As he prepares to release Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q says he is the most self assured he’s ever been.
“I never felt this confident in my music or this confident period,” ScHoolboy Q said in an interview with AlLinstrom. “I just think I’m the best rapper right now.”
ScHoolboy Q’s fellow Black Hippy member, Kendrick Lamar, recently made similar statements on his much-discussed verse for “Control.” Lamar’s critically acclaimed platinum-selling good kid, m.A.A.d. city was the first album out of the Top Dawg Ent. camp following the label’s Interscope connection. Q discussed the pressure that lies with following in Kendrick Lamar’s footsteps.
“There’s a little bit of pressure, but I’m not Kendrick and he’s not me,” Q said. “You can’t expect my album to sound exactly like his, but it’s gonna compete with his album…I know the album is good and I just want people to receive it in a good way. But the pressure, of course it’s there, a little bit. That’s fuckin’ Kendrick Lamar. When you say his name now, it’s a fuckin’ big deal…He’s up there with [Kanye West] and all that.”
Aside from the pressure that Q’s hoping to shake with the release of Oxymoron, the TDE rapper also said he hopes to quit using marijuana soon.
“I’m actually trying to quit smoking weed,” Q said. “It’s a little selfish in a sense because I got homies that’s broke. I got my momma. As much money as I done spent [on marijuana], I could have bought my momma a new place, a new car. I spend like $6,000 a month on weed. It’s like an ounce every other day. It’s not even just me just smoking by myself, you gotta understand. I’m around a lot of people and I’m the type of person, I know how much people make. You don’t have to spend your money when you’re with me. It’s not like that. I’m not selfish or nothin’ like that. I’m always supplying all the weed all the time and drinks or I’ll pay for the food. The thing is, I make a lot more money than them. One hundred dollars is a lot of money for some people.”
While the rapper has not stopped smoking weed yet, he did acknowledge that it will alter his life if he does.
“I haven’t tried not smoking weed and rapped yet,” Q said. “I said I want to quit…[Weed] mellows you. Once you get used to being mellow and chill, once you don’t smoke, you’re a normal person so your senses is regular. You not the sluggish, chill person that’s cool that’s down for whatever. Regular, you’re almost like a kid again, in that sense.”
More from this interview can be viewed below.
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im a big Q fan but damn hes dooming this album the same way big sean did his. when you get super cocky and start saying its a classic before it drops it just sets the bar so high and it wont meet fan expectations. but i hope he comes through
French Montana did it too. talking he got the best rap album of the last 10 years and how he gonna do atleast 200k first week!
it’s cause these guys hang around yes men and gold diggers who tell them how great they are all day and it goes to their head
I love black hippy’s music but Schoolboy Q is suffering from the B.I.G disease. That’s when you get overly confident. Big Sean suffered from it.
What you want him to say about his album. Yeah it’s ok …… of course he’s going to say it’s the best. And he is good so i expect a good album. Everybody looking for a classic. Me i don’t care just make an album ppl can listen too!
Maybe he should have quit before he made that comment. I pulled 1 or 2 songs from that BS album.
the albums not out yet fuck boi what are you talking about
GUYS THE NEW bs DONT GOT IT YOU CAN HEAR IT IN THE VOICE!!!!! THERE IS NO CONTENT AND THESE KIDS DONT KNOW A DAMN THING REAL TALK TIGHT ASS SKATE BORDING WIGGERS ND DUCK HEADS..
fuck off
Damn, this nigga is full of himself. Don’t get too cocky. Drop couple of albums first. He’s not even best in TDE, not mention whole hip-hop industry. He is good, but not THAT good.
he already released 2 albums
I guess you don’t understand sarcasm
You up next schoolboy Q hope the album is great
lol first this nigga Big Sean thought that he made a classic and thinks he is a toprapper now this chump? You know niggas in the 80’s and 90’s didnt say so much bullshit they just proved it with making classics. Niggas now is just lies and bullshit.
I like Q but he gotta stop with all these proclamations. The people will decide if your shit is a classic or if you’re the best. Too many emcees these days want to be the artist and the critic at the same damn time.
best rapper post 2008 is Kendrick = you are the oxymoron
Q said, “That’s fuckin’ Kendrick Lamar. When you say his name now, it’s a fuckin’ big deal…He’s up there with [Kanye West] and all that.”
Uh, no…
how no? kendrick is has made a pretty big name for himself over the last year, he’s kind of a big deal in rap right now.
No son, kendrick ain’t there yet. Kanye has 6 successful albums. Kendrick has two. Kanye will always be kanye and in a few years if kendrick doesn’t fall off, you can say the same.
his name is up there but i feel like kendrick got to drop af ew more before he gets mentioned with the tops in hiphop.
2 successful albums? Only 1 made him money, the other was indie.
it was still successful in building his name and fanbase up for his next album
FIRST YOU GOTTA FACE THE WITHDRAWAL PHASE AND ALTHOUGH IT AIN’T AS BAD AS OTHER DRUGS, IT STILL AIN’T FUN…
That guy says he doesn’t smoke weed
Instant classic. Fuck the 90’s this is the new era
Not so fast my kicks are from the 90’s and 80’s, my standards for record sales are from the 90’s(high), my lyrical standards are from the 90’s, my and your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper is from the 90’s.
