I’ve never seen somebody so meticulous about music before.
Well, what was that experience like for you?ĭre’s the homie, to be honest with you. How much of that is intended for the record? I can’t just say some bullshit and keep the cadence I have not sacrificed and will not sacrifice that for cadence, melody and vibe. I have not sacrificed my literary skill or my lyrical skills.
However, I myself, would not use a cadence or a melody if the lyrics did not make sense. Those are the frontrunners of the things people take into consideration when they listen to something and determine whether or not it’s hot now. How does it make you feel that the current sound of rap is very melodic - importance is placed the notes you use, the way you say things. Somebody old enough to know, but young enough to execute, has to do it. And I think that nobody is stepping out on that limb, because fear of being considered old. And I’m like, ‘No, no, that’s classic.’ Classics don’t get old, that’s why they call it classic. But, I find that young people - and even people from same generation or the same class that I’m from - they are feeling that if you do records like “Broadcast Live,” that that sounds dated and old. That’s beautiful, that comes with growth. I just feel like a lot of the music now, it’s wonderful that music is changing and evolving. Is there anything in particular that’s making you say there is a void here that needs to be filled. So this music is their voice.ĭa’ Nic, and what you’ve said about The Dime Trap, are supposed to hearken back to that classic style. It basically paints the picture for the people in these circumstances who can’t necessarily speak for themselves, and who can’t tell the world what they go through or why they go through it. N.W.A, music that is of a certain culture. If someone doesn’t do it and do it properly on a grand scale, it will face a demise. For the fans that feel that the genre of music, or the style of music that we introduced to the world is not being properly served. In Check, Run It” you say “I’m already hot, I’m already rich.” So why even make an album?įor my fans. 'Silence of the Lambs': The Complete Buffalo Bill Story Dre and swimming against rap’s new melodic current.Ĭhasteness, Soda Pop, and Show Tunes: The Lost Story of the Young Americans and the Choircore Movement It serves as an appetizer to his tenth album, The Dime Trap, which he told was “a lot more urban, a lot more edgy, a lot more unapologetically ghetto than Paperwork.” Rolling Stone caught up with the rapper - oh yeah, call him “Tip” these days - to talk about working with Dr.
Lest there be any confusion, his recently five-song EP, Da’ Nic, is lean, 19-minute return to uncompromisingly hard beats, street narratives and tricky flows. All of which has overshadowed the fact that he’s still one of the most gifted MCs of a generation, a fountain of internal rhymes and infectious Southern swing. has been best known for pop culture power moves: appearing on Robin Thicke’s inescapable “Blurred Lines,” launching the careers of Iggy Azalea and Travi$ Scott with his Grand Hustle imprint, appearing in Hollywood blockbusters like Ant-Man, and starring on five seasons of T.I.
Since scoring two Number One hits in 2008, Atlanta hip-hop trailblazer T.I.