The features are one of the most seamless parts of the project. Why’d you team up with who you teamed up with?

The album was made from a Southern hospitality place. I was only trying to fuck with people that kind of grew from the roots that I came from. We all kind of all speak the same story. But I’m also from a different world as, like, the rest of those guys. They’re from that world and I _visit _that world, cause that’s like my origins and shit. But it’s not a place where I dwell. I’m more, like, somewhere in a treehouse. You know what I’m saying?

The tracks definitely sway into multiple lanes.

Yeah, yeah. And the thing is, I wanted to give my experience all on wax—where I’m from, what it felt like to be where I’m from, and kind of how it felt to be the different object in the circle, you know what I’m saying? So that’s what it sounds like.

You’re working on your album now. Are you worried that you should have saved some of this juice for the album?

Ha! No! And that’s the thing. I felt like this is shit that wouldn’t make... I don’t want to say it wouldn’t make my album, but, like, the way I pictured my studio album that’s in stores will be a different genre of music. You know? But at the same time, _Days Before Rodeo _is an album.

It feels more album-y than mix-tape-y, if that makes sense.

I don’t know why people call it "mix tape", man. Is it because it’s free?

Yeah, that has a lot to do with it.

And that’s the most frustrating thing, man. I’m not making mix tapes any more. I’m not into that business. I’m not into that field.

So don’t call this shit a mix tape.

Exactly. Just call it a free album. Just call it, like, an album that was just free. For real, that’s what it is. You just didn’t have to buy it. I could have easily uploaded it to iTunes and made you pay for all that shit, but that’s not what it’s about.

Your shows are, uh, intense. The album is pretty mellow though. How do you plan on performing the chill tracks?

People see me perform and they’re like, "Oh, he’s gonna climb this pole! He’s gonna jump into the crowd! He’s gonna do this! He’s gonna do that!" I don’t do that shit just to get the crowd hype. That’s an emotion thing. Some shows, I probably don’t even jump in the crowd, know what I’m saying? It’s just all about the reception from the fans. You know what I’m saying?_Drugs You Should Try_has that more mellow feel. I feel like performing that song is an opportunity to really do some ill shit.