SK SWEEP Talks Sdot Go Sound, Rappers Streaming His Album “INCONSIDERATE” Who’s Hot Right Now & More
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In this episode of Talking the Town, rapper SK joins host Kovi to discuss his journey from a basketball-loving teenager aspiring for the NBA to a dedicated lyricist in the drill scene. SK reveals that his entry into music was sparked by his sister, who introduced him to the studio around 2019 and 2020 after being inspired by artists like Pop Smoke. Although he initially believed his early verses were fire, he later realized they lacked quality, prompting a shift in his approach where he began writing songs daily and investing every dollar he had into recording tracks. This dedication helped him refine his craft, leading to the development of a distinct sound that he describes as "lyrical drill," setting him apart from many peers who focus solely on flow rather than substance.
A significant portion of the conversation centers around SK's upcoming album titled "INCONSIDERATE," which is set to release before the summer of 2026. The title reflects the darker and more unapologetic nature of his music, which he feels might not be suitable for all audiences, such as older listeners. The project features collaborations with notable artists including Say the Demon and Marty Baller, with SK highlighting "Speedies" as a favorite track from the collection. Beyond drill beats, SK hints at exploring different musical territories in 2026, potentially incorporating R&B elements or love-themed songs to diversify his discography while maintaining his unique identity. He emphasizes that fans can expect a version of SK that is distinct from the current mainstream drill wave, offering a fresh perspective within the genre.
SK also addresses the impact of Edai's sentencing on the local music scene, noting how the departure of influential figures has left a void in Jersey drill, particularly regarding the specific beats and style that originated with him. Despite this, he remains optimistic about the future of the genre and shares his thoughts on other rising artists like Marty Baller, Say the Demon, and Jah Benz, whom he praises for their current output. When asked about streaming video games like GTA 6, SK expresses interest in participating once the game launches, joking that he hopes to see jail scenarios included. He dismisses concerns from some artists about gaming affecting their careers, arguing that pursuing multiple interests is perfectly valid and encouraging others to do what they are passionate about without fear of judgment.
To connect with his growing fanbase, SK directs listeners to his social media handles, specifically his Instagram and TikTok under the name SK_Sweep, where he plans to post more content soon. He encourages fans to check out his previous releases, such as "conference" and "clamps," while teasing that a new tape is imminent. Throughout the interview, SK maintains a humble yet confident demeanor, acknowledging his roots in basketball and his early influences like Soulja Boy and Lil Durk. As he looks toward 2026, he expresses excitement about evolving his sound and continuing to push boundaries in the rap industry, ensuring that his music remains authentic to his vision while adapting to new trends and opportunities.
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>> What's up y'all? It's Kovi we're on a
new episode of Talking the Town. Today
we got a special guest SK. How you
feeling?
Feeling good. Feeling good. For me
regular [ __ ] But um how your day been
going? Day regular. Day smooth, you
heard?
Wake up. I just felt to be a sweeper.
I'm joking.
>> [laughter]
>> Tell us about like how you got started
into music. How I got started in the
music was from my sister, you feel me?
My sister the one that put me on like
>> Like how? She took you to the studio?
Yeah, like she was doing music. Like she
was inspired by Pop Smoke and [ __ ] you
feel me? Okay.
>> She like around that
with like 2019, 2020 and [ __ ]
>> So your sister was rapping? She was
rapping. You feel me?
And she was just like, "Yo, pull up to
the studio." I'm like, "All right, I'mma
pull up." You feel me? I wrote some
[ __ ] I ain't finished it. She helped me
finish writing my verse or whatever.
>> Mhm. And then I went in there
I just spit it, you feel me?
And
yeah, that was my first time. So what
made you like What you was doing before
that? I was like 15 years old before
that. I was just playing ball, you feel
me?
>> what you was doing then? Just playing
ball. It was outside.
You feel me? Going to school. Regular
[ __ ]
>> Like what did you What What did you see
your career going in at that age? Oh.
>> still just
>> I thought I was going to the NBA. Oh,
you thought you was nice like that?
>> That's it. NBA.
Okay. Wasn't telling me I wasn't going
to the NBA. Oh, so you was really like
practicing like for real for real? I was
just nice, you feel me? Like [ __ ]
wasn't telling me I wasn't, you feel me?
