[Finnydot]

The one y'all are all saying you don't care for is probably my favorite one strangely enough. You gotta wait for that one to get at least through the first verse if you're not feeling the sample when it comes in. My favorite part about that whole beat is the mini guitar lick I grabbed. LMAO

But word, thanks for all the looks and the talk about me elevating. I think it's the samples carrying me. While I'm using all the same tricks, having a full understanding and appreciation for the original songs helps me not only picking better samples but also being more familiar with the material and getting the most from it. I've never sampled a single artist this many times let alone trying to keep the original feel on a lot of them. Couple of these I've loved the original song so much I didn't wanna pitch the sample at all and rolled with the original tempo.

Also weird thing I've noticed, but maybe might not make sense. He plays in all my favorite keys. He's got whole songs where he actually does his chord progression like I would. To where, I'm trying to figure his key and I'm like "is it this? Ok, yeah first try. Now what's his next chord? Same one I would have."

It's fucking weird I tell you. It's like lyrically, when I listen to him I'm hearing me. His original songs are soft, folk, blues, and he talks about depression a LOT. Dude has a song about sleep apnea... Like wtf. So he's helped me a lot. Then I find we write the same kind of songs in the same keys? IT'S FUCKING WEIRD BRO.

It's been really easy to just gangster his shit up a little bit.