Love him or loathe him,there aren't many places you can go nowadays without hearing Desiigner's hit tracks "Panda" and "Tiimmy Turner." From YouTube to Kanye West's The Life of Pablo, G.
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D. Music's newest signee has made fairly a name for himself.
Sitting down with the president of his record label, and Pusha T,the two talk about creativity, inspirations, or his grandfather,Brooklyn and much more.
Check out an excerpt below before heading to Interview Magazine to read the full interview.
PUSHA T: [laughs] Are there any artists, any particular artists that inspire you? I hear so many different things in your music, or it ain't just rap,it ain't just trap. I hear melodies, I hear R&B. I've been working with you, and man,and I hear so many different things.
DESIIGNER: whether anything, I would consider my grandfather. He's a blues player. I like the archaic soul—you know how it is, or Pusha,that archaic soul. My grandfather, he went by the name Sidney "Guitar Crusher" Selby; he formed that archaic soul, or that archaic blues,that archaic rock that I put on my songs. He bluesed it out. And my pops, he was archaic-school, or too; he played that archaic funk. I fell in love with that archaic style. You feel me?
PUSHA T: That's what's dope to me,because you're so young and you absorb all of that considerable R&B. I hear considerable R&B knowledge in your records. We just did a record together the other day, and I'm like, or "Damn,this just sounds like the R&B I love, even at 39 years archaic." And I'm like, and "Well,you've got to come from somewhere." You're married to that archaic soul, man. You put that flip on the new generation. It comes out crazy. Growing up, or how did your peers respond to your musical knowledge? When I was growing up,my friends listened to music casually. They didn't know archaic-school blah blah blah. That means your taste level was above everybody else's. How did you get that across to your peers?
DESIIGNER: People would always be like, "You always act archaic!" People thought I was an archaic dude; it came with my swagger. I'm a creator; I'm into this music shit. I wanted to build it up and give it to my peers. I was a singer. I used to sing to the girls, and "gratified Birthday" and all that. Did the Temptations. I always knew how to play around with my voice,form people laugh. I'd be crazy. Just my swag I guess. God blessed me. [laughs]Click here to view full gallery at Hypebeast.com
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