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Quavo and Trae Younger on the Atlanta Hawks vs. Los Angeles Lakers sport on December 6, 2024
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Key Takeaways:
- The crossover between music and sports activities continues as Quavo and Trae Younger workforce up for “Switching Phases.”
- Younger stepped into the studio to file advert libs with Quavo teaching him by means of the method.
- The session ended with Quavo hinting at including one other Atlanta rapper to the observe, presumably 2 Chainz.
Rappers wish to be ballplayers and ballplayers wish to be rappers, or at the very least buddies. That dynamic is in impact in a brand new video sequence kicked off by NBA star Trae Younger and Quavo.
The Atlanta Hawks guard and Migos rapper linked up for “Switching Phases” from Billboard and The Gamers’ Tribune. Because the title suggests, the present options the pair interacting of their pure parts. The primary episode begins with Younger and Quavo enjoying a sport of HORSE on the basketball courtroom earlier than hitting the recording studio. There, Quavo guided the All-Star level guard by means of making a tune — nicely, its advert libs.
“Need me to be part of it?” Ice Trae requested, and his rapping homie was completely with it.
“Oh yeah, I would like you on some advert libs or one thing,” Quavo mentioned. “No matter you wish to do. If you wish to pop off the intro, that’ll be arduous. You speak some s**t on the intro.”
There’s an enormous distinction from taking pictures a basketball and stepping in a file sales space. Trae was clearly conscious of this when he mentioned, “I don’t wish to mess it up.”
However Quavo had confidence he might do it. “Nah, you ain’t gonna mess it up. You ain’t going to do nothing however add some extra sauce to it,” he mentioned. “I acquired to have Ice [Trae] on it … We acquired an excellent beat, we acquired a terrific engineer. Solely factor I gotta do is simply sit in and simply let the phrases work. No matter instruments and no matter suggestions you want from me, go forward and ask me now, as a result of I would like you with all of the s**t so you may go in there and go loopy.”
The interplay is hilarious as Quavo takes on the position of engineer and really coaches Younger by means of the method. At one level the athlete requested concerning the theme and Quavo informed him, “We simply right here to speak about what we [are] doing. We flexing, we boasting, we scoring 50 factors, we having 20 assists, know what I’m saying?”
As Younger acquired extra snug within the sales space, it was clear he understood the project as Huncho bopped alongside to his vocals. Quavo even expressed his intent to get one other Atlanta rapper, like a 2Chainz, to hop on the tune. Sounds just like the mission was achieved.