He does have a lot of really obnoxious music with some of the most who-the-fuck-says-that lines. It’s been a while since I’ve actually listened to him, but a few of his songs actually put me in a good mood. PRESUME: XXXTentacion song, “Look at Me.” I don’t know, that one always sets me off. VEITCH: Do you have a song that always puts you in a good mood without fail?
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And I just think that we’d compliment one another on a track, we’d get that jazzy feel. Who would be your all-time dream collaborator? If I listen to somebody, I don’t care who knows. VEITCH: Is there an artist that you put yourself on Private Mode to listen to? Any guilty pleasures? Remember its impact that year? That one for sure.
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VEITCH: Do you have a favorite movie soundtrack? “Lovers and Friends” by Usher is a really fucking great song. There’s something about the energy that it brings, it just does something. I don’t know, one of them is “You Don’t Know My Name” by Alicia Keys. VEITCH: What was your first favorite song? She actually bought me like that little Massacre joint that he had as well. I knew I had no business listening to that, but I’m happy that my mom didn’t object. PRESUME: It was 50 Cent’s Get Rich or Die Tryin.’ I was nine years old. VEITCH: Do you remember the first CD you bought? She would mix in whatever was popping in America at the time. A lot of Haitian kompa, reggae, and reggaeton. PRESUME: My mom played a lot of Caribbean and island music- Alan Cavé, Sweet Micky. VEITCH: What music did your family play when you were growing up? 50 Cent, Ludacris, Usher, Aaliyah, Destiny’s Child, Eminem, Lil’ Wayne, Drake. Who is the earliest musician to influence you? You’re discovering old stuff at the same time as the new stuff. That’s what happened with Etta James, I guess she’s someone I just discovered as well. I’m also always discovering older artists who were famous in their day, but who I didn’t really know growing up. PRESUME: I recently discovered an artist named Cody Frost, I think she’s really cool. VEITCH: What artists have you recently discovered that you love? I was listening to a lot of old-school, soulful, jazzy R&B tunes earlier. PRESUME: I can’t help it! Okay, I was listening to “At Last” by Etta James this morning. Musicians can’t answer these questions without pulling up SoundCloud. VEITCH: What was the last song you listened to? I feel like I’m showing myself love by being like, “You can breathe, you can let an idea exist and grow branches. Typically, I’d record a voice note on my phone and try and flesh it out right away. Now, I’ll have great melodies that come to me, and I’ll start singing, but then I’ll just let it go. I decided it was time for a new approach. I’ve put in hella work these past few years with this music stuff.
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I’m becoming a lot more self-aware of my capabilities. PRESUME: I feel like I’m growing out of it. VEITCH: What’s changed to allow you to slow that pace? But lately, I’ve been giving myself the room to relax. Typically, I’m trying to capture every idea that comes to my mind create music from it instantaneously.
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TERRY PRESUME: Recently I’ve just been in this really meditative state. MARA VEITCH: What have you been doing today? Below, Presume shares the music that shaped the record and influenced his musical career-from Etta James and Sam Cooke to J. What Box?, Presume’s new EP out today, is a testament to the artist’s sonic range: pop-infused bops like “Act Up” are interspersed with meditative homages written for loved ones like “None of This Alone,” rendering the broad spectrum of human emotion in six artfully crafted tracks. In this edition, we speak with the musician Terry Presume, the Nashville-based rapper-crooner whose voice flits from raspy moan to shimmering falsetto in the blink of an eye. Our favorite musicians tell us about their favorite music-the sad, the happy, the dinner party-y, the songs they want played at their funeral. This is “Add to Queue,” our attempt to sort through the cacophony of music floating in the algorithmic atmosphere by consulting the experts themselves.