Pop Smoke on his songs for women, Not liking collabs, Connecting W/ Skepta & achievements so far

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s in the building man you got the place in a whirl right now meet the one that's available right now I'm salsa or streaming platforms go get it I mean a guy that's only been releasing music this year and having such an impact is this what you were hoping for was this to plan yeah, you know, tomorrow, yeah, seriously, it's that simple, yeah, what's been the biggest accomplishment this year so far, man, I got a house because so give us a little bit of history like before, music was always this the plan to make music or do you feel like you fell into it because I heard stories about you sneaking into the studio and just recording between artists and things in the that I never slipped away. the study, how did it go, dear friend, what is that, what is the history before the music?

I was stealing, I would just know I've been around a lot of artists, making sure everything goes well, everything goes well as one, this was like sleeping mm-hmm I just want any studio, I wanted a booth and I recorded this song, you know, yeah, so I mean there was no plan before making music, it was like you just accepted it, yeah right, I said I always knew. I was going to try it, it's about time mm-hmm are you the kind of artist who writes what's just kind of short and headlines? You know, sometimes I rarely line up.

I never wrote a song before, but most of the time. don't write mmm like my whole mixtape I didn't write mm-hmm the whole mixtape I didn't write it but you know there's some

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out there that I got and wrote that I stole for and that I wrote saying like love

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so you got some love songs on way so yeah, I really love songs you know, love songs for girls, you're saying AHA, you think that for girls, I say it's love because I love girls, yeah, don't be. I'll tell you something that I'm very happy about me in you today, that you actually have the same voice that you wrap because I didn't want to meet you today and you had different types of shapes that you get so often. that people maybe expect you to have a different voice, yeah, but you know I saw it's all funny stuff, Brooklyn laughs and also at us, from a specific place in Brooklyn, man, it was Canarsie mmm, tell us about Canarsie, man , that's where you know it is. where are the puppies yeah for someone who hasn't been there what would you expect if you went to Brooklyn Canarsie today?

Yes, I suspect one thing, be prepared, is that it is not a place for tourists. I know what tourists, no, it would just be. Ready, ah man, what do I need to meet them? Because I haven't been boxing before. People know about people. Yes, sigh. Someone if I'm with you. I'm fine, yeah, right. I mean, is it fatty and round? Yeah, what do you mean? greasy, I mean, it's like it's on the spot if you go around and meet one of them. I mean, it obviously fits each and every country, okay, I'm saying it, of course, you should know where you are. "You go, I'm saying way to go where not to go, but you should be good, you know, I ain't got no problems, no, no, gangbanger, you ain't goin' around there.

Star problems, I say, as long as you tell people the way to follow". t happened, well, no one told you. You know, I'm saying, I mean, are there fancy areas around? There was practically a downtown. I mean, if you pass, I learned that lingo, oh, here it happens, is there any possible Tron? Stay awake like in the laboratory. took my life last year there's someone there oh yeah, it's also close to Manhattan, yeah, and you have some parts of Queens, even some parts of Brooklyn, it's classy mmm, direct, yeah, so you've connected with an oh , it's better from here, man.

You've connected with the smooth rhythms of Ao8 from the UK. I mean, how did you connect with him? Man, because you know, I mean, he's a little out of the ordinary, yeah, on your part. I'll let you get off YouTube. Yeah, did you scream over him? Or did he howl for you? I just took its rhythm from you - I'm saying oh, you break the rhythm, yeah, I don't know what made me say I can use this rhythm. I just took it mm-hmm, I've been taking it mm-hmm and then how did it firm up from there?

Obviously there must have been some business, yeah, like three songs, three songs and he pressured me like you're pop, you gotta pay for this beat, bro. I'm like God take it easy and now he's home and then we brought him hmm so instead of me paying for every beat just have the family party boy show you dad's ideas yeah how did you connect with Skepta? Because he's in Regis Big Smoke hmm, I don't know. I know, I mean, I mean, it's obvious, it's obvious to me, well, he'll hit me with a big

smoke

, smoke pop, I'm saying, but what a way it happened, like one of my African dogs and yeah, who was it? store owner around Flatbush.

