Bro I’m so grateful to both you and Noname for the love 🙌🏾 Came for the shoutout but got hooked for the whole hour 45 cus this honestly one of the best interviews I seen in a minute! You got a gift forreal brodie - it’s the perfect combo of hip hop knowledge, skill as a journalist (as far as how to ask questions and conduct and interview), and being entertaining. I think most interviews end up being a glorified Wikipedia page lol but this interview y’all was legit vibing and I got to see so much of the artists actual personality. If I didn’t see the intro, I woulda just assumed y’all was been homies for years just chopping it up lol. I got real beef with the UA-cam algorithm that they ain’t put me onto the page before this but I’m officially tapped in now. Keep it up dawg 💪🏾💪🏾
So first time listener. THANK YOU for giving Noname a welcoming platform. And thank you for asking the right questions and giving the lyrics the love it deserve. It felt like so many ppl didn’t listen to a word she said on that last album.
splendid interview. Noname has been an important voice the past years, and she really brings it hot on Sundial, so to have her on here now really solidifies what that record is distilling so well. you always give artists a spacious place to share their thoughts. really the online Stoa of popculture. thank you EtYG. x.
I love every single album... every single hook tug on my soul. Great interview. Made me like Noname more - got her Sundial album as soon as she dropped it. Thank you
Noname, you are so talented and full of life and beauty. Your search for truth has gotten so deep since the first time I heard your music as a high schooler (Sunday Morning). And I am sorry if that journey of knowing has given your soul suffering. You have an inner light that shines through in your darkest songs, and especially shines in this interview. Thank you for expressing your truths.
Big up Fatima. Your voice is important. Keep going. i have grown up listening to you. I appreciate your sharing your journey and communicating your insight so beautifully.
Appreciate the discussion. My 2 cents at the 34 min mark: I think that when Black artists discuss their experiences of hurting other Black people, they don’t do enough (currently) to point out who’s fault it actually is & how we got in this position in the first place. The trauma rap rn is just another form of the blues…which could be a community healing session. But if we stay in the blues and blame ourselves for the blues, without highlighting the yurugu culture that conditioned us to harm ourselves in the first place, we just keeping the same cycle rinse wash and repeat rather than healing
DAWG! This was a dope intro to your channel and an amazing convo with NoName, yall re-inspired my drive to be more informed outside of whatever tf my feed shows me/ppl speak on 🤣 but also man, SunDial was insane and I love that the passion, love and beauty the music has exudes through/from her as well as everyone who helped make it!! Shout out to yall, stay up and much love from Detroit!
AYO, you got Noname…. One of my faves forreal- “you know they whipped us n****s, why you afraid to rap” is part of why I started rapping again…. You goated officially my boy 🙏🏾
Eric! you are one of the most talented and also the most underrated interviewer on here. And you are underrated because you have never compromised your platform. Thank you for your genuine energy .
All we gotta do as black ppl is start coming to shows, support our artist, not just listen to their music at home, but show them hey we're here, we support you too, get comfortable!
So happy Noname decided to do an interview and with you! We Love you, Noname! This video was a great conversation! And niggas are not talking about Sundial enough!
Thank you for this interview. I love Noname as black kid that grew up on the south side Chicago and to have a peak inside her world was amazing,plus I agree Montego babe is my favorite 🔥
When she mentioned Toni Morrison my mind immediately went to the verse "Reading Toni Morrison in a nigga canoe cause a bitch really about her freedom" on Montego Bae 😂. Urgh man I love her art so much, and I'm happy she has finally given most who didn't try and understand what her drive is and were quick to judge, the semantics of her representation to the world. We are all different and we perceive things differently so give someone the space to express themselves the very same way you'd want to be given the platform to speak your truth. Thank you Eric for having her on the channel, very insightful indeed 🙏.
it took a dozen watches before i realized that you're in the bottom right hand corner, eric. the interviews are so good i thought being invisible was the way for video makers to go, the interviewers wave of the future. the only hip hop eric i ever knew was eric b. and i only heard him talk as much as you talk in the one video for the first time about a year ago. i was suprised how much noname looks like her mother and read "blood in my eye" again recently and saw her talking about it and some other books. guy who wrote tribute song to george jackson was 4 months older than him and is out on the road as an 82 year old whereas the guy he sang about has been dead for 52 years. i hope you and noname last another half century.
noname and mick and saba were on tour many years ago me and my homie spoke with her after the show and she signed some shit and allowed me to take her portrait she is so kind , great batch of people
I watched the whole hour and forty-five minutes. Noname is so articulate with her words, it's crazy. And You did a very good job in interviewing her. Good show👏
Noname was one of the best concerts I’ve ever attended. I was in PDX and i know it was different performing for a predominantly white crowd but man that shit moved me
Noname is sooo fresh. Beautiful skin too. Great conversation. Well researched and reaffirming. Homeboy”s shower cap was a bit distracting but when I closed my eyes it went away! 😀
i love noname so much and getting an interview like this were it's so personal and real feels so fucking amazing to watch. ur amazing. liked and subscribed. pls lets get another follow up.
