I want to own my masters. That’s the main thing–owning all my music.
BRENT FAIYAZWhen you’re initially making music, you’re kind of just shooting at the air.
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I probably talk to myself more than I talk to anyone.
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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 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 really just wanted to make something special for women. There aren’t enough records uplifting them out there.
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I think it’s good that YouTube decided that they really want to showcase Black talent.
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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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I’ve always felt like I was observing everything, like I’m just looking out of the window, peeping how everybody is living and just penning about it, so I made the album about that concept.
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I’d prefer for people to know that they’re going to get some substance when they listen to my music versus hearing the same ‘Oooh baby, I love you.’
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If I feel like making something, if I feel like saying something on the track, that’s what I am going to do – regardless of reaction.
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When you’re initially making music, you’re kind of just shooting at the air.
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Before anything, I wanted to be a rapper. I used to make beats and I would start singing to layer my beats and that’s kind of how I realized I could sing.
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Rapping was kind of hard. It’s so many words. When you sing you can kind of stretch the words out. I didn’t have to write as much as everybody else.
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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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If you tell somebody that you make music they’re all interested. But when you say you rap, they just start rolling their eyes at you. It would’ve taken me a lot longer to get my foot in the door if I’d continued rapping all the way.
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