Kix: Would you say that your style’s changed over the years - from
“Wretchrospective” to now? Or has it been a steady progres- sion?
Wretch 32: I think it has changed. I used to spit a lot faster. Do you know what hap- pens? You start writing and no one
listens to you, because you haven’t got any fans yet. You record whatever and you spit a certain way. Your writing and you’re not even thinking about performing the track. So you go to perform it and you’re like ‘Rahhh’ it’s a bit fast for me to perform it and they can’t sing along. So I’ve learnt to say what I used to say, but with less words. When I say less words, I don’t mean I used to spit with 1,000 and now I’m like 500. I mean if it was 10 if would be seven. It’s just getting it right and just understanding that if you want people to hear especially when they haven’t heard the song before. It’s nice to be spitting at a pace where there’s more clarity. I’ve kind of toned down on a lot of words.
Kix: Connected to that, has your writing process changed
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or is it still the same? Wretch 32: No, the process is still the same. At the end of the day, I’m still me. It’s just being clever with it. It’s just
understanding where you are. I don’t really like to think about making music, I like to just hear a beat and just say that and say that. I don’t wanna think ‘That person might like when I say [a certain word in a cer- tain way,’ because] it doesn’t become music. It’s not organ- ic, then it
becomes too much like it’s processed, man. I don’t wan- na make
processed music. [When it’s] organic it’s real.
Kix: Alright, so we’ve heard about how you’d want to do different kinda link-ups, like with Take That and The Script, can we expect any of that soon?
Wretch 32: I hope so, but if I tell you then you’ll expect it! [laughs] I don’t wanna ruin the surprise. You know I work with artists that I like, that are really good in their field. Of course I work with rappers, innit. I’m a rapper, that’s only natural, but it’s nice to work with an artist
that’s slightly outside your box.
Kix: So are you not concerned about getting the criticism that people who tend to do that get?
Wretch 32: Nah, because if I done a song with The Script, I probably wouldn’t do it on a Script beat. I’d do it on a DaV- inche beat or a Wizzy Wow beat or a Dready beat or a J.F.L.O.W.S beat or
someone who I work with any- way. So all they’d be doing is a chorus. To be honest, if anyone said
anything, I couldn’t care less. I’m just so focused on the posi- tives. You can get 100 good tweets and then one negative tweet and you’ll look at the negative tweet and I’m like... I don’t even block people. You can tweet your s**t. It goes in one eye and out the other, ‘cause I’m reading – no ear ting.
Kix: So with your specific style, based around wordplay, would you say there’s anyone who’s influenced that? Because it doesn’t tend to come out of the UK as much. Wretch 32: I didn’t really take anyone’s lyrical vibe. I think the
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