For you to be able to rap fast and fit many words into a bar, that's what rap is about, the showmanship. That's the thing we're kind of losing now. I'm not saying that the music now is horrible. I mean, I don't listen to it. The showmanship and creativity in rap is what made it special and what made it different.
Cakes da killaI was just doing it for fun. I was in college recording music as a joke, so I really didn't think that a career was feasible - being able to travel.
Cakes da killaI think when I dropped The Eulogy is when it became more [about] feedback because that's when Pitchfork wanted to review it and things like that.
Cakes da killaI'm a lot different in my career since that interview. To have someone like Diplo tweet "Cakes' album is really cool" is cool, but in the same breath I still like what I do without anyone's approval. It's still good music.
Cakes da killaNow I'm in the business and I do have to have these awkward conversations about how I look, how I talk. But I'm still here.
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