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― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 21 November 2004 18:38 (nineteen years ago) link
https://www.gq.com/story/diplo-africa-tour-interview
Yeah, me and this producer, E-kelly, did a song for Mr Eazi. Before I left, I was like, Hey, this is an idea for a song. I gave him the stems—the music for the beat. Then I land and he's already sent me three demo versions with new drums. And Skales has already done a new version of “Run Up” with new guitars. The records were voiced and mixed. I've never seen people so hungry and the quality so high. In America, I can't get Travis Scott to answer my text messages. I gotta go pour water on his face to wake him up and get him to voice a song. I don't mind doing that, but I also don't mind being here on the frontier, making music with all the Nigerians.
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I'd never been to Africa, besides South Africa, and everybody in South Africa calls it fake Africa.
"Everybody"...uh
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 10 August 2017 14:49 (six years ago) link
the real heat is in rihanna's effortless diss imo
So how do you get something to Rihanna?I just want her on a Major Lazer song. She's like the one artist that we can't ever get.Rihanna and Major Lazer seem well aligned.I think before we're all done, she'll be on a song of ours. Hopefully. But if not, I don't really care. I played her “Lean On.” She was like, I don't do house music. I face-palmed so hard on that one. Another time I had a session with her, and Future was also invited. The Weeknd was there. Metro Boomin was there before anybody knew who he was. I was so contact high. Future played her, like, 700 songs. It was four in the morning. Finally, I was like, Yo, G, I'm leaving unless you let me play her a song. So I played her a song. And she was like, This sounds like a reggae song at an airport. [laughs] I was like, I'm gonna go kill myself.
Rihanna and Major Lazer seem well aligned.I think before we're all done, she'll be on a song of ours. Hopefully. But if not, I don't really care. I played her “Lean On.” She was like, I don't do house music. I face-palmed so hard on that one. Another time I had a session with her, and Future was also invited. The Weeknd was there. Metro Boomin was there before anybody knew who he was. I was so contact high. Future played her, like, 700 songs. It was four in the morning. Finally, I was like, Yo, G, I'm leaving unless you let me play her a song. So I played her a song. And she was like, This sounds like a reggae song at an airport. [laughs] I was like, I'm gonna go kill myself.
― for sale: clown shoes, never worn (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 10 August 2017 15:25 (six years ago) link
GQ Style editor flew to Africa to do a Q&A, who says print is dying?
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 10 August 2017 16:18 (six years ago) link
Great related piece by Boima Tucker: http://africasacountry.com/2017/07/sunday-read-cultural-appropriation-revisited/
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 10 August 2017 16:28 (six years ago) link
https://media.gq.com/photos/597f9f94f577687d88e1f712/master/w_800/Diplo-1517-GQ-FEDI03-01%20red%20cardigan.jpg
― niels, Thursday, 10 August 2017 16:40 (six years ago) link
Plus a colonial fashion shoot with GQ pricey clothing
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 10 August 2017 17:18 (six years ago) link