Now I've been hit up by all those friends, like, "Okay, so when are we doing our s-t?” But I'd love to continue to collaborate down the line with Tech, with Strange, with other artists.
So that's what we did, and then we got it in one take.ĭid recording this verse scratch an itch, where you're thinking about doing more music or collaborations? I like to challenge myself in movies that when I step on set, I am ready to go and we will get it in one take. I say, “Thank you Teremana!” Then, “One take, that’s a wrap! Face off!” And I walked out of the f-king booth. I say, “Thank you, brother Tech N9ne!” I take another swig of Teremana. I took the bottle with me in the booth, and I knocked it out.Īnd so what's cool about this is, at the end - I didn't expect them to do this - but Tech and his engineers kept all at the end. I legit took three big swigs of tequila, I swear to God. That started with like “Desecration, defamation, if you want to bring it to the masses, face to face, now we escalatin’,” right? So that's how we put it all together, and then once we were done, I went to the studio. Then there was a time where I said, “Can we add more gasoline to this?” And he said, “F-k yes, we can!” We would add more words to help with that cadence, that iconic Tech N9ne delivery that he and his whole roster do so very well. When you look at the structure of the song - “When I’m rumbling, you're gonna scream ‘Mama’ / So bring drama to the king Brahma / Coming at ya with extreme mana!” - that flow and cadence and word structure he helped me with, and that was the magic. It was a great learning experience for me, from the master. So we knew we were going to end there, and we worked backwards. And this is where his mastery really shined, because he then was able to help me with word structure, cadence and overall thought.įor example, we knew that we were going to end on “extreme mana.” I’m half-Black and Samoan, and in my Polynesian culture, “mana” means spirit, a power and a force that we all have within. Let me write from the gut.” I wrote everything out as best I could, and then I got together with Tech. I want to warn you - I'm not that great of a writer, but I do write how I speak, which is very direct.
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.
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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. This is either going to be f-king horrible, or hopefully, pretty good.”
I’ve watched a lot of YouTube reaction videos, so you're watching these people watch the video and listen to the song - and they know that I'm coming in as the anchor! So there was a lot of like, “Ohhh, s-t. Watching reactions to the song, getting a sense of all the comments across the boards, has been great. 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.) During 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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