![]() ![]() I didn’t get too much good, didn’t get too much bad. It was a very humbling experience growing up. I was far from poor but far from rich: I had food in the fridge but I was pretty much broke in other aspects. Carson would definitely be considered a suburb. Since we’ve gotten down with Schoolboy and Kendrick in the past, so we figured it was the perfect time to find out Who is Ab-Soul? The Black Lipped Bastard (as he likes to call himself) told us about why he's not voting this year, the themes of vision and light in his music, and why he thinks Joe Budden’s debut album is a classic.Īs told to Insanul Ahmed ( Up in CaliforniaĪb-Soul: “I'm from Carson, California. As if that weren’t enough, Ab-Soul’s recently released independent album, Control System, is excellent. Kendrick’s Section.80 was one of the best albums of 2011, and Schoolboy’s Habits & Contradictions is one of the best albums of 2012. Then consider that they’re already on an unbelievable streak of excellent releases from their three all-stars. Why is that such a certainty? Consider that they have three of the best rappers 25 and under on their team. So even if TDE doesn’t sell millions of records or rack up tons of hits in 2012, they've got next. ![]() And Ab-Soul, the sixth man who's a starter anywhere else, would be James Harden.Īlthough the Thunder fell to the Heat in five games in this year's NBA Finals, there’s absolutely no doubt that the young team will be back sometime soon. Schoolboy Q, the brash, at times unpredictable, franchise-player-on-any-other-team, would be Russell Westbrook. Kendrick Lamar, the lyrical sharpshooter and franchise player, would be Kevin Durant. ![]() Peep the remainder of the introspective interview, where Soulo describes Do What Thou Wilt as a “woman appreciation album.” Plus, his views on gender roles, a possible Black Hippy posse album, and hip-hop being an intelligent movement.If Top Dawg Entertainment-the California-based record label that recently signed a joint venture with Interscope/Aftermath-were a basketball team, they’d be the Oklahoma City Thunder. How fun would that be? How much would you learn that way? When it’s hell, that means there’s heaven around the corner.” Whether or not you think that’s going to take your problems away, you’re going to harm somebody else, severely, whether it be your mother, your best friend, your boyfriend, your future husband.” He exhales a deep sigh of grievance and continues, “Exercise your intuition, it’s not supposed to be easy here. rapper finishes his advice saying, “You are here to figure out what it is you’re here to do. That is a complete waste of birth, don’t you think?”Įarlier, he discussed his song “D.R.U.G.S.” from his fourth studio album, saying that the Lupe Fiasco-sported acronym stands for “Don’t Ruin Us God Said.” He then continues to admit that he always wants to ensure that he’s a positive role model to the world. So, you might as well do whatever it is you’re here to do. You got people down here that love you, whether you think so or not-we’re going to keep you alive. You think you’re going to die and leave the Earth, we’re still going to keep you alive down here, man. ![]() “I don’t care what you’re going to do, man. ![]()
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