Aight aint not a single person asked but imma lil gay white boy in texas and noname is not the only one but one of the main rappers that helped me expand and open my mind. And all these people be saying that she anti semetic shes not!!!! Listen to this interview yall!!! Its such an amazing interview. If you dont like the art dont listen to it. Imma tryna see her in san antonio but a dude be broke and everything in texas is like hours to drive through one town to another. Anyways noname is F!#$% dope and if yall cant handle the criticisms that she throws out to white people than you just sitting comfortable in your privelage Not helping anything or anybody. Noname is so self aware and conscious she helps me bring that out of myself honestly... i aint tryna idolize or shit like that but do not doubt NONAME'S MUTHA FUCKIN GREATNESS im leaving this comment just so i can put it somewhere and speak my mind real quick since everyone i know in my little yee yee ass town dont know who noname is. And noname if you ever see this random ass comment sis know that you got a fan for life whos always gonna appreciate your art and your bars
When she’s barring up my soul, she’s Noname. When she’s just chill and talking like this, definitely Fatimah. I can listen to both forever. Thank you for this! Might’ve never found your page if it wasn’t for this interview. Imma have to check the other interviews out for sure. Ps: even though it was only for 1 song.. Ghetto Sage is second only to the Migos
Fantastic interview, thank you for always doing such a deep and broad range of research on the people and topics you present! It definitely adds so much more compared to most interviews
i wish i could tell noname that as an active leftist and more specifically a communist i know i and many of my comrades absolutely rock with you. You dont need to be a theory head to be a part of the movement, by struggling with and for your people and the working class we all ARE the movement. I know that some will try to say that as socialists we need to focus on class and not race but that is such a surface level understanding of societies conditions, race and class are absolutely intertwined and if youre fighting for the working class that had better include the black working class and the specific conditions faced by black people. As for anarchism vs socialism I dont believe the distinction is necessary, many socialists have understood for centuries that the state is just another form of domination and that the goal of socialism should always be to strive for those material conditions that allow for the state to become unnecessary and wither away. Theres absolutely a debate to be had there as to whether or not we will every reach that point where we can truly do away with the state but its an ideal to strive for because in doing so we can at a minimum create the best society we possibly can.
Pleeeease tell her we LOVE her in Africa! Noname, you can come and do the tour here like your haters are telling you to 😊 (sidenote: of course Africa is not a country or monolithic, but I'm appointing myself the representative of the continent for this comment😅. Love from 🇿🇦). Related, unrelated: I might be the biggest contributor to your album listens at this point, my lady. So beautifully written & composed. It's also refreshingly honest while not brash.
I think black people consuming our own trauma is a form of coping. When i lived in africa , i was aware of racism but it was a sort of far away idea, that didnt really touch me till i felt it for myself. Always a sort of out of body experience. Anyways, when i started having to actively be aware of the fact that im black and act accordingly (in a way that keeps me safe + with opportunities) due to change in environement, i consumed black trauma in music form a lot cause it gave me a sense of identity and security in knowing i wasn't alone and there was so many ppl just like me going through the same thing but more intense was the feeling the anger gives you, like its all you get from it and it has to be part of who you are and something you gotta carry proudly. Almost gives you a sense of idenitity and personality, even purpose. but im letting it go cause its more tiring than it should be and doesnt actually help me
Noname really had a point about the critical acclaim for Black Death I didn’t know we had other stories growing up honestly even in Tyler Perry which was thought to be light
This video is so old but man this makes me love noname so much more. As a white fan i just appreciate the music and the messaging wholeheartedly and im so glad that there are spaces where black artists can discuss their stances and takes freely without the overarching criticism of consumerism. Just makes me happy to listen and learn more. Keep up the good work. This is real journalism!
