WEBVTT - Snoop Dogg Talks New Album, Dr. Dre, Olympics

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news.

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<v Speaker 2>Please welcome to the stage, the one and only the

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<v Speaker 2>Snoop Dogg.

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<v Speaker 1>Right there. Thanks for doing this squack of life. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just doing my be's not to check the Dodger's score.

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<v Speaker 1>That's mye We just saw the teaser from the Olympics.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm curious. How did the opportunity to do the Olympics

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<v Speaker 1>come about and how did you prepare for it.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe the prior Olympics, me and Kevin Hart, we

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<v Speaker 2>was doing something where we had like a highlights show

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<v Speaker 2>that was after the actual events and it did well,

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<v Speaker 2>and I believe the people at NBC was looking at,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, who I am and what I could do.

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<v Speaker 2>So we had a conversation about moving into the actual

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<v Speaker 2>Olympics and being there and physically showing up and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>letting me be a part of the production as far

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<v Speaker 2>as producing certain elements of the Olympics and think it

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<v Speaker 2>went well, you know what I'm saying, because we were

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<v Speaker 2>trying to represent peace and love and just show what

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<v Speaker 2>an American really looks like outside of politics.

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<v Speaker 1>Were there you mentioned producing? Were there particular segments that

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<v Speaker 1>you produced, like when you when you and Martha they

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<v Speaker 1>are talking.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, that's that's every time you see me, every

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<v Speaker 2>time you hear we was producing it, and NBC was,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Olympics was willing to allow us to bring

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<v Speaker 2>our flavor to the table and not try to keep

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<v Speaker 2>us in the box and let us you know, season

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<v Speaker 2>the meat.

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<v Speaker 1>Was.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>Was there a sport that ended up being your your

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<v Speaker 1>big surprise, your favorite to watch?

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<v Speaker 3>Actually, fencing was fun to watch.

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<v Speaker 2>I always loved swimming and gymnastics, but to see gymnastics

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<v Speaker 2>up close in part know when to see how high

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<v Speaker 2>they was jumping, and I mean, it's real intense.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm curious you do the Olympics. I feel like I

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<v Speaker 1>see you in a commercial every five minutes. When you

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<v Speaker 1>started your career, right people, there were a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people who thought gangster rap was bad for society. They

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<v Speaker 1>were wrong, But leave that aside. Did you ever think

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<v Speaker 1>you'd become one of the most in demand spokespeople for

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<v Speaker 1>different companies in this country?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes and no.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, because I always believed in me and I always

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<v Speaker 2>thought that if you give opportunity, we're going to make

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<v Speaker 2>the most of it. But no, because at the time

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<v Speaker 2>when I was entering into the music industry. It was

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<v Speaker 2>only certain things we could do. It was certain things

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<v Speaker 2>that wasn't legal, that aren't legal.

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<v Speaker 1>Now do you feel like I mean you're you're obviously

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<v Speaker 1>a little joking a little bit, but do you feel

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<v Speaker 1>like growing acceptance of weed has kind of smoothed the

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<v Speaker 1>path for you and made you kind of more presentable

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<v Speaker 1>for companies?

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's the medical side of it is being

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<v Speaker 2>brought forward a lot. You know, usually when medical is

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<v Speaker 2>the first word, then you have more understanding because I've

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<v Speaker 2>had people in my family who dealt with catser and

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<v Speaker 2>certain you know, illnesses, and cannabis and THHC has helped them,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, ease the pain and have a smooth transition.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's like and then I look at my career

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<v Speaker 2>and look at me and look at what I look like.

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<v Speaker 2>And I look at some people in the industry and

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<v Speaker 2>what they look like, and maybe they do alcohol and

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<v Speaker 2>this and that and the other, but I do weed, and.

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<v Speaker 3>I look like this, Like you know what I'm saying. Like,

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<v Speaker 3>thirty one years.

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<v Speaker 1>Later, you have a you have a new album coming

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<v Speaker 1>out what a month from now?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, new album is called Miss Sary. What's what's the

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<v Speaker 2>story behind it first album. Well, me and Doctor Jerry

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<v Speaker 2>made an album in nineteen ninety three called Doggie Style.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you flip the page, there's an.

