Bun B Gives Advice To The New Young Boi's In The Game
“I can understand a kid [KiD CuDi] like that, who came into the game — he’s from Ohio, a small-town kid like myself — and within a matter of months, he went from being a person where, you know, like, ‘That kid’s got some pretty good talent,’ to, ‘Oh, my God, this is the next thing,’ ” Bun told us. “That could be pretty overwhelming for a kid that probably just wants to make good music. People are making him into a brand instantaneously, and that’s a lot of pressure to put on an individual. So I can completely understand someone being like, ‘You know what? I thought I was just going to be able to make music. This is turning into something wholly different.’
“One piece of advice I would give Cudi is to make sure he gets what he wants out of the situation, because there’s gonna be a lot of people who make sure they get what they want out of the situation,” he continued. “You gotta really know what it is you want before you step in. This game has a million directions it can pull you into, so if you come into it with no direction, then there’s no telling where you’ll end up. So you gotta make sure you come in with some kind of plan — just an outline, dude.”
And Bun isn’t just talking to Cudi here. He’s trying to talk to a whole bunch of “young, talented” cats like Asher Roth, B.o.B and Charles Hamilton, whom Bun said could all be capable of great things, so long as they learn not to believe the hype and take charge of their careers.
“The reality is, these magazines and media outlets have to sit back and designate something and bring people’s attention towards something, so being labeled ‘the next big thing’ or winning best new artist, you know, you’ve gotta be careful,” he said. “Because once you take somebody who’s probably humble within themselves and be like, ‘You know what, you’re the next big thing,’ sometimes that alters their perception of themselves, their perception of the direction they need to go down, or even hinder their path. Or sometimes it propels it. This whole game is a Catch-22, man. read the rest @ MTVNews.com
