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Danny Brown & Logic Speak Candidly About Dealing With Writer’s Block

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Danny Brown and Logic both discussed the idea of writer’s block during a recent episode of the Danny Brown Show. Brown argued that he doesn’t deal with any writer’s block as long as his work is honest and comes from his own life experiences.

“Where’s the creative energy coming from?” Danny asked while discussing Logic’s output. “I just can’t f-ckin rap that much, man. Maybe I’m getting that age, that’s what it is. But no, I was like that even when I was younger.”

Read More: Swizz Beatz Says His Son Helped Kendrick Lamar Overcome Writer’s Block.

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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – JULY 23: Rapper Danny Brown performs onstage during the Capitol Hill Block Party on July 23, 2022 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Mat Hayward/Getty Images)

Logic responded: “I don’t think it’s an age thing. As creatives, we all work differently, you know what I mean? I got this shit that’s just pent up in me, y’know, like I write novels, I write movies, I write albums, I have fun, I do, y’know, whatever.” He then brought up getting over writer’s block by forcing himself to “just write.”

Danny added: “When you writing about your life, there ain’t no writer’s block. If you telling the truth, it ain’t no writer’s block. And that’s what I learned — when you trying to be cool and trying to make up bars and trying to do shit, yeah, you going to have writer’s block ’cause shit gon’ get dry, but if you just talkin’ about what you got going on in your life, no matter what, you never gonna have writer’s block.”

Logic Shares His Conversation With Danny Brown

The conversation comes after Logic recently shared the new song, “Noell,” which acts as a tribute to his wife. It’s just the latest of several singles that Logic has put out since the release of his most recent album, College Park, earlier this year. As for Danny Brown, he recently teamed up with JPEGMAFIA for the release of their collaborative album, Scaring the Hoes. The two will also be embarking on a tour together, later this year. Shows will run from July 25th through August 26th.

Read More: Logic Returns With Gorgeous Vocals On “Noell”

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Swizz Beatz Says His Son Helped Kendrick Lamar Overcome Writer’s Block.

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Swizz Beatz says that his son, Egypt, helped Kendrick Lamar overcome a bad bout of writer’s block when he was just five years old. Beatz’s son famously earned a credit on Lamar’s track, “untitled 07,” off his album, untitled unmastered. The iconic producer explained how that came to be during an interview on the Jennifer Hudson Show, Tuesday.

“I’m jealous as hell of that one. I thought me and Kendrick was cool,” he joked. “But they kicked it off at the Super Bowl game, and I looked and him and Kendrick was talking for like 40 minutes. I went over and said to Kendrick, ‘Is he bothering you? Should I move him? I know you enjoying yourself.’ He said, ‘No. Swizz, I had writer’s block and what Egypt is telling me is helping me deal with something.’ I was like, ‘Well man, he’s five years old.’ Still to this day, I don’t know what he was helping him deal with, but I let it happen. He definitely charged him. Egypt got some money off that record.”

Swizz Beatz With His Son, Egypt

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 14: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO COMMERCIAL USE) Swizz Beatz and Egypt Daoud Dean attend the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards which broadcasted live on FOX at Microsoft Theater on March 14, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

Later in the interview, Swizz Beatz spoke more broadly about what it’s been like seeing his son take an interest in music. “It’s beautiful,” he said. “The one thing that we don’t do is force things on them. You know, we don’t force art, we don’t force music. What we force is good intentions.” He added: “As long as you have a good intention on what you’re doing, we’ll support it. But it’s not like, ‘You have to be this way.’ We have to let the kids be who they gonna be, but guide them in the right way and not put the pressure on them.”

The interview comes as Swizz Beatz recently released new music of his own. Last week, he dropped an EP titled, Hip Hop 50: Vol 2. He released the project as a part of Mass Appeal’s Hip Hop 50: The Soundtrack campaign. The project commemorates the 50th anniversary of hip-hop.

Swizz Beatz Discusses Eygpt’s Interest In Music

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