WEBVTT - Jake Brennan Talks Here Comes the Break and Soundtrack Release

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<v Speaker 1>When did You Fall in Love with Hip Hop? Close

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<v Speaker 1>Out hip Hop Recognition Month, def Jam and Double Elvis

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<v Speaker 1>present Here Comes the Breaks Soundtrack and Oh to the

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<v Speaker 1>yester years of hip hop and the music and storytelling

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<v Speaker 1>We're one experienced tracks by artists like Bobby Sessions, Nasty c, Novaa,

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<v Speaker 1>Jo Lee, Being Overdo, and introducing Boston's Own, all in

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<v Speaker 1>a continuous blend of original music, scenes from the podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>story and artist interviews. Listen to the Here Comes the

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<v Speaker 1>Break Soundtrack by Def Jam and Double Elvis on Spotify,

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<v Speaker 1>Apple Music, Title or wherever you stream music. And to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you more about the podcast and the featured artists,

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<v Speaker 1>here's Jake Brennan, host of Disgrace Land, so on your show,

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<v Speaker 1>Here Comes to Break, can't talk about Here Comes to

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<v Speaker 1>Break without first talking about deaf jam. Def Jam, as

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<v Speaker 1>you probably know, has been a massive force in popular

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<v Speaker 1>music for almost forty years now. Ever, since Russell Simmons

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<v Speaker 1>and Rick Ruben decided to create a record label out

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<v Speaker 1>of a dorm room at n y U back in

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<v Speaker 1>the nineteen eighties, we've covered some huge def Jam legacy

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<v Speaker 1>artists in dis Raceline episodes, most notably Run DMC and

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<v Speaker 1>Jay z and it's been really incredible for Double Elvis

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<v Speaker 1>to collaborate with def Jam on this hip hop inspired podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>But instead of focusing on legacy artists from def jam

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<v Speaker 1>stack catalog, Here Comes the Break's host Asanty Black, you

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<v Speaker 1>might know from NBC's This Is Us. He uses the

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<v Speaker 1>narrative of the show to talk with emerging artists and

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<v Speaker 1>they debut songs from those artists on the podcast on

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<v Speaker 1>Here Comes to Break, new songs that you can't find

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<v Speaker 1>anywhere else. The show is super unique, and then it

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<v Speaker 1>combines these real interviews with a fictional narrative told from

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<v Speaker 1>the point of view of a young podcaster named Reuben,

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<v Speaker 1>played by a Santy Black, Reuben Rick Ruben def Jam

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<v Speaker 1>Here Comes to Break. But I digress. At the pulse

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<v Speaker 1>of this show are these real, live interviews and if

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<v Speaker 1>you haven't heard yet, here's a little taste. There's so

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<v Speaker 1>much going on in the world. What role does your

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<v Speaker 1>music played during the time of revolution? That's crazy because

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<v Speaker 1>I've been like reflecting on that. It's anitas to own

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<v Speaker 1>interview that she did, and she said that as an artist,

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<v Speaker 1>our job is to reflect the time, and so I've

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<v Speaker 1>been been pushing It's difficult because when you start off

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<v Speaker 1>as a certain type of artist, everyone's just like ARTI

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<v Speaker 1>standing this lame, famous lane. But when you start seeing

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<v Speaker 1>your people, in your black women and black men dealing

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<v Speaker 1>with so many things, you start kind of getting that

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<v Speaker 1>revolutionary strike going on. And so it's just been forcing

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<v Speaker 1>me to more so speak about what I've dealt with

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<v Speaker 1>as an African American artist. You know, sometimes you can't

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<v Speaker 1>just release a record we want to. So I've just

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<v Speaker 1>been kind of hammering people on the head like this

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<v Speaker 1>isn't right. Aggressive. I guess you can say I've been

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<v Speaker 1>a really aggressive artist. This is not only their problem,

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<v Speaker 1>it's my problem. Don't sounds central? Yeah, how's the influence

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<v Speaker 1>she was an artist? I appreciate my experience kind of

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<v Speaker 1>like moded me as a woman and as a human.

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<v Speaker 1>I've seen a lot of things. I've seen a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of darkness of you know, just I can go down

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<v Speaker 1>the list, but it helps me. I guess it helps

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<v Speaker 1>you be strong and sensitive at the same time and creativity,

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<v Speaker 1>Like it's so much art. I know. Sometimes I'll just

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<v Speaker 1>drive onto the hood and I like, I'm in the

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<v Speaker 1>hood all the time and I'm shopping. Slawson and everything,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's where all the art comes from. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>come from being in Beverly Hills and being in Talking

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<v Speaker 1>Santa Monica and all these things. It's like the arts

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<v Speaker 1>where the people are. I have show remember all the grinding,

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<v Speaker 1>and so sometimes I'm just like, I deserve this. I

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<v Speaker 1>deserve this, I deserve this. I created this, I made this.

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<v Speaker 1>But what I've been noticing now as a young woman,

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<v Speaker 1>is that my over it. And so because I dealt

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<v Speaker 1>with so many traumatic experiences like throughout my career, and

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<v Speaker 1>so the thing that's helping me let it go is alright,

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<v Speaker 1>creating music. Talk your feelings out and then you have

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<v Speaker 1>to let it go or else I'm not gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>able to evolve until the next person if I keep

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<v Speaker 1>holding onto all the trauma. And so I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>how the background is starting to shape me. It's just

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<v Speaker 1>I'm starting to process. Hello, dude, you're not always okay,

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<v Speaker 1>and this ship was sucked up and you gotta release.

