How have you maintained the energy? Your work is often vulnerable and philosophical. What have you learned about your orientation to relationships by being so open?
Well, you know, what you see as a lamb, somebody else can interpret as a poisonous garden slug. And now I am careful to never ever hurt somebody else, especially someone I care about. I have no problem hurting someone from, say, the current administration. Do you have a favorite memory from those sessions? Oh yeah, man. That was me trying to act all cool in front of Murs. Now, in hindsight, I feel like such a douche. It was kind of douchey.
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Music Music News. February 13, So I started writing like that. Check Out Southsiders Video. It pissed me off. So to be the guy, years later, who put six girl songs on my record, it really blew me away to allow myself to reach that point. But really, what it was was the honesty thing. I just wanted to make music that was honest. This year, Atmosphere released Fishing Blues.
The R. I became part of what you left behind with the planet. See like, back in the day man, I jumped on anything I could jump on just to fucking rap. Slug: Sales are one thing, but to me those are called royalties.
I know what my choruses sound like. I know what my beats sound like. I made them because I wanted a visual to go with the song. Martyr or High and Mighty or any of that shit. Humble too. When I talked to Brother Ali, he made a comment about you struggling between being biggest star in music, but not so big that you leave the artists on your label behind. So a lot of the choices that I make, as Slug, are to push that agenda.
I keep a leash on my own ceiling. So, no matter what, whether my decision was wrong or right, it was always mine to make. All the mistakes that have been made by Atmosphere, you can blame me. Slug: Are you kidding me? Is there a lot of music you are just sitting on?
Slug: Since I got home from the last tour in October, me and Anthony have made probably about songs. Well, that is the thing. She has a weird style to her, but it works completely in her favor.
Slug: Yeah, that could apply to her. She was just built funny.
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