WEBVTT - Questlove Supreme: Adam Blackstone

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<v Speaker 1>Quest Love Supreme is a production of iHeartRadio Ladies and Gentlemen.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna try to say this without bring up they

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<v Speaker 2>grow up, Yes, exactly, breaking news. I don't have kids yet.

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<v Speaker 2>I will say that I probably I heard that. I

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<v Speaker 2>will probably say that I use my guests as an

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<v Speaker 2>excuse to being with pride. Uh that of that of

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<v Speaker 2>a dad watching uh his kid or an older brother

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<v Speaker 2>watching his kid brother shine.

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<v Speaker 1>And in the big game.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's literally because I've seen this person in his evolution.

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<v Speaker 2>And yes, it's even scary to me, but you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna save as much. And this is where I

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<v Speaker 2>get my fio. So on, y'all, if you are an

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<v Speaker 2>entertainer or a singer, you know, worth.

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<v Speaker 1>Your your weight in gold or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>Like, if you even think you're gonna do anything creative

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<v Speaker 2>in this lifetime without this, gentleman, oh ho ho, you

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<v Speaker 2>are sadly mistaken. Seriously, I can go through it. It

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<v Speaker 2>will probably take a half hour before I say his name,

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<v Speaker 2>Jill Scott needs work done, whatever you call Adam Blackstone,

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<v Speaker 2>Jimmy Levado, Jonas Brothers, Adam Blackstone, Moroon five, Adam Blackstone, Algebra,

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<v Speaker 2>Adam Blackstone and Al Green, Adam Blackstone, who's Doctor Drake

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<v Speaker 2>call when it's Super Bowl time? Adam Blackstone, Who's jay

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<v Speaker 2>Z call when it's time for his show to be tight?

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<v Speaker 2>Adam Blackstone, even the artist now known as the unmentionable huh,

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<v Speaker 2>Adam Blackstone, Jianna Jackson, Adam Blackstone, Eminem Queen Latifa, Alicia Keys, Timberlake, Rihanna.

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<v Speaker 2>Like when you're watching the Oscars, even when I accepted

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<v Speaker 2>my own Oscar, when you're watching The Voice, when you're

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<v Speaker 2>watching the Grammy Awards, when you're watching the Soul Tree

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<v Speaker 2>and Awards, all them specials on VH one, on BT,

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<v Speaker 2>on MTV. Even my boss, Jimmy Fallon uses for that.

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<v Speaker 2>That's my jam the masked singer Adam Blackstone. Let's not

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<v Speaker 2>forget he's currently Yes, he will be an easy egot

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<v Speaker 2>any day now, like he's currently working on his Grammy

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<v Speaker 2>for his awesome I didn't even get to talk to

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<v Speaker 2>you about this. I really like legacy, yes, even his

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<v Speaker 2>awesome legacy LP.

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<v Speaker 1>I just have to.

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<v Speaker 2>Say that I don't have the worry to express the

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<v Speaker 2>pride that I have for my guess. I'm sorry, I

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<v Speaker 2>use the entire ninety minutes to brag about our guest today,

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<v Speaker 2>Adam Blackstone on Quest Left Supreme.

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<v Speaker 3>How you doing, man, I am wonderful. That was the

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<v Speaker 3>best introduction ever.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trying. Man. You know you you deserve your your

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<v Speaker 1>past flowers. Man, you're like you're.

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<v Speaker 4>I think everybody needs to know that seventy five percent

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<v Speaker 4>of the artist that you named for me came from you.

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<v Speaker 2>Not no, not even like your your reputation, Like I

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<v Speaker 2>remember the day that and rest in Peace Room Five's

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<v Speaker 2>manager Jah Jordan. Yes, when Jordan hit me up, you

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<v Speaker 2>know about adding some spices to the group and arrangement

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<v Speaker 2>or whatnot. I don't know, Man, Like for you, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in awe because of all levels of creativity, I say,

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<v Speaker 2>even though people will say, like the greatest strength of

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<v Speaker 2>my career or my legacy, of course is the roots

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<v Speaker 2>live show. The pressure that it takes to think of

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<v Speaker 2>ideas to spice up someone's live show, man is like,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, I don't know how you do it.

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<v Speaker 2>I will say that it's one of the most things

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<v Speaker 2>thankless jobs, because no one ever thinks about what the

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<v Speaker 2>music director has to go for.

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<v Speaker 3>Man, it's a it's a it's a beast.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and and you know I have so many questions

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<v Speaker 2>to ask you, so thank you. I'm glad we finally

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<v Speaker 2>got to take time out to do this. Where you

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<v Speaker 2>hitting me from right now?

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<v Speaker 4>We are in Las Vegas right now working on the

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<v Speaker 4>Soul Train Awards. Of course left just left, which I

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<v Speaker 4>didn't see you at. We're going to talk about that too.

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<v Speaker 4>Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Saturday.

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<v Speaker 1>How was it?

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<v Speaker 3>It was really good? Man?

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<v Speaker 4>Andy Lennox asked me to move to London whe her

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<v Speaker 4>you know, don't tell my wife, but nice, nice honored

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<v Speaker 4>the rhythmics, Jam and Lewis right and Lewis.

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<v Speaker 3>Charlie Simon and Eminem and Lionel Dolly Parton.

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<v Speaker 1>Really did Lionel perform at you guys? He did?

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<v Speaker 3>We did Hello easy and all night long? Was crazy?

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<v Speaker 1>Bro Yo?

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<v Speaker 5>Can I ask you Adam because you did a few

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<v Speaker 5>up and even though you didn't invite me and Jimmy

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<v Speaker 5>Jam did you did this nice tribute to Jimmy Jam

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<v Speaker 5>and Terry.

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<v Speaker 4>I just wanted this to be in the big quest

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<v Speaker 4>love letters. You are invited to my life?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh okay, well that's did.

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<v Speaker 1>You know about the jam session?

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<v Speaker 5>Layah when Jimmy Jam told me, oh after the fact, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 5>I went. So that's what my question was, because he

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<v Speaker 5>did this jam section with a lot of kind of

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<v Speaker 5>maybe unknown singers that were very dope that did like

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<v Speaker 5>all these Jimmy and Terry songs, and I kind of

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<v Speaker 5>wanted you to talk about that too.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I will say that the night after. It's rare

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<v Speaker 2>that Sean G h supermanager, Live Nation executive. It is

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<v Speaker 2>rare that Sean Ge will ever.

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<v Speaker 3>The house.

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<v Speaker 2>That too, But it's very rare, like Sewan is a

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<v Speaker 2>family man. But I will say that if we get

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<v Speaker 2>a text from Sean G. Eleven o'clock East Coast standard time,

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<v Speaker 2>like he's basically off the clock after five pm, he

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't stop talking about how much he liked this damn legacy.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, and he called.

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<v Speaker 4>Exactly exactly, Yeah, that's exactly what I did. And and

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<v Speaker 4>you know, cultivating what you Rich Nichols, you know my

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<v Speaker 4>my father in the game, and you know Sean G

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<v Speaker 4>have brought to me. I brought East Coast vibes to

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<v Speaker 4>l a man and it was much needed. Like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>it's interesting that you said you didn't know. But one

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<v Speaker 4>of the things that happened with the Lily before social media.

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<v Speaker 3>It was word of mouth.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm really cultivating that I didn't post anything about Yeah, no,

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<v Speaker 4>it wasn't.

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<v Speaker 3>It wasn't like a thing. It was just like, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>one of the And.

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<v Speaker 4>I hope I don't get in trouble for talking about this,

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<v Speaker 4>but I felt really bad with Jimmy and Terry for

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<v Speaker 4>Rock and Roller Hall of Fame not getting a performance slot,

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<v Speaker 4>you know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 3>Their their music has impacted me.

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<v Speaker 4>And culture and the global world past R and B

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<v Speaker 4>or pop or whatever.

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<v Speaker 5>It's just their induction wasn't really promoted like that either.

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<v Speaker 5>So it wasn't until he told me that, I was like,

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<v Speaker 5>oh shit.

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<v Speaker 4>And so when I found that out. This is my

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<v Speaker 4>first year MD and the whole show. When I found

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<v Speaker 4>that out, I said, yo, I gotta do something.

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<v Speaker 3>You know what I'm saying. That's because like this is

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<v Speaker 3>what they need.

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<v Speaker 4>When I called Jimmy, you know, we had an emotional

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<v Speaker 4>moment because he was very thankful about what I was

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<v Speaker 4>about to do. And we ain't know it was going

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<v Speaker 4>to turn that into what it was, but it was.

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<v Speaker 4>It was awesome.

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<v Speaker 3>Man. I gotta give people their flowers, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>So dude, where did you find because I've seen the clips. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>And the one thing I always wonder about is the

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<v Speaker 2>legacy like who you know? Where are where are the

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<v Speaker 2>heads that would have been at Black Lily in twenty twenty?

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<v Speaker 1>Like who's that audience?

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<v Speaker 4>One?

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<v Speaker 1>How how did you find the singers? Two? How did

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<v Speaker 1>you find the audience that would receive them as well?

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<v Speaker 1>Got you?

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<v Speaker 4>So A big part of what I've been doing with

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<v Speaker 4>this legacy experience I'm mayor, is that the narrative is

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<v Speaker 4>that I've been on the road with everybody from Okay

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<v Speaker 4>player tour to more recent you know Jay and JT

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<v Speaker 4>or something like that, and so along the way, because

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<v Speaker 4>I'm such a fan of music and vocalist, I find

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<v Speaker 4>my own favorite singers by playing with these incredible artists.

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<v Speaker 4>So a lot of them have either sang backup for

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<v Speaker 4>who I've for who I've rocked with, or there'll be

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<v Speaker 4>a new artist in the city. And you know how

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<v Speaker 4>we used to like go to London or something and

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<v Speaker 4>we just go to a jam session and find you know,

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<v Speaker 4>Daily or find Amy or find Jesse j. I remember

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<v Speaker 4>pulling up somewhere random and in London like and same

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<v Speaker 4>thing with Philly is like you know, Jill Music, India, Erica.

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<v Speaker 3>At any point, somebody could walk in there.

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<v Speaker 4>But then you also get somebody like a new kid

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<v Speaker 4>at the time, Blow, you know what I'm saying, or

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<v Speaker 4>you get a new kid at the.

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<v Speaker 3>Time, Vivian Green or something like that.

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<v Speaker 4>So it's like I'm cultivating that same structure that you

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<v Speaker 4>guys have laid in. What it is is I'm letting

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<v Speaker 4>everybody shine in their element, but also trying to dictate

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<v Speaker 4>the same sort of tour type of set lists that

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<v Speaker 4>I would do if I was out on the road

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<v Speaker 4>with a Jimmy and Terry and matching the voice with

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<v Speaker 4>the moment. That's why we had somebody like a co

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<v Speaker 4>Coke Jones do I guess so lonely who She's the

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<v Speaker 4>new vibrant, sexy, you know it girl kind of doing that.

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<v Speaker 4>But then I had a Naya Do Damage and she's

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<v Speaker 4>kind of like this raunchy, you know, Houston rapper singer.

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<v Speaker 4>And then I had somebody like Lena Byrd Miles new

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<v Speaker 4>gospel album coming out, and she did I wanted to

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<v Speaker 4>highlight Jimmy and Arry's Yolanda Adams catalog. You know what

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<v Speaker 4>I'm saying who people don't know about? So she ended

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<v Speaker 4>up doing Open My Heart and so like it was

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<v Speaker 4>just a night full of gyms.

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<v Speaker 1>Man Like, straight up.

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<v Speaker 2>How many nights do you have to prepare from the

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<v Speaker 2>moment you decide you know what I'm gonna pay, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>pay tribute to them? How many nights do you have

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<v Speaker 2>to prepare for such a thing?

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<v Speaker 3>So this is where you have taught me wrong.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, okay, I have been in so many instances where

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<v Speaker 4>it's the day of through roots, through play or whatever

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<v Speaker 4>and it comes off without a hitch, or I would

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<v Speaker 4>say externally without a hitch, you know what I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>Because you know I might get a I might get

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<v Speaker 4>a every once in a while, but a note that

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<v Speaker 4>I've been or whatever. But yeah, so I take about

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<v Speaker 4>a day and a half to two days. Really, curating

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<v Speaker 4>the set list is the most thing, is the most

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<v Speaker 4>important thing for me because people move off of energy,

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<v Speaker 4>you know what I'm saying. So it's like a bad

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<v Speaker 4>set list again, which I've learned from you, is like

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<v Speaker 4>a bad setlist can dictate a bad show. You know

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<v Speaker 4>what I'm saying. You got to know, you know we yelling.

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<v Speaker 4>I've seen me yell you yell at key or whatever.

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<v Speaker 4>It's like, go get you now, right, where's da da?

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<v Speaker 3>Where's it?

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<v Speaker 4>So that's kind of what I've been doing the week

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<v Speaker 4>leading up to and then it's like, yo, I just

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<v Speaker 4>want to catch a vibe, you know what I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>and let it.

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<v Speaker 3>Let it be a natural thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>So for our audience that is not familiar because I

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<v Speaker 2>mean to the industry, you are literally the Quincy Jones.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, the part of Quincy Jones that I play

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<v Speaker 2>is being a connector. I always say that Quincy Jones'

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<v Speaker 2>telephone or his rolodex was always his best instrument his

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<v Speaker 2>ability to reach people. But the idea of what we

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<v Speaker 2>think Quincy Jones is, which he also is, is just

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<v Speaker 2>to be the go to guy to get the right

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<v Speaker 2>performance out of the artist, live, studio, whatever. And the

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<v Speaker 2>thing is you you do have to do both because

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<v Speaker 2>you know, in my world, I will say that maybe yes,

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<v Speaker 2>with the addition of like Stroe Elliott, or even with

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<v Speaker 2>Jeremy like in the Roots, we're now just adding sample

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<v Speaker 2>elements to the show in the last for you know,

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<v Speaker 2>four or five years. But with you, I know that

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<v Speaker 2>you not only have to you know, comb through their

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<v Speaker 2>entire studio history and grab that background vocals and are

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<v Speaker 2>you doing this all yourself? Like, all right, take take

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<v Speaker 2>me through a process of So I assume that since

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<v Speaker 2>Rihanna's got something cooking in the kitchen for top of

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty four, let's just hypothetically, let's just hypothetically say

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<v Speaker 2>that you might have gotten a call from Rihanna, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>saying that all right, I'm about to ramp up and

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<v Speaker 2>surprise job this album then maybe April or of twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four, and she wants she wants to go on tour.

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<v Speaker 2>And the way you're smiling right now, I think that

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<v Speaker 2>this conversation actually might have happened, even though I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know Jack, so I know how NDA's are.

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<v Speaker 1>But walk me through the process.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, no problem. So I used to do everything.

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<v Speaker 4>I was super hands on as far as like curating

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<v Speaker 4>the set list. I would sit down with the artists.

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<v Speaker 4>I would say, what is the story you're trying to tell,

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<v Speaker 4>like through either this album or through this live show process.

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<v Speaker 4>I've done it with every artist. I just want to

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<v Speaker 4>sit down and talk. I just want to see where

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<v Speaker 4>your head was when you were singing freaking pour it up.

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<v Speaker 4>I want to see where your head was when you

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<v Speaker 4>wrote Diamonds. You know what I'm saying, like, what what

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<v Speaker 4>is the story? Are you trying to go to the

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<v Speaker 4>strip club or are we going to the stadium to

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<v Speaker 4>hold up the phone light?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you trying to do both? Okay? Cool?

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<v Speaker 4>So now I take an artist like and say, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>how do we start, what's the middle, and what's the end.

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<v Speaker 4>I like to build my show in what I call acts, right,

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<v Speaker 4>because you take the listener, the audience on the journey.

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<v Speaker 4>So that first process is about getting the song list together,

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<v Speaker 4>no specific order or anything.

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<v Speaker 3>Then I kind of work backwards. I say how do

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<v Speaker 3>we start?

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<v Speaker 4>How do we end? And then I fill the middle

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<v Speaker 4>end like that. Now with a pop artist and a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of artists these days, but pop specifically, as far

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<v Speaker 4>as getting the tracks and stuff together, the backing tracks,

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<v Speaker 4>playing with a little bit of backing vocal stuff like that,

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<v Speaker 4>I call my programming team, and I call my you

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<v Speaker 4>know a lot of my lot of.

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<v Speaker 1>My how many on the programming team, it depends on

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<v Speaker 1>what it is.

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<v Speaker 4>What I just did with this past super Bowl was myself,

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<v Speaker 4>Terrence Vaughn and Derek Cobbs, and I had Omar there

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<v Speaker 4>with me. Omar Elwer was there with me every step

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<v Speaker 4>of the way, because in a gig like the Super Bowl, specifically,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm going to set design meetings, I'm going to choreography rehearsal,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm going to how are the instruments gonna look? So

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<v Speaker 4>once I have the concept and the idea, my team

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<v Speaker 4>for sure begins to try to execute in a rehearsal

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<v Speaker 4>setting where I'm in and out of because of the

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<v Speaker 4>other things that are going on as a musical director,

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<v Speaker 4>and like I said, I've learned that a musical director

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<v Speaker 4>is half about the music and more about the other stuff.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's really really crazy. The higher up you go.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm gonna get blasted for saying this, but the higher

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<v Speaker 4>up you go, the less it is about the music

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<v Speaker 4>when it comes to the MD.

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<v Speaker 1>All right question, So all right, you just you just okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, in there's always an inside joke with musicians and

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<v Speaker 2>we do it all the time, and that is hashtag

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<v Speaker 2>you've been Blackstone.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is a real hashtag.

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<v Speaker 2>Whenever we joke you've been Blackstone, that always means that

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<v Speaker 2>there's a part of the song that just has extra

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<v Speaker 2>spice into it.

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<v Speaker 1>Trademarks.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's it's almost like the way I could just

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<v Speaker 2>describe it to you. If you guys remember TLC's video

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<v Speaker 2>version for Digging on.

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<v Speaker 5>You, Yes, yes, yes.

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<v Speaker 2>If if you also remember the Hovie Baby sample Dan,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's always that element in the song that happens

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<v Speaker 2>and always wonder will you add your trademark, like that's

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<v Speaker 2>your version of you add the trademark.

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<v Speaker 6>Wow?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>But when you add your trademark Blackstone eyes thing, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder where's that come from? But then you tell

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<v Speaker 2>me that you are also in the meetings with the choreographers.

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<v Speaker 4>That's twenty seventeen and above. You feel what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 4>This is why this interview is so good, because these

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<v Speaker 4>young kids ain't see the work that I put in

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<v Speaker 4>a four or five coming off of favor and like

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<v Speaker 4>you throwing me to Kanye and you throwing Omar to

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<v Speaker 4>Jay and all of that, where it was like we

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<v Speaker 4>then had to take everything we had learned for the

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<v Speaker 4>last seven years and put it together on our own

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<v Speaker 4>and give that same amount of energy, same amount of

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<v Speaker 4>musicianship to these new artists out there. And you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I have been big. The Holy Baby thing means so

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<v Speaker 4>much to me that you would even say that, because.

