Watch Southside’s 2024 XXL Freshman Cyphers Interview
I really like the entire idea of Freshman, ’trigger I really feel like all people who come from the Freshman find yourself being—no less than half of ’em—find yourself being international superstars. It’s like after y’all do this, it’s like their costs simply go loopy after that. It’s for the tradition. I really wished to do it. I began actually watching the Freshman the yr [that] had 21 Savage, Lil Uzi Vert, like all them that yr. G Herbo was on there, too. 2016 [Freshman], all of them is international superstars proper now. I used to be working with most of that class. I made “No Coronary heart” for 21 Savage. I made they hits then. Inspiring.
I really like the youth. I all the time been in a position to work with like, the Futures and all the large names and stuff. As a producer now, ’trigger I achieved a lot, it’s extra enjoyable to me now to work with the brand new children coming in. I wanna attempt to make one in all their largest hits. It’s like a brand new accomplishment for me. Like some Dr. Dre sh*t. Take one in all them, go up with them and attempt to construct with them via their entire profession.
That’s how me and Skilla Child is. Skilla Child come to the studio with me in all probability three or 4 instances a month. He’s just like the coldest one outta all of [them], to me. He don’t do medicine. He don’t drink liquor. He don’t get excessive. He’s utterly sober. And he goes in there and simply raps via stuff. I ain’t by no means seen nothing like that earlier than. That’s why I really feel like he’s simply dope and his work ethic.
I really like BigXthaPlug. I had by no means met BigX earlier than that. I seen him on stage when he got here out with the pink on, doing his dancing sh*t on the sh*t that went viral. He was so like South, , we actual like, southern hospitality. Actual loving. Even after I seen him within the membership final night time, he was like, “Man, y’all gonna are available my part.” I’m like, “We good, bro. It’s cool.” That made me f**okay with him an entire lot how he was.
I really like Maiya The Don. Me assembly her simply made me love Maiya. I had by no means heard none of Maiya music or nothing, however after I heard her rap yesterday, I’m like, Rattling, she actually going loopy. I began trying up [her music], going via sh*t. I really like her. I really like her persona.
BossMan Dlow, fireplace. I advised him, I mentioned, “Bro, you have been my theme music the entire Tremendous Bowl. Your album was the theme album the entire Tremendous Bowl for me.” That’s what I used to be taking part in, Dlow in Vegas the entire time. 4batz, fireplace. Silly fireplace. I used to be really watching 4batz for a minute, earlier than he simply began going tremendous, tremendous loopy. I like how he did the “Act I,” “Act II.”
Hunxho, that’s like my actual household. Certainly one of my greatest mates is Hunxho huge brother. I knew them rising up, what I’m sayin’? So, I knew Hunxho earlier than this sh*t, earlier than he blew up. I used to be one of many first folks to convey Hunxho round and inform Hunxho like, “Hey, bro, you gonna be a star. You gotta divulge heart’s contents to folks.” You understand, ’trigger he’s so road, and been via a lot stuff. I actually know Hunxho. That’s my actual little brother.
Lay Bankz, she from Philly. I be in tune. I be having to name Skilla typically. Like, I’ll come throughout one thing on the web and ship them, be like, “Who’s it?” They like, “She onerous. Go take heed to this, this, this and this.”
Wealthy Amiri onerous. I f**okay with him. It’s all the time distinctive sh*t when folks ship me stuff for him. It’s simply totally different, you are feeling me? ScarLip. That’s like DMX daughter to me. That’s how I really feel. I f**okay together with her. She signed to Epic Data, too, the identical label I’m signed to. Money Cobain, fireplace. I simply did a music with Money. You understand, I rap. I did a music with Money Cobain in Atlanta like two weeks in the past. He simply walked within the studio. I used to be in there recording and sh*t. He simply began rapping. He’s like, “I can get on it?” I f**okay with Money. That Mexican OT. I f**okay with him. He received a music referred to as “Twisting Fingers.” It’s the South. I really like the South. That’s my factor.
For the cyphers, I believe I despatched like six beats or one thing at first. Then we despatched perhaps about 15 and I received one other 15. With beats, that sh*t take me like 5 minutes. Now to the following particular person, it might take them like three months, , to make a beat. I’ll sit in at some point and make 60 beats.
I personal 808 Mafia [producer collective]. It’s plenty of us, however I received one child from New York named Smatt that’s like me. He’s Southside over again, how I used to be rising up. I make rattling close to every little thing with him proper now. He actually give me my drive proper now. He made “Daylight” with Drake with me. He been making plenty of sh*t with me. The 2 beats for the freestyle, he did ’em with me. He signed to me.
Subsequent up for me is my album. My first compilation album. I received Future on it, Burna Boy, A$AP Rocky. All people on it. Travis Scott. Hunxho on it. Skilla Child. G Herbo, Rob49. Ken Carson and Destroy Lonely, I simply dropped a single with them additionally. I simply combined all of the worlds up. I put folks on songs with folks that you simply wouldn’t usually hear. I’m engaged on Mixtape Pluto with Future proper now. I’ve been working lots with Roddy Ricch, too. It’s a brand new sound, like an entire new vibe.
I’m able to get these albums out, get this music out, begin doing exhibits. I’m gonna drop my rap mission, Free Agent 4, after my [compilation] album. I’m about to step into just like the present aspect of it. DJing and rapping and a few of your favourite artists popping out. I’m really doing the primary yr of the 808 Fest on August 8. We doing the primary yr of it in Los Angeles.
See Southside open up about producing the beats for the Freshman cyphers within the video under.
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