 Ow. Ow, what's up everybody? It's Brandman Sean and we have an exclusive clip from the Rap Fest podcast where Russ B interview Lil Pump's producer. Go ahead and check this out. You might've seen the other interview he did with Drummer Boy. This is another dope one. He's worked with so many people and he's really gonna put y'all on how to really get into the game and rise quickly as a producer. Let's get into it. Cool, man. Diego Ave, welcome to the Rap Fest podcast. I'm sponsored by the Brandman Sean network. Pleasure to have you on, man. Yeah, sir. Pleasure to be on. Cool, cool. So yeah, man, tell us a little bit about, you know, what you got going on. I see that you have a Lil Pump record with French and Quavo, you know, that's supposed to do. So how did that come along? You know, give us a little background on that record. So with that record, it's crazy because the whole thing happened within like five different sessions. So first it was just Quavo's part, the hook. And it was like an old record from like 2014 that my guy, Molly Maugh, had. Wow. So he took that acapella of just that part, just the hook and he placed it on one of my beats, right? And then he ended up playing that same just the hook with my beat to Smoke Perk. So Smoke Perk cut a verse and he originally was supposed to be for him. And then after Lil Pump cut it, he fell in love with it too. And then, you know, they figured out how to make it for his single. Cause I guess Pump wanted to drop a single sooner. So we kind of just said, you know, whoever's dropping first, let's go with that. Right. And then, so they ended up throwing French on it. And then I guess something got mixed up towards the business side of it. I don't know, but they didn't, they didn't end up keeping Perk on that record. So like a lot of people like heard that version and they were like, yo, where's Smoke Perk back? But the song's still doing good. The people still messing with it. And yeah, I'm excited about it. I actually originally did that beat with my bro, Go Grisly. He's a dope producer out of Atlanta. Okay. So he co-produced that with me and all kind of put the whole play together, like kind of orchestrated the whole record. Dope, dope, dope. So what's it like working with Lil Pump, man? You know, he has this presence on social media and everybody has, you know, their perception of him. But what's it like really kind of working with him, man, and having that energy around? I mean, to be honest, all that social media stuff is social media, man. Like most of the people I work with are like real chill, calm human beings in the studio. And they're kind of in a different, a different energy so they can create. So he's, you know, real chill guy, real nice, respectful. Most people I work with are like that too. Right, right. So I know you worked with like, you know, other artists like Rich the Kid, Kevin Gates, Flowrider. What would you say is like your most memorable collaboration as far as artists, you know, in the studio and really just making something creative together? I would say for me, because I went on a run for like, I would say like two years ago, I started working with Scott Storch, right? The big producer. And we kind of started working with so many different artists within like a span of three months. Like it was a crazy run. Every day was a new artist in the room. And just, you know, watching how he works and just watching all these different artists come in and just get into, you know, lace up all these beats for these people. It was like an amazing experience. And it's crazy because I had a similar experience as well when I first started with another producer, Rico Love, who kind of helped me put my first foot in the door and the whole business of, you know, and everything set out to him. And it was the same thing. Like we was in a camp and we just had different everybody was just coming by, just checking out our records, checking out our demos and our songs. It was just so many different artists. And to be honest, it's hard to recall one moment where I really fell in love with like, you know, one situation was just so much stuff over the past like 10, 12 years. Right, right. You know, it's all memorable for me. But I will say though, for me, one of the like dopest sessions I've been in, this was probably like when I was like 21, I think, I'm 28 now, was a Will Smith session. Wow, wow. Yeah, like just because, you know, he ain't even recording nothing, just him coming by and trying to, you know, make some music with us. To me, that was like, I was just iconic, you know. That's insane, man. And then like as far as records, what would you say is your most proud record or even album that you were able to, you know, have your hands a part of? I really, I mean, I like a lot of stuff I do. But to me, I really love the record called Sorry, with Rick Ross and Chris Brown. I call this stuff with Scott Storch. The reason why I have like a special love for that record is because I was proud to be able to put a different kind of drum pattern on that type of beat and then still go to the radio. Cause mostly everything on radio is gonna have trap drums. It's really difficult to not do trap drums and to have a record work on radio. You know what I'm saying? I mean, Sonic used to drum. So on that record, I used boom, bat drums. It was like big kicks and big fat snares, so to me, that was like an adult for me, you know? Me coming from that era. Right, right, right. So what would you say, you know, here at the Rap Fest, we like to, you know, give a lot of advice and help, you know, the underground producers that are trying to, you know, get to the space where you're at. So what advice would you give them just as far as getting eight foot in a door? I'd say the most important thing to do would be to collab. Collabbing is the biggest key to having a quick run in this business because you can put yourself in multiple places at the same time. So if I work with this producer today, then tomorrow I'll work with another producer. They're gonna go and play all those beats to all the artists that they can get to while I'm still doing the same thing. So you're multiplying, you know, your product and you're expanding the different people that can hear all your beats and you got higher percentages, again, placement. And you're getting better and you're learning new stuff. To me, collabing is everything. Don't, don't. Make sure your business is good too on everything, you know. To be a fun person to be around and the more people wanna be around you, the more they call you back to those sessions. Right, right. What do you, what do you see that's next? Like in the game, do you see any trends or do you see kind of the culture shifting in any particular way? Yeah, like I'm loving how I'm starting to notice or taking, like they're doing hybrids right now. Where they're like bringing in certain genres of music like country and bringing it to trap. And you know, everything comes full circle. And I'm just, I'm loving watching the more musical side of the music come alive into like the trap world. I think that's really dope. And I noticed too, they're also taking like those Mexican type of chord progressions like those old mafia movies and putting trap drums on it. That's really what like little baby and all these guys are loving. So I'm excited about that. And I wanna keep pushing to keep it, keep it musical. You know, like I love, I can play keys. So I love putting that kind of musicality behind the beat I made. So I'm loving that. Dope man, dope man. Yo man, I appreciate you taking the time to come on man. And let everybody know how they could get in tune with you and stay in touch with you and your socials and everything. Yeah, so you can follow me on Instagram. It's just Diego Ave, D-I-E-G-O-A-V-E. And I also have a online music course that we're doing for young up and coming producers so they can get the first step on how to get placements and how to get your beat to sound right so people can record to them. It's the producer mindset is the website, that's the company. So just go to musicproducermindset.com and get your course now. Okay. Dope, dope, dope. Well Diego man, it's been a pleasure man. My brother, I appreciate you. Of course man. Looking forward to seeing whatever comes next man. It's a lot going on for you so we're gonna stay in tune. Oh yeah, yeah, and I wanted to throw out too that I got this single drop in next, I would say like in within the next two weeks produced for me, DJ Swish and FNZ is coming out. It's gonna be Dan Delay and G-Eazy. It should be a dope little buzz record for summer. Dope, dope, dope. All right, cool man. We're gonna let that out.