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1ATL_int_011.0048Alright now I'm gonna go ahead and commence with this interview.4.8149
3 6.6902Um,7.3089 
5 10.2735by the way, uh, I'm the interviewer12.5923 
7 13.2007/RD-NAME-4/, and14.9640 
9 16.4592to the left of me I'm interviewing-18.3284 
11 18.4013what's your name, sir?19.1904 
12ATL_se0_ag1_m_0419.8555/RD-NAME-2/20.6546
13ATL_int_0121.4589Okay.21.9075
15 22.0828/RD-NAME-2/.22.6860 
17 23.4800Um,23.8976 
19 24.7573like I said, we'll just- um,26.1517 
21 26.2357overtime it'll get more comfortable as we speak, but29.1707 
23 29.8461all in all, um,30.9274 
25 31.5100I-31.7699 
27 31.8850I'll give the rundown as far as the information34.4076 
29 35.3150and all that yada yada yada. But anyway37.2729 
31 37.7163what's good on your end, man? How's it going?39.3713 
32ATL_se0_ag1_m_0441.3305I'm just chilling for real.42.5000
34 43.3072[I just got] back from LA, so.44.8505 
35ATL_int_0143.3707[Okay.]43.7575
36 45.8559Really? LA?47.0830
38 48.1596[What's it like] out there?49.0415 
39ATL_se0_ag1_m_0448.2394[Uh],48.5458
40 51.2468it's vibrant.52.0003
41ATL_int_0152.9070<laugh>54.4589
43 55.5107Vibrant, I like that word, man.57.6335 
45 57.9326Oh my gosh,59.1472 
47 59.2344I been talking to folks60.8198 
49 60.9279forever about going to LA and shit like that. (laughing)64.7833 
51 65.0669I was g- I gotta- I gotta see what the vibrant /hinting on/67.9386 
53 68.3408my damn self.69.2328 
54ATL_se0_ag1_m_0469.8346It's palm trees,71.3337
56 71.5088oceans, birds,72.9797 
58 73.4437foreign whips,74.5625 
59ATL_int_0174.6075Sheesh.75.6026
60ATL_se0_ag1_m_0475.6902redbones for days.77.3195
61ATL_int_0177.6185Now, I mean, we kind of got some of that stuff here in Atlanta, but s-81.1348
62ATL_se0_ag1_m_0481.5679[Mm-mm.]82.2161
63ATL_int_0181.6501[is it that big] of a difference where you83.3867
64 83.4483feel like you just have to mention it off85.1910
66 85.3392rip?85.6241 
67ATL_se0_ag1_m_0486.4181Yeah, it's- it's a little different. It's just- (breathy) it's- we don't have palm trees. You go to a neighborhood, all the houses formatted the same /??/.93.9274
69 94.6131You go to95.2009 
71 95.5360Cali, all the houses are different, painted different, they all have they own personalities.99.8044 
72ATL_int_01100.0622Hm.100.5417
73ATL_se0_ag1_m_04101.1964Uh,101.6656
74ATL_int_01102.7521What, um, part of Cali you was at?104.3917
75ATL_se0_ag1_m_04105.2114Sh- started off in Inglewood, went to,108.3757
77 109.3708[um],110.5154 
78ATL_int_01110.0153[/That's where we're/] now right there, that's the hood.111.8879
79 111.9827[<laugh>]112.6448
80ATL_se0_ag1_m_04112.2168[Inglewood], Slauson, went by Nipsey Hussle Marathon [store.]115.8716
81ATL_int_01115.2632[Ay.] [<laugh> /??/]118.3244
82ATL_se0_ag1_m_04116.8945[Um, we stayed in Los] [Feliz.]119.4726
83ATL_int_01119.4528[Mm-hm.]119.7969
84ATL_se0_ag1_m_04120.4074Um, /psh/ in Fairfax122.5058
85ATL_int_01122.5831Mm-hm.122.9234
86ATL_se0_ag1_m_04123.2675um, Rodeo Drive, Melrose.125.6361
87ATL_int_01125.6504[Mm.]127.2890
88ATL_se0_ag1_m_04127.1086[We was] all around the place, [man.]128.7960
89ATL_int_01128.5927[You] [touched all that shit?]130.2323
90ATL_se0_ag1_m_04128.9573[Santa Monica],130.1343
91ATL_int_01130.6087[<inhale>]131.5522
92ATL_se0_ag1_m_04130.7420[Venice Beach.]131.6856
93ATL_int_01132.5105Damn, how do you even have time to hit all them places [up?]135.4015
94ATL_se0_ag1_m_04135.2417[/Man/], we- we were- ay,136.7936
95 137.3246swift.137.9743
96ATL_int_01138.2836Swift. <laugh>139.8974
98 140.3408Like a thief in the night.141.3771 
99ATL_se0_ag1_m_04141.6600Yeah.142.0776
100ATL_int_01142.2323I like it. I like it, man. Ain't no other way to be, and when-145.1800
102 145.4018when you returning?146.2525 
103ATL_se0_ag1_m_04148.4334I just got back.149.2845
104ATL_int_01149.4083No, when are you returning back to LA?151.5152
105ATL_se0_ag1_m_04151.6080[Oh, pretty soon], man, pretty [soon.] [Need those vibes.]155.1758
106ATL_int_01151.9844[We going back-]152.8454
108 153.6445[back]153.8147 
110 154.0725[back]154.2328 
112 154.4179[/see/]154.5984 
114 154.9335[Cali-]155.3283 