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<v Speaker 1>This is your when's the last time you? Because he's

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<v Speaker 1>a major producer on the album, right, he's producing the

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<v Speaker 1>whole album. When's the last time he did that with you?

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<v Speaker 2>Nineteen ninety three was the last time he produced a

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<v Speaker 2>whole Snoop Dogg album. So this is sort of kind

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<v Speaker 2>of a reunion, and it's a collaboration of two friends

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<v Speaker 2>who genuinely love each other and we know we're better together.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, I can make good music, but when I'm

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<v Speaker 2>wul doctor Draham made great music and.

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<v Speaker 1>Give it up. How did you decide after all the

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<v Speaker 1>time that you guys wanted to work together in that

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<v Speaker 1>way again?

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<v Speaker 3>Me personally?

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<v Speaker 2>He called me and was like, I wanna do your record.

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<v Speaker 2>I need two weeks. I'm like, I know they like

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<v Speaker 2>two years.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, every Dre album you're waiting five seven years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, in my mind I made up that I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>go back to being a Snoop Doggie dog.

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<v Speaker 3>I wanna be the student, the kid, the passenger.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanna humble myself and go in the studio with

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<v Speaker 2>him and allow him to, you know, work on me

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<v Speaker 2>and tell me what I need to do, and produce

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<v Speaker 2>me and not me try to fight him and think

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<v Speaker 2>that I'm a star. Now I could tell you what

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's best for me. No, you discovered me,

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<v Speaker 2>you seen me when I was a rock. You created

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<v Speaker 2>this diamond, so i'm'a allow you to shine it one

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<v Speaker 2>more time.

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<v Speaker 1>You've worked with a lot of great producers over your career.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm I'm curious. How would you compare working with Dre

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<v Speaker 1>to working with someone like Pharrell, who made you worked

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<v Speaker 1>with on some albums about twenty years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, when I work with for Real, me and Pharrell's

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<v Speaker 2>relationship is more like.

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<v Speaker 3>Friends. So when you're working with your friend, he's more.

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<v Speaker 2>Easier to let me get away with things, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>like oh that was dope.

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<v Speaker 3>That was dope. Doctor Dred be like, nah, do that again.

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<v Speaker 2>No, you said you said to you put you it

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<v Speaker 2>was too hard on your peace. Huh you're supposed to

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<v Speaker 2>say player. You said player? Are you serious? Anunciation? Pronunciation

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<v Speaker 2>with Doctor Dre is everything with for Real. He likes slang,

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<v Speaker 2>he likes raw, he likes the uncut Snoop Dogg where

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<v Speaker 2>it's not as polished, you know what I'm saying, Like

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<v Speaker 2>that's his threshold is to have the raw version of

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<v Speaker 2>Snoop Dogg. Dre is to have the the perfection version

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<v Speaker 2>of Snoop Dogg.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm curious you described f with Frell, it's like friends.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not like that with Dre.

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<v Speaker 3>No.

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<v Speaker 2>Dre is like big brother, Like it's a different relationship,

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<v Speaker 2>like big brother and friend is two different things. Like

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<v Speaker 2>your friend wouldn't say certain things to you because he's

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<v Speaker 2>your friend, your big brother, don't give me.

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<v Speaker 1>I've seen you talk a lot in the press about

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<v Speaker 1>how you don't you and a lot of artis say this,

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<v Speaker 1>like they don't make that much money from streaming, right

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<v Speaker 1>that you make money from other ways. But you still

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<v Speaker 1>chose to buy a record label. Obviously a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>emotional residence for you with Death Throw. I'm wondering, how

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<v Speaker 1>did you make the decision to buy it, and now

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<v Speaker 1>that you've had it for a little while, what are

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<v Speaker 1>you planning to do with it?

