Vic Mensa talks about his sophomore album, Victor, the Black Star Line competition in Africa, working and collaborating with different artists reminiscent of G-Eazy, Common and Chance the Rapper, his hashish model 93 Boyz and extra!
Vic Mensa:
We broke out the sage.
Tetris Kelly:
Oh, in fact!
Vic Mensa:
Or the palo santo! And identical to, “Yeah, so what you thinkin’?” What’s up, y’all? I’m Vic Mensa, and also you’re watching them Billboard News.
Tetris Kelly:
It’s Tetris with Billboard News. A variety of swag simply hit the sofa. What’s up, Vic?
Vic Mensa:
How are you doing, man?
Tetris Kelly:
Let’s speak about this music. You obtained your sophomore album coming, and I really feel like your identify has been round so lengthy. It’s loopy that is solely your second providing. So inform me how’s it really feel to place your second piece of labor out?
Vic Mensa:
I’m very enthusiastic about it. It’s actually a narrative of redemption and triumph, and spirituality and love and ache and wrestle — human expertise. That’s the place I write from. That’s what I purpose to speak and to convey. And I’m simply so excited to open that dialog with any and everybody who listens to this album.
Tetris Kelly:
We’ve obtained some nice collaborators G-Eazy, Common, Ty Dolla $ign. Love Ty. So how do you go about deciding who you need to carry right into a mission?
Vic Mensa:
I believe initially, it’s like, the relationships as a human being, as a person with these brothers specifically, like these are people who have long-standing private relationships with in order I’m creating music, and I hear a voice to do one thing — Common, for instance, is my favourite MC since being a bit of child. When I made this track known as “Southside Story” that’s that includes Common, instantly I knew it’d be loopy to have his voice on right here, and his paintbrush, his texture.
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