Logic Plays Vintage Video Games & Unlocks 'Bobby Tarantino' Secrets | IRL

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Logic discusses the significant role of video games in his life and how he used them to escape and enhance his creativity, particularly during challenging times. He talks about his early memories of gaming and the impact it had on him while he was working at a job he hated. Video games provided a way for him to feel strong and be a superhero when he didn't feel that way in his personal life. He also touches on the influence of gaming on his music and the integration of video game references into his songs.

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Logic discusses the role of video games in his life, including how he used them to escape and enhance his creativity during tough times.

00:00

Logic's early memories include playing video games, which he used as a way to escape and enhance his life.

He had a rough upbringing but found solace in sci-fi, video games, and music.

Video games played a significant role in his life, especially when he was trying to make it in the music industry and living in his sister's basement.

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Logic talks about the influence of video games on his creativity and mentions playing 'The Witcher' and 'Uncharted' during the recording process.

02:26

Video games have a big impact on Logic's creativity.

He was playing 'The Witcher' and 'Uncharted' while recording the 'Bobby Tarantino' mixtape.

'The Witcher' is a huge open-world game with a medieval setting, which is different from the sci-fi games Logic usually prefers.

Logic had the opportunity to visit Naughty Dog and play 'Uncharted' before it was released, which was an amazing and special experience.

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Logic explains the inspiration behind the track 'Super Mario World' and how he got Pusha T on the record.

04:32

The track was originally going to be called 'Jurassic Park' because of its sound, and Logic had a verse from Juicy J that he had been sitting on for almost a year.

Juicy's verse was on a different topic, but Logic liked it and eventually used it for the song.

The hook for 'Super Mario World' is simple and easy to sing along to, which was a deliberate choice by Logic.

Pusha T reached out to Logic in 2011, and they eventually collaborated on the track '44 Bars'.

00:00[Music]

00:02 we're in eight bidding up in New York

00:05 City I just felt like it was the perfect

00:07 place for us to come and catch up and

00:09 kick it we go one round with it that

00:12 must have been like four or five years

00:13 old those are some of my earliest

00:16 memories playing video game damn bro

00:22 the ridiculous

00:26 I was working at a job that I hated at a

00:34 supermarket or I was working at Wing

00:35 Stop and you know I would walk a mile

00:37 and a half almost two miles to work

00:38 every day it was horrible

00:40 so I used video games as a way to escape

00:43 and as a way to enhance my life rather

00:45 than try to run away from it we rapped

00:49 about a lot and we talked about a lot

00:51 you had a pretty rough and turbulent

00:52 upbringing but I feel like you kind of

00:55 buried yourself a lot in sci-fi

00:57 yeah and video games and music gaming is

01:00 such an important part of your life you

01:03 have a gaming channel and don't get me

01:04 wrong you know I'll definitely talk

01:06 about music from time to time but this

01:07 is about [ __ ] video games you

01:09 represent in your music my motivation

01:15 just chilling at the crib on a

01:16 Playstation you know how did video games

01:18 actually like play a role especially

01:20 back in like 2009 when I was like really

01:23 really trying to I was living in my

01:24 sister's basement and that's when I

01:26 first discovered Uncharted which is one

01:28 of my favorite video games

01:32 different video games that allowed me to

01:34 immerse myself like that when the first

01:36 call of duty modern warfare came out

01:41 so I used video games as a way to escape

01:44 and as a way to be strong or be a

01:47 superhero or be this you know because I

01:49 didn't feel like I was at the time and

01:51 at this time when you kind of work in

01:53 the supermarket and Wingstop and living

01:54 with your sister

01:55 where you at musically at what stage

01:56 it's like I was I was like I was damn I

02:01 think I was just past being

02:03 psychological which is like the original

02:05 rap name and this is when I first met

02:08 like big limbo I was about a good year

02:17 year-and-a-half way from young broken

02:18 infamous which is my first ever mixtape

02:21[Music]

