I want a tour.
29:40I want a tour.
29:41I know, man.
29:42I know.
29:42And I'm...
29:43Nothing makes me more happy than being on a tour bus with my friends.
29:47I think that's the best part about the business.
29:49It's not the awards, the numbers, all that.
29:52It's about shows.
29:54Going on a tour bus with my friends.
29:56Yeah.
29:57It's the best.
29:58It's the fucking best.
30:00You know what I mean?
30:01I love that.
30:02I love that.
30:03I can't wait to tour again.
30:06And hopefully it's soon.
30:09My jaw's locking because of my anxiety.
30:11And I don't want to do drugs because I don't do drugs anymore.
30:17I'm trying to live clean and chill.
30:19And I get so much anxiety.
30:21My jaw locks.
30:23And I'm just trying to find ways to, like, do things to keep my mind right.
30:30And, yeah, that's it.
30:321984's out right now.
30:34Go get it.
30:36Appreciate it.
30:38Love you.
30:39And just keep me in a good light.
30:45Keep me.
30:46Remember me in the light.
30:47That's, like, awesome.
30:49Just, you know what I'm saying?
30:51Play me in the right light.
30:52That's all I got to say is just do that.
30:54You know what I mean?
30:55That's to everybody.
30:56Keep me in the positive light.
30:59And just understand that it was organic.
31:02You know, I broke these shits with my bare hands.
31:06Yeah.
31:07My brother.
31:08Appreciate that, man.
31:10Appreciate that, man.