The DMV Daily Interviews: Lyri
LivengoodLivin Gets Lyrical With Lyri Three things we don’t know about you? 1) I dropped out of Florida A&M University to pursue my dreams at 17. 2) I used to
LivengoodLivin Gets Lyrical With Lyri
Three things we don’t know about you?
1) I dropped out of Florida A&M University to pursue my dreams at 17.
2) I used to play piano, sing in the choir, and I can read/write music, the music written by Beethoven and shit.
3) One of my goals is to create a suicide foundation/shelter branded “Think Twice Before You Slice” because I also was suicidal as a young teenager.
Define you in five words?
Charismatic, Driven, Sarcastic, Competitive, and Intellectual.
Favorite pre-studio traditions?
I prepare as soon as I start the writing process, which could be as long as a week, depending on the length & detail of alliteration I choose to apply. As I write, I recite my raps repeatedly, fine tuning the tone I want to have, making sure my words don’t run together and they are well pronounced. When it comes time to record, three fat ass jays of purp or diesel (the latter preferred) and I’m set.
Top five biggest musical influences?
These legends are in no specific order:
1) Method Man/Redman
2) DMX
3) Da Brat
4) Tribe Called Quest
5) Jadakiss
Define the music industry
Remedial. It’s not about music anymore. If your image can sell, you set. It’s too lenient of an industry. We letting anyone call themselves an MC but can’t compose a simple metaphor, let alone even know what MC stands for. People encouraging trash that their friends are putting out simply because they’re friends. There’s no standard anymore. Take the beat off any mainstream song, print the lyrics on paper,& I guarantee you will have a lowered IQ when you finish reading the first verse. Stupid sells. And if it’s covered in designer they disregard that it’s dumb. It’s an entertainment industry now, music isn’t even close to the focus anymore.
Artists and media personalities you like to work with more?
I need one good Dr. Dre beat.
I want to work with Alley Boy, Earl Sweatshirt, Mac Miller, Eve, and Dom Kennedy.
Any Shout outs?
Absolutely.
S/O to God for my health, talents, and sanity.
S/O to my mom for her faith in me states away. Couldn’t keep me out of your music collection if it killed you. Over 300 cassettes and CD’s of underground, GOOD HIP HOP. You instilled that in me, for that I am FOREVER indebted to you. You live through me. I’m honored.
S/O to my sister Maddie, stop growing, thanks.
S/O to da Highway for being the place of my birth, home of my moves, and the source of my flex.
S/O to my father for not believing in me. Look at me now. Gave me the boot, now ya friends are impressed with my proof. Thanks for the thick skin.
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Name ten artists you want to work with
1. Schoolboy Q
2. Ab-Soul
3. Benny the Butcher (S/O Griselda)
4. Joey Bada$$
5. Freaky Flash (#FreeFlash)
6. Ghostface Killah
7. Cam’ron
8. Juelz Santana
9. Lightshow
10. Kiara Simone 
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Spell out each letter in your name with a word
L- lyrical
Y- Yeah I rap
R- Realistic
I – Inclined
Social Medias
Instagram : LyriGotBars
Snapchat : Lyri93
Twitter: _lyri_
