Your album is about to drop, and you have a ton of guest verses currently on the radio. Have you talked to Gloria Estefan or Pitbull? Is there ever too much 2 Chainz? I slowed down the features, just because I wanted it to be something that could help my campaign.
Originally, I wanted to do features with everybody in the game, to at least be a part of the Googling process: when you Google anything, everywhere you see 2 Chainz. I want to challenge myself, challenge my styles. More than that, I just keep these dope verses for myself, because I got some more albums to go. I wake up each and every day with a smile on my face knowing I get to do something musically. Entertainment is such a great job to have. I can get Kanye on the phone.
Basically, he just became one of my better friends, better peers in the game, someone I highly respect, someone I can communicate with, definitely express creative juices with.
At the end of the day, we both just love competition. I feel like I am a part of G. I had input on that. Speaking of your album cover, you compared G. Music to the Louvre of rap. The cover does numerous amounts of things.
I only put out the front cover. I just wanted to bring back the excitement of getting a physical copy, of opening it up, of reading it.
We just wanted something that you always remember, but also something that you could understand as soon as you see it, you dig? Can you talk a bit about comedy and hip-hop and where the two intersect?
Who are your comedic influences? I just figure, why not smile? Why not have fun while doing that? It just depends on who you are. And when you come up with it, it feels so good when it catches on. Hairweave killing is something that I took under my wing a couple of years ago, and it just involves grabbing and pulling hair during rough sexual activities.
If police want to question me, I can tell them that no one was hurt while performing this act, but you may have to buy someone a visit to the hair salon. You might have to buy someone a new pack of weave. Ov-vay for that weave. But a lot of it comes from bedroom booms. You so stupid, man! You a fool! How would you say universal health care will affect your cough syrup prescription? Man, I thought you were being serious. But as far as cough syrup goes, it is what it is. There's a lot of false stuff on there, to the point that every time I try to fix one thing, something else comes out.
But I graduated, and that's that. That was then," he said. Epps adopted the name "Tity Boi" as his moniker. Following the release of the independent album United We Stand, United We Fall in , the duo were introduced to fellow Atlanta rapper Ludacris , when he moved into their College Park apartment complex whilst he was acting as a DJ.
After taking interest in Playaz Circle, Ludacris began to record several songs with the group, playing some of them on his radio station. Ludacris, after pursuing a career in rapping, soon became one of the highest-selling hip hop artists in the Southern United States. After hearing of their situation, Ludacris requested of Epps that the duo join his newly formed record label Disturbing tha Peace , a subsidiary of Def Jam Recordings. Epps agreed to sign, although Conyers did not officially join the label until his ill mother regained her health, a year after the initial signing.
The lead single and their debut single, " Duffle Bag Boy ", became an urban hit single. The duo released their second studio album, Flight The Takeoff , in Shortly afterward, Epps left Disturbing tha Peace, a move he claimed was in order to advance his career. Although Ludacris was initially reluctant to allow Epps to leave the label, as he felt Epps could still prove financially successful, he eventually accepted the decision.
Throughout Epps' early career, critics and fans alike speculated the pseudonym "Tity Boi" was meant to be derogatory towards women, although he repeatedly denied such accusations. In early , Epps decided to change his stage name to 2 Chainz, as he perceived it to be more "family-friendly". Following the name change, Epps released a mixtape entitled T. On 24 March , Epps announced his debut studio album, Based on a T. Story originally titled T. The album's lead single, "No Lie" featuring Drake , was released on 8 May Based on a T.
Story debuted at 1 on the Billboard , selling , copies in its first week. The album was met with mixed reviews, earning a score of 55 on Metacritic. As of 23 September , the album has sold , copies in the United States.
After the release of Based on a T. Story , 2 Chainz was brought to a great prominence. He facilitated his first worldwide tour, selling out most dates, earned The Source magazine's "Man of the Year", released a collaborative endeavor with Adidas and later Beats by Dre, and was nominated for three Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Album. In late , Epps stated once he completed the B. In November , he revealed he had already recorded three songs for his second studio album. The album's estimated release date was April He also appeared as himself in the second season episode 16 of the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls , where he travels on the same private planes as the two main characters.
On 23 May , he announced that his second studio album would be released on 10 September The song features Pharrell Williams and was recorded on the night of the Grammy Awards. On 15 June, Epps announced the title of his second album would be B.
II: Me Time. The album was released through Def Jam Recordings on 10 September Upon the album's release, it was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. On 23 October , Epps revealed that he had begun working on his third studio album immediately following the release of B.
He also stated that he had the first single from his third album ready for release.
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