Nardwuar vs. Travi$ Scott

NARDWUAR VS TRAVIS SCOTT

[Intro]
Nardwuar, Nardwuar
Nardwuar, Nardwuar

[Interview]

Nardwuar
-Who are you?

Travis
-I'm Travis, Travis Scott

Nardwuar
-Travis Scott, welcome to Vancouver British Columbia, Canada

Travis
-Thank you, bro

Nardwuar
-Right of the bat, Travis, I have a gift for you

Travis
-Alright, word up!

Nardwuar
-I have an Exodus LP for you

Travis
-Hahah, yeah, dope

Nardwuar
-This is a re-recording of "Bonded by Blood", you're into Exodus, how did you get into thrash metal and punk?

Travis
-Um, I liked the T-shirts and images, the music is dope too and they grunge and it's kinda like how I feel inside, but this the shirt I wore in the "Mamacita" video

Nardwuar
-You used to like Slayer and Maiden too, right?

Travis
-Yeah

Nardwuar
How did you get into it? Like, what attracted you to it? Like, who told you about metal and thrash?

Travis
-Um, I went to, I went to an Elementary. Sup my homiеs, they were, likе, really into, like, metall, I never really, like, got into it, 'cause it was really hard to listen to, but I just liked the, um, aesthetic and, like, the vibes and the shows and the.., like, the expression. So, yeah, I listen to it time to time, yeah.

Nardwuar
-In the "Light Out" video you have some Keith Haring art!

Travis
-Hahah, yeah, lovesick

Nardwuar
-Amazing! I love Keith Haring!

Travis
-Yeah, I fuck with him

Nardwuar
-And I have a gift for you right here! Since it is Christmas time, a Run DMC postcard, Christmas card record, it's actually a record with some Keith Haring art on it! Check it out right there!

Travis
-Woah, woah, you went crazy, this is a wild Christmas card, this is amazing

Nardwuar
-A Run DMC Christmas card and it comes as well with an 7 inch and an LP as well, more...

Travis
-Woah

Nardwuar
-More Keith Haring art!

Travis
-It's lit! This is dope, bro!

Nardwuar
-Have you gotten any Keith Haring, like, you put it in your video, have you gotten your own Keith Haring art? I guess you do now

Travis
-Do now, thanks to my guy, but oi actually don't, it's super expensive, yeah

Nardwuar
-Has [?] Collin told you anything about Run DMC, 'cause he did some stuff with Run DMC, like, On the Road and stuff and it's a Run DMC Christmas flexy, you can [?] if you want, he told you anything abou that?

Travis
-Nah, he never talked about them niggas, but, um, I gotta actually ask him, that's some real tight... I always ask him about the Jay-Z tours and shit like that, I like that type of vibe

Nardwuar
-[?] also called you punk-rock, [?] called you punk-rock!

Travis
Yeah, um, aye, man, I guess. I wouldn't call myself punk-rock, but, yeah, I guess it's tight

Nardwuar
-But you do like the Sex Pistols

Travis
-Yes! Yes, I fucking do!

Nardwuar
-And [?]

Travis
-Yes! That's my fucking idol

Nardwuar
-Do you like any other punk bands at all

Travis
-Um, yeah, but not that I can... I can't think of the name, but, just, you know, I'm not really into, like, the punk scene, I just like, you know, I like music, you know? Um, the vibe is cool and shit but I'm really into like...

Nardwuar
-Your energy is pretty punk

Travis
-Yeah, but I really like, you know, melodic shit, I like, you know, um, a lotta just, like, like Tame Impala type shit. I like shit like that, I fuck with shit like that, man

Nardwuar
-Well I think it's really great that you are also into Malcom McLaren, you like Malcolm McLaren, don't you?

Travis
-Malcolm McLaren? Who the fuck is that?

Nardwuar
-The manager of the Sex Pistols, Malcolm McLaren

Travis
-Okay

Nardwuar
-He comes along with the Sex Pistols, and I thought I'd give you a gift to introduce you to Malcom McLaren, here is a Malcolm McLaren "D'ya like Scratchin'" LP with Keith Haring art as well on there

Travis
-Bro, where the fuck you find this shit at, bro? This is fucking crazy. So this dude is also a DJ too?

