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Potential Robbery Inspired Rob $tone’s Chill Bill Lyrics

Potential Robbery Inspired Rob $tone’s Chill Bill Lyrics

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YH is in Austin, Texas, for SXSW where we sit down to some delicious BBQ with trap star Rob $tone, who tells us the harrowing tale behind his hit "Chill Bill" and the origin of the signature whistle! He also talks a bit about his struggle coming up in the biz and the hip-hop scene in his native San Diego, plus we try on some grills for size!

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Young Hollywood

What up? Look at this. 12:07 in action. The whole crew is here with Rob Stone. Let's just get into it, Chill Bill. The uh, when you were writing that, I mean, you probably told the story but, I mean just retell it to us. Is there anything else that you missed out on it? How did you write that? You were writing that Rob $tone: Yeah, we uh, we had just got I'll throw you down too if you don't if you don't tell everything. We just got let out of the police car. We were about to rob a house, man.

Young Hollywood

They're about to rob a house. Got let out of the police car. Yeah, all Who was here? Was anybody about to rob the house with you? Rob $tone: Yeah, but we ain't gonna point them out.

Young Hollywood

Don't point them out. My bad. Rob $tone: So, me that after like we went in, we uh, went to the studio, spud's pad, and we were talking, and uh J. Davis had the Chill Bill beat. And he was like, "I got this beat." Verb Dog has the Verb Dog made it has a Chill Bill whistle, Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then uh, it was just like an instant connection for me because I already was a fan of the Chill Bill movie. You know what I mean? Um, so then we went out to the studio like that. We had a studio way out by Mexico, by the border. And we went out and just knocked it out like an hour. Rob Stone. Babylon can't track the code. Used to sip on syrup hoes, but forget, I should stick to drugs. Hasn't been just like an easy, heavenly way for you. You've it's been there's been some struggle. What Tell me about some of the struggle. Rob $tone: Well, we threw shows before that flop. Flopped. Yeah, like, stuff like that, you know what I mean? Just not getting I didn't get really any media coverage for a long time, like until I had like millions and millions of plays, stuff like that. You know just like that. Like, I felt like I wasn't getting recognized. But it's coming now.

Young Hollywood

You're the first like top, you know, A-lister to come out of San Diego. Rob $tone: Yeah. There's a blessing, man.

Young Hollywood

Driving to here. Where what's the scene like in the hip-hop community down there? Where where like where what's what's it like? Compare to like Atlanta or like New York? Rob $tone: Not as unified as Atlanta, but it's coming together. You see it out the window, got a dusty OT. Look at by me, live a sip of growing up. I was always in the middle, so I gotta hold it down for my older and my. Dude, I got that with I got that with Post Malone. We'll put it on. I ain't going to. I'm just. Bragging to you. Yeah, it's nothing. There's Actually, it's not even that sick. I got the girls at school.

Young Hollywood

You got your grill, Post Malone? Rob $tone: Yeah, he got He got a girl, so I was like, We need like the same kind of interview type of situation. Yeah. He got a girl.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Rob $tone

    Featured artist and interviewee

  • J. Davis

    Had the Chill Bill beat

  • Verb Dog

    Made the Chill Bill whistle

  • Post Malone

    Compared grills and interviews with him

FAQ

What inspired Rob $tone's song "Chill Bill"?+
Rob $tone states that the song's inspiration came after he and his crew were let out of a police car, having been about to rob a house.
Who created the whistle in "Chill Bill"?+
According to Rob $tone, the distinctive whistle in "Chill Bill" was created by Verb Dog.
Where was "Chill Bill" recorded?+
The song "Chill Bill" was recorded at a studio located out by the Mexico border, and it was completed in about an hour.
How did Rob $tone describe his early career struggles?+
Rob $tone described struggling with flopped shows and not receiving media coverage for a long time, feeling unrecognized despite having millions of plays.
What is the hip-hop scene like in San Diego?+
Rob $tone describes the San Diego hip-hop scene as not as unified as Atlanta's, but it is coming together.

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