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Lizzo dropped her newest album, ‘MY FACE HURTS FROM SMILING,’ where she shows off her MCing skills. She shares why she wanted to create her rap album, the expedited release process, her friendship with SZA and more!  What do you think of Lizzo's new album? Let us know in the comments!

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00:00It's incredible to me when my rap verse came out,

00:05the Yeti On Yo Titties freestyle on the internet,

00:09and people were like, wait, I didn't know Lythical Rap.

00:12And it was like, y'all ain't know Lythical Rap?

00:14It was like those conversations.

00:15And it kind of put me back into the conversation.

00:18Lil Wayne was the person that kept saying like,

00:21you know, I want to be like Wayne.

00:23I want to be like Mixtape Wayne when I do this.

00:25My face hurts from smiling.

00:30Mad, trash, grouch.

00:37I don't need drama.

00:38I'm putting the albums out.

00:40So this is different for me.

00:42Like usually I'm in the studio for like two years.

00:45And then my music is turned in like months in advance.

00:48And then I'm like doing a slow like promo rollout.

00:53This time I was like, I did everything in a week.

00:56And I just like approved the master like 20 minutes ago.

01:00And now I'm dropping it on Friday.

01:02What can't I say?

01:03Take off the foo-foo.

01:04How you talking about me?

01:05Can't even outdress my little boo-boo.

01:07Nana boo-boo.

01:08I go cuckoo.

01:09I used to enjoy like just sitting and writing down my verse

01:14and then everybody coming together and being like,

01:16all right, who got the craziest verse?

01:18You know what I mean?

01:19And like feeding off of that energy.

01:20But I think like one of the most important elements is like

01:23my best friend Lexo who was in Cornwall Click is,

01:26you know, her voice is on this project.

01:29I flew her in from Houston when I was like,

01:32like day three when I was working on everything.

01:34I already had like 11 songs.

01:35I was like, I flew her in and I was like,

01:37hey, I need you to give me ad-libs.

01:39I need your voice on this track.

01:41Like, so you can hear her being like, we outside ho.

01:44We outside.

01:51It's the same me.

01:52Yeah.

01:53You know, like for instance, about damn time in a minute,

01:56I'm gonna need a sentimental metal woman.

01:59That's like a freestyle that I did in the booth.

02:02And I think like, that's how I start with everything.

02:05It's like a freestyle and it's typically kind of rapid-y.

02:09And then I add melody.

02:10And then I go in and adjust the lyrics and be like,

02:13okay, can I say this?

02:14You know, can you say this in pop music?

02:16And I think that was the biggest thing.

02:18Like with this project, I'm like, man,

02:21the first thing that come out my mouth, I'm gonna say it.

02:24I'm not gonna edit myself.

02:30I always have a little bit of Missy Elliott in me.

02:32Like at all times.

02:33Like, she's just a part of me.

02:36You know what I mean?

02:37So I definitely tapped in to Missy.

02:40One of the best rappers of all time.

02:42One of the best producers of all time.

02:44One of the best songwriters of all time.

02:46And live performers.

02:48I was constantly inspired and in awe of all of the women doing their thing.

02:54Like, I mean, I shout them all out on the mixtape too.

02:58Like on Got Your Bitch.

03:00That was me paying homage to like all of the women who are killing it right now.

03:05The beauty of what you don't see on camera, that you don't see it on camera.

03:16I think there's a lot of like, um, like genuine support.

03:20And, um, she's like one of the only people I can text at like three in the morning when I'm crashing out.

03:27We love a good 3am crash out. I've been there.

03:30Oh my God.

03:31And she'll just get this one like dark ass text.

03:33And she's like, oh my gosh, are you okay?

03:37But, um, I really appreciate her cause she just, she, she understands.

03:42And I think it's really hard for, for you to have someone in your life who actually fucks with you.

03:48Who's known you for a long time.

03:49Who also understands the world you're in.

03:51What I learned from this mixtape, what I learned from my face hurts from smiling, I'm going to put into Love & Real Life.

04:05And what I learned from this is trust your vision.

04:08Trust your instinct, your first instinct.

04:11Your first instinct is always right.

04:13And double down in whatever it is you like.

04:16Like nerd out on it.

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