Rob49:I dont even f###### know how Kevin Gates pulled up, he just pulled up. By the time we were approached to gauge our level of interest, I had already seen Homecoming: New York because I have always been a fan of The Real World, even before I got onto the show. While the original Vulture Island was personal, Lil Babys bars are a reminder that many have shared Rob49s struggles. Given the songs instant appeal, the massive turnout from his hometown, and the star-studded music video - its hard to see it any other way. Rob49:My homie was rapping, it was his studio session and we had got some food. If it isnt based on a true story, is it even prestige horror, bro? Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution. Copyright 2023 AllHipHop.com LLC 2023-Infinity. The real New Orleans is like anywhere else, for real. We dont got no hoods out there, hoods is like housing. A lot of people were watching it, but Come On Be My Baby Tonight was one of those things where you could watch only that episode and you would remember Real World New Orleans. Remembering Allen Toussaint, the Musical Force Who Embodied New Orleans Toussaint shaped the sound of R&B, rock, and country, but to New Orleans, he remained a down-to-earth ambassador. Back in 2012, the New Orleans native dropped "Vulture Island," and his buzz has been growing since then. I swear to Jesus, I did not talk to him. Remember to keep your email concise and to the point, highlight your best work, and provide easily accessible smart links. AllHipHop:How does it feel to have people asking you for pictures now? Kim SoMajor, Editor & Content Manager for The Source. New Orleans Music Legend Allen Toussaint Dies at 77. Rob49:In Philly, I told him man, youre my favorite rapper at a point. As viewers now, we can say, Oh, that was very wrong, but at the time, a lot of America just didnt realize they and you were being shit on for very horrible reasons. NEW MEMBERS RECEIVE A FREE + $100,000 BONUS + PACK! Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. We werent yet at the level of full-on hot-tub orgy.Thats one of the things! Because the flow, I didnt know how to get the flow for real. 2023 The DJ Booth LLC. Naming it Vulture Island, like a reincarnated Chopper City. Having watched New York, youd have to know, Oh, theyre going to try and talk about this heated moment. A breakdown in Vulture Island, which starts at 1:53, calls back to his citys invention of Bounce music. He pounces onto the menacing beat and unleashes a lions roar, belching a gumbo of bayou-incarnated ghosts and visions, traumas and dreams, that have been boiling inside him since childhood. I told him his song was trash, he told me to go make one. At the same time, sometimes when youre watching these discussions as viewers, youre like, Why didnt this person jump in and say this? But theres really so much value in staying in your lane. Check out why theres exciting buzz surrounding him in the Lil Baby assisted video below. We just want to dive into a pool without having to hold onto our bottoms. I was watching the show as a fan but also as a person who actually had that highly specific experience where your life is changed forevermore by being on The Real World. I want you to be able to feel safe talking about whatever it is. New Orleans Saints: Gameday. All the rooms I be in, all the opportunities that I cant take, they [fellow NOLA artists] probably could take. So I called P to hook it up, he hooked it up, and we just did it. I think youre a great dad. Growing up, Rob was a good student and a talented athlete. Last week, Rob49 officially arrived as the next up out of New Orleans with the remix of his popular single, Vulture Island V2 aided by none other than Lil Baby - with the accompanying showstopping visual notably featuring Hotboii, Louisiana royalty Kevin Gates, and the entirety of Rob49s Iberville Projects neighborhood. This email will be used to sign into all New York sites. The most noteworthy aspect of the song would have to be the unusual way the hook is built around an infectious ad-lib: Yeah-Yeah (or perhaps Yeet-yeet) and expertly incorporated into Lil Babys always-fire feature verse. I already knew P [Quality Controls CEO], and I saw Baby freestylin to my instrumentals on Instagram. Rob49:Yeah, thats my first tour for sure. Katrina had a crazy effect, cause every rapper who was big at the time left. Sixteen years later, the first nest was found by Joe Bridges, a research associate with the Mohonk Preserve, who happened to be climbing on the eastern side of Bonticou Crag. Its a skill set to make multiple earworms off the top of your head. How has your mental been lately, given the whirlwind of success youve experienced? AllHipHop:How would you describe your sound? Rob49has only been making music for two years, and hes already signed to one of the biggest record labels in the music industry: Geffen. This interview has been edited and condensed. I have to imagine that, if it were me, I would be in my head about it because I wouldnt