Symba on His Viral Freestyle, Linking Up with Dr. Dre, and the Art behind His Best Bars

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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🗓️ 12 December 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Bay area rapper Symba joins Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh to discuss the origins of his name, plus how he linked up with Dr. Dre. The conscious rapper also talks about his early days freestyling in the lunchroom, the benefits of ghost writers, and what it was like to go viral—for one of the best cyphers in AGES—during the pandemic. Symba also pulls back the curtain behind his albums “Don’t Run From R.A.P.,” and his newest “Results Take Time,” in this in-depth conversation between two of the conscious rap genre's best lyricists. This interview is essential listening for lovers of deep lyrics and the art of freestyle.

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0:00.0	Peace and love party people. This is Talib Kuala Lee to BKMC, the MCEO.
0:03.8	You are about to hear an excerpt of People's Party hosted by me and my lovely and talented co-host,
0:08.6	Ms. Jasmine Lee. What up Jasmine? What up Peeps to hear our entire combo and all of our episodes
0:13.6	with stars from the game to Lil Kim, to Anthony Anderson, to my sister Tiffany Hattish,
0:18.5	subscribe to the Luminary channel on Apple Podcasts. Forgive me ahead of time if I'm
0:23.2	putting you in a difficult place, but your song Goat is so good and the lyrics is so important.
0:33.1	I know sometimes MCs don't always know every lyric that they put on a record unless you
0:37.2	out there performing it. But can you do some a goat for us? Can you do some of the kicks on
0:41.7	them lyrics? Because I think the people who watch the show need to hear some of them lyrics.
0:45.8	Especially towards... I mean, and I'm gonna let you just... Can you give us some of that song?
0:50.5	They ask who's the best MC, Biggie Jay-Z and Nas.
1:21.0	How could the facts be faced when this shit is a pinion base?
1:23.6	Anyone could enter the race with a mic in the interface.
1:27.0	That's why I think I'm the goat. I got the glow in the greatest flow.
1:30.7	Constable Jardor pushed more than dope. I gave you hope.
1:33.8	Just because you rap like you woke, don't mean you dope.
1:36.6	You preaching to the choir about some shit we already know, man.
1:39.6	Niggas broke when he trying to hear all them Malcolm quotes.
1:42.5	But if that's what floats your boat, don't let me sink your ship.
1:45.7	It's hard enough to catch a wave while trying to anchor this shit.
1:48.8	So look, what makes somebody the goat?
1:51.3	Besides the world relating to everything that he wrote,
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