"I love black people...But at the same time I don't know them niggas" this a real ass statement
I love how human this entire interview was. I definetly want to see more artists interact with outlets like this
Bro I’m so grateful to both you and Noname for the love 🙌🏾
Came for the shoutout but got hooked for the whole hour 45 cus this honestly one of the best interviews I seen in a minute! You got a gift forreal brodie - it’s the perfect combo of hip hop knowledge, skill as a journalist (as far as how to ask questions and conduct and interview), and being entertaining.
I think most interviews end up being a glorified Wikipedia page lol but this interview y’all was legit vibing and I got to see so much of the artists actual personality. If I didn’t see the intro, I woulda just assumed y’all was been homies for years just chopping it up lol.
I got real beef with the UA-cam algorithm that they ain’t put me onto the page before this but I’m officially tapped in now. Keep it up dawg 💪🏾💪🏾
Bars
On god , I got beef with the algorithm to 💪🏿💪🏿😎
Damn noname is so beautiful.
Ik I was lookin at her kinda different 😩
I’ve never seen such a relaxed and in depth interview of Noname. An hour well spent and still.. soooooo much more to ask this woman 😭
So first time listener. THANK YOU for giving Noname a welcoming platform. And thank you for asking the right questions and giving the lyrics the love it deserve. It felt like so many ppl didn’t listen to a word she said on that last album.
Finally a interview from the queen
splendid interview. Noname has been an important voice the past years, and she really brings it hot on Sundial, so to have her on here now really solidifies what that record is distilling so well.
you always give artists a spacious place to share their thoughts. really the online Stoa of popculture.
thank you EtYG.
x.
She’s so amazing ❤ shout out to the interviewer too!! Really made this interview SOOO GOOD and worth listening to!
I love every single album... every single hook tug on my soul. Great interview. Made me like Noname more - got her Sundial album as soon as she dropped it. Thank you
Noname, you are so talented and full of life and beauty. Your search for truth has gotten so deep since the first time I heard your music as a high schooler (Sunday Morning). And I am sorry if that journey of knowing has given your soul suffering. You have an inner light that shines through in your darkest songs, and especially shines in this interview. Thank you for expressing your truths.
I appreciate that you asked some real ass questions. This felt more like an open conversation than a strict interview. Good stuff!!
Big up Fatima. Your voice is important. Keep going. i have grown up listening to you. I appreciate your sharing your journey and communicating your insight so beautifully.
Nah this is what I needed. Hearing Noname talk her shit, felt like I was talking to my damn self. Loved this joint. You did good Eric!
this is how i wish more rap interviews would go
its so refreshing hearing noname share her thoughts open again.
Appreciate the discussion. My 2 cents at the 34 min mark:
I think that when Black artists discuss their experiences of hurting other Black people, they don’t do enough (currently) to point out who’s fault it actually is & how we got in this position in the first place. The trauma rap rn is just another form of the blues…which could be a community healing session. But if we stay in the blues and blame ourselves for the blues, without highlighting the yurugu culture that conditioned us to harm ourselves in the first place, we just keeping the same cycle rinse wash and repeat rather than healing
This was a really good watch, thank you to both parties for coming together and making this
DAWG! This was a dope intro to your channel and an amazing convo with NoName, yall re-inspired my drive to be more informed outside of whatever tf my feed shows me/ppl speak on 🤣 but also man, SunDial was insane and I love that the passion, love and beauty the music has exudes through/from her as well as everyone who helped make it!! Shout out to yall, stay up and much love from Detroit!
AYO, you got Noname…. One of my faves forreal- “you know they whipped us n****s, why you afraid to rap” is part of why I started rapping again….
You goated officially my boy 🙏🏾
The fact that she mentioned Ransom, Rome Streetz and 38 Spesh, made me love her even more.
This was so needed man. Made my love for Noname came back heavy because of this.
I knew Noname would like your review. Thats so cool that she reached out to you for an interview.
Eric! you are one of the most talented and also the most underrated interviewer on here. And you are underrated because you have never compromised your platform. Thank you for your genuine energy .
All we gotta do as black ppl is start coming to shows, support our artist, not just listen to their music at home, but show them hey we're here, we support you too, get comfortable!
So happy Noname decided to do an interview and with you! We Love you, Noname! This video was a great conversation! And niggas are not talking about Sundial enough!
Thank you for this interview. I love Noname as black kid that grew up on the south side Chicago and to have a peak inside her world was amazing,plus I agree Montego babe is my favorite 🔥
Love this interview. A brotha and sista just having a honest talk. Love, love
Grateful for the space you’ve been able to curate Eric, another fantastic interview
It's always a pleasure to listen to Noname ❤ so grateful for this interview.
