I think that’s a really good thing."
“K-Ci is one of my favorite singers of all time.
That ‘ooh yeah’, that comes from K-Ci, you know what I’m saying?”
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As a multi-instrumentalist himself, Ty was inspired by the late singer from an early age.
I also play guitar and I played a lot of it on this album like him."
Beyond that, the pair are just fans of each other as musicians.
“Skrillex was there with us on the album,” explained Ty.
“He’s one of my inspirations because I feel like he’s one of the greatest out there.
He’s like Quincy Jones level, no cap.”
started as DJ Mustard’s engineer.
Even then, he was an inspiration to Ty, whose songs he often worked on.
The whole reason [we] fell out is because he wanted to be a producer the whole time.
He didn’t want to be an engineer; it was a waste of his time.
He’s so talented."
For the new record, Ty recruited James as a producer “We killed the whole album together.
I see superf—ing high levels coming for that guy.”