know if people really loved the song or if they were making fun of it. Rob49:Most def, I be happy. In the same song, he can question his spiritual mission, witness a friend plot revenge, ponder over an uncles jail sentence, then end with a quartet of pure poetry: Sometimes I dont wanna be livin this fuckin life / Im so far from my old self, I dont even know whats right / All them memories we shared, still tryna keep them tight / There aint no point in livin lavish when my brother died., He is a New Orleans man through and through. When Tokyo went on Dave Chappelle, the scope and reach of The Real World got into the faces of people that might have not been watching it. I think I was the only one with security. It sucks for Kendrick Lamar. Thats crazy. In 1977, Lorne Michaels took his show to New Orleans. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Obviously I love Atlanta, but I started with Orange County. by Aidan C Werder on April 06, 2022. Matt Pace brings artistic flair to Creole cuisine with Caf Booqoo. Rob49:That f##### me up, aint even gon cap. Who else I got s### with? He was one of the first people to try to sign me, really the first person. The conversations that Danny and Matt were having were literally about trying to separate the personal from the global. I really feel this way. But homophobia is not awesome. I think that was made clear, but I also lived it and I dont know how people perceive it. Rob49:Im excited to get off tour, because Ive been on tour since I dropped. HHN: What is the story behind the 49 in your name? Thats something we were really not prepared for. Thats all I be looking at is the genuineness. So I think there was some frustration trying to get to that. On Friday, we will have a warm Welcome To Vulture Island. Im the one all of them listen to. Dr. Johns Peculiar Yet Undeniable New Orleans Legacy, Its almost impossible to conceive of that city without hearing Rebennacks gravelly, syrupy. After that, it was said and done: Rob had it. Nooo. Growing, Im just seeing how to move now. *Sorry, there was a problem signing you up. We had made some s### a couple weeks ago. You\'ll receive the next newsletter in your inbox. He said you f###### hard, you the next one. When the music really got good good, I knew it was genuine. New Orleans Hoods Map. I dont got no expectations or nothing. Rob49:I got some s### with NoCap, I got some s### with Vory. For the island in the St. Lawrence River, see, Last edited on 13 February 2022, at 06:10, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=le_d%27Orlans,_Louisiana&oldid=1071553390, This page was last edited on 13 February 2022, at 06:10. Dannys ultimate message has always been acceptance regardless of religious dogma, and also that religion should teach acceptance. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window), Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window), Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window). He already locked in a monstrous track with Lil Baby Vulture Island 2 and has linked with some big names in the game. It should be noted that there has never been a New Orleans gangs problem as most people are affiliated to their section, meaning only claiming to certain New . Last week, Rob49 officially arrived as the next up out of New Orleans with the remix of his popular single, "Vulture Island V2" aided by none other than Lil Baby - with the accompanying showstopping visual notably featuring Hotboii, Louisiana royalty Kevin Gates, and the entirety of Rob49's Iberville Projects neighborhood. Rob49:Water, Casamigo, and a good engineer. Im talking about when Gretchen was still with the old guy. Rob49:Most definitely, its effortless because I dont really think too much. Bear1Boss breaks it down for Audiomack. Rob49:Yeah, the show ended up being canceled though. Its just about finding a way to change it. Yeah, but man, I didnt get the unemployment money. I think you pull it, Joshua Jackson says to Lizzy Caplan sensually. Were going to revisit Dont Ask, Dont Tell, which Danny had to become the face of and endure for many, many years postshow. Welcome To Vulture Island! Click here to start listening at home siriusxm.com/listenathome, Customer Agreement & Website Terms of Use. Their breeding range extends from southern Canada to southernmost South America; however, in the U.S., black vultures are more numerous. Your email address will not be published. But he beat the odds, growing instead into an expansive oak tree whose thick roots are planted right in the soil of New Orleans, and whose branches are just starting to spread. Were you working? The song was just meant for us to turn up that night, but when it was finished, everyone who was there said it was a hit. Apple Music Hip-Hop. Collect, curate and comment on your files. When I went out there, I was thinkin that sooo much bullshit was gonna go on. Millions of high-quality images, video, and music options are waiting for you. But where were from, its normal so were not looking at it