Adam and Sam are joined by one of the best rapper’s in the game right now, New Jersey’s Chris Patrick!
Chris is a rapper and singer who is coming off the release of his amazing 2022 album, X-Files. He also had a viral freestyle on the show On the Radar. Chris has been touring across the country and opened for artists like JID, Smino, and GRIP.
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00:00:00 – Intro
00:01:35 – Playlist title of the week
00:04:55 – J. Cole says rap is like track and field/how Chris trains
00:07:20 – Meeting J. Cole in the studio
00:11:25 – Relationship with EARTHGANG and JID
00:14:40 – What made Chris an elite writer
00:18:45 – How Chris got comfortable with being authentic
00:21:35 – Making music from life experiences
00:24:45 – Sequencing Chris’s album X-Files
00:26:40 – Making music that not everyone appreciates
00:29:00 – Bringing back album rollouts and creating a world with music
00:35:40 – How Chris balances rapping and singing
00:35:45 – Nerding out about GRIP’s 3:16 with JID and Kenny Mason
00:37:45 – Taking vocal lessons to sing better after tour with GRIP
00:39:20 – Being put in a box as an artist
00:42:10 – JID goes viral with “Surround Sound”
00:45:10 – How Chris created a fan base
00:51:15 – Chris’s On the Radar freestyle
00:57:00 – The importance of CXR as a label
01:00:00 – Chris’s final thoughts
01:04:30 – A few shout outs from Chris
