Now you’re hinting at Trap Gold, an electronic-trap-rap fusion effort. Now that you’ve tried out all of these sounds, which do you feel has best exuded the message you aim to get across?
Trap Gold. TRAP GOLD! I’m telling you! I loved the records like “Burgundy ****” and “Last Song” because I feel I specialize in those records. Those are the kind of records where I can really talk and I feel that once you hear my music, it’s not very introspective a lot of the time. I don’t know how much of my personal life you get to know, but there’s a sense of vulnerability in those records. I didn’t know if I would be able to have those moments with Trap Gold, being [that] it’s electro-trap, but I figured it out last night. So I know that this is it! This is the sound.
You recently did an interview where you referenced your friend will.i.am quite a bit. I’m going to assume that this relationship spurred as a result of some quality time in the studio, but for inquiring minds can you confirm this?
It did.
Wow. Look at you!
People try to downplay me like I don’t be doing ****. I low-key be doing ****. Will knows how to make great electronic music; he has the formula together. And he’s a genius. I just happened to be in the studio with B.O.B and he was in the other room and he was like, “What the **** are y’all doing in here?”
I ran into him a year ago at Best Buy, actually. When I was living in Australia he used to come by at an underground hip-hop club. It was like if Jessie J came to Broke $ Bougie back when Broke $ Bougie was popping. It’s like, “What the **** is will.i.am doing here?”
We know a lot of the same people from Australia. He was like, “We should work on a record.” It was so funny because he told me that he was trying to sign me, but Interscope wasn’t trying to let him **** with me. We had this big conversation and put all of the pieces together about a lot of **** that was happening. I hope to get something from him for Trap Gold and have [someone] “trap” it out so it’s kind of grimy. That’s what I’ve been doing with a lot of music, getting the shiny stuff and making it real dirty.
Great interview! Full thing:
http://clatl.com/cribnotes/archives/...stralia-rapper
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