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<v Speaker 2>The purchase was made solely to get my master's back initially,

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<v Speaker 2>and then once I got my master's back, I started

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<v Speaker 2>thinking about the other artist that was on the label,

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<v Speaker 2>and the legacy and the things that we created, and

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<v Speaker 2>how this was one of the most predominant black owned

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<v Speaker 2>hip hop labels of the nineties. And I had a

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<v Speaker 2>chance to get it back in my hands and to

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<v Speaker 2>clean it up and to fix some things that was wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>and to put it in positions and never been in,

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<v Speaker 2>to give it a global approach and then make it

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<v Speaker 2>friend and approachable, and to make it, you know, lovable

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<v Speaker 2>and likable, and you know, make people feel like Death

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<v Speaker 2>Row is a nice place to be for making great

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<v Speaker 2>music and not you know, it sounds funny now because

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<v Speaker 2>you think about the myth of you could get on

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<v Speaker 2>death Row. You can get your ass beat, you can

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<v Speaker 2>get your jewelry, took all the negative stereotypes you could

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<v Speaker 2>have was always there. Now it's like Death Row is happiness,

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<v Speaker 2>is fun. It's cool, and it's because of the things

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<v Speaker 2>that I did as the owner and runs downhill.

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<v Speaker 3>From the top. So if you right from up.

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<v Speaker 2>Top, everything else is gonna flow right. And the spirit

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<v Speaker 2>of me is in my company and everybody in my

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<v Speaker 2>company is about peace, love and pushing this label to

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<v Speaker 2>a whole other level.

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<v Speaker 1>How many employees do you.

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<v Speaker 3>Have probably about thirty five.

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<v Speaker 1>And they're mostly working on that, or they're working on

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<v Speaker 1>all things Snoop.

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<v Speaker 3>They're working on death Row, only death row for death Row.

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<v Speaker 2>But then I got management that handles Snoop Dogg as well,

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<v Speaker 2>and then I got like me myself, who is the

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<v Speaker 2>Snoop Dogg machine, was like, you know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>So I have to thank myself sometimes because I'm the

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<v Speaker 2>actual machine.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. One way artist such as Helf make a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of money these days is touring. I feel, and

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<v Speaker 1>I could be wrong, I feel like I don't see

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<v Speaker 1>you doing sort of the big global tours that people

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<v Speaker 1>like Michael Rippino are booking. When's the last time you

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<v Speaker 1>went on a big tour.

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<v Speaker 2>It's records involved. When it comes to big tours like that,

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<v Speaker 2>you got to have a record. Yeah, I'm able to

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<v Speaker 2>go on tour just because of the catalog that I have. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>but this new record, Missionary is going to put me

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<v Speaker 2>in a position to probably have that final big stadium

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<v Speaker 2>tour because there's a lot of features on this record

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<v Speaker 2>that you know, I'm excited about that are big name artists.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know if I could say it right now,

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<v Speaker 3>I said it was my am. I got a feature

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<v Speaker 3>from a Jelly row and and oh.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I'm so happy that me and Stain got

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<v Speaker 2>a record that's so good and we hung out and

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<v Speaker 2>we chilled. It's like a child that's infatuated with somebody

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<v Speaker 2>as a singer and you get a chance to meet

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<v Speaker 2>him and they give you everything that you expected. Like,

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<v Speaker 2>that's what happens with me all the time. I meet

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<v Speaker 2>people that I've always wanted to meet and everything I

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<v Speaker 2>wanted them to be. I don't meet. I don't meet

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<v Speaker 2>people that disappoint me. I meet people that always you know,

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<v Speaker 2>outwork the contract.

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<v Speaker 1>Who's who's uh, Who's someone you haven't met yet that

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<v Speaker 1>you really want to meet?

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<v Speaker 3>Michael Jordan?

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<v Speaker 1>You haven't met Michael Jordan. That seems crazy. You guys

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<v Speaker 1>are both such icons of the nineties that Mike where

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<v Speaker 1>you at, but he can't be your favorite basketball player.

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<v Speaker 3>That's magic Johnson.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, okay, just making sure this is a Laker household.

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<v Speaker 2>You better know it in case you forgot Dad is

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<v Speaker 2>yeah everywhere I go.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, this has nothing to do with her talking about

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<v Speaker 1>but I have to ask you feel about Lakers this season?

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<v Speaker 2>I feel good about the Lakers. It's a family business,

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<v Speaker 2>so you know I'm gonna leave it at dad.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, you brought up some uh some collaborations, so I'm curious.

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<v Speaker 1>I do want to test out one of the the

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<v Speaker 1>We're doing polls during some of these conversations. We can

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<v Speaker 1>ask the audience what they think. I hope I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>screw this up, but which of these people do you

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<v Speaker 1>think Snoop should collaborate with? Next? And I guess I

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<v Speaker 1>should ask you after we get the results, because you'll

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<v Speaker 1>just skew and if.

