A little every day
“Since we’re on Rolling Stone , I’ve go to let y’all know, that for everybody that wants to feature: I only rap three hours a day
First thing in them orning
I get in the studio at 6 o’clock and I’m done around 9 o’clock in the morning…I don’t really like rapping too long. It gives me anxiety. I feel energy, I’m in the studio, I knock it done right there
Compounding achievement
But as June elaborates to the reporter, his technique works because of the miracle of compounding achievement
Too long is exhaustive and performative
Spending 16 hours in the studio feels “productive” in an exhausting, performative sense. Retreating to your basement for only a few hours each morning seems somehow diminished by comparison.
How to measure accomplishment
accomplishment is often best measured on the scale of years not days, and when you zoom out to this grander level, the advantages of a focused slowness become hard to ignore.