Nardwuar
-He is a legendary manager and he also is a musician and he put together this record, "D'ya like Scratchin'" and this have been sampled, like, by the Beastie Boys and much stuff, and it has your favourite Keith Haring art! Keith Haring is everywhere, isn't he?

Travis
-Yeah, he's every fucking where. This is fucking actually rare as fuck, this is super dope that you told me 'bout this

Nardwuar
-Yeah, there is some instrumentals on there too, you might be interested in sampling, it'd be something cool to sample

Travis
-That's crazy, I ain't even know that!

Nardwuar
-Travis Scott, your dad was in a band "FBI"?

Travis
-Hahah, is my dad..? No, I don't think he did... Nah

Nardwuar
-"First Born [?]"

Travis
-Nah...

Nardwuar
-[?] In the Back of the "FBI" has a song called "Reclaimed Pyramids", and "Sticks" as well, the band "Sticks"

Travis
-Yeah, "Sticks", yes, that was his first band, I don't know if this "FBI" is his new band, that's kinda... That's kinda crazy

Nardwuar
-And he has another project, "Weapons of Mass Destruction"

Travis
-You know more about my dad shit then I do, this is crazy! I don't know anything 'bout my dad's music and shit, but I know he plays the drums, he taught me how to play the drums, but Sticks, that's crazy, that's what he used to call himself, that was, like, his first drummer name, that's wild as fuck!

Nardwuar
-That's cool he's into music and he is working on projects too, like, you're working on projects and so is your dad!

Travis
-It's crazy, my dad had a studio, and, um, din... And I had a studio in my bedroom. And we used to get into lil fights and shit, 'cause he used to work on his music and I used to work on mine and shit, and It was, like, it is pretty fresh now, 'cause its, like, man, like, it would be times my dad would knock down my door 'cause, like, we was playing too loud, I was making beats too loud. It's fucking crazy you know that, it's fucking... wow. That's crazy... [?] from FBI, that's kinda, like, scary

Nardwuar
-What's interesting as well, you grandfather, [?], was a professor, that's something... Your grandfather was a professor!

Travis
-Yeah, he was, yeah

Nardwuar
-That is awesome!

Travis
-Yeah, super dope

Nardwuar
-And he was also into music as well too, wasn't he?

Travis
-Yeah, um, he was a, he was a jazz player. He played the piano and shit and he was, like, very talented, and, you know, he was my biggest inspiration in music, man, like, he was, like, the one who taught my dad, he taught that flute player from the "[?] Storm", um, shit, he's like the original Webster, he's the original LAFlame, Rest In Piece, man.

Nardwuar
-Travis Scott, did you have a teacher called Missis [rheeww]?

Travis
-WOAAH, my Spanish teacher? Is it from high school? Yeah, she had the big titties, hahah, yeah, is that her?

Nardwuar
-That's what I was curious about

Travis
-Yeah, hahah, yeah, I remember she was my Spanish teacher, um, she had the big tits, I remember, yeah, yeah, and she was actually Spanish. I wonder where the fuck she's at. That's fucking crazy. How the fuck you know that, bro?

Nardwuar
-You're Travis Scott, we have to know!

Travis
-That's fucking crazy, yeah!

Nardwuar
-And Travis, what exactly is going on in this photo right here? *Shows him a photo of him and his brother and sister*

Travis
-AHAHAH, HOLY SHIT! Yeah, man, this is Christmas at my grandfather's house actually. And, yo, this is so wild. You see the CD I have in my hand?

Nardwuar
-Yeah, what are you holding?

Travis
-I'm holding my mixtape, and on this day I went to DJ Premier's house 'cause my dad and DJ Premier, they, like, grew up together, they, like, best friends

Nardwuar
-NO WAY!

