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During a recent interview with HipHopDX, Kid Capri talked about the motivation behind the project and how Lil Pump's diss toward Eminem actually helped fuel his passion for creating the album.

Johnny Nunez/WireImage How Lil Pump's Eminem Diss Helped Fuel Kid Capri's First Album In Over 20 Years Published on:Feb 7, 2022, 1:15 PM by 0 Exclusive Kid Capricelebrated his 55th birthday on Monday (February 7) with the release of his first album in over 20 years. Titled The Love (which also happens to be his surname), the 19-track project was written, produced and performed by the legendary New York City DJ/producer. During a recent interview with HipHopDX, Kid Capri talked about the motivation behind the project and how Lil Pumps diss toward Eminemactually helped fuel his passion for creating the album. In December 2020, the Gucci Gang rapper randomly targeted Slim Shady in one of his Instagram videos, saying at the time, Hey fuck Eminem, you is lame as hell. Aint nobody listening to your old ass. You lame as fuck, bitch. I woke up on some bullshit. Im back on my fuck shit. A post shared by DJ Akademiks (@akademiks) As Kid Capriexplains, thats just one blatant example of the younger generation not having respect for the Hip Hop architects and pioneers who blazed a trail for the Lils of the world to walk down. That was just one of the things that did inspire, Capri tells DX. I got tired of seeing the younger dudes thinking that the older people aint capable. Like we aint been here building this business from the ground up from day one. Sometimes, it is the truth. A lot of older people, they get out of touch. They dont want the younger people to come in and do their thing, and it be just back and forth exchange. But when I watch Little Pump disrespect a dude that became the Elvis of Hip Hop, this dude that sold millions and millions of records, created opportunities for so many people and is one of the greatest MCs on the planet, for him to just disrespect him like that, we losing our respect level. A post shared by Kid Capri (@kidcapri101) Time and time again, new rappers have illustrated just how little they respect their predecessors or care to do their research on the culture. In a 2016 interview with Billboard, Lil Yachty famously admitted he couldnt name five songs by Tupac Shakuror The Notorious B.I.G. two Hip Hop titans. He dug himself a deeper hole when he later called them overrated during Pitchforks Over/Under YouTube series. Although he chalked it up to a lack of media training, Lil Yachty never really cared enough to do his homework. When Lil Yachty was asked if went back and studied their music in a 2021 interview with DX,he replied, I wouldnt say study up, but I definitely went back and listened for about 30 seconds. Im good. If youre good at what youre doing then art is art. Do you need to study Picasso to learn how to paint? No. If you care then yes, but if not, who cares? Read more