Eric gonna go viral with this one
First thing I thought when I saw the thumbnail. This is crazy.
Yes sirrrr
When she mentioned Toni Morrison my mind immediately went to the verse "Reading Toni Morrison in a nigga canoe cause a bitch really about her freedom" on Montego Bae 😂. Urgh man I love her art so much, and I'm happy she has finally given most who didn't try and understand what her drive is and were quick to judge, the semantics of her representation to the world. We are all different and we perceive things differently so give someone the space to express themselves the very same way you'd want to be given the platform to speak your truth. Thank you Eric for having her on the channel, very insightful indeed 🙏.
you really be giving the best interviews my man
it took a dozen watches before i realized that you're in the bottom right hand corner, eric. the interviews are so good i thought being invisible was the way for video makers to go, the interviewers wave of the future. the only hip hop eric i ever knew was eric b. and i only heard him talk as much as you talk in the one video for the first time about a year ago. i was suprised how much noname looks like her mother and read "blood in my eye" again recently and saw her talking about it and some other books. guy who wrote tribute song to george jackson was 4 months older than him and is out on the road as an 82 year old whereas the guy he sang about has been dead for 52 years. i hope you and noname last another half century.
“I can see criticism being an act of love” 🙏yes , such a needed messages
This shit is so inspiring and real. Noname answering every question so honestly lead to great convos. Luv what ur doin/
Love this content and aesthetics. It's like I am listening to real human beings, speaking from the heart, about their truth...I am listening.
noname and mick and saba were on tour many years ago me and my homie spoke with her after the show and she signed some shit and allowed me to take her portrait she is so kind , great batch of people
I watched the whole hour and forty-five minutes. Noname is so articulate with her words, it's crazy. And You did a very good job in interviewing her. Good show👏
This guest is really interesting and charming, like a person, an artist. I wish her every happiness and success. Give hugs! Beautiful.
Such a needed interview/conversation. It's my first time getting hip to your content. Instant sub!
50 minutes into the video and just noticed you at the bottom right corner, Hey!!! Love the interview, love Noname and will be at the Toronto show
Are NoName, Saba and Smino still dropping a project???!!! ... i need that!
guetto sage
I'm only 20 minutes in and I've really enjoyed this so far! Glad that I stumbled across it. Great job Eric and Fatimah/Noname.
And I've just seen that you've got an interview with MIKE!! I'm definitely subscribing now.
Noname was one of the best concerts I’ve ever attended. I was in PDX and i know it was different performing for a predominantly white crowd but man that shit moved me
This a great interview man 💯
i love her. this interview was amazing. great questions and energy from both of you!!
Truly a masterclass interview. Thank you for this!!! Subbed 💪🏽
This nigga got the first noname interview this is insane
this guy never misses
ALL FACTS!! Glad to see NoName out here doing interviews FRFR!
she's beautiful. not negating the message from both but she's is
Noname is sooo fresh. Beautiful skin too. Great conversation. Well researched and reaffirming. Homeboy”s shower cap was a bit distracting but when I closed my eyes it went away! 😀
oh SHIT eric the gawd got noname lets go
wooooahh crossover episode whats up cj! love your content
THE GREEN DUNGEON ! such a good interview. Thanks again Eric !!
This right here is a historic interview
i love noname so much and getting an interview like this were it's so personal and real feels so fucking amazing to watch. ur amazing. liked and subscribed. pls lets get another follow up.
Hey guys, cheers form Brazil, really cool shit over here, amazing and real interview with Noname! sending all the luv
Love Noname… good stuff, champ
This was great, I love that she's a real hip hop head
Noname in my top rappers all time no lie and im bias idc we share the same bday
Aight aint not a single person asked but imma lil gay white boy in texas and noname is not the only one but one of the main rappers that helped me expand and open my mind. And all these people be saying that she anti semetic shes not!!!! Listen to this interview yall!!! Its such an amazing interview. If you dont like the art dont listen to it. Imma tryna see her in san antonio but a dude be broke and everything in texas is like hours to drive through one town to another. Anyways noname is F!#$% dope and if yall cant handle the criticisms that she throws out to white people than you just sitting comfortable in your privelage Not helping anything or anybody. Noname is so self aware and conscious she helps me bring that out of myself honestly... i aint tryna idolize or shit like that but do not doubt NONAME'S MUTHA FUCKIN GREATNESS im leaving this comment just so i can put it somewhere and speak my mind real quick since everyone i know in my little yee yee ass town dont know who noname is. And noname if you ever see this random ass comment sis know that you got a fan for life whos always gonna appreciate your art and your bars
Glad you still getting quality content out gang, keep going!
