[Intro: Bona El-Zee]
Yuh (Yuh)
[Hook: Bona El-Zee & Trey1K]
Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly (Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly)
Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly (Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly)
Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly (Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly, Trey1K, yuh)
Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly (Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly, yeah, hold up)
[Verse 1: Bona El-Zee]
Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly (Fooly Cooly)
In the dojo chiefin' in the cut witcha groupie (Groupie)
Baby gon' hitcha knees, give me chewie-chewie (Chewie)
[Dialogue: DJ DAX, PE$O PETE, Bona El-Zee, [?], & [?]]
Yo, yo, it's DJ DAX, brrrrrah! Heh (Eat the dick like the snacks made for Scooby-Doobie, Doobie)
Of course, Team Future's one and only (Sacred crystals on my wrist, watch 'em drip, drip, drop, drop)
And I got a li'l podcast for you guys, it's team f'yooch, of course (Rose, quartz, amethyst, [?], yuh)
Tryna do this, every now and then (I can't trust anotha hoe, 'cause they jump ship, ship)
And, uh, this episode, I had to kick things off right (I just stick to the code, writtеn to the script, yuh)
I got my mans, PE$O PETE, we talkin' 'bout it all ([?] jewеls steady dancin' like Beyoncé, yah-yah)
So let's get on with the show, it's DAX and I got (If she ain't tryna fuck, then the bitch gay, yuh-yuh)
Ignorance incarnate here with me (Ninja sauce on the low like a sensei, yeah, hold up)
Yerrrrr! Woo! That was sound of the titular PE$O PETE (Got status spittin' flames like a intake, yuh-yuh)
You know what I'm sayin', man? (Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly, yuh)
Um, yeah (Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly, yuh, aye, Fooly Cooly, yuh, Fooly Cooly)
We're just bumming here on Discord, um (Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly, yuh, aye, Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly)
TIP 3? TIP 3? TIP 3? Don't (Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly, oh yeah, Fooly Cooly, aye, aye, Fooly Cooly)
Don't start with that, TIP 3? TIP 3? Don't start with that, TIP 3? Heh, don't— ([?] callin' on my line, but I can't hear, can't hear)
I mean, I guess it's what the people wanna hear, but don't start with that, heh (Ca-Ca-Catch me sippin' on some wine over bottled beer, beer)
Gotta expose me like that, why don'tchu? God damn, so, so you were tellin' me a little about this "Canvas" thing, um (Hiei witcha gun, eye 'cause I see clear, clear)
I'm over here thinking, "Yo, does he have a project in between?", "Is he starting a new collective, as he does every, every three weeks or—", haha, "Is it like—, like I, I don't know, like, what, what is it he's doing? Is it some song?"
And, um… turns out, it's a meme, tell me about that, ha, ha, everybody—, yo, I never, I never really really thought that this would be, the word
Or the phrase, that my music that kinda takes me off, ha, right, yeah, but, lo and behold, it is, um, as you should know
'Cause, like, it's show how relevant that song is, that's the number, uh, that's one of them, uh—, number one songs on iTunes out of Trap Ketchum, it starred
Right, um, of course you're referring to um—, ooh, that's crazy it's starred, I Don't Understand It
I Don't Understand It, yeah, um, the fifth installment in the, I lack knowledge about the current subject matter, heh, line that you have
Yesssss, you're fav', haha, yeah, it is, it is my favorite off that project, um, so you were saying? But, yeah, fuckin', heh, the line, I started my verse—, what happened?
Yeah, the line in your verse, yeah, I just start—, "Canvas?! Smeargle, I paint on the canvas", "Hop—", "—and do damage, Sableye, bitch, I'm a bandit, I'm robbin' yo' granny"
Kinda just started with "Canvas?!", and, that was the first instance that all of shofu's fans heard me scream, right
Or be loud, right, 'cause, like, a lotta, a lotta, uh, a, a lot of listeners of Trap Ketchum were, like, people who have never heard of my shit before
So it's like, that was probably my, like, my best performance, on that? And, um, it's kinda crazy, man, because, like, I never really would have thought, that that—, 'cause, like, I-I-I-I really felt—
'Cause I'm on Trap Ketchum four times, right, I felt like Kami Clouds, the bonus track I was on, would do a lot better, uhm, uh, okay, that's interesting, uh, but I Don't Understand It became the star of the show
And everybody just started hitting my D-M's with "CANVAS" in all caps, and, there's a "Canvas!" emote in shofu's Twitch server now, *Tongue Clicking*, haha, that's the funniest thing yet, and, um, people would donate on stream to shofu just to hear me scream "Canvas"
Right, like, it's come a long way and I-I don't regret it because, like, it's really cool, yeah, but it's like "Really, man?", like, "Am I just a canvas gimmick now?", like it feels like a, it feels like a—, "You're a living meme!"
It feels like a fuckin' gimmick, man, I don't know what to tel—, I-I don't know what else to say about it, and, um, I'm glad you're embracing it though… at least on your [?], oh, of course, it's fire
Yeah, I just hop in—, and it also gives me an excuse to scream, yeah, all the time, 'cause like, literally, there's, ah, so many instances where people come into shofu's server just screaming
And they either get banned, right, or they get yelled at, or they get both, uhm, and if I hop in and scream "Canvas", not only will people scream "Canvas" with me, but, uh, they'll laugh, yeah
And so I basically have a free card to scream wherever I go, heheh, um, which is my favorite activity, I'll have you know that, um
That's, when you're not, vaping, 25/8, heheh, heheheh, you're probably, like, screaming into your said vape, oh, of course, you know, you just gotta combine the two, heheh, but nah, it's, dude, it's, it's crazy, and that's what really blew me up
Like, I-I—, after Trap Ketchum dropped, I literally went up, like, maybe three-hundred followers on Twitter
Ooh, okay, that's interesting, yeah, I was gonna ask like, what'v—, what've been the consequences? But literally, like, how have you benefitted? Um, not that you're doing this for clout
I've gon' up like—, but, you know? Nah, it's—, shofu's actually a really cool dude, man, he—, I met him, through a Twitter interaction because he heard one of my songs and liked it
Um, and I—, I'm assuming it's, uh, the LIKE RED track, right? Yeah, which is actually—, even though HOP UP OFF MY WAVE dropped first, that was actually the first sh-shit he did was, he remixed LIKE RED, right
But, um… fuckin'—, he's a really cool dude, man, and, like, we just made music for the fuck of it, like I didn't have to be on Trap Ketchum four times, nor did I ask… to be clouted up
We just work together very well, uhm-hm, and, um, make shit happen, but, um, yeah, my Twitter followers has gone up, my Twitter, um, activity has gone up a lot, "Straight up!", but people—, yea—, don't even get me started on Travis Scott, heh
Um, haha, a lot of people interact with my Twitter more, it kinda gave me more of a public face, uhm-hm, um, I went from getting like ten followers on SoundCloud a day to like fifty to one-hundred somethin' followers on SoundCloud a day, okay
Like, geez, I'm goin' up a lot, like it's crazy and, uhm-hm, like, all my songs are gettin'—, doin' great numbers
Um, it's weird though, and, like, I was talkin' to one of my homeboys about this yesterday, is that… every time I collab' wit' shofu, new people are hearing it, and it's like, yeah, I have to reinvent myself again
And, like, one of my friends asked me, they're like "Yo, you have all these new songs out, why is TROUBLE IN PARADISE 2 back up on your spotlight?"
