ScHoolboy Q has hit out at the claims that TDE boss Anthony āTop Dawgā Tiffith is to blame for the long delays between albums from Kendrick Lamar and SZA.
Sitting down with YG on his 4HUNNID Podcast, Q shut down online chatter that the label founder deliberately prevents his artists from regularly dropping music.
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āMuthafuckas gotta stop that. They be giving Top [Dawg] and them hell,ā he said, before placing the blame on himself and his labelmates.
āIāma be honest, thatās us. You think Top is telling Kendrick and SZA you can only drop one album in five years? Two of the biggest artists? He aināt gonna get no chicken!
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āI think we just cuckoo in the head, bro. We all got similarities and it shows. [Isaiah Rashad] didnāt drop in five years, I didnāt drop in five years, SZA didnāt drop in five years, Dot didnāt drop in five years, it done hit five for [Jay] Rock. We have something in common and itās not Top. I donāt see how he gains anything from doing that.ā
He added: āMe being 37, Iāma be honest with you Top, I wouldnāt allow you to. He like my pops I never had so Iām going nowhere, but we gonna be arguing like a muthafucka if you making me wait five years between albums and itās not by my choice.ā
Q then joked that TDE artists all have a āmental illnessā and their perfectionist tendencies are primarily to blame for their lack of output.
Schoolboy Q dispels rumors that Top Dawg is responsible for the infrequent album releases of Kendrick Lamar and SZA.
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ā The Art Of Dialogue (@ArtOfDialogue_) April 25, 2024
ScHoolboy Q recently addressed another topic that has long circled the TDE camp: a rumored Black Hippy album from himself, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock and Ab-Soul.
Sitting down with Danny Brown on the Detroit rapperās self-titled podcast, he said: āIām not making no Black Hippy shit. Hell no. Iāll never do that shit.ā
He added: āI think weāre all kind of on our separate paths right now. Dot is doing his own thing with pgLang. Iām doing my own thing, curating a new artist. I did that part already. I gotta have this second part ācause I got like 18 more albums to make.
āSo itās like Iām tryna figure out this phase before I get to the third phase. And Ab-Soul, heās working, Jay Rockās working. I just donāt see where weāll ever have time to.ā
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The album has long been a dream project for Hip Hop fans, though the West Coast quartet have not appeared together on a track in almost a decade. The last song to feature Q, Kendrick, Rock and Soul is 2015ās āVice City.ā
Q has said in the past that scheduling was a big issue in the album not coming together: āThe chances of us getting into the studio together and working on Black Hippy is slim. Thereās too much going on ā¦ Iām with it though. I wanna do it.ā