We had the opportunity to sit down with one of the most prolific and important rappers of our time, Saba (!!!) for an extra special interview all about his new album with No ID: "From The Private Collection of Saba and No ID".
Watch the full thing to hear us talk about:
🌟 How his relationship with No-ID started and how it’s evolved over the process of creating their collaborative album
🌟 How songs like “head.rap” is so true to him and his influences that he’s at the point where “I feel like I’m starting to make the music that only I can make”
🌟 How the song “The Bigger Picture” was one of the last songs he got to work on with his uncle before he passed
🌟 Not getting stuck on other people’s perceptions & trusting your own intuition and choices
🌟 One memorable piece of advice he got from No-ID that changed the way he writes / structures his lyrics
🌟 How he got Kelly Rowland AND Raphael Saadiq on “Crash”
🌟 How the song “Stompin’” came from a wine night
🌟 The story behind “How To Impress God” and the importance of songs that seem to write themselves
🌟 Hoping that his listeners will grow with this new music
🌟 music coming out of Chicago, from rising artists to his contemporaries
🌟 Updates on Ghetto Sage
🌟 His favorite Smino lyric
🌟 Where does he get all of his cool hats? and more!