I'm like "Well, all these new fans", they don't know, "Hear me, hear me on Trap Ketchum, hear me on HOP UP OFF MY WAVE, hear me on all this shit, and they don't know about that shit"
Yeah, I literally met someone today on, on Pokémon Showdown! 'cause his, his, uh, his fuckin', tag was a lyric from one of Trap Ketchum's songs and I was like, oooooh, "It's me, PE$O PETE, what's up?"
And, um, I was linking him songs that, like, he should know about, but he just—, he like—, songs that me and shofu have done on my SoundCloud and he, he hasn't even heard those, so there's like a whole demographic that I haven't touched yet, so like it's kinda cool
Yeah, no, that's, that, I—, yeah, no, that's, that's really awesome, um, I was talkin' to, um, Laye and Louv about that yesterday that, um, something that's important is, like, expanding the demographic
And, I mean, I don't know exactly how wildly different is it, like, the people listen to—, that have been listening to you and the people that listen to shofu, but, you know? New people is always a good thing, right? Um, yeah
No, tha—, that—, that's awesome, um, and, yeah, I like, I like that you get that chance, you know? Uh, now, even a new feature you get with him, or vice versa, like, you know? That—, you, you get, like, a bajillion new first impressions, on like what you sound like
It's crazy, it's, it's, it's really cool, I don't know, and, like, what a lot of people don't know is that… I grew up on shofu's videos, I been watching shofu's YouTube channel since sixth grade, uhm-hm, I have, I have merchandise, yeah-yeah
Like, uh, I—, dude, like, wh—, like I told him after we made HOP OFF UP MY WAVE!, I was like "Yo, like I'm not just some nigga out here makin' Pokémon music, like you're one of my inspirations, like I've been watching your shit for like… fat, like a fat amount of time"
Heh, like, yeah-yeah, and like the other day when I got to be in one of his Pokémon Showdown!, uh, YouTube videos, I immediately sent the link to one of my high school friends and I was like "Yo", "Peep, [?] game!"
"We used to watch these shits in, like, fifth period", yeah, "And, like, laugh about it, and, like, here I am, like I, I came full circle", no, that's cool, and obviously it's, obviously it's just the first step in my journey, yes, but it's definitely a great first step
Yeah, no, that's, that's good that you have it in mind, um… but, yeah, no, I-I'm sure that feels cool, you're on the platform that you were once… looking at, you were watching on YouTube I should say, uh, yeah, it's crazy, man
But you know that's, that's all irrelevant, we just wanna know about, uh, TIP 3, right? Aw, god, um, listen, man, no, I'm kidding, um, we'll get there when we get there, it's on the way, uh, it's on the way, I don't care, uh, um
So, MELTYPETE, hahaha, uh, let's talk about that, uh, so, how-how-how-how do you feel about it? Its release? How it did? Do you have a, a favorite song? 'Cause obviously on Trap Ketchum, I mean, everybody's favorite song and… you know? Even mine is that: I Don't Understand It or whatever, but…
Now moving to the most recent project of yours, well, well, how do you feel about it? What's—, looking back at it, well, what do you think? Um, I feel like it was a failure, failure but?! All in all, okay, heheh, um, I don't know, we had such high hopes for it, it did well
Response was always positive because my fans are just… a bunch of fuckin' idiot—, I'm joking, I fucking love all of you, heh, but like, um, response was good, okay, but like, I feel like it was a failure all in all, I felt like it could have been a lot bigger
I felt like I was aiming for a more mainstream sound, and I didn't get the mainstream response in which I wanted… that's—, so you're saying, like, maybe critically, people like—, no one, like, out here hated it, but… maybe it didn't catch the attention that you wanted or do exactly the numbers you wanted or somethin'?
Yeah, I mean, it was fun to make, me and melty had a fun time doin' that shit, okay, um, it started off as like an idea just for—, to get more traction 'cause melty's one of my, like, biggest cosigns, clout [?], he's one of my, yeah, he's one of my biggest cosigners besides shofu
That nigga has stupid clout, yeah, and he's also one of my homeboys and, like, you know? I been wanting to do a project with him for a while after I dropped CANT THINK STR8, yeah, and, um… which, by the way, favorite song off the project, personally, it's also my most-played song to date
Oh, really? What's it at? Like forty-seven thousand, forty-eight thousand, oh wow, oka—, I mean, that's—, I think well deserved, prolly the closest thing you have to like… something that could ea—, like you could slip it right into the radio and it's like "Oh yeah, I mean, this fits, you know? This is good"
Yeah, that was kinda the whole point of MELTYPETE was to get me some more radio-type songs, okay, uh, somethin' a li'l more mainstream, somethin' that's eas—, like that could be easily marketed, right, no, uh, I get—, yeah, okay, but… I don't know, it—
And I might be wrong, but I remember when I was looking back at, like, first-month stats, uhm-hm, it was like par with, like—, obviously not counting the two singles that obviously did hella plays: EVERYDAY! and CANT THINK STR8, it was—, I think AFTER IT ALL was still beating it with likes
Like it was—, ohhhhh, it was slow, so—, which is a different feeling 'cause I-I'm used to—, obviously this is me being [?] ego nightmare, no-no, 'cause I'm used, I'm used to my songs getting a lot more, a lot more traction early on, so, like, I was—
Yeah, and I guess for the people that don't know, I mean… not that it's like garbage or anything, but AFTER IT ALL is, like, prolly one of your slowest moving projects, so it does mean something that, yeah, you know? This far in, even after all the… not necessarily clout but success you've had with, like, these songs, that melty's still kind of… a li'l behind
Yeah, I mean, it's doing well now, I-I haven't, like, listened to it or looked at it for a while, uhm-hm, probably because I had a lot of those songs on repeat while I was makin'—, nah, I feel you, same over here
But, um, yeah, so—, but I don't know, I liked how it came out, like, yeah, towards the end of it, it started off as like a, like a publicity play, but towards the end of it, I just kinda had fun, just dropped it, actually enjoyed it, right
Yeah, um, didn't really care what it did, it did kinda well, I think NO SLEEP! is almost at ten-K, the rest of the songs are all above four-K, uh, the two singles are well above twenty-K, like… now refresh my memory, was NO SLEEP! the one you were expecting to be, like, another… uh, oh, yes, yes pop-off single? Okay, for sure, alright, so that's—
That's why I put it as the first track, heheh okay, so that's cool, yeah, I'm glad that at least happened, you know? I see you, okay, and, well—, like, a lot of people loved it, it's actually my girlfriend—, one of my girlfriend's fav—, —made, oh, okay
But, um, I don't know, it just, just didn't do the numbers that I thought it would, I'm kinda disappointed, but, you know? A lot of people like it, like, everyone still sings it around, like, you know? A-Around these parts, 'cause I have a lot of, like, like, I have a big local following
That's, that's what a lot of people—, well, I don't even know if a lot of people don't know, but… um, that's what some people definitely aren't aware of: that you have a pretty like… I don't know about, like, decent local following, but you, you see the people… that like you, like, almost all the time I-R-L like… yeah
There are people in your immediate surroundings that aren't just like your girl or, like, your family or something that actually, like, come up to you and like "Heya, that song of yours and—", yeah, it's crazy 'cause, like, I'm, like, still like a legend in my high school, right
Like people still talk about me, people try to become rappers because, like, they know about me, yeah, people still listen to—, like, my girlfriend and, like, my friends who are still, like, lowerclassmen still, like, be like "Yo, like, niggas still be bumping your shit"
And, like, the other day I went back to visit some teachers and, like, these kids saw me in the hallway and they just stared and looked at me, like, they knew who I was, right, I had no idea who they were, and I was like "Wow", it's like, you know? Like, down in—, down, down where my, where my school was, like the surrounding areas, like, you know? A lotta people knew me
