An outside party don’t ever stay outside.
BRENT FAIYAZAn outside party don’t ever stay outside.
BRENT FAIYAZMe 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.
BRENT FAIYAZI feel you gotta be nervous. If you’re nervous, it’s just ’cause you want to do well, it’s not ’cause you’re scared.
BRENT FAIYAZI don’t really feel the loyalty to any particular genre. To be completely honest, I’m an R&B singer because I’m black and I sing.
BRENT FAIYAZI 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.
BRENT FAIYAZI want to own my masters. That’s the main thing–owning all my music.
BRENT FAIYAZDon’t stop until you get where you’re trying to go.
BRENT FAIYAZI think it’s good that YouTube decided that they really want to showcase Black talent.
BRENT FAIYAZThe first couple of times I went out and heard my voice or heard people listening when I wasn’t the one playing it for them, it felt good.
BRENT FAIYAZSonder is the realization that every individual passerby has their own life just as vivid and complex as yours.
BRENT FAIYAZIn order for people to take what you say seriously, they have to know who you are as a person.
BRENT FAIYAZRapping 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.
BRENT FAIYAZI started off making beats when I was like 12. Then when I linked with people who make beats full time, I was like, ‘Bet, now I can focus on writing and singing.’
BRENT FAIYAZI’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.
BRENT FAIYAZBefore 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.
BRENT FAIYAZIf 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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