E-40 has given some props to NBA YoungBoy, musing that the Baton Rouge native is smart past his years.
In an interview with Billboard, which dropped on Friday (December 15), the multi-faceted entrepreneur mirrored on his current collaboration with the younger up-and-comer on a tune referred to as “Get My Life Proper.”
“He’s an outdated soul,” E-40 mentioned to the outlet. “He’s been there earlier than. That’s a deep, younger man. I all the time preferred him. Birdman hit me someday and was like, ‘Hey, YoungBoy desires you on one in every of his songs.’ He despatched it to me, we related, and I knocked out one for his album.”
Their newest collaboration will seem on E-40’s latest album, which can drop someday in 2024.
Whereas the Bay Space legend liked working with NBA YoungBoy, he definitely doesn’t really feel that approach about all new rappers and the general state of Hip Hop in the present day.
Earlier this month, E-40 sat down with CBS Morning’s Nate Burleson to debate his illustrious profession and contributions to Hip Hop tradition.
When requested what he thinks in regards to the present state of Hip Hop music, E-40 admitted he wasn’t excited in regards to the route the style is heading.
“I don’t like the place it’s at,” he instructed Burleson. “As a result of I really feel prefer it’s not sufficient creativity. Everybody sounds the identical. Plenty of copycats.”
The Mount Westmore MC defined that he isn’t keen on the constant negativity in younger artists’ lyrics. He means that they give attention to telling cautionary tales of their music relatively than selling crime and gang violence.
“I’m not tryna act like I’m hella optimistic,” E-40 defined. “However I’m as a result of I’m a storyteller. The issues that sound like they ain’t optimistic, I speak in regards to the repercussions and penalties when you do that. I’m a storyteller.”
As for NBA YoungBoy, he lately teased a sit-down interview with The Joe Budden Podcast after they squashed their beef.
Budden apologized to YoungBoy for calling his music “trash” throughout a current episode of his eponymous podcast.
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After receiving criticism from the likes of Benzino and Birdman, the previous Slaughterhouse rapper backtracked his scathing feedback on Wednesday (December 6).
“I owe him an apology,” he mentioned on his present. “He don’t even hassle no one. And the pod was over! The pod was over. I used to be in my notes! My notes is for my mind.
“That ain’t to place on the market like that and when you’re gonna have the dialog, there’s a a lot better option to articulate what you’re tryna say and have the dialog. That’s simply lazy to do this on the finish of the pod.”
He continued: “You gotta be extra accountable than that. That was completely flawed. Not cool. You wanna be the OG that’s the bridge. They solely snatch my shit once I’m kicking someone’s backs in. I must cease kicking peoples backs in. That’s what it says. So yeah, he didn’t want that.”
NBA YoungBoy has seemingly accepted the apology and hinted at making their truce official with a sit-down interview.
Posting a video of him horse-riding within the snow, the Baton Rouge native mentioned: “Joe Budden, I really like you, bruh. They don’t perceive our plot twist. It was strictly finna do an interview after this. Inform ’em don’t take us too critical. Every thing leisure, man.”
