Q: In the words of Pimp C, finish the sentence: “If I wasn’t rapping…'”?Ī: In the famous words of Pimp C, “If I weren’t rapping, I’d probably still be out rapping.” That’s real talk. If you ain’t got no landmark in your city, then we probably just catch some soul food or something like that. If we’re in Philly, we’re going to get a Philly cheese steak, whatever the landmark food restaurant is in whatever city it is. Q: Favorite place to eat while on the road touring?Ī: My favorite place to eat when I’m on the road touring? It’s different places, I don’t got no one place because if we‘re in DC, we’re going to Ben’s Chili Bowl or something. When I do twelve songs, I’m doing twelve songs that I think have quality, so whether you call the mixtape an album or an EP, to me, it’s all album material.
To me all the mixtapes feel like albums, you know what I mean? I think it’s just a title. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Was any of the material from that mixtape meant for your upcoming album “Art of Hustle” and if so, which songs?Ī: So “The Return” felt like an album. Yo Gotti - Behind the 9 (2016) 'Behind the scenes of yo gotti recording an album with his crew in 9 days' Close. “400 Degreez”, when all came out was like when I started to think I started to take this shit really seriously. Before that, I think I was doing it just to be doing it but the streets was really my main focus. I was already in the game and rapping but that album made me want to rap more, it made me want to really do it.
I just feel like that’s one of my favorite albums for a long time. Q: Name an album that’s had the most influence on you becoming an artist and why?Ī: One of my favorite albums that I say had a big influence on me was Juvenile’s “400 Degreez.” I fell in love with that album. You know, and I think it’s good talent as well. attention after his song Myself went viral in 2016 Jake The shooting. I came as a solo artist in the game at one point with no groups I had to handle, or big label deals, or really no help, so I support all the talent that’s coming up out of the city right now. here you get the latest weight Nav is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter. and streams implemented by Billboard’s new rating system. Q: With rappers like Young Dolph blowing up, how do you feel about the current state of Memphis Rap?Ī: With new rappers coming up in Memphis and how I feel about the current state of the city of music… I support it, you know? I was one of them rappers at one point. Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending. While promoting his new album “The Art Of Hustle” which will be available February 19th, Yo Gotti sat down with us to answer a few questions. Sharing those freaky tales that always seem to happen on Twitter and Instagram, the catchy tune is easy to relate to and is so trend worthy, it’s become one of the most popular memes online. "People tryna say I’m going crazy on Twitter/My friend’s best advice was to stay low." Based on his latest rant, Kanye's not taking that advice.“Unless you’ve been living under a rock, Yo Gotti’s “Down In The DM” has taken the Rap world by storm. That man fought to buy a streaming company."įans in the club were then treated to a new song from Kanye that features Sampha and is possibly titled "Closest Thing to Einstein." The track samples Jay Z's "Where I'm From" and includes lines like, "Modern day MJ with an Off the Wall flow" and "This generation's closest thing to Einstein/So don't worry about me, I'm fine." Kanye also addressed his recent Twitter rants. 1) The Weeknd Starboy : Up from 3 last week is The Weeknd at 2. "Y'all have Blueprint 1 but y'all act like Tidal wack. Last-minute 2016 releases from Yo Gotti (at 16) and Run The Jewels (at 35) round out a great week on the charts for rap music. "Do you know what Hov had to go through to make music for y'all?" he said.
The rapper released The Life of Pablo exclusively through the streaming service, and according to reports, subscriptions for Tidal doubled after the album dropped. He also came to Jay Z and Tidal's defense. "I talked with my wife about it, and I said, 'How do you feel about this line Taylor?'" Originally known as Lil Yo, Yo Gotti (born Mario Mims) made a name for himself during the 90s when he was a teenager. Kanye reiterated that he called the singer about the lyric. The Chicago rapper stood on the DJ booth and proceeded to vent about Taylor Swift and the "Famous" lyric incident that blew up. Kanye West stopped by Yo Gotti's album release party for The Art of Hustle last night at 1OAK in Hollywood and decided to give fans what they wanted.