Just call 6LACK the hood therapist.
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I cant see his face, but I can feel6LACKs smile radiating through the screen.
But that train slowly derailed when success failed to materialize.
The tables turned when he got out of the contract in 2016 with a renewed hunger.
But unlike either of those peers, hes measured the poison with equal parts vulnerability.
You call yourself a love doctor and hood therapist on this EP.
Outside talks about being locked in quarantine and wanting to go back out while furthering a relationship.
But I feel like every song covered a small piece of what I was going through.
Its just little things and pieces that I felt everybody was thinking that I tried to place there.
Do you remember what you were going through when you made Float?I was indifferent.
But it slowed down, and I think there was a dry spell.
I spent the rest of the month with her.
Its easier for her to get it and harder for her to get rid of it.
Would you consider Float a protest song?Its a reaction more than anything.
I just made them as an actual reaction and as a representation of what I was feeling.
I think sometimes I do a better job of communicating how I feel through my songs.
With the pandemic and so much social shit going on, that song just covers it all for me.
Float reminds me in some ways of Lil Babys The Bigger Picture.
And, very fittingly, you collaborated with him on Know My Rights.
Howd that come about?I had made the song on my own in Atlanta.
I drove around to it for a few weeks before, with it only having my one verse.
I decided that it didnt need anything else from me on it.
He killed it, obviously.
And on Long Nights, thats Ari Lennox who appears uncredited, right?Yep, absolutely.
It was honestly the same thing.
I sent it to her and she sent it back.
So Long Nights is about lust, and Elephants in the Room is about love toxic love.
Choosing between a partner and pursuing a dream?Right.
Its the oldest song on the project.
Ive had it longer than any of the other ones.
Your decision has definitely paid off tenfold.Yeah, exactly.
I would say that [feeling has] changed over time.
Im not solid or concrete on that very thing right now.
I think that was like a timestamp more than anything.
Away from the noise, away from the internet, just basking in silence.
It seems like driving is very therapeutic for you.Absolutely.
I read in a couple of older interviews that you were part of a Twitter group message with fans.Yep.
I still talk to them.
I sent them Float the day before it dropped through a private link.
And so I finally just popped in and was like, Whats up?
And since then, I know them all; Ive met them all in real life.
Is6pc Hota preview of a forthcoming album?Im figuring it out in real time.
Theres nothing concrete and nothing planned, but then again, this wasnt planned either.
This was spur of the moment.
This was a response to what was going on.
Anything that comes after this is just a reaction, too.
How do you really feel about it all now?Its always going to be a thing.
Its always been funny to me.
This was like Myspace days, and its always been a talking point.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
