{"id":39479,"date":"2023-11-15T10:03:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T15:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=39479"},"modified":"2023-11-15T10:03:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T15:03:20","slug":"interview-maxo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2023\/11\/15\/interview-maxo\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERVIEW: MAXO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interview with Maxo <\/b>conducted by Eric Davis (<\/span>ED<\/b>) and Casey Whitworth (<\/span>CW<\/b>)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED: <\/strong>You\u2019re performing at Camp Flog Gnaw this weekend, how are you feeling about that?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>I\u2019m excited, this is the first festival I\u2019ve ever been to in my life to even, like, be at like i\u2019ve never even attended a \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED: <\/b>Really? You\u2019ve never attended one? Dang that\u2019s sick.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>Nah.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED: <\/b>This is probably a special feeling, then, to perform at your first.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>It is, man, it is. I can\u2019t say I didn\u2019t manifest this, so. It definitely is, like, almost a little nerve racking too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED: <\/b>That\u2019s definitely, like, a pretty intense first festival, I don\u2019t know \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW: <\/b>Lots of big names, yeah.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED: <\/b>That\u2019s sick, though.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>I just, you know, they big names, but I just ain\u2019t a big name yet. Really ain\u2019t no difference, but you know what I mean.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW: <\/b>Exactly. And do you perform tomorrow? <\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>Tomorrow, yeah, I\u2019ve got a good amount of time, so they gonna get to know me. I\u2019m gonna bring some of my friends out, might bring Mavi out, might bring Zelooperz out. <\/span>ED: <\/b>Ah, that\u2019s awesome, bro, performing your new album too?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>Yeah, hell yeah, both of the new albums.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED: <\/b>Of course, yeah, two 2023 albums.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>Even God Has A Sense Of Humour <\/span><\/i>and <\/span>Debbie\u2019s Son<\/span><\/i>, and <\/span>Lil Big Man<\/span><\/i>, you know we gonna do the whole catalog. Yeah, I\u2019m excited, man.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED: <\/b>That\u2019ll be awesome. We\u2019re coming to your Boston show next Thursday, so we\u2019re excited to see the material.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>Oh, yes, I\u2019m excited to see y\u2019all.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW: <\/b>Have you been to Boston before?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>Um, nah, I haven\u2019t. I\u2019ve got some homies over there. Y\u2019all know who Cousin Stizz is?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED & CW: <\/b>No, I don\u2019t think so.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>Y\u2019all ain\u2019t ever heard of Cousin Stizz? He\u2019s from Boston. He cool, like Michael Christmas and shit. I think my manager from Boston, too. But nah, I ain\u2019t been there, I\u2019m curious to see\u2013 what\u2019s like a food that\u2019s popular up there that\u2019s good for Boston?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED: <\/b>Definitely some seafood, maybe, like some lobster or crab roll or something like that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>Ooh, lobster or crab rolls?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED: <\/b>I love crab. I don\u2019t know, are you a fan?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW: <\/b>I like lobster more, I think, yeah.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>Alright, look, lobster in a roll? That\u2019s crazy. Nah, I fuck with lobster a little bit more, but like some crab legs with some good butter, bro?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED: <\/b>BU does this sick thing where they do a lobster night once a year, so like, they give out lobsters at the dining halls\u2013<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>Oh really?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED: <\/b>\u2013 which is pretty cool, it happens once a year. You got one, didn\u2019t you?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW: <\/b>I did, yeah, I did get a lobster, a whole lobster.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>They just give you a whole lobster?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED: <\/b>Yeah, they give you the breaking tools so you can break it apart, they give you a little bib too, it\u2019s sick.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>Wow that\u2019s beautiful, I need that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED: <\/b>Alright, can we get into some questions?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>Let\u2019s get into it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED: <\/b>I think we\u2019re gonna start off\u2014 hard-hitting, crazy question. Do you believe in a higher power? I think this is something that can influence a lot of artists and I wanna know what your thoughts are about a higher power, whether you believe in one, whether it influences you?