How can I make more people pay attention to like the social context of a song that I released?
Like how can I do that?
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So what’s the story behind the nameFloor Seats?
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It’s a different view to life.
It’s just like a whole other side of the game you’ve never seen.
So I guess I use it as a metaphor.
This is a part of the game you haven’t seen: me.
You’ll hear that like a little bit in “Wam.”
You’ll hear that in “Floor Seats,” where we sample The Prodigy.
Some songs like “Ride” featuringTy Dolla $ignI held onto for about four years.
I had that song for about four years.
And when I say that it’s like what people were used to seeing.
You mentioned Rico, Brent, Ty.
I did that with “Plain Jane.”
Asian Doll is amazing, she’s also on the project.
City Girls are on one of the versions of “Wigs.”
Me experimenting and just me wanting to dive more into sounds, and give my audience a challenge.
There’s other things other than a Three 6 Mafia BPM.
We done did likeJuicy Jto the max.
We love Juicy J, but it’s like, it’s time to introduce new things.
Speaking of female rappers, did you see that firstTop 50 Rappers listthat went viral?
The one that didn’t have any women on it?
Why do you think people consistently leave women out of conversations about the greatest?50 people?
Hell yeah females should be on top of the list.
I meanLil' Kimnot on that list, that’s crazy to me.
Man, she spoke for generations.
How’dMissy Elliottnot make it on there?
That’s not good.
I don’t know who made that list.
The universe works in a crazy way.
The “Smack My Bitch Up” sample, that was just me experimenting and listening to different music.
I was listening to like a lot of drum and bass.
Old drum and bass by fing Goldie, and looking at old MTV videos.
Like I said, it all lined up together the way it’s supposed to.
We just loved the song and were just like how can we flip this sh and make it crazy.
Roofeeo did a perfect job on that beat.
We sat there together and literally I wasn’t motivated to make music, I was just searching.
We ran across that and voila that sh just happened.
I didn’t even write nothing, I just went and I freestyled the whole thing.
Most of my songs that hit like that are freestyled.
It’s just the energy is so strong and I get so excited for it.
It’s like an itch, and that’s what happened with “Floor Seats.”
I mean f, man!
We have good problems right now like what do we shoot videos for?
It’s a good problem to have.
I feel like it should always be a body of work because it should be purposeful.
Because I knew that Biggie got through that sh, I could get through that shit.
We communicate as artists to either say something good or say something bad.
I really want people to listen to this and enjoy it.
There may be songs that you may grow to like, and love.
Give that some time, and a chance, and when the next time album comes, it comes.
I mean it’s kind of hand-in-hand.
I think he’s really good.
Those two worlds are intersecting even more now.Rocky is doing great.
His mental is right.
He’s working out, working on music.
Sometimes sh hits home and that’s what really makes you react and post about things like that.
Like dive into it if you really mean it.
It’s all about intention and purpose.
Post that sh and go for something.
If we could stand for something as people and artists, hell yeah, let’s do it.
I didn’t know what was going on.
I didn’t know that sh is like."
Sometimes it’s gotta hit home for you to realize what’s going on and wake up.
Yeah, you guys started when you were pretty young.
