After moving to Orlando from New York, Slim Goodye earned his street cred and respect in the local scene through a lot of hard work, not to mention talent and consistency. Now that his new mixtape is about to drop, Slim can say he’s finally paid enough dues and has enough fans to make a significant impact in his market.
What do you have going on right now? Right now I’m working on my mixtape with DJ Greg G that we should be putting in the streets next weekend. It’s called The Connect. I also have my new label called Tru Story Music and I have my artists Lugo, Sunti, and my in-house producer Fama Beats. With me and Greg G, he was one of the first people I connected with when I came down here, and with me being a real nigga, I stayed with my people and kept my circle tight because I don’t fuck with too many niggas.
You stated that you connected with him when you moved down there. Where are you from? I’m from New York originally. I’ve been living in Orlando for the last six years. You didn’t have to adjust from the cold weather to the hot weather? No, even though I was from up top I always came down for spring break, Memorial Day, and all those other events. You started rapping while living in New York? Yeah, I’ve been rapping since I was in the 6th or 7th grade. We would fuck around rapping in the lunch room and later I decided to take it seriously, especially since I’ve been hearing all this garbage coming out. Who do you like right now that’s not garbage? I like Young Jeezy, Gucci Mane, Rick Ross, and anybody of that level in the game. I can relate to them niggas, them other niggas ain’t talking about nothing. So you come from the streets? Oh yeah, certified 100% street nigga. How many mixtapes have you put out? This will be my 6th one coming out. I also did one with DJ Khaled. He’s the only other DJ that
I have worked with. How is your single “I Don’t C You” going right now? Everybody loves the single. It’s bumping in the streets. I’m pushing it and we’re just waiting for it to pop off. What made you come up with that single? Because when you’re getting money you have a lot of haters. They might not even know you but they gon’ hate for no reason, so I made up a song called “I Don’t C You.” Have you put any albums out yet? No album yet, but I’m working on the album as we speak. Do you have a title for the album yet? No, we didn’t come up with a title yet. We’re about halfway in and I have about 9 songs done right now. What is your goal as a rapper? I just love music and hopefully one day I can market myself bigger, but right now I’m straight mixtapes. I could really care less because I got fans in the street and they know what it is. What would you say is your biggest achievement so far? My biggest achievement so far would be that I’m respected in my city and respected in the streets. Not only having respect in the streets and in my city, but also from other artists. If you weren’t rapping what do you think you would be doing? I used to play basketball. I went to college on a scholarship; that was my thing. But even when I was hooping I would be in the locker room spitting, or when the coach would pick me up off the bench I would be rhyming. What school did you go to? I went to the University of Missouri. What were some of the roughest obstacles you went through before you made it to this point? When I moved out here they weren’t really showing love, so I had to gain my respect. First you’re a freshmen, sophomore, junior, then you’re a senior. I’m a senior right now about to graduate. Orlando is a hard city to come up in. It’s like crabs in a barrel because everybody is trying to come up. OZONE MAG // 19