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<v Speaker 3>I try to make my shows a movie.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you are the John Williams, a musical director.

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<v Speaker 4>That is a really I appreciate that, but that is

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<v Speaker 4>a great analogy because I want to take like, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I got a folder of sounds that's called Jurassic Park,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, and it's just like shots, like it's like,

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<v Speaker 4>you know what I'm saying, Like I'm in my head.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm like, yo, if somebody, if I start my show

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<v Speaker 4>like that, you are tuned in from minute one, and

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<v Speaker 4>it's very different than what I what I grew up on.

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<v Speaker 4>But I've always been a fan of pop music, and

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<v Speaker 4>not like you know, just Britney pop, but just like

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<v Speaker 4>you know, popular and what was on the radio. It

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<v Speaker 4>was something for me about adding that backing track. One

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<v Speaker 4>of the first times I did it was working with

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<v Speaker 4>a sixteen eighty over at Carving and Ivans because they

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<v Speaker 4>were pro and music soul trials show, you know what

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<v Speaker 4>I'm saying, and so they wanted some of those samples

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<v Speaker 4>like Girl next Door because we didn't have an upright out,

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<v Speaker 4>or they wanted like the Just Friends beat box, and

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<v Speaker 4>it was like, how do we accomplish that, and so

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<v Speaker 4>I started being like, yo, why don't we just play

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<v Speaker 4>along to the loop, you know what I'm saying. And

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<v Speaker 4>then that grew from there to me, you know, me

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<v Speaker 4>and yay At Fade the Black and then like doing

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<v Speaker 4>Glowing the Dark tour, and then it was like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>there's a song with daft Punk in it, and we

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<v Speaker 4>don't have daft Punk on stage with us, what's the

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<v Speaker 4>best way to achieve that? Okay, let's run with their track.

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<v Speaker 4>But then at the same time, I always like to

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<v Speaker 4>have the backing track playing along with us. This is

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<v Speaker 4>what I call it, and us not just playing to

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<v Speaker 4>the backing track. If you notice with my tracks I'm here,

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<v Speaker 4>they all kind of move even though we're locked into

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<v Speaker 4>a tempo.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a live, feeling thing.

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<v Speaker 4>And so yeah, I've been the one to create that sound.

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 4>Now I'm able to when you laugh with me all

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<v Speaker 4>the time, depending on who's coming on Foulan and you'd

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<v Speaker 4>be like, did you do this?

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<v Speaker 3>Did you do this?

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<v Speaker 4>I'd be like, nah.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you're you're you now have a generation of

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<v Speaker 2>new Blackstones, and that to me is even crazy of

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<v Speaker 2>your legacy. Wait, I always wanted to know, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>right now in the DJ world, Yeah, there's been a

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<v Speaker 2>new development that's happened for DJs, and most of us

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<v Speaker 2>are using beta beta products. And the risk with with

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<v Speaker 2>when you're using beta programming is you might get a

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<v Speaker 2>visit from.

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<v Speaker 1>The rainbow will.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely And I always wanted to know, Yeah, one, have

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<v Speaker 2>you ever been in a predicament where you've been rainbow willed,

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<v Speaker 2>or in a predicament where I left my laptop at

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<v Speaker 2>a hotel or it fell to the like a hard drive.

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<v Speaker 1>Crashed or yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, And how do you

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<v Speaker 1>handle a situation?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, this is where the musicianship comes in, right, Like,

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<v Speaker 4>don't get it twisted.

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<v Speaker 3>We are rocking with some.

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<v Speaker 4>Backing track and we got some samples and some loops

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<v Speaker 4>in there, and as budgets get cut, I may not

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<v Speaker 4>have a percussionist and stuff like that, so it's like whatever.

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<v Speaker 4>But when that swirly will comes up, we playing good

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<v Speaker 4>and live like don't I will wear you out on

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<v Speaker 4>that base like live, you know, and Omar will wear

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<v Speaker 4>you out on them kids, and Brian Fraser Moore will

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<v Speaker 4>wear you out on the drums, and you know, Randy

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<v Speaker 4>Bolin will wear you out on the guitar, so like

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<v Speaker 4>the backing track is there, but that's really given album vibes.

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<v Speaker 4>Sometimes when we hit that swirly wheel, it doesn't happen.

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<v Speaker 4>Often knock on would right, But when it does we

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<v Speaker 4>are able to go live. I remember one time at

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<v Speaker 4>Essence Fest with Janet, we was playing Funny How Time Flies,

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<v Speaker 4>and we got the swirly wheel and we were able

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<v Speaker 4>to just vibe, you know what I'm saying, because it

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<v Speaker 4>was just like the two chords, and then we were riding.

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<v Speaker 3>We had the guitar solo. It just come in until

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<v Speaker 3>it so we had to.

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<v Speaker 4>Shut down booooooo, re runned it up, but it was

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<v Speaker 4>like we was playing.

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<v Speaker 6>Is it like an eye.

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<v Speaker 5>Language, y'all look at each other and even acknowledge it.

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<v Speaker 6>Y'all just.

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<v Speaker 2>There is there a warning that she gets like we

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<v Speaker 2>might have a technical difficulty or well.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm talking to her in her ears, or I'm talking

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<v Speaker 4>to Justin or I'm talking to Red or whatever it

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<v Speaker 4>might be, like, you know, give me a second, I

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<v Speaker 4>need to like we're gonna vibe for a second. Don't

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<v Speaker 4>worry about it, because you know, I mean, when that

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<v Speaker 4>click cut off, we all look around like what the heck.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like the sound silence is the sound.

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<v Speaker 4>Of death when you run into it with with some

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<v Speaker 4>backing track, but it doesn't happen often. One of the

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<v Speaker 4>craziest things I remember is it's not that it crashed,

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<v Speaker 4>but walking to the stage, Kanye said, oh yeah, Adam,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't want to do the second verse tonight, and.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like yo four three and the lights come on.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm like, wait, what did he just say?

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<v Speaker 4>And so I run over to the side of the

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<v Speaker 4>stage with my programmer, Demetrius.

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<v Speaker 1>The show is Demetrious is God?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, demy is the guy. Yes, I run the show

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<v Speaker 4>is playing on one laptop. We're editing on the next

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<v Speaker 4>laptop for the next song, and we take the verse

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<v Speaker 4>out of that song.

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<v Speaker 3>We switched to the B rig.

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<v Speaker 4>When it's the second song is about to come on,

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<v Speaker 4>and then we switched back to the A rig.

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<v Speaker 1>So you have two computers running at the same time

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<v Speaker 1>in case.

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<v Speaker 3>What we call redundant systems.

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<v Speaker 5>But you also walk into the stage talking to Demitrius

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<v Speaker 5>at the same time while you walking to the stage

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<v Speaker 5>because you just said it and you got to hurry

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<v Speaker 5>up and evain show.

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<v Speaker 3>That all happens, right, he's.

0:23:45.440 --> 0:23:48.320
<v Speaker 4>On this demy is at the stage already and me

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<v Speaker 4>and Yay are walking.

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<v Speaker 3>He's like, oh yeah, I don't want to do.

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<v Speaker 2>And I was like, wait what So I was going

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<v Speaker 2>to ask who is your Who's been your most wild

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<v Speaker 2>pitch client.

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<v Speaker 4>That's the question I've ever Kanye West after I did

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<v Speaker 4>the Kanye West Go On to Dark Tour, I could

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<v Speaker 4>do anything. He said, I want you to make a

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<v Speaker 4>robot fly across the stage and score it, but I

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<v Speaker 4>want the scoring to sound like flashing lights. I was

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<v Speaker 4>just like, huh huh, and we bro we did it.

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<v Speaker 2>Do your artists have a basic general understanding that any

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<v Speaker 2>slight suggestion they might have might be a five minute timeout.

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<v Speaker 1>Like a guy like Prince never had patience for his engineer.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think any of the artists do right now.

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<v Speaker 4>And a lot of that is our fault, ar Mayor,

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<v Speaker 4>because we make it happen, you.

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<v Speaker 3>Know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, five minutes, fifteen minutes, whatever, it's just like

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<v Speaker 4>get it done, you know what I'm saying. I pride

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<v Speaker 4>myself on making sketches ahead of time so that they know,

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<v Speaker 4>okay yo. I was feeling that, but I'm not feeling

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<v Speaker 4>this work on this as opposed to showing up to

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<v Speaker 4>rehearsal or showing up to the gig and then asking

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<v Speaker 4>for the change then because it is a stop down,

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<v Speaker 4>you know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 3>But that's why team is so important.

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<v Speaker 2>Man.

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<v Speaker 4>When I have somebody like Demetrius, or I have somebody

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<v Speaker 4>like Danny Chung with me, I know they like boo boo,

0:25:21.359 --> 0:25:23.560
<v Speaker 4>and it's like we speak the same language, you know

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<v Speaker 4>what I mean. But I think every artist is impatient,

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<v Speaker 4>especially when you're on that stage, especially when you at

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<v Speaker 4>the rehearsal studio.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like, yo, let's let's get this popping, you know

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<v Speaker 3>what I mean.

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<v Speaker 5>I know that this is like a moment where y'all

0:25:35.280 --> 0:25:37.840
<v Speaker 5>don't really get to talk that often, and we are

0:25:37.840 --> 0:25:39.679
<v Speaker 5>in it. And even Amir even forgot to say our

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<v Speaker 5>names or whatever. But Amir, you got to ask him

0:25:41.560 --> 0:25:43.480
<v Speaker 5>the question that we ask everybody. We got to know,

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<v Speaker 5>like the beginners and even y'all story I forgot to

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<v Speaker 5>go yes, like who is the fuck Adam blaste Right.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Court. Love Supreme

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<v Speaker 2>got sugar Steed, unpaid bills somewhere and making millions. No, no, seriously,

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<v Speaker 2>y'all don't get.

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<v Speaker 5>This time, and y'all don't get this time. So I

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<v Speaker 5>totally get it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so close to Adam that I'm actually having a

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<v Speaker 2>conversation that I would have if we were actually on

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<v Speaker 2>the telephone. You are all right, So yeah, let's let

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<v Speaker 2>let us start at the beginning. What was your first

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<v Speaker 2>musical memory.

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<v Speaker 4>My first musical memory, yes, in life? Wow, yeah, Well

0:26:27.600 --> 0:26:31.600
<v Speaker 4>I remember just playing at church. And one of the

0:26:31.920 --> 0:26:34.800
<v Speaker 4>high praise moments was when I was about six or

0:26:34.840 --> 0:26:38.959
<v Speaker 4>seven years old and I went from drums to base

0:26:39.680 --> 0:26:42.800
<v Speaker 4>to Oregon and as a kid, and they everybody was

0:26:42.840 --> 0:26:46.600
<v Speaker 4>like you better playboy, Oh my god, And I was cool,

0:26:46.720 --> 0:26:49.400
<v Speaker 4>got up on the played the bass boom, sat down

0:26:49.440 --> 0:26:51.440
<v Speaker 4>to orgon. I don't know what I was playing, good

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<v Speaker 4>or bad, but they hyped me up and I just

0:26:54.000 --> 0:26:56.640
<v Speaker 4>I was like, Okay, I can do this. And one

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<v Speaker 4>of my other early memories is more non direct musical.

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<v Speaker 4>But my dad came home and quit his job and

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<v Speaker 4>he told my mom like, yo, I want to do

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<v Speaker 4>music full time. And we looked around like what are

0:27:10.000 --> 0:27:14.080
<v Speaker 4>we about to do? And he supported us and sustained us.

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<v Speaker 4>What you would call today, you know, a wedding band

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<v Speaker 4>singer or whatever. But it's like, you know, he played weddings,

0:27:20.280 --> 0:27:24.600
<v Speaker 4>bar mythahs, three services on Sundays, you.

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<v Speaker 3>Know, banquets, all of that. He did it full time. Man.

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<v Speaker 3>So it was like, that's one of my other early

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<v Speaker 3>music memories.

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<v Speaker 6>What did he play?

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<v Speaker 4>My dad plays keys? My dad plays keys. As I

0:27:34.640 --> 0:27:37.880
<v Speaker 4>look back at it, he was really the first MD

0:27:38.320 --> 0:27:40.000
<v Speaker 4>that I saw, because I don't know if I knew

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<v Speaker 4>what that was like, you know, getting into musical director terminology.

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<v Speaker 3>But he have a little TR nine O nine.

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<v Speaker 4>He just throw on a beat at one ten and

0:27:50.680 --> 0:27:55.720
<v Speaker 4>he would play brick House, Electric Slide Macarena all to

0:27:55.800 --> 0:27:56.920
<v Speaker 4>the same beat and just.

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<v Speaker 7>Like, hey, she's all bread all night long.

0:28:10.040 --> 0:28:12.879
<v Speaker 4>And then folks would just go crazy, like you know,

0:28:13.119 --> 0:28:16.600
<v Speaker 4>like keep the party going. It's like, you know, it's electric,

0:28:18.440 --> 0:28:22.160
<v Speaker 4>Like he was one of those dudes man. And as

0:28:22.200 --> 0:28:24.040
<v Speaker 4>I look back at it when I became older, I

0:28:24.119 --> 0:28:26.520
<v Speaker 4>was like, Yo, that's a big part of how I

0:28:26.560 --> 0:28:30.480
<v Speaker 4>put set lists together for freaking justin Timberlake or Rihanna,

0:28:30.520 --> 0:28:35.240
<v Speaker 4>I'm like, what's the feeling, what's gonna keep the party going?

0:28:35.280 --> 0:28:37.639
<v Speaker 4>How I've done the last four Super Bowls is like,

0:28:37.840 --> 0:28:38.640
<v Speaker 4>we can't stop.

0:28:38.760 --> 0:28:41.160
<v Speaker 3>We only got twelve minutes, you know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 4>And like a big part of that, as I look back,

0:28:43.840 --> 0:28:48.280
<v Speaker 4>is my dad like curating his banquet sets or his

0:28:48.520 --> 0:28:51.880
<v Speaker 4>Saturday night party you know lodge.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, straight up, you know, and he sustained less.

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<v Speaker 1>And did you ever join his actual.

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<v Speaker 4>So I did as I became thirteen fourteen fifteen, Like

0:29:03.840 --> 0:29:05.920
<v Speaker 4>I played drums with him a little bit. I played

0:29:05.960 --> 0:29:07.960
<v Speaker 4>bass with them a little bit. But you know that's

0:29:08.160 --> 0:29:14.000
<v Speaker 4>also another detriment to like non rehearsal, but it works, so.

0:29:13.920 --> 0:29:16.360
<v Speaker 3>It's like like, oh, yeah, we don't need to rehearse.

0:29:18.080 --> 0:29:20.640
<v Speaker 4>And I think when I got a little baby budget

0:29:20.840 --> 0:29:22.920
<v Speaker 4>and I was like, oh I could rehearse for a week,

0:29:23.160 --> 0:29:24.440
<v Speaker 4>it was like, oh we rehearsed.

0:29:24.600 --> 0:29:28.560
<v Speaker 3>I'm tainted by questlove and my dad.

0:29:28.440 --> 0:29:33.080
<v Speaker 1>Not no man, Sometimes you just got to sink or

0:29:33.120 --> 0:29:33.600
<v Speaker 1>swim with it.

0:29:33.680 --> 0:29:34.480
<v Speaker 3>You gotta go with it.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, but those are my first early memories. And then

0:29:37.000 --> 0:29:40.600
<v Speaker 4>moving to Philadelphia in two thousand just changed my life,

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<v Speaker 4>like hand, So what were you previously? Before I was

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<v Speaker 4>in Willingborough, New Jersey. I grew up born in Trenton,

0:29:47.160 --> 0:29:50.560
<v Speaker 4>you know, Willingborough was like Jan Yay and Ty Triviat

0:29:51.560 --> 0:29:55.320
<v Speaker 4>and City. They were like, you know, shout out.

0:29:55.240 --> 0:29:59.920
<v Speaker 6>To Jayski poaching peace too. Yeah in Shaka Zulu.

0:30:00.520 --> 0:30:08.680
<v Speaker 3>And Stupid Yes yeah, Mike Zombie all you know Mike Zombie.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so William bor Man And then I went to

0:30:12.120 --> 0:30:15.320
<v Speaker 4>college at University of the Artists and moved to Philadelphia.

0:30:14.640 --> 0:30:17.160
<v Speaker 1>And changed what year did you go to university?

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<v Speaker 3>Two thousand? Make you feel old?

0:30:20.720 --> 0:30:21.800
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, man, you did.

0:30:23.560 --> 0:30:28.200
<v Speaker 2>I'll explain to our audience that you know, you know,

0:30:28.360 --> 0:30:32.200
<v Speaker 2>back in back in ninety seven, late ninety seven where

0:30:33.040 --> 0:30:37.760
<v Speaker 2>Richard Nichols our beloved North Star where we were trying

0:30:37.760 --> 0:30:40.400
<v Speaker 2>to do this for a fourth time, and rich was

0:30:40.440 --> 0:30:41.840
<v Speaker 2>sort of like, this is our do or die moment.

0:30:42.040 --> 0:30:45.280
<v Speaker 2>And his suggestion was like, we gotta we gotta come

0:30:45.360 --> 0:30:47.760
<v Speaker 2>up with a story for Philadelphia. This is what's not working,

0:30:47.840 --> 0:30:51.520
<v Speaker 2>Like we got the critical claim and you know, we're

0:30:51.520 --> 0:30:54.600
<v Speaker 2>getting slow traction, but we need a story that that

0:30:54.680 --> 0:30:58.560
<v Speaker 2>will stick. And his version of the story was we

0:30:58.640 --> 0:30:59.840
<v Speaker 2>got to have a jam session.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was like, why do we have to have

0:31:01.480 --> 0:31:02.240
<v Speaker 1>a jam session?

0:31:02.840 --> 0:31:06.480
<v Speaker 2>He's like, well, one, you know, collaborators for your own record,

0:31:06.520 --> 0:31:09.480
<v Speaker 2>but more than that we have to build a music community.

0:31:10.440 --> 0:31:11.720
<v Speaker 1>And because he said that.

0:31:11.840 --> 0:31:15.160
<v Speaker 2>You know, it's like we always thought we were going

0:31:15.240 --> 0:31:17.360
<v Speaker 2>to be like the adopted little brothers of.

0:31:19.000 --> 0:31:21.640
<v Speaker 1>You know, the Native tongues and yeah and all that stuff.

