In preparation for his debut album Trap Lord dropping on August 20, A$AP Ferg stopped by Hot 97’s Morning Show to discuss, among other things, his musical style.
“I mean, I just explain it like…you on the Internet. Internet is like hanging out,” said the Harlem rapper. “You interact with Japanese people, people from Jamaica, whatever. Places you never dreamed of going. It’s like hanging out in the street. You get to speak they language, they get to speak your language. So when you’re listening to their music, who’s to say you can’t relate to their music?”
Ferg pointed out that another New York collective refused to be typecast. “Like [A$AP] Rocky always say, with the whole Wu-Tang thing, they was relating to Kung Fu movies. Who’s to say they was fake Kung Fu… or whatever? Just because they were from the hood?”
“And what is a Harlem sound, anyway?” asked Ferg. “Before Dipset, it was like Ma$e. And Ma$e sounded different from Cam and Juelz and that whole movement. Everything evolves. You gotta expect different stuff at a different time.”
In an interesting twist, Ferg revealed that his Hip Hop history runs deeper than his own career. “His name was also Ferg,” explained the rapper, whose father had a connection with Diddy in the rap mogul’s early days. “Puff was real cool with my pops. He did the Bad Boy logo. And [founder of Uptown Records] Andre Harrell, Heavy D, all of them, they kinda like started off together.”
“I guess he was like the artist of their day. He was the go-to person for logos, or to get t-shirts done,” he continued. “Because at that time, there ain’t no… big Jewish companies was printing the shirts and doing all of the artwork, and you had to have, like, crazy bread to do that stuff. Him, he was like in the projects.”
Watch the interview below, spotted at xclusiveszone:
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this lil nigga need to keep the Wu’s name out his mouth
Hating another black man before he can even crawl??? Let the young fella make some monies first! go do hating with Diddy. That is acceptable as we know it won’t work or affect his cheese.
I agree this fool dare speak of the clan, he lucky not to get his head cut off!
ya’ll are stupid. he was complimenting them. you need reading comprehension.
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Why Do You Type Like Faggot
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The dudes music is decent but all the “Trap Lord” “Fake Gangster” stuff is getting old. Why cant you just be yourself? You dont gotta act hood for us to like you
you must be new. this has been so rehashed since the fuckin late 80s.
why do everybody say this nigga look gay?
he kind of does
did you see that shabba video? he got had like a turtle neck on LOL
this is old news he already said this in another interview w/ nardwuar.
This^^^ Nardwuar is a real journalist does in-depth research on everyone he interviews he has most ppl speechless with his knowledge. Easily the best interviewer around
ive actually heard this shit in like 3 or 4 interviews
pretty sure this website even used that shit as a headline before
Another industry nigga getting breaks. That’s all these clowns out today are. Yes men who got a chance to run with the ball. Diddy was a industry nigga, French, your fav rapper was prolly a muthafuckin towel boy for some click till he got the chance. Aint about talent just who you know
French was a towel boy for like 5 or 6 cliques!
he went from dickriding dipset to g-unit to max b to brick squad to mmg and badboy
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“Another Jewish company”
son is a clown…come see me yall
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It’s funny that he’s from Harlem but doesn’t seem to make the Ma$e/Cam’ron Connection. lol Is he not aware that Murda Ma$e & Killa Cam’ron are from the same clique?
stop calling me Ferg yall its A$AP Fag.
Thanks
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