- All right. So, walkthrough was like
the last track that we had to get finished.
And I was kind of listening to like,
Em (beep) right.
And I'm just like, all right
let me just see like what,
which Eminem I want on my album.
Right. So,
I was like, I think I want,
I just like, barsy Eminem like,
you know, so pretty much at that point
it's just like all right
now I gotta come up with like
where he ain't just going to murder me.
You know what I mean?
My manager texted me
like Em verse incoming.
So I just go to the movies.
Try to like
not look at my phone for a while.
And I just remember like,
being like halfway through the movie and,
looking at my phone.
I saw it came,
you know what I'm saying.
So I was like dang.
I slick just wanted to just leave at that moment.
I must have played that song
I don't even know how many times that night.
I was blown away because it's just like
I grew up listening to Eminem,
you know what I'm saying?
And I was like, oh (beep),
he literally laid a verse down on my (beep) bro like,
so it was, it was crazy.
You know what I mean?
Which is important
to kind of just like give people a background
of like of me, like where I'm coming from.
I can walk you through the dang cell
I have been through it.
You know what I'm saying?
We done, I done been here.
You know what I mean?
Like, and this is, this is my story.
On SNL, you hear the claps
in the background, right? So it's like,
but at the same time
like this ain't funny,
you know what I'm saying?
Like it's no comedy skits.
Just kind of like that contrast from
what could be considered like sweet
you know what I'm saying?
Sweet life.
Or just like, oh, it's funny.
It's laughable.
Like, no, it's not funny.
I was never amazed with,
I went to the store
and I got some more
just like, it's the last line.
Like it's not hard.
I call it syllable rapping.
For me, syllable rapping came from
that's just how my style was crafted
from the people who I listen to.
Jay Z, you know what I'm saying?
Nas.
Em.
DMX. Like you listen to these guys
like they're literally all doing it.
I just feel like it's just it's easier.
You know what I'm saying?
Like it's easier
to catch somebody's ear.
I had just hit a stride.
So it's like
at that point I was just getting carried away
with the pen.
Like, alright, let me go, let me keep, baring up.
I thought about parkour with barbed wires.
Like (beep) like that's yeah.
Like that's pretty hardcore.
Like it's something that I wouldn't want to do.
I feel like I'm, I'm slept on.
I feel like I've put in work
but it's just like,
something just always happens.
I was on a tour maybe like 2018
and a hurricane hit and I
we didn't, couldn't do Atlanta.
Was supposed to go to a tour with Brent Faiyaz
and Corona happened
and it's just like, Hey.
Yeah, just never.
And, or just some people like will see it
and be like, oh yeah, no, he's nice.
But you know, so it's like,
I'm the dark horse, you know what I mean?
But I embrace it.
"Tour guide for hire,
In Atlanta, like
it's a few of us that's just like
pushing it forward.
Pushing the culture forward.
I feel like we kinda like the last or a dying breed
of like true bread MCs who just like who came
up on Outcast and just like, you know, putting
actually putting hip hop on your back.
How I see balling it's like,
never like working for anyone else,
doing what you want to do,
when you want to do it.
Not just you, but the people around you.
Not struggling.
Putting your kids through college, like,
like that,
having a car when they 16
you know, just like doing whatever it is
that you want to do.
At this point,
you did get there.
Right?
You get, you got what it is that you was,
what you was hoping for
or what you thought you wanted.
And you get to this point.
So fully furnished crib.
You got, you got all that (beep), but
inside your empty because
you done sacrificed so much for it.
My favorite line from the
from the Em verse
he name dropped me.
So like,
he says,
"No pun intended, but Grip,
hold on to this moment,
'cause soon as you reach the top
they're gonna want you to fall from it".
So to me it was my favorite line
just because it's like
he's literally giving me
like me personally, me advice, you know.
Seeing what he's went through
and how far he's came.
And it's just like,
you know,
the big dog just giving you like the,
you know what I'm saying?
Like you got the potential to make it.
you know what I'm saying?
Like, so once you do get there,
just, you know
watch out 'cause
they're going to want you to fall.
So that's probably my favorite line in there, period.