like a terrible place to live. Toussaint shaped the sound of R&B, rock, and country, but to New Orleans, he remained a down-to-earth ambassador. This article previously appeared on Audiomack World. Rob49:Vulture Island is New Orleans. The show had been on for eight seasons by the time we got on, and we kind of did know what we were getting into, but the piece that I didnt understand was the permanence of the choice. SO COME MAKE THIS YOUR NEW HOME #VULTUREISLANDRP #FiveM PLENTY HEIST DRIVE . The women of, Sam Levinson and the Weeknd Allegedly Turned, Theres No Red Button You Can Push to Stop. He asked if I wanted to be on the tour, it was butter from there. He describes himself as having been a bit of a class clown, but a one hundred-percent hustler. Everything You Never Thought to Ask About In-flight Entertainment, Warner Bros. Discoverys licensing chief on how movies and TV get on planes, editing decisions, and the curious case of. Somebody getting killed back there everyday. I dont want to hear about none of your business aint no glock involved / My mind so f____d up, I seen murders chilling in the park, Rob49 spits with equal parts aggression and pain. Rob49 is an on-the-rise hip-hop artist from New Orleans whose recent track "Vulture Island" was crowned a First Alert by Hip Hop Nation (Ch. I was talking to somebody from Connecticut, they said the whole Connecticut talk about me. Im still standing. Listen to Vulture Island V2 by Rob49 & Lil Baby, 253,289 Shazams, featuring on Summer Heat , and Hip-Hop Hits: 2022 Apple Music playlists. The 20-year-old rapper follows up his last album release in 2021, 4God with todays arrival. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. The day I dropped my first video, everybody was on that s###. New Orleans recording artist @ROB49 returns to the yellow to perform his newest hit Vulture Island on TRSH'D! So I understood that there was an emotionally wrought intellectual conversation to be had, but I also was told it would be genuinely fun. The Producers: Helluva. Rob49: I do feel like my story is motivation, especially to the new-age New Orleans, just because we never had anyone to look up to whos actually in the mix and that we actually saw come up from the bottom. Rob49: The 49 comes from the two hoods I am from in New Orleans the 4th ward and the 9th ward. (Pugliese 2002). I stayed inside my body as best I could and got the work done. After a semester, he realized that college wasnt for him, so he left and joined the National Guard instead. Facts. Not to say that I was the first person thinking about those things openly, but on MTV, in that form, as a very young person who was still learning about her own identity, who was still trying to sort through the language that has evolved in so many ways in the past 20 years I was not prepared for the level of vitriol that would come my way for just having a human emotion after being offended by a racial slur. With cosigns from received co-signs from Say Cheese founder Shawn Cotton and MississippI State basketball star Lamar Peters, Rob49 shows no signs of slowing down, with his eyes set on becoming one of the greats. We got all this money and the citys torn down. So everybody left, and we had to build a whole new rap scene, for real. Rob49 also revealed hes dropping the tracklist for the project on Wednesday. Hey brother, Im a just ask for a picture. AllHipHop:What are you most excited next? Some of the conversations that you all have on the show, whether theyre about race or Matts religious inflexibility in dealing with Danny those are very nuanced adult conversations. I aint coming over there. Give us the big picture. On Friday, we will have a warm Welcome To Vulture Island. Privacy Policy and le d'Orlans ( French for "Isle of Orleans") was the historic name for the New Orleans area, in present-day Louisiana, U.S.A. The whole show is in a silly, goofy mood. Access the best of Getty Images with our simple subscription plan. So when I got that call, I was like, Itll never happen. It was before the onslaught of social media and all the different layers of being able to market yourself as a person who was on this TV show. On a sunny afternoon in March, a billboard next to highway I-10 read, NEW ORLEANS IS BACK. I got a lot to rap about. They still be talking about that. One day, a friend of Robs was in the studio rapping, and he pushed Rob to get on the back half of his song. Rob49:Mos def, he tried to sign me. I dont even f###### know. When you get a bag like that, I wasnt even mature enough for that bag. How did the feature and link up with Lil Baby happen? I felt like I needed to speak to the things that I could speak most thoroughly to, but I also wanted to support Danny in his quest to make sure that he was separating, like, Matt, I have no issues with you. Rob49:I signed early on. I would get more safe activities going. Most recently, Rob49 unveiled his highly-anticipated full-length project titled Welcome To Vulture Island, with standout features from Lil