.ESTGEE's new album 'I Never Felt Nun' is remarkably discerning about how much the Louisville MC reveals about himself. He talked to Rolling Stone about his new album, his creativity, and how he’s been consistent throughout his career.
The 28-year-old rapper released his first project as Big Gee in 2017, before switching his name to represent his EST crew, which stands for Everybody Shines Together. His rise to rap stardom was almost halted in 2019 when he was shot five times while driving from a video shoot. He’s said that he thought he was going to die, and was prepared to roll out of the car before it veered off the highway — and his body was too mangled for an open casket funeral.
Just keep going, like, “It get better. It’s hard, but it get better.“ I think that’s the thing throughout the whole project, you got to stay focused.I don’t know, because what I put in, it might not be what the listener get out, so I don’t want to just tag it. That’s why I like just rapping whole bodies of works so you can see what I’m on, not just one way. People get it how they get it. I don’t want to say what’s for who because you might get something different than somebody else.
It’s way more stuff that went on, so it’s just the next chapter. It’s kind of like the summary of that feeling, like them other two projects, those them kind of stories, it’s the end of it. Whatever that was bothering me and I’m letting that go. It’s [me] coming to the realization this is what it is and this is how it’s going to be.
It was already outro. I was already set on what songs I wanted on there. I wasn’t planning on having too many features. That song had a little bit of a more open beat on it, and I feel like he was going to sound good on it. You and Future collaborated on “Shoot It Myself.” Can you speak to the musical chemistry y’all have together?
I don’t even know if it’s [just] for an artist, [or moreso] in general. Just don’t let everybody know your business, they’ll use it against you. Say as least amount as you need to. Don’t say too much. You’ll never regret being quiet. If you from where you from, then you know that it’s rare to get that far. So, you lead by example, so like what it is now. If you one of them type of people who need’s a nigga to rile you up, get you going, then…[gestures]. But if you just need to see how it look, or see what you need to do, or what you should have did, [Gotti is someone you can look at] like the ultimate version of a street nigga — or an impoverished person period.
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