115 155.4073Cali,155.9389
117 156.6026mm.157.3863 
119 157.6750Yeah, you already know, that's a subject we can, um,160.0415 
121 161.5831talk about for days and162.8759 
123 163.0769definitely gotta double back on it.164.6701 
125 164.9794But, um,165.6033 
127 166.4695how long have you been in167.7708 
129 167.8416the Atlanta area168.8552 
131 169.4842or Georgia [area?]170.4071 
132ATL_se0_ag1_m_04170.2370[Man],171.2218
133 171.5878let me see, /unintelligible/173.0263
135 174.5098going on fourteen years.176.0617 
136ATL_int_01176.5257Hoo.177.6497
138 177.9333Yeah.178.3406 
140 179.0057You're a real resident now.180.3101 
142 180.7779If y-180.9730 
143ATL_se0_ag1_m_04180.9996[Yeah.]181.3895
144ATL_int_01181.3223[you] didn't know,181.9276
145 182.2473letting you know.182.9124
147 183.4125You a ATLien now.184.7273 
149 185.3924Where you coming from though?186.3462 
150ATL_se0_ag1_m_04187.2986The187.9173
152 188.3865Birmingham, Alabama.189.6188 
153ATL_int_01189.8920Oh, the real A.190.9283
154ATL_se0_ag1_m_04191.6089You know it.192.3153
155ATL_int_01192.4273Birmingham, Alabama.194.2164
157 195.9590I been, um,196.8989 
159 196.9813m- that-197.4431 
161 198.0612that city name been popping up a lot lately as far as200.9794 
163 201.4125needing to kind of202.3715 
165 202.9593travel back through there and stuff like that.205.1429 
167 205.3290I do wanna reach out to some207.0001 
169 207.8301up and coming artists and just business209.9337 
171 210.6902people out there, cause Alabama and Atlanta, they so213.2836 
173 213.7270close214.2787 
175 214.7840at times.215.5780 
176ATL_se0_ag1_m_04215.8615Oh no, most definitely, man. Next door neighbors, man. All represent the South.219.7941
177ATL_int_01220.0209Mm-hm.220.4282
179 221.8100So if it came down to it, and you- you know,224.5824 
181 225.7270you in the midst of your interview227.4336 
183 227.8770let's say with like228.9841 
185 229.5203Zane Lowe or Sway or somebody like that, um,232.6138 
187 233.7533what's gonna be234.6542 
189 235.5203the first one that comes out your mouth as far as you repping?238.4076 
190ATL_se0_ag1_m_04238.8793Alabama.239.5096
191ATL_int_01239.5869It's gonna be Alabama, [huh?]241.2288
192ATL_se0_ag1_m_04241.1161[Come] on.241.7179
193ATL_int_01241.7655Okay, I felt- I felt that you was leaning towards that.244.3664
194ATL_se0_ag1_m_04244.6860But overall, nigga, I represent the South. I represent the struggle. I represent the people248.6237
196 248.9227who come from nothing249.8301 
198 251.3821no matter where I'm from.252.5000 
199ATL_int_01252.6387Mm-hm.253.0769
201 253.6905<clears throat>254.4845 
202ATL_se0_ag1_m_04255.1135I represent the real.256.3303
203ATL_int_01256.7840Yeah.257.3666
205 258.5510Okay.259.1285 
207 259.9792So, um,260.9485 
209 262.3096let's see, you been, um,263.7636 
211 264.3603here in Atlanta for a bit,265.9173 
213 266.8041and, um, I understand that you're a artist as well, right?269.9389 
214ATL_se0_ag1_m_04271.3244Yeah, I'm a [artist.]272.5618
215ATL_int_01272.5283[Don't] wanna box you in. I don't know274.1287
216 274.2209what to call you I guess, but275.7326
218 276.5974I guess you got that label as a artist as well, right?279.1238 
219ATL_se0_ag1_m_04279.4177Oh yeah, I mean that's what it is. Ain't no use in tryna look at it some other than way it was.284.1397
220ATL_int_01284.5728Mm-hm.284.8512
221ATL_se0_ag1_m_04284.9079Barber by day, artist at night.286.7936
222ATL_int_01287.2267Okay.287.6443
224 288.3610Definitely, definitely.289.3818 
226 289.6654You know,290.1191 
228 290.2532definitely barbering291.2740 
230 291.8810is it's own292.6595 
232 293.3092artistry in itself.294.5311 
234 295.6602Um,296.3460 
236 297.9738far as music-wise, how long you been in the music game?300.8662 
237ATL_se0_ag1_m_04301.9799I mean, really- it's [really] what we define music game, but I guess when you s- I [guess you more talking about-]307.4179
238ATL_int_01303.3466[/Art./]303.6181
240 306.4486[When I say music game], as far as, when did you come to me and say,310.1130 
241 310.2935you know, you about to start rapping311.8557
243 312.1032for real?312.4692 
