Billboard caught up with TM88 about how “Way 2 Sexy” came together, landing his first No.1 record with Future, and what major artists he’s been working with.
TM and Future have been working together since 2013, and when he first gave the rapper the “Way 2 Sexy” beat that he made from scratch, TM said that Drake was actually the last artist to hop on the song.
I feel like it’s almost poetic how this is both your and Future’s first No. 1. What does it feel like to share this accomplishment with someone you’ve worked with for so long? So, we started making the “Way 2 Sexy” beat, and I’ll be honest, we just looked at it like a regular beat. But it was hitting crazy, and when we got in the middle of the beat I was like, “We have to send this to Future.” When you get into the middle of the beat is when you figure out who you want to send it to. I knew Future had to get this, and this was in the pack of, like, 30 beats I gave him.
It’s fire, bro. I get butterflies every time. I think about it -- because you know how you just be working, working, working. And you’re trying not to think about it, so it doesn’t throw you off. But once I get some downtime when I’m finished cooking up, I get to thinking about it -- and I see footage and I’m like, “Dang, bro.” I wanted to be on Drake’s album, but I just wanted to be on the album in general. I wasn’t worried about getting the single or anything.
You mentioned that you made 15 to 20 beats for Future the night he chose “Way 2 Sexy,” and you’re always cooking up stuff for him. Do you think aI hope so. The fans want it. I’m pretty sure all the producers want it, because everybody wants to get an opportunity to get in on that.went crazy. You know Metro would have to be a part of it. Southside has to be a part of it too. I don’t know. Maybe they might come up with something new. With them two, you just never know.
Me and P [Pi’erre Bourne] always wanted to work. We always said, “Okay, we’re going to cook up together, we’re going to do this.” My first thought was that I wanted to collab on the beats and give them to different artists. He wanted to rap on the beats, so that was the misunderstanding that I had in my head at first. I’m like, “Aight, well let’s do it!”
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