Vic Mensa can’t live without the Voice Memos app

Vic Mensa can’t live without the Voice Memos app. Between his music, acting, podcast, activism, and businesses, Vic Mensa wears a lot of hats.

Vic Mensa 离不开“语音备忘录”应用。在音乐、表演、播客、社会活动和商业经营之间，Vic Mensa 身兼数职。

Vic Mensa is one of those people who has done so many things that it’s hard to remember where you were first introduced to him. Was it his debut mixtape Innanetape, which finally hit the major streaming services for the first time in September? Or maybe his house-influenced single “Down On My Luck”?

Vic Mensa 是那种涉猎领域极其广泛的人，以至于你很难想起最初是在哪里认识他的。是因为他九月份首次登陆各大流媒体平台的首张混音带《Innanetape》吗？还是他那首带有浩室音乐风格的单曲《Down On My Luck》？

What is your most indispensable tool? Voice Memos. Everything starts there for me. Songs, essay ideas, orange tree thoughts, voice notes to myself at some wild hour, little things my son says that I do not want to lose. My phone is a million distractions in one rectangle, but Voice Memos is one of the few parts of it that still feels honest. Just press record before the thought disappears.

你最不可或缺的工具是什么？语音备忘录。对我来说，一切都从那里开始。歌曲、文章构思、关于橘子树的想法、在深夜里留给自己的语音笔记，还有我不想遗忘的儿子说的那些小事。我的手机是一个充满无数干扰的矩形方块，但语音备忘录是其中少数让我感到真实的部分。在想法消失之前，按下录音键就好。

Which social media platform do you use the most? Instagram, for better or worse. That’s definitely where my voice has really found its legs. I started out peeling an orange and talking through whatever was on my mind, and it turned into this whole conversation with people about politics, history, music, grief, jokes, fatherhood, all of it.

你最常使用哪个社交媒体平台？Instagram，无论好坏。那绝对是我真正找到表达方式的地方。我最初只是剥着橘子，谈论着脑海里的任何想法，后来这演变成了一场与人们关于政治、历史、音乐、悲伤、笑话、为人父等所有话题的全面对话。

What do you do when you need to focus? I either do my Shambhavi Mahamudra meditation that I learned from Sadhguru or the Wim Hof breathing method. Ideally, I’ll do the Wim Hof breathing method in the steam room and then the meditation.

当你需要专注时会做什么？我会进行从 Sadhguru 那里学来的 Shambhavi Mahamudra 冥想，或者使用 Wim Hof 呼吸法。理想情况下，我会在蒸汽房里做 Wim Hof 呼吸法，然后再进行冥想。

What do you think is worth splurging on? Anything that touches your life every day. A good mattress. Good headphones. Quality food. Clothes you will actually keep for years. Experiences with your child. I have wasted money on plenty of dumb shit, so I am trying to be better about buying things that either last or make a real memory.

你认为什么东西值得挥霍？任何与你日常生活息息相关的东西。一张好的床垫。一副好的耳机。优质的食物。你会真正穿上好几年的衣服。与孩子共同经历的体验。我曾在许多愚蠢的事情上浪费过钱，所以我正努力改进，去购买那些能持久使用或能留下真实回忆的东西。