Travis
-Yeah, they, like, like my next door neighbour and shit basically. So every Christmas he comes to fucking Houston and I wanted to give him the CD, but he never did nothing with it, he just wanted to give me, like, some merch and shit, kinda, like, pissed me off. But, yeah, that's my brother and sister, the twins, Jordin and Josh

Nardwuar
-OG Travis Scott!

Travis
-In a hard [?], flex

Nardwuar
-Travis, you are also into Jean-Michel Basquiat, aren't ya?

Travis
-Yeah, that's kind of, like, the old... This is when... That's, like, the old Travis, man. I was into, like the Basquiat "[?]", like, super early. It was just like a product of growing up in Houston, I ain't really... You know, it was some art shit, but that was kinda like the super ill shit that I wanted to discover, but now it's like way more iller shit, like Jim Joe, and, like, even my homie Dozie, that nigga too, you know?

Nardwuar
-I thought I'd get you some more Basquiat because I have the [?] versus [?] Jean-Michel Basquiat illustrated 12 inch from 1983 for you!

Travis
-Bro, this is, like, fucking amazing! This is like all dope vinyls, it's, like, fuck! Yeah, this is dope, and this a CD too, what's on here

Nardwuar
-It's a 12 inch, it's [?] versus [?], it's actually a rap 12 inch from 1993 and Basquiat actually fonded the record so [?] and [?] are rappers so it's an amazing rap wrote! Something maybe can be sampled as well

Travis
-It's fucking crazy. Real facts! So you be learning shit on this shit! This is...

Nardwuar
-Beastie Boys and [?] sampled it too!

Travis
-Okay, dope, dope

Nardwuar
-I noticed "Mamacita", and I have a gift here for you, samples Bobby Blue Bland!

Travis
-Yeah, yes, it does!

Nardwuar
-How did that song come together? Baby Blue Bland!

Travis
-Man, it's, it's interesting, um, we actually made that beat for Diddy at his crib. It was me, Metro and [?]. Yeah, and like, man, [?] had his laptop up, Metro had his laptop up, and, like, you know, I think [?] played the sample first, or one of... either one of them, and I was like: "Yo, this is fucking crazy!", and Metro had, like, some drums on something' else, I was like: "Dope as fuck", and they, like, put it together with the sample, and it was just, BOOM, "Mamacita".

Nardwuar
-Travis Scott, quote: "Nobody in the back chills"

Travis
-Nobody in the back chills?

Nardwuar
-Travis Scott, New Years Eve, 2014, at the [?] in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada

Travis
-Travis Scott, New Years eve, at the [?] in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada

Nardwuar
-Yeah, do you remember that gig? You were in Vancouver, New Years Eve, "NO ONE IN THE BACK CHILLS" as you said, what does that mean?

Travis
-Yo, it's no bystanders, I wish I still had that chain, but I hate at my shows when people just like, sit around and fucking, like, uh, you know, just like not do shit, man. Like, you got a show, and especially my shit, you need to be sweating, you know, like, some type of steam, raging, you know, you just gotta live life, man, yeah.

Nardwuar
-For gigs and stuff you've actually brought an entire crowd into a backroom, like in Connecticut you did that, that's incredible!

Travis
-You definitely know about that one, that's fucking crazy! Yeah, that was rare! I did a show maybe, like, a year-half ago, or maybe, like, two years ago, and no one came. It was probably, like, all of ten people, fourteen people, so instead of performing on that big ass [?], I just took 'em backstage and performed backstage

Nardwuar
-Travis Scott, in the "ClassMates" McBride video, it copies Kanye's "Trough the Wire", have you told Kanye about that or showed him the video?

Travis
-No, man, I haven't... I haven't since I took it down, but that's crazy you know about that joint. Yeah, I was like a college, like, when I was in college just tryna vibe, I put that video together. That's dope know it

Nardwuar
-And it's exactly like "Through the Wire", you did a great job on that, did you do that editing? It was incredible!

Travis
-Yeah, I did!

