Lil Yachty views himself as a “pupil of all walks of music”.
The rapper, actual identify Miles McCollum, dropped his fifth studio album, Let’s Begin Right here, to crucial acclaim in January.
The album marks a transfer away from his signature entice sound, and through a video interview for Billboard, Yachty defined why he needed to maneuver away from the “assumption” that he was a “mumble rapper or SoundCloud child” and experiment with psychedelic rock/pop sounds.
“To be trustworthy, I’ve at all times been a lot extra than simply hip-hop. I really like hip-hop with my life, of all music, I am a pupil of all walks of music,” he mentioned. “So, this album is so crucial that I acquired to do one thing that I needed to do, that was create a physique of labor that I used to be pleased with. That I appreciated and mirrored me. And was one thing that friends and folks of the world may respect me. An important factor to me was respect.”
As well as, Yachty famous that he hopes Let’s Begin Right here wins him some awards.
“I wish to win an award, I have been nominated for 2 Grammys (as a featured artist). However it wasn’t my stuff. Technically, I am featured in part of it, however it wasn’t mine. Something can be tight and I might be appreciative – it could be cool,” the 25-year-old added.