244ATL_se0_ag1_m_04312.8456Well actually, you [know, it's funny you aks this question cause you-]315.9532
245ATL_int_01313.9026[<laugh>]315.5201
246ATL_se0_ag1_m_04316.4172you- you was there, so,317.9021
247ATL_int_01318.0310Mm-hm.318.4486
248ATL_se0_ag1_m_04318.7116you know, you've b- you've been around since when I first started rapping. I think I was like twenty-two, twenty ten.323.7423
249ATL_int_01324.0774Okay.324.4795
250ATL_se0_ag1_m_04324.6909You know, started with the whole /RD-NAME-3/.326.9750
251ATL_int_01327.2829Mm-hm.327.6078
252ATL_se0_ag1_m_04327.9119Yeah, and it just- the name switch, I think you was one of the first people I te- I told at the barber shop I was [gonna change my name to] /RD-NAME-2/.333.8965
253ATL_int_01332.4800[Wow.] (whispered)333.2379
254 334.3038It did go from /RD-NAME-3/ to [/RD-NAME-2/]336.5620
255ATL_se0_ag1_m_04336.0980[Yeah, to /RD-NAME-3/] to [/RD-NAME-2/.]337.9902
256ATL_int_01337.6448[and then] to /RD-NAME-3/. [Oh man.]340.0563
257ATL_se0_ag1_m_04339.3603[Yeah.]339.8037
258 340.0976Yeah.340.4533
259ATL_int_01341.6546But I- I felt like that- um,343.5188
261 344.2200that /RD-NAME-2/ was definitely always there346.5092 
263 347.2568even if it was just like a little, um,349.6941 
265 350.4778also known as little-352.2050 
267 353.2258little side moniker, but354.7042 
269 355.2043it's nice to see that you came into the whole /RD-NAME-1/357.9059 
271 358.7824thing.359.2361 
272ATL_se0_ag1_m_04359.6383Oh yeah, man. It's a process. It's- it's- uh, everybody-362.3128
274 362.7149I- I hate to say it now because it seems so trendy, but, you know, you really do gotta trust your [process. You gotta- <laugh>]368.3798 
275ATL_int_01367.4775[<laugh>]369.2393
276ATL_se0_ag1_m_04369.2684/you know/, people ma- I hate when people make stuff a trend, man, cause then it don't even seem cool to say it no more. It [seem like you] biting.375.0088
277ATL_int_01374.1051[It don't.]374.6134
278ATL_se0_ag1_m_04375.3852But, you know, at the end of the day, I do believe in the process. I do believe in379.4260
280 379.7817not even the process but evolution.381.5760 
281ATL_int_01381.8183[Mm-hm.]382.1689
282ATL_se0_ag1_m_04381.9626[You know] what I'm saying, if you do something for a certain amount of time, you have no choice but to get better at it386.3128
283 387.0037if you apply yourself the right type of way.389.1072
284ATL_int_01389.5197Mm.389.8497
286 391.1012That's- that's huge. That's major keys.393.2150 
288 393.6739I try to394.2771 
290 395.4785speak with them type of themes amongst my friends all the time and stuff,399.1480 
292 399.3027you know.399.6644 
294 399.7571Some of 'em get it400.5865 
296 401.3341quicker than others.402.5082 
298 403.7044Let's see. I got a phone call coming in.405.8131 
300 406.6484That's kind of rude.407.4321 
302 408.3020And it's my guy /RD-NAME-2/.409.6425 
304 410.2612Ah, I didn't even try to decline that.412.2514 
306 412.5092But, um,413.0815 
308 414.1628I'll hit him back in a little bit.415.4930 
310 416.2612Um,416.8799 
312 417.1480have I ever introduced you to /RD-NAME-2/?419.0144 
314 419.8870[Or do] you- [have you heard of /RD-NAME-2/?]421.3315 
315ATL_se0_ag1_m_04419.9150[I-]420.0999
317 420.3708[I know /RD-NAME-2/.]421.2007 
318 421.4533[/RD-NAME-2/?]422.1846
319ATL_int_01421.5070[Okay.]421.8956
320 422.3289Mm-hm.422.6847
321ATL_se0_ag1_m_04422.7878Yeah, we used to be w- uh, /RD-NAME-1/424.1733
322ATL_int_01425.5139/RD-NAME-1/425.7974
324 425.9676Oh shit, probably,427.1633 
326 427.2479possibly.427.8701 
327ATL_se0_ag1_m_04428.3075[Yeah.]428.6511
328ATL_int_01428.4903[Big] dude?429.1428
329ATL_se0_ag1_m_04429.8227One producer kind of big, right?431.4367
330ATL_int_01431.5428[Yeah, producer]432.3460
331ATL_se0_ag1_m_04431.7294[Short?]432.1042
332ATL_int_01432.6120[dude, yeah.]433.3029
333ATL_se0_ag1_m_04432.9317[Used to b- used] to produce with Travis Porter?434.6331
334ATL_int_01434.6576Mm-hm.435.1495
335ATL_se0_ag1_m_04435.3742Yeah.435.7918
336ATL_int_01436.0135Okay.436.6477
338 437.6170<ts> /Yeah/, small small world.439.2462 
339ATL_se0_ag1_m_04440.9064Just big big people.441.9723
