Cliffs
0:38 Cyhi's first look in the Yelawolf video, that's where Kanye noticed him as well
2:57 How Cyhi envisioned his career at a time when Atl was poppin
4:17 People expected him to be one of the staples in Atl
4:58 Battling at school with kids from New York made him sharp his skills, mixing his influences to build his talent
6:11 Cyhi used rap to learn how to read as well
6:49 Kids were battling him by using famous rappers bars without him knowing so in essence, Cyhi was competing with the elite without knowing
8:16 Had a meeting to sign a deal with Jeezy and Jeezy never showed up
8:48 Cyhi was counting on this situation as he was getting evicted, Yelawolf dropped the "I Wish" video at the same time
9:41 Cyhi's recollection of the streets and the clubs
11:32 "I was signed to Akon for a few in between as well, that's where Kanye told me to come work with him"

12:57 Kanye was listening to Cyhi's mixtape and Amber was there too: "I knew it was real"
13:51 Kanye asked Cyhi to work on "So Appalled" while he went to the movies (With presumably only Pusha's verse) Kanye never came back
14:32 Going back to ATL in the midst of it all for his sister's passing + Getting an ab**tion
15:12 Kanye calls Cyhi hysterically about "So Appalled" and tell him he made the album
17:07 Kanye used to make him rap in front of everybody all the time
18:13 Before meeting Consequence or Kanye, Cyhi had at lest 15 deals on the table
19:42 Cyhi's street affiliations was holding him back
21:20 How Cyhi maintained his golden position: "Kanye was a piece of cake compared to the toxic environment he grew up in"
23:45 Being humble when you're next to Ye: "Contribution to someone's success is just as fire to me than dropping my own album"
25:06 The way Cyhi moves and carries himself and being recognized by his peers
26:25 People didn't think he was from Atl because he was too lyrical at battling when people were betting money
27:22 Between "street cred" inspiration and trying to get away from it
28:00 "Dumb my lyrics down when I work with Ye, think on a high level but saying it in a very simple way, but if I work with a Royce, I'm more myself"
28:27 Adam asks about the complexity of transcribing Ye's mind through Cyhi's lyrics
28:48 Cyhi transcribing Ye's mind is what keep them close: "I have to listen closely, where he eats, who these fashion people are, etc"
30:03 Adam describes Cyhi's position similar to a reporter on Kanye's life
30:31 Cyhi says Ye is the most giving individual who goes out of his way to help: "I see people bringing coffee getting publishing just for being in the room"
32:35 Building a solid relationship w Kanye kept Cyhi around
33:43 "I stay in my lane I'm a writer, Ive seen some ppl talk to Ye crazy and he will let you get it out and just take it"
34:57 How many verses Cyhi wrote before Ye picks one
35:11 Cyhi explains why Ye could be demanding

37:18 Kanye practiced making beats by recreating every instrumentals from 91 til 99
38:47 How Ye grooms ppl in position accordingly: "I've seen the man having 32 meetings in one day"
39:44Kanye might call you 10 years later for a previous idea you had you have to be ready
40:26 How to handle controversy in the camp
42:58 How Cyhi works with other people as well sometimes, most likely with top artists
43:59 Adam talks about the Travis Scott snippet that leaked
44:26 Cyhi explains how he feels when the travis snippet leaked: "I didn't like it, we created it together"
46:13 Cyhi breaks down what working with big artists means: "At this point Kanye, Drake etc, speak for the culture by working with the best of writers producers, we tryna compete with albums of the year"
49:12 The value of working with someone who studied you, while he"s busy doing other businesses just like Ye helped when he started and studied other people at the beginning
49:58 Kanye and Chance getting into it, what really happened
52:49 Adam says fragile conversations should happen even if it's scary, you should be allowed to ask questions
54:26 Cyhi loves that Adam added a possibility about the water crisis in Texas
56:26 Kanye and Drake patching things up
58:10 Cyhi says: " Protect Ye at all times"
59:02 Was "Sicko Mode" a Kanye diss?
59:55 Kanye and Cyhi talking after the accident and not giving his opinion about the recent headlines w Kim
1:02:16 Cyhi details his car accident, says they came to the car to finish him
1:04:19 Parallel between the streets and record labels
1:07:08 When the streets takes advantage of hip hop to justify what they're doing

1:11:24 Back to the car accident, Cyhi thinks he got mistaken with someone else: "I tried to get away, doing reverse on the highway"
1:13:58 Adam makes the parallel with his own experience
1:14:25 Going through the aftermath of the car accident: "It's like being alive at your own funeral"
1:16:05 Cyhi doesn't expect any arrest from this because so many other ppl were touched and never got closer
1:17:07 Coming from a rough environment gives you different perspectives in life
1:17:57 Cyhi vs Joe Budden rap battle
1:18:40 Getting a bag outside of music: "I got the best cosigner/investor if I want to do anything"
1:19:00 Cyhi says about battling Joe: "I would demolish Joe Budden"
1:20:10 Cyhi would have become a legendary battle rapper
1:20:55 "Feds would be at my door if I wrote a tell all book"
1:23:35 The free Cyhi campaign and a new tv show: "I'm a student of Ice Cube, I want to work with him

Op went off

damn now I don't have to watch. Pretty cool interview.

op blessed us

Adam22's a bum, but in for Cyhi.

damn @op you put in work with those timestamps

He copy & pasted them.

Bro I have to witness some of this s*** people describe about how kanye does things

Just finished watching. Basically confirmed now that Kanye stopped writing a while ago. CyHi alludes to a team of people coming up with verses for Kanye. Kanye's job is basically to pick and choose the ones he likes

Idk how I feel about this tbh but at least they're being transparent about it and getting credited

I really find this hard to believe considering his recent output of verses, if he has had teams coming up with the recent s*** then idk what to say

Something tells me that Kanye has a bunch of fire verses on deck (written by other people) but then he picks one and adds his own spin on it which makes it worse

I don't really see this, I think he just mumbles demo verses off the top of the dome, then him and others try to fill them in with words. The only ones where I'm like kanye prob didn't write this is the ones on KSG, which would make sense if a group of people came up with them because they're top notch and have a good flow.

Great interview

At 38:35 cyHi hints that Kanye is gonna start his own line of hotels in the future This man really tryna be Trump

That's whats up.

I guess I'll watch this. Adam22 is ass

6:49 Kids were battling him by using famous rappers bars without him knowing so in essence, Cyhi was competing with the elite without knowing
8:16 Had a meeting to sign a deal with Jeezy and Jeezy never showed up

"Yeezy, Yeezy, Yeezy, I might do my own hotel"

this interview is crazy. cyhi said ye re-produced every hiphop album from 90s - 99

IN

gas as f***

thank you OP

They are always provided within the comment section of N.J videos .

There's no way some of Ye's recent verses are ghostwritten. If they are, those guys need to be fired ASAP.