0:31:22.160 --> 0:31:25.719
<v Speaker 2>And I mean, no, you know, they they were feeling us,

0:31:25.720 --> 0:31:27.720
<v Speaker 2>but none of them were really in the mind state

0:31:27.800 --> 0:31:31.240
<v Speaker 2>of doing those things that they were doing earlier in

0:31:31.320 --> 0:31:35.960
<v Speaker 2>ninety one, like postsecuts and all those things. So you know,

0:31:36.080 --> 0:31:38.320
<v Speaker 2>Rich was basically like, well, we could either wait for

0:31:38.400 --> 0:31:42.120
<v Speaker 2>someone to adopt us, or we better just do it ourselves.

0:31:43.120 --> 0:31:46.400
<v Speaker 4>So I'm so glad he did, because you guys became

0:31:46.520 --> 0:31:50.320
<v Speaker 4>the Big Brothers instant, bro Like, instantly.

0:31:50.880 --> 0:31:52.400
<v Speaker 1>We have no choice.

0:31:52.680 --> 0:31:55.080
<v Speaker 4>I walked into the five spot and I was like,

0:31:55.400 --> 0:31:59.520
<v Speaker 4>I ain't never seen nobody play like this, look like,

0:32:00.280 --> 0:32:03.680
<v Speaker 4>smell like this, eat like this, thing like.

0:32:03.720 --> 0:32:05.880
<v Speaker 3>This, dance like this, rap like this.

0:32:06.000 --> 0:32:09.440
<v Speaker 4>It was just a card shifting moment for me, even

0:32:09.480 --> 0:32:12.680
<v Speaker 4>as a black man, because I grew up in Wilborough,

0:32:12.840 --> 0:32:17.600
<v Speaker 4>very affluent African American town, you know, almost you know, Huxtable, Like,

0:32:18.280 --> 0:32:22.560
<v Speaker 4>but I thought Philadelphia was so far away culturally, you

0:32:22.600 --> 0:32:25.080
<v Speaker 4>know what I'm saying, And like just crossing the bridge

0:32:25.120 --> 0:32:27.800
<v Speaker 4>thirty minutes. It's nothing, you know what I mean. But

0:32:27.920 --> 0:32:29.520
<v Speaker 4>I thought it was so far away and it was

0:32:29.600 --> 0:32:32.320
<v Speaker 4>a whole nother world. When it came to the music

0:32:33.440 --> 0:32:38.080
<v Speaker 4>meeting rich and Jazzy fat nasties like changed my life,

0:32:38.160 --> 0:32:41.600
<v Speaker 4>like straight up, like just my entire like literally changed

0:32:41.640 --> 0:32:42.320
<v Speaker 4>my life.

0:32:42.600 --> 0:32:44.600
<v Speaker 1>Well, yeah, what I was going to say was that

0:32:45.120 --> 0:32:46.000
<v Speaker 1>the plan worked.

0:32:46.600 --> 0:32:49.920
<v Speaker 2>Everyone wound up getting record deals and every you know,

0:32:50.040 --> 0:32:52.600
<v Speaker 2>then we wound up going on tour, and I will

0:32:52.640 --> 0:32:56.200
<v Speaker 2>say that it morphed from the roots jam sessions, and

0:32:56.200 --> 0:32:59.960
<v Speaker 2>then around ninety nine it became more black lily focused.

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<v Speaker 1>So for you, can you talk.

0:33:03.560 --> 0:33:06.959
<v Speaker 2>About just the the because even I don't know, like

0:33:07.040 --> 0:33:10.040
<v Speaker 2>I would just come to the five spot to see

0:33:10.040 --> 0:33:10.920
<v Speaker 2>the results of it.

0:33:11.480 --> 0:33:15.360
<v Speaker 1>But are you guys rehearsing with Joe all those times?

0:33:15.400 --> 0:33:16.400
<v Speaker 1>Are you rehearsing?

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<v Speaker 6>And how did you get in the mix period?

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<v Speaker 4>How I think I stalked Larry Gold studio. I stayed

0:33:25.920 --> 0:33:29.120
<v Speaker 4>there for days on end, just with my guitar. I

0:33:29.200 --> 0:33:31.840
<v Speaker 4>was the big dude that played the bass, waiting for

0:33:32.000 --> 0:33:37.640
<v Speaker 4>my chance, like just waiting. I got invited down by

0:33:37.840 --> 0:33:44.160
<v Speaker 4>a fourteen year old Jasmine Sullivan. She did invite I

0:33:44.200 --> 0:33:47.120
<v Speaker 4>love it yeah, I mean her band, you know, Darn

0:33:47.200 --> 0:33:48.760
<v Speaker 4>Robertson and Aaron Draper.

0:33:48.840 --> 0:33:51.480
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and at that time, it was like.

0:33:51.880 --> 0:33:57.040
<v Speaker 4>Aaron Draper and continues to still be the connector, like

0:33:57.160 --> 0:34:01.360
<v Speaker 4>I don't care what nobody says. Yeah, Aaron Draper, you know,

0:34:01.600 --> 0:34:08.440
<v Speaker 4>has has really plugged ninety percent of our generations musicians

0:34:08.520 --> 0:34:12.160
<v Speaker 4>too rich to sean to my mayor to read to

0:34:12.320 --> 0:34:14.880
<v Speaker 4>hug you know what I mean. Rest of Peace is

0:34:14.960 --> 0:34:17.960
<v Speaker 4>like you know, Aaron Draper was that guy and he

0:34:18.000 --> 0:34:20.080
<v Speaker 4>would just always say, hey, yo, come down to He

0:34:20.120 --> 0:34:25.080
<v Speaker 4>wouldn't ask. He still don't ask. He's out with Adel

0:34:25.160 --> 0:34:26.839
<v Speaker 4>right now. He's like, man, just come over.

0:34:27.040 --> 0:34:30.640
<v Speaker 2>Just yeah, shout out to Aaron for my ADEL discount

0:34:30.760 --> 0:34:33.600
<v Speaker 2>because you know, two thousand dollars a little bit too steep.

0:34:35.000 --> 0:34:36.480
<v Speaker 1>Even for a guy with a good job like me.

0:34:36.880 --> 0:34:39.759
<v Speaker 4>So we hear now, bro, and they killing it's gonna

0:34:39.800 --> 0:34:41.600
<v Speaker 4>be worth it. We out in Vegas now they over there,

0:34:41.560 --> 0:34:45.400
<v Speaker 4>they cross the street. And so when I got the

0:34:45.480 --> 0:34:49.399
<v Speaker 4>opportunity to go to the studio, I just sat there

0:34:49.600 --> 0:34:52.680
<v Speaker 4>like yeah, like I just sat there for days and

0:34:52.800 --> 0:34:54.719
<v Speaker 4>weeks and then it was a few of y'all, it

0:34:54.880 --> 0:34:56.480
<v Speaker 4>was a lot of It was a lot of us

0:34:56.520 --> 0:34:59.040
<v Speaker 4>and then you know, Rich said, man, so y'all were

0:34:59.080 --> 0:35:03.320
<v Speaker 4>just chilling wait see waiting, and then Rich would say.

0:35:03.920 --> 0:35:05.520
<v Speaker 2>Laughing because she knows where I'm about to go with this,

0:35:06.080 --> 0:35:08.919
<v Speaker 2>Like I might not have been paying attention or using

0:35:08.920 --> 0:35:10.280
<v Speaker 2>the background like you were.

0:35:10.120 --> 0:35:12.200
<v Speaker 5>Not you kept a straight D line to the studio.

0:35:12.320 --> 0:35:13.439
<v Speaker 5>You know how I'm gonna go.

0:35:15.160 --> 0:35:16.719
<v Speaker 1>Be like damn who these niggas all right?

0:35:16.760 --> 0:35:20.440
<v Speaker 4>Anyway, So there was a couple of times I think,

0:35:20.520 --> 0:35:23.239
<v Speaker 4>like as y'all were making like this might be a

0:35:23.239 --> 0:35:25.800
<v Speaker 4>little what's the album before Tipping Point.

0:35:27.000 --> 0:35:28.920
<v Speaker 6>That's when they did the jam sessions Phrenology.

0:35:29.040 --> 0:35:30.839
<v Speaker 3>That's when they started on Phrenology.

0:35:30.960 --> 0:35:33.439
<v Speaker 4>It was like, let's just get our mirror and reek

0:35:33.600 --> 0:35:36.759
<v Speaker 4>some ideas like you know what I'm saying, like you know,

0:35:37.680 --> 0:35:42.840
<v Speaker 4>and uh Me and Omar and and Aaron and Daryl

0:35:42.840 --> 0:35:45.680
<v Speaker 4>were just and Randy and Kevin Hansen like we would

0:35:45.719 --> 0:35:48.920
<v Speaker 4>just go down there and just give I like, do

0:35:49.080 --> 0:35:52.880
<v Speaker 4>loopy ideas with you for with you in mind, with

0:35:53.040 --> 0:35:55.440
<v Speaker 4>wreaking mind from Dice raw and stuff like that.

0:35:55.800 --> 0:35:56.359
<v Speaker 3>But at the.

0:35:56.320 --> 0:35:59.560
<v Speaker 4>Same time we didn't know that that was our audition

0:36:00.120 --> 0:36:04.840
<v Speaker 4>right for Rich to actually bring us to you, because

0:36:05.400 --> 0:36:08.160
<v Speaker 4>there was a vetting process. I don't care what nobody

0:36:08.239 --> 0:36:11.680
<v Speaker 4>say about that back room. You if you make it

0:36:11.719 --> 0:36:16.719
<v Speaker 4>to our marror's room, you made it. Hey, Am I

0:36:16.760 --> 0:36:17.440
<v Speaker 4>telling the truth?

0:36:17.719 --> 0:36:17.919
<v Speaker 8>Nah?

0:36:18.080 --> 0:36:22.080
<v Speaker 4>All facts you have to If you don't know that

0:36:22.440 --> 0:36:25.680
<v Speaker 4>bell door to the studio and you can go straight on.

0:36:25.760 --> 0:36:27.960
<v Speaker 6>A secret route, that's hilarious.

0:36:28.040 --> 0:36:28.600
<v Speaker 1>You don't know.

0:36:30.000 --> 0:36:32.799
<v Speaker 4>So when you go past the main door and you

0:36:32.920 --> 0:36:35.839
<v Speaker 4>go to the back room, that's the audition that ain't

0:36:36.840 --> 0:36:40.680
<v Speaker 4>and so and so listen and then fast forward where

0:36:40.719 --> 0:36:43.560
<v Speaker 4>you make it through the big door. Right you be

0:36:43.640 --> 0:36:45.360
<v Speaker 4>picking your head out like, oh y'all going in the

0:36:45.400 --> 0:36:46.960
<v Speaker 4>back Yeah, no, we were in here, bro.

0:36:47.280 --> 0:36:50.160
<v Speaker 3>We we're in the j room.

0:36:51.120 --> 0:36:52.879
<v Speaker 6>In the room.

0:36:52.960 --> 0:36:58.319
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, man, so that we you know, huge, I can

0:36:58.520 --> 0:37:00.759
<v Speaker 4>I can't do any interview with out big ing up

0:37:01.120 --> 0:37:04.040
<v Speaker 4>Rich Nichols and his vision for us and his vision

0:37:04.160 --> 0:37:07.240
<v Speaker 4>for for me and us as as a generation under

0:37:07.280 --> 0:37:10.560
<v Speaker 4>you guys, where it was like we passed some of

0:37:10.640 --> 0:37:13.920
<v Speaker 4>us as the test to make it to you for

0:37:14.040 --> 0:37:17.040
<v Speaker 4>then you to say and James to say and and

0:37:17.320 --> 0:37:20.440
<v Speaker 4>say like yo, come do black party or come do

0:37:20.600 --> 0:37:23.600
<v Speaker 4>hole or come do whatever. Where it was like you

0:37:23.719 --> 0:37:29.000
<v Speaker 4>guys were then to me like you know it it

0:37:30.000 --> 0:37:31.719
<v Speaker 4>was hard to lock y'all down because you was on

0:37:31.760 --> 0:37:33.520
<v Speaker 4>the road so much, you know what I mean. But

0:37:33.680 --> 0:37:37.080
<v Speaker 4>we also make records and we were getting calls for

0:37:37.280 --> 0:37:40.040
<v Speaker 4>bigger gigs and I got a whole.

0:37:39.920 --> 0:37:43.279
<v Speaker 5>Nother still doing the Lily too though, right, Adam, Like, so,

0:37:43.560 --> 0:37:44.400
<v Speaker 5>how does that work?

0:37:44.760 --> 0:37:46.720
<v Speaker 1>When did you officially.

0:37:47.719 --> 0:37:52.560
<v Speaker 4>Like li, No, I never outgreed. I'm bringing Lily. What

0:37:52.600 --> 0:37:54.920
<v Speaker 4>I'm doing now is all Lily five on my head, So.

0:37:55.280 --> 0:37:56.279
<v Speaker 1>I'm not that but I don't.

0:37:57.160 --> 0:37:59.520
<v Speaker 4>But it's like, it's like, so, so you guys got

0:37:59.520 --> 0:38:02.120
<v Speaker 4>all these people and themselves as well, So let me

0:38:02.320 --> 0:38:04.640
<v Speaker 4>big up to all the artists. But once somebody gets

0:38:04.680 --> 0:38:07.839
<v Speaker 4>a deal, they then have to They want that same

0:38:08.040 --> 0:38:11.359
<v Speaker 4>vibe that got them the deal to have row with them.

0:38:11.600 --> 0:38:12.400
<v Speaker 3>You know what I'm saying.

0:38:12.840 --> 0:38:15.400
<v Speaker 2>Let me explain all so that once this outgrew my

0:38:15.719 --> 0:38:19.640
<v Speaker 2>living room and then went to the Five Spot and

0:38:19.680 --> 0:38:24.160
<v Speaker 2>sometimes Wetlands in New York. Then eventually these artists started

0:38:24.200 --> 0:38:27.319
<v Speaker 2>getting record deals and next thing, you know, like they

0:38:27.320 --> 0:38:30.600
<v Speaker 2>would pull six band members and whatnot. There was one

0:38:30.640 --> 0:38:34.960
<v Speaker 2>point where I came home and without any context whatsoever,

0:38:36.080 --> 0:38:37.359
<v Speaker 2>I was walking.

0:38:37.040 --> 0:38:38.600
<v Speaker 1>Down the five Spot. I was like, Yo, that look

0:38:38.640 --> 0:38:40.560
<v Speaker 1>like Diddy. And I called rich so I say, Yo,

0:38:40.600 --> 0:38:41.960
<v Speaker 1>what the fuck's pop Daddy.

0:38:41.760 --> 0:38:44.359
<v Speaker 3>Doing here watching the.

0:38:44.360 --> 0:38:47.399
<v Speaker 2>New artists and literally, like you know, I've been going

0:38:47.440 --> 0:38:49.640
<v Speaker 2>for like four months, and Richard's explaining to me like

0:38:49.760 --> 0:38:52.560
<v Speaker 2>you don't even know, like now's the wild wild West

0:38:52.840 --> 0:38:55.960
<v Speaker 2>and everybody done herd that Philly has the best musicians

0:38:56.360 --> 0:38:57.480
<v Speaker 2>and they're really.

0:38:57.239 --> 0:38:59.240
<v Speaker 1>Coming down stealing.

0:38:59.320 --> 0:39:03.160
<v Speaker 2>But even even the musicians that I felt weren't even

0:39:03.480 --> 0:39:07.319
<v Speaker 2>up to part on that left like everyone was getting work.

0:39:07.440 --> 0:39:12.080
<v Speaker 4>The stigma of Philadelphia alone got people a lot of

0:39:12.160 --> 0:39:13.680
<v Speaker 4>work based off of this city.

0:39:15.080 --> 0:39:15.239
<v Speaker 1>Yo.

0:39:15.719 --> 0:39:17.040
<v Speaker 6>It's funny. I just had a flashback.

0:39:17.040 --> 0:39:19.360
<v Speaker 5>I'm like, I remember when Fonte had his album released

0:39:19.400 --> 0:39:22.400
<v Speaker 5>at the five Spot in Philly, like Florney Change like

0:39:22.440 --> 0:39:22.719
<v Speaker 5>it was.

0:39:24.400 --> 0:39:24.879
<v Speaker 8>Nah nah.

0:39:24.920 --> 0:39:27.960
<v Speaker 9>We had we had our release party at uh Fire

0:39:28.000 --> 0:39:30.200
<v Speaker 9>Spight in Philly, and then when we did this is

0:39:30.280 --> 0:39:33.160
<v Speaker 9>O three. I want to say, when we did the Roots,

0:39:33.239 --> 0:39:36.440
<v Speaker 9>y'all did y'all Christmas Winter Break Tour, and that was

0:39:36.440 --> 0:39:38.360
<v Speaker 9>when y'all you played you were playing bass for us,

0:39:38.400 --> 0:39:38.839
<v Speaker 9>little brother.

0:39:38.840 --> 0:39:42.200
<v Speaker 8>That was the first time we met. Yeah, straight up,

0:39:42.239 --> 0:39:45.239
<v Speaker 8>that was the first time it was us.

0:39:45.400 --> 0:39:49.520
<v Speaker 9>Jean Gray, okay player to that's right, it was okay

0:39:49.520 --> 0:39:52.160
<v Speaker 9>Player Tour, yup, oh three, And that was the first

0:39:52.160 --> 0:39:54.279
<v Speaker 9>time me and you worked together and you played for us,

0:39:54.280 --> 0:39:56.319
<v Speaker 9>and I just remember thinking, like, Yo, this is the

0:39:56.360 --> 0:39:58.440
<v Speaker 9>happiest bass player I've ever seen in my life.

0:40:00.520 --> 0:40:06.080
<v Speaker 4>I was like, I gotta say, man, going on then, okay,

0:40:06.080 --> 0:40:07.359
<v Speaker 4>Player Tour my first tour.

0:40:09.160 --> 0:40:09.920
<v Speaker 1>How was your first time?

0:40:10.320 --> 0:40:10.560
<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

0:40:10.680 --> 0:40:14.399
<v Speaker 4>As I look back at a mirror, had us there

0:40:14.800 --> 0:40:19.120
<v Speaker 4>to uh he overworked us?

0:40:19.280 --> 0:40:23.040
<v Speaker 3>Right? But did I go no?

0:40:23.040 --> 0:40:24.920
<v Speaker 4>Now, this is what I want to say you you

0:40:25.080 --> 0:40:27.480
<v Speaker 4>stayed on the drums the whole night too. So it's

0:40:27.560 --> 0:40:30.719
<v Speaker 4>like I always I tell young kids. Now, I'm like, yo,

0:40:31.400 --> 0:40:33.759
<v Speaker 4>if i'm playing too, like, I'm not, you know what

0:40:33.760 --> 0:40:35.799
<v Speaker 4>I mean. I'm not telling y'all to do anything that

0:40:35.880 --> 0:40:40.040
<v Speaker 4>I wouldn't do. And so I don't see it as that.

