WEBVTT - INTERVIEW: New Edition & Boyz II Men Talk Brotherhood, R&B Evolution, Industry Rumors, Group Tour + More

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<v Speaker 1>Every day a week up the Breakfast Club.

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<v Speaker 2>Y'all done morning everybody. It's the j n V.

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<v Speaker 3>Jess Hilarious, Charlamage, the guy we are the Breakfast Club.

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<v Speaker 3>Lawa roses here as well, and we got some icons legends. Today,

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<v Speaker 3>ladies and gentlemen, we have new addition and boys to Men.

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<v Speaker 4>They're going on tour together. I feel like this should

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<v Speaker 4>have been happy, right. Why did it take so long?

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<v Speaker 4>Who wants to start?

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<v Speaker 5>I think that there's a lot of logistics that go

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<v Speaker 5>with having two groups, two groups with such great success.

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<v Speaker 5>In order to get that together, scheduling has to be right. Also,

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<v Speaker 5>the you know what I mean, the energy has to

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<v Speaker 5>be right, the climate has to be right. And I

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<v Speaker 5>just believe that this is the time. God put this

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<v Speaker 5>time as the time to show the world what this,

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<v Speaker 5>this whole vibe is all about. New audition, Boys to Men,

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<v Speaker 5>Tony Box and it's a real thing. And this is

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<v Speaker 5>the moment God placed it right here.

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<v Speaker 2>Not his boys to Benfield.

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<v Speaker 3>I got to ask, because you guys, they were your idols,

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<v Speaker 3>right and still you seeing them? You know, when y'all

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<v Speaker 3>had to show in Philly, y'all coming to the bus

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<v Speaker 3>and y'all singing.

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<v Speaker 6>And.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you know that's not actually how it went, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I'm saying. No, no, no, I don't mean to.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't mean to, but you know, but you know,

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<v Speaker 5>like in order in order for the story to to

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<v Speaker 5>to actually be uh told in the movies, sometimes you

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<v Speaker 5>have to, you know, make it all go together and sequence,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, for people can see this. So there's truth

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<v Speaker 5>to that. But it was Michael Bibbins, Ricky and and Ron.

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<v Speaker 5>They were actually coming off stage at the Powerhouse and

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<v Speaker 5>they were in Philly and they were introducing that you

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<v Speaker 5>guys were going to be BBD and we had just

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<v Speaker 5>by the time they came off stage, we had just

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<v Speaker 5>snuck backstage.

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<v Speaker 1>We passed past us back and before we got backstage,

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<v Speaker 1>and as.

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<v Speaker 5>Soon as we got there, they were coming off stage,

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<v Speaker 5>and I guess, uh, Nate asked Ricky can we sing

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<v Speaker 5>for him?

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<v Speaker 1>You know what I'm saying? And Ricky was like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>got it tape.

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<v Speaker 7>Y'all?

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<v Speaker 5>He said yeah, yeah, got it tape. And we was like, no,

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<v Speaker 5>we ain't got no tape. And he was like, well,

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<v Speaker 5>y'all need a tape, you know what I'm saying. He

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<v Speaker 5>started writing down the address, but then Nate was like, yo,

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<v Speaker 5>let me go to BEIV. So he's like, BIV, can

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<v Speaker 5>you know, can you know, you know, can we sing

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<v Speaker 5>for you? And he was like, can y'all do it

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<v Speaker 5>right now? Boom we busted into can you standing right?

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<v Speaker 1>In? A capella? So it was backstage.

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<v Speaker 5>It wasn't at a tour bus, but you know what

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, the story nonetheless, it definitely resonated.

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<v Speaker 1>The tour bus was more exciting. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>right right, there was a lot more sexy.

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<v Speaker 4>I do want to ask you every every artist, manager, artists,

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<v Speaker 4>executive relationship has its highs and lows. When you look back,

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<v Speaker 4>what was some of the biggest misunderstandings or lessons y'all

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<v Speaker 4>learned from you know, each other.

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<v Speaker 8>I guess you could say, like when any relationship, I

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<v Speaker 8>mean in a group, because even when BIBB signed his

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<v Speaker 8>years ago, it was almost like him being a fifth

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<v Speaker 8>member at the time, and I think it was more

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<v Speaker 8>like a dynamic type thing. You know, we learned a

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<v Speaker 8>lot about each other's personalities as well as just understanding,

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<v Speaker 8>you know, how the business went. So you know, you

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<v Speaker 8>had your share of highs and lows and ups and downs.

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<v Speaker 9>But at the end of the day. It's all about that.

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<v Speaker 9>It's better is the end of.

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<v Speaker 1>A thing than the beginning and the other thing.