North Crown Heights and he connected the dots the dots and you have more white are you looking to get in and if... yeah we have a clip are you going to go crazy? I'm just going to play a little bit, but don't you think the elements are ah, I wish you could stay and play a little bit. I know you're a fan of a UK beyond DBE yeah d-block you're a shiny black you only care about them guys yeah so what possible

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yeah I hope to say. I don't know, I really like to vibe mm-hmm, build real relationships like mmm, I'm not really, oh, no music, ting hmm, I'm saying mm-hmm, that's why I realized I'm not really it's about the collaborations so much yeah, I don't really like working with more people, I really like a man, I hope you like him, I'll be great, you call right now, Yaser, chords, are we good?, what I want to say, oh, yes, we have egos mm-hmm and maybe. fake mm-hmm and I don't really like fake business, the businessman already does business with them, so how do you find the music business?

Because there can be a lot of that, yeah, well, obviously, you know there's a lot of things that go into it. in this music business, but that's why you guys keep your eyes wide open, you're saying you can't really like I said, it's like the busking business, they're pretty much the same thing, but no, but actually I'm not saying. The same rules apply to him, just don't step on anyone's toes. What I'm saying is, keep your head straight and don't start off smoothly and you'll be fun. You know, some people for you with Jamaican. I do not do it.

I don't know, I had to emphasize that I feel energized by what you said there, you understand me, some people thought you were Jamaican, but I heard that your Panama arm likes your heritage or not, yes, it's about heritage Mattox, my dad It's Spider-Man and my dad is awesome, I mean, I said my dad from my dad, a pop, I watch Spider-Man and my mom is Jamaican, but you know, unfortunately, I never grew my Jamaican side the same way, but all the little dogs are Jamaican, so I grew up with my Panamanians. but you know I go to school on Jamaican beer, so if you hear the lingo that we're talking about, it's my ride, wine or charge, yeah, dog, yeah, give me all the wisdom, you know, like all that lingo, but I come out here, I think because I'll be talking like you guys mmm-hmm I'll be like oh, you've been here like no, we've been talking like this, free, free, free, busy mm-hmm, what I'm saying like, oh, that's it our slang we've been talking like this, nickel food or not, I can fish salty, yeah, okay, then jump in, it's a blow, I'm still very busy.

I'm going to talk to you about your PTSD song, yeah this is a different kind of angle, people just waiting to get it out of you, you know, the PTSD song is definitely for real music, well you don't do jimmies, yeah, what What happened was, but you know, like I said, if I'm angry, make certain music come out in a beat, like I said. I don't know why I chose that beat, they're just happy like that, it just happened. I don't know why I chose that I could really do anything until you showed them, they won't know, man, mmm-hmm, stay awake.

Yeah, because a lot of people see you as the angry guy and she showed me that she wasn't an angry girl. I mean, I'm angry, but I also play into anything, although I'm not going to lie, that's a different dynamic. I think people appreciate your contempt to eat it. up mmm-hmm well tell me about Dior, yeah I mean this is a great song he's releasing here in the UK, yeah I hear I hear they like it a lot yeah it's a movie I'm saying it's like if it were one one of those songs that you know could work for anyone who ever says you want a party because you change them, you have to go to the party and then you have that, you want?

I'm saying watch some movie and next year here man I could afford that I was sitting next to 50 Cent's little brother you think so man well you see the voice there's one that compares me if it's going to be a circle, I know, but I mean, I know you're going to get a lot of people saying that. and you've heard that before, yeah, I've heard it, but then people stop watching it because he likes it, no, no, it's not pockets of smoke, trust, hey, listen, man, the future is bright, many thanks for the chat man, first time in the UK. yes yes sir don't be a stranger yes I don't know yes whoo SSSs k bar maker