0:40:40.120 --> 0:40:43.040
<v Speaker 4>What I see it as as setting the blueprint for

0:40:43.280 --> 0:40:47.680
<v Speaker 4>how to work hard to achieve success and you have

0:40:47.760 --> 0:40:49.000
<v Speaker 4>to go above and beyond.

0:40:49.120 --> 0:40:51.000
<v Speaker 3>And we love music so much.

0:40:51.080 --> 0:40:53.480
<v Speaker 4>I was like, I'm going to play for everybody out

0:40:53.480 --> 0:40:56.600
<v Speaker 4>here that they allow me to play for because that

0:40:56.680 --> 0:41:00.960
<v Speaker 4>relationship equity means more to me and anything, you know

0:41:01.000 --> 0:41:01.560
<v Speaker 4>what I'm saying.

0:41:02.400 --> 0:41:05.919
<v Speaker 2>So, when was the first time that you played for

0:41:06.000 --> 0:41:08.560
<v Speaker 2>a non Lily Act.

0:41:08.880 --> 0:41:11.759
<v Speaker 4>My first big gig, I tell the story was you

0:41:11.800 --> 0:41:19.200
<v Speaker 4>guys did Unplugged and the big homie called Yall said, oh.

0:41:19.120 --> 0:41:22.200
<v Speaker 1>That's right, I forgot that philadelphonics.

0:41:22.239 --> 0:41:26.920
<v Speaker 4>Ladelphonics, and so he was going to retire, and it

0:41:27.000 --> 0:41:29.600
<v Speaker 4>was like and it was super loose though, Bro, I

0:41:29.640 --> 0:41:31.239
<v Speaker 4>don't know if you remember that, but it was like

0:41:31.280 --> 0:41:32.640
<v Speaker 4>we went up to sir wait.

0:41:32.680 --> 0:41:36.560
<v Speaker 10>Faith the Black was your first big big gig, yes it?

0:41:38.040 --> 0:41:41.200
<v Speaker 10>Oh three, yeah, Man, I could have sworn by then.

0:41:41.280 --> 0:41:44.360
<v Speaker 10>You was kicking at Michael Jackson's house.

0:41:44.200 --> 0:41:48.120
<v Speaker 4>And I mean, you know, Vivian music, so child all that,

0:41:48.200 --> 0:41:50.880
<v Speaker 4>but oh three is like, you know, that's that's that's

0:41:50.920 --> 0:41:51.239
<v Speaker 4>I was.

0:41:51.320 --> 0:41:53.200
<v Speaker 3>I was nineteen turning twenty.

0:41:53.280 --> 0:41:54.880
<v Speaker 2>So that's the first time you were in like Madison

0:41:54.920 --> 0:41:56.399
<v Speaker 2>Square Garden all that stuff.

0:41:56.160 --> 0:41:58.520
<v Speaker 3>Absolutely first first time.

0:42:00.400 --> 0:42:03.000
<v Speaker 2>You rarely hear me say, I mean, now I'm having fun.

0:42:04.640 --> 0:42:07.680
<v Speaker 2>But that week was so fun to me, man.

0:42:07.600 --> 0:42:09.360
<v Speaker 3>So fun, Bro, so fun.

0:42:09.400 --> 0:42:11.960
<v Speaker 4>And that taught me so so much about how to

0:42:12.000 --> 0:42:14.800
<v Speaker 4>curate a set. You know, at that time, we didn't

0:42:14.800 --> 0:42:18.400
<v Speaker 4>know who was going on next, second, last, first, whatever.

0:42:18.440 --> 0:42:21.200
<v Speaker 4>It was like, yo, I saw you put that whole

0:42:21.200 --> 0:42:24.400
<v Speaker 4>thing together. But at the same time, utilize the genius

0:42:24.440 --> 0:42:30.239
<v Speaker 4>people around you, and you know, young Beyonce and Mary

0:42:30.320 --> 0:42:34.720
<v Speaker 4>and you know, just like this is Jay's last album

0:42:34.800 --> 0:42:40.759
<v Speaker 4>and we're playing encore too, and everybody saying, oh right, yeah.

0:42:40.520 --> 0:42:42.400
<v Speaker 3>It's just like super crazy.

0:42:42.440 --> 0:42:48.960
<v Speaker 4>And that gig spawned me meeting Yay, which spawned me

0:42:48.960 --> 0:42:53.120
<v Speaker 4>meeting Ree, which spawned me meeting Janet, which spawned me

0:42:53.120 --> 0:42:56.600
<v Speaker 4>meeting Drake, which you know with spawn me meeting justin timulate.

0:42:56.760 --> 0:43:00.799
<v Speaker 4>So that Fade to Black alone set the path for

0:43:00.960 --> 0:43:04.279
<v Speaker 4>my entire career. And I like to tell the other

0:43:04.320 --> 0:43:06.200
<v Speaker 4>thing I just wanted to speak on real quick, is

0:43:06.239 --> 0:43:09.080
<v Speaker 4>that one thing in Philly that we do do as

0:43:09.160 --> 0:43:12.160
<v Speaker 4>musicians is we try to be nice and speak to

0:43:12.160 --> 0:43:14.319
<v Speaker 4>everybody because you never know who up next, right, So

0:43:14.360 --> 0:43:17.880
<v Speaker 4>it's like, you know that week as well American expound

0:43:17.920 --> 0:43:19.840
<v Speaker 4>on it, but like it was some heavy hitters in

0:43:19.880 --> 0:43:21.920
<v Speaker 4>there and them rehearsals.

0:43:21.760 --> 0:43:23.240
<v Speaker 3>That who they were then.

0:43:23.360 --> 0:43:27.600
<v Speaker 4>Is not who they are right now, and like they

0:43:28.440 --> 0:43:33.239
<v Speaker 4>we treated everybody equally like and so you know, Beyonce

0:43:33.520 --> 0:43:37.560
<v Speaker 4>then was not Beyonce now, and you know, just blazed

0:43:37.600 --> 0:43:41.120
<v Speaker 4>in and Swiss and you know what I mean, arguably

0:43:41.200 --> 0:43:43.600
<v Speaker 4>even you know what Jay has done the last twenty

0:43:43.680 --> 0:43:45.200
<v Speaker 4>years from that show alone.

0:43:45.280 --> 0:43:47.680
<v Speaker 3>You know what I mean. Right, They didn't even let

0:43:47.760 --> 0:43:48.839
<v Speaker 3>yay on that night.

0:43:49.200 --> 0:43:50.759
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I was going to say that.

0:43:51.160 --> 0:43:55.799
<v Speaker 2>I I remember him not being able to get backstage.

0:43:56.280 --> 0:43:58.600
<v Speaker 1>Yep, you remember speaking to him.

0:43:59.000 --> 0:44:01.359
<v Speaker 3>Yeah. So one of the things that happened after that,

0:44:01.400 --> 0:44:01.799
<v Speaker 3>he was.

0:44:01.760 --> 0:44:04.840
<v Speaker 4>Like, Yo, I'm working on my music too, we should

0:44:04.880 --> 0:44:06.040
<v Speaker 4>work together, Like you know.

0:44:06.000 --> 0:44:06.359
<v Speaker 3>What I mean.

0:44:06.480 --> 0:44:09.440
<v Speaker 4>I just just say yes to everybody, because that's how

0:44:09.480 --> 0:44:12.200
<v Speaker 4>it was for me being in Philly, you know what

0:44:12.239 --> 0:44:14.360
<v Speaker 4>I mean. I was just like, you never know which

0:44:14.400 --> 0:44:17.279
<v Speaker 4>opportunity is going to be the next big thing.

0:44:22.160 --> 0:44:24.120
<v Speaker 2>Okay, I'll ask you now because I know that you're

0:44:24.120 --> 0:44:28.759
<v Speaker 2>older and wiser now when you are vetting and auditioning,

0:44:29.239 --> 0:44:30.840
<v Speaker 2>if someone says, yeah I got this young boy, and

0:44:30.920 --> 0:44:33.520
<v Speaker 2>d d d da da da da da da, Like

0:44:33.719 --> 0:44:36.320
<v Speaker 2>my dad told me the audition process. He used to

0:44:36.360 --> 0:44:41.600
<v Speaker 2>always make me audition musicians by playing a ballot. He

0:44:41.640 --> 0:44:44.560
<v Speaker 2>would make me play the most simple He would say, no,

0:44:44.680 --> 0:44:47.719
<v Speaker 2>don't do the intricate shit. He says, I'm gonna teach

0:44:47.719 --> 0:44:50.440
<v Speaker 2>you something. Pick the simplest ballad that we got in

0:44:50.480 --> 0:44:54.279
<v Speaker 2>our repertoire and make them audition then and sure enough,

0:44:55.120 --> 0:44:58.360
<v Speaker 2>like musicians would fall apart because they couldn't play something

0:44:58.440 --> 0:44:59.080
<v Speaker 2>so simple.

0:44:59.480 --> 0:45:01.360
<v Speaker 1>They knew that intricate ship, but they couldn't play the

0:45:01.360 --> 0:45:03.319
<v Speaker 1>simple shit. Well, first of.

0:45:03.239 --> 0:45:06.719
<v Speaker 2>All, are you a don't come to me, I'll come

0:45:06.760 --> 0:45:09.480
<v Speaker 2>to you type of cat? Like if I say, Yo,

0:45:09.520 --> 0:45:12.960
<v Speaker 2>I got this young boy, da da da da use

0:45:13.000 --> 0:45:16.040
<v Speaker 2>the shit? You should use him? How how do you

0:45:16.120 --> 0:45:18.680
<v Speaker 2>know how good he'll be? Do you just go to

0:45:18.719 --> 0:45:20.279
<v Speaker 2>his YouTube page or like what?

0:45:20.520 --> 0:45:20.719
<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

0:45:20.760 --> 0:45:23.400
<v Speaker 4>But like you know, are we talking now, because before

0:45:23.719 --> 0:45:26.200
<v Speaker 4>you know, twelve years ago, we ain't have none of that,

0:45:26.360 --> 0:45:29.719
<v Speaker 4>like you know, so it was total word of mouth,

0:45:29.760 --> 0:45:31.640
<v Speaker 4>and that's how I got on, you know what I mean?

0:45:31.719 --> 0:45:36.720
<v Speaker 4>Like my my career spawned from people singing and hearing

0:45:36.760 --> 0:45:38.719
<v Speaker 4>the music on stage, but also a word of mouth,

0:45:38.800 --> 0:45:40.760
<v Speaker 4>like yo, let me get that dude's number whatever whatever.

0:45:40.840 --> 0:45:43.000
<v Speaker 1>So what I look like, I mean more or less?

0:45:43.080 --> 0:45:45.719
<v Speaker 2>Like I know that you should at least know two

0:45:45.800 --> 0:45:48.160
<v Speaker 2>to three people that play the same thing. Like you'll

0:45:48.280 --> 0:45:52.000
<v Speaker 2>use Klay Sears for guitar, it's not you'll use Randy Bowling.

0:45:52.560 --> 0:45:56.520
<v Speaker 2>But I'm certain that there's put me in coach.

0:45:56.520 --> 0:45:59.600
<v Speaker 1>Energy always all the time.

0:45:59.680 --> 0:46:04.600
<v Speaker 2>So how do you deal with the expectation factor of

0:46:04.640 --> 0:46:05.080
<v Speaker 2>the music.

0:46:05.200 --> 0:46:07.280
<v Speaker 1>And I'm sure and right now is even past Philly.

0:46:07.320 --> 0:46:11.080
<v Speaker 2>I'm sure that you know musicians worldwide Now it's global.

0:46:11.160 --> 0:46:14.719
<v Speaker 4>Man, the dms go crazy with videos and stuff like that.

0:46:14.880 --> 0:46:18.800
<v Speaker 4>Now I have to be honest and say, people hiring

0:46:18.840 --> 0:46:20.800
<v Speaker 4>me are hiring me for my sound.

0:46:21.360 --> 0:46:22.560
<v Speaker 3>So I'm not up.

0:46:22.920 --> 0:46:26.800
<v Speaker 4>I'm not mad at using the same twenty folks because

0:46:27.200 --> 0:46:30.000
<v Speaker 4>I know I get what I get out of them,

0:46:30.520 --> 0:46:34.239
<v Speaker 4>you know what I'm saying. It's very rare that, you know,

0:46:34.320 --> 0:46:36.200
<v Speaker 4>even back in the day we used to just tag

0:46:36.280 --> 0:46:36.799
<v Speaker 4>somebody in.

0:46:36.880 --> 0:46:39.480
<v Speaker 3>It's very rare that that happens, you know what I'm saying.

0:46:39.719 --> 0:46:41.200
<v Speaker 3>And so when it.

0:46:41.120 --> 0:46:45.680
<v Speaker 4>Does happen, it's because they have a vocabulary of genre

0:46:45.880 --> 0:46:48.880
<v Speaker 4>that I love, Like I love a dude to, you know,

0:46:49.080 --> 0:46:51.520
<v Speaker 4>play country beat and then play a hip hop beat

0:46:51.600 --> 0:46:55.240
<v Speaker 4>and it still feel very authentic, you know what I'm saying.

0:46:56.239 --> 0:47:01.280
<v Speaker 4>And then just like feel timing and feel James Poyser,

0:47:01.960 --> 0:47:04.359
<v Speaker 4>let me have it. The first time I played the

0:47:04.360 --> 0:47:07.480
<v Speaker 4>bass show, I had a six string Ken Smith and

0:47:07.520 --> 0:47:10.600
<v Speaker 4>he said, hey, yo, don't ever come in this studio

0:47:10.800 --> 0:47:13.040
<v Speaker 4>with this furnit. He said it was a He said,

0:47:13.080 --> 0:47:20.720
<v Speaker 4>my bass was a piece of furniture, yo, And so.

0:47:20.719 --> 0:47:22.520
<v Speaker 3>I didn't know what that meant. I went to a

0:47:22.640 --> 0:47:23.719
<v Speaker 3>jazz school, you know.

0:47:23.880 --> 0:47:26.200
<v Speaker 4>I thought I was freaking Anthony Jackson at the time,

0:47:26.360 --> 0:47:29.280
<v Speaker 4>like I was doing everything like that. And he handed

0:47:29.320 --> 0:47:36.200
<v Speaker 4>me Little Brother Slum Village Voodoo and then I was

0:47:36.280 --> 0:47:42.799
<v Speaker 4>like Pine, Pino Pine, you know, no he knew, and

0:47:42.840 --> 0:47:47.560
<v Speaker 4>I was like, oh, Pino Palette, okay cool, or like Dyla,

0:47:47.800 --> 0:47:52.520
<v Speaker 4>oh okay, my electric bass should sound like some MPC pads,

0:47:52.560 --> 0:47:55.759
<v Speaker 4>like you know what I'm saying, And like he he

0:47:55.960 --> 0:47:58.799
<v Speaker 4>put me, James and Omar put me on so much

0:47:58.880 --> 0:48:01.400
<v Speaker 4>music that you had either giving them or they that

0:48:01.800 --> 0:48:05.040
<v Speaker 4>opened their ears up to when he told me my.

0:48:05.000 --> 0:48:07.759
<v Speaker 3>Base was a piece of furniture, bro, I was like,

0:48:09.560 --> 0:48:10.640
<v Speaker 3>I saved up.

0:48:10.840 --> 0:48:14.160
<v Speaker 4>I saved up the fastest three hundred and seventy five

0:48:14.239 --> 0:48:16.160
<v Speaker 4>dollars that I could to just go get a four

0:48:16.239 --> 0:48:22.359
<v Speaker 4>string Fender Jazz and I don't know choice. It's still

0:48:22.400 --> 0:48:24.719
<v Speaker 4>my weapon of choice. I do play five, but like

0:48:24.840 --> 0:48:27.640
<v Speaker 4>that base. You know, we did Yes Sirs with We

0:48:27.719 --> 0:48:30.880
<v Speaker 4>did joh Stone, That's on a lot of records.

0:48:30.920 --> 0:48:33.760
<v Speaker 3>We did Our Green you know what I'm saying.

0:48:35.120 --> 0:48:37.040
<v Speaker 4>That was the one and to the point where even

0:48:37.120 --> 0:48:39.719
<v Speaker 4>Rich was like, hey, yo, where's the bring the four

0:48:39.760 --> 0:48:44.760
<v Speaker 4>string in? Like, you know, like I had to learn

0:48:45.480 --> 0:48:50.000
<v Speaker 4>genre specific vocabulary, not just what I hadn't known through

0:48:50.120 --> 0:48:52.239
<v Speaker 4>chops or whatever. So that's even what I look for,

0:48:52.719 --> 0:48:55.319
<v Speaker 4>you know, the antithesis of what I started is what

0:48:55.360 --> 0:48:56.279
<v Speaker 4>I look for now.

0:48:56.480 --> 0:48:58.720
<v Speaker 3>You know what I mean? You hate the music.

0:48:59.440 --> 0:49:02.640
<v Speaker 4>I'd made a lot of money and a big living

0:49:02.880 --> 0:49:06.640
<v Speaker 4>playing low on the base, Like you know what I'm saying,

0:49:06.800 --> 0:49:09.839
<v Speaker 4>Like I don't have to do all that up high

0:49:09.880 --> 0:49:13.279
<v Speaker 4>stuff to make it feel right for me personally, you

0:49:13.280 --> 0:49:16.120
<v Speaker 4>know what I'm saying. And like, coming from a dealer record,

0:49:16.200 --> 0:49:18.800
<v Speaker 4>it's like that ain't even what he was doing, coming

0:49:18.840 --> 0:49:21.840
<v Speaker 4>from a from a from a slum or a voodoo place,

0:49:21.880 --> 0:49:24.160
<v Speaker 4>it's like, you know, I mean, Peanut can play anything,

0:49:24.200 --> 0:49:26.279
<v Speaker 4>but it's like it was really about the groove and

0:49:26.320 --> 0:49:26.800
<v Speaker 4>the feeling.

0:49:26.880 --> 0:49:28.920
<v Speaker 3>So that's what I tried to hone in on for

0:49:28.960 --> 0:49:30.040
<v Speaker 3>about two years.

0:49:31.000 --> 0:49:33.040
<v Speaker 9>What were you listening to growing up? Because you were

0:49:33.040 --> 0:49:35.040
<v Speaker 9>saying that James and everbody were putting you on like

0:49:35.080 --> 0:49:35.480
<v Speaker 9>the slum.

0:49:35.800 --> 0:49:37.840
<v Speaker 4>I had never listened to that stuff, so I was

0:49:37.880 --> 0:49:43.600
<v Speaker 4>listening to the Clark Sisters gospel well, and then like

0:49:43.680 --> 0:49:47.320
<v Speaker 4>a lot of now Rogers, but through samples, like you couldn't.

0:49:47.400 --> 0:49:47.680
<v Speaker 1>I was.

0:49:47.800 --> 0:49:49.839
<v Speaker 3>I was Biggie Smalls in my head. So I was like,

0:49:50.320 --> 0:49:52.120
<v Speaker 3>who's hot? Who's not? Tell me.