When I used to work at the mall, that was closer to my school than, like, my old house, people would see me in the mall and they'd be like "Oh shit", they knew who I was, um, it's pretty cool, um, got invited to, like, a few parties and shit, okay, okay, that's cool
Not like it's, like, anything too crazy, but it was, like, it was enough to be like "Okay, I'm, I'm, I'm getting somewhere", yeah, no-no, and that's, that's important, um, when I was—, um… I was in Vegas recently, right? And, like, I talked to a couple people that, you know? Are pa—, I guess are part of the same community we're in, um, I mean
People like Shiki, and of course, like, I know Laye and… and some people off in the [?] even, um, and, like, we were talkin' about—, like, like of course us, especially you as a SoundCloud rapper, right? Like, we're, we're thriving off of these, um, Internet plays or whatever, we find it, like, less important to necessarily be, like, rocking with, like, the locals
But it's cool that you get to have both, you know? Um, because, I mean soon, who knows? You might have, like, a set somewhere for some… party or festival or whatever, you know? And, like, it wouldn't be unheard of 'cause there are people there who like you, you know? Yeah, I mean, a lot of people hate me though, heh, that's a whole different story
Like a lot of people just 'cause—, like, I kinda just came up, I was the kid in the back of, back of the lunchroom playin' Pokémon, uhm, shirt tucked in, nerdy ass jit, and then, like, around eleventh grade, twelfth grade, I became, like, the most popular kid in my school… 'cause everyone wanted to be my fuckin' friend, everybody wanted to hear me freestyle, true
You know? Um, everybody wanted to know what the fuck was good, and—, like, so, like, a lot of people hated me, um, 'cause they're like "Oh, that's not the real you", "That's not this and that", "Like it's not that", and I'm like "Yo, it's not what it's about, like, I, like, I didn't switch up on nobody", yeah
I'm still, I'm still playin' Pokémon… you still out here watchin' hentai, you feel me? Yeah, I—, still playin' Pokémon, it's just that I'm playing Pokémon with shofu now, so… yeah, it's different, I don't know, like, um, one of, one of my old bestfriends, he was—
Like, he came up to me one day and he's like "Yeah, yeah, you really changed", and—, —"What do you mean?" Yeah, like, I just discovered—, if anything, I discovered who I really was… 'cause, like, this-this music shit… you know? And-And I say it a lot, it's like, you know? Without this music shit, I'd be dead, man, hm
This shit help me through a lot, uhm-hm, definitely kept me, it kept me out of doin' some dumb shit 'cause I definitely could be in the streets doin' some stupid shit, that's for sure, you know? I-I remember those times and, I mean, none of it's gonna be [?] here, heheh, but, I mean, yeah, you've definitely been through it, um
Even not too, like, long ago, right? I mean, it hasn't necessarily been super, like, smooth sailing for you, um, but that's what's cool, right? Like… people, at this point, both like you for, like, this insane, ignorant yelling, but, like, no—, as you can see, people still are showing up for, like, even your softer, like, melty stuff, um
'Cause, yeah, I mean, like, I like to make fun of you and say, like, you ain't got no talent or whatever which is fully true, heh, but, um, aw, it's—, like, you're still—, you're, you're doing—, you're definitely talented, like, you're putting out… these emotions in a way that, obviously, people can relate to, you know?
And sometimes, it's saying that… you know? Your mom… uh, eats sand at the beach or whatever, um, haha! But, you know? Sometimes, you're talking about… girl troubles or just… you know? Uh-huh, what, what you have in your mouth currently, what are you smoking, what are you—, like, you know? People relate, like it's—, this is life
Yeah, and, like, a lot of people—, and I get a lot from, like, the community quote, unquote, 'cause, I'm, I'm past that shit, you get what? Ev—, um, I feel like I get a lot of flak, uhm, because I'm not lyrical, right, I'm just, like, another "Ignorant" rapper, right
But to me—, and one of the most important things that I can do that a lot of these "Lyrical" rappers or other rappers can't do is that no matter what I say, if I deliver it in a certain way and bring a certain vibe to a song, yeah, I'm going to make you feel a certain emotion, yeah, yeah-yeah
I could talkin' about Hot Pockets, but if I croon that shit over some smooth auto-tune, yeah, bet your bitchass is gonna be cryin', yeah, tal—, thinkin' 'bout your ex, yeah, [?] Hot Pockets, yeah, no-no, that-that's… and, like—, and that's talent as much as it hurts them to hear it, right?
Yeah, a lot of people don't like it, a lot of people who were there since I started think that, like, I fell into a box or I did this and did that, like, I'll still drop a sixteen on your bitchass, while, great, I mean that's, that's, while I auto-tune, yeah, crazy, that's, that's what's crazy, right?
Like, you… like—, alright, like, I'm obviously not, like, the pinnacle of, like, lyricism or anything, but, like, you prolly have that over plenty people, including myself, because you were freestylin', like, on the daily, um, yeah, and that's something that even most of these "Lyrical, spiritual" rappers can't do right now, so—
Haha, I mean—, and, like, a lot of my songs are freest—, I don't know, it's just practice, yeah, like, uh, some nights, I'll mak—, like, I have, like, I wanna say, like, not to, like, exaggerate, and I'm really not, I prolly have like thirty songs… that will never come out, yeah, 'cause you're just freestyli—
That, like, I-I just make them, like, when I'm bored at night just to, like, keep—, you know? It's-It's-It's-It's almost like workin' out, you know? Yeah, you constantly wanna work out… to build your muscle mass, like, you know? I'm constantly freestyling, constantly making music, you know? Just so I can stay as sharp as possible
So, I-I did run—, I was on this point about, like, you know? Like, before, you were definitely—, you had gone through some stuff and, also, like, you said, like, you know? You were super nerdy back then, um, you know?
Some of that's still intact, but, at what point—, 'cause I-I have a guess, but at what point in your—, in, like, I guess your career, if you wanna say, like—, do you—, would you say this started, like, changing? 'Cause, like, I still remember you, like, necessarily, you know? We-Well, at the beginning, like, definitely not being noticed, but, you know? Out here trying…
On your Instagram and Facebook and putting stuff up and, like, like, for God sake, you… had a song with, like, Stayble, like, organically, ya know? Hahaha, like it was, it was just, like, what it was, you—, it wasn't for clout, it wasn't for his clout, it was just "Yeah, this is regular for me, PE$O PETE", like, wh-when would you say that that started changing?
RYUKO MATOI, huh? Okay, um, that was my first real, like, trap song, um, first real song that I actually, like, put thought into structure for, like, I was like "Okay, hook, bridge", right, "Verse", um, felt, like, a lot more professional, um, obviously, one of my more turnt songs of that time period, right
But, um, I-I think that was, like, the beginning, maybe it was, like, rising action, and then, like, the-the climax… would probably be around TROUBLE IN PARADISE 1, um… yeah, that's what I was gonna say as my guess: that, um, I think… the first TIP really, um, hahaha, God, cemented it, hah, um…
Yeah, a-a lot went down with, with that first one, um, there are songs on there that are still, like, looking competitive numbers-wise, BANG!, yeah, I mean, like—, and that's a song that, that the other day, I was like "Oh right, I have this in my likes, like… let me listen to it again" and, like, it still strikes me the same way
Like, at-at this point, like, if, like, the community manages to get several people that, you know? Get clouted up, this is definitely gonna be, like, a community classic, you know? Yeah, its greatest hits, for sure, I like the, uh, I like the idea of making songs and, like, them being, like timeless, like, MIAMI VICE is definitely another one of tho—
Yeah, um… one of—, I think my favorite off of, I guess, TIP 2, I hate that song, haha, I heard that shit way too many times, really? Yeah, okay, well, just because of that, alright, um… is there something you don't like about it actually?
