They reached out to someone from Roc Nation to reach out to us. What was it like performing at the BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher? I branded myself without even trying to and it went over to clothing. It wasn’t really thought about, it just happened. I mean, I’m a team player, but at the end of the day, I do me. Everyone who follows me know I stand for that. When I got to name the whole project, I thought I should name the whole album that. It had a sample in the beat and it sounded like it was saying forever do me, so I named that song that. I came across a beat that The Game used for one of his albums. When I started the first Forever Do Me, I was doing them like street mixtapes rapping off of other people’s beats. I pray every day and the ducks fall in line. Everything was organic and happened for a reason.
YOUNG GUNZ TOUGH LUV ALBUM COVER SERIES
It’s a series that started in 2009 that’s when the first Forever Do Me came out. What inspired you to call your album Forever Do Me 8? There’s never been a record with all 7 members on it in history and I have that record it’s a Quincy Jones situation so I’m definitely proud of that. I have the first record with the whole State Property ever on it. I have Jadakiss on it, Raheem Devaughn, Dave East, Trae the Truth. They can get that anywhere they buy music. Forever Do Me 8 is a part of a series and it was just released a month and a half ago on Sept. I’m still a piece of State Property, still got my Young Gunz thing going on and I do my solo thing with the Forever Do Me brand. I don’t think any other artists were living how we were living. The labels aren’t even giving out money to the artists. People ain’t even making that type of money that we were making at that time. It’s a different time in the music game period. That work we put in is timeless the music we put in is timeless. There’s always opportunities to do stuff with him and he with us. It’s still a roller coaster, though. We still do shows together and it’s all love, but as far as business, it really ain’t no business ties as we speak. We did some other business with Jay, but after a while, we went our separate ways. The second album wasn’t as successful as the first one. It was totally different from the Roc-A-Fella we got signed to. As soon as Jay was president, it was like a whole different time. Young Chris and I put out Brothers From Another album. So we went with Jay and he became president of Def Jam and he had Roc-A-Fella to himself. Why did that roller coaster come to an end?Īs far as Roc-A-Fella, Jay and Dame went their separate ways and Jay pulled Young Chris, Memphis Bleek, Freeway, and myself backstage while we were on the Best of Both Worlds tour and told us that we would be making major changes and decisions and he wanted us to be a part of that decision. It’s a book of stories to tell, but it was definitely a roller coaster. We had the biggest clothing line from an urban clothing line. We had the biggest ceo/artist in the game. It was the life what every young artist would want from the game. What was life like in Young Gunz and Roc-A-Fella? Our first album, Tough Luv was released in 2004. When did you professionally start your rap career?Ĭhris and I signed in 2001-2002. Memphis Bleek started saying, “Neef Buck don’t speak much, but keep the heat tucked.” I just ran with it.
At the time, I carried protection all the time. I was the black sheep of State Property when we first got together and I was standoffish to a lot of things and a lot of people. Coming up in Roc-A-Fella, I wasn’t really following suit when I got there. I have a lot of alter egos and Neef Buck is one of them.
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