That time period, 2004-2006 was when I was really coming of age and falling in love with music, so that was definitely the most influential era in my upbringing. G-Eazy: Well the Hyphy movement was what I grew up on. I think it’s just something that comes with the territory, I guess.Īmbrosia for Heads: What are some of the most influential musical movements from there that you feel are really a part of you and the rest of this generation of Hip-Hop artists from the area? We’re kind of a bubble, and we take pride in that, in being different. I don’t think there’s any other place in the world quite like it. G-Eazy: The Bay Area is a weird kinda place. Do you feel pressure to carry on that tradition, or does it come naturally? Before then, he spoke with Ambrosia for Heads about where he’s coming from, where he is now, and where he hopes to be.Īmbrosia for Heads: Oakland and much of California’s Bay Area has a rich history in Hip-Hop, and has always prided itself on being a place filled with original artists who aim to look and sound different. With a massive international tour set to kick off stateside on New Year’s Eve, G-Eazy is once again gearing up for worldwide dominance while still enjoying a relative low profile before his name recognition reaches the next plane. Rap charts, he has become a leading voice in 2015’s rash of non-mainstream Hip-Hop juggernauts, also embodied by number-one albums from Logic and Lil Dicky this year. With both These Things Happen and When It’s Dark Out debuting at number one on the U.S. A year later, fans received his independently released Must Be Nice, and it’s been a steady climb to acclaim for him ever since.

With mixtapes dating back to his high-school days, the artist born Gerald Gillum has been putting in serious work for nearly a decade and began to enjoy considerable attention in 2011, when he released the mixtape The Endless Summer. The 26 year-old has already worked with giants like E-40, Big Sean, Chris Brown, Keyshia Cole, and Too Short, but he is also a champion for the lesser known, grassroots artists like Gizzle, Jay Ant, and Cashmere Cat. On December 4, Oakland, California MC G-Eazy released his sophomore album for RCA Records called When It’s Dark Out, and with it he continued the chart-topping success he found with his 2014 major label debut, These Things Happen.

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