0:49:54.680 --> 0:49:56.760
<v Speaker 4>Who got to So I was like, wait a minute,

0:49:56.760 --> 0:49:59.680
<v Speaker 4>but that that guitar part is cold, Like let me

0:49:59.719 --> 0:50:01.040
<v Speaker 4>find now what that is?

0:50:02.040 --> 0:50:06.840
<v Speaker 2>Edwards was your base god in and now Rogers.

0:50:06.840 --> 0:50:07.719
<v Speaker 3>Now Rogers.

0:50:07.760 --> 0:50:11.560
<v Speaker 4>And then I was like a lot of Yo, I'm

0:50:11.560 --> 0:50:13.480
<v Speaker 4>gonna be I'm gonna keeping the honey. I ain't never

0:50:13.520 --> 0:50:16.440
<v Speaker 4>said this out loud, but like, you couldn't tell me

0:50:16.480 --> 0:50:20.359
<v Speaker 4>that Bad Boy didn't have the coldest musicians.

0:50:20.480 --> 0:50:26.719
<v Speaker 3>Before I knew they were samples. I was like no, no, no,

0:50:26.719 --> 0:50:35.719
<v Speaker 3>no, no no no. I was like what I was like?

0:50:35.840 --> 0:50:39.560
<v Speaker 3>Boom boom? I was like, Yo, they killing in the studio.

0:50:40.200 --> 0:50:42.000
<v Speaker 3>I was twelve years old, you know what I'm saying.

0:50:42.040 --> 0:50:44.160
<v Speaker 4>So I'm listening to One More Chance, I'm listening in

0:50:44.239 --> 0:50:47.160
<v Speaker 4>the warning, I'm listening to more Money, more Problems. I'm

0:50:47.200 --> 0:50:50.920
<v Speaker 4>listening to hypnotized boom boom Oh. I played that at

0:50:50.920 --> 0:50:54.760
<v Speaker 4>my marching BANDJO and they was like, yo, you Biggie Sall.

0:50:55.719 --> 0:50:57.640
<v Speaker 8>But that was but the way you described that album,

0:50:57.680 --> 0:51:00.759
<v Speaker 8>that's the same way. That's what midnight As was for me.

0:51:01.040 --> 0:51:04.080
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, Dog, I swore you you couldn't have told me

0:51:04.200 --> 0:51:04.960
<v Speaker 9>mann Mardas.

0:51:05.000 --> 0:51:06.319
<v Speaker 8>Wasn't them playing all that role?

0:51:07.680 --> 0:51:10.280
<v Speaker 2>Like you know what I mean the amount of times

0:51:10.320 --> 0:51:16.320
<v Speaker 2>I grew Bob Power about Electric Relaxation. Yes, even Michelle

0:51:16.360 --> 0:51:20.560
<v Speaker 2>Degolchella gave like damn near her whole entire Rolling Stone

0:51:20.600 --> 0:51:24.840
<v Speaker 2>interview about like qtup is the the next uh just

0:51:24.920 --> 0:51:29.840
<v Speaker 2>his court structure of blah blah blah blah blah.

0:51:30.040 --> 0:51:32.719
<v Speaker 1>You buy the record like damn No.

0:51:32.800 --> 0:51:34.960
<v Speaker 2>But I mean even then to Discovery and hear it

0:51:35.000 --> 0:51:36.280
<v Speaker 2>in that way, that's still genius.

0:51:36.280 --> 0:51:37.520
<v Speaker 1>So that's not to take away.

0:51:37.280 --> 0:51:39.759
<v Speaker 4>From no no, no no, but I'm just saying, like,

0:51:39.800 --> 0:51:43.520
<v Speaker 4>those are the baselines that like, tell me what you

0:51:43.640 --> 0:51:45.960
<v Speaker 4>want from dude.

0:51:46.080 --> 0:51:50.480
<v Speaker 3>I'm like, Yo, these dudes is cold. The Hitman is cold.

0:51:51.239 --> 0:51:55.440
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, And so you know, learning where they came from

0:51:55.480 --> 0:51:58.600
<v Speaker 4>and Eld the Barge flips and and and you know

0:51:59.360 --> 0:52:02.520
<v Speaker 4>Bernard flips and now slips, it was like it was

0:52:02.600 --> 0:52:05.000
<v Speaker 4>mind boggling to me. So then when I finally dove

0:52:05.040 --> 0:52:08.120
<v Speaker 4>into the original records and really honed in on my

0:52:08.200 --> 0:52:10.799
<v Speaker 4>own tone, I was like, this is where it comes

0:52:10.840 --> 0:52:13.239
<v Speaker 4>from you know what I mean, the original, the original vibe.

0:52:13.239 --> 0:52:15.160
<v Speaker 4>And then like you know, a huge Ron Carter fan

0:52:15.400 --> 0:52:19.160
<v Speaker 4>and you know, flipping that from tribe as well, Like

0:52:20.280 --> 0:52:21.399
<v Speaker 4>was mind boggling too.

0:52:21.840 --> 0:52:23.680
<v Speaker 8>Did you commission for hamm were you?

0:52:25.080 --> 0:52:26.440
<v Speaker 3>I was more take six?

0:52:26.680 --> 0:52:28.160
<v Speaker 8>You would take sick? Okay, gotcha?

0:52:28.239 --> 0:52:29.400
<v Speaker 3>I was more take six.

0:52:29.800 --> 0:52:31.840
<v Speaker 1>Wow the generation after commission?

0:52:32.400 --> 0:52:35.319
<v Speaker 3>Right, I was, I'm being honest. I was a Fred

0:52:35.360 --> 0:52:35.960
<v Speaker 3>Hammon fan.

0:52:36.080 --> 0:52:38.320
<v Speaker 4>And then it was like, oh he came from commission,

0:52:38.400 --> 0:52:39.760
<v Speaker 4>so you know, I'm just being honest.

0:52:39.760 --> 0:52:40.200
<v Speaker 3>I'm just.

0:52:42.120 --> 0:52:43.640
<v Speaker 1>Church all right.

0:52:43.960 --> 0:52:47.120
<v Speaker 4>And then lastly, my uncle had a gospel group, so

0:52:47.239 --> 0:52:50.239
<v Speaker 4>to me, they was like they was commissioned in New Jersey.

0:52:50.320 --> 0:52:54.440
<v Speaker 3>I was like, oh, that's they better than they like jobicy.

0:52:54.080 --> 0:52:54.680
<v Speaker 8>In my town.

0:52:56.440 --> 0:52:59.560
<v Speaker 2>I always wanted to know, have you ever been in

0:52:59.640 --> 0:53:03.640
<v Speaker 2>a musical situation where it did not work out?

0:53:03.719 --> 0:53:04.040
<v Speaker 1>Well?

0:53:04.400 --> 0:53:05.800
<v Speaker 4>I don't know if this is what you mean, but

0:53:05.800 --> 0:53:08.840
<v Speaker 4>I'm gonna tell this one story. We're doing Coachella with doctor.

0:53:08.640 --> 0:53:12.360
<v Speaker 1>Dre Right, right, is this the Tupacca.

0:53:15.160 --> 0:53:18.200
<v Speaker 4>He brings in, this this new young kid rapper from

0:53:18.320 --> 0:53:25.080
<v Speaker 4>from from La Compton. Right, I was like, he's all right,

0:53:25.320 --> 0:53:28.399
<v Speaker 4>I mean, y'all want me to arrange. He's gonna he's

0:53:28.400 --> 0:53:30.840
<v Speaker 4>gonna do two songs in the middle of ourselves, Like

0:53:31.840 --> 0:53:35.160
<v Speaker 4>I don't know, man, like he he okay, you.

0:53:35.160 --> 0:53:35.760
<v Speaker 3>Know what I'm saying.

0:53:37.440 --> 0:53:39.960
<v Speaker 4>I was like, you know what, i'ma I'm gonna let

0:53:40.040 --> 0:53:41.919
<v Speaker 4>my man do this one because like I really want

0:53:41.920 --> 0:53:44.600
<v Speaker 4>to concentrate on this pop and I'm a really, you know,

0:53:44.680 --> 0:53:45.960
<v Speaker 4>I really want to get this right.

0:53:46.160 --> 0:53:47.440
<v Speaker 3>Eminem's on the way.

0:53:47.400 --> 0:53:50.319
<v Speaker 4>And it's like, nah, like yo, just you know, help

0:53:50.400 --> 0:53:52.880
<v Speaker 4>the kid out. I was like, I can't do it.

0:53:53.400 --> 0:53:58.000
<v Speaker 4>And I was like, all right, he comes in great energy.

0:53:58.840 --> 0:54:01.920
<v Speaker 4>I was like, what's your name, man, Kendrick, And I

0:54:02.080 --> 0:54:05.400
<v Speaker 4>was like all right, all right, okay.

0:54:05.320 --> 0:54:08.600
<v Speaker 3>Like you know what I'm saying. So it's like I've

0:54:08.719 --> 0:54:12.760
<v Speaker 3>lost twice like that in my life.

0:54:13.239 --> 0:54:16.440
<v Speaker 4>Really wasn't really feeling it when I first heard it,

0:54:16.440 --> 0:54:19.960
<v Speaker 4>and then I'm his his energy is what brought me

0:54:20.040 --> 0:54:21.960
<v Speaker 4>into him, if I can be honest, you know what

0:54:22.000 --> 0:54:22.480
<v Speaker 4>I'm saying.

0:54:22.800 --> 0:54:25.359
<v Speaker 8>Before the music, before.

0:54:25.040 --> 0:54:28.200
<v Speaker 4>The early music, it was like he was just like

0:54:28.440 --> 0:54:32.399
<v Speaker 4>and then same thing, Sean G said, Yo, I need

0:54:32.440 --> 0:54:35.080
<v Speaker 4>you to work with this kid from North Carolina. I

0:54:35.120 --> 0:54:39.040
<v Speaker 4>was like, oh, you know, I'm busy, bro, Like he

0:54:39.120 --> 0:54:40.799
<v Speaker 4>said listen to this he could rap.

0:54:40.920 --> 0:54:41.080
<v Speaker 3>Bro.

0:54:41.120 --> 0:54:44.759
<v Speaker 2>I was like Friday Night Lights all right, you know,

0:54:45.680 --> 0:54:48.960
<v Speaker 2>ran Friday Night Lights down my throat man like yo,

0:54:49.640 --> 0:54:50.640
<v Speaker 2>cold man.

0:54:50.640 --> 0:54:53.279
<v Speaker 4>Jay Cole Bro, And it was like, Yo, just let

0:54:53.320 --> 0:54:55.560
<v Speaker 4>me fly you to North Carolina. I was at ninth

0:54:55.600 --> 0:54:59.520
<v Speaker 4>Wonder was like, come to North Carolina and same thing.

0:55:00.120 --> 0:55:02.000
<v Speaker 4>His energy is what did it for me?

0:55:02.160 --> 0:55:02.520
<v Speaker 3>Over to me?

0:55:02.800 --> 0:55:06.400
<v Speaker 4>So I got two l's for sure, I got else. Like,

0:55:06.880 --> 0:55:10.080
<v Speaker 4>you know, they arguably top ten of all time right now.

0:55:10.000 --> 0:55:12.680
<v Speaker 5>Yo, But how many more Kendred shows have you been

0:55:12.760 --> 0:55:15.040
<v Speaker 5>kind of forced to md anyway based off of like

0:55:15.520 --> 0:55:19.760
<v Speaker 5>from halftime to award shows, Like it's been.

0:55:19.600 --> 0:55:23.000
<v Speaker 4>Great to work with him, you know, specifically yeah, last halftime,

0:55:23.680 --> 0:55:26.480
<v Speaker 4>you know, And like I said, the relationship and the

0:55:26.640 --> 0:55:30.560
<v Speaker 4>energy is always right. But I'm saying I've taken creative

0:55:30.800 --> 0:55:33.040
<v Speaker 4>l's because I was like, I don't hear it, Yo,

0:55:33.160 --> 0:55:35.080
<v Speaker 4>I don't. I don't know what to do, I don't

0:55:35.080 --> 0:55:37.840
<v Speaker 4>know how to range. I'm not I'm not connected to

0:55:38.040 --> 0:55:41.880
<v Speaker 4>this two l's Kendrick and j Cole for sure, arguably

0:55:41.960 --> 0:55:44.439
<v Speaker 4>like I said, number one, two great human black men,

0:55:44.680 --> 0:55:49.120
<v Speaker 4>just great guys hey, and then arguably top ten lyricists

0:55:49.160 --> 0:55:51.839
<v Speaker 4>and then it was like, you know, I almost missed it.

0:55:52.040 --> 0:55:55.400
<v Speaker 2>I do want to ask I mean, so many questions

0:55:55.400 --> 0:55:56.560
<v Speaker 2>to ask you about your career.

0:55:56.640 --> 0:56:03.120
<v Speaker 1>But now with you winning the Emmys, yes, and I.

0:56:03.280 --> 0:56:07.840
<v Speaker 2>You know, I know that to be in that particular position,

0:56:08.280 --> 0:56:12.440
<v Speaker 2>like it's such a teugh line air tight space where

0:56:13.080 --> 0:56:15.360
<v Speaker 2>one person can monopolized the whole marketplace.

0:56:15.440 --> 0:56:18.120
<v Speaker 1>Like for the longest, I thought, what's the brother's name?

0:56:18.440 --> 0:56:19.120
<v Speaker 1>A bass player?

0:56:20.600 --> 0:56:24.279
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, like I thought, like, oh god, Ricky Mine is

0:56:24.280 --> 0:56:27.000
<v Speaker 2>going to own the Emmys until he's one hundred and

0:56:27.080 --> 0:56:30.760
<v Speaker 2>ninety seven years old, like not ever giving up space

0:56:30.840 --> 0:56:31.240
<v Speaker 2>or whatever.

0:56:31.320 --> 0:56:34.640
<v Speaker 1>But tell me about navigating your.

0:56:34.480 --> 0:56:39.520
<v Speaker 2>Way through non concert stage, non studio world, like getting

0:56:39.560 --> 0:56:42.680
<v Speaker 2>into television scoring, and I mean eventually, I guess you're

0:56:42.719 --> 0:56:43.879
<v Speaker 2>going to start doing movie soon.

0:56:44.280 --> 0:56:47.040
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, man, I'm looking forward to that as well. I've

0:56:47.080 --> 0:56:48.120
<v Speaker 3>worked on a couple.

0:56:48.400 --> 0:56:53.760
<v Speaker 4>Big ones, Greatest Showman, I did the soundtrack in the Heights,

0:56:53.840 --> 0:56:56.840
<v Speaker 4>and I just did a kid's one called Lyle Lyle Crocodile,

0:56:56.920 --> 0:56:59.160
<v Speaker 4>and all of that is what our brother our Philly brothers,

0:56:59.160 --> 0:56:59.799
<v Speaker 4>Binge and pop.

0:57:01.520 --> 0:57:04.560
<v Speaker 3>But yeah, you know how I got into the television

0:57:04.600 --> 0:57:05.600
<v Speaker 3>space for sure.

0:57:06.080 --> 0:57:09.440
<v Speaker 4>You know, I remember two thousand and twelve thirteen be

0:57:09.520 --> 0:57:11.560
<v Speaker 4>ET Awards. I had about six.

0:57:11.440 --> 0:57:14.200
<v Speaker 3>Or seven clients on.

0:57:14.080 --> 0:57:17.640
<v Speaker 4>The BET Awards and Jesse Collins was like, y'all, I'm

0:57:17.640 --> 0:57:20.560
<v Speaker 4>giving this dude seven checks, Like just hire him to

0:57:20.560 --> 0:57:25.640
<v Speaker 4>do the whole show. We could save some money. I'll

0:57:25.680 --> 0:57:28.440
<v Speaker 4>never forget that. I just remember like showing up to

0:57:28.600 --> 0:57:30.760
<v Speaker 4>meeting after meeting and they were like, Yo, you hear again,

0:57:30.840 --> 0:57:33.360
<v Speaker 4>you hear again. And that was one of the things

0:57:33.360 --> 0:57:38.040
<v Speaker 4>that I saw Ricky Minor do, and you know, at

0:57:38.080 --> 0:57:42.400
<v Speaker 4>the time like Patreus Russian and like you know, Ray

0:57:42.440 --> 0:57:46.640
<v Speaker 4>Schu of course, and from the Apollo I had been

0:57:46.720 --> 0:57:51.000
<v Speaker 4>doing killing touring sets. So in my head I was like, Yo,

0:57:51.120 --> 0:57:54.360
<v Speaker 4>what of these artists for three minutes and thirty seconds

0:57:54.960 --> 0:57:59.800
<v Speaker 4>get a touring Adam Blackstone experience on television? And when

0:57:59.800 --> 0:58:01.560
<v Speaker 4>I'm made up in my mind, I was going to

0:58:01.640 --> 0:58:08.000
<v Speaker 4>spend the same amount of time programming and arranging one song.

0:58:07.840 --> 0:58:09.440
<v Speaker 3>As I did a whole show.

0:58:09.960 --> 0:58:12.040
<v Speaker 4>It was a game changer, man, And they haven't been

0:58:12.080 --> 0:58:15.760
<v Speaker 4>able to, you know, like move forward from that because

0:58:15.760 --> 0:58:20.000
<v Speaker 4>I give each artist an experience in that TV moment

0:58:20.720 --> 0:58:23.320
<v Speaker 4>that they've never had before. I'm not just playing the

0:58:23.320 --> 0:58:26.600
<v Speaker 4>record most of the time, I'm giving them that live

0:58:26.680 --> 0:58:30.720
<v Speaker 4>show experience in their three minute segment, you know what

0:58:30.720 --> 0:58:35.000
<v Speaker 4>I'm saying, and so that makes audiences excited, that makes

0:58:35.040 --> 0:58:38.280
<v Speaker 4>the network excited. It was hard to navigate, though, and

0:58:38.320 --> 0:58:40.640
<v Speaker 4>I'm still learning a mayor, like you know EMD and

0:58:40.640 --> 0:58:43.440
<v Speaker 4>the Oscars last year and following you it was like

0:58:44.240 --> 0:58:50.280
<v Speaker 4>making those sandwiches and writing out charts and you know, conducting.

0:58:49.840 --> 0:58:53.360
<v Speaker 3>Sixty piece orchestra. It was like, Yo, I'm still learning.

0:58:53.360 --> 0:58:56.000
<v Speaker 4>But at the same time, I believe in myself so

0:58:56.160 --> 0:58:58.760
<v Speaker 4>much that I know I can do anything. And if

0:58:58.800 --> 0:59:01.120
<v Speaker 4>I don't know something, huge question.

0:59:01.000 --> 0:59:04.360
<v Speaker 2>Asker, So, all right, answer this question for me. Yeah,

0:59:04.440 --> 0:59:08.560
<v Speaker 2>I've been dying to know for awards shows especially. Yeah,

0:59:08.880 --> 0:59:13.840
<v Speaker 2>when you're doing award shows, how much leeway do you

0:59:13.960 --> 0:59:17.880
<v Speaker 2>have a knowing who the winner is going to be?

