XXL caught up with Top Dawg Entertainment's OG Jay Rock to see exactly what's up with his lack of output since his 2011 TDE release, "Follow Me Home."
The Watts native claims that business dealings are the main reason he hasn't dropped new material.
"Business, stuff going on with the business side. I just had to sit back and stay in the game a little bit more. It's the rebuilding process for the Rock. I've been hearing what a lot of people been doing and what a lot of people been putting out musically, I've been listening. I've been just reconstructing my craft, that's all."
He also addressed his "role" with TDE, saying he's like the older brother of the clique.
"I'm the OG of the crew. I'm the oldest out of everybody in the camp. I'm the OG, the big brother, and the enforcer. You can say that's my role."
Rock spoke on the common theory that TDE is the new Death Row, a notion that he can appreciate but doesn't want to be too locked in to.
"I appreciate the comments but we want to be the ones to step out; we want y'all to start comparing people to us. We love the compliments because we studied them when they were on their come up. I think it's just back then they made that good quality music; you could tell they weren't just putting out anything. On records they took their time and made a masterpiece. That's what we're doing. We just take our time with it 'cause it's our art."
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Source: XXL
