Conway The Machine has revealed that he sent a direct message to Drake after he dropped “8AM In Charlotte,” and it was quite complementary.
The Buffalo native sat down with Acton Entertainment’s podcast on Monday (November 27), where he was asked how he felt about Drake’s work with Conductor Williams and the “Griselda influence” embedded in the track.
“Shout out to Conductor, the beat was crazy,” he began. “I think I posted a DM — I DMed them or something, with the mind blown emojis. Like, ‘bro, it’s not even — it’s starting to not even be fair no more.’ But nah, dog, that shit was fire.”
Check out the full interview below. The comments about Drake begin at about the 7:50 mark.
Last month, during a chat with HipHopDX, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League group member Erik “Rook” Ortiz confirmed that he and his partner Kevin “Colione” Crowe are also preparing a project with Conway.
Rook made it clear that it will arrive after Conway’s Won’t He Do It 2, a planned sequel to the rapper’s project from this past May.
“We can do it all, we can carry a whole album and we can make it sound phenomenal,” he began, referring to their recent work with Jeezy. “Next up for us is Conway The Machine. We’re doing that whole album with Conway. We’re in talks with a lot of other artists right now to do their whole albums.”
He continued: “And so Jeezy’s is [our] first foray into full-album territory. I think Hit-Boy knocked it out the park with Nas and he set the blueprint, and I’m glad that we can offer up something really cool like this.”
Jeezy’s I Might Forgive… But I Don’t Forget arrived on November 3 and was his first full-length release since leaving Def Jam.
The Grammy-nominated rap veteran was signed to the legendary label for the majority of his career, but he has now switched gears and will put out his new one via a partnership between CTE New World and Stem Distribution.
