Ab-Soul (Uncut Interview)

Ab-Soul the "Black Lip Bastard," while at his first headline show in NYC, explains a few lyrics about Obama and DMT, the Interscope/Aftermath x TDE deal, and the album cover. He also speaks about the first time he went to TDE's studio, his favorite MC's, Alori Joh and much more. 0:20 - Ab-Soul's occupation is being The God MC 0:37 - Carson, CA compared to Los Angeles, CA 1:29 - Growing up at a record store + Bone Thugs-N-Harmony early influence 2:10 - Favorites growing up = Canibus, Eminem and Ras Kass 2:50 - Steven Johnson Syndrome 3:09 - TDE (Top Dawg Entertainment), being humbled by meeting Jay Rock & Kendrick Lamar 3:56 - Why wasn't Control System on Interscope/Aftermath? 4:55 - Control Systems in the world 5:30 - Decoding "Dear Barack Obama, I know you just a puppet but I'm giving you props" from Ab-Soul's "Terrorist Threats" track. 6:47 - Decoding "Genius idiot, best description of myself" from Ab-Soul's "Pineal Gland" track. 7:30 - DMT (Dimethyltryptamine) 8:49 - R.I.P. Alori Joh 9:57 - Explaining the 'Control System' album cover, which is the Kabbalah Tree of Life, and his tattoo. 11:01 - Soul spits 8 bars from "Nothing's Something" Couldn't tell you how the world function but I'm heading to the function Interviewed by Shane Gill Shot by Shane Gill & Justin Fleischer for Duck Down Visuals Cop music by Ab-Soul on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/artist/ab-so... Follow @AbdashSoul | @Shane_Gill | @DuckDownMusic