It’s honest. I can’t portray to you something that I’ve never been through or something I didn’t watch someone close to me go through.
ADRIAN MARCELBut at the same time, there’s still a classy side to me that I’ve seen in Oakland as well.
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The influence that Oakland has on my sound is about 90%.
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It’s a competitive city, it’s full of just great artists and talent. It gave me the confidence, the passion, the realness I try my hardest to portray, so it has had about 90% influence on me.
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I would pick Kendrick Lamar because he is so dope as an artist and I love his hustle and his passion.
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Of course you have the street elements, but then you also have the culture and there’s so much culture around.
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I’m not afraid to have the ratchet side because that’s a part of me too. I like to turn up, I am from Oakland.
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I feel that’s why people can connect so well with it because it’s all honest.
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I think that I work hard to make my music as a diary for new generations who find out about it years later.
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I feel like pain is the quickest way to relate to someone because everybody has been through that and everybody has had a heartbreak.
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When you have somebody who takes their craft seriously, you don’t have to babysit them and be there all the time.
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You last throughout the ages and you’re able to reincarnate your artistry numerous times.
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But at the same time, there’s still a classy side to me that I’ve seen in Oakland as well.
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I’m connecting and that’s really what any artist wants at the end of the day which is to connect with their fans and supporters.
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I feel like it has been lost in R&B and a lot of people are scared to talk about their vulnerabilities and insecurities. They want to keep it up and in the club.
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My music is very raw, it’s emotional, and it’s honest.
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I do my best to tell a story whenever I write music because I want to paint the most vivid picture that tells a story whether a person is falling in love for the first time or going through a painful heartbreak.
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