Goin' back to it, yeah, it's, like, it's just fully—, it's, like, the—, fully freestyled, okay, it's just loud, uh, I-I lose flows at some points 'cause my voice is just dying, I don't know—, I think you definitely start, like, losin' the freestyle I think the second verse or something, like, there's something—
Oh, most definitely, yeah, but at that point, no one gives a shit, you're already hype, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah, ha, um, I was kinda upset that that was the song that KILLINGSPREE decided to first repost and first interact with me—, —definitely rapped on his beats before, ummmmm, fuck that nigga… but, bu—, nah, I'm jokin', I love, I love that nigga
He's kind of a—, kinda weirdo, but proceed, I mean that—, okay, huh? What-What did—, what song did you expect him to repost first? [?], from something from that project or—, eh, I mean, any of the songs that I rapped on his beats, I don't know, it was, oh, it was just strange to me that, like, he wouldn't… peep the songs that I rapped on his beats with
But I guess MIAMI VICE just—, you know? And MIAMI VICE was crazy, even, like, Anonymuz saw that, oh right, right, um, you know? A lot of people really liked that song and then I, I followed it up in what I can think is gonna be the—, is, as of right now, the most… craziest back-to-back moment of my entire career was when I went MIAMI VICE and then ON ICE!
Oh yeah, that's true, you know? I haven't even put that together, yeah, you went from, like—, that almost would have seemed… premeditated like… huh? Yeah, like—, I'm not smart enough to do that, heh, yeah, I-I-I know, I know, ha, like, and-and-and not that it's a smart thing, but, like
You-You definitely move, um, you know? Very, uh—, like, you're just "Do what's on your heart", I guess, right? But, uh… eh, yeah, but, um… heh, to put it nicely, yeah, or ignorantly, um… yeah, but, yeah, that's crazy, 'cause that-that-that song popped off, too, um…
Do—, I mean, I-I'm sure you're—, are-are you proud of TIP 1 and 2? TIP 3 is gonna be crazy… it's crazy, you think—, it's crazy already, you think it's not even gonna compare? Like it's already on its own league? I—, at the way I'm workin' on it, yeah, mm, I already scrapped, like, four songs, alright
I'm havin', is—, I'm havin' Lewi go overtime, heh, alright, 'cause, like, I go back—, are you a scrapper? Do you scrap a lot of songs? No, I don't, okay, I usually don't just gi—, I usually don't give a fuck and I just post everything, that's interesting
Half of TIP 2, half of TIP 2 had parts in it where it was, like, "Shit, I needed to, like, redo that" and I just don't, I just didn't give a fuck, I just posted it, mm, but, like, TIP 2 is full of a lot of classics, we got LEGEND!, ON ICE!, MIAMI VICE, um, like, a lot of those songs really, like, resonated very well with my fans
And they're still classics to this day in, like, a lot of people's hearts, yeah, and I feel like it definitely did better than TIP 1… which is what I was tryna do, right-right, that's, a given, yeah, and then, like—, so, like, I'm moving very, very carefully with TIP 3, um, Lewi will send me a, like, a beat pack and I'll-I'll be very selective, you know?
Usually, mm,I just rap on whatever he sends me, but, like, I'm bein' very selective this time arou—, okay, um, I don't force songs, I-I, like—, back in the day, if I, like, couldn't write something to it, I just freestyled to it, bullshit, and put it out, but, like, you know? I'm not forcing songs (*Unintelligible Conversation*)
If I don't feel the beat at the moment, I'll let it sit for a while, you know? That's wise, yeah, no, it—, it's different, I don't know, *Coughing*, what, what do you think has [?] in this position? 'Cause, I mean, is it just, like, clout alone or is it, like, I guess, being around, like, shofu now? Like, the pressure's different (*Unintelligible Conversation*)
Well, one of the people, and I know a lotta niggas who hear this shit are gonna love him, 'cause I know everybody loves this nigga, alright, but, um, one of the people to really open my eyes is Matt Houston, you know, everybody's favorite, shout-out to him, um, that's my nigga, Matt Houston, LMTLESS ga—, I am part of LMTLESS, by the way
LMTLESS gang… so—, in this bitch, tha-that was gonna be a question for later, but, I—, is-is that, just, like, official? I don't remember seeing anything about that, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah, he, yeah, he-he… fuckin' texted my phone, he's like "Yo, LMTLESS?", and I'm like "Let's go", okay, um, and you were say—
Matt has—, he's harsh, he's kind of a asshole sometimes, right, but, um, he has a certain take on music and a certain take on the writing process… right, that I think it was very important for me to hear, 'cause I kinda was getting too lost in the sauce, mm, with my freestyle shit, yeah-yeah
And Matt kinda… reinvigorated… my pen, so, like—, you know? Had a few woke-ass talks with him… and a few woke-ass talks with shofu, too, and, you know? I realized that I'm in a different league now, it's… it's on some different shit, you know? Right (*Unintelligible Conversation*)
And, like, yeah, my fans'll eat up what I post, yeah, people like the ignorant shit, but, like, I can make 'em better shit, I can make 'em better things, I could be doin' ignorant shit better if I write shit and plan shit, yeah-yeah, no, that's true, and, um… you know?
Yeah, I'm just, like, I-I have—, whether I like it or not, I have to be on a different wavelength, 'cause, like, I… I can't… stop moving with my clout, like-like, as I get more noticed, I have to keep leveling up, I can't stay on the, on the same floor, you know what I'm sayin'? Yeah, you can't stand pretty, I know
So that requires some reinvention, so I think TRIP—, and [?], TIP 3 might be a little different than TIP 2, um… but for better, but fo—, oh, definitely for better, I been playin' some, some snippets here and there, right, niggas' really fuckin' wit' that, um, prolly 'cause of different flows, prolly 'cause I'm… writing full verses… heh, again, um
Tryin' out new things, you know? I-I got the auto-tune down pat, I got the screaming down pat, right, try-tryna find, like, a good middle ground and combining the both of them to make a really, like, dynamic song, um, so then—, it's almost like some sort of theoretical science, you know? Like, ha, I'm just tryna find—, okay, it's-it's—, dude, it gets deep, man
Tryna find, like—, "Okay, if I scream this part of the hook and emphasize that, and then, for the bridge, I just ditch all ignorant shit and croon some woke shit, but then I come back for the verse and just write, and then just come in with heavy bars", mmmmm, it was findin' out what aspect—, it's like, you know? I'm buildin' a Frankenstein here, you know?
I'm, I'm tryna figure out which parts of each song… right-right, no, that makes sense, you know? Can make, can make this masterpiece and not some lumbering monster that just goes "Arrrrr!", no, so… that's funny, yeah, 'cause, um, I guess on, on my side of the thing is, like, I-I definitely have this thing always in my head of, like… (*Unintelligible Conversation*)
Like if I'm rapping a verse, I rarely like to, maybe like, keep the same flow for all sixteen bars, um, so it is interesting to see that you are also, like, experimenting, like, with the switching it up here and even finding a, like, a third strong suit, um, I think it's also cool that, I mean, that, uh, you know? Houston's… getting you to do that, I guess, um
'Cause, yeah, I mean… even the people in the community that necessarily aren't, like-like, hating on you have told you like, you know? "Your stuff's good, but maybe don't freestyle everything", um, so—, y
Yuh (Yuh)
[Hook: Bona El-Zee & Trey1K]
Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly (Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly)
Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly (Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly)
Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly (Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly, Trey1K, yuh)
Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly (Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly, yeah, hold up)
[Verse 1: Bona El-Zee]
Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly (Fooly Cooly)
In the dojo chiefin' in the cut witcha groupie (Groupie)
Baby gon' hitcha knees, give me chewie-chewie (Chewie)
[Dialogue: DJ DAX, PE$O PETE, Bona El-Zee, [?], & [?]]