Nardwuar
-Do you remember that store, "Buc-ees"? Do you know "Buc-ees" store? There was... It's big in Texas, "Buc-ees"!

Travis
-It's like a gas station right there, like, when you take road trips to San-Antonio and shit you always stop at the "Buc-ees". You always getting [?] from the "Buc-ees", you always getting, like, it's crazy that you know 'bout the "Buc-ees", that's wild!

Nardwuar
-Travis Scott, we have some other people over here, and we have a DJ Chase B somewhere, who is DJ Chase B as we round up DJ Chase B, could you explain who DJ Chase B is?

Travis
-Um, that's my DJ, man

Nardwuar
-Come over here, DJ Chase B

Chase B
-Wassup, dogs?

Nardwuar
-What can you say about Travis Scott?

Chase B
-What's up, what's up? What can I say about him? He's been my friend for a very long time, you know? Childhood friend, you know, now we in Vancouver, 'bout to do a show

Nardwuar
-And you're [?] the Grizzlies, I say again

Chase B
-Sure he is, he was a beast, dawg, you know what I'm saying, it's like the Kobe Bryant NBA courtside in 64 days and shit, you know what I'm saying, so yeah

Nardwuar
-What can you say about DJ Chase B?

Travis
-You know, he's a light-skinned, Irish number 1 DJ phenomenon, Sneaker pro, four eye flexing, Irish oil spilling, no gas smoking, Jameson Chugging, number 1 spinner, I know, bro

Nardwuar
-Number 1 spinner, you're spinning a lot, aren't you, DJ Chase B?

Chase B
-Uh, yeah, pretty often, yeah, I can say that

Nardwuar
-And I brought you some gifts here for the tour because I thought it was important for you to [?]. What do we have right here? Some DJ Kool for you

Chase B
-Woah, oh shit, yo, uhh

Nardwuar
-What can you say about DJ Kool?

Chase B
-Let me clear my throat, it's like the reason I'm a DJ, this, like, my favourite shit ever so DJ Kool is, like, the man, and [?] so...

Nardwuar
-And underneath it we have another one of your favourite...

Chase B
-Woah, yo, I can't lie, bro, you snapped. I actually bought this in DC and I lost it when I moved out

Nardwuar
-Kid Capri!

Chase B
-That's my favourite Dj of all time

Nardwuar
-And look at the cover, I love the cover, look at the cover, I love the... Look at what, look at what he's, look what he's, look at what he's got on the cover! He's got the cassette

Chase B
-Woah, no, yeah, this is like, you, you snapped

Travis
-Pro, you're a fucking pro, I lov... I like you, you smart, you loyal

Nardwuar
-Well, thank you! And underneath we have some Biz Markie

Chase B
-This is crazy! Yo, like...

Travis
-See, bro, covers ain't like this no more, you know what I'm saying, this shit crazy!

Chase B
-Yeah, they're not! When I started DJ'ing I was a huge, like, 80's hip-hop head and shit so, like, I'll be squaring them all, that's, like, one of my favourite songs ever

Travis
-Bro, I'me let you know, bro, to... to... to recall a lot of this shit is kinda crazy

Chase B
-Yeah, bro, I don't, I don't know how...

Travis
-It's crazy

Nardwuar
-Well, thanks much, Chase B, and doodooloodoo...

Chase B
-Dot dot *Leaves*

Nardwuar
-Anything Else you want to add to the people out there at all

Travis
-Yo, Kanye West for president, and I have one more question: what are those? *Points to Nardwuar's shoes*

Nardwuar
-Tiger of London, are you pointing to my pants? Are you pointing to my shoes? Are you pointing to [?] my pants? And you are Travis Scott... Travis, I was curious, how do you keep your pants up then you're performing, it's incredible!

Travis
-Belt

Nardwuar
-But there 'bout to fall down, the belt must be really tight

Travis
-Belt

Nardwuar
-Well, thanks much, Travis, keep on rocking in the free world, and doodoodooloodoo

Travis
-Do those *Points at Narduar's shoes*

Nardwuar
-*Stands still*

[Outro]
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