When I talked to Tech, he said, “Listen, this is you, and I want you to write this whole thing.” I said, “Okay. You hear the passion and intensity which they deliver to spit their spit and attack their bars. And the B-side to that was to make sure that I was supporting these guys, who left it all out on the field. My main goal was to write and deliver from my heart. So Tech and Joey and Iso laid down their verses, Tech sent to me, and that then informed the direction of where I was going to go. What was it like thinking about these lyrics and then delivering them in a way that made you feel proud?

Tell me about the process of creating your verse - batting cleanup on this song with such gifted technical rappers. Watching reactions to the song, getting a sense of all the comments across the boards, has been great.ĭwayne Johnson Amanda Westcott, AK Collective Inc* So I think, when the song hit the streets, it blew a lot of people away. And not a lot of people know this, but I’ve been friends with Tech for many, many years now. There was a unique intrigue and interest as to what we were going to deliver. I think the pairing of myself and Tech N9ne, Joey Cool and King Iso from Strange Music, the entire convergence was something that caught people off-guard. So these past couple of days have been great, and the fan response has been f–king crazy. And you know, you said a great word about it, “experience” - the goal was to create and deliver a song that got your blood pumping, but also, we talked about things that were important to us, in terms of our drive, our cultures, our lives. The past few days have been, in a word, phenomenal. What have the past few days been like for you, in terms of and hearing from your fans and people experiencing this type of music from you for the first time? Note: this interview has been condensed for clarity.) R&B/Hip-Hop Fresh Picks of the Week: Don Toliver, Lute, Jordan Ward & Moreĭuring an extended phone conversation with Billboard earlier this week, Johnson discussed how the collaboration came together, why now was the right time for his guest-rap debut, and the type of music he might explore next.

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