Yo, yo, it's DJ DAX, brrrrrah! Heh (Eat the dick like the snacks made for Scooby-Doobie, Doobie)
Of course, Team Future's one and only (Sacred crystals on my wrist, watch 'em drip, drip, drop, drop)
And I got a li'l podcast for you guys, it's team f'yooch, of course (Rose, quartz, amethyst, [?], yuh)
Tryna do this, every now and then (I can't trust anotha hoe, 'cause they jump ship, ship)
And, uh, this episode, I had to kick things off right (I just stick to the code, writtеn to the script, yuh)
I got my mans, PE$O PETE, we talkin' 'bout it all ([?] jewеls steady dancin' like Beyoncé, yah-yah)
So let's get on with the show, it's DAX and I got (If she ain't tryna fuck, then the bitch gay, yuh-yuh)
Ignorance incarnate here with me (Ninja sauce on the low like a sensei, yeah, hold up)
Yerrrrr! Woo! That was sound of the titular PE$O PETE (Got status spittin' flames like a intake, yuh-yuh)
You know what I'm sayin', man? (Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly, yuh)
Um, yeah (Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly, yuh, aye, Fooly Cooly, yuh, Fooly Cooly)
We're just bumming here on Discord, um (Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly, yuh, aye, Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly)
TIP 3? TIP 3? TIP 3? Don't (Fooly Cooly, Fooly Cooly, oh yeah, Fooly Cooly, aye, aye, Fooly Cooly)
Don't start with that, TIP 3? TIP 3? Don't start with that, TIP 3? Heh, don't— ([?] callin' on my line, but I can't hear, can't hear)
I mean, I guess it's what the people wanna hear, but don't start with that, heh (Ca-Ca-Catch me sippin' on some wine over bottled beer, beer)
Gotta expose me like that, why don'tchu? God damn, so, so you were tellin' me a little about this "Canvas" thing, um (Hiei witcha gun, eye 'cause I see clear, clear)
I'm over here thinking, "Yo, does he have a project in between?", "Is he starting a new collective, as he does every, every three weeks or—", haha, "Is it like—, like I, I don't know, like, what, what is it he's doing? Is it some song?"
And, um… turns out, it's a meme, tell me about that, ha, ha, everybody—, yo, I never, I never really really thought that this would be, the word
Or the phrase, that my music that kinda takes me off, ha, right, yeah, but, lo and behold, it is, um, as you should know
'Cause, like, it's show how relevant that song is, that's the number, uh, that's one of them, uh—, number one songs on iTunes out of Trap Ketchum, it starred
Right, um, of course you're referring to um—, ooh, that's crazy it's starred, I Don't Understand It
I Don't Understand It, yeah, um, the fifth installment in the, I lack knowledge about the current subject matter, heh, line that you have
Yesssss, you're fav', haha, yeah, it is, it is my favorite off that project, um, so you were saying? But, yeah, fuckin', heh, the line, I started my verse—, what happened?
Yeah, the line in your verse, yeah, I just start—, "Canvas?! Smeargle, I paint on the canvas", "Hop—", "—and do damage, Sableye, bitch, I'm a bandit, I'm robbin' yo' granny"
Kinda just started with "Canvas?!", and, that was the first instance that all of shofu's fans heard me scream, right
Or be loud, right, 'cause, like, a lotta, a lotta, uh, a, a lot of listeners of Trap Ketchum were, like, people who have never heard of my shit before
So it's like, that was probably my, like, my best performance, on that? And, um, it's kinda crazy, man, because, like, I never really would have thought, that that—, 'cause, like, I-I-I-I really felt—
'Cause I'm on Trap Ketchum four times, right, I felt like Kami Clouds, the bonus track I was on, would do a lot better, uhm, uh, okay, that's interesting, uh, but I Don't Understand It became the star of the show
And everybody just started hitting my D-M's with "CANVAS" in all caps, and, there's a "Canvas!" emote in shofu's Twitch server now, *Tongue Clicking*, haha, that's the funniest thing yet, and, um, people would donate on stream to shofu just to hear me scream "Canvas"
Right, like, it's come a long way and I-I don't regret it because, like, it's really cool, yeah, but it's like "Really, man?", like, "Am I just a canvas gimmick now?", like it feels like a, it feels like a—, "You're a living meme!"
It feels like a fuckin' gimmick, man, I don't know what to tel—, I-I don't know what else to say about it, and, um, I'm glad you're embracing it though… at least on your [?], oh, of course, it's fire
Yeah, I just hop in—, and it also gives me an excuse to scream, yeah, all the time, 'cause like, literally, there's, ah, so many instances where people come into shofu's server just screaming
And they either get banned, right, or they get yelled at, or they get both, uhm, and if I hop in and scream "Canvas", not only will people scream "Canvas" with me, but, uh, they'll laugh, yeah
And so I basically have a free card to scream wherever I go, heheh, um, which is my favorite activity, I'll have you know that, um
That's, when you're not, vaping, 25/8, heheh, heheheh, you're probably, like, screaming into your said vape, oh, of course, you know, you just gotta combine the two, heheh, but nah, it's, dude, it's, it's crazy, and that's what really blew me up
Like, I-I—, after Trap Ketchum dropped, I literally went up, like, maybe three-hundred followers on Twitter
Ooh, okay, that's interesting, yeah, I was gonna ask like, what'v—, what've been the consequences? But literally, like, how have you benefitted? Um, not that you're doing this for clout
I've gon' up like—, but, you know? Nah, it's—, shofu's actually a really cool dude, man, he—, I met him, through a Twitter interaction because he heard one of my songs and liked it
Um, and I—, I'm assuming it's, uh, the LIKE RED track, right? Yeah, which is actually—, even though HOP UP OFF MY WAVE dropped first, that was actually the first sh-shit he did was, he remixed LIKE RED, right
But, um… fuckin'—, he's a really cool dude, man, and, like, we just made music for the fuck of it, like I didn't have to be on Trap Ketchum four times, nor did I ask… to be clouted up
We just work together very well, uhm-hm, and, um, make shit happen, but, um, yeah, my Twitter followers has gone up, my Twitter, um, activity has gone up a lot, "Straight up!", but people—, yea—, don't even get me started on Travis Scott, heh
Um, haha, a lot of people interact with my Twitter more, it kinda gave me more of a public face, uhm-hm, um, I went from getting like ten followers on SoundCloud a day to like fifty to one-hundred somethin' followers on SoundCloud a day, okay
Like, geez, I'm goin' up a lot, like it's crazy and, uhm-hm, like, all my songs are gettin'—, doin' great numbers
Um, it's weird though, and, like, I was talkin' to one of my homeboys about this yesterday, is that… every time I collab' wit' shofu, new people are hearing it, and it's like, yeah, I have to reinvent myself again
And, like, one of my friends asked me, they're like "Yo, you have all these new songs out, why is TROUBLE IN PARADISE 2 back up on your spotlight?"
