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title: Take 5 w/ Rickie Jacobs
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# [Take 5 w/ Rickie Jacobs](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/post/featured/take-5-w-rickie-jacobs)

 Written by [Jake Mayo](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/author/jake-mayo) | Aug 22

[Rickie Jacobs](http://www.twitter.com/RickieJacobs) epitomizes the grind and hailing from Baltimore, resiliency is key. Jacobs’ divergent rhymes and style have crafted bodies of work such as “*[The Prequel EP](http://2dopeboyz.com/2012/05/02/rickie-jacobs-the-prequel-freep/)*, “*[Beautiful America](http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/rickie-jacobs-beautiful-america-mixtape.86916.html)*,” and the highly acclaimed “*[Remember To Smile](http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/rickie-jacobs-remember-to-smile-new-mixtape.108827.html)*.” As Rickie Jacobs prepares to bring B More to Atlanta in October, we caught up with him on our Take 5 segment to discuss his hometown, “*Remember To Smile*,” and what he plans to accomplish at [A3C](https://www.a3cfestival.com).

**A3C: Best track from "*Remember To Smile*?"**

**RJ:** “*European Rugs*.”

**A3C: Rickie Jacobs + A3C = “\_\_\_\_.”**

**RJ:** "Chaotic beauty and dope raps"

**A3C: Describe the grind in Baltimore in 5 words or less.**

**RJ:** “Aggressive, untamed, incomparable, extremely hungry, fed the fuck up.”

**A3C: Favorite project of your career so far?**

**RJ:** “Aw, man. "*Remember To Smile"*, hands down!”

**A3C: Your record "*Mary*" is “\_\_\_\_.”**

**RJ:** “Ignorant, even better in the whip, much better with Mary." (Laughs)

**Follow On Twitter [@RickieJacobs](http://www.twitter.com/RickieJacobs)**

https://soundcloud.com/rickiejacobs/mary-prod-gman

http://youtu.be/Z94ub-KTCU8?list=UUAjTX-PB8K-hGxGOHAc9BwQ

http://youtu.be/kCm1sS\_TuDY

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