She didn’t like soul music but she had a bunch of gospel records around the house so the first music I was listening to was from her record collection. My grandma had me listening to gospel from a very young age. What would a weed-less Devin album sound like?ĭevin The Dude: Man! It would probably be a gospel album. The other thing about weed is that it always helps me get over the writer’s block when I’m writing songs and having trouble getting it started. But to have it on deck and to be able to consume and well, I guess you could say ‘indulge’-it’s nice, man! It helps me broaden my mind and expand my creative outlook. How big a part of the creative process is weed for Devin The Dude these days?ĭevin The Dude: You know, it isn’t a must. It allows us all to let our hats down to have fun and chill and that’s what the mood for this album is.
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Is there a deeper concept behind the idea of Suite #420?ĭevin The Dude: It’s just like an idea of all people gathering-all races, people of all kinds of economic status and religions.
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Overall, I’m just excited about the whole thing-been getting some cool reviews of the album so I’m looking forward to getting this one out. The one song we just put out as a single, ‘What I Be On,’ was really a fun song to do. I’m looking forward to the whole album dropping. We just had a lot of fun doing the whole thing. The stars just kind of lined up for us to do Suite #420 this year. Anyway, my DJ, Domo, was looking at calendars from the future and he saw that in 2010 there would be another 4/20 on a Tuesday, so he was like, ‘Do a 4/20 album in 2010!’ Back then, I didn’t even know if I’d still be rapping in 2010! But here we are.
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But when I was checking out the calendar, time just wasn’t going to let us do that. Is there any sort of guiding theme that inspired your new album, Suite #420?ĭevin The Dude: Actually, back in 2004 when I was working on my third album, To Tha X-Treme, I had wanted to release the album on 4/20 because it fell on a Tuesday. You mentioned that your last album, Landing Gear, had a consistent theme of necessities. I’ll start by saying I think ‘R&B’ may be my favorite Devin song ever! But, the Houstonian explains, his jovially soulful and dry-witted rap isn’t just about blunts, babes and beer. With stoned space-aliens, Pepe Le Pew-like panting over the opposite sex and a seemingly endless jungle of the world’s finest cannabis, Devin The Dude has built a legacy of charming debauchery that’s now six albums deep.