I'm like "Well, all these new fans", they don't know, "Hear me, hear me on Trap Ketchum, hear me on HOP UP OFF MY WAVE, hear me on all this shit, and they don't know about that shit"
Yeah, I literally met someone today on, on Pokémon Showdown! 'cause his, his, uh, his fuckin', tag was a lyric from one of Trap Ketchum's songs and I was like, oooooh, "It's me, PE$O PETE, what's up?"
And, um, I was linking him songs that, like, he should know about, but he just—, he like—, songs that me and shofu have done on my SoundCloud and he, he hasn't even heard those, so there's like a whole demographic that I haven't touched yet, so like it's kinda cool
Yeah, no, that's, that, I—, yeah, no, that's, that's really awesome, um, I was talkin' to, um, Laye and Louv about that yesterday that, um, something that's important is, like, expanding the demographic
And, I mean, I don't know exactly how wildly different is it, like, the people listen to—, that have been listening to you and the people that listen to shofu, but, you know? New people is always a good thing, right? Um, yeah
No, tha—, that—, that's awesome, um, and, yeah, I like, I like that you get that chance, you know? Uh, now, even a new feature you get with him, or vice versa, like, you know? That—, you, you get, like, a bajillion new first impressions, on like what you sound like
It's crazy, it's, it's, it's really cool, I don't know, and, like, what a lot of people don't know is that… I grew up on shofu's videos, I been watching shofu's YouTube channel since sixth grade, uhm-hm, I have, I have merchandise, yeah-yeah
Like, uh, I—, dude, like, wh—, like I told him after we made HOP OFF UP MY WAVE!, I was like "Yo, like I'm not just some nigga out here makin' Pokémon music, like you're one of my inspirations, like I've been watching your shit for like… fat, like a fat amount of time"
Heh, like, yeah-yeah, and like the other day when I got to be in one of his Pokémon Showdown!, uh, YouTube videos, I immediately sent the link to one of my high school friends and I was like "Yo", "Peep, [?] game!"
"We used to watch these shits in, like, fifth period", yeah, "And, like, laugh about it, and, like, here I am, like I, I came full circle", no, that's cool, and obviously it's, obviously it's just the first step in my journey, yes, but it's definitely a great first step
Yeah, no, that's, that's good that you have it in mind, um… but, yeah, no, I-I'm sure that feels cool, you're on the platform that you were once… looking at, you were watching on YouTube I should say, uh, yeah, it's crazy, man
But you know that's, that's all irrelevant, we just wanna know about, uh, TIP 3, right? Aw, god, um, listen, man, no, I'm kidding, um, we'll get there when we get there, it's on the way, uh, it's on the way, I don't care, uh, um
So, MELTYPETE, hahaha, uh, let's talk about that, uh, so, how-how-how-how do you feel about it? Its release? How it did? Do you have a, a favorite song? 'Cause obviously on Trap Ketchum, I mean, everybody's favorite song and… you know? Even mine is that: I Don't Understand It or whatever, but…
Now moving to the most recent project of yours, well, well, how do you feel about it? What's—, looking back at it, well, what do you think? Um, I feel like it was a failure, failure but?! All in all, okay, heheh, um, I don't know, we had such high hopes for it, it did well
Response was always positive because my fans are just… a bunch of fuckin' idiot—, I'm joking, I fucking love all of you, heh, but like, um, response was good, okay, but like, I feel like it was a failure all in all, I felt like it could have been a lot bigger
I felt like I was aiming for a more mainstream sound, and I didn't get the mainstream response in which I wanted… that's—, so you're saying, like, maybe critically, people like—, no one, like, out here hated it, but… maybe it didn't catch the attention that you wanted or do exactly the numbers you wanted or somethin'?
Yeah, I mean, it was fun to make, me and melty had a fun time doin' that shit, okay, um, it started off as like an idea just for—, to get more traction 'cause melty's one of my, like, biggest cosigns, clout [?], he's one of my, yeah, he's one of my biggest cosigners besides shofu
That nigga has stupid clout, yeah, and he's also one of my homeboys and, like, you know? I been wanting to do a project with him for a while after I dropped CANT THINK STR8, yeah, and, um… which, by the way, favorite song off the project, personally, it's also my most-played song to date
Oh, really? What's it at? Like forty-seven thousand, forty-eight thousand, oh wow, oka—, I mean, that's—, I think well deserved, prolly the closest thing you have to like… something that could ea—, like you could slip it right into the radio and it's like "Oh yeah, I mean, this fits, you know? This is good"
Yeah, that was kinda the whole point of MELTYPETE was to get me some more radio-type songs, okay, uh, somethin' a li'l more mainstream, somethin' that's eas—, like that could be easily marketed, right, no, uh, I get—, yeah, okay, but… I don't know, it—
And I might be wrong, but I remember when I was looking back at, like, first-month stats, uhm-hm, it was like par with, like—, obviously not counting the two singles that obviously did hella plays: EVERYDAY! and CANT THINK STR8, it was—, I think AFTER IT ALL was still beating it with likes
Like it was—, ohhhhh, it was slow, so—, which is a different feeling 'cause I-I'm used to—, obviously this is me being [?] ego nightmare, no-no, 'cause I'm used, I'm used to my songs getting a lot more, a lot more traction early on, so, like, I was—
Yeah, and I guess for the people that don't know, I mean… not that it's like garbage or anything, but AFTER IT ALL is, like, prolly one of your slowest moving projects, so it does mean something that, yeah, you know? This far in, even after all the… not necessarily clout but success you've had with, like, these songs, that melty's still kind of… a li'l behind
Yeah, I mean, it's doing well now, I-I haven't, like, listened to it or looked at it for a while, uhm-hm, probably because I had a lot of those songs on repeat while I was makin'—, nah, I feel you, same over here
But, um, yeah, so—, but I don't know, I liked how it came out, like, yeah, towards the end of it, it started off as like a, like a publicity play, but towards the end of it, I just kinda had fun, just dropped it, actually enjoyed it, right
Yeah, um, didn't really care what it did, it did kinda well, I think NO SLEEP! is almost at ten-K, the rest of the songs are all above four-K, uh, the two singles are well above twenty-K, like… now refresh my memory, was NO SLEEP! the one you were expecting to be, like, another… uh, oh, yes, yes pop-off single? Okay, for sure, alright, so that's—
That's why I put it as the first track, heheh okay, so that's cool, yeah, I'm glad that at least happened, you know? I see you, okay, and, well—, like, a lot of people loved it, it's actually my girlfriend—, one of my girlfriend's fav—, —made, oh, okay
But, um, I don't know, it just, just didn't do the numbers that I thought it would, I'm kinda disappointed, but, you know? A lot of people like it, like, everyone still sings it around, like, you know? A-Around these parts, 'cause I have a lot of, like, like, I have a big local following
That's, that's what a lot of people—, well, I don't even know if a lot of people don't know, but… um, that's what some people definitely aren't aware of: that you have a pretty like… I don't know about, like, decent local following, but you, you see the people… that like you, like, almost all the time I-R-L like… yeah
There are people in your immediate surroundings that aren't just like your girl or, like, your family or something that actually, like, come up to you and like "Heya, that song of yours and—", yeah, it's crazy 'cause, like, I'm, like, still like a legend in my high school, right
Like people still talk about me, people try to become rappers because, like, they know about me, yeah, people still listen to—, like, my girlfriend and, like, my friends who are still, like, lowerclassmen still, like, be like "Yo, like, niggas still be bumping your shit"
And, like, the other day I went back to visit some teachers and, like, these kids saw me in the hallway and they just stared and looked at me, like, they knew who I was, right, I had no idea who they were, and I was like "Wow", it's like, you know? Like, down in—, down, down where my, where my school was, like the surrounding areas, like, you know? A lotta people knew me
