1 year ago

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Cassidy sits down with Adam to talk about his career, his legacy, battle rap, and more!

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00:00 Intro
0:55 Cassidy on writing his first rap in 4th grade about fire prevention and raps it
4:35 Cassidy lists all of his musical influences like Grandmaster Caz, Rakim and more
6:55 Not connecting the streets with rap at first and being influenced by Canibus and DMX
11:00 Staying on cadence, being creative with syllables and how technology changed music
16:10 Signing to a label at 17, hosting radio cyphers and creating the group Larsiny with Ruff Ryders
20:15 Ruff Ryders’ relationship and beating Freeway in a battle rap with Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz in attendance
34:00 How rappers used to represent labels during battle raps and dropping the first project
38:15 Curating the album “Split Personality”, dropping the single “I’m a Hustla” and having radio hits
42:35 Being locked up while going platinum, sampling Jay-Z bars and making a fortune off of ringtones
48:00 Hip hop creating sub genres for the new sounds coming out in music and radio play
52:10 Writing the record “6 Minutes” with Lil Wayne and Fabolous and changing the game again
57:00 Cassidy on his relationship with Swizz Beatz then and now
1:02:50 Cassidy on dissing Lil Uzi Vert and Lil Yachty and getting used to the new era rap music
1:09:15 New Cassidy album coming soon
1:13:40 Cassidy’s contribution to the battle rap culture and the Freeway battle that never happened
1:18:40 Cassidy charging $250,000 for appearances and believes he deserves more
1:24:35 Cassidy on Tory Lanez stealing his bars and starting a podcast
1:28:15 Writing bars in seconds, punching in and the creative process to make a hit record