340ATL_int_01442.5755<laugh>443.7665
341ATL_se0_ag1_m_04444.2526[<laugh>]444.5656
342ATL_int_01444.3017[Ah okay], yeah. That's another way to look at it.446.5403
343 447.2092You, um, brung up Kid Class and shit like that, y- hm.450.5450
344ATL_se0_ag1_m_04451.0658[I brung] up who?451.8494
345ATL_int_01451.1422[/??/]451.4003
346 452.4785Did you bring up- you said /RD-NAME-1/?453.9774
347ATL_se0_ag1_m_04454.3641Nah, I was talking about /RD-NAME-1/455.9212
349 456.1016as in-456.7719 
350ATL_int_01456.9111Oh, I thought you meant /RD-NAME-1/ as in /RD-NAME-2/.459.3690
351ATL_se0_ag1_m_04460.1991Nah.460.7663
352ATL_int_01461.0086/RD-NAME-1/ who? Who you talking about?462.1841
353ATL_se0_ag1_m_04462.6791I was talking about the other /RD-NAME-1/, the one that produced for, um,465.6990
355 466.9880/RD-NAME-2/.467.6324 
356ATL_int_01468.1635<inhale>469.2514
358 470.2722Fuck,470.6265 
360 470.7063I feel like I know [exactly who-]472.3538 
361ATL_se0_ag1_m_04472.1321[/RD-NAME-2/] on the beat.473.6158
362 473.7183He pr- he used to produce with, um,475.3700
364 476.2568/RD-NAME-3/. It was /RD-NAME-3/ and /RD-NAME-2/,478.0857 
366 479.1942but his real name /RD-NAME-1/ though.480.3439 
367ATL_int_01480.8544Light skin?481.6329
369 482.5919Or [nah?]483.1751 
370ATL_se0_ag1_m_04482.8454[Man], he brown [skin.]484.8230
371ATL_int_01484.6374[Brown] skin, okay.485.7201
372 485.9109I probably know if I see, bruh. I can't remember, bruh, but488.7002
374 489.3639nigga, I thought you was talking about, um,491.2612 
376 491.8129the classic one492.7513 
378 493.0400when you said /RD-NAME-1/.493.8752 
379ATL_se0_ag1_m_04494.6022I am the classic one.495.8279
380ATL_int_01495.9207<laugh>498.1635
382 499.0503We gon- we gonna double back on a lot of stuff apparently, [man. Whatch-]502.5239 
383ATL_se0_ag1_m_04502.0084[I mean, hey],502.8127
384 503.0240[hey.]503.5463
385ATL_int_01503.2045[<laugh>]505.1173
386ATL_se0_ag1_m_04503.6567[<laugh>]504.1790
388 505.0039[Whatever] you wanna talk about, brother.506.6383 
389ATL_int_01506.6795Ay. We only eight minutes in, but we moving smooth.510.3955
391 510.6791Who shorty over /?/ there?512.5403 
393 513.4000Did you, um, have her take your order yet?515.2715 
394ATL_se0_ag1_m_04516.9008Mm-mm.517.4473
395ATL_int_01518.6383I don't know that's a touchdown wing shirt or nah.521.7304
396ATL_se0_ag1_m_04522.1893Yeah.522.5863
397ATL_int_01523.4421They smart. I would524.6705
399 524.7738be hiring chicks like that too.526.4518 
401 527.7510But, um,528.4986 
403 529.5246I digress.530.4217 
405 531.9929D- I was on YouTube today, man. I seen some notification pop up on my YouTube timeline.537.6732 
407 538.3744Genius Deconstructed new beat breakdown. I'm like, oh okay, yeah, you know, I'm always for-542.9322 
409 543.3329check out some shit like that,544.6001 
411 544.6940but that bitch said Cheeze Beatz and Thirty Roc beats548.0608 
413 548.8033break down the Cartier Bartier550.9364 
415 551.0211or Bartier Cartier. I was like, oh shit. These niggas like554.5042 
417 555.2504grinding so hard,556.4775 
419 557.5757or that /duet/558.5402 
421 558.6880grinding so hard in particular like560.8394 
423 561.7609I can't even ignore it even if I wanted to ignore that grind, like that shit is just so566.3805 
425 567.3432in front of my face.568.6631 
427 568.9261Now we both mutually know,570.7049 
429 571.1947you know, the producer572.4321 
431 573.3639in questioning and stuff like that. How do you feel about seeing576.5244 
433 577.2307some of his success I guess in real time right now580.0393 
435 581.8541in regards to Thirty Roc?583.1843 
436ATL_se0_ag1_m_04584.0505Man, Thirty Roc a beast, man.585.6784
438 585.9568Thirty Roc a beast. His success is- I don't even think he really touched the surface yet. As- as big as he's-590.5970 
440 591.1215the world see him, I still think he got-593.1633 
442 594.8389not saying- to take /away/ from- he got a ways to go, man. Thirty Roc dope, man. He d- he's before his time, like he going crazy right now, but601.2720 
444 601.8181I know where he can go. I know his-603.6887 
445ATL_int_01603.9877[Mm.]604.4982