When I used to work at the mall, that was closer to my school than, like, my old house, people would see me in the mall and they'd be like "Oh shit", they knew who I was, um, it's pretty cool, um, got invited to, like, a few parties and shit, okay, okay, that's cool
Not like it's, like, anything too crazy, but it was, like, it was enough to be like "Okay, I'm, I'm, I'm getting somewhere", yeah, no-no, and that's, that's important, um, when I was—, um… I was in Vegas recently, right? And, like, I talked to a couple people that, you know? Are pa—, I guess are part of the same community we're in, um, I mean
People like Shiki, and of course, like, I know Laye and… and some people off in the [?] even, um, and, like, we were talkin' about—, like, like of course us, especially you as a SoundCloud rapper, right? Like, we're, we're thriving off of these, um, Internet plays or whatever, we find it, like, less important to necessarily be, like, rocking with, like, the locals
But it's cool that you get to have both, you know? Um, because, I mean soon, who knows? You might have, like, a set somewhere for some… party or festival or whatever, you know? And, like, it wouldn't be unheard of 'cause there are people there who like you, you know? Yeah, I mean, a lot of people hate me though, heh, that's a whole different story
Like a lot of people just 'cause—, like, I kinda just came up, I was the kid in the back of, back of the lunchroom playin' Pokémon, uhm, shirt tucked in, nerdy ass jit, and then, like, around eleventh grade, twelfth grade, I became, like, the most popular kid in my school… 'cause everyone wanted to be my fuckin' friend, everybody wanted to hear me freestyle, true
You know? Um, everybody wanted to know what the fuck was good, and—, like, so, like, a lot of people hated me, um, 'cause they're like "Oh, that's not the real you", "That's not this and that", "Like it's not that", and I'm like "Yo, it's not what it's about, like, I, like, I didn't switch up on nobody", yeah
I'm still, I'm still playin' Pokémon… you still out here watchin' hentai, you feel me? Yeah, I—, still playin' Pokémon, it's just that I'm playing Pokémon with shofu now, so… yeah, it's different, I don't know, like, um, one of, one of my old bestfriends, he was—
Like, he came up to me one day and he's like "Yeah, yeah, you really changed", and—, —"What do you mean?" Yeah, like, I just discovered—, if anything, I discovered who I really was… 'cause, like, this-this music shit… you know? And-And I say it a lot, it's like, you know? Without this music shit, I'd be dead, man, hm
This shit help me through a lot, uhm-hm, definitely kept me, it kept me out of doin' some dumb shit 'cause I definitely could be in the streets doin' some stupid shit, that's for sure, you know? I-I remember those times and, I mean, none of it's gonna be [?] here, heheh, but, I mean, yeah, you've definitely been through it, um
Even not too, like, long ago, right? I mean, it hasn't necessarily been super, like, smooth sailing for you, um, but that's what's cool, right? Like… people, at this point, both like you for, like, this insane, ignorant yelling, but, like, no—, as you can see, people still are showing up for, like, even your softer, like, melty stuff, um
'Cause, yeah, I mean, like, I like to make fun of you and say, like, you ain't got no talent or whatever which is fully true, heh, but, um, aw, it's—, like, you're still—, you're, you're doing—, you're definitely talented, like, you're putting out… these emotions in a way that, obviously, people can relate to, you know?
And sometimes, it's saying that… you know? Your mom… uh, eats sand at the beach or whatever, um, haha! But, you know? Sometimes, you're talking about… girl troubles or just… you know? Uh-huh, what, what you have in your mouth currently, what are you smoking, what are you—, like, you know? People relate, like it's—, this is life
Yeah, and, like, a lot of people—, and I get a lot from, like, the community quote, unquote, 'cause, I'm, I'm past that shit, you get what? Ev—, um, I feel like I get a lot of flak, uhm, because I'm not lyrical, right, I'm just, like, another "Ignorant" rapper, right
But to me—, and one of the most important things that I can do that a lot of these "Lyrical" rappers or other rappers can't do is that no matter what I say, if I deliver it in a certain way and bring a certain vibe to a song, yeah, I'm going to make you feel a certain emotion, yeah, yeah-yeah
I could talkin' about Hot Pockets, but if I croon that shit over some smooth auto-tune, yeah, bet your bitchass is gonna be cryin', yeah, tal—, thinkin' 'bout your ex, yeah, [?] Hot Pockets, yeah, no-no, that-that's… and, like—, and that's talent as much as it hurts them to hear it, right?
Yeah, a lot of people don't like it, a lot of people who were there since I started think that, like, I fell into a box or I did this and did that, like, I'll still drop a sixteen on your bitchass, while, great, I mean that's, that's, while I auto-tune, yeah, crazy, that's, that's what's crazy, right?
Like, you… like—, alright, like, I'm obviously not, like, the pinnacle of, like, lyricism or anything, but, like, you prolly have that over plenty people, including myself, because you were freestylin', like, on the daily, um, yeah, and that's something that even most of these "Lyrical, spiritual" rappers can't do right now, so—
Haha, I mean—, and, like, a lot of my songs are freest—, I don't know, it's just practice, yeah, like, uh, some nights, I'll mak—, like, I have, like, I wanna say, like, not to, like, exaggerate, and I'm really not, I prolly have like thirty songs… that will never come out, yeah, 'cause you're just freestyli—
That, like, I-I just make them, like, when I'm bored at night just to, like, keep—, you know? It's-It's-It's-It's almost like workin' out, you know? Yeah, you constantly wanna work out… to build your muscle mass, like, you know? I'm constantly freestyling, constantly making music, you know? Just so I can stay as sharp as possible
So, I-I did run—, I was on this point about, like, you know? Like, before, you were definitely—, you had gone through some stuff and, also, like, you said, like, you know? You were super nerdy back then, um, you know?
Some of that's still intact, but, at what point—, 'cause I-I have a guess, but at what point in your—, in, like, I guess your career, if you wanna say, like—, do you—, would you say this started, like, changing? 'Cause, like, I still remember you, like, necessarily, you know? We-Well, at the beginning, like, definitely not being noticed, but, you know? Out here trying…
On your Instagram and Facebook and putting stuff up and, like, like, for God sake, you… had a song with, like, Stayble, like, organically, ya know? Hahaha, like it was, it was just, like, what it was, you—, it wasn't for clout, it wasn't for his clout, it was just "Yeah, this is regular for me, PE$O PETE", like, wh-when would you say that that started changing?
RYUKO MATOI, huh? Okay, um, that was my first real, like, trap song, um, first real song that I actually, like, put thought into structure for, like, I was like "Okay, hook, bridge", right, "Verse", um, felt, like, a lot more professional, um, obviously, one of my more turnt songs of that time period, right
But, um, I-I think that was, like, the beginning, maybe it was, like, rising action, and then, like, the-the climax… would probably be around TROUBLE IN PARADISE 1, um… yeah, that's what I was gonna say as my guess: that, um, I think… the first TIP really, um, hahaha, God, cemented it, hah, um…
Yeah, a-a lot went down with, with that first one, um, there are songs on there that are still, like, looking competitive numbers-wise, BANG!, yeah, I mean, like—, and that's a song that, that the other day, I was like "Oh right, I have this in my likes, like… let me listen to it again" and, like, it still strikes me the same way
Like, at-at this point, like, if, like, the community manages to get several people that, you know? Get clouted up, this is definitely gonna be, like, a community classic, you know? Yeah, its greatest hits, for sure, I like the, uh, I like the idea of making songs and, like, them being, like timeless, like, MIAMI VICE is definitely another one of tho—
Yeah, um… one of—, I think my favorite off of, I guess, TIP 2, I hate that song, haha, I heard that shit way too many times, really? Yeah, okay, well, just because of that, alright, um… is there something you don't like about it actually?
