Schoolboy Q Says He Scrapped Multiple ‘Trash’ Albums Before Landing on ‘CrasH Talk’
Written by SOURCE on April 24, 2019
Blank Face LP, Schoolboy Q‘s excellent summer 2016 album, will mercifully be getting its follow-up this year with CrasH Talk. In a new interview conducted on the golf course at Calabasas Country Club, Q has credited both the calming game and his Top Dawg family with helping him push through creative difficulties to present fans with his 14-track latest.
“Golf taught me patience, and you need that in the music industry, because this shit is evil,” Q, noting circumstances in his life that resulted in a lot of at-home time, said in a new GQ chat with Jeff Weiss featuring photos from Danielle Levitt. Q’s love of golf kicked into full-blown mode just over a year ago, with the Grammy nominee now hitting the course daily for the benefits.
Later, Q gave fans some insight on where his head was at following the Blank Face LP cycle, a whirlwind period of productivity Q first attempted to follow by immediately jumping back in the studio.
Q ultimately cut and tossed out two entire albums because “they were trash.” A third was also completed during this period, followed by a brief moment in which Q was convinced it was the one. Some insight from fellow TDE members Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock, however, inspired him to go back to the drawing board. This period, Q reflected, is now considered by him to be a “toxic” time in his life for both him and his family.
“I’d be in the house smoking weed, just waiting to go to the studio every day,” Q said. “That’s not a good life. That brings on depression.” See the full feature here.
CrasH Talk, featuring collabs with Kid Cudi and Travis Scott, is out Friday. Revisit the recently unveiled tracklist below.