446ATL_se0_ag1_m_04604.0857[his potential.] He ain't even605.5448
447ATL_int_01605.7768[Mm.]606.3027
448ATL_se0_ag1_m_04605.9005[touched the surface] yet. Like he got so much more to go. He only608.9940
449 609.4825what, twenty-three, twenty-four?611.1426
450ATL_int_01611.2561Sheesh.612.0397
452 612.1480[Yup.]612.4883 
453ATL_se0_ag1_m_04612.3491[So]612.9678
454ATL_int_01613.5298[I ain't even think of] it in that type of capacity. That's huge.616.3589
455ATL_se0_ag1_m_04613.5814[it's just like-]614.1743
456 616.4518I got records617.4365
458 617.8696on Thirty Roc that's beats that's way harder than stuff he putting out. Not to say that's not /how/ he putting out, but623.4623 
459ATL_int_01623.5706I get what you [saying though.]624.6688
460ATL_se0_ag1_m_04624.3852[I] got some stuff, some classic stuff626.3444
461 626.4509[I'm sitting on] with him, but627.4979
462ATL_int_01626.5295[Mm-hm.]627.0115
463 627.5257<inhale> [<laugh>]630.0810
464ATL_se0_ag1_m_04628.1836[/man/, he, um],629.1014
465ATL_int_01630.7255That shit going up like Bitcoin.632.4372
466ATL_se0_ag1_m_04632.6125uh, [man, um],634.3486
467ATL_int_01633.1422[Oh my gosh.]634.4724
468ATL_se0_ag1_m_04635.4675yeah, he going crazy right now, man. You know, I cut his hair every week, you know what I'm saying, that's my dog, man. That's my boy.640.3589
470 640.6631That's my bro, [man. Tha-]641.8799 
471ATL_int_01641.6273[Oh, you] still cut his hair every [week?]643.3700
472ATL_se0_ag1_m_04643.1173[Yeah.]643.5246
473 643.7067[Yeah.]644.0481
474ATL_int_01643.7328[Oh wow.]644.4475
475 644.5919That's-644.9625
477 645.0380[that's /??/. That's real right there.]646.8384 
478ATL_se0_ag1_m_04645.1370[That's my dog, uh],646.4208
480 646.5497[so]646.9467 
481 647.7562well I look out for him and he look out for me, man. We just make it happen, man. You know how it go.651.6165
482ATL_int_01652.2249Man,652.7559
484 652.9570what-653.2767 
486 654.3697how d- what i- what i-655.4162 
488 655.5103what-655.8237 
490 656.3135I don't know, where did the wisdom come from, to where659.3695 
492 659.5912you can be like, you know what,661.0503 
494 661.8804I'm'a help this guy at times.663.7454 
496 664.1476This guy may help me at times regardless, but I'm just gonna have faith668.4733 
498 669.1454to, you know, rock with certain people or do certain things,672.3903 
500 672.7100you know, even if-673.7257 
502 674.5713whether they might pay me back in the future or not. I always assume that some people would do some of these nice stuff680.1330 
504 680.6302[to get something nice] in return [if /?/]682.6477 
505ATL_se0_ag1_m_04680.7086[I mean],681.3218
507 682.2919[me personally], I've always been a person684.7152 
508 685.8855to just help people. That's just my personality. I always like helping people when I-689.5860
510 690.2357when I can and, um,691.8598 
512 693.3023but I also know how the game go as well, you know what I'm saying, I invest in697.0403 
514 697.7040friendships. I invest in everything. I don't necessarily look for anything in return, but nowadays it's like702.6691 
516 703.6525we-703.9347 
518 704.0631i- it's- it's- it's no- it's n- it's not like I'm going into it saying like, ay, you got to have this done, or you got to have this done. It's more so me saying like,711.1425 
520 711.8231man, you gotta bring something to the table. Whatchu bringing to the table? You- if you want something from me,715.5559 
521ATL_int_01715.8123Mm-hm.716.2093
522ATL_se0_ag1_m_04716.2399I mean what you bringing to the table?717.7303
524 718.0345If not, you just gonna have to come out719.5812 
526 719.9988the pockets on everything, and sometimes you might not have the bread to do something, and it's like, alright.723.8901 
528 724.2304You look out for me. I look out for you, and let's just keep looking out for each other726.9630 
530 727.3187until we can god damn728.4929 
532 728.8280throw each other fifteen, twenty thousand for whatever we need, you know [what I'm saying.]732.3907 
533ATL_int_01731.8878[Yup],732.2835
534 732.6072definitely.733.2775
535ATL_se0_ag1_m_04733.4940Until- until somebody get- and cross that threshold, you know what I'm saying. Like I tell all my people, like,737.8906