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW: <\/b>If you don\u2019t mind sharing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>I mean, y\u2019all know I joined the Illuminati right?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW: <\/b>Wow no, did you?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>Hell yeah. I pulled up in that hoe like, what you need from me, man. Nah, I mean, I believe in God, you know. I also believe in, like, universal karmic things, you know. I believe in, like, the world works in, like, similar ways to just everyday things. I believe in God, big time, but I also believe in God as like a\u2013 what\u2019s the word \u2013 like something that\u2019s not necessarily a physical thing, but an energy. Like, I believe in God as like an ancestor, you know? I believe in God as like a guide, you know? Somebody, like a light that guides, you see? It\u2019s like, if you choose to listen, that\u2019s on you, but it\u2019s like I also feel like you have to focus in and clear your mind and body and have your diet right to be the clearest to receive the messages that the world\u2019s trying to communicate with you. God, the universe, whatever, you know.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED: <\/b>I think it\u2019s definitely an individual thing. My experience with religion is not gonna be the same as yours, maybe not even religion, just spirituality and stuff like that.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>Maxo: <\/b>Yeah, more so spirituality, cause like, I can\u2019t say I\u2019ve ever\u2013 I did not grow up in the church, you know? My mama didn\u2019t have a bible in the crib, growing up. Cause like, still was trying to make her Jehovah\u2019s Witness, like she was like\u2014 to my understanding, my kids need freedom to think and feel, so, like, I don\u2019t believe in strict religion, I really don\u2019t.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED: <\/b>Do you think that influences your music? Your album has the word \u201cGod\u201d in the title, and some of your lyrics make some references to it, but how does that feeling guide you in making music, if at all?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>I mean, the feeling just guides me on what I need to be speaking about, it makes me have purpose. Something don\u2019t let me operate without purpose in this world, you know? I try to be na\u00efve and just not give a fuck, but things don\u2019t really let me be like that, and ignorance really is bliss. Sometimes I miss being bliss, and just free, but, I mean, I take the responsibility in the messages I receive and what I\u2019m here to communicate, you know?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED: <\/b>Yeah, definitely.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>I don\u2019t know if that answers y\u2019all\u2019s question.<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW: <\/b>No, it definitely does, yeah. On a similar sort of note, would you say you\u2019re superstitious at all?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>Hell yeah. When I used to play basketball, I used to have to have double socks. I\u2019d be like, if I don\u2019t double up on my socks, I\u2019m just not gonna play, for real. Yeah, I\u2019ve become less of, like, but yeah, hell yeah. And the people I be around, they don\u2019t even let me split a pole, like, y\u2019all heard about that rule?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW: <\/b>Yeah, yeah, that\u2019s real.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>But yeah.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW: <\/b>Do you have any, like, pre-show rituals that maybe deal with any superstitions?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo: <\/b>I just try to pray and be alone. Honestly, go to a secluded area where I can just feel myself, and, like, tap into my zone, you know? Yeah, that\u2019s my pre-show shit. Not a lot of conversation, you know.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW<\/b>: This one\u2019s kind of a long one. In <\/span>Even God Has A Sense Of Humour<\/span><\/i>, the album art is three \u201clife casted\u201d sculptures of different versions of your self image. In previous albums, you haven\u2019t really depicted yourself so openly on the cover. Like, in <\/span>Lil Big Man<\/span><\/i>, it\u2019s just a silhouette, then to\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

the three portraits of you in <\/span>EGHASOH<\/span><\/i>. How has your identity changed from the start of your career to now? What do you think affects your self image the most in the industry?