Black Hippy

ScHoolboy Q should be celebrating right now: His fourth album, “Blank Face LP”, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and is receiving some of the strongest reviews of his career. Instead, sitting in Complex’s midtown Manhattan offices in a navy blue hoodie and matching sweatpants, he sounds tired and dejected, and doesn’t shy away from explaining why. On the day of the project’s release, a childhood friend was sentenced to 100 years in prison; shortly after the 29-year-old rapper’s daughter broke her arm. The day before, there was the killing of five police officers in Dallas at a Black Lives Matter protest. “All this stuff that’s going on in the world right now,” Q says, “a lot of people can’t even listen to my music at this moment.”

In this second clip from our recent interview with ScHoolboy Q, the rapper tells us about the possibility of a Black Hippy album– which is still very much an uncertainty. Although we shot this interview prior to the “THat Part” Black Hippy remix surfacing, it sounds like there will be more one-off Black Hippy collaborations in our future.

As you may have already seen, we had ScHoolboy Q stop by the office during a recent press run in NYC, in support of his new album Blank Face LP (duh), which is out now. Our 45-minute conversation with the rapper resulted in this dope little feature, however we also set aside some portions for a video piece, because we know about the whole TL;DR movement. In this short clip from our interview, ScHoolboy Q focuses on his new album. Groovy Tony speaks about the dark feeling and aesthetic that comes with Blank Face LP, and the reasoning behind that (although he says he’s always had a penchant for darkness). The rapper goes on to discuss the idea of a short film or interlinking music videos for every song off the album, as well as the vibe of the studio sessions for Blank Face LP. He tells us, “I recorded really by myself, with my dogs and shit, Big Groove was there.” (FYI he is literally referring to dogs, not ‘homies’). He went on to add that Kendrick Lamar came through towards the end of the album’s creation. Watch the piece above. Don’t mind Q, he’s high as fuck.