While new Southern artists like Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan are flourishing in Atlanta, Trinidad James has been working on his debut album. The "All Gold Everything" rapper chatted with Creative Loafing's 'Crib Notes' series about the New Atlanta movement, the aftermath of "All Gold Everything," and why his debut will be a classic.

The rapper says that the #NewAtlanta title is an overkill, as it divides the city into veteran acts like T.I and Young Jeezy and compares them to Young Thug, which isn't fair for Southern culture.

"I mean, I represent Atlanta. I think that #NewAtlanta slogan got branded too much, where people were considering everything #NewAtlanta," he said. "The way I look at it it's never dying down because #NewAtlanta refers to the new faces of Atlanta talent that are coming out of Atlanta and getting played and doing shows around the U.S. and all around the world. The old faces of Atlanta were T.I., Jeezy, 2 Chainz, Dungeon Family. All different types of artists make up the music scene of Atlanta. You got artists other than rappers. When I think of Atlanta I think of the new street artists, the new bands, the new rock songs, that's #NewAtlanta to me. You got Young Thug, you got so many people. We're all kids trying to make names for ourselves out here, you know?"

He then touches on the importance of his breakout single "All Gold Everything," and why people will remember the track 20 years from now. He also reveals that he doesn't want the single to define his career.

"All Gold Everything" is a place in time," he said. " It's a classic forever, five years, 20 years, 100 years from now. It's just a moment in my life. For me personally, I focus on the next. "All Gold Everything" is just me being who I am. My new album, my new music in general, things that I put out, it's always going to be what's going on in my life. If that affects you the same way "All Gold Everything" did, then dope, that's what's up. If it doesn't there's really nothing I can do as an artist because I can't lie to you about my life. There's way more levels to me then "All Gold Everything." It was an amazing song and it made an amazing statement, but it's bigger than just "All Gold Everything."

While in preparation for his debut album, Trinidad explains that the album will be a gift to his core fans and he hopes that "All Gold Everything" fans get to understand him as an artist.

"In general, once again, it's different, man," he said. For people that are actually fans of me, they're going to love it, like it's going to be their favorite album. It's just the way I personally feel. In general "All Gold Everything" can't last me for the rest of my life. If you really want to be a fan of Trinidad James you have to listen to my actual projects. With that being said, for those people who only listened to "All Gold Everything", I hope it'll give them a better understanding. I brought both worlds together for my first two projects. When you hear the album, even if it sold one copy, or five copies, and you got one of those copes, you would know that this is a classic, straight up and down. It's bigger then the people actually playing on it. It's about making the whole world understand."

Source: Creative Loafing