<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Maxo:<\/b> What affects my self image? I\u2019d like to think about that part, but just as far as the cover art, I would say on <\/span>EGHASOH<\/span><\/i>, that\u2019s the most present image of me, in time. But, if you really look on everything that I\u2019ve released, from <\/span>Smile <\/span><\/i>to <\/span>Debbie\u2019s Son<\/span><\/i>, it\u2019s been me, just\u2013 <\/span>Lil Big Man<\/span><\/i>, that\u2019s a baby picture that was inverted that was zoomed in on the back of my head. <\/span>EGHASOH<\/span><\/i>, that\u2019s me in real time, yeah? But in <\/span>Debbie\u2019s Son<\/span><\/i>, that\u2019s a painting of an old baby picture of me. On <\/span>Smile<\/span><\/i>, that\u2019s a close-up of my smile, my face. You know, so, it\u2019s all been me. But, yeah, I don\u2019t, like\u2013 as far as things are perceived, I can\u2019t really think about that as somebody who\u2019s trying to create something authentic. But then, like, when you start thinking about how shit is perceived, you start changing how you move, you know? It just starts infecting in different ways, maybe you don\u2019t even notice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: Definitely one of the hardest challenges for anyone, I think, is not caring, or listening to the noise of what other people think. I feel like that\u2019s definitely amplified with someone like you who\u2019s putting their life out into the public.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: I\u2019m putting my whole shit out there, for real. Sometimes it\u2019s a lot for me, bruh. But then, to answer, going back on your question, I notice from me putting out music, and being my naked self, as transparent as I can be, I feel like, in real life, the conversations with me, even from people that I don\u2019t know or kinda know, I\u2019ve been more transparent because they, off of listening to my music, they feel where I\u2019m coming from. It automatically unlocks another level of comfortableness that they\u2019re willing to go to with me. So, I take pride in the responsibility that people trust me to keep their secrets, like things they feel uncomfortable talking about. I fuck with that. Cause like I don\u2019t abuse that, and like, go talk everywhere, and really I could be trusted, if that makes sense.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: What was your experience like with Def Jam, if you\u2019re willing to share? What made you decide to go independent for your latest album?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: The experience with Def Jam was like\u2026 college. Y\u2019all in college, right?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED & CW<\/b>: Yeah.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: You don\u2019t fuck with all your professors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: Yeah, some, no.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: But it\u2019s like, you\u2019re learning. How to maneuver things, you know, in a way that\u2019s gonna be beneficial in years to come. I feel like, in a way, that was like, I was going to school, I was learning so many things, and really I\u2019m so appreciative of that cause people, my peers learn what and what not to do from seeing me. And it\u2019s like, I fuck with that because, like, I had to go through that in order to break a wall for my community, almost. Like, immediate community, you know, it\u2019s so many pillars amongst my people, you feel me? I\u2019m speaking with zero ego. I\u2019m just saying, like, sometimes I just found myself learning and people learning from me, or through me, almost how I would learn through my brother, you know. When he did something I didn\u2019t know, I may have been afraid to do, or hadn\u2019t done yet. So I think the Def Jam experience was rocky at times, but it never\u2013 I\u2019ve always been respected, I\u2019ve always demanded respect as an artist, wherever I go, to be more clear about it. Creatively, nothing has ever suffered, regardless of where I\u2019ve been. Cause we\u2019ve always been tied to what we\u2019re here to do, not what people want us to do. I think, like, Def Jam just taught me\u2013 I\u2019m not saying I\u2019m unbreakable or invincible, but it taught me my resilience and patience, it heightened it. And it taught me how strong I am, for real. And, like, how hard, how much of a soldier I am for just some real shit, you know? And really how much I care about real shit, in spaces where there\u2019s a lack thereof.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>ED<\/b>: I really respect that it didn\u2019t, like, change your vision. You always demanded that they respect your vision for what it is.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: Thank you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: I think that\u2019s really important that some people lose sight of, maybe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: You know, what\u2019s helped me\u2014 we could go back to the foundation of, like, what my parents have said, even to right now. Maneuvering spaces that are, like, brand new to me. I ain\u2019t been doing this since I was, like, 15. These spaces are new, uncomfortable. But it\u2019s like, with me knowing myself, because of how I was taught to embrace myself, is like, it transcends these spaces, you know. I don\u2019t care who tryna make the rules.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: Cool.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW<\/b>: That\u2019s awesome!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: And then, you talked about maybe bringing out some of your friends at Camp Flog Gnaw, like Zelooperz and Mavi. So I wanted to ask you about your relationships with people in the industry. Because you have a lot of songs, obviously I\u2019m a big fan of yours, and you have songs with people like Lojii, Zelooperz, you have collaborations with Pink Siifu, Madlib\u2026 <\/span>Maxo<\/b>: Siifu (correcting pronunciation), Pink Siifu.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: Pink Siifu, my bad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: It\u2019s all good.