I think it’s good that YouTube decided that they really want to showcase Black talent.
BRENT FAIYAZI think it was ‘The Diary of Alicia Keys’. That was the first time album I ever bought with my own money. I had a little Discman.
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I feel like any way you can get the message to resonate, I’m all for it.
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You gotta question the purpose you serve for those who invite themselves into your life. Learn who you are and always question the motive. No one knows you the way you do.
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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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In order for people to take what you say seriously, they have to know who you are as a person.
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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 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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People will listen to a song and expect that you just have that persona on all the time. But really, that was your one outlet that one day to get that emotion out. The only difference was you put it on a canvas that’s going to be there forever.
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I got a dog and am trying to elevate. I’m working out, eating healthier, reading books. Making ‘Make it Out Alive’ is going to be a reflection of all of that.
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In 2018, nothing is sacred. Everyone is everywhere and knows everybody. I don’t text too personal because somebody might screenshot it and share it.
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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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If it feels good coming out, then I really don’t care about anything else, for real. It’s all about just having fun with it. If it feels like less work, then the project is coming out better.
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You work on something for so long that you become numb to it. Like, you don’t even know how to listen to it because you listened to it so many times.
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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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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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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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