Noname is amazing. Thank you for this
this is a beautiful conversation fr
thank you!
I love you noname ❤ I haven't yet listened to your new album but you can believe I'll check it out ASAP. You're a legend in my eyes
When she’s barring up my soul, she’s Noname. When she’s just chill and talking like this, definitely Fatimah. I can listen to both forever. Thank you for this!
Might’ve never found your page if it wasn’t for this interview. Imma have to check the other interviews out for sure.
Ps: even though it was only for 1 song.. Ghetto Sage is second only to the Migos
The reason you listen to Billy Woods is the same reason I listen to you....sounds amazing!
Hyper Individualistic is the perfect phrase to describes us rn..
Fantastic interview, thank you for always doing such a deep and broad range of research on the people and topics you present! It definitely adds so much more compared to most interviews
Wow. I absolutely loved this conversation! A genuine, great conversation.
She's so dope!
This is like the best interview I could of asked for. NONAME BEING INTERVIEWED BY ERIC.
Love her so much, a lot of people wont resonate with her lyrics cause most people are lost in the brain rot of modern society.
i wish i could tell noname that as an active leftist and more specifically a communist i know i and many of my comrades absolutely rock with you. You dont need to be a theory head to be a part of the movement, by struggling with and for your people and the working class we all ARE the movement. I know that some will try to say that as socialists we need to focus on class and not race but that is such a surface level understanding of societies conditions, race and class are absolutely intertwined and if youre fighting for the working class that had better include the black working class and the specific conditions faced by black people. As for anarchism vs socialism I dont believe the distinction is necessary, many socialists have understood for centuries that the state is just another form of domination and that the goal of socialism should always be to strive for those material conditions that allow for the state to become unnecessary and wither away. Theres absolutely a debate to be had there as to whether or not we will every reach that point where we can truly do away with the state but its an ideal to strive for because in doing so we can at a minimum create the best society we possibly can.
Great interview, I’m so thankful I found your channel
Best rapper right now
J.Cole part 1:01:15
You’re welcome 👍🏾
Thank you !
THANK YOUUUUU
❤
You a real one💯💯🔥
Thanks!
she looks good!
She’s so beautiful 🥲
Pleeeease tell her we LOVE her in Africa! Noname, you can come and do the tour here like your haters are telling you to 😊 (sidenote: of course Africa is not a country or monolithic, but I'm appointing myself the representative of the continent for this comment😅. Love from 🇿🇦).
Related, unrelated: I might be the biggest contributor to your album listens at this point, my lady. So beautifully written & composed. It's also refreshingly honest while not brash.
I think black people consuming our own trauma is a form of coping. When i lived in africa , i was aware of racism but it was a sort of far away idea, that didnt really touch me till i felt it for myself. Always a sort of out of body experience. Anyways, when i started having to actively be aware of the fact that im black and act accordingly (in a way that keeps me safe + with opportunities) due to change in environement, i consumed black trauma in music form a lot cause it gave me a sense of identity and security in knowing i wasn't alone and there was so many ppl just like me going through the same thing but more intense was the feeling the anger gives you, like its all you get from it and it has to be part of who you are and something you gotta carry proudly. Almost gives you a sense of idenitity and personality, even purpose. but im letting it go cause its more tiring than it should be and doesnt actually help me
glad you got this interview
i love sundial so much
Big time. Outstanding interview. Congrats!
thank you so much, long live Noname
Eric never misses. Excellent interview
she’s so pretty 😩😩😩😍
omfg I loved this interview/conversation ; I wish this conversation just kept going !
Top-Tier Interview Bra. This is one you'll be remembered for, fareal.
Good vibes all the way for real!❤️
Mr. Eric. You are amazing my man you got a forever viewer out of me ty for this
I love noname 💚
Bruh, this was a top tier interview!
Noname really had a point about the critical acclaim for Black Death I didn’t know we had other stories growing up honestly even in Tyler Perry which was thought to be light
Congratulations on landing noname. I've been needing a new interview from her
nah this is so fucking fire, great conversation
This video is so old but man this makes me love noname so much more. As a white fan i just appreciate the music and the messaging wholeheartedly and im so glad that there are spaces where black artists can discuss their stances and takes freely without the overarching criticism of consumerism. Just makes me happy to listen and learn more. Keep up the good work. This is real journalism!
thank you for this interview man
great surprize, but also makes so much sense to see noname giving that interview here
great interview as usual king