537 738.2360I can't promise you nothing,739.3806 
539 739.7040[but when I] get it, I g- I w- I will741.4880 
540ATL_int_01739.7287[Mm.]740.1429
541ATL_se0_ag1_m_04741.9107look out for you.742.5709
543 742.6506You know what I'm saying, I can't promise you nothing when I ain't got it, but744.6485 
544ATL_int_01744.9114[Mm-hm.]745.2517
545ATL_se0_ag1_m_04745.0609[if I] get it before you get it,746.3073
546 746.6218you got it,747.1167
547ATL_int_01747.8076Wow.748.4985
549 749.0914[How many] people you feel actually believe you when you say that? (laughing)751.9464 
550ATL_se0_ag1_m_04749.1224[so.]749.4420
551 753.0703Uh,753.9056
553 753.9952well I don't te- I don't tell a lot of people that.755.8236 
554ATL_int_01756.0195Okay.756.4526
555ATL_se0_ag1_m_04756.8289So the [few who I tell] that, you know what I'm saying, they already know what's up. And I tell them too. I say, you get on, bruh. I'm packing my bags.762.6330
556ATL_int_01757.2672[Slick.]757.7608
557 762.7877[<laugh>]763.9412
558ATL_se0_ag1_m_04762.8753[I be on that bougie shit-]764.0185
559ATL_int_01764.4929Ay nigga, I'm letting [you know, I'm packing these] bitches.767.3544
560ATL_se0_ag1_m_04765.5093[/well/ look ]766.5734
561ATL_int_01767.6637/Don't switch up./768.5557
563 769.6745Have you, um,770.5368 
565 770.6222encountered any, um,772.2562 
567 772.8336I guess people within the-774.4062 
569 775.0558the music business that you felt like you had that type of778.5088 
571 779.0296relationship with,780.4268 
573 780.5969and then, um, I guess782.0134 
575 783.0446you, um,783.9479 
577 784.0252came to the realization that that might not786.4432 
579 786.6079actually be the case787.8897 
581 788.3382stuff788.6321 
583 789.0239[from /??/]789.5395 
584ATL_se0_ag1_m_04789.1992[Could you repeat] that question one more time? I'm'a make sure I understand you791.6947
585ATL_int_01791.7720I'm'a [try to- I'm'a try to] make it as clear as possible. Like is there anyone795.7922
586ATL_se0_ag1_m_04792.0213[clearly.]792.6770
587ATL_int_01796.6583in the music industry business-wise798.9733
589 799.9103you've worked with801.0497 
591 801.4261that, um,802.4212 
593 803.0760you felt like803.9988 
595 804.9114you've compensated them or you're-806.9724 
597 807.3127you know,807.9107 
599 808.2613you're willing to compensate them now810.2876 
601 811.3703to, um, be compensated later on in the future, and814.4707 
603 814.5936I guess815.1584 
605 815.4626maybe the opportunity came around and that817.5662 
607 819.3488didn't, um,820.2459 
609 820.7666come across as such or whatever?823.1177 
611 823.2466I don't know.823.6900 
612ATL_se0_ag1_m_04823.9309Man, I'm really so lost in the question. You said825.7354
614 826.0551/but/ I compensate somebody /now-/827.8023 
615ATL_int_01827.6952[Have] you helped somebody out,829.2811
616 829.3451they get in a situation they can help you out, and they don't help you [out?]832.5871
617ATL_se0_ag1_m_04832.4428[Oh] yeah, it's happened plenty of times.834.2679
618ATL_int_01834.7216Okay.835.2218
620 835.5466And- [um],836.4282 
621ATL_se0_ag1_m_04836.3096[Plenty] of times.837.1036
622ATL_int_01837.9750[but what-] what- what- what839.4214
623ATL_se0_ag1_m_04838.0523[I- I-]838.4634
624ATL_int_01839.4947keeps your faith in- what? Just the fact that you like helping people out, that's the only [thing.]843.6862
625ATL_se0_ag1_m_04843.2841[I mean], you know,844.5459
626 844.7006in s- in some sense it's- to answer the first question first,847.6961
627ATL_int_01847.8508Mm-hm.848.1756
628ATL_se0_ag1_m_04849.1139I don't really do it for them to help me out.851.6853
629ATL_int_01852.1828Okay.852.5373
630ATL_se0_ag1_m_04852.5445I do it because, you know, it's- it's out the kindness of my heart.855.4955
632 855.7945But I do856.3947 
634 856.4608think about the fact that when they get somewhere-858.6288 
636 858.9382you know, you invest in friendships and- and- and relationships /for example/862.2998 
638 862.7676you know what I'm saying, I'm looking out for you cause I know864.5979 
640 864.8144I can help you get to somewhere you need to go. So866.7840 