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<v Speaker 2>I already know what they're gonna say, what do you

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<v Speaker 2>think they're gonna say?

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<v Speaker 1>Why do you think they're gonna say? That?

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<v Speaker 3>Is she from the West and she don't need me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll wait to see what the results are in a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit, but I'm curious. You know, you look at

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<v Speaker 1>your recent discography. You've released I think a Bollywood song,

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<v Speaker 1>a reggae album, a gospel album. You've done a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of different genres. Is there any genre you haven't tried?

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<v Speaker 1>That that is because it feels like this next one

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<v Speaker 1>you're doing is sort of back in your your sweet spot.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh huh. Jazz.

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<v Speaker 2>I did a jazz album that I haven't released yet.

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<v Speaker 2>It's more or less like spoken word over jazz music.

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<v Speaker 2>That was a genre that I've always wanted to go into.

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<v Speaker 2>Quincy Jones hit me to a mister Mumbles Clark Terry,

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<v Speaker 2>which was his teacher, and we had an opportunity to

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<v Speaker 2>spend time with mister Terry and we did a record together.

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<v Speaker 2>And that was a genre that I always wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>venture into cause I felt like I had a jazz voice.

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<v Speaker 2>I felt like my spirit was like one of those

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<v Speaker 2>jazz musicians from back in the day.

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<v Speaker 3>So I dibbled and dabbled into that.

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<v Speaker 1>So your and your role in a jazz album is

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<v Speaker 1>just you're singing.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I'm spoken words spoken Sorry, my voice and my conversation,

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<v Speaker 2>my poetry.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I think exactly. You're right, You got scissors,

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<v Speaker 1>got the web. But it's it's close Bad Bunny and

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<v Speaker 1>Sabrina Carpenter Bad.

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<v Speaker 2>Bunny Mahomie in real life though, so they already know

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<v Speaker 2>that that's an easy collaboration.

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<v Speaker 1>And then but he's not on the new album.

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<v Speaker 3>No, no, no, I didn't. I didn't go to Latin.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, you if you met someone who had never heard

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<v Speaker 1>your music before, where would you tell him to start.

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<v Speaker 2>It depends on how old are they.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh's I mean, I'm assuming the only type of person

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<v Speaker 1>who'd never heard your music before, it's probably under eighteen.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I got kids music, doggieland number one albums.

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<v Speaker 3>Right Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Had a kid's show, right.

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<v Speaker 3>I have a song.

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<v Speaker 2>Called Affirmations right. It's a song that we created, and

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<v Speaker 2>they teach this song in different elementary schools around the

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<v Speaker 2>whole world. Before the school starts, the students sing this

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<v Speaker 2>song about affirmation. So I got records that reach a

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<v Speaker 2>demographic of babies because I have grandkids and they wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>paying attention to me.

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<v Speaker 1>So I have Okay, So is there a demographic you

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<v Speaker 1>feel like that doesn't know you? Then how are you

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<v Speaker 1>dealing with the seventy five plus Martha?

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<v Speaker 3>You mean Martha stores Home. We got this thing covered

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<v Speaker 3>on We Don't True.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to ask you like a core hip hop question.

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<v Speaker 1>So I saw an interview earlier this year where Tyler,

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<v Speaker 1>the creator, was talking and he was kind of upset

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<v Speaker 1>because he felt like every rapper right now sounds the same,

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<v Speaker 1>and then when he was coming up, everyone had a

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<v Speaker 1>different sound. When you were coming up, there were a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of different sounds. Do you agree with that? Like,

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<v Speaker 1>where do you think hip hop's at right now?

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<v Speaker 2>It's about to reset. The whole music industry is about

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<v Speaker 2>to reset itself.

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<v Speaker 3>Usually happens like.

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<v Speaker 2>That, you know, repetition, repetition, breakthrough, originality, were back on again.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's what the music industry is about.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, right now talent is not at the foreground,

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<v Speaker 2>but talent will be put back into the foreground.

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<v Speaker 1>Why do you why do you feel like talent's not.

