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Conway the Machine does not appear to be a man concerned with criticism.
Particularly unwelcome are outside opinions on his soul-baring bars.
They dont bother him, per se, but they do motivate him.
I dont be feeling like I reached my goal or the level of respect for my pen.
meaning, to him, Grimiest of All Time.
I just felt like this album … Music is therapeutic for me, so I felt like I was just doing my due diligence.
I wanted to come out swinging for a knockout, Conway says ofFKTGs Daringer-produced opener From King.
After his recovery, he released hisReject 2mixtape in 2015.
We was a lot more hungry back then.
I mean, Im still hungry now, Im not relaxed or comfortable, Conway says.
I was just living off the land, kind of.
Conway didnt come to that level of ability out of thin air.
His maternal uncle educated him with selections from both coasts growing up.
He was the one who kind of exposed me to the hip-hop world.
He would have MC Eiht, Spice 1, Geto Boys, all the Ice Cube shits.
Scarface, Kool G Rap, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest.
You know, all of the shit before New York got grimy, like before B.I.G.
or Mobb Deep, and Nas, or Wu-Tang Clan took the crown back.
I was on that West Coast shit.
Conway continued studying by watchingYo!
The music became secondary after that.
As I became a better man and better father, I naturally was going to become a better artist.
He was our mentor, our big homie.
And sometimes, it was just a place for us to lay low and stay out of trouble.
The records Ive got on here are powerful.
These are timeless records.
Its more autobiographical, my testimony, my story.
I really put my all into it, blood, sweat and tears.
Those albums were created during some of his lowest periods, but things are on the upswing.
As a unit, Griselda exists now among the most active crews in hip-hop.