0:59:19.200 --> 0:59:21.160
<v Speaker 1>Or like, what is the process?

0:59:21.200 --> 0:59:26.520
<v Speaker 2>Do you have five different sets of music on standby

0:59:26.760 --> 0:59:28.680
<v Speaker 2>and they're like the winner is.

0:59:30.040 --> 0:59:33.200
<v Speaker 1>Super so you're like, all right, see dude three?

0:59:33.360 --> 0:59:37.760
<v Speaker 4>Like how so what we did for Oscars was the

0:59:37.840 --> 0:59:42.240
<v Speaker 4>winner music. Specifically, I pre recorded down there in the

0:59:42.280 --> 0:59:45.760
<v Speaker 4>pit each of the five nominees so that we could

0:59:45.840 --> 0:59:49.439
<v Speaker 4>just trigger it almost like playback, depending on who won

0:59:49.760 --> 0:59:52.400
<v Speaker 4>you know what I'm saying. They do not let me know.

0:59:52.480 --> 0:59:54.560
<v Speaker 4>I want to be super clear with that. I do

0:59:54.760 --> 0:59:57.400
<v Speaker 4>not know until it flashes up on the screen. But

0:59:57.600 --> 1:00:00.560
<v Speaker 4>I've been able to kind of trick the system a

1:00:00.560 --> 1:00:03.280
<v Speaker 4>little bit with how our normal playback works is now

1:00:03.360 --> 1:00:06.320
<v Speaker 4>just putting all the music for that one moment in

1:00:06.480 --> 1:00:08.960
<v Speaker 4>playback and they can play whichever one that they want

1:00:09.000 --> 1:00:09.400
<v Speaker 4>to play.

1:00:10.160 --> 1:00:13.280
<v Speaker 3>Now, if I'm doing something a little more general.

1:00:13.520 --> 1:00:15.120
<v Speaker 1>Not even a ten second warning or.

1:00:15.960 --> 1:00:18.560
<v Speaker 4>Not really, man, Nah, it might flash up on the

1:00:18.600 --> 1:00:22.040
<v Speaker 4>screen five seconds before you know what I'm saying. But

1:00:22.200 --> 1:00:25.120
<v Speaker 4>if I'm doing something a little more general category, I

1:00:25.240 --> 1:00:29.080
<v Speaker 4>might just do something super you know in that space,

1:00:29.280 --> 1:00:31.120
<v Speaker 4>you know what I mean, or tempo for somebody to

1:00:31.160 --> 1:00:31.760
<v Speaker 4>walk up on.

1:00:31.760 --> 1:00:33.120
<v Speaker 3>Stage or something like that.

1:00:33.680 --> 1:00:36.160
<v Speaker 4>But when it's when it's it's a direct you know,

1:00:36.240 --> 1:00:40.680
<v Speaker 4>Oscars movie song thing, I'm like, yo, without us messing up,

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<v Speaker 4>let's record all of the nominees music and let you

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<v Speaker 4>guys pick one's or what you want to play.

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<v Speaker 2>So there's thirty seven categories for the Oscars.

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<v Speaker 3>Times five or six or seven.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So you're trying to tell me that you have

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<v Speaker 2>to at least prepare once like one hundred and thirty

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<v Speaker 2>plus music cues I did.

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<v Speaker 4>I was at eighty seven because some of the categories

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<v Speaker 4>weren't on TV this year. I did eighty seven music cues.

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<v Speaker 4>Bro it was nuts and that's not also play on

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<v Speaker 4>music when they say lazy and Gentlemen Puff Daddy or

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<v Speaker 4>lazy and Gentlemen Danny.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh shit, I forgot the nominees and all that stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah yeah, no, it's like.

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<v Speaker 6>What is that in time? Like in time? How many

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<v Speaker 6>how long is that you think Christmas?

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<v Speaker 3>To do the Oscars, which was April, and I work

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<v Speaker 3>every day like straight up.

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<v Speaker 4>My team Dante Winslow, thank god, and Derek Hodge thank god.

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<v Speaker 4>I brought them on first, all black conducting team. Yes,

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<v Speaker 4>and those of you who know those two gentlemen.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, Derek Mann, Yeah, they don't. They don't let

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<v Speaker 3>nothing get passed.

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<v Speaker 4>So it's like we pretty much divvated up and just

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<v Speaker 4>was like, yo, you take these thirty.

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<v Speaker 3>I would do these thirty, but how.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you notate like orchestral arrangements, because even you know

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<v Speaker 2>there was orchestra there, you.

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<v Speaker 3>Know, Summer of Soul, Big Winner.

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<v Speaker 4>It's like, you know, we took one of those records

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<v Speaker 4>from the thing, and I orchestrated it with no vocal

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<v Speaker 4>So maybe trumpet is playing the lead line for a

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<v Speaker 4>BB King joint, you know what I'm saying, right, And

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<v Speaker 4>and then I put you know, low brass and strings

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<v Speaker 4>playing like it's an organ.

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<v Speaker 3>You know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>So well, I'm only I'm only asking because like, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>so the year before you did it last year because

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<v Speaker 2>of COVID, I DJ'ed.

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<v Speaker 1>It, you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And even then, up until forty five minutes beforehand,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, there were there are a lot of monkey wrenches.

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<v Speaker 2>Regina King's going to now do the intro so fine

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<v Speaker 2>to me, you know, to clear stuff like shit, we

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<v Speaker 2>were calling Londel McMillan like a half hour before the Grammys, like, Yo,

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<v Speaker 2>can we please clear this print song right now so

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<v Speaker 2>I can imagine for you it's even more of a nightmare.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Interestingly enough, I will say about the orchestral music.

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<v Speaker 3>If you choose four bars.

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<v Speaker 4>And let's just say we're gonna vamp something or we're

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<v Speaker 4>gonna move these four bars to a different intro because

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<v Speaker 4>it has a similar vibe, you're able to do that,

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<v Speaker 4>but that still comes with the preparation. I still got

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<v Speaker 4>to do eighty nine ninety pieces to go which bars

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<v Speaker 4>make sense for Regina Hall, and to know which bars

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<v Speaker 4>make sense for Amy Schumer, to know which of the

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<v Speaker 4>third set of bars make sense for Wanda.

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<v Speaker 3>Sikes this year, like you know what I mean. So

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<v Speaker 3>we had to play through the whole thing.

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<v Speaker 4>It was I was one of my hardest jobs ever

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<v Speaker 4>and very much like my first big, huge, huge tour

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<v Speaker 4>with Kanye.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like like now orchestral wise, I can do anything, you.

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<v Speaker 4>Know, and as you know, with the Oscars or Grammy specifically,

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<v Speaker 4>we're not linked to any time thing.

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<v Speaker 3>So all this talk about playback and stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 4>No, we're rocking live, So if somebody trips or if

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<v Speaker 4>somebody starts way.

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<v Speaker 3>Back you was kind of far. Oh, we had to keep.

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<v Speaker 1>Playing, Like I was gonna say, Matt.

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<v Speaker 2>One, I can say with certainty that I had the

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<v Speaker 2>most slowest awkward walk of all time to that podium

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<v Speaker 2>all time.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, who could blame you? Who could blame you?

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<v Speaker 1>So it's a processing thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Are we going to talk about this or no?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh wow, I'm going on record before, but.

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<v Speaker 6>I do want to hear from the three.

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<v Speaker 5>It's interesting two coming from like y'all who also share

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<v Speaker 5>this night of being from the same area. I mean,

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<v Speaker 5>it's just so many levels to it, right, Like.

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<v Speaker 4>I cried in that moment, happy for my brother.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>You know something though, I will say this much.

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<v Speaker 2>So yes, they they because of the whole COVID situation

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<v Speaker 2>first of all. And you know, they chose the right theater.

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<v Speaker 2>It was the Kodak right where we at the right,

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<v Speaker 2>so they sat us. They set the documentary people way

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<v Speaker 2>in the back, you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 1>So even then what they.

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<v Speaker 6>Do every year, it just happened that they got you

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<v Speaker 6>this year.

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<v Speaker 1>So well, I think in normal times we would have

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<v Speaker 1>been a.

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<v Speaker 3>Little closer and like a little more intimate.

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<v Speaker 2>And yeah, and if it were normal times, we would

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<v Speaker 2>have been in a bigger thing and we would have

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<v Speaker 2>been closer to the front. But they had us all

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<v Speaker 2>spread out because of COVID and the documentary people way

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<v Speaker 2>in the back. And so even then, I mean, three

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<v Speaker 2>things are happening in my head. One was that was

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<v Speaker 2>that a bad sketch going wrong, going wrong, And it

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't until you know, and then like I'm managing my

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<v Speaker 2>mom and she crying on my shoulder.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever, So that's distracting.

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<v Speaker 2>And then I distinctly all right, I distinctly remember by

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<v Speaker 2>the time I got towards the front, I was looking

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<v Speaker 2>at the Williams sister and the look, the look they

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<v Speaker 2>had on their face, like we're being held hostage. Then

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, oh shit, that might have been real, right,

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<v Speaker 2>because even then, when it's happening.

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<v Speaker 4>No, you go, I was in the pit bro watching

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<v Speaker 4>it from underneath directly, and I was like, I was like, man,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm yo, I'm mayor, I promise to God.

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<v Speaker 3>Like yeah, I'm like, I'm like, that's not in the script.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, right right, And even as it's happening.

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<v Speaker 3>Like, yo, somebody, what where was that?

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<v Speaker 5>Like?

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<v Speaker 1>Where? Right?

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<v Speaker 2>So one, I was doing transmeditation. When you're doing transmeditation,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I do all the time, even with the Grammys.

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<v Speaker 2>Knowing I'm not going to win, I'm like, okay, and

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<v Speaker 2>remember your mom and remember I'm like trying to remember

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<v Speaker 2>names and ship. And only when I heard the word

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<v Speaker 2>fucking came out. When I heard fucking twice, I looked

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<v Speaker 2>at my mom like, Yo, that's how.

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<v Speaker 4>You knew it was That's how you know it was real.

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<v Speaker 4>When the expensive started.

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<v Speaker 8>Right, no.

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<v Speaker 2>Even then I said, I said, dag, Mom, like will

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<v Speaker 2>will Packer is allowing.

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<v Speaker 1>Cursing on television. Take a risks, right.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I'm talking to my mom, still not hearing

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<v Speaker 2>what's happening, and there's no television monitor.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm way in the back.

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<v Speaker 2>So when I'm walking to the front, the first thing

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<v Speaker 2>that I noticed, I was like, Ah, these bastards they're

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<v Speaker 2>playing it.

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<v Speaker 1>They they're they're playing the.

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<v Speaker 2>J Dilla, the j Dilla sample, the fat Cat loop

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<v Speaker 2>that was in Summer of Soul. So that was the

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<v Speaker 2>first thing that helped me down. And then once I

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<v Speaker 2>got closer, then it.

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<v Speaker 1>Was like, oh shit. And then you know, by then

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<v Speaker 1>my mind went blank.

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<v Speaker 2>But I do remember at least walking to my chair

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<v Speaker 2>to when I saw the Williams sisters, I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>oh damn, Adam Adam chose a jay Dilla sample from

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<v Speaker 2>Summer of Soul to bring me on to that.

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<v Speaker 1>I really appreciate.

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<v Speaker 4>It ran up there because, like I said, in my head,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm about to go crazy because I'm like, y'all didn't

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<v Speaker 4>tell me about this, this this.

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<v Speaker 1>This extra skit.

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<v Speaker 3>And then by the time I got in the room,

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<v Speaker 3>I saw.

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<v Speaker 4>Tifa and she was just had a dejected, sad look

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<v Speaker 4>you know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 3>I was like, oh, that was real. And then they.

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<v Speaker 4>Said quest love and these four of the white guys

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<v Speaker 4>that it was just so much.

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<v Speaker 3>It was, yeah, I got it just was like a.

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<v Speaker 5>I was like, y'all should have seen us at home watching, like,

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<v Speaker 5>oh god, yah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yo, I'll say I'll say this much.

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<v Speaker 2>I never went on a record with this before walking

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<v Speaker 2>off stage, maybe I mentioned it obviously, you know, like

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<v Speaker 2>once you win your award, you got to take the

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<v Speaker 2>march to the backstage in the press room. So I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what segment was next. I assume that it

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<v Speaker 2>had something to do with the anniversary or either The

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<v Speaker 2>Godfather or something my field sewish because backstage, I'm looking

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<v Speaker 2>at the Niro but Sheino like Scorsese, like all the

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<v Speaker 2>characters that I've known from these gangster drawings right and

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<v Speaker 2>walking past them, and you know, Chris kind of went

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<v Speaker 2>to them, like I remember hearing like that heavy talk,

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<v Speaker 2>like just fucking got like that sort of.

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<v Speaker 3>Thing like.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I don't want to you know, I'm not even

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<v Speaker 2>trying to lose. But it was definitely that sort of

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<v Speaker 2>energy of like, oh my god, this entire cast of

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<v Speaker 2>like The Godfather and Goodfellas like here in the corner,

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<v Speaker 2>and they were definitely like.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it was. It was. It was weird, but I

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<v Speaker 3>will say in that moment, man like we.

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<v Speaker 4>Was also proud and his speech was amazing.

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<v Speaker 3>You honestly brought us.

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<v Speaker 4>Stephen Hill just text me, he said, you brought it back,

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<v Speaker 4>and then shout out to Amy Schumer because she came

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<v Speaker 4>in the next seven and said, man, I was in

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<v Speaker 4>the back.

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<v Speaker 3>It's real heavy in here. What happened?

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<v Speaker 4>I just remember laughing like about that, like you know,

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<v Speaker 4>like she was like, did I miss something?

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<v Speaker 3>Like it's real heavy in here right now?

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<v Speaker 4>So so yeah, man, but that was an amazing expert

1:10:39.240 --> 1:10:41.840
<v Speaker 4>to see you represent Philly. And I felt the same way,

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<v Speaker 4>like going up to get my Emmy, I was like, yo,

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<v Speaker 4>like all the work that you do because listen, Summer

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<v Speaker 4>Saul was never going to be a bad movie. I

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<v Speaker 4>feel like the super Bowl, my super Bowl was never

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<v Speaker 4>going to be bad. We do things in excellence, right,

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<v Speaker 4>But it feels a different way to have the outsiders

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<v Speaker 4>recognize it as an award winning whatever, you know what

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, Like whether you want or not.

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<v Speaker 3>And I gotta say I might be easier to say

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<v Speaker 3>this now.

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<v Speaker 4>Because we got the trophies, but whether you want or

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<v Speaker 4>whether I want, it doesn't diminish the work that we did.

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<v Speaker 4>You know what I'm saying, And that's instilled in us

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<v Speaker 4>at such a young age that, Yo, whatever you do,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't care if you at the five spot, I'm Meares,

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<v Speaker 4>living Room, Wetlands, Oscars, Emmys, do it in excellence and

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<v Speaker 4>that's what I continue to strive to try and do.

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<v Speaker 1>What is hard as super Bowl preparation or like award chills.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm gonna say award shows for me because the last

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<v Speaker 4>four Super Bowls I've done, I've been fans of the artists,

1:11:49.920 --> 1:11:54.160
<v Speaker 4>so it helps me navigate how I would want to see.

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<v Speaker 3>And hear it as a fan.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, I'm a fan of Justin Timberlake and Timberland music.

1:12:00.040 --> 1:12:03.519
<v Speaker 4>And then after that, I did Shakira and j Lo,

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<v Speaker 4>so I really dove into what that Latino sound and

1:12:07.640 --> 1:12:09.599
<v Speaker 4>culture was and.

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<v Speaker 1>Doing is it the Weekend before? Right?

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't do the Weekend. I didn't think that.

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<v Speaker 4>That year is when I did Jasmine Sullivan, Yes National Anthem,

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<v Speaker 4>that was yes, I raised the anthem, and then Dre

1:12:24.080 --> 1:12:27.400
<v Speaker 4>last year, huge fan and then coming up now you

1:12:27.439 --> 1:12:28.720
<v Speaker 4>know we got a special one.

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<v Speaker 5>I need to I need to know this, Adam, because

1:12:31.840 --> 1:12:33.639
<v Speaker 5>for a lot of folks that don't know, like you're

1:12:33.680 --> 1:12:36.719
<v Speaker 5>connected in a lot of different ways, whether you're music direction,

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<v Speaker 5>whether you're for award show, for a tour, but then

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<v Speaker 5>also your business, your agency with your wife. So I'm

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<v Speaker 5>kind of curious with your history with everything that you've

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<v Speaker 5>done with this agency. Are you ever present in a moment,

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<v Speaker 5>whether it be an award show, probably an award show,

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<v Speaker 5>probably a music award show, is when it really happens

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<v Speaker 5>when you look around and you see every single band

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<v Speaker 5>and you see them from this background singer to every

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<v Speaker 5>where you have a deep musical connection with, Like you

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<v Speaker 5>could say either I've played with you or I put

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<v Speaker 5>you on this on this gig, Like have you had

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<v Speaker 5>a present moment like that?

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<v Speaker 3>I think like a couple Coachella is in a row.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm like looking at the lineups and I'm like, that's

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<v Speaker 4>my folks.

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<v Speaker 3>That's my folks. That's my folks. That's my folks.

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<v Speaker 4>But I really see the fruit of it, Like Yah,

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<v Speaker 4>when I do something like that Legacy experience where we're

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<v Speaker 4>jam packing five, six, seven hundred people in the room,

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<v Speaker 4>no posting, no ticket sales, and they come out and

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<v Speaker 4>support and love on one another through the gift of

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<v Speaker 4>music spawned by whatever I've done to create that environment.

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<v Speaker 4>And so that's one of the times that or those

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<v Speaker 4>are the times where I really see feel to love.

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<v Speaker 4>I feel genuine, I feel thankful, I feel humbled by

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<v Speaker 4>who comes out, and you know, Stevie hopped on stage

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<v Speaker 4>last week, New Addition, you know before that, Stokely and

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<v Speaker 4>just all these people where you know, they want to

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<v Speaker 4>just say thank you for what I've contributed to music

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<v Speaker 4>in their own way.

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<v Speaker 3>And so those moments feel really good.

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<v Speaker 4>I have to get more into the moment of the preparation,

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<v Speaker 4>and I don't know if I know how to do

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<v Speaker 4>that yet because I'm waiting for it to be over.

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<v Speaker 3>Unfortunately. If I can be.

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<v Speaker 1>Honest, I got a question I'm been drying to ask you.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, okay, I know you're dealing with a new crop

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<v Speaker 2>of what we call young boys. For instance, I saw

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<v Speaker 2>Omar Edwards's kid that stay to the TI.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, yo, dude, I used to take you bowling

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<v Speaker 1>when you were six, kid, and you're now twenty three.