>> Have you looked at the whole like
playing basketball with the like with
the like content creators and all that
recently? I was out yeah. I'm trying I'm
about to get into some [ __ ] soon. Some
basketball [ __ ] with some content
creators, you heard? So you think you
still nice? My skills ain't as sharp,
but you feel me? I get back on the court
for you know what I'm saying? Content or
whatever. We could do that.
>> So after the first time in the studio,
when did you know like okay, I'm ready
to take this serious? I ain't going to
lie, bro. I'mma keep it a stack. I was
delusional when I first started rapping.
I thought my rap like when I first
started rapping like I thought it was
fire. That [ __ ] wasn't fire like
the first [ __ ] I was coming out with. So
I always think all my [ __ ] was fire, you
feel me? So who told you it wasn't fire?
Like when did it start to
>> Nah, nobody didn't tell me it wasn't
fire.
>> So why Why you started feeling like it
wasn't good?
>> Nobody don't have to tell me if to for
me make me feel like that. That's just
how I felt. I was just like
uh
I mean nah. At the time I thought it was
fire, but now I look back, you feel me?
I'm like Nah, that [ __ ] was trash.
>> Okay. Like at the time I thought it was
fire. All right. And then you got What
What What was it you feel like it was
the lyrics or you feel like it was the
beats? Like what what you feel like it
was? Oh yeah, the lyrics. Lyrics, okay.
So So yeah.
>> I'm saying? What made me take it
serious. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. It
just It just came to a point where I was
just like
I'mma just
write songs every day.
Put them on beats. Write to them.
And go to the studio when I can. And
that's what I was doing. So you started
investing in the studio yourself? Yeah,
at the start, bro.
I was spending like every dollar I could
on the studio. That us like I got
mad [ __ ] tracks and [ __ ] Me and my
sister at the beginning. [ __ ] was
spending all the bread we could get on
the studio. Okay. Your sister still do
music? Yeah, a little bit. Okay. She
don't She ain't You feel me? She got
priorities and [ __ ] now, but she still
do music. When did you start like
hanging with the sweepers and like
locking them with them, I guess you
could say?
I'm not saying locking them with them,
but you know. I've been around.
I'm I'm saying like some of them like
all my life type [ __ ]
You feel me?
But like
really really uh like came like hanging
hanging
around again
was like in
2022.
Okay. That's when for me [ __ ] started
hanging around again close.
But I knew I knew all these [ __ ] all
my life, you feel me? Like yeah. Like
Well, not all these [ __ ] but
certain [ __ ]
>> Okay.
And then how did you Well, you seen that
Edai just got sentenced, I think. Yeah.
How you feel about that? Yeah, you
heard? I mean [ __ ] like [ __ ] Do you
feel like music or drill music is
missing a piece now being that he got
all that time?
Or like how do you feel about like just
the music part of it all?
People kind of took his sound a little
bit, you know? Just like all that stuff.
Of course, man. Like Da left the scene.
You feel me?
Yeah, [ __ ] is missing Da off the
scene. Like of course. If you look at
the music now
it all
started from Da, you feel what I'm
saying? Mhm. The way it
the way it's branching down into, you
know what I'm saying? The way the beats
are.
It's all from Da, you feel me? Mhm. Do
you feel like you use those those type
of beats? What type of beats? Like the
dark Jersey drill.
Or that or you doing something else? I
ain't going to say I use a specific type
of beats. I'm not going to lie. Like I
use different type of beats. I don't
know what I'm saying.
I do some dark Jersey. I do some uh
I don't even know what to call them
these beats that's that's going on now.
What is it like what would you call your
sound that you making?
>> I would just call it if I mean I really
don't have a name for it, but if I could
call it anything I would probably say
just lyrical drill. Cuz you feel like
drill artists aren't lyrical. Um nah,
I'm not going to say they're not
lyrical, but So what makes you separated
from
I'm more of a lyrical. I'd say. Okay.
I'm saying, you know what I'm saying?
Okay.
All right. Cuz sometimes it don't be
lyrical like some drill rappers.
