Flying Lotus Talks New Jazz Project, Captain Murphy Album and Earl Sweatshirt

Flying Lotus is a busy man, but more importantly, he’s inspired. He’s especially inspired by the younger rap talent out there like Earl Sweatshirt and Mac Miller, the latter of whom spit over a FlyLo production yesterday on new single “S.D.S.“. And in a new interview with Brightest Young Things, the L.A. producer (and rapper as Captain Murphy) spoke on how he sees Earl along with some insight on upcoming projects.

I see Earl like a little brother. I see a lot of things in him that remind me of me when I was his age. But, I didn’t have anyone around that was really into what I was doing at the time. I believe in what he’s doing. I love his music. He’s just a really cool dude, as well. I really believe in him as a person, so I like to support him. I’m down. I’m down with what he’s doing and what he’s talking about, so I just want to show that. I think it’s cool to connect the universe as two. That’s something that I always wanted for L.A. artists. I want us to be able to all be on stage together and for it to make sense, you know what I mean? [Laughs] It’s like, “Oh yeah, there’s Ariel Pink and Flying Lotus on stage. And Earl Sweatshirt. And Trent Reznor.” I want all of us on stage, partying and shit.

FlyLo went on to say he “loves” Earl’s new album, Doris, and called it his favorite rap record of the year because “I like rapping” and “I think it’s a rappers’ album.” Oh. Man.

FlyLo also explained that he has a “crazy jazz” project in the works:

Right now, I’m on my jazz shit, man.  I’m doing a lot of jazz stuff.  We’re trying to make something that’s kind of a geek album.  There are crazy time signatures and really intense playing, just because we want to go there.  We want to play really fast.  It’s gonna be fun, man.

As if this all wasn’t enough, he then added that he’s about halfway done with his second Captain Murphy project:

Is this a follow-up to Duality?

Yeah. All the beats are done. I just gotta write all the shit. I’m gonna try to do that while I’m on tour – try to write all the raps. It all depends on if I can get in the zone.

Are you soliciting beats from other producers again?

I got a few. I got all the beats that I need. I did most of them, but there are a couple people that I got beats from, like Jeremiah Jae, Hudson Mohwake, and Madlib. Other than that, I’m doing everything.

OK, happy Tuesday, y’all. Read the rest of the interview at Brightest Young Things.