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<v Speaker 3>Twenty four years old.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, twenty four you're drunk, Like what the hell?

1:14:46.400 --> 1:14:48.240
<v Speaker 2>Like you used to put them the boundaries on the

1:14:48.240 --> 1:14:52.799
<v Speaker 2>bowling alley, so you're you're bowling gutter now, Like that's happening.

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<v Speaker 2>So how are you How do you deal with mentoring?

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<v Speaker 2>Because I know that also when you put sometimes you

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<v Speaker 2>can put a pack together and not even step on stage.

1:15:02.360 --> 1:15:03.800
<v Speaker 1>Yes, like you could put you can.

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<v Speaker 2>Put Timberlake show together and not have to be on tour.

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<v Speaker 2>So I guess it's the two part of one. How

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<v Speaker 2>do you deal with artists that expect you to physically

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<v Speaker 2>be there with them as opposed to you just put

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<v Speaker 2>their jew on together? And how do you train the band?

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<v Speaker 2>Like do they hire the band or do you also

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<v Speaker 2>put together the band that you feel can best do it?

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<v Speaker 2>And how do you just how do you deal with like, yo,

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<v Speaker 2>make sure you're on time, make sure you're not late.

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<v Speaker 4>I think the easiest thing bro is for me with

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<v Speaker 4>putting things together. I make sure people have seen me

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<v Speaker 4>lead by example, you know what I'm saying, Like they

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<v Speaker 4>see my work ethic, they see me on time, they see.

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<v Speaker 3>How hard I work in rehearsals.

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<v Speaker 4>They see I'm a no nonsense, guy, Have you got

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<v Speaker 4>to do a little something on the side and all that,

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<v Speaker 4>don't bring it into the rehearsal. Like there's time everybody

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<v Speaker 4>they had their own extracurricular thing. But when we're here

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<v Speaker 4>to work, we're here to work. As far as managing

1:16:05.120 --> 1:16:09.000
<v Speaker 4>the artist's expectations, that just comes with time and comfortability

1:16:09.000 --> 1:16:10.680
<v Speaker 4>and trust. If I get on the phone, I'll be

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<v Speaker 4>just a little baby on filin right. So it's like

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<v Speaker 4>I was in La and I'm talking to baby, and

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<v Speaker 4>I'm like, yo, I got you. I have a set

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<v Speaker 4>of guys. What I'm going to do again, we're talking

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<v Speaker 4>about these sketches. I'm going to send you a sketch

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<v Speaker 4>and a rehearsal recording, so when you walk in, you

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<v Speaker 4>know what it is, or if you hear something that

1:16:28.760 --> 1:16:31.160
<v Speaker 4>you don't like, I can fix it ahead of time,

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<v Speaker 4>so you're not walking in having to try to communicate

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<v Speaker 4>an idea with me not being there. So it's very

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<v Speaker 4>much still myself pre prepping so that when they walk

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<v Speaker 4>in they already know what they're walking into. And then

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<v Speaker 4>as far as the guys are concerned, I'm like, yo,

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<v Speaker 4>if you ain't seen me, do it, don't do it

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<v Speaker 4>on my gig.

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<v Speaker 3>You know what I'm saying. And I know that sounds simple,

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<v Speaker 3>but it's like.

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<v Speaker 2>But have you had to have a situation where you're like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta let you go and I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 4>Like, yo, it's not going to work. And then I

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<v Speaker 4>break it down and say, this is what you did.

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<v Speaker 4>Like and mayor me and you are very similar in

1:17:08.479 --> 1:17:12.000
<v Speaker 4>our countenance with people. If you explain to somebody what

1:17:12.040 --> 1:17:13.920
<v Speaker 4>they did and they actually take a step back and

1:17:14.000 --> 1:17:16.080
<v Speaker 4>know who we are to know that we don't want

1:17:16.080 --> 1:17:19.640
<v Speaker 4>to fire them. Really, they'll be like, yo, yeah, I

1:17:19.800 --> 1:17:25.000
<v Speaker 4>really jacked up. So sometimes it's not a hard thing.

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<v Speaker 4>I've learned to in the last five years. Like people

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<v Speaker 4>really want me and so whoever I put on that

1:17:32.800 --> 1:17:38.200
<v Speaker 4>stage represents me right, and if there's anything that goes wrong,

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<v Speaker 4>it's a bad reflection on me and my brand and

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<v Speaker 4>my business that I've worked so hard to bill. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>we talked about spawning, you know, inspiring young young boys

1:17:50.800 --> 1:17:53.400
<v Speaker 4>with the programing and stuff. It's getting easier and easier

1:17:53.439 --> 1:17:56.320
<v Speaker 4>to find out who has studied me and who has

1:17:56.880 --> 1:18:02.000
<v Speaker 4>you know, their Adam Blackstone BB templately already in that laptop,

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<v Speaker 4>but at the same time being a people person.

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<v Speaker 3>You can't teach that. You know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 4>And so that's one of the one things that I

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<v Speaker 4>would tell the young kids is like, yo, be humble,

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<v Speaker 4>but at the same time, don't be afraid to speak

1:18:15.439 --> 1:18:17.880
<v Speaker 4>and say hello, look people in the face and you know,

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<v Speaker 4>oh yes, talk through ideas and shake hands and it's

1:18:22.120 --> 1:18:24.519
<v Speaker 4>and it's all love because you remember those people who

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<v Speaker 4>have had an impact on you.

1:18:26.200 --> 1:18:28.040
<v Speaker 3>Over there playing yo real t.

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<v Speaker 4>Everybody can plan and sing these days, everybody, and they

1:18:31.680 --> 1:18:34.120
<v Speaker 4>playing circles around me, these young kids now. But at

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<v Speaker 4>the same time, when I'm when I need to talk

1:18:36.720 --> 1:18:38.640
<v Speaker 4>to a justin Timberlake or I need to talk to

1:18:38.680 --> 1:18:40.880
<v Speaker 4>an eminem, they don't know how to do that.

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<v Speaker 3>I think social media has been a crutch. I've been

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<v Speaker 3>saying that and not be.

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<v Speaker 4>Able to actually articulate their ideas verbally and just play,

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<v Speaker 4>you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>So who are five of your most pleasurable clients to

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<v Speaker 2>work with. I'm sure you love or with everybody, but

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<v Speaker 2>like when you're like, ah, I man, it's gonna be fun.

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<v Speaker 4>I can't wait for this, like no particular order at all,

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<v Speaker 4>jay Z. I love playing his music. I'm a fan

1:19:13.000 --> 1:19:15.679
<v Speaker 4>of the music as you really. As you see I'm

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<v Speaker 4>married from three on. It's gotten more and more musical

1:19:19.040 --> 1:19:23.760
<v Speaker 4>as well, you know. So I'm gonna have to say,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know if this is another person or slash,

1:19:26.880 --> 1:19:30.320
<v Speaker 4>but puff Daddy. I did the bad Boy Reunion toward

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<v Speaker 4>twenty sixteen, and like I said, I was talking to

1:19:32.520 --> 1:19:37.240
<v Speaker 4>fine Tee like that music spawned how I felt. Sampling

1:19:37.280 --> 1:19:39.599
<v Speaker 4>and hip hop and live bass playing, like what that

1:19:39.800 --> 1:19:42.519
<v Speaker 4>was about for me as a kid, before I met

1:19:42.520 --> 1:19:44.760
<v Speaker 4>the roots and before I was able to, you know,

1:19:45.120 --> 1:19:47.360
<v Speaker 4>kind of do things. It was like the samples alone

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<v Speaker 4>were the music bars that I was like, Yo, I

1:19:51.520 --> 1:19:53.160
<v Speaker 4>gotta I could play this. And when I play this

1:19:53.200 --> 1:19:55.559
<v Speaker 4>at the football game on Saturday morning, oh, they gonna

1:19:55.600 --> 1:19:56.360
<v Speaker 4>go crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>Right.

1:19:57.600 --> 1:19:59.479
<v Speaker 6>That was a musty tour that year or two. I'm

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<v Speaker 6>so mad i'.

1:20:03.840 --> 1:20:07.960
<v Speaker 1>Jenny Jackson even one verse, one verse penny, like.

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<v Speaker 3>One verse penny.

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<v Speaker 4>Listen when I smack, when I smacked, miss you much,

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<v Speaker 4>just the chorus it's okay you It was, And she

1:20:18.080 --> 1:20:19.000
<v Speaker 4>she taught me that.

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<v Speaker 3>She'd say like, Yo, we're just gonna get in and out.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I hate that, but go ahead.

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<v Speaker 4>This is a this is this is a You can

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<v Speaker 4>ask me this every day and it might change, So

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<v Speaker 4>I apologize it.

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<v Speaker 3>Sharon, Okay, very musical, he's the White quest Love. He

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<v Speaker 3>don't want no tracks.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I was gonna say.

1:20:40.080 --> 1:20:43.519
<v Speaker 2>Every time I seen Sharing, he's on stage by himself

1:20:43.520 --> 1:20:44.120
<v Speaker 2>with his guitar.

1:20:44.520 --> 1:20:47.000
<v Speaker 3>So he's been doing this looper thing all his life.

1:20:47.000 --> 1:20:50.000
<v Speaker 4>But very recently we just did Tiny Desk and we've

1:20:50.080 --> 1:20:53.080
<v Speaker 4>taken that Tiny Desk show to a bunch of different things,

1:20:53.120 --> 1:20:54.840
<v Speaker 4>whether it be TV shows.

1:20:54.560 --> 1:21:00.160
<v Speaker 3>Or whatever like that NFL, and so that's been really cool. Man.

1:21:00.280 --> 1:21:02.120
<v Speaker 4>Like I said, you asked me this any other day,

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<v Speaker 4>it's gonna it's gonna change. But the last one I'm

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<v Speaker 4>gonna say, Kurt Franklin, Marry Mary, Nicki Minaj.

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<v Speaker 1>Justin everybody all right? Number five is everybody.

1:21:22.520 --> 1:21:24.599
<v Speaker 3>Nick Mary Mary Justice to relate.

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<v Speaker 2>How does it feel, too, finally like fulfill your wish

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<v Speaker 2>up making albums?

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<v Speaker 3>Yo?

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<v Speaker 4>I never in a million years, I'm gonna be completely honest,

1:21:38.080 --> 1:21:40.479
<v Speaker 4>thought that I would be an artist.

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<v Speaker 1>And what took you so long?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I'm gonna be honest with you man, like, well,

1:21:46.560 --> 1:21:50.920
<v Speaker 4>I lost some friends through COVID, Like straight up, you

1:21:50.960 --> 1:21:55.360
<v Speaker 4>know one of them. I lost a cousin forty five

1:21:55.439 --> 1:21:58.519
<v Speaker 4>years old through COVID. A couple of my friends lost

1:21:58.520 --> 1:22:03.200
<v Speaker 4>their parents, but specifically I lost Paris.

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<v Speaker 3>Bonds, who parents.

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<v Speaker 4>That's right, is arguably one of the greatest keyboard players

1:22:08.840 --> 1:22:12.040
<v Speaker 4>and over that, one of the greatest human beings. Right,

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<v Speaker 4>And so when I went to the celebration services, it

1:22:16.040 --> 1:22:20.680
<v Speaker 4>really inspired me because I was like, Yo, Bible says like,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, our day is are numbered, and.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like we don't know the time or the day.

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<v Speaker 4>But I don't want and this is no disrespect to anybody,

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<v Speaker 4>but I don't want my service at the at the

1:22:31.520 --> 1:22:34.480
<v Speaker 4>altar and the screens is showing.

1:22:35.080 --> 1:22:38.320
<v Speaker 3>Me at the super Bowl or like I'm on.

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<v Speaker 4>Support or I'm at you know that's my jam or

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<v Speaker 4>something like that.

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<v Speaker 8>Talk.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I understand what you're saying. Those are all Listen,

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<v Speaker 4>let me tell you something. Those are all positions that

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<v Speaker 4>I'm so thankful for. People would die to be in

1:22:57.640 --> 1:23:01.880
<v Speaker 4>right now. But I had to leave a legacy of

1:23:01.920 --> 1:23:04.519
<v Speaker 4>something from my family, my children, and the people who

1:23:04.640 --> 1:23:07.000
<v Speaker 4>know and love me to be proud of that I.

1:23:06.920 --> 1:23:08.200
<v Speaker 3>Did on my own.

1:23:09.880 --> 1:23:12.760
<v Speaker 4>I did my album in thirty days man and what

1:23:13.280 --> 1:23:16.320
<v Speaker 4>me and my team have been found have been calling

1:23:16.439 --> 1:23:20.240
<v Speaker 4>relationship equity right, And what that means to me is

1:23:20.400 --> 1:23:26.920
<v Speaker 4>I have poured so much into people un without asking

1:23:26.960 --> 1:23:30.559
<v Speaker 4>for anything in return, just because I value people in

1:23:30.640 --> 1:23:33.760
<v Speaker 4>relationships for the last twenty years. That when I made

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<v Speaker 4>a call to Questlove, when I made a call to

1:23:36.080 --> 1:23:39.120
<v Speaker 4>James Poison, when I called Jasmine Sullivan, when I called Mary,

1:23:39.160 --> 1:23:41.679
<v Speaker 4>when I called Kirk Franklin, when I called Leslie Oldham Junior,

1:23:42.200 --> 1:23:44.839
<v Speaker 4>when I called Queen Latifa, when I called Robert glasper

1:23:45.120 --> 1:23:49.439
<v Speaker 4>they immediately said, whatever you need, we got you.

1:23:49.439 --> 1:23:51.559
<v Speaker 3>You've had us for all this time.

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<v Speaker 4>And I get choked up even thinking about it, because like, nobody,

1:23:55.600 --> 1:23:58.040
<v Speaker 4>nobody in twenty twenty two got the track list that

1:23:58.120 --> 1:24:00.960
<v Speaker 4>I got, Perry, I don't care what maybe.

1:24:00.720 --> 1:24:04.799
<v Speaker 1>Call it all right, Like my track.

1:24:04.640 --> 1:24:08.520
<v Speaker 4>List is crazy, and it's like it's only because I've

1:24:08.640 --> 1:24:09.759
<v Speaker 4>loved on these people.

1:24:10.080 --> 1:24:12.519
<v Speaker 3>I exclaim it. I'm proud of who I love.

1:24:12.600 --> 1:24:15.120
<v Speaker 4>I'm proud of the people that have inspired me, and

1:24:15.439 --> 1:24:18.559
<v Speaker 4>for whatever reason, they also felt like I've inspired them,

1:24:18.600 --> 1:24:22.479
<v Speaker 4>and so they returned that musical favor and we made

1:24:22.520 --> 1:24:24.800
<v Speaker 4>this album called Legacy that I'm so so.

1:24:24.800 --> 1:24:26.920
<v Speaker 3>Proud of That's what took me so long.

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<v Speaker 4>Man, I think you know, you know, seeing loss and

1:24:31.000 --> 1:24:34.120
<v Speaker 4>experiencing joy with my children. I was like, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>it ain't nothing like having my son sing my song

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<v Speaker 4>as one of his favorite songs, hearing him wake up

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<v Speaker 4>and sing fly Me to the Moon.

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<v Speaker 5>Or I was going to ask you what made you

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<v Speaker 5>do the singing because people know you for playing, but

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<v Speaker 5>also on his record as special because we get to

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<v Speaker 5>hear you sing.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I sang a little bit.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, I've been inspired by big band music all

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<v Speaker 4>my life. Tony Bennet and rat Pack and Sinatra and

1:24:58.640 --> 1:25:03.599
<v Speaker 4>Sammy and Nat came Cole. You know there's I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>they all can sing, but it was it was the

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<v Speaker 4>swag that made them songs cool too, you know what

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<v Speaker 4>I'm saying, Like Louis Armstrong is like the swag behind it.

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<v Speaker 4>So I was like, you know, man, I got some swag.

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<v Speaker 4>Let me let me throw it on a record.

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<v Speaker 6>Make me think I'll be sure more of a stylist.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 4>And even the song that I sang on at the top,

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<v Speaker 4>So yeah, the song I sang on it is called

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<v Speaker 4>back on the Strip, and it's a it's a not

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<v Speaker 4>the Philly in Jersey and do it with Queen Latifa

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<v Speaker 4>and it's going good. So yeah that I'm so excited

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<v Speaker 4>about Legacy. And it's able to showcase many, many different

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<v Speaker 4>like facets of who I am.

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<v Speaker 3>You know. This this is volume one.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know when or if Volume two happens, but

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<v Speaker 4>it's like at the same time, I had to, I

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<v Speaker 4>had to do it.

1:25:58.040 --> 1:26:00.160
<v Speaker 3>You know. People have been great to me, music has

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<v Speaker 3>been great to me. We blessed what.

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<v Speaker 4>We do and and this is my this is my

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<v Speaker 4>olde and and thank you to the music industry.

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<v Speaker 5>Note for putting Lauren to Lease on there too, because

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<v Speaker 5>everybody might not know her name, but you gonna know

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<v Speaker 5>their voice.

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<v Speaker 4>I feel that's why Philly Cleveland girl right there, that

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<v Speaker 4>the project is on their you know yeah Baylor Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>And then I you know, made a call to John Schofield.

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<v Speaker 3>He ended up jumping.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I see you got Schofield on the record.

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<v Speaker 4>Scholfield on there, Kean, Harold, Wayne Burge, Run, Dante Winslow,

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<v Speaker 4>the Truth, Jilly from Philly, spitting bars, yeah, uh, Swizzy

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<v Speaker 4>on the backgrounds.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just you know, it's it's fire man. I'm so

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<v Speaker 3>so thankful.

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<v Speaker 5>We just kind of went through your whole like crazy

1:26:47.120 --> 1:26:49.679
<v Speaker 5>days and times. What does the rest look like? When

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<v Speaker 5>do you end your day? Is your week seven days

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<v Speaker 5>a week? What are the barriers that you put on

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<v Speaker 5>for your own self and your family?

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<v Speaker 4>That is that is a great question I'm still learning

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<v Speaker 4>at forty years old, like where to say no?

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<v Speaker 3>Where to draw the line. One of the reasons I

1:27:04.800 --> 1:27:07.640
<v Speaker 3>think I haven't said no is, first of all, I

1:27:07.640 --> 1:27:11.240
<v Speaker 3>grew up with the roots.

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<v Speaker 4>But at the same time, we are and I'm mayrior

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<v Speaker 4>you can attest possibly, but I'm so much further along

1:27:19.080 --> 1:27:22.000
<v Speaker 4>in my head in my career than my dreams could

1:27:22.080 --> 1:27:25.920
<v Speaker 4>ever imagine. So sometimes when I get an offer to do,

1:27:27.040 --> 1:27:29.639
<v Speaker 4>I'm be completely honest. Like Stevie called me to day

1:27:29.640 --> 1:27:31.559
<v Speaker 4>and was like, Yo, I need you to mdy his

1:27:31.680 --> 1:27:33.840
<v Speaker 4>house of toys. I can't do it.

