Who's Really Rapping
A-Q, Blaqbonez
Blaqbonez always wanted me to make a song that will go super viral. He’s like; “oh, you need to make a record that will
cement your legacy, a song that many Nigerians will know, will listen to”. So when I was making God's Engineering 2
(previous album), we made ‘Family’. It didn't go as viral as he wanted it to go. So when I was making God's Engineering
3, he was paying special interest in the recording process. When I made the song called ‘Read the Signs’ with Terry
Apala, Blaq was super excited. He even helped me contact Terry to be on the record. He was like; “yo, this is the
record. You finally did it your way. You just have to put a budget behind this record, and it's going to go super
viral”. I was like, cool. It's supposed to be the single anyway. But then I told him that I'm not going to make the
album without him doing a verse. I wanted a rap verse. So before I wrapped up the album, I called him and I was like,
yo, I'm wrapping up the album and I need that verse. And he was like, say less. I think two days later, I just got an
email and he had recorded on a YouTube beat. I listened to the verse and the hook and I was like, Oh, is this how you're
feeling? He was like, yeah, a lot had happened before he recorded the verse. He put down how he felt about what was
happening. I was like, okay, I jumped into the booth and dropped my own verse in like, maybe like 15, 20 minutes. But I
held it back because I was still not certain because it was on a YouTube beat. We sent it to a producer called Jxses. He
was able to make a beat that matched what we were already feeling - which is one of the hardest things to do. We didn't
think of it as a single, right? We just wanted it to be on the project. After I finished the album, I played it for my
team and they were like, yo, it's hard - and this should be the single. They were like, the hook, the chemistry,
everything is just a safer bet. And I spoke to the guys on the distribution side, and they were like, yeah, they
actually think that the song with Blaqbonez is the single. So we picked a date. And we dropped it. The situation between
Blaq and Modu (ODUMODUBLVCK), everything just escalated it. And yeah, that's how the song came about. We were not in the
same studio when we made the record. Blaq recorded his part, sent it to me. I recorded my part, sent it to him. And
people have been saying that that's one of my best verses yet. That thing that Blaqbonez wanted me to always have, “I
want you to have this to cement your legacy”. I always wanted him to be the person that would give that to me. I guess
he finally did it on this record.
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