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<v Speaker 1>And so that's what it's doing. I don't make music,

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<v Speaker 1>and it might sound crazy, it's like, I don't really

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<v Speaker 1>make music because I want to to help people. But

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing it because this is my only sense of

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<v Speaker 1>therapy at itself. I can't talk to someone about it

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<v Speaker 1>because no one gets it. If I make the music

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<v Speaker 1>for some reason, that's the only way I can help. Wow. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>that's powerful. That's powerful. Um Okay, what advice would you

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<v Speaker 1>give to emerging artists just getting started who want to

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<v Speaker 1>signs for labels? I mean, I guess the best advice

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<v Speaker 1>to be you gotta be patient. You know, this is

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<v Speaker 1>a new generation, no only my twenties, and so we

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<v Speaker 1>want ship expeditiously like instant coffee. Be patient, have intuition

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<v Speaker 1>about the situation. There's gonna be times where everyone is

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<v Speaker 1>wrong and you're the right one, and you're gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>to speak up for yourself and just like now, man like,

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<v Speaker 1>that's not the hell I want to do. But you

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<v Speaker 1>also have to continue to be humble because you know,

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<v Speaker 1>don't shoot yourself at the foot because your label, they're

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<v Speaker 1>all working for you, not against you. Sew them in

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<v Speaker 1>to start off too serious. But in learning your bank story,

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<v Speaker 1>I learned that when you were young, your mom was

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<v Speaker 1>in prison and you and your siblings were left to

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<v Speaker 1>survive on your own until thankfully and relatives stepped in

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<v Speaker 1>to support you. How old. You know, I'm twenty four,

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<v Speaker 1>and then happened when you were a teenager? Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I was about I want to say, maybe about thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>or twelve or fourteen. Maybe I don't want to make assumptions,

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<v Speaker 1>But now that you're an adult and you're pursuing your

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<v Speaker 1>own dreams as a music artist, why would you say

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<v Speaker 1>it contributed from that experience to what type of person

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<v Speaker 1>you are now because of it. I mean, honestly, I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like I feel like the main thing that made

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<v Speaker 1>me is just like it made me really strong, because

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like I tell my story to people and

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<v Speaker 1>they're like not amazed, but they're just like really like wow,

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<v Speaker 1>like you went through that. But to me, it's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of normal. I feel like it's like, yeah, like that's

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<v Speaker 1>is that bad? And I just feel like it made

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<v Speaker 1>me strong because if I look at that like, oh

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<v Speaker 1>that's it's it's nothing. Yeah. I just feel like it

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<v Speaker 1>made me like a really strong person, Like the way

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<v Speaker 1>I look at things, the way I handle certain situations,

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<v Speaker 1>the way I react. I just feel like it definitely

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<v Speaker 1>toughed me up. You know, I'm just a simple person.

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<v Speaker 1>I like the simple things. I'm just like a cool

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<v Speaker 1>chilled person. When I think of Florida, I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>of put as far as like all this is concerned.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that all artists out there, but my mind

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<v Speaker 1>goes first to say Miami, to talk about what the

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<v Speaker 1>music scene is like in Temple. It's kind of like

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<v Speaker 1>a love hate relationship, you know how So it's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like a love hate relationship. If you ask ten

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<v Speaker 1>different rappers, you're gonna get ten different answers in Tampa

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<v Speaker 1>because you know, certain people on on different levels to

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<v Speaker 1>other people, so they feel like they were teasing and

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<v Speaker 1>stuff like that. When you build your fan base to

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<v Speaker 1>what they like from you, that makes the fans. So,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we don't really have a specific sound right now,

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<v Speaker 1>but we got a few artists that signed, and we

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<v Speaker 1>got a few artists doing anything agingly too, so you know, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>like listening to their music. And and also I went

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<v Speaker 1>back and like Rick Ross has his own sound. Ace

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<v Speaker 1>Hood who's from Florida too, has his own sound trick Daddy.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's interesting that you said that bigger picture. Can

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<v Speaker 1>you talk about being signed to a major label and

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<v Speaker 1>how has that transition? What was that transition like for you?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it was pretty easy because I always kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like care of myself, like I was important anyway

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<v Speaker 1>before I was signed, So it's like it's just like

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<v Speaker 1>a label. Now I'm actually signed, so you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>have a reason not to go to the club all

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<v Speaker 1>the time and stuff help me save more money and

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<v Speaker 1>a long run. How did you develop your fan base?

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<v Speaker 1>Instagram is the most amazing thing that guy ever crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you feel like you're collected to your fans that way?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you recomments? Do you respond back to comments? Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I clapped back on the regular. Like if you say

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<v Speaker 1>something to me on the screenshot, go on your page,

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<v Speaker 1>get one of your ugly pictures and post it so

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<v Speaker 1>the world can see that this is a person I

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<v Speaker 1>was talking about me alright. That is a little taste

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<v Speaker 1>of our new show, Here Comes to Break. Please check

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<v Speaker 1>it out. You can find it anywhere you get podcasts,

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<v Speaker 1>Amazon Music, Apple, Spotify. Go out there and get it.

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<v Speaker 1>You definitely want to check the show up. Awesome sound

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<v Speaker 1>to sign, awesome storytelling. You're going to dig it.