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On the track Til the End, he boasts about going 'five years without a publicist because of word of mouth' and even claims to have 'put a half mill of my own money in this album.' So, is it true? '100%' he says. Money talks: Despite his joint deal with Def Jam and Visionary Music Group, Logic isn't the type to wait around for help. I asked my dad, 'Would you rather I write about it in a therapeutic form of expression or would you rather I use those same drugs to try and cope with what you put me through?' When you put it like that, there's no argument.' 'It has nothing to do with (my father) or me, it has to do with anybody listening at home who's ever dealt with that to know they aren't alone. 'For me, it's selfless,' he says of exposing his painful past. You were telling me before, now I want you to show me.'' He makes good on his promise, eloquently exploring his troubled childhood, including his father's struggles with drug addiction. 'I asked around a couple of people what do they want from a Logic album and the consensus was 'I know pretty much all about the raps but I want to know who you are personally. Getting personal: After his impressive run of mixtapes, Logic sought a different route for his first studio album. I want to be all-in-all an incredible musician.' I don't want to be looked at as just that guy with the best mixtape of the year.

'That might sound ambitious or crazy, but I wanted to be just as good or better than these people, and I love them. 'Even when I was doing mixtapes, I was looking at Kanye, Jay Z and Nas,' says Logic, who was named in XXL magazine's 2013 Freshman class. 'The classiness and elegance from that era is something I wanted to bring to hip-hop and to what I'm doing right now.' Even in more contemporary influences, he's aiming high.

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'I loved just the debonair swag to him, the way he showed how to court women, how to treat women,' says Logic, who tokes his nickname from Old Blue Eyes. So, I have a lot of sleepless nights.'įrank fan: The year 2010 marked Logic's debut with the mixtape Young, Broke & Infamous, but he really turned heads with the 2011 follow-up Young Sinatra, the first of a trilogy of releases under that name that have been downloaded over 500,000 times collectively.

When I'm asleep, somebody else is working. I truly believe that if I'm out partying and not in the studio, there's somebody out there who will be. Even with this album, when it was done I didn't celebrate, I didn't go out to dinner or anything. 'Anybody who loves what they do, they're constantly doing it all the time. 'My girlfriend has to beat me up to get me to relax because I work all the time,' says Logic.

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Labor days: Logic's deal with Def Jam came in April 2013, after years of relentlessly building his buzz through self-funded tours and free mixtapes, which helped instill in him a driven work ethic and a healthy sense of competition. It's very humbling to know that because of this album I'm reaching people that I didn't have an opportunity to reach before.' I could have done the typical radio thing, but I wanted to keep it musical but still very hip-hop. 'It's been crazy just seeing how people are taking to the album and actually enjoying it,' says the rapper on the phone from Los Angeles. Pressure gauge: The 24-year old Gaithersburg, Md., native (born Sir Robert Bryson Hall II) confirmed his rise from hot underground prospect to national hip-hop star last week, when his debut album Under Pressure entered the Billboard album chart at No. USA TODAY's spotlight on breakthrough artists this week talks with hip-hop artist Logic: