Pitchfork: Outside of OutKast, what else did you listen to? Listening to was one of the ways that I just chilled out when I was feeling uncomfortable. It's funny-I listened to a lot of the stuff that I loved as a kid kind of blindly, but that's still what I prefer to listen to now if I'm looking for something with purpose or meaning.
But then my step brother introduced ATLiens to me during a trip to see my dad in Nashville, after he got remarried. He'd get a rise out of them and make them feel good at the same time. Isaiah Rashad: When I used to go to church when I was little, I liked the way the preacher would excite people. Pitchfork: I've read that you grew up wanting to be a preacher. But Rashad, who is also a new father, seems ready to leave that irresponsible period behind, not unlike the busted ride that still sits in front of his mom's house in Chattanooga. "Nobody wants to comes to hang out." Cylvia was recorded in a much lazier atmosphere: "Me and my homies were drinking and smoking a lot when we were recording it," he says. "I’m the only one at the house," Rashad says, alluding to the place's businesslike vibe. Right now, Rashad is posted up in TDE's studio compound in Carson, California, but it's not quite the creative commune you're imagining. city* or Ab-Soul's Control System, among others*-*the 22-year-old's voice is its own vehicle, marrying Tennessee bounce with Death Row haze (plus a dash of 'Ye-circa- College Dropout flow). While the EP, which was recorded in spurts over the past two years, doesn't exactly signify a sonic leap from the works TDE is most famous for- Kendrick Lamar's* good kid, m.A.A.d. Kevin Miller", effectively sounding the arrival of TDE's next chapter. Cilvia Demo is a smoky cocktail that packs heat like "Shot You Down" and the Master P ode "R.I.P. Rashad, who is the most notable new signing for the Black Hippy-repping Top Dawg Entertainment clique, approaches TDE's signature West Coast sound through a Memphis lens. "I try writing while I drive, but it's so hard. I like to be able to hear my voice." He hasn't gotten a new car since moving to L.A. "I like to write in the car," says Los Angeles-via-Chattanooga rapper Isaiah Rashad, whose new Cilvia Demo EP is named for a busted '95 Honda Civic he used to drive.
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