![]() Just showing these different melodies and the experiences of the guys in the songs. Nobody is essentially really wrong but this is their viewpoint. All of us have perspectives and ideas and we’re all justified in everything we saw. All of us have good and bad thoughts and that’s normal. Basically, it’s a conversation between a couple individuals and it’s their testimonies. Which songs on the album best define where you are right now? Maybe to correct a wrong or if I said something wrong to somebody yesterday, I have a chance to get it right. So I say God is good every morning because I have a chance to get it right and put positivity and happiness in the world. Even me, I’m guilty of it and we take advantage of it. The night she passed I was actually gonna be in the vehicle with her but she told me, “No.” Not only her being my savior, but just like reminiscing even this interview of us having right now, how every day is precious. I always been heavily rooted in the church and in the year 2000, I lost my sister to a car accident. Who knows? When I retire I might pull a Ma$e. Even after I moved to the south I was pretty much getting groomed to become a pastor. Our whole family is very church-oriented. Church put us in the choir and we always been heavily based in the church. My mother had us in New Friendship Baptist Church in Chicago. I been in the church for as long as I can remember. Talk about that concept and why you ran in that direction. You’ve been tweeting God Is Good the last seven years. I’m not just throwing out random bars because I only got so many bars. ![]() Just like in wrestling, if we’re telling a story with what we’re doing then everybody can relate to it more. If I can tell a story, then I feel like the concept of the album is better and it makes more sense. I’ve always been a huge fan of concept albums because I ain’t the best rapper. Kanye’s The College Dropout because pretty much when I did this College Dropout and Late Registration they have skits. I would definitely say Common’s Be album and pretty much everything Nas does. Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life because he’s got a funk type of groove but you don’t realize Stevie raps and got melody. ![]() What other albums did you lean into when creating God Is Good? I been in love with it as long as I can remember. I remember one of the kids said, “Be a wrestler.” See, I’m like, “This is it.” Hip-hop has this way of motivating you, but also getting you amped at the same time. I was like, “Bro, I just want to tell you that Be album changed my life.” At the end of every one having this long monologue about what you should be. I remember the deep-rooted stuff like listening to Common’s Be album, and I saw Common last week when we did Hot 97. I been in love with it for as long as I remember. Listening to J Dilla for instrumentals and beats Kanye when it comes to the tools. All these links made me have a hand in it. I heard Drake before Comeback Season because he used to do work with 9th Wonder who was a professor at the university where my sister was going. At the time, when I was in middle school, high school, I was listening to people like 9th Wonder Little Brother because they were based out of the state I was growing up in North Carolina. Montez Ford: I can go all the way back to even like grade school. When did you first fall in love with hip-hop? We may feel three different ways about something, and they all might be justified,” says Ford.īillboard spoke to the WWE superstar about his new project, God Is Good, his love for Little Brother and Common, living up to his potential inside the ring, and who he would collaborate with on his dream album. “You’ll these conversations, songs, and melodies about different experiences that go through our minds and the conversation within ourselves. On the flip side, he flexes his rap muscles and channels the spirit of former NBA MVP Derrick Rose on this braggadocios effort “09 D. In “Through the Valley,” Ford’s affinity for Sunday Service is the theme, as he and former WWE superstar AJ Francis take listeners to church. And though his animated demeanor remains his calling card amongst wrestling enthusiasts, God Is Good finds Tez in more of a reflective bag. The latter plays the duel role of fighter and cheerleader for Ford, and has done wonders for his confidence, as he pulls inspiration from her inside and outside of the ring. ![]() He’s received praise from The Rock, was previously a tag-team champion, and has the biggest support from one of the top stars in the company, his wife, Bianca Belair. With an unyielding faith in God, Ford’s acceleration in wrestling doesn’t surprise many. “That’s usually what drives not just me and my wife, but our brand. “That God Is Good mentality applies throughout life in general, from being a kid to growing up now and putting the best foot forward and just putting positivity out there,” says Ford. ![]()
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