You teamed up with Tink for “I’m Tryin.” What inspired that song? Let’s get in and make Line 2 on purpose.” Now the songs are very catered. Say, for example, Chris Brown didn’t take a song or Trey Songz or Usher, we would just say, “This is the album.” Line 2 is more intentional. No, so for the first project, we had a bunch of songs and picked our favorites. What was it like working with Hitmaka again for part two? Was there more collaboration, or were these songs left over from the first project? If I did Eazy Call part two, it would be separate from the Hitmaker stuff. We threw the 1-800 on it and it took that to another level. The phone thing came because when you put “Hit” Eazy together, it sounded like a calling card. It was more so Eazy is here to stay than the phone.
When I linked up with Hitmaker, I just kept the name Eazy going. Eazy Call is something that I released as my album. Is that part of the HIT-EAZY canon or is it a standalone project? In 2018, you released Eazy Call, which has that phone theme. There’s definitely, if you ask me, a line three on the way. I’m talking about songs that are just as crazy and could be singles. When I released part one, I had a million songs that I was like, “Oh, we’ll use these for part two.” Now we’re releasing part two and it’s songs that I’m crying about that aren’t on this album that we’ve done (laughs). When you put us two together, it’s kind of crazy. When I say I have a million songs and I could release a million songs, that’s how Hitmaker is.
Did you know beforehand that there would be a sequel to 1-800-HIT-EAZY?
Looking at your discography, you tend to release trilogies: Born II Sing, Cuffing Season, Eric B for President, etc. It was always the remedy to having too many. It was more so seeing how many projects we could put out because I didn’t want it sitting in my laptop. I have so much music that it was never me reaching a quota. Did you ever feel pressured to remain consistent based on what fans got used to? Eric Bellinger (Photo Credit: Ally Green) Since the 2010s, you built a reputation for being a consistent artist by constantly releasing mixtapes and other projects. In Rated R&B’s interview with Eric Bellinger, the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter discusses his new project, reflects on his past work, shares the vision for his new label and more. In addition to Long, Line 2 boasts appearances from Blxst, Cordae, Fabolous, Kalan.FrFr and Tink.
“Obsession” and its remix appear on 1(800)HIT-EAZY: Line 2, the sequel to Bellinger and Hitmaka’s 2021 project, 1-800-HIT-EAZY. “Won’t stop till you’re in my possession,” Long sings. She appears in the second verse, telling her sneaky link that she also has an emotional connection with him. The remix of “Obsession” features Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Muni Long.
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