1:27:34.080 --> 1:27:35.800
<v Speaker 3>That's the craziest thing for me to say.

1:27:35.880 --> 1:27:38.400
<v Speaker 1>I was going to say, what prestigious person.

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<v Speaker 4>It just happened to me today. It just happened to

1:27:41.479 --> 1:27:43.880
<v Speaker 4>me today, and it happens all the time. But I'm

1:27:43.880 --> 1:27:46.519
<v Speaker 4>speaking of today because Yo, I got I have Super

1:27:46.520 --> 1:27:49.839
<v Speaker 4>Bowl rehearsal right, and I've already committed and I would

1:27:49.880 --> 1:27:53.679
<v Speaker 4>wear myself in my thirties or twenties be like I'm

1:27:53.720 --> 1:27:54.559
<v Speaker 4>doing it all.

1:27:54.680 --> 1:27:55.200
<v Speaker 3>But at the.

1:27:55.200 --> 1:27:59.839
<v Speaker 4>Older I get the more responsibility that these prestigious gigs

1:27:59.840 --> 1:28:02.559
<v Speaker 4>have as well. So the responsibility for me to be

1:28:02.640 --> 1:28:06.280
<v Speaker 4>at a meeting is different than me going to another gig.

1:28:06.400 --> 1:28:10.360
<v Speaker 8>You know, the workload is higher when you like overseas.

1:28:10.040 --> 1:28:12.680
<v Speaker 4>Higher up I get, the more responsibility that workload is on.

1:28:12.840 --> 1:28:16.280
<v Speaker 4>It falls on me, and my team is incredible, do

1:28:16.400 --> 1:28:18.479
<v Speaker 4>not get me wrong. But at the same time, at

1:28:18.520 --> 1:28:21.520
<v Speaker 4>some I gotta show face and I have to implement

1:28:22.000 --> 1:28:24.840
<v Speaker 4>my own knowledge into what makes this show what it is.

1:28:24.880 --> 1:28:27.080
<v Speaker 4>So I had to say no to Stevie, and I

1:28:27.120 --> 1:28:31.320
<v Speaker 4>think that that is is crazy, but it's also a

1:28:31.360 --> 1:28:35.400
<v Speaker 4>testament to being a stand up person and what you've

1:28:35.400 --> 1:28:38.280
<v Speaker 4>already agreed to, and then also knowing the time that

1:28:38.360 --> 1:28:41.519
<v Speaker 4>I spend with my family and my children and my wife.

1:28:42.280 --> 1:28:43.920
<v Speaker 3>That's what makes me a better.

1:28:43.720 --> 1:28:47.559
<v Speaker 4>Musician, because we've all had that moment where you get

1:28:47.560 --> 1:28:49.639
<v Speaker 4>that nod in your stomach and you like, I can't

1:28:49.680 --> 1:28:52.479
<v Speaker 4>even perform today. I'm jacked up. I don't know what's

1:28:52.520 --> 1:28:55.400
<v Speaker 4>going at home or or whatever. The you know, personal

1:28:55.960 --> 1:28:58.120
<v Speaker 4>case may be in some of our lives. But it's like,

1:28:58.200 --> 1:29:00.160
<v Speaker 4>as long as I make sure that routine and that

1:29:00.280 --> 1:29:02.920
<v Speaker 4>home is straight, I'm a better person for the rest

1:29:02.960 --> 1:29:06.439
<v Speaker 4>of the world. And sometimes in this business, unfortunately, the

1:29:06.479 --> 1:29:09.400
<v Speaker 4>world doesn't care if we're greater, if we're better people,

1:29:09.400 --> 1:29:11.120
<v Speaker 4>as long as we're servicing them.

1:29:12.080 --> 1:29:14.679
<v Speaker 3>I've been blessed to be able to. I've been blessed

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<v Speaker 3>to be able.

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<v Speaker 4>To the last two three four years have people that

1:29:19.240 --> 1:29:22.880
<v Speaker 4>want to pour back into me in certain gigs and that,

1:29:22.720 --> 1:29:25.080
<v Speaker 4>and that is a blessing to me. It's a blessing

1:29:25.120 --> 1:29:27.519
<v Speaker 4>when I can say, yo, I need a break, or

1:29:27.520 --> 1:29:29.120
<v Speaker 4>I can't do this, or I got to get home,

1:29:29.200 --> 1:29:31.040
<v Speaker 4>or my son got a soccer game or my daughter

1:29:31.080 --> 1:29:33.519
<v Speaker 4>got swimming lessons. I promise you it's going to be okay.

1:29:33.560 --> 1:29:36.400
<v Speaker 4>I'll be right back. They say, oh, man, we got you.

1:29:36.439 --> 1:29:36.960
<v Speaker 8>It's okay.

1:29:37.160 --> 1:29:37.760
<v Speaker 3>You know what I mean.

1:29:37.880 --> 1:29:40.559
<v Speaker 4>So those are the moments that matter to me, which

1:29:40.800 --> 1:29:44.840
<v Speaker 4>in turn supports what why I do what I do

1:29:44.920 --> 1:29:46.160
<v Speaker 4>for them this legacy.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Adam, if there were a versus for mds, whoa.

1:29:56.080 --> 1:30:02.760
<v Speaker 2>Whoa who would be the Adam Blackstone versus.

1:30:04.160 --> 1:30:09.080
<v Speaker 1>For and someone that you didn't and I don't mean like,

1:30:09.479 --> 1:30:10.000
<v Speaker 1>bro that.

1:30:10.040 --> 1:30:12.760
<v Speaker 3>Do you about the this is that's really good?

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<v Speaker 8>No?

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<v Speaker 1>No know, well who's an MD out there? That's like okay,

1:30:16.640 --> 1:30:17.880
<v Speaker 1>so I see you.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, listen, you know my West Coast brothers fifteen

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<v Speaker 3>hundred and nothing they're.

1:30:24.520 --> 1:30:28.960
<v Speaker 4>Doing they Yeah, I got like Rant and Mars.

1:30:29.240 --> 1:30:30.000
<v Speaker 8>I got Mars.

1:30:30.439 --> 1:30:34.719
<v Speaker 4>So that a lot of my influence in pop music

1:30:34.800 --> 1:30:38.680
<v Speaker 4>came from Kevin and Tunes. Okay, I'm not sure if

1:30:38.680 --> 1:30:41.200
<v Speaker 4>people are familiar with him, but he did every boy

1:30:41.240 --> 1:30:45.759
<v Speaker 4>band in the nineties, So Backstreet, Incent Id Degrees, Bretty Spears,

1:30:45.840 --> 1:30:49.680
<v Speaker 4>Christina Aguilera, them, Jurassic Park Sounds and all that.

1:30:49.840 --> 1:30:52.160
<v Speaker 3>Like the in Sync was doing that. You know what

1:30:52.240 --> 1:30:52.599
<v Speaker 3>I'm saying.

1:30:53.000 --> 1:30:56.160
<v Speaker 4>Remember when the TVs came over their heads at Massive Squirrelark,

1:30:57.360 --> 1:30:59.519
<v Speaker 4>So like Kevin and Tunes would be another one. And

1:30:59.560 --> 1:31:02.320
<v Speaker 4>then I'm just inspired by so many others. You know,

1:31:02.600 --> 1:31:06.920
<v Speaker 4>Ricky Minor with what he did with Whitney Houston. I

1:31:06.960 --> 1:31:11.080
<v Speaker 4>took a lot of that catalyst and tried to bring

1:31:11.120 --> 1:31:11.639
<v Speaker 4>it to Jill.

1:31:12.120 --> 1:31:12.920
<v Speaker 3>You know what I'm saying.

1:31:13.120 --> 1:31:17.160
<v Speaker 4>It was like, our live versions of this music is

1:31:17.320 --> 1:31:21.040
<v Speaker 4>almost just as good or hopefully better experience than some

1:31:21.160 --> 1:31:22.040
<v Speaker 4>of the record joints.

1:31:22.040 --> 1:31:24.160
<v Speaker 3>That's how you feel about Whitney. You know what I'm saying.

1:31:24.680 --> 1:31:27.960
<v Speaker 4>He was doing when Ricky was doing Whitney, and so

1:31:28.160 --> 1:31:31.280
<v Speaker 4>like we Jill loved singing live, you know what I'm saying,

1:31:31.280 --> 1:31:33.519
<v Speaker 4>And at that time I hadn't experienced somebody that was.

1:31:33.479 --> 1:31:35.080
<v Speaker 3>Like, Yo, let's go on the stage and were just

1:31:35.080 --> 1:31:35.639
<v Speaker 3>gonna vibe.

1:31:35.640 --> 1:31:39.200
<v Speaker 4>And it's Jill is such a you know, a class

1:31:39.240 --> 1:31:42.639
<v Speaker 4>act when it comes to that and commanding that stage.

1:31:42.640 --> 1:31:44.360
<v Speaker 3>She taught me so much of how to just be.

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<v Speaker 8>In the moment.

1:31:46.040 --> 1:31:48.120
<v Speaker 4>I got a lot of that from watching Ricky and

1:31:48.600 --> 1:31:51.320
<v Speaker 4>with Whitney and all the other TV things he has done.

1:31:52.560 --> 1:31:55.559
<v Speaker 1>And Jill still use colorful metaphors when she wants something.

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<v Speaker 8>I need, I need, I need.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah. I sent her a song for my album

1:32:02.560 --> 1:32:05.799
<v Speaker 3>that this sounds like that tying down. She said, it's

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<v Speaker 3>not yellow enough.

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<v Speaker 1>Yo, dog.

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<v Speaker 2>Every Jill is the most song rejecting person I know

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<v Speaker 2>in this lifetime.

1:32:14.680 --> 1:32:17.040
<v Speaker 1>And it's always a metaphor.

1:32:17.640 --> 1:32:19.280
<v Speaker 3>It's gotta be green. It's like.

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<v Speaker 1>She's big on synesthesia.

1:32:22.479 --> 1:32:24.760
<v Speaker 3>Yeah she gets it, but but let me write that

1:32:24.800 --> 1:32:25.160
<v Speaker 3>word down.

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<v Speaker 1>Say what now?

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<v Speaker 6>Synesthesia?

1:32:26.760 --> 1:32:30.360
<v Speaker 2>Synesthesia that's when you hear music or sounds, and it

1:32:30.439 --> 1:32:34.040
<v Speaker 2>makes you think of a color. That is all. That

1:32:34.160 --> 1:32:37.559
<v Speaker 2>is all Jill Skoy is about. Yes, and he wanted

1:32:37.680 --> 1:32:38.760
<v Speaker 2>like strawberry moon.

1:32:39.560 --> 1:32:43.519
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and her wanted and her genius allows her to

1:32:43.600 --> 1:32:46.160
<v Speaker 4>convey it right in a way where you like, oh,

1:32:46.400 --> 1:32:48.240
<v Speaker 4>this sound, this chord.

1:32:48.000 --> 1:32:50.480
<v Speaker 3>This feeling, whether you're.

1:32:50.160 --> 1:32:53.080
<v Speaker 4>You're I'm gonna make this up, whether you're a synesthetic

1:32:53.200 --> 1:32:57.320
<v Speaker 4>or not, you understand what she's saying back.

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<v Speaker 1>To right, we play. We can do that, all right?

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<v Speaker 1>So I learned a lot this episode.

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<v Speaker 4>Also listen, I gotta I gotta do this man. I

1:33:07.920 --> 1:33:11.560
<v Speaker 4>gotta give my man quest love his flowers. I continue

1:33:11.600 --> 1:33:16.639
<v Speaker 4>to say in every interview, every problems, I just gotta

1:33:16.680 --> 1:33:19.600
<v Speaker 4>say this, Like every MD also has an m D

1:33:20.520 --> 1:33:23.800
<v Speaker 4>and a mere quest love. Thompson is my forever m D.

1:33:24.280 --> 1:33:28.400
<v Speaker 4>I he can or cannot. I set three in the

1:33:28.439 --> 1:33:30.640
<v Speaker 4>morning and I say, Yo, what you think about D

1:33:30.760 --> 1:33:32.800
<v Speaker 4>D D D D or what the cord for this?

1:33:32.920 --> 1:33:33.880
<v Speaker 3>Or how should I do this?

1:33:34.000 --> 1:33:37.280
<v Speaker 4>Or like I'm still asking and gaining knowledge and and

1:33:37.280 --> 1:33:41.040
<v Speaker 4>and hopefully you know, you know, bro that what you've

1:33:41.120 --> 1:33:45.639
<v Speaker 4>spawned in me is so many other Now the people

1:33:45.680 --> 1:33:47.960
<v Speaker 4>you say I've inspired, they got to know that where

1:33:48.000 --> 1:33:51.120
<v Speaker 4>I get it from. And so between you and James

1:33:51.160 --> 1:33:54.280
<v Speaker 4>and Rich and and and just the whole crew, it's like,

1:33:54.720 --> 1:33:57.599
<v Speaker 4>I appreciate you for taking a chance on me. Literally

1:33:57.600 --> 1:34:01.800
<v Speaker 4>Philadelphia changed my life and you know here we are QLs.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, thank you very much, thank you. Yes, I'll take

1:34:06.760 --> 1:34:07.719
<v Speaker 1>these damn flowers.

1:34:07.760 --> 1:34:08.600
<v Speaker 3>Thank you.

1:34:08.640 --> 1:34:10.040
<v Speaker 1>Now you know what I learned. You know what I

1:34:10.160 --> 1:34:11.120
<v Speaker 1>learned this episode.

1:34:11.160 --> 1:34:13.920
<v Speaker 2>And I was quasi joking when it came to me,

1:34:13.960 --> 1:34:19.360
<v Speaker 2>but now realize, like, damn, Adam's right, like I gotta

1:34:19.400 --> 1:34:24.719
<v Speaker 2>control my my deaths is a real Yeah. I don't

1:34:24.760 --> 1:34:27.280
<v Speaker 2>want nobody showing that damn Like every time I go

1:34:27.360 --> 1:34:30.839
<v Speaker 2>to sports events, they always show the damn Justin Bieber

1:34:31.000 --> 1:34:31.679
<v Speaker 2>drum battle.

1:34:32.479 --> 1:34:36.040
<v Speaker 3>Yeah you like you know, listen, I gotta say.

1:34:35.880 --> 1:34:39.000
<v Speaker 1>Man, like, no offense is just to biberm only.

1:34:39.320 --> 1:34:40.160
<v Speaker 3>No, no, we're not talking.

1:34:40.200 --> 1:34:43.200
<v Speaker 4>It's not about Beber, but what we've done in our

1:34:43.280 --> 1:34:47.160
<v Speaker 4>lives that what has made the you know, the impact on.

1:34:47.200 --> 1:34:49.960
<v Speaker 3>People, because you don't you know that casket.

1:34:49.600 --> 1:34:51.240
<v Speaker 4>Man is real and we don't want to be like,

1:34:51.280 --> 1:34:53.720
<v Speaker 4>oh he was an asshole, look at him up there

1:34:53.760 --> 1:34:57.439
<v Speaker 4>with like you know what I'm saying, like that, ain't

1:34:57.840 --> 1:35:00.320
<v Speaker 4>we want to. We want to know when you freaking

1:35:00.400 --> 1:35:04.040
<v Speaker 4>started playing drumming jungle and drumming based on you got me? Like,

1:35:04.200 --> 1:35:09.080
<v Speaker 4>whoa how? That just was like what the like? Those

1:35:09.120 --> 1:35:11.120
<v Speaker 4>are the things? You know what I'm saying, that's.

1:35:11.080 --> 1:35:12.960
<v Speaker 6>My moment to Adam, that's my favorite quest.

1:35:13.120 --> 1:35:14.080
<v Speaker 1>It's called a legacy.

1:35:14.439 --> 1:35:16.000
<v Speaker 3>Legacy, Baby, it's.

1:35:15.840 --> 1:35:19.240
<v Speaker 2>Called a legacy left that you've yet to do that

1:35:19.280 --> 1:35:20.040
<v Speaker 2>you want to do.

1:35:21.360 --> 1:35:24.920
<v Speaker 4>Winning that in me, bro let me know that Egot

1:35:25.120 --> 1:35:29.040
<v Speaker 4>was was stop playing very much was very much a

1:35:29.200 --> 1:35:33.920
<v Speaker 4>real thing, and it's attainable. It's very much attainable. Watching

1:35:33.960 --> 1:35:37.719
<v Speaker 4>you get two in one year, it was like okay

1:35:38.600 --> 1:35:41.200
<v Speaker 4>and there you go and inspira And sometimes we just

1:35:41.240 --> 1:35:43.759
<v Speaker 4>need to see our own whether it's our own color,

1:35:43.880 --> 1:35:46.040
<v Speaker 4>or our own people or our own friends, like do

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<v Speaker 4>it because you know that you can do it. What

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<v Speaker 4>I want to do is inspire kids to know that

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<v Speaker 4>follow your dreams and it could happen like I. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>earlier I might have thought I wanted to be in

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<v Speaker 4>the NBA or play baseball. Now I'm like doing halftime

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<v Speaker 4>at the NBA All Star Game every year. I'm like,

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<v Speaker 4>if this is if the music is what got me

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<v Speaker 4>to the NBA. Thank your you know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 4>But I don't know if there's anything else. Man, I'm

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<v Speaker 4>gonna just take it day by day and you know,

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<v Speaker 4>gig by gig and you know, just be super thankful, yo.

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<v Speaker 3>Thankful music.

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<v Speaker 4>Music has the power to take to do anything and

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<v Speaker 4>heal and take us anywhere.

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<v Speaker 5>Inspire and grown ups to just so you know a

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<v Speaker 5>lot of us.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, well you gave question Love all his flowers. Now

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<v Speaker 3>to tell everybody who your favorite you.

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<v Speaker 4>Is Mandell Mix, don't get in trouble'd be right.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a hard question, a rough question.

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<v Speaker 6>About the day.

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<v Speaker 1>We are chilling and ship everybody.

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<v Speaker 11>We love every God No, Adam, I yo, man, I

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<v Speaker 11>couldn't be more proud of you man and I and

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<v Speaker 11>just to see your growth, this is awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>I thank you for doing this and it's it's amazing

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<v Speaker 2>to see your work.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't see what you have in the future.

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<v Speaker 2>And thank you for spending this time with us on

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<v Speaker 2>behalf of Unpaid Bill who's working on his umteeenth Tony

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<v Speaker 2>and Sugar Steve, our favorite person of all time, voniglo.

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<v Speaker 3>An inside joke between me and.

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<v Speaker 1>Adam and and my year. This is another great episode

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<v Speaker 1>of Quest Love Supreme. You know we will see you

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<v Speaker 1>on the next go round, all right? What's Love Supreme?

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