Russ is apparently looking to expand his one-man lyrical wrecking crew with able-bodied rappers in the near future.
During an exclusive interview with Ebro Darden for Rap Life Radio on Apple Music 1 on Friday (December 10th), Russ opened up about his recent CHOMP 2 album and explained his intentions in cultivating the brand are rooted in encouraging real rappers to rap again.
“I’m trying to just cultivate a home for people who want to rap and just go crazy,” he said. “Not any of this eight bars and then bridge, nah, rap for a minute and a half. And then you rap for a minute and a half and we’ll put a little hook in between just to get us through the sh*t, and let’s keep it pushing. I’m trying to create that home because I know I’m a fan of that style of rap. You feel me? And I wish more artists who can rap and really go, would make these projects… Would do a CHOMP-like series, because I still like hearing rappers just rap on a beat for two and a half minutes, eight songs in a row. I still like that.”
Russ does indeed, “rap for a minute and a half,” across all 14-tracks thriving on CHOMP 2, with added lyrical support from rappers such as Snoop Dogg, Jay Electronica, Styles P, Westside Gunn, Big Sean, Wale and Joey Bada$$ and more.
After releasing the project this past Friday, Russ paid a visit to Justin Credible at Power 106 FM’s L.A. Leakers show to fire off more of his rapid-fire bars for one of his jaw-dropping freestyles.
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“Russ wanted to close out the year w/ some BIG BARS,” Justin Credible wrote in a clip of the freestyle he shared on Instagram. “I’m like bro, you just dropped CHOMP 2 on they ass and you got more HIGH LEVEL RAPS? The answer was YES! Clean nails, dirty raps! Thank you for blessing us my brother! Keep going, keep raising the bar! Jewelry on the wall! WATCH THE FREESTYLE ON POWER106.COM NOW & IN MY BIO.”
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this the irritating part about Russ. Rappers been rapping their asses off underground for a long time. The mainstream is not fucking with that style of Hip Hop and thats cool. You can’t challenge people that don’t give a fuck about what you doing.,
Yet he holds a massive fan base. He can do what the fuck he wants to, who the he’ll are you to tell him what he can and can’t do.
Ay Sam, tell Russ to go and listen to @CrDnlSn since he fucken with rappers with barz. That Mic Is Life, Vol.7 is fuego. So I’m told.
Except here we are with a bunch of buzz on this album and mainstream people talking lyricism …..Russ did that.
Underground stay under and that’s cool for those who steady checkin for them… but god bless the MC that goes pop and still
preaches bars over hooks. Stay mad, but Russ did that.
Bro. Russ is barely mainstream. He is not a household name and none of his records aside from Best On Earth got any radio play. He is not a power figure and his album did nothing to shift any narrative in the culture. Respect dude and his vision but y’all gotta stop riding his dick.
Freddie Gibbs already did that bro
Nothing wrong with Russ doing it either. Stfu
no I will not STFU, Nothing wrong with Russ doing it, but he acting like he the ONLY one doing it. Look around a little
I listen to Freddie asshole
And Freddie Gibbs does it better
He got out rapped on every song and here he is talking shit lmao. I hate this guy so much
Continue hating, he’s doing way better than you ???
FYI: Many did it from the late 1970s. Many do it right now, Russ just doesn’t know hiphop music. This guy is really uninteresting, unoriginal and uninspired even with tons of guests on his album.
Oh stfu dumb fuck
Thanks for All the Raps & Features on CHOMP 1 & CHOMP 2. #RealRapRussw/demfeatures
This cuck wants to be a black leader so bad. Hes wack sit your german ass down or w.e ur from and stfu
He’s doing better than you dumb ass
I don’t blame RUSS for this article or headline. Looks like an attempt to troll rap fans. Seems to take a weird position like RUSS is the only person in the world willing to put rap skills on an album. More like RUSS is the only rapper white media wants to acknowledge right now. That’s not any other rappers fault. It’s an insult to your readers to post nonsense like this. Again I don’t blame RUSS because I don’t feel like he said any of this in the crooked spirit in which is was reported
I’m absolutely certain RUSS doesn’t going around acting like he’s the only person who ever rapped on an LP or put out a lyrical mixtape. This is just a stupid and slanted article designed to spread hate against RUSS. So what he said more rappers should concentrate on bars and lyricism – that what everyone says. Not sure how you twisted it all up to make it sound like RUSS says no one has ever rapped on an album before. This why people hate the media. Say you’re a reporter people give you side eyes
Russ stepped his shit up. Prior to chomp he was weak sauce. Should lose that cocky attitude b4 i slap the beak off him. Bring back the boom bap style in the mainstream. i dig what hes saying.
So how do u like get ahold of him to see about getting signed or put on his label cuz i know imabe fitting for his grade of music ,, younger gen so im all the very much capable of surpassinging him as well,, if i put my mind to it lol , (lol?? without a doubt tho hahah)