642 867.0005when you get there, if you get there before I do,868.6129 
644 868.7934just help me out. That's all I ask.870.5051 
645ATL_int_01870.5927Mm-hm.870.8969
646ATL_se0_ag1_m_04871.1599When motherfuckers872.1240
648 872.5881will shit on you873.5264 
650 873.7069before they even realize what you got. And a lot of people- I done had people877.2424 
652 877.5414come stay at my house,878.7427 
653ATL_int_01879.0469[Mm.]879.7275
654ATL_se0_ag1_m_04879.2635[you know what I'm saying], had880.5459
655 880.9377ro- wrecked they cars and w- get- got my mechanic to fix it for a little nothing. [They-]885.1913
656ATL_int_01884.8738[Mm-hm.]885.3313
657ATL_se0_ag1_m_04885.8461I ain't even reach back to say887.3760
659 887.7317hello. And I still show love, but it's just like, you know, I don't forget.891.0315 
660ATL_int_01891.3460Mm-hm.891.6522
661ATL_se0_ag1_m_04891.6611You know what I'm saying, but I don't never let893.1233
663 893.4069nothing like that go over my head cause, you know, we'll kill ourselves tryna worry about896.5313 
665 896.9541other people decisions, you know what I'm [saying. God'll] take care of that. I ain't gotta worry about that.900.5670 
666ATL_int_01898.4215[Yeah.]898.7808
667 900.8248[Definitely.]901.5517
668ATL_se0_ag1_m_04901.2372[I'm Gucci.]901.9384
669ATL_int_01903.2274Whole lot of wisdom coming from that. I'm digging all of that,906.4278
671 906.8351especially that answer.908.1343 
673 908.4179Um,909.0263 
675 909.9079let's see. What about-911.0563 
677 913.5517let's, um, double back to school.915.3109 
679 915.4106I remember, um, mentioning something about high school reunions and stuff. What- what's your thoughts on that?920.7788 
680ATL_se0_ag1_m_04921.8203I mean, shit,922.8965
682 925.2836they don't come to my shows.926.5829 
683ATL_int_01926.8252<laugh>928.3204
684ATL_se0_ag1_m_04928.9480[You- you know, you wanna-]930.2834
685ATL_int_01929.1594[Nah, hold up now.]930.4278
686 930.7423[Hold up now cause I- I done been] to a couple your shows. I [haven't been to all of 'em]934.9223
687ATL_se0_ag1_m_04930.8051[you- you wanna- you wanna- you wanna-]932.6345
689 933.8808[what year you graduated] though?935.4482 
690ATL_int_01935.5100I graduated o eight.936.6185
691ATL_se0_ag1_m_04936.9537Alright then, so you not even in the- in the reunion [question.]939.5516
692ATL_int_01939.5232[Okay], you talking about your o seven941.5464
693 941.6595[fam.]942.1545
694ATL_se0_ag1_m_04941.8716[Talking about] the o seven [fam.]943.1942
695ATL_int_01943.1430[Okay.]943.5737
696ATL_se0_ag1_m_04943.8405And the ones who I do rock with, they see me and they know what's up, [you know what I'm saying.] It's like ain't nothing-948.5309
697ATL_int_01946.6410[Mm-hm.]947.0864
698 948.7835Especially [you-]949.6239
699ATL_se0_ag1_m_04949.4280[ain't] nothing- but I mean, [at the end of the day],951.1861
700ATL_int_01950.4024[you /super/ accessible.]951.9595
701ATL_se0_ag1_m_04952.0781yeah. I- I'm- I'm [around.] [I'm arou- I'm around] the area, but I mean, a reunion like957.4078
702ATL_int_01953.2522[Mm-hm.]953.8319
704 953.9054[They tripping.]954.7371 
705ATL_se0_ag1_m_04958.0678they couldn't even get it together,959.3296
707 959.6286[you know what I'm saying.] But I ain't- I ain't really too worried about that. I ain't put too much energy into even thinking about that.964.6181 
708ATL_int_01959.7567[Mm-hm.]960.2018
709 965.1852[Mm-hm.]965.5513
710ATL_se0_ag1_m_04965.2471[I'm tryna] live my life, man.966.7887
711ATL_int_01967.2163Nah, nah, definitely. That's more so what I'm-969.4281
713 970.2376I'm focused on and caught up and stuff. But I- I do find that interesting cause974.2216 
715 974.8713we're kind of definitely around that age where they would try some,978.5151 
717 979.2575you know, half asses, or just something cool or whatever. But982.3819 
719 983.2481takes a lot of planning and a lot of people to be on board to try to pull that off, and,987.1755 
721 987.7735you know, who really cares about trying to989.9118 
723 990.5924go to them type of things now and stuff.992.7527 
725 993.4333I don't know, [just /??/]994.4438 
