Blu on Suge Knight almost signing him, meeting Exile, Miguel, Aloe Blacc & more

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00:00 Intro
1:06 Upbringing
3:15 Biz Markie
4:18 Discovering hip-hop & earliest influences
7:00 Family history
9:00 Going to high school with Miguel
11:18 Dunking injury that led to his rap career
15:05 Early LA scene
15:25 Suge Knight trying to sign him
17:27 Meeting Exile and forming a duo
19:00 Below The Heavens & label collapse
20:15 Aloe Blacc
22:07 Warner Bros. deal
24:49 NoYork with Flying Lotus, Samiyam, Madlib, and more
25:50 Odd Future and Low End Theory
26:46 Leaving Warner, going independent
27:45 Blog Era
28:30 Producing and Writing
30:19 Miles
32:19 Spirituality
36:07 Best LA rappers
38:01 State of hip-hop today
39:15 Jazz
41:51 Freestyle Fellowship
44:20 Common
46:00 Artistic philosophy
47:47 NoYork and Her Favorite Color
51:00 Working with U-God
54:00 Outro