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: \u2026and then Madlib, The Alchemist and Earl. So I was wondering if you, do you hold those relationships close, or do you, is there a difference between your personal vs. industry?<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>Maxo<\/b>: I can\u2019t show fake love, you know, in any realm. So it\u2019s like, that\u2019s anywhere, like, I just can\u2019t show no fake love. Just not in me, so whether it\u2019s in these spaces, where the industry\u2026I done received fake love though, you know? Being like, scarred by it, for sure. Um, but I don\u2019t let this\u2026I\u2019m at this point where I don\u2019t take nothing personal bruh. Like, that\u2019s one thing, like, people be, people could hate you because, not hate you but could hate on you, or try to like, not fully acknowledge you, because in they mind, they lowkey competing with you. When in reality, it\u2019s like I just stepped up in this motherfucker tryna see what\u2019s good, you know? So, I can\u2019t, I don\u2019t really take like, you don\u2019t know what these motherfuckers raised off of, you don\u2019t know like some people ain\u2019t even confident in themselves. And I\u2019m not saying I\u2019m the most confident all the time, but like, it\u2019s like I can\u2019t compete with\u2026I can\u2019t\u2026I\u2019m not gonna live within nobody’s insecurities, if that sums it up. In any realm, I don\u2019t give a fuck. Like it could be, it could be a motherfucker with a 100 million dollars, like that don\u2019t fix how he feel about himself, that reflects in the world that they walk in. But like, I feel like everything around me is real, because I kind of don\u2019t allow anything to not be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: Yeah, I mean that\u2019s a good thing to not allow. I feel like that\u2019s what everyone should strive for, for sure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: Try to be like, a good judgment of character, and like I- like it\u2019s love, it\u2019s love. We out here, we young n****s getting to it, like for real. So it’s like, ain’t nothing to be – even a little upset over, straight up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: Cool!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW<\/b>: Yeah.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: Sick, thanks!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW<\/b>: That\u2019s a good response. Um\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: Is that- what else y\u2019all got for me?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW<\/b>: Let\u2019s see, which one should we\u2026How much time you got?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: Yeah we don\u2019t want to take too much of your time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: Naw I got time, I got as much time as y\u2019all need.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW<\/b>: Word, we only got a couple more so it\u2019s not too much.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: Okay, cool.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW<\/b>: What\u2019s your creative process like? Where does your music, where do your words come from? Is there any, any particular place within yourself you feel like you tend to write more from?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: Within myself? Uhhh, whatchu mean?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW<\/b>: Like where do you get your inspiration from?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: Okay, I see. I mean I would say number one is my family. Things that raised me. I\u2019m very like, I get my inspiration from reflection. I get my inspiration from just life, honestly just like, from miniscule experiences to big experiences. Yeah and I think my goal with that is just to like,<\/span><\/p>\n

break it down, to where it\u2019s understood. But I think like, my inspiration can come from so many places honestly. I’m trying to see what else can inspire me these days, for real.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW<\/b>: Yeah, nice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: Cool. Next one is- I wanna maybe talk a little bit about your song <\/span>Time, <\/span><\/i>cause I think that\u2019s my personal favorite from <\/span>LIL BIG MAN<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: Thank you!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: Yeah, I love that song, so good. Produced by LIV and lastnamedavid, so\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: Naw naw naw, we gon get it right. It\u2019s produced by lastnamedavid and Vik, V-I-K.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW<\/b>: I\u2019m gonna write that down.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: My bad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: I\u2019m not gonna let y\u2019all slip with that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED & CW<\/b>: Of course of course haha, thank you!