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Some of you groupies, don’t understand sarcasm.
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What you want him to say about his album. Yeah it’s ok …… of course he’s going to say it’s the best. And he is good so i expect a good album. Everybody looking for a classic. Me i don’t care just make an album ppl can listen too!
my Aunty Brooke just got a nice six-month old Cadillac SRX by parttime working online from home. moved here….
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the midget is average at best. u apartment niggas be dickriding him too much. and Q is straight garbage
Dumbass.
Can we get a friggin release date?!?!
J Cole > Kendrick
Cosign.
u crazy
absolutely
I think Asap Rocky is the best right now. Say what you want about Asap’s music but you can’t front like he don’t look hella attractive when he smiles. His teeth are perfect, one of the best smiles in hip-hop. Schoolboy Q just isn’t physically appealing. He’d be a better rapper if he worked on a six pack but we need to start holding these rappers accountable for their fashion. I’m talking Rick Owens, Jeremy Scott, Tom Ford. It’s 2013, if your jeans don’t have rips in them, throw them out. Anybody can rap, but what’s harder, writing dumb lyrics in a notebook or doing 3 sets of 20 to get those core abs? Schoolboy needs to drop the weight, look more handsome and then I’ll give Oxymoron a chance.
YOU PICKED THE PERFECT NAME FOR THIS GAY BULLSHIT…sadly alot of what u saying is true..its 2013 ..the way ppl look are just as important as thier music
What the hell are you talking about. How does attractiveness fit into rap skills? Biggie was ugly as fuck…
NIGGA YOU GAY
2 top ten emcees Big Pun and Biggie Smalls were both large and not to handsome. But they could fucking rap their asses off! Lol dont judge a guy by their appearance
Haha! Wtf! I hope your a girl cause that shit was straight up homosexual.
too fuckin funny…even the name
“Young Pause”….thats good trolling..
Put down the cheeseburger(s)!
Yo hiphopdx im the best rapper in the game right now. Can i get a story lol
is it too easy to say he still sounds high?
Wasting 6g’s a day on weed lol Then these rappers wonder why they never make it.
You take the statement of a successful rapper and assume that’s why other rappers wouldn’t make it? If you make enough money to waste 6,000 a month, not day on weed then you have in fact made it.
learn how to read
TDE Are killing it just now keep up the formula
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This guy is so ridiculously overrated and sounds like a fag when he does that Nicki Minaj flow he does like on that Blessed track. dude is VERY lyrically underwhelming so no you aint better than shit you fake Crip
nicki minaj flow what the fuck are you talking about smh..
Shut the fuck up, you dork. Go back to listening to immortal technique you Toronto faggot.
after thinking he the best rapper out now,… maybe he should reconsider quitting weed
Kendrick is up there with Drake and em.Kanye is on another galaxy.
Q is high,i will excuse him.
$6000 a month, shit. If he wasn’t rich, he would be sucking dick for marijuana.
He is not even the best rapper on the label he is a close second to Absoul he just gets the pub…he is just ok..he’ll he can’t even hang with Big Sean who got roasted on his own track by Kendrick …that is why I listen to Jakk Frost ….Beard Gang all day..this cat high …6k on weed…a couple of years from now well be hearing about him doing dumb ish
Naa you geekin Q better then Big Sean.
Yeah I know, he sucks!
WHY IS RAP THE ONLY MUSIC WHERE THE FANS ARGUE LIKE LITTLE BITCHES….. THE ONLY FUCKIN MUSIC… U KNOW WHY????CUZ UR FUCKIN IGNORANT….IF U DONT LIKE HIM , GO PUT ON UR UGGS AND BUMP WAYNE WITH THE REST OF THE EMO FAGS….UR NOT GONNA MAKE PEOPLE STOP LIKING A CERTAIN ARTIST CUZ U COMPLAIN…U GUYS SHOULD SPEND AS MUCH TIME TRYING TO GET PUSSY AS U DO ARGUING ON THE COMMENT SECTION
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There are only 2 people that believe ScHoolboy Q is the best rapper right now…..himself and his mother
HE must be smoking if he thinks hes the best rapper…..
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for those of you who think school boy is wack on the mic, maybe you should just stop listenin to rap all together.
Some of you niggas kill me with ur “opinions”. If u dont like his music, coo, but to say the nigga cant rap is just ridiculous
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I know he aint quit yet cuz he musta been higher than pluto when he said he was the best rapper right now
hahahahahahaha!!!!!
Well I guess this is how its done. Ever since the internet you can be the best and be talked about if you just put it out their enough. I mean look at lil wayne and kendrick, they are the best thanks to the net.
This dude has a drug problem. The interviews I’ve seem him in he has slurred speech and can’t keep still. I see rehab in his future.
“If you make enough money to waste 6,000 a month, not day on weed then you have in fact made it”
What exactly has he achieved? I doubt that’s even his money every month. Even if it is, an intelligent person would blow up first then indulge their hobby.
He’s one of the worst rappers ever tbh.
Look who’s laughing now