>> Nah, yeah. Some of them Some drill
rappers I'm saying it's not lyrical, but
you know what I'm saying? I'm not going
to say I'm not just going to say they
all not lyrical. Nah, not all of them,
but you saying you making a lane for the
lyrical drill rappers, right? Yeah,
that's a fact. I I definitely feel like
you feel me? I had something to do with
that.
Okay. You feel me?
So I really been You feel me? I've been
in it I've been in the game, you feel
me? Like I've been rapping for longer,
but I've been in the game for like since
like 2023, you feel me? So it's like
Okay.
My lyrical like
My fans that been tuned been tuned in,
they already know like you feel me? I've
been lyrical from the start from from
2023.
You know what I'm saying? My [ __ ] just
leveling up.
So Okay. Is that what we can expect on
this album? Yeah, for sure. You know
what I'm saying? It's It's SK. It's just
It's just going to be different, you
feel me? It's It's just SK.
When you hit
When you listen to SK, you just know
it's going to be different. Like it's
not what you
It's not what you hearing at the moment.
It's different.
Okay. So you got any features on this
album or Yeah, I got some features on
this album, you feel me? Want to share
one or two? I had a feature coming, you
feel me? Say the Demon.
Okay. Marty Baller. Say I want to like D
Bills on it, you feel me?
So some other some other features too,
so
you know what I'm saying? So far what's
your favorite song on the on the
project?
Do you have a favorite? Favorite song on
the project probably uh
probably Speedies, but yeah. Y'all going
Y'all going to see what that's what
that's talking about.
Word.
Okay. And tell the people what your
project name is.
It's Inconsiderate, you feel me? Okay.
And why that title? Cuz I just feel like
that's how my music is. Like I said,
when you hit SK, it's going to be
different. You feel me? So it's a little
It's a little little darker. It's a
little
You feel me? Inconsiderate, I would say.
You feel like your music is a little
inconsiderate? Yeah, for sure. I'm
trying to like think of what that looks
like. Uh what does
>> explain What does that look like? You
right.
>> Like you got you can only play this
certain places. Like what makes it
inconsiderate? I'm trying to see.
Inconsiderate I mean
>> people feel. Like what's the
If the old ladies listen
they wouldn't like it.
Okay. I like that.
Okay. They'll say it's inconsiderate.
All right. I'll say that. Okay.
That's my bad.
All right. So who was you listening to
growing up? Growing up like my first
favorite rapper ever
was Soulja Boy.
Okay. Ain't [ __ ] with Soulja Boy.
I was probably like I was probably like
4 years old some [ __ ] Mhm.
It was probably like in 2009 or some
[ __ ] Who your Who your favorite artist
now? Favorite artist now probably Lil
Durk. I can't lie. Like
>> Okay. I feel like yeah. I can't even
name anybody else. That would be
disrespectful.
You feel me? Mhm. That's a little
inconsiderate.
Yeah, nah. Yeah, Lil Durk. Right now
yeah, Lil Durk. Facts. But like growing
up and [ __ ]
I listen to G Herbo, A Boogie. That's
cool. Like the drill [ __ ] Lil A Boogie.
And talented stuff. Yeah. Definitely
yeah. Definitely A Boogie. I ain't going
to lie. Okay. What do you feel like
separates you from other people other
artists? What separates me
it's just like I said, when you hit SK
it's different. It's not going to be the
However the drills However the drill
wave is at the moment it's not going to
be that. It's going to be different. So
when you play my [ __ ]
you feel me?
Or even if it is similar to the drill
wave that it is right now, it's going to
be
similar to the drill wave, but it's
going to be my way, you feel what I'm
saying? It's going to be different. It's
not going to be what y'all used to
hearing at the moment.
>> Who Who would you feel like is like I
guess making noise in the city right now
if you had to name anybody? Um to me if
I'm just being like real like you feel
me?
No bias or none of that.
You feel me? I'mma keep it a stack like
the [ __ ] that I'm seeing
I'm seeing, you feel me?
So Marty Baller he going crazy, you feel
me?
Um
Say the Demon, you feel me? He going
crazy. Jah Benz.
Mhm. Um
You feel me? I'm Da.
You feel me?
I ain't going to lie.
Yeah, that's really [ __ ] up for me.