02:26 how does it affect your creativity you

02:28 just drop this Bobby Tarantino mixtape

02:31 yeah you know I know for the album the

02:32 incredible true story Akira and anime oh

02:35 yeah big infant big one yep

02:40 I got the camera on the wall I just

02:42 can't follow de la I want to know what

02:44 Bobby's haven't seen our recording what

02:46 games are you playing

02:47 I was definitely playing this game

02:49 called The Witcher which is insane

02:54 like it's like just crazy because I'm

02:56 not really into like medieval stuff I'm

02:58 into more sci-fi stuff but this is so

03:00 good it's just it's just a huge open

03:01 world game it's really amazing

03:02 but uncharted I was playing Uncharted

03:05 for these pirate treasure of all time

03:08 he's within our grasp people at Naughty

03:10 Dog who created this video game actually

03:12 let me come by and like have a tour of

03:13 their studio I got to play it before it

03:15 came out in their theater in the office

03:17 like while the programmers are working

03:19 on it was like it was the craziest

03:20 experience and it was really amazing and

03:22 very special when you and I spoke a

03:24 couple years ago this is under pressure

03:26 yeah you know so the under pressure

03:27 album is out and I feel like what you're

03:29 saying to me now is that all under

03:30 pressure like you wouldn't have put an

03:32 ad that they said I just beat uncharted

03:34 for yeah no I wouldn't have done that

03:36 because they wanted to fit in with yeah

03:38 in a sense I think that that would have

03:41 been like uncool or people would have

03:42 been like what the [ __ ] is he talking

03:43 about

03:43[Music]

03:48 I feel like such a different artist from

03:50 back then because back then I felt like

03:52 I had to prove myself and I had to like

03:53 you know oh my god no you know hip-hop's

03:56 gonna respect me and they're gonna love

03:57 me and now it's kind of like man who

03:59 gives a [ __ ] i feel bob loves me or not

04:01 as long as my fans love me and and you

04:03 know the culture of good people and

04:06 musicians respect me that's all it is

04:08 and that's why i walk in here with a

04:09 rick and morty shirt and a [ __ ] on a

04:10 t-shirt and glasses I look like Harry

04:12 Potter and I you [ __ ] got a haircut

04:14 today that's why I love that I could be

04:15 like oh yeah just be that uncharted 4 or

04:17 I play video games I think it

04:18 diversifies me and it opens me up to a

04:21 much broader scale of people who enjoy

04:24 the everyday regular guy

04:30[Laughter]

