Sitting down with MTV on the day of his album release, YG explained what motivated his “Really Be” single and how Kendrick Lamar chose the song for his feature.
“I recorded it up in Atlanta and I knew that it sounded like a record that Kendrick would get on,” YG said. “So when I got to L.A.,his engineer who did his album, Ali, he mixed my album too, they been hearing my album since like September, so they been hearing it. Kendrick told me that when it was time to put out my album he was gonna hop on one of my records, so he wanted to hear the whole album. So we played him the whole album, then he heard that song, he like, ‘I’m hopping on that, that’s the best song on there.’ That’s how it came, just like that. Real simple.”
Asked about the inspiration behind the song, YG explained wanting to share what drives him to drink alcohol. “The inspiration behind the ‘Really Be’ record was just a whole bunch of stuff I was going through, that I been through,” he said. “I drink a lot of alcohol, you feel me, I wanted to let the people why I drink when I drink or when I smoke I smoke, or when the next person drink or smoke…most of the time it’s reasons behind that. You be tripping sometimes, you have something going on. Like today I woke up and there was stuff that I wanted to go on that didn’t go on right. So I woke up, I was mad, I was hot just off something little like that. But I got some of that Avión, I took that Avión back and I was cool. That’s how it go.”
YG’s My Krazy Life was released earlier this week on Tuesday (March 18). The rapper announced a string of tour dates in support of his debut and first-week sales predictions estimate an expected 45,000 to 55,000 albums sold. HipHopDX granted My Krazy Life 3 out of 5 stars in a review that mentions the “Really Be” single specifically. The song “takes a sudden turn to stray from the script,” the HipHopDX review says. “Venting about stresses including paranoia and the pressures of fame, YG puts his machismo to the side to hold his own alongside a barrage from Rap’s leading firecracker Kendrick Lamar. This welcome glimpse into reality is uncharacteristic for an emcee most known for bragging on his hard earned criminal reputation and prowess with a variety of women.”
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YG is the king of the west coast not Kendrick
Don’t forget about tyga. He’s from the streets of compton.
the king needs TDE to be all over his project apparently..
^^Haha word. He’s got three-fourths of Black Hippy on his album. Some “king”.
not to mention he had to call drake up for a hit
No joke YG really is though. Only weirdo outta town hip hop elitist nerds who wear leather think TDE got it like that
we all know kdot is the king,
yg is the biggest joke of the 2010s
nobody was really expecting yg to top kendrick’s classic tbh
Kendrick is the king of no coast.
You misspelled West Coast.
https://soundcloud.com/eqthevaporizer
kdot the king of hip hop
kendrick was the only good thing about that album and I’m not even a kdot fan
that album flopped lmao, even the king of west coast (kendrick) couldn’t save that shit
trash album, can’t believe how bad it was even if it features TDE and even if it’s mixed by tde Ali…
still need a kendrick only version of this song
west coast doesn’t even fuck with this clown, we only listen to kendrick or dom here
you just exposed yourself as a nigga who’s not from the west coast. all over california we bump yg, i even went to seattle to see my peoples and niggas there were bumpin yg as well, so fall back with that fake shit.
someone’s caught feelings awwwwwwwww
everyone bumps YG. this kid must be from some off brand suburb where niggas wear frilly skirts and listen to techno. Virginia is my guess
By everyone, you mean you and your small circle of friends?
thought yg was dope but he disappointed big time, west coast is still all about kendrick 🙁
“Don’t forget about tyga. He’s from the streets of compton.”
He’s actually from the streets of San Fernando Valley, which is anything but similar to Compton’s streets.
it’s a joke stupid
Pretty weak album tho.
album was wack, thought her was gonna be the second biggest rapper of compton right now behind kendrick but hes like 5th
FLOP OF THE YEAR
you can only flop when people thought you were gonna drop GKMC 2
this yg guy is so wack
why a news about yg ? nobody cares about this clown.
YG’s baby mama cares.
guess gkmc is still the last classic from this area.
even 2 chainz is better than yg ahahah
yg made me realize how incredible kendrick lamar is
most boring album I have heard these last 2 years. no more yg for me