726ATL_se0_ag1_m_04993.9746[Hell, I'd rather] go to o eight, o nine reunion anyway.996.6285
727ATL_int_01997.0203That'll probably be so lit too.998.4640
728ATL_se0_ag1_m_04998.5310Well, you know folks, man- [folks-]1000.1860
729ATL_int_01999.8715[Get three] of 'em together and1001.3100
730 1001.5612for real for real. You probably l- /have [something/ cooking.]1003.8092
731ATL_se0_ag1_m_041003.0977[Mm],1003.4586
732 1003.8710everybody got [babies and stuff anyway, so.]1005.9488
733ATL_int_011004.4073[/unintelligible/ ain't gonna lie.]1006.1345
734 1006.3201Yeah.1006.6964
736 1007.2326Mm-hm.1007.7276 
737ATL_se0_ag1_m_041010.2680Everybody got babies and stuff, so it's just like,1012.7635
739 1013.9221ay, let 'em do what they do.1015.4225 
740ATL_int_011016.3918Mm-hm.1016.5909
742 1016.7114How old are you?1017.3147 
743ATL_se0_ag1_m_041018.3407I'm twenty-nine.1019.3822
744ATL_int_011019.7829You twenty-nine.1020.5835
746 1020.7505And you, um,1021.6957 
748 1022.8919consider yourself1024.1035 
750 1024.4747what nationality?1025.7121 
751ATL_se0_ag1_m_041026.6697Man,1027.2987
753 1028.9641I'm a god.1029.7178 
754ATL_int_011030.4232Okay.1030.8614
755ATL_se0_ag1_m_041031.3048That's my nationality.1032.4635
756ATL_int_011032.8399Okay, I respect that,1034.0773
758 1034.3609<laugh>1035.6550 
760 1036.0984which is why I didn't, you know,1037.5715 
762 1038.1128f- force a- a r- a race or a label on you. I- I give you that,1042.0417 
764 1042.4438you know, your own1043.4543 
766 1044.4326inclination whatever that be,1046.1681 
768 1046.3555so1046.7578 
770 1047.4230you're a god.1048.2273 
772 1048.2840Okay.1048.7892 
774 1049.0831And, um,1049.7792 
776 1050.2212how did you come to that understanding?1051.8453 
777ATL_se0_ag1_m_041052.5877I-1053.0208
779 1053.3662you see the Bible say God made us1055.2430 
781 1055.5265like him.1056.0820 
782ATL_int_011056.4171Mm-hm.1056.7780
783ATL_se0_ag1_m_041057.5926You just gotta evolve your mindset.1059.2837
784ATL_int_011060.0313Mm.1060.3252
785ATL_se0_ag1_m_041061.5870You evolve your mind, you'll understand what I'm saying. But if you can't, then you just ain't got that yet.1066.0829
787 1066.1647It's levels to this life thing.1067.6193 
788ATL_int_011068.2315Mm.1068.5357
789ATL_se0_ag1_m_041070.1907You know, I'm just- this just the physical me.1072.3819
790ATL_int_011073.0161[Mm-hm.]1073.4131
791ATL_se0_ag1_m_041073.3151[People] don't know what go on in the temple.1075.0410
792ATL_int_011075.5875Sheesh.1076.3093
793ATL_se0_ag1_m_041076.3505You know what I'm saying, it's- it's a- it's a lot of magical stuff that goes on in there,1079.9995
794ATL_int_011080.6749Mm-hm.1081.2317
795ATL_se0_ag1_m_041081.5411real godly like.1082.7372
796ATL_int_011083.1961Real [godly like.]1084.2324
797ATL_se0_ag1_m_041083.5570[Sometimes I don't] even understand it til I go back and listen to it.1086.3552
798ATL_int_011086.8553<laugh>1088.1031
800 1088.6341That makes- ay,1089.6343 
802 1090.2530I know one thing. You start talking stuff like this on some, um,1093.5617 
804 1094.8713published, um, interviews,1096.7480 
806 1096.9388you might really intrigue somebody to go back and listen to some of your music.1100.9950 
807ATL_se0_ag1_m_041101.5828Nah, they gonna have to go back and listen to it.1103.3667
808ATL_int_011104.1542Mm.1104.5408
809ATL_se0_ag1_m_041104.6079Cause it's going in, everything, from day one, man.1107.2219
810ATL_int_011107.9996So shit, do you want people to like your music for you or do you want1111.3134
812 1111.4619people to like1112.1487 
814 1112.4683your music because you made it?1114.1027 
815ATL_se0_ag1_m_041115.9124I mean,1116.6947
817 1116.9452I don't really care why they like it,1118.5405 
818ATL_int_011118.8963Mm.1119.1747
819ATL_se0_ag1_m_041119.3861you know what I'm saying.1120.4379
821 1120.9328It j- I just w- if it- if it- if it move you,1123.0106 
823 1123.6176then a- I mean, rock with it.1124.9324 
824ATL_int_011125.1489Mm-hm.1125.4789
825ATL_se0_ag1_m_041125.5665If it don't move you,1126.6235
826ATL_int_011127.2628Mm-hm.1127.5309
827ATL_se0_ag1_m_041127.8403then don't rock with it.1129.0158
828ATL_int_011129.2737You good, you can take that.1130.1295