I told him I wanted it to look like my face was coming off. Whose idea was it to have your face melt in the mirror? I was telling him I wanted it to be some trippy shit, some shit n*ggas have never seen before. Yeah I called the director, he asked me what kind of video I wanted. It’s so old, it felt like it was already out. When it dropped, I heard the song so much because it got played so much. My hardest songs, I don’t be wanting to drop them bitches. That was one of those fun days because I was 14 when I made that song. You released the music video for “Prescription.” What were you going through when you recorded this? I met him at a restaurant when I was on a label tour. We didn’t even link up for that one, but we had linked one time before that. They sent it over to Tjay’s team, he got the feature done. We should get Tjay on it.” I talked to Jayo, he’s cool with it because he already had a song on the tape. He’s like “damn, this bitch is hard as fuck. We got done with the song, I sent it over to my A&R. When I made “Bad Vibe,” I was originally in Cali and YSN Jayo was on it. How did you link with Lil Tjay on “Bad Vibe”? I’m taking care of shit even grown men aren’t taking care of at times. I'm at the point where I’m doing grown man shit. How are you balancing being a kid and being an artist? My birthday isn’t until January, I have a while. How old are you now? You were 16 the last time I interviewed you. That was my starting point of showing what I can do with this music shit. I wanted to show my versatility and what I can do. What’s one thing you want fans to get from the tape? On God, I sent them over what he sent me. YSN Jayo sent me a checklist and I used his. It was a deadline for the last day I had to send in my tracklist, so I didn’t even pick my tracklist. I sent them over to my team, told everyone send me back a track list. A month or 2 before the tape dropped, I put a whole bunch of songs together with the ones I liked the most. It wasn’t even really a creative process, all the songs were really recorded at different times. What was the creative process behind Flow $ZN? Looking back on it, I see that I’ve improved so much as an artist. Flow $ZN is the best music I had at the time. It’s my first one, but what I have coming in the future is not even comparable to Flow $ZN. Sometimes I’ll go in there with shit on my mind, I’ll get to talking about that.Ĭongrats on the release of your tape Flow $ZN! How’s it feel to have this out? Sometimes I’ll go in there and want to have fun with the shit. As I grew up, I didn’t like writing anymore. I don’t freestyle the whole song, I’ll do a line, punch in, do another line.Īt the same time, writing got you one of your biggest records. When I go in and freestyle, I get high and go to the booth. But now every song I’ve dropped since “Want Beef 2.0,” I straight freestyle.īecause when I try to write, I start to overthink shit and I don’t fuck with that. “Want Beef” was a huge record for you, how have you evolved since?īack then every song I used to drop, I’d write. N*ggas from Cleveland are going to be coming on the ground: purple jeans, new Balenciaga’s, all types of shit. I’m definitely getting me some free drip. If they’ve already started it, it’s not going to end. What are your thoughts on everything happening in the world right now? If they hit Saks, free designer? What the fuck, anything free is good. They talking about hitting Saks tonight, I’m there. They’re about to do a little rioting and looting in Cleveland. I’ve been making music during quarantine, I have a house in the stu now. Coming from true humble beginnings, Flow gives hope and motivation to the masses who feel stuck in the struggle, proving they can turn their life around just like he did.įlaunt caught up with YSN Flow via Instagram Live to discuss the new tape, his unreleased music in the vault, love for designer, and more! Most recently, he unleashed his debut mixtape titled FLOW $ZN - which doesn’t even even begin to touch the new music he has in the vault. Last year, he released his standout single “Want Beef?”, which currently hails over 5.3 million views on Youtube and counting. With an undeniable talent in the booth, rapping and singing authentic lyrics in real time, Flow hasn’t let his foot off the gas pedal in the slightest. It was during school when he copped a Snowball microphone from target, snatching his mom’s laptop and recording songs in his bedroom closet at just 13 years old. Hailing from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, born Kamron Ford could care less about what most teenagers enjoy, he’s focused on becoming one of the greatest to ever do it. YSN Flow is 16 years old and already declaring his place in the rap game.
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