I just went off my favorite records, what meant something to me and what meant something to the culture around me when I was younger.
How do you decide who to collab with and why? You have features from Ludacris, Ashanti, Lil Wayne, Mya, Jagged Edge, Fabolous. “Why do you want me to be your cover Tory? What’s going on? I’m already legendary, what’s poppin’?” It was one of those. She was like “what is this? For what?” But I explained to her what it was and she’s, like, “Oh OK, I’m down with it.” Then she ended up being the highlight of the project. Well, actually I asked Ashanti if she would do it first and she was actually kind of reluctant at the start. What was Ashanti’s reaction when she saw herself on the cover? “Trade It All” definitely has to be one of my favorite records, one of my most important. “Trade It All” is probably one of my favorite records, the starting of the project because it created what the theme and how far we were going to go with all the records. The whole “Chixtape” means everything to me but at the same time, “Sprung” means a lot to me because it’s what started the “Chixtape.” “Foolish” is what reassured the Chixtape. She was always independently great at her craft. Just the way she put music together and the way she was always just undeniable without anybody having to write something for her or anybody having to help. Everything about her just screamed out star quality. But she was definitely there for a lot of the sessions… From the day I met her, I just always knew she was a star. She slept through like 17 sessions of the “Chixtape 5.” We recorded a lot of it at the Record Plant in Los Angeles, and a couple other places. She was actually there for every session. Melii’s actually the one who told me “Chixtape 5” was absolutely crazy. The “Chixtape 2” story leads into the 3, the “Chixtape 3” story leads to 4 4 into 5… The story from “Chixtape 1” (late 80’s), “Chixtape 2” (early 90’s), “Chixtape 3” (mid-90’s), and “Chixtape 4” (late 90’s/early 2000’s) down and out is basically the same continuous story. How does each installment connect with the other? People have their own cult feeling about the “Chixtape.” If it wasn’t Tory Lanez or if it was, as long as it’s this piece of work and it’s called the Chixtape, and it’s actually authentic, people would buy into it.
But at the same time, the “Chixtape” series is its own cult following. Why is that?ĭon’t get me wrong, Tory Lanez is definitely bigger than “Chixtape” series. You say the Chixtape series is bigger than Tory Lanez. Dance was a very big part of everything and the fact that we have adidas be apart of it… for the 50th anniversary, there’s nothing better that fit than this nostalgic album. The Adidas shell tops are probably one of the most nostalgic pieces to the 2000’s. The Adidas shell tops is what we call them in my hood. Why did you want to collaborate with Adidas & their Superstar shoe? Variety caught up with Lanez after his “Chixtape 5” album listening event at Shoe Palace on Melrose in Los Angeles to discuss the new tape, his friendship with Drake, and why working with T-Pain was among the most fulfilling collabs of his career. Lanez’s personality has a lot to do with his success, including his openness to talk and joke about his receding hairline, which landed him with unlimited features from Tyga in exchange for his hairline doctor’s number. Yo what was the score in this game again I forgot…Ī post shared by champagnepapi on at 12:43pm PDTįast forward to 2019, Lanez and Drake are touring together overseas and even playing one-on-one basketball on the newly furbished OVO basketball court.