Did it matter to you if you ever had radio play or anything like that, or is it more about this level of influence that you can feel today? I come from a mainstream music background because I can make big records. I can make hits. I can make records that are for the radio. I can make pop records, pretty much. For me, I was more focused on inspiring the culture and inspiring people and shifting the culture and going down in history.
That was my main focus and still is, to shift the culture, make history, and everything will fall into place, right? Looking back on those early solo days, an early criticism was about the flow. There were criticisms, but how did you respond to that type of feedback? Like I said, I make records too. When I say them, feel free to share what you think about them and where they stemmed from. I want to start with the cooking dance in particular.
Where did that dance start and how have you seen it impact hip-hop as a whole? Yeah, the cooking dance is for celebration, and it transcended music. For me, it was a fun type of thing. You might be overweight, or you might have low confidence, and you might be happy, and everybody can do that dance. I just wanted to make something that everybody could be included in. Once again, that stems from love on my part.
Moving forward, another thing we already spoke about, but this idea of rapping around the beat and the flow of dodging the beat. We see people today, maybe like a Blueface, do this. For you, where did that style originate? Shout out to Blueface. Major respect to him. For me, it was just being natural. For me, it was just about coming authentic and honest because the real can understand.
Can you explain, in simplest terms, who the Based God is and how the Based God has propelled you as an emcee? As for the saying, it transcended music. I mean, I can list out pop culture references. But for you, what has that saying meant? I love Mac Miller forever. Long live Mac Miller. Hats off, my brother. His spirit is from love. He is the real emcee. But with TYBG being the first meme within music, it was just something that was just authentic.
Brandon McCartney. I do know the Based God. Another thing I want to jump on here is this idea of incorporating humor into your music. There are some one-liners in your music that are silly. Seeing guys today, like Zack Fox, who explore humor in their work, what does that mean for you to see people push this positivity to another level? Shout out to Zack Fox. Major love to him. This goes to another level of the influence, music that can make people laugh.
Lil B is simultaneously part parody of rap culture, part self-aware deconstruction of what it means to be a rapper, and of course, part-rapper.
He is an object of fascination, an enigma. Listening to Lil B begins as a joke, and ends as genuine enjoyment. For an artist who's had such a large and unique impact on hip hop since before the s, Lil B is perhaps the most underappreciated. Lil B, in an encyclopedic, comedic, and purposefully blasphemous and idiotic manner destroys all that our popular culture finds sacred through making it absurd. Thank you BasedGod. Teaching us all how to swagg in videos.
You and Wayne most influential. My nigga based God This shit ain't for anybody and He reached out to me back in so u kno what's real doog! This shit so raw. The respect is mutual. I got you as usual.
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