Got it right now. I ain't going to lie.
How do you feel about like Mdot and them
like kind of streaming now?
That [ __ ] fire. I ain't going to lie.
That [ __ ] fire.
>> don't see yourself doing that? I see I I
could I see myself streaming for me. Not
at the moment, but Yeah, not now, but I
see myself doing it now, me.
Yeah, yeah, I'll be on the game swinging
eyes for sure. Okay. And she double
eight, [ __ ] don't want to see me where
the bro like [ __ ] don't even play
football games, so y'all don't even want
to see me and our [ __ ] are losing mind
all your bread and I cancel. Okay.
Right, yeah. So, maybe streaming playing
the game or something. GTA 6 about to
come out matter of fact, [ __ ] I'mma be
on there.
I'mma Nah, but I mean I don't know. I'm
the type of [ __ ] for me. Some of my
mans
like one of them [ __ ] right here, he
feening for that [ __ ] to come out, but
me personally
me personally, I I I just be like [ __ ]
it. It's just going to come out when it
come out, but when it do come out, I'mma
be streaming for sure and I'mma be
I'm going Yo, I I hope it's jail in it.
That's all I'mma say. Yo, weak. So, like
so um
some artists feel like like the
streaming [ __ ] not cool, though. Like
how you feel about it? Some artists say
that? I ain't never heard that. I ain't
going to lie.
>> Some artists say that. Some blogs say
that.
>> Why would the streaming [ __ ] not be
I ain't
>> Well, not cool as a rapper.
Why not? I mean
I mean it's it's
>> You chilling, bro. Like you It's not
Why I don't I I really don't I I don't
know. I can't wrap my head around that,
so I can't really give you an answer.
I mean yeah. I mean it's everybody
else's opinion. Like it ain't no right
>> see why it should be something wrong
with streaming. I don't know.
Yeah, they just saying like, you know,
artists should be
>> [ __ ] he subjected to rap? That's it?
That's kind of how people trying to make
it seem. Like y'all y'all only got one
job type [ __ ]
>> Nah, bro. If a [ __ ] want to rap and
then go to art show later
That's fire.
>> Encourage them. Do what you got to do.
Do what you want to do.
>> Facts. Okay. I'm going to bear it. So,
what's next for you? What's on the way?
What do you see 2026 happen?
2026, for me
Mhm. I'm dropping this tape. Mhm.
You feel me? Dropping this tape. It's a
lot of visuals coming coming through.
You feel me? As a artist
I'm just I'm tapping into different
sounds right now. You feel what I'm
saying? Mhm.
I feel like my fans know I I found my
sound, but my fans know I got different
sounds. You feel what I'm saying? So,
it's like
I'm tapping into different sounds, so
throughout 2026 you going to have here
for me different versions of SK and
[ __ ] Like a little R&B song.
R&B? I don't know.
I'm just saying.
>> I don't know. Like R&B You might try
something. Who knows? R like It could be
like
love drill or something, but like R&B
that's I feel like R&B is like Bryson
Tiller or some [ __ ] like that.
That's what I feel like R&B is.
I mean
You could
>> Like you heard you heard of R&B
>> girl singing like basically Ja Rule and
Ashanti. That would
>> Okay, I see what you saying.
I don't know. Yeah, I Okay.
>> Girl singing on the hook. You do a
little ad-lib too.
>> That might be a good idea cuz
I don't think people even make music
like that no more. Yeah, I was just
saying like you say trying to do some
drums and stuff. That's a fact. All
right, so you got a release date for the
album?
>> Nah, release date not yet, but
coming soon. Like summertime?
Before the summer? Before the summer.
Before the summer? Okay, good.
All right, so where do people find you?
Where do they tune in? SK_Sweep
Instagram for me. Find me there. My Tik
I got a Tik Tok. You want a Tik Tok?
>> Same [ __ ]
Yeah, yeah. I got a Tik Tok. I'm about
to dive post more on it, but yeah. It's
the same [ __ ] as my Instagram SK_Sweep
for me.
Tune in my music.
Last [ __ ] I dropped, I dropped uh
conference, clamps.
Go tune into that. Go tune into caution.
Or
Okay, bet.