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I feel like battle rap is as popular as it’s ever been, today. With Total Slaughter it’s getting real popular.

AB Soul

These Days I’m feeling real good.
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Day Feeling Good Real
I’m not extra’d out. I got a cool little vinyl collection.
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Collection Cool Extra Little Out Vinyl
I’ve been watching battle rap since that time period when Cassidy was hot, Murda Mook and Lux first when at it. That was a very pivotal time in hip-hop.
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Battle Hip Hop Hot Lux Murda Period Rap Since Time Watching
Not even battling but just really known for rapping. Like I had songs up on Soundclick first, take it back.
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Battling First Like Rap Song Soundclick
106 & Park, Freestyle Friday, that was real pivotal. I feel like he has the right to do that, he comes from that era so he has the right to do that.
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Era Freestyle Friday Park Real Right
You had to look at it as sales, as costumer service. Costumer’s alwasy right, you know? Service with a smile. Those type of things so it’s just kinda in me. In my DNA.
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Costume DNA Look Right Sale Service Smile Type
Battle rap is a culture. That’s boxing, it’s like boxing.
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Battle Boxing Culture Like Rap
King Of The Dot is huge; battle rap is huge right now. My first battle that I went to was King Of The Dot – shout out to Lush One.
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Battle King Lush Rap Shout
Everything is written in my mind, more so due to my lack of vision at this point. After years of vigorous writing, it was more of a challenge to do it without paper or sidekicks. I enjoy a good challenge.
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Challenge Lack More Point Vigorous Vision Writing Year
I say ‘cuz’ around Bloods, and I say ‘blood’ around Crips…I’m twisted. Got Mary, got Lucy, got Molly: that’s wifey, girlfriend and mistress.
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Blood Crip Girlfriend Luck Mistress Rap Twisted Wifey
I think our Canadian fan base is large because it took us a while to get over here anyway, in the first place.
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Base Canadian Fan First Large Place Thinking
I really enjoy doing music because it’s a challenge to try to reach that frequency and connect with people and get them tuned to what you’re talking about. I definitely respect and enjoy that challenge.
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Challenge Connect Enjoy Frequency People Reach Talking Tuned
People always known me for rappin’. So I guess that maybe just hindered me, like “oh well, I mid-as-well go long term with it.”
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Always Guess Like Long Oh People Rappin Well
Vancouver is dope, everybody got across the border today.
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Across Border Dope Everybody Today
I’ve been to Vancouver every year for the last four years, since 2011 when I came out with Murs.
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Four Mur Since Vancouver Year
I got plenty. You can have all my light, my shine. I got plenty. All my boys here, we working being creative.
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Boy Creative Light Plenty Shining Working
I dunno, around 11th grade, 12th grade I was just like “yeah. This is something I want to do”. I was always known; I was always the rapper.
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Always Around Dunno Grade Known Rapper Something Want Yeah
No religion, I’m just so explicit, I coexist in places you would never know existed.
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Explicit Know Place Religion
I’ve been following battle rap for a long time. Me and Daylyt are real cool. We battled on my album, he’s on my album. We did a one round battle on my album and that was just me capturing These Days.
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Album Battled Following Rap Real Time
I wasn’t really sold on being an artist until high school, my senior year. I was going to do the college thing originally.
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Artist College High Originally School Senior Sold
I treat all my projects the same. They’re all time capsules of where I am at the time and what I’m thinking about.
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Capsule Project Thinking Time Treat
I’m really focused on These Days and I’m trying to take it as far as I can – I feel like it’s a strong body of work. I just want to give it the ame kind of attention I give all my projects.
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Body Far Focused Giving Strong Take Trying Work
[Positive mental attitude] is a practice, you gotta practice. I practice being still.
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Attitude Mental Positive Practice Still
My main concern is making the connection with my listeners and making records that the whole world can sing. That’s what makes me happy.
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Concern Connection Listeners Main Making Record Sing Whole World
I used to wanna rap like Jay-Z, Now I feel I could run laps around Jay-Z, Nas ain’t seen nothing this nasty, B.I.G. & Pac got it coming when I pass too. You got the mic, I ain’t the one you wanna pass to
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Coming Feel Lap Nasty Nothing Rap Running Seen
I think L.A. is L.A. I can go anywhere in the world and I’ll just say I’m from L.A. But when I’m there I gotta say I’m from Carson.
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Anywhere Carso LA Thinking World
I feel like battle rap is as popular as it’s ever been, today. With Total Slaughter it’s getting real popular.
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Battle Popular Rap Real Slaughter.Today Total

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