Episode 88 | Nascent Talks New Album ”Don’t Grow Up Too Soon,” Working with Kanye, SZA, and Chance the Rappers, Tips for Rising Artists, and Much More

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00:00:00 - Intro 

00:01:30 - How Nascent experiments with artists to put on one song 

00:04:15 - How to not suffer from demo-itis as a artist or producer 

00:06:10 - How Nascent discovers new artists to work with 

00:09:30 - How Nascent makes an album that features so many different artist but still sticks to the album concept 

00:12:30 - Nascent's creative rollout for new album

00:15:00 - Making our dream 3 song EP choosing which artists and producers to pair up on each song  

00:19:50 - Chicago's Mount Rushmore 

00:21:30 -  How Nascent linked with 50 Cent after being left stranded in NYC at 18 

00:24:45 - 50 Cent being a mentor

00:26:15 - How Nascent built up his connections in rap

00:28:00 - Chicago has such a unique sound to the city

00:30:30 - the story behind the creation of SZA’s “Good Days”

00:35:00 - the story behind making Kanye’s “Hurricane”

00:37:00 - What happened to Chance and Kanye’s Good Ass Job

00:38:15 - Why “Grown Ass Kid” never dropped

00:39:45 - The making of “Rolling Stone” by Brent Faiyaz

00:42:00 - The making of Jordan Ward’s “FAMJAM4000”

00:44:00- Nascent’s message to artists about the importance of ownership and navigating the music industry

00:46:10 - Closing thoughts