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<v Speaker 3>It's so easy to make music.

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<v Speaker 2>You can go Instagram, Snapchat, this, that, this, that fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>seconds of fame you could I'm a star. I'm this

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<v Speaker 2>from that. I got followers, I got likes, they following you.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know you got that that philosophy that you

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<v Speaker 2>could be a star.

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<v Speaker 3>Warner I came up.

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<v Speaker 2>You had to have conversation, You had to have showmanship,

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<v Speaker 2>You had to have you know, you had to wrap

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<v Speaker 2>through the microphone, like not play the song and rap

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<v Speaker 2>over the song. You had to like, I'm gonna hear

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<v Speaker 2>you just like I heard you on the record.

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<v Speaker 3>They need to hear you on stage.

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<v Speaker 2>And I believe that element has been tooken out, but

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<v Speaker 2>it will be you know, reinstated.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, who do you do you have? Do you have

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<v Speaker 1>people coming up who you feel like will be a

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<v Speaker 1>part of that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a lot of people making great music right now

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<v Speaker 2>and and they should be you know, commended. But there's

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<v Speaker 2>so many the name and a lot of times the

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<v Speaker 2>the the bad rap is always the ones who don't

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<v Speaker 2>do it right. But there are people who are doing

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<v Speaker 2>it correctly. And the music industry is gonna continue to

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<v Speaker 2>you know, be diversified, and it's gonna continue to reach

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<v Speaker 2>different parts of the world. I didn't think hip hop

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<v Speaker 2>would be in Africa, a j pad, in Turkey and India,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's there, and it's love and it's respected, so

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna continue to grow.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll ask you one more in West Coast question since

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<v Speaker 1>I know the answer. Where did you? Where did you

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<v Speaker 1>land on the Kendrick Drake Beef?

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<v Speaker 3>Where did I land?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>What did you make of it? I was in the

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<v Speaker 2>sky smoking weed. That's why I landed. You know what

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<v Speaker 2>I'm saying, because like when grown men have, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>situations as another grown man, they showed job to get

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<v Speaker 2>out thered the way and let and let.

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<v Speaker 3>Them handle they bend there.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what I'm saying because at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the day, they both my nephews. So whatever misunderstanding the

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<v Speaker 2>disagreement that they have, I'm pretty sure they could get

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<v Speaker 2>a understanding without Uncle Snoop getting involved.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I got to finish where we started. So you started.

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<v Speaker 1>You did the Olympics. I I I've here. I've heard

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<v Speaker 1>you talk over the years about your desire to be

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<v Speaker 1>part of the broadcast booth for a Super Bowl cause

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<v Speaker 1>you're a huge football fan. Did you take a moment

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<v Speaker 1>in Paris to talk to the NBC folks and put

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<v Speaker 1>in a picture of the Super Bowl?

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<v Speaker 3>Let him get that call real quick?

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<v Speaker 1>You good.

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<v Speaker 3>Na.

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<v Speaker 2>My grandmother always told me, let your work speak for you,

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<v Speaker 2>like so it shouldn't be about me having to converse

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<v Speaker 2>and talk to nobody.

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<v Speaker 3>My work speaks for me. Like I think that when.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in front of the microphone, no matter what sport

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<v Speaker 2>it is, whatever the event is, I'm gonna give you

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<v Speaker 2>something you've never seen before. I'm gonna say things in

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<v Speaker 2>an appropriate manner. I know how to clean things up

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<v Speaker 2>and broadcast. You know, if you'd see the Olympics was

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<v Speaker 2>rady ja, it was it was great, It was rated

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<v Speaker 2>g and I was able to keep it g the

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<v Speaker 2>whole way, and that was that was one of the

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<v Speaker 2>main concerns that I'm pretty sure that NBC had. I

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<v Speaker 2>hope this that I don't say that on TV, and

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<v Speaker 2>I kept it.

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<v Speaker 3>You know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 1>I trusted you enough to put you on broadcast. Stam No.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like they put Alex Cooper on the online

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<v Speaker 1>stream they did.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gravy though, because my mother told me, you know

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm saying, when you get opportunities to make the

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<v Speaker 2>most of it because you never know who's watching.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well Snoop, thank you so much for doing this.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks, thank you Locust.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a goo