ScHoolboy Q was spotted in the studio last week with red-hot Atlanta producer Zaytoven. During an appearance on Ab-Soul’s YMF tour, he also mentioned his album was next “by any means” following the release of SZA’s debut CTRL.
However, while speaking with Montreality, he talked about plans for his follow-up to 2016’s Blank Face LP and why his fans shouldn’t count on a Black Hippy project anytime soon.
“I’m already working on my next album,” Q said. “The chances of us getting into the studio together and working on Black Hippy is slim. There’s too much going on … I’m with it though. I wanna do it.”
ScHoolboy explained all members — Q, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock and Ab-Soul — have tunnel vision with their individual projects. The last single all four hopped on together was 2015’s “Vice City” from Jay Rock’s 90059 album.
“Y’all been asking that question now for four years,” ScHoolboy said with a chuckle. “I don’t know man. I’m already working on the next joint already. I’ve already been working on the next joint. Just like I don’t see the time. People don’t understand is that when you’re working on an album, you’re getting into a groove. It’s hard to stop that groove, that zone you’re in or that vision you have to jump on a whole new thing and restart from a blank sheet basically.”
Elsewhere in the interview, the South Central representative also spoke on how Top Dawg Entertainment’s artist recruitment process.
“Every rapper that ever came to TDE that we was getting ready to fuck with, they always exit themselves out because they weren’t humble enough,” he said. “It was a lotta L.A. artists that could’ve been signed to TDE.”
He also spoke on how 50 Cent inspired him to become a rapper.
“I hated on Get Rich Or Die Tryin,” said ScHoolboy. “I was hating on 50 ’cause I was so much into Nas. Once I got over that hate stage, 50 became one of my biggest inspirations to rap. If it wasn’t for him no telling what I’d be doing.”
Well, that’s Lame.
They already said they will never make a Black Hippy album. Its hard for all them to get together in the studio.
And when they actually get together in the studio they fuck around drink smoke conversate. Hours pass and they dont get nothing done.
Forgot what interview it was where they said this.
Someday the smoke will clear, all their solo buzzes will have died down and there will be no reason not to do the BH album. Personally, these guys are the only ones in the mainstream I even like. I’m not a fanatic or anything, only because I don’t really get to keep up with all their music. I don’t even know all their albums. Can anyone list all 4 artists’ albums since they got put on?
U rite but what will happen is the smoke will clear, people will finally see how overrated each and every one of those dudes are on their own and by the time they get in the studio to do it, the interest will have died and most people won’t give 2 fuccs, let alone $10. It’s the same shit that happened to G-Unit but at least they did get it together to put out TWO group albums. Black Hippy is better together, they should have each put out 1 album, done a group album and then let the sophomore slumps drop. Instead they’re plugging away at their careers separately not even doing enough features on each other’s albums and I can’t be the only one losing interest. This shit got me diggin for that Jay Electronica & Black Thought. Maybe I should just give up & listen to mumble rap!