Day: September 1, 2016

Rap fans were gifted with a special treat in January of 2014 when Isaiah Rashad released his project “Cilvia Demo.” Packed with hits like “Ronnie Drake” and “Shot You Down,” the release helped push Rashad into the main circle of conversation within the TDE camp. Since then Rashad has dropped loosie tracks and videos but another complete project has yet to be displayed until now. With his forthcoming album “The Sun’s Tirade” dropping on Friday, September 2nd, Rashad joined Sway in the Morning to talk about his recent work and battling with himself to find success once again. Reminiscing on first meeting three years ago during a trip to Rap Fix, Sway and Rashad talk about how the Chattanooga music scene has evolved. Being stuck between the south and midwest, Rashad talks about raw, lyrical rap being put together in his hometown. When asked to label his own music he laughs and says he doesn’t like to limit himself. Meeting Lady Gaga at FYF Festival Rashad jokes about things like that being “normal Kendrick shit.” Experiencing highs like that as of late the TDE signee also explains that things were rather dark in his world for a while. Going from his own place to the TDE couch on more than one occasion he says he felt helpless when he had to lean on friends that had been leaning on him. With talk that he was nearly kicked out of TDE floating around, Rashad said he simply pushed his luck until