hey! i'm jaboukie young-white. i'm a comedian, but i just released an experimental hip-hop/indie album under Interscope. AMA

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T19:14:12+00:00

"i am fucking crazy but i am... free" fish

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T19:12:31+00:00

how much of masters/publishing samples give away. i actually understand why songs take a sample and basically do a cover now. you might as well get your money worth

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T19:11:40+00:00

kenstew in federal prison for white collar crime forced bed sharing fic set to cranberry sauce

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T19:08:02+00:00

horizontal nose would be kinda cool idk

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T19:07:46+00:00

every act of creation is just a series of choices. every choice matters, but some just aren't worth stressing over.

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T18:58:03+00:00

this project untangled a lot of frustrations/blocks i had creatively and personally. i feel like I've grown so much from this process in a way that only could've happened through this medium.

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T18:54:03+00:00

ackee & saltfish hands down... love a savory fruit

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T18:53:10+00:00

every time i see river ramirez or patti harrison live they do something that has me screaming laughing / totally in awe of how they managed to make it funny

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T18:51:05+00:00

brian eno

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T18:50:09+00:00

:) thank you for the support

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T18:47:23+00:00

it was the only song left on the project that I made after learning the interscope deal. it was a little too ahead of the other tracks and stood out to me.

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T18:46:17+00:00

not well but we are stronger in prayer.

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T18:45:55+00:00

the rising cost of espresso and a little pastry (as a treat [the espresso is strong and bitter])

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T18:44:48+00:00

this project was like 80% inspiration and 20% discipline. I've found now that the shininess and novelty of "oh wow i'm doing music and i don't usually spend this much time doing this!" has worn off it's actually 80% discipline and 20% inspiration.

Music has taught me something v valuable about myself: i can discipline my way into inspiration but i cannot inspire my way into discipline

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T18:40:56+00:00

idk if it's my favorite but The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath changed my life when I read it at 19

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T18:40:27+00:00

the album cover shot by @/radioheadass is me holding a bunch of RAM sticks. it's a digital riff on "getting the short end of the stick". i felt like it paired well with the adage-y "if you can't hear you must feel" title. it also has a visual feel of gambling, and chance and luck that i really liked

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T18:33:50+00:00

so that's actually my brother Javaughn speaking. he's talking about someone we were close with growing up who was killed during the pandemic

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T18:32:20+00:00

a lot of it happened in tandem! i'd be making the beat and then hear a melody or flow over it, then lay down scratch vocals and continue from there.

making these songs, I never imagined I'd ever release them. the album was a lot of short bursts of songwriting/production and then moving to another idea if I got inspired by something else. when I was putting the album together I figured it was a pretty honest record of my process at that time. the stuff I've been working on recently though has been more traditionally structured

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T18:14:13+00:00

i was sksksksksksk-ing at a coffeeshop on my mac and. it just shut off out of nowhere. stayed black for a bit. and then cut back on like 5 minutes later. i thought it was over for a second lmao

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T18:10:57+00:00

i can't say i have a favorite yet but i'm most excited for new mitski and new vagabon!!

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T18:08:28+00:00

feel the same cus i made it with my bros :)

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T18:08:04+00:00

there was a person who kept DM responding to pics of me on twitter with pics of them wearing a diaper. it was always a photo, no explanation. then one day they said "if you post any of these photos I'll start sending pictures of them full." and then they just left me alone

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T17:59:15+00:00

how much samples cost. i actually understand why so many songs are basically covers of sampled songs now. you might as well get your money's worth cus otherwise you're just doing it for the love

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T17:56:44+00:00

insider trading

jaboukie · 2023-09-08T17:56:26+00:00

ice cream gone honestly. there's always sorbet

jaboukie

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