Consequence has explained how “politics” inspired Kanye West to launch the now-legendary GOOD Fridays release series in 2010.
Cons stop by the Toure Show earlier this month and discussed the origins of the famed collection of weekly tracks.
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The conversation about the series was sparked after Cons was asked why he took a nearly 10-year hiatus following his 2007 debut Don’t Quit Your Day Job!; and another extended break between his 2017 EP A Good Comeback Story and his sophomore album Nice Doing Business With You, which was released earlier this year.
“I had a record deal with Motown that didn’t pan out due to the fact that, um, I had a number one record at Urban Radio,” Consequence explained, later adding, “Motown’s Urban radio department, my record was the number one priority in the building. And then the Taylor Swift incident happened, and anything that Kanye was associated with got pulled from radio.”
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After Yeezy interrupted Taylor at the VMA’s, Cons’ “Whatever You Want” with Ye and John Legend lost its momentum.
Consequence was asked if his record got shelved and he said: “It didn’t get shelved because it was out, but it just lost all momentum. The only record that radio was even considering playing at that time because it already started and had a big push was ‘Run This Town.’ My shit was still on the climb.”
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Cons continued: “Anything with Kanye at that time, that’s how GOODFridays ended up happening. He had to release it directly to people because the politics was crazy at the time.”
Check out the exchange around the 45:05 below.
Despite the drama that seems to perpetually surround Kanye West, Consequence has always been a defender of the embattled rapper.
Back in August, Cons hit out the dentist who allegedly got Ye addicted to nitrous oxide.
Following allegations of the potentially fatal addiction by former chief of staff and far-right figure Milo Yiannopoulos, Cons took to Instagram with a video clip of a studio session with Ye and Timbaland.
He took aim at the dentist who was allegedly supplying Ye with the gas after promoting what was at the time a new single.
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“G.O.O.D. things come To those who wait..” he said in the post on Wednesday (August 7). “Me and YE in @Timbaland studio cooking up what would be my next single ‘Overdose’ featuring @YNWMelly THIS FRIDAY 08.09.24.”
“By The Way Fuck Thomas Connelly If That Shit Is True!!!” he added.