Baby, Icewear Vezzo, Babyface Ray, and even Birdman on the intro. Your email address will not be published. He breaks down his success for Audiomack World. Rob49:I saw him on Instagram freestyling to my s###, he was freestyling to the instrumental. But in a few years? We could still be kind of real. AllHipHop:How was it growing up in the 4th and 9th Wards of New Orleans? Rob49:I dropped my first video. I did the right thing at that point because if not, I woulda blew all that s### and been broke. AllHipHop:Have you ever fanned out over a celebrity? I dont even see the success like that, cause Im nowhere near where I wanna be. With only about a year into his professional rap career, Rob49 is taking the game by storm. Learn when and why it makes sense for recording artists to hire a music publicist, including the cost, payment, and finding the right publicist for your needs. AllHipHop:Can you describe Vulture Island? Each and every component every single choice and decision of a song matters when it comes to perfection. AllHipHop:Best encounter you had with a fan? Organize, control, distribute and measure all of your digital content. (Photo by Peter Forest/Getty Images for Rob49), 3000 x 2287 px (10.00 x 7.62 in) - 300 dpi - 1 MB. Rob49 sounds almost possessed by every beat, breathlessly digging into stories about his hood and come-up. Its not like somebodys sayin, Oh yeah, I heard hes from New Orleans too. Like, no. We just made a song right quick, I told him we gon link back up though. That s### felt like slow motion. There was the one side where people were like, Wow, that little girl Melissa on the Real World is so funny. Kim SoMajor March 25, 2022 Rob49 and Lil Baby pull up to Iberville Projects in New Orleans to shoot the official video for "Vulture Island V2." Rob49 is emerging as one of the hottest acts. Nobody trippin out. All she ever does is talk about race. I was completely disliked on one side because I called out racism for what it was. Thats really what Im most excited for, to see what happens when I get off tour. Miami is the truth, thats where you need to be at. Advertisement. Its about his New Orleans burlesque club. AllHipHop:Have you always moved with security? Im talking about when Slade was still with Jo. Its nun versus AI in Damon Lindelofs new series. Everytime I get in the car, Im tired of hearing myself. In 1762, France, anticipating that Great Britain would take Louisiana at the end of the French and Indian War, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau transferred to Spain all of Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, as well as a newly-defined area east of the Mississippi which included New Orleans, called the Isle of Orleans. After graduating high school, he gave college a shot, studying to be a nurse at Southern University, an HBCU in Louisiana. All Rob49. It sucks for hip-hop fans. My s### was done, Im like man, let me hit Bird and see if hed get on this intro. He hit me right back. But at the time, Beck (then Howard) had her detractors as well. Rob49:Yeah most definitely, Im nervous every night. Rob49:That s###s hard as f###, he did his s### on i. AllHipHop:What artists do you listen to the most? 44), a series that highlights breakout artists. Similar to the white-rumped vulture, turkey and black vultures are scavengers. NEW ORLEANS, LA - JUNE 17: Team New Orleans Vultures Rob49 passes the ball to a teammate while being defended by Team Chopper City Chauncey Gardner (22) during the Rob49 Vulture Island Celebrity Basketball Game on June 17, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana at McDonogh 35 High School. le d'Orlans (French for "Isle of Orleans") was the historic name for the New Orleans area, in present-day Louisiana, U.S.A. 49 has consistently dropped multiple projects with much street acclaim. I want growth, but right now, its doing crazy. TikTok video from HEARTLEZZ GAMING (@heartlezzgaming_): "WE ARE VULTURE ISLAND RP NEW ORLEANS BASED SERVER LOOKING FOR NEW ACTIVE WE BASICALLY HAVE EVERYTHING AND MORE TO MAKE RP EXPERIENCE THE BEST IT CAN JUST MISSING YOU GUYS FLY IN ! AllHipHop:Welcome To Vulture Island out now! I want a picture, for sure. Do you feel like a role model? AllHipHop:What were you doing before the rap? Honestly, even outside of that, like, lets get away from the pop-cultural impact of that song: Tokyo is genuinely talented as a musician. I always think of Come On Be My Baby Tonight as kind of the eighth roommate who didnt get the love that he deserved. Rob49:I dont really got no goals. It appeared to be all hands on deck in the Iberville Projects for the Vulture Island V2 music video (directed Gerard Victor), with hundreds of people turning out to support Rob49. We were at the tail end of that era. The Isle of Orleans was bounded by the Mississippi River, the Gulf of Mexico, Lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas as well as Bayou Manchac, previously known as Iberville River, and the Amite River. 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