Goin' back to it, yeah, it's, like, it's just fully—, it's, like, the—, fully freestyled, okay, it's just loud, uh, I-I lose flows at some points 'cause my voice is just dying, I don't know—, I think you definitely start, like, losin' the freestyle I think the second verse or something, like, there's something—
Oh, most definitely, yeah, but at that point, no one gives a shit, you're already hype, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah, ha, um, I was kinda upset that that was the song that KILLINGSPREE decided to first repost and first interact with me—, —definitely rapped on his beats before, ummmmm, fuck that nigga… but, bu—, nah, I'm jokin', I love, I love that nigga
He's kind of a—, kinda weirdo, but proceed, I mean that—, okay, huh? What-What did—, what song did you expect him to repost first? [?], from something from that project or—, eh, I mean, any of the songs that I rapped on his beats, I don't know, it was, oh, it was just strange to me that, like, he wouldn't… peep the songs that I rapped on his beats with
But I guess MIAMI VICE just—, you know? And MIAMI VICE was crazy, even, like, Anonymuz saw that, oh right, right, um, you know? A lot of people really liked that song and then I, I followed it up in what I can think is gonna be the—, is, as of right now, the most… craziest back-to-back moment of my entire career was when I went MIAMI VICE and then ON ICE!
Oh yeah, that's true, you know? I haven't even put that together, yeah, you went from, like—, that almost would have seemed… premeditated like… huh? Yeah, like—, I'm not smart enough to do that, heh, yeah, I-I-I know, I know, ha, like, and-and-and not that it's a smart thing, but, like
You-You definitely move, um, you know? Very, uh—, like, you're just "Do what's on your heart", I guess, right? But, uh… eh, yeah, but, um… heh, to put it nicely, yeah, or ignorantly, um… yeah, but, yeah, that's crazy, 'cause that-that-that song popped off, too, um…
Do—, I mean, I-I'm sure you're—, are-are you proud of TIP 1 and 2? TIP 3 is gonna be crazy… it's crazy, you think—, it's crazy already, you think it's not even gonna compare? Like it's already on its own league? I—, at the way I'm workin' on it, yeah, mm, I already scrapped, like, four songs, alright
I'm havin', is—, I'm havin' Lewi go overtime, heh, alright, 'cause, like, I go back—, are you a scrapper? Do you scrap a lot of songs? No, I don't, okay, I usually don't just gi—, I usually don't give a fuck and I just post everything, that's interesting
Half of TIP 2, half of TIP 2 had parts in it where it was, like, "Shit, I needed to, like, redo that" and I just don't, I just didn't give a fuck, I just posted it, mm, but, like, TIP 2 is full of a lot of classics, we got LEGEND!, ON ICE!, MIAMI VICE, um, like, a lot of those songs really, like, resonated very well with my fans
And they're still classics to this day in, like, a lot of people's hearts, yeah, and I feel like it definitely did better than TIP 1… which is what I was tryna do, right-right, that's, a given, yeah, and then, like—, so, like, I'm moving very, very carefully with TIP 3, um, Lewi will send me a, like, a beat pack and I'll-I'll be very selective, you know?
Usually, mm,I just rap on whatever he sends me, but, like, I'm bein' very selective this time arou—, okay, um, I don't force songs, I-I, like—, back in the day, if I, like, couldn't write something to it, I just freestyled to it, bullshit, and put it out, but, like, you know? I'm not forcing songs (*Unintelligible Conversation*)
If I don't feel the beat at the moment, I'll let it sit for a while, you know? That's wise, yeah, no, it—, it's different, I don't know, *Coughing*, what, what do you think has [?] in this position? 'Cause, I mean, is it just, like, clout alone or is it, like, I guess, being around, like, shofu now? Like, the pressure's different (*Unintelligible Conversation*)
Well, one of the people, and I know a lotta niggas who hear this shit are gonna love him, 'cause I know everybody loves this nigga, alright, but, um, one of the people to really open my eyes is Matt Houston, you know, everybody's favorite, shout-out to him, um, that's my nigga, Matt Houston, LMTLESS ga—, I am part of LMTLESS, by the way
LMTLESS gang… so—, in this bitch, tha-that was gonna be a question for later, but, I—, is-is that, just, like, official? I don't remember seeing anything about that, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah, he, yeah, he-he… fuckin' texted my phone, he's like "Yo, LMTLESS?", and I'm like "Let's go", okay, um, and you were say—
Matt has—, he's harsh, he's kind of a asshole sometimes, right, but, um, he has a certain take on music and a certain take on the writing process… right, that I think it was very important for me to hear, 'cause I kinda was getting too lost in the sauce, mm, with my freestyle shit, yeah-yeah
And Matt kinda… reinvigorated… my pen, so, like—, you know? Had a few woke-ass talks with him… and a few woke-ass talks with shofu, too, and, you know? I realized that I'm in a different league now, it's… it's on some different shit, you know? Right (*Unintelligible Conversation*)
And, like, yeah, my fans'll eat up what I post, yeah, people like the ignorant shit, but, like, I can make 'em better shit, I can make 'em better things, I could be doin' ignorant shit better if I write shit and plan shit, yeah-yeah, no, that's true, and, um… you know?
Yeah, I'm just, like, I-I have—, whether I like it or not, I have to be on a different wavelength, 'cause, like, I… I can't… stop moving with my clout, like-like, as I get more noticed, I have to keep leveling up, I can't stay on the, on the same floor, you know what I'm sayin'? Yeah, you can't stand pretty, I know
So that requires some reinvention, so I think TRIP—, and [?], TIP 3 might be a little different than TIP 2, um… but for better, but fo—, oh, definitely for better, I been playin' some, some snippets here and there, right, niggas' really fuckin' wit' that, um, prolly 'cause of different flows, prolly 'cause I'm… writing full verses… heh, again, um
Tryin' out new things, you know? I-I got the auto-tune down pat, I got the screaming down pat, right, try-tryna find, like, a good middle ground and combining the both of them to make a really, like, dynamic song, um, so then—, it's almost like some sort of theoretical science, you know? Like, ha, I'm just tryna find—, okay, it's-it's—, dude, it gets deep, man
Tryna find, like—, "Okay, if I scream this part of the hook and emphasize that, and then, for the bridge, I just ditch all ignorant shit and croon some woke shit, but then I come back for the verse and just write, and then just come in with heavy bars", mmmmm, it was findin' out what aspect—, it's like, you know? I'm buildin' a Frankenstein here, you know?
I'm, I'm tryna figure out which parts of each song… right-right, no, that makes sense, you know? Can make, can make this masterpiece and not some lumbering monster that just goes "Arrrrr!", no, so… that's funny, yeah, 'cause, um, I guess on, on my side of the thing is, like, I-I definitely have this thing always in my head of, like… (*Unintelligible Conversation*)
Like if I'm rapping a verse, I rarely like to, maybe like, keep the same flow for all sixteen bars, um, so it is interesting to see that you are also, like, experimenting, like, with the switching it up here and even finding a, like, a third strong suit, um, I think it's also cool that, I mean, that, uh, you know? Houston's… getting you to do that, I guess, um
'Cause, yeah, I mean… even the people in the community that necessarily aren't, like-like, hating on you have told you like, you know? "Your stuff's good, but maybe don't freestyle everything", um, so—, y
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