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<p>With <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/yung-miami-ready-love-again/?_gl=1*frgk4o*_up*MQ..*_ga*NDYyMzA1MjE5LjE2OTA3NTk3NjI.*_ga_V2HX8YP3XL*MTY5MDc1OTc2MS4xLjEuMTY5MDc1OTc3MS4wLjAuMA.." target="_blank" rel="noopener">summertime</a> in full swing, <strong>BeatKing</strong> is continuing to give the streets exactly what they need with his latest project: <strong><em>She Won&#8217;t Leave Houston</em></strong>.</p>
<p>As trends like the &#8220;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvF91m3v-_l/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&;igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#OutsideChallenge</a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cu5FR2IMUyp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&;igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#BottleGirlChallenge</a>&#8221; are already taking off, it&#8217;s safe to say that listeners are eatin&#8217; the 15-track album UP!</p>
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<p>To give people a better understanding of what the project is all about, BeatKing spoke on the subject during a sit-down with <em>The Shade Room&#8217;s</em> Staff Writer, Nick Fenley. On top of <em>She Won&#8217;t Leave Houston</em>, BeatKing also dished on his &#8220;formula,&#8221; the work that female rappers are puttin&#8217; in, the creative process behind his well-known statement tees, and <em>more</em>!</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">BeatKing Breaks Down The Meaning Behind <em>She Won&#8217;t Leave Houston</em></h3>
<p>Early on in TSR&#8217;s sit-down with BeatKing, he shed further light on the significance of the album title.</p>
<p>He briefly acknowledges the matter in the album&#8217;s first track, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfM5SvbLZQw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Don&#8217;t Get Caught Up Out Here,&#8221;</a> by referencing how some women who relocate to Houston &#8220;get caught up with the fast money&#8221; and fall into &#8220;trapping.&#8221;</p>
<p>However, BeatKing told TSR that the album title isn&#8217;t wholly focused on this take and also sheds light on how one&#8217;s success often lies with who they choose to &#8220;link up with&#8221; in H-Town.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;A lot of women come to the city and they get with the right promo squads or the right company, and they do boss up. They do start getting money; they get more money than they had in the city they were at before. So it&#8217;s all about your mentality — who you link up with.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>He went on to say that, &#8220;for the most&#8221; part, the album highlights how individuals can &#8220;link up with the wrong people&#8221; — though it also calls attention to the city&#8217;s poppin&#8217; nightlife.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;You can link up with the wrong people in any city, but for the most part, the project <em>She Won&#8217;t Leave Houston</em> touches on that. But it also touches on highlighting we&#8217;re the number one party city in the country right now. Like, our clubs are insane.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>As a result, the title acknowledges both sides of the coin — how Houston is a &#8220;flossy city&#8221; that people &#8220;don&#8217;t wanna leave&#8221; while also having a &#8220;dark side,&#8221; as The Bayou City <strong><em>&#8220;isn&#8217;t for the weak.&#8221;</em></strong></p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">The Artist Discusses His &#8220;Formula&#8221; Before Giving Female Rappers Their Flowers</h3>
<p>Diving into the tracks, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqcNxfP-x-I" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Outside&#8221;</a> has swiftly become a whole <em>anthem </em>for listeners. With the lyrics being all about hyping up the girls and encouraging them to live their best lives while gettin&#8217; some money, it&#8217;s an all-around bop that gets listeners in the mood to party.</p>
<p>Regarding the energy behind this track, BeatKing says it&#8217;s all a part of the &#8220;formula&#8221; that he&#8217;s curated over the years.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;For the most part, it&#8217;s just my formula. I make sure the hook is ratchet as f**k so the women can like it. But then when the verse comes on, that&#8217;s for the guys.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Speaking of having his music appeal to both men and women, BeatKing noted that many female rappers&#8217; music is &#8220;one-sided,&#8221; as &#8220;guys, for the most part, don&#8217;t want to hear a whole bunch of &#8216;eat my p***y!'&#8221;</p>
<p>So, BeatKing employs his approach to ensure that all listeners can get what they want. Notably, he pointed out that his voice also stands out within the genre, as it doesn&#8217;t &#8220;sound friendly like most twerk music.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;My voice [and] music sound a little more serious. So I make sure the verses are for the guys and the hooks are for the women. And that&#8217;s just been my formula.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>With his &#8220;formula&#8221; being implemented in the overall project, BeatKing says it instantly <strong><em>&#8220;puts you in the summertime vibe of Houston, Texas.&#8221;</em></strong></p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just exactly what Houston, Texas, sounds like. In the clubs, in the party vibin&#8217;. My album is the soundtrack to Houston right now.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>As the album&#8217;s five features consist of four female rappers, BeatKing brought out <strong>Sukihana</strong>, <strong>Queendom Come</strong>, <strong>K Carbon</strong>, and <strong>Day Day Sustaaa </strong>to help curate these summertime vibes.</p>