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: But yeah, I don\u2019t know, can you just talk to me maybe a little bit about that song? Because I think, whenever I listen to that I feel really reflective, and ah, I don\u2019t know, I really just enjoy that song, so I was wondering if you could maybe\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: I\u2019m gonna give you the background on that song, real quick. I remember we was in, it\u2019s this place in Cali, where I\u2019m from. I\u2019m not from Rialto, but my homie from there. I\u2019m from, I grew up in the IE (Inland Empire) though so, I\u2019ve been out there. I remember being over at my friend Vik\u2019s house, I was with Vik and my homie Chris, our homie Chris. And, we was, I remember he was playing that beat in the car- this was before I even started recording <\/span>LIL BIG MAN. <\/span><\/i>He was playing that in the car, and we was, it was like late as fuck, and I think we was sparking a blunt, might have even been a swisher bro. And, he played that beat, and then from that moment, I just like, it was like that was like one of them- before I even wrote that song I knew it was gonna be fire, you know? Like, and I knew it was going to speak for soul, that\u2019s a classic. Like, this music I make where aside even- aside from that song, derived from real moments, you know? It be real moments leading into making a song. With that song specifically, that shit just like, spoke for everything I\u2019ve been through until that moment, you know? And it was like so much pent up, as it still is, but it was like I seen- I wasn\u2019t here right now talking to y\u2019all, you know? I was in a whole different situation. And it\u2019s just like, I feel like that song is so much for me bro.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: Yeah, a beautiful song.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: Just for every- like you telling me that\u2019s your favorite song, you feel me, that\u2019s even a trip.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: Yeah, I think it\u2019s just, I don\u2019t know like, you speaking about it now, and the whole feeling I get from the song is authenticity, and it\u2019s real, which we\u2019ve been talking about this whole time – being real. So, I just really enjoy that song, so I wanted to talk about it and, I mean thank you cause that\u2019s such a great song. I\u2019ve listened to that song so many times, it\u2019s awesome. <\/span>Maxo<\/b>: I really appreciate you, for both of y\u2019all for like, just giving me the time of the day to like, you know listen and incorporate me in your thoughts. That really means a lot because I\u2019m not the type of person who always- I haven\u2019t been able to be blessed until recent times, like right now<\/span><\/p>\n

it\u2019s starting. Like, I\u2019m starting to, in real time, see where I\u2019ve touched outside of my immediate realm. So, I just appreciate that from y\u2019all, I can\u2019t even explain how much, but endlessly. That that\u2019s even possible, to be received, you know?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: We appreciate so much that you\u2019re giving us this insight\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW<\/b>: Yeah\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ED<\/b>: It’s super awesome.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: Man, bro it\u2019s nothing, I promise you. I got y\u2019all, for real for real.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: Do you want to do the last one? Or one more?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW<\/b>: Yeah let\u2019s do- In the sandwich of your life, what\u2019s the meat?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: What is the meat in the sandwich of my life? Damn that\u2019s an interesting question. What\u2019s the meat\u2026I feel like I get what you\u2019re saying. I mean the meat in my life is probably, I would say my family, love, just being ambitious. Just really if we\u2019re gonna keep it simple, my family is the meat in my life, immediate family. When\u2019s that’s off, I\u2019m off, you know? So if the sandwich don\u2019t got no meat its something up, unless you\u2019re vegetarian.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW<\/b>: True, which vegetarians- they\u2019re not real.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: They\u2019re not real.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: They\u2019re not real\u2026coming from the people in the room with me underwater (referring to our underwater meeting background).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW<\/b>: Hey, nooo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: We got some fish down here. You just can\u2019t see them right now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW<\/b>: This is the realest thing there is.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: But yeah, I appreciate you guys for real.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW & ED<\/b>: Yeah thank you so much, for taking the time. We really appreciate it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW<\/b>: Yeah we love your music. You seem so cool. All of your responses were great.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: Yo thank you, thank y\u2019all for breaking y\u2019all time with me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED<\/b>: Of course, we\u2019re excited to see you next week in Boston.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CW<\/b>: Yeah yeah!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Maxo<\/b>: IN BOSTON, bring something good. Yeah bring something good, Imma see y\u2019all soon though.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ED & CW<\/b>: Of course and good luck at Camp Flog Gnaw tomorrow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maxo<\/b>: Definitely, thank you for that, thank you for that. I\u2019m gonna send a big- (meeting cuts out)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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