04:32 we were walking around and I found this

04:34 yes I know what this is this is arguably

04:37 my favorite game of all time you have a

04:39 track called Super Mario World I do have

04:41 a track called Super Mario World this is

04:45 Louisiana Mario was in it don't nobody

04:51 [ __ ] with Louise Dido come on he's just

04:53 a player too as well I feel like we do

04:55 jumps higher yeah [ __ ] Louise no just

04:57 kidding I'm joking Super Mario World the

05:00 only reason I called it that is because

05:02 of the sound so like originally the beat

05:05 was kind of different and sounded a

05:06 little different and then we came up

05:07 with that boom boom boom boom boom boom

05:09 boom it was kind of sounds video game

05:11 ish and I was like yellow originally I

05:12 was gonna call it Jurassic Park Jurassic

05:14 because if you listen to one of the

05:15 ad-libs I'm like Jurassic Park and I got

05:17 my Road rasa carpark Hatter I love

05:18 wearing

05:18 I just love dressed apart so Juicy J was

05:20 on the original no yeah it's one it's

05:24 one of my favorite verses by Juicy J but

05:26 it was so opposite of the song the art

05:28 when me and juicy originally did a song

05:30 together okay it was like just some fun

05:32 like swag [ __ ] so it made sense but I've

05:34 been sitting on this verse for like

05:36 almost a year I've been sitting on this

05:38 Juicy J verse I took this verse and we

05:40 kind of sped it up and we put it on

05:41 Super Mario World

05:42 but it's so ratchet he's like talking

05:43 about like [ __ ] Scala Johanns

05:44 initiative so I was like I don't know if

05:46 this is gonna work on this song with

05:50 Super Mario World I literally reported

05:52 it so I could perform it like the hook

05:53 is oh my goodness oh my goodness oh my

05:55 god it's that simple and some people who

05:57 does stupid like yeah but when you're

06:00 there like that I knew I was going on

06:03 this tour I knew I was making this

06:04 mixtape and I wanted it to be so

06:06 simplistic and easy to sing along to

06:07 that even if you didn't know it you

06:09 would know it oh my goodness oh my

06:10 goodness oh my goodness oh my goodness

06:12 oh my god yeah this is one song

06:18 Chris how did you get Pusha T on the

06:22 chatter this happened

06:25 I was at a Pat 97 forget who I think it

06:29 was ebro's the morning and I walk out

06:31 and there's push the tea and he's like

06:34 yo what's up and I'm like well you know

06:35 I am and he was like yeah man he was

06:37 like oh [ __ ] what you like you know

06:39 heavy and blah blah blah and I was like

06:40 this I came up listening to the clips

06:43 Dawg like damn this is so wild she was

06:45 like yeah we got to do a joint I was

06:46 like was like yeah let's get a picture

06:47 and I was like what I was like damn like

06:49 Pusha T once a picture with me and and I

06:52 I told him I had a record that I would

06:53 love to do and I told him it was very

06:55 conceptual and but it was about crack

06:58 cocaine I kind of told him explain how

07:01 I'm rapping from a fictional Colombian

07:04 drug lord later in his life after kind

07:06 of realizing what his what his line of

07:09 work has done to the rest of the world

07:12 including where he's from and then how

07:14 that cocaine then trickles into the

07:16 American projects turned in the crack

07:18 and distributed amongst mainly

07:20 unfortunately the black community and

07:23 the effects that that can have but then

07:25 also being told from the perspective of

07:27 a young man who is selling it and making

07:29 money and making and turning a profit so

07:31 I wanted to I want to do a coke record

07:32 that was conceptual right so that's why

07:34 it's called wrist

07:34 I want to see if you realize this 44

07:38 bars is part of the biggest sports story

07:42 of the year really so far Kevin Durant

07:45 goes to gold

07:46 oh yeah

07:47 he says that while he was making his

07:50 decision he was riding his bike around

07:52 listening to 40 football yeah that's

07:54 pretty cool you know the crazy part we

07:55 never even met in person yet crazy he

07:57 reached out to me in 2011 cuz we're from

07:59 the same area I was just like oh here's

08:01 a nice guy who likes my music you know

08:03 what I mean it wasn't about like oh he's

08:05 a crazy basketball player even now you

08:07 know considered one of the best in the

08:08 world you know he sat down with genius

08:10 and told us that the incredible true

08:12 story was his favorite he's a time of

08:14 the year no way I just wanted to connect

08:17 with him and we come from the same area

08:19 and I didn't know and then I just been

08:21 following ever since and he's just

08:22 killing it right now in London talking

08:26 about my life is [ __ ] it makes me think

08:28 of your verse and it sounds like you

08:30 were going through something even with

08:31 the first verse restart yeah and London

08:32 talking the rhetoric about my life and

08:34 [ __ ]

08:34 I thought the album was finished but I

08:36 keep writing [ __ ] like it made me feel

08:38 like you were actually going through

08:39 some life-changing things yeah alright

08:41 44 bars and deeper than money are them

08:44 are the closest to album logic if you

08:47 will because it's it's full of substance

08:49 and it's full of you know a story and

08:51 conviction and that's just me kind of

08:53 talking that [ __ ] but at the same time

08:55 being being very honest I'm not the type

08:57 of person who's just gonna go on Twitter

08:58 and go or whatever and just be like oh

09:00 yeah hashtag whatever cool cool so

09:01 people think no you know what I'm gonna

09:03 do I'm gonna talk about these subjects

09:05 on my own you know what I mean and it's

09:06 the things that make us different that

09:08 make us special but the things that make

09:09 us different should not separate us and

09:11 that's all I'll say on this until my

09:12 album drops being in a place this cool I

09:15 know we've done a lot of sitting down

09:17 and talking that's true yo man you owe

09:20 me a rematch the street by this you're

09:22 gonna get smashed let's do this I love

09:23 it

09:24 can we just talk about how epic this

09:26 [ __ ] store is and that there's like

09:28 real customers in here and this is like

09:29 a legit place of business I love it

09:32 we found this place for you thanks dad

09:38[Music]

💫 FAQs about This YouTube Video

1. What role did video games play in Logic's life, especially during tough times?

Video games were a way for Logic to escape and enhance his life, particularly during challenging periods. He used gaming as a means to be strong and experience being a superhero, which was especially valuable as a young person dealing with difficult circumstances.

2. How did Logic use video games to enhance his creativity?

Logic integrated his love for video games into his music, using the inspiration and creativity he found in gaming to elevate his artistic expression. Video games were a significant influence on his life and music, allowing him to create a diverse and engaging experience for his audience.

3. What were the influences on Logic's music, particularly in the early stages of his career?

Logic's music was influenced by a mix of video games, hip-hop, and his personal life, including challenging experiences and the need to prove himself as an artist. This blend of influences contributed to the unique and dynamic nature of his music, resonating with a wide range of listeners.

4. How did Logic view the role of video games in his life, compared to his music and public image?

Logic saw video games as a crucial and integral part of his life, alongside his music and public image. He valued the way gaming enriched his creativity and perspective, and sought to share that passion with his audience, recognizing the broad appeal and the diversity it brought to his overall persona.

5. What specific games had a significant impact on Logic's life and music career?

Games like Uncharted and The Witcher had a profound effect on Logic, influencing not only his personal life but also his music career. The immersive and engaging nature of these games contributed to his creativity and mindset, shining through in the depth and diversity of his musical expression.

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