General Steele on AI Music, Battle Rap, Coming from Brownsville & More | #PRSPCTVS Ep. 76

We are so pleased to present the PRSPCTVS of General Steele (of Smif-N-Wessun). Littyyy Bro Flacko & Holden Stephan Roy held down this interview and we're glad you get to see it.

 

00:00 Introduction

05:30 The bloodline & origins General Steele

12:33 The need to explain to Non-New Yorkers the nawimean parts

17:42 Exploring the importance of origin stories

23:22 Best ways to approach culture in different places

33:00 The music of General Steele's Youth

41:17 Album covers, youthful influences & opulence

51:54 Getting into writing

58:33 Coming from an era of being original

01:03:45 Reflecting on how NYC used to be

01:12:04 TikTok and social media vs reality

01:18:15 Music bridges cultural gaps

01:26:50 New Yorkers will adapt

01:32:31 Life is art if you can appreciate it

01:36:11 How Steele started rapping

01:45:10 This Hip Hop era came out of nowhere

01:55:45 The blessing of capturing history

02:00:25 Trying to find the soundtrack to General Steele's life

02:07:29 AI Music & Televisions

02:17:11 Battle rap should be more prevalent

02:27:48 What does being nice mean

02:33:15 Montreal attacked us all with ice

02:38:03 Outro

 

Make sure to follow/support General Steele:

https://www.instagram.com/generalsteele/

https://www.smifnwessun.com/

 

Littyyy Bro Flacko:
https://www.instagram.com/flackobayo/

https://withkoji.com/@LittyyyBros

 

Holden Stephan Roy:

https://www.instagram.com/hsr514/

https://linktr.ee/behindthatsuit