On this BTB episode/ Liberty Music co-feature (Bowks Talking Bouts #42), I had the pleasure of speaking to Lush One. I covered quite a few topics with the hip hop musician/ battle rap OG.
We discussed working on Bobby Bucher’s record, “I feel like this music saved all of our lives”(1:45), maintaining contact with Caddy’s family (3:10), his efforts in Machina Muerte and how that has informed his present efforts in music (3:48), past producers he’s collaborated with over the years (5:58), the response to “White Lies” after some hesitancy making it his lead single (7:54), a fan getting Lush to autograph a project of Lush’s from ten years ago (11:07), his battle rap legacy from the start and how there’s more mainstream notoriety for the medium than ever before (12:02), the mental warfare of battle rap and Lush’s perspective on that kind of psychology (14:34), the modern approach of globalization in hip hop vs the concept of repping your hood/ describing your localized experiences on a beat(16:03), efforts of BOTZ and Lush’s appearances on Ruin Your Day/ his thoughts on that entertainment outlet (18:58), “I feel like he’s the most important contributor in battle rap culture history” Lush speaking about Avocado (19:30), and more!