With the Sonder music, I pull a lot from what’s around me.
BRENT FAIYAZI got a toy keyboard when I was around like five or six.
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Sonder is the realization that every individual passerby has their own life just as vivid and complex as yours.
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Music is my one opportunity to let out how I’m feeling when I’m not talking to a chick or my mom, you know what I mean? It’s just venting.
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If I’m being honest, I was messing up on every other level in my life growing up – whether it was in school or in my jobs. I was always distracted by my love for music.
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Me and Goldlink have known of each other for a minute and our managers know each other so they set up a studio session. When we got in the studio, we was cool; we’re from the same area so we have a lot in common.
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We’re products of this world we were born into. We all battle our own demons. Everyone is troubled in the dark, but, please just stop & think about the babies. They’re gonna be here long after we leave.
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I recorded everywhere. I would go to different cities and do a session there for the project. I did sessions in New York and I did sessions in L.A. It was just kind of wherever I was and I felt like cutting a track.
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I still got bars, I just use ’em differently. I’d say I’m a better singer than I am a rapper at this point because I’ve been sharpening my sword.
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I want to own my masters. That’s the main thing–owning all my music.
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I work while I’m on the move, so I’m able to book sessions in different cities.
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I want to put my soul into the music and still be who I am when it comes to an actual conversation.
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I think if you’re an interesting person, you don’t have to cloud yourself in mystery for people to want to know more about you.
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I probably talk to myself more than I talk to anyone.
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I was reading Neil Postman’s ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’. It’s one of my favourites.
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When you’re initially making music, you’re kind of just shooting at the air.
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I know when it comes to the actual narrative of my solo music, it’s its own thing. That’s why I went out of my way after ‘Crew’ to not do a bunch of collaborations.
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