We want to know who the guy is behind these great songs. He may go to his personal life, versus just making great songs, because he made so many great songs, so he could do that in his sleep. So that was my job-to encourage him to be more personal on this album. Trav has experienced a lot in his life and he hasn’t told a lot of people who he is and what he does. You know, people see me on the Trav situation-I'm really there just to make sure there's a focus. But I still try to keep some integrity to the artist. If I’m writing for somebody else, it's whatever they want to say. Whatever mood that I’m in or whatever vibe that these records are taking, I like to see the visuals and spiritually feel those visuals as well when I’m in the room.ĭo you relax those restrictions of “I can't say it if I didn't do it” if you're helping someone else write a song? Oh yeah. I’m gonna put pictures in front of the strip club. If I’m doing a song about a girl, or a dance song, I’m going to put 69 Boyz up, Bass All Stars. So I can’t use a lot of the stuff that I can say.Ī lot of times, I put mood boards and paintings of Tupac or Nelson Mandela or MLK in the room, to get me in the vibe. I shot at a couple dudes or whatever, but not that I know of have I killed somebody. There’s a bunch of metaphors that I have that are, like, Lil Wayne-level that I can't say ’cause I never killed nobody. Like, if I can't rap it next to Jesus, if it ain’t that real or that authentic or if I didn’t do it, I can’t say it. Also, I don’t write without Jesus in the room. You said that when you were writing songs, you asked yourself questions like “What would MLK sound like if he rapped? What would Nelson Mandela sound like if he rapped?” Are those still the kinds of questions you're asking yourself when you write? Absolutely. I was reading an interview with you from four years ago. We ended up getting details on all of his recent and upcoming projects, and some interesting tidbits about Black Panther, to boot. So we called CyHi to hear exactly what was going on. And in June, the rapper shared that he is continuing the recent string of Kanye-produced seven-song albums. While the rapper has only released one album, last year’s No Dope on Sundays, he has played a key role in the last handful of Kanye West albums (including Ye), Travis Scott’s acclaimed new project ASTROWORLD, and much more. CyHi the Prynce is everywhere-if you know where to look.
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