BK The Great
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Full article below, Hopefully this summer it will drop.
God Don't Make Mistakes is up next. A very anticipated album. It's the Shady debut. Prior to signing was Shady, were you familiar with the record label during their prime? Around the time with 50, Obie Trice, D12 back in the day?
Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely.
How's the album shaping up right now?
It’s in their hands now. It’s finished. We're happy with everything on our end, but it should be coming out this summer, God willing. I'm excited for the release, I know the fans been waiting. I want my fans to hear it and love it as much as they wanna listen to it and enjoy it and appreciate it and value it. So it's coming. Some things that need to be ironed out and tinkered with, but it's coming. All systems go. So hopefully this summer we gonna get that.
I imagine there's some, some features under wraps, that you can't fully reveal -- I get that. But any teasers of what's to come?
Probably just the transparency on some of the records, with some of the stuff that goes on behind the scenes. I got Wayne on there, I got Rick Ross, West, Benny, the usuals. Daringer produced a lot of it. It’s a classic Conway album. It’s giving you that feeling that I provide. I'm just super excited for fans to own this piece of art in their possession.
I can't wait to hear the new flows. You've been bringing a lot of new flows to the table with every album. You mentioned “Calvin," crazy flow on that one. You're spitting so many different flows on La Maquina -- what are some of the artists whose flows really inspire you? Not necessarily the bars, but specifically the flow?
Rest in peace, DMX. Prodigy, rest in peace. JAY-Z, Nas, G Rap. There's really not a lot of people that inspire my flow. I like to think of myself as a one-of-one. I'm just different. I'm otherworldly -- n***as never seen nothing like it before. I like to think like that of myself. Nobody's flow really inspired my flow. Maybe there were some flows I appreciated and liked more, but nobody’s flow inspired my flow. I’m me and I pride myself in that.
You're very versatile as well. You never really know how you're going to approach it or what you're going to do -- it's like that unpredictability.
Yeah, dope. That’s what makes a dope MC to me -- when you don’t know what to expect.
For sure. I got to ask. When you're in the studio and you're working on the vocals, have you ever dabbled or at least tried the autotune?
Yeah.
How'd that turn out?
[Laughs] Not that good. I’m not that good at it!
I'd be curious to hear that.
It's not as not as easy as it look, I'll just say that. [Laughs] It’s not for me, its not easy as it looks. It didn’t sound good, man. It sounded like fukkin...I don't even know. It wasn't a good look.
"[Auto-tune] is not as not as easy as it look, I'll just say that. [Laughs] It’s not for me, its not easy as it looks. It didn’t sound good, man. It sounded like fukkin...I don't even know. It wasn't a good look."
I respect the honesty. So, before we go I just want to ask one more thing. I know you've previously hinted at your retirement from rap. Are you still looking at the endgame or has anything changed?
It's kind of changed a little, man. I've pushed it further into the back of my brain. I haven't completed my mission yet, which is to be regarded as hands down one of the best that ever did it in everybody's mind. I feel like I still got work to do. I feel like I'm just getting started. I'm really just at the beginning and just getting started. I'm taking in everything, one song, one verse, one album at a time. I'm in a good space, mentally, physically. I'm surrounded by good people. Who knows? I don’t even want to think about that right now. I just want to keep working, keep grinding and keep making people happy with what I'm bringing to the table musically. Keep impacting people's lives and influencing other artists. There's no reason for me to stop now.
"I haven't completed my mission yet, which is to be regarded as hands down one of the best that ever did it in everybody's mind. I feel like I still got work to do. I feel like I'm just getting started."
I'm really glad to hear it. I love everything you're doing right now, from the music to the charity work as well. You're killing it.
Thank you, man.
Conway The Machine Rejects Retirement: "I'm Just Getting Started"
God Don't Make Mistakes is up next. A very anticipated album. It's the Shady debut. Prior to signing was Shady, were you familiar with the record label during their prime? Around the time with 50, Obie Trice, D12 back in the day?
Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely.
How's the album shaping up right now?
It’s in their hands now. It’s finished. We're happy with everything on our end, but it should be coming out this summer, God willing. I'm excited for the release, I know the fans been waiting. I want my fans to hear it and love it as much as they wanna listen to it and enjoy it and appreciate it and value it. So it's coming. Some things that need to be ironed out and tinkered with, but it's coming. All systems go. So hopefully this summer we gonna get that.
I imagine there's some, some features under wraps, that you can't fully reveal -- I get that. But any teasers of what's to come?
Probably just the transparency on some of the records, with some of the stuff that goes on behind the scenes. I got Wayne on there, I got Rick Ross, West, Benny, the usuals. Daringer produced a lot of it. It’s a classic Conway album. It’s giving you that feeling that I provide. I'm just super excited for fans to own this piece of art in their possession.
I can't wait to hear the new flows. You've been bringing a lot of new flows to the table with every album. You mentioned “Calvin," crazy flow on that one. You're spitting so many different flows on La Maquina -- what are some of the artists whose flows really inspire you? Not necessarily the bars, but specifically the flow?
Rest in peace, DMX. Prodigy, rest in peace. JAY-Z, Nas, G Rap. There's really not a lot of people that inspire my flow. I like to think of myself as a one-of-one. I'm just different. I'm otherworldly -- n***as never seen nothing like it before. I like to think like that of myself. Nobody's flow really inspired my flow. Maybe there were some flows I appreciated and liked more, but nobody’s flow inspired my flow. I’m me and I pride myself in that.
You're very versatile as well. You never really know how you're going to approach it or what you're going to do -- it's like that unpredictability.
Yeah, dope. That’s what makes a dope MC to me -- when you don’t know what to expect.
For sure. I got to ask. When you're in the studio and you're working on the vocals, have you ever dabbled or at least tried the autotune?
Yeah.
How'd that turn out?
[Laughs] Not that good. I’m not that good at it!
I'd be curious to hear that.
It's not as not as easy as it look, I'll just say that. [Laughs] It’s not for me, its not easy as it looks. It didn’t sound good, man. It sounded like fukkin...I don't even know. It wasn't a good look.
"[Auto-tune] is not as not as easy as it look, I'll just say that. [Laughs] It’s not for me, its not easy as it looks. It didn’t sound good, man. It sounded like fukkin...I don't even know. It wasn't a good look."
I respect the honesty. So, before we go I just want to ask one more thing. I know you've previously hinted at your retirement from rap. Are you still looking at the endgame or has anything changed?
It's kind of changed a little, man. I've pushed it further into the back of my brain. I haven't completed my mission yet, which is to be regarded as hands down one of the best that ever did it in everybody's mind. I feel like I still got work to do. I feel like I'm just getting started. I'm really just at the beginning and just getting started. I'm taking in everything, one song, one verse, one album at a time. I'm in a good space, mentally, physically. I'm surrounded by good people. Who knows? I don’t even want to think about that right now. I just want to keep working, keep grinding and keep making people happy with what I'm bringing to the table musically. Keep impacting people's lives and influencing other artists. There's no reason for me to stop now.
"I haven't completed my mission yet, which is to be regarded as hands down one of the best that ever did it in everybody's mind. I feel like I still got work to do. I feel like I'm just getting started."
I'm really glad to hear it. I love everything you're doing right now, from the music to the charity work as well. You're killing it.
Thank you, man.
Conway The Machine Rejects Retirement: "I'm Just Getting Started"
Probably looking at september now at the earliest.
