The trio that is the new West Side Connection (Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, and Terrace Martin) reintroduced themselves during an interview with ThisIs50.com and also spoke on Dr. Dre, shared some advice they received from 50 Cent, and more.
Jay Rock spoke briefly on working with Dr. Dre in the studio when asked if the iconic rapper/producer would be on his next project.
“Actually I hope so. Shit, I hope so. Nah that’s the big homie. I had the fortunate time just to be in the studio and see how he works and see how he gets down man. It was just a good feeling being around and seeing what he do and seeing how he gets down,” Jay Rock explained. “And that was just a lot of motivation for me. That dude he go hard in the studio. Like I said just being around that good atmosphere it was a good look for me.”
Later in the interview Kendrick went on to praise producer and fellow new West Side Connection member Terrace Martin stating that he’s one of those producers that’ll go above and beyond.
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“A lot of times you meet producers and they just give you a bunch of beat CD’s and let you rap over it. And in my eyes I think the artist really just produced the record because we putting the words over it. But this dude he’s going to give you direction because he’s planned everything [live] anyway,” said Kendrick when asked about working with Terrace. “He’s hearing it on a different level so when you write shit, the shit you write down, how you project it and how you put it out on the mic he’s gonna coach you on that and really produce the record and add different sounds to what you’re talking about. And that’s what makes a dope record man. That’s what really enhances it. That’s what this dude do.”
Kendrick also shared a bit of advice rapper 50 Cent gave the group prior to the taping of the interview.
“It’s crazy cause Fif just came in right now and one of the key things he said [was] hard work overrides talent when talent is not [worthy]. I always had the natural talent and skill for it. I think we all got it as individuals. Just coming up, where we from, and being around music,” Kendrick explained. “But at the end of the day you put that effort in where you felt like ‘I really need to work for it and dedicate myself to what I want to do.’ That’s when things really start happening.”
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