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The Unbelievable Story Behind Russ’ Superstar-Loaded Album ‘CHOMP 2’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. Seacrest Best on Earth rapper Russ is
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Speaker 1: back with a new collection of songs and an album
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Speaker 1: called Chomp To, following the original Chomp In, both of
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Speaker 1: which he released as an independent artist after a very
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Speaker 1: successful run on Columbia Records. And what's particularly impressive about
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Speaker 1: his latest project is its unreal number of big name features,
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Speaker 1: a Game, Snoop Dog, Big Sean among them. Superstars he
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Speaker 1: pulled without the help of a big label, which is
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Speaker 1: why he calls it his most ambitious record today, telling Vibe,
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Speaker 1: I literally wrangled everyone's solo through d M. There was
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Speaker 1: no label or A and R reaching out. I'm proud
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Speaker 1: that I was able to really get every collab that
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Speaker 1: I wanted, a lot of them. I was just sending
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Speaker 1: cold calls, just sending a shot in the wind and
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Speaker 1: hoping that date me back. Artists, I never talked to
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Speaker 1: you before, and it was so cool just to find
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Speaker 1: out that a lot of these people that I'm fans
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Speaker 1: of that I respect also shared a meet your respect
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Speaker 1: for me and what I do. Russ's results speak for themselves.
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Speaker 1: Chomp Too is out now. That's direct from Hollywood