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I had to say yeah, because I think we have to learn how to give it up to each other. "When he said he was working on his own show, he hit me and asked if I would be a part of it.
From there we just always kept in contact. After that I made it a point to work with him, and of course ‘Telegraph Ave’ came about. I thought that was awesome and intriguing and unique for someone to take their destiny into their own hands like that. "And then I saw the video for ‘3005' and I just thought, ‘Man, this is shot really well, who did this?’ I found out he directed the video himself. 'I’ll do it for Donald, but I’ll get to it.' It ended up being the same mentality when I was working on Drake’s first tape. I remember I had a lot going on at the time. (Donald is a year older than me.) We have a mutual friend who, when Donald first started making music, I luckily was one of the first people he reached out to about collaborating. "Me and Donald attended the same high school in Atlanta. On working with Childish Gambino and his cameo on Atlanta People try to hide their flaws, but I think the flaws make them a beautiful person. "You can be with a person, even with your lover, and they want to turn the lights off and make love to you because they don’t want you to examine them under the microscope. I think that it’s beautiful, because that’s the way you come in. Unfortunately, a naked body is seen as exploitive or nasty. I wanted to make it as tasteful as possible. "I don’t know if I really captured it with the artwork I hope people don’t see it and think that I'm trying to sell or degrade myself. Let’s strip everything down to its simplest form possible in order to capture the best work possible. When we record, let’s take the Auto-Tune out let’s create songs based around a story first. Fuck it, let’s take the clothes out of the equation. Let’s take Photoshop out of the equation, let’s take all the filters out of the equation. "The path is to eliminate tricks and gimmicks.
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Insecurities of the body, being free in a public place." All the inhibitions, the insecurities that usually exist in a person to me it’s no exception. Although what you see on the outside is a guy who is apparently balls-to-the-wall naked in the woods near a waterfall, it’s really a moment for me to conquer all the fears that I might have had. “It was really more of an introspective thing. For now, check out the tracklist for the EP below and read what Lloyd has to say about the creation of the cover art, the inspiration behind his new music, and how that cameo on Donald Glover's Atlanta came about. 9 a pre-order for the project will be available in the coming days while the title track (along with the 2 Chainz-assisted remix) is currently up for purchase on iTunes. The song offered up an introspective look at his life away from the spotlight, and more importantly showed a renewed focus on what matters to the veteran R&B singer who has built a career on honesty.įans will get to experience more of this in musical form when Lloyd releases his Tru EP later this year, and today Complex shares the cover art and tracklist for the project. It does not store any personal data.This past spring, Lloyd released “Tru,” his first official single in nearly five years. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
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