<p>With BeatKing bringing on an array of female rappers, he seems to be all about the energy they bring to the table—and he confirmed this by telling TSR, <strong><em>&#8220;I love all the female rap music out right now.&#8221;</em></strong></p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I love it all, and I&#8217;m glad that women, really now, they can pop they s**t like the n***as. They gettin&#8217; money out here too, and at the end of the day, that s**t hard.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">BeatKing Pays Tribute To DJ Screw &; Houston Culture</h3>
<p>Later in the album, the high-energy beats and club-like vibes switch up when listeners arrive at the thirteenth track, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfDqCBdzhoM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Turn You On.&#8221;</a></p>
<p>The bop samples &#8220;PERSIAN RUGS&#8221; by <strong>PARTYNEXTDOOR</strong>, and BeatKing employed the chopped-and-screwed approach as a &#8220;homage to <strong>DJ Screw</strong>.&#8221;</p>
<p>Regarding this decision, he simply stated, <strong><em>&#8220;That&#8217;s just Houston culture.&#8221;</em></strong></p>
<p>He also remarked that, although performing slower songs isn&#8217;t quite as lit as his more upbeat tracks, he knew that he <em>had </em>to incorporate one — so he did it his way!</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;My girl was like, &#8216;You need a slow one.&#8217; &#8230; I was like, &#8216;Okay. Well, if Imma do it, Imma do it my way. Let me go ahead and screw and chop this b***h up.'&#8221;</p></blockquote>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">On Being Independent &; His Statement Tees</h3>
<p>Moving forward, <em>She Won&#8217;t Leave Houston </em>ends with a 10-minute outro where BeatKing keeps it real with listeners and dives into his experience signing to a major label, Columbia Records, before returning to being independent.</p>
<p>While he acknowledged enjoying the money that comes with major labels, he spoke on how the overall music-dropping process is much slower.</p>
<p>However, BeatKing told TSR that he completely understands the reasons behind the lag with major labels, as there are &#8220;a lot of things that go into dropping music.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;They are f**king slow, but they&#8217;re slow for a reason. It&#8217;s a lot of things that have to come into play when you release a song or album through a major. With a major label, they want to get the biggest bang for their buck. &#8230; If Beyoncé drops, f**k your song — she&#8217;s going to the top. If Drake drops, f**k your song — he&#8217;s going to the top. It&#8217;s a lot of things that go into dropping music.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Ultimately, BeatKing decided to go back to being independent — but not without establishing meaningful connections and meeting &#8220;a lot of real people.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Make sure the building loves you because they&#8217;ll work for you and fight for you. Even when you&#8217;re gone, they&#8217;ll still help you. Just meet everybody.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>As far as what advice he has for up-and-coming independent artists, BeatKing says they have to ultimately &#8220;make a choice&#8221; and look out for themselves by &#8220;do[ing] what&#8217;s best&#8221; for their situation.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;At the end of the day, you just got to make a choice. Do you want to be famous, or do you want to get this money? Everybody&#8217;s gonna say both, and if you want both, then at the end of the day, you just have to do what&#8217;s best for you.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>After giving the rundown on being an independent artist, BeatKing also spoke on some memorable components of his aesthetic: his so-called <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CuF1nDCvxmO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&;igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;braided bayang,&#8221;</a> along with the lil&#8217; slogans he features on his plain black T-shirts.</p>
<p>Regarding the creative process behind the shirts, BeatKing says he jots down ideas while he&#8217;s out doin&#8217; his thang.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll be on the road doing shows and stuff, and I just think of something funny. I&#8217;ll be like, &#8216;Ooo, that would be funny on a shirt!'&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>After noting that his personalized tees are his &#8220;way of speaking,&#8221; he acknowledged, <strong><em>&#8220;You know exactly what I&#8217;m on without me having to say a word.&#8221;</em></strong></p>
<p>He also provided some history on how the idea came about, noting that it started as a way to affordably rock different outfits in the club.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The whole shirt thing came about back in 2009-ish. That&#8217;s when I was trying to get in the game [and] would go to clubs a lot trying to push my music to all the DJs. And if you go to a club for about three weeks to a month, you&#8217;re gonna run out of clothes. It is what it is. If you wear something different, you&#8217;re gonna run out of clothes. So I was like, &#8216;Well, let me start wearing my own shirts. It saves money, and I&#8217;ll never run out of clothes!'&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>While BeatKing is now in a very different place than he was in 2009, he acknowledges, <strong><em>&#8220;The shirts thing just never stopped.&#8221;</em></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Listen to <em>She Won&#8217;t Leave Houston </em>on <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/she-wont-leave-houston/1697174137" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple Music</a> or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCCkC7ICa_8&;list=OLAK5uy_kiLsMAiR1M_nfxRkescn9HMrxF2WnICig" target="_blank" rel="noopener">YouTube</a>, and keep up with BeatKing on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/clubgodzilla/?utm_source=ig_embed&;ig_rid=90e438cd-a0a1-41fb-a09c-7c0c24510e13" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>.</p>
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