Yung Bleu: Damn. HipHopDX spoke more with Yung Bleu about Bleu Vandross 3, his business acumen, his views on major label and independent deals, being a fan of R&B music, the background of his nickname Bleu Vandross and more. HipHopDX: Do you feel you have an advantage over other artists because you have this knowledge on the game? You going to stay on your decline right there. I go in the studio and my head be on my shit. His first big break came in 1975, when he performed as a backing singer on David Bowie's Young Americans album, and received a co-writer credit after his song "Funky Music" was adapted by Bowie to become "Fascination". 's, DMX Reportedly Hospitalized + In 'Grave Condition' Following Drug Overdose, Former Bad Boy Rapper Black Rob Reveals He's Homeless After Hospital Discharge, Quavo & Saweetie's Physical Altercation Captured On Elevator Surveillance Video, DMX's Family Reportedly Facing 'Difficult Decision' Following Brain Function Test Results. I fuck with Luther but he ain’t inspire my name. You know what I’m saying? Because shit, you got to keep it up, you feel me? It probably be some females that don’t like the first song, you feel me? “Boosie [Badazz], Tupac [Shakur], Lauryn Hill, Luther Vandross. Now the reason why they hating because off that same song that they spent all this money to put out there, you making a million dollars on shows. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Just say as a rapper, you got $400,000 in your account. "Get It Right" is a soulful boogie song written by Luther Vandross and Marcus Miller which was an R&B hit for Aretha Franklin in 1983. We don’t want to do nothing with your shit right now. Yung Bleu: Yeah, when you first start getting money, if you were young, you playing with little Lamborghini cars and shit, you are going to go and get you a Lamborghini. It’s just better for me to go to independent really because I have more leverage,” Bleu added. I ain’t heard of that nigga in ages,” you feel me? Artist Mentioned. In this VladTV exclusive, Yung Bleu opens up about getting a deal from Columbia. I’m really into both styles. July 13, 2004 • The CD Forever, For Always, For Luther is dedicated to vocal legend Luther Vandross. 1.2m Followers, 2,242 Following, 12 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Yung Bleu (@bleuvandross) You get money and everybody like, “Getting money. Before long, Boosie himself reached out and signed Bleu to his Columbia Records-supported imprint, Badazz Music Syndicate. Now I can give a fuck about the expensive shit. Throughout his career, Vandross was an in-demand background vocalist for several different artists including Todd Rundgren, Judy Collins, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Ben E. King, and Donna Summer. But my house probably the biggest investment that I got because I ended building like a one million dollar house, wheeling and dealing so much. Thundercat forms a cornerstone of the… Glasgow Friday 18 June 2021 Exile of The African Warrior. What’s more, the rising artist … Now if somebody like Drake or some shit reach out to me, hell yeah, I’m going to be like, “Hell yeah, let’s do it.” But as far as just hitting somebody or just saying I want to work with somebody, nah. Especially if you don’t keep it up. Shit, I’ll probably be back staying with my mama. Shit. — Yung Bleu (@_YungBleu) September 21, 2020. You investing back into your career. How did you start listening to that genre? Despite the world coming to a halt thanks to the ongoing pandemic, Bleu hasn’t slowed down and doesn’t plan on it with the business mindset he has. I don’t be in the news or blogs like that. Without it, things may not work in a rapper’s favor, and that makes opportunities that much harder to get. So you want to mix it up like one, two, three, four, street, R&B, street, R&B. I don’t give a fuck about it, you know what I’m saying? You don’t got a house, right? The production throughout is impressive, as the dark and minimalist instrumentals provided allow Bleu and Lucci to be creative with their melodies. Now just say that your label say, “Fuck you.” You know what I’m saying? “I study the game and stuff like that. R&B singer Luther Vandross, known for such hits as "Don't Want to Be a Fool" and "Here and Now," died Friday of complications from his 2003 stroke. On top of the new album, Bleu finished building his new home in Mobile and acquired quite the large payout for all his guest features lately. I label myself as an artist, man because I could do really anything. That’s how I do my shit. A lot of young people don’t really got a mind state like that because they just too out of here. Yung Bleu: People was thinking a lot about words. Alabamian Yung Bleu has been refining his dark, ominous style and increasingly intricate flows since the early 2010s. Warwick tells a story in her autobiography about when Vandross once pretended that she was in fact his cousin. I should start doing more,” until it got 50/50, for real. If it’s a street nigga, they going to do the same thing. Throughout his career, Vandross was an in-demand background vocalist for several different artists including Todd Rundgren, Judy Collins, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Ben E. King, and Donna Summer. Speaking of independence, a September 30 VladTV article attempted to debunk DX’s report on his association with Boosie Badazz. His latest project, Love Scars: The 5 Stages Of Emotions, can be streamed below. It was released by J Records on June 19, 2001 in the United States. Bleu Vandross 3, this is probably going to be the last Bleu Vandross. So I’m going to label myself as just an artist, for real. Yung Bleu: The inspiration behind this project is really just, man, I don’t really too much know. HipHopDX: Most rappers your age want to blow all their money on things they really don’t need. But they’ll eventually know that it’s out, and then it start doing numbers. Shit, I could do pop f I really wanted to. Trying to impress a friend at university, Vandross made up the lie that he was related to Warwick, only for the friend to ask Vandross later on whether he was going to see his cousin perform when she was in the area. And this album right here, this album right here is rap and R&B. What about you? “What inspired me to do it so early is just sitting back and just watching, like I study shit,” Bleu told HipHopDX.