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<v Speaker 9>Absolutely, So it's one of those things where it's like,

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<v Speaker 9>here we are, look at this. You know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 8>A lot of people didn't think that this, you know,

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<v Speaker 8>situation would even happen. But as you mentioned, yeah, poison

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<v Speaker 8>men owe a lot to new audition. But this is

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<v Speaker 8>what succession looks like. You understand what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 9>So so it's one of those things where it's like

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<v Speaker 9>these guys did what they did, and they gave us

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<v Speaker 9>the ball and we ran with it so that now

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<v Speaker 9>we can.

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<v Speaker 1>Rule all together. Now we can roll with it together.

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<v Speaker 3>How often do y'all rehearse, right, Because it's a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of different characters, with a lot of different families, with

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of different moving pieces.

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<v Speaker 2>But people love the old dances.

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<v Speaker 3>They love to see in sick, they love to see

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<v Speaker 3>somebody going left, somebody going right, the outfit.

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<v Speaker 2>So how is rehearsal for.

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<v Speaker 8>Y'all that's gonna That's that's the beautiful thing about new

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<v Speaker 8>addition in itself, Like they carried the torch of what

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<v Speaker 8>R and B groups should look like they are the standard,

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<v Speaker 8>and when it comes to this tour that we're gonna

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<v Speaker 8>show that, like, it's all gonna be implemented in the

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<v Speaker 8>in the whole production along with Tony. So it's like

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<v Speaker 8>rehearsals we haven't started yet because this is our this

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<v Speaker 8>is our first promo run.

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<v Speaker 9>So but once we do, we're gonna.

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<v Speaker 6>Lock in and it's gonna be dope. It's gonna be

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<v Speaker 6>the smartest though. He came in with the crutches because

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<v Speaker 6>he knew what was gonna happen with.

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<v Speaker 1>This is just prep. This is prep right here the game.

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<v Speaker 5>You know what I'm saying that that might be an excuse.

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<v Speaker 5>That's not right, there's an excuse right now. I get

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<v Speaker 5>through tsa quicker than y'all. Y'all, how long is the show?

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<v Speaker 5>Because you'll all have so many men individually.

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<v Speaker 2>As long as the show.

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<v Speaker 10>As individuals, you know, we probably give them, you know,

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<v Speaker 10>ninety minutes, maybe even two hours. But when you put

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<v Speaker 10>all of this excellence together, you know, in one night

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<v Speaker 10>on one stage, that's got to be you know, prince

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<v Speaker 10>like you know, it's almost three hours. It's got to

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<v Speaker 10>be Bull Springsteen, you know, three hours and some change

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<v Speaker 10>and I'm excited about it because how do you put

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<v Speaker 10>that in ninety minutes?

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<v Speaker 9>You can't.

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<v Speaker 10>Can't you know, when you got success in the legacy

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<v Speaker 10>that we all have and all the joints and even

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<v Speaker 10>the individuals that are you know, within this conglomerate right here,

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<v Speaker 10>I'm just excited about it. You know, we didn't start rehearsal,

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<v Speaker 10>but mister Brooke Payne gave us a date for probably

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<v Speaker 10>December first, And like Sean said, when we lock in,

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<v Speaker 10>it's going to be crazy.

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<v Speaker 11>Who chooses the track list?

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<v Speaker 9>Like?

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<v Speaker 11>Who do all just all sit together?

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, we're gonna put it all together.

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<v Speaker 12>Yeah, yeah, yea.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, We're all gonna sit down and we're gonna figure

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<v Speaker 8>out how this whole thing works. Because the truth is,

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<v Speaker 8>again we are connected, we are from different cities, but

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<v Speaker 8>the story is the same. So it's gonna be deeper

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<v Speaker 8>than just doing songs. This is telling his story. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 8>this is more so and unlike any show that you've

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<v Speaker 8>ever seen, this isn't just about you know, lights and

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<v Speaker 8>cameras and all this other stuff.

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<v Speaker 9>We are literally bretering, like from beginning to end.

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<v Speaker 8>So we have to tell that story and amalgamate that

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<v Speaker 8>story to make people understand why this is important.

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<v Speaker 13>This is deeper than just a genre.

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<v Speaker 8>This is deeper than just all it's just a bunch

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<v Speaker 8>of black folks on stage, like this is history between

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<v Speaker 8>us New Edition and Tony Braxon. It's one hundred and

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<v Speaker 8>fifty million records. Got so, so the thing is is

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<v Speaker 8>that that that has to be celebrated.

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<v Speaker 9>And this is deeper.

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<v Speaker 8>This, This is why we urge everybody to come because

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<v Speaker 8>this is history. This is something you will never see

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<v Speaker 8>anywhere else in decades. So it's bigger than us.

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<v Speaker 4>Can we expound on the brotherhood you know between all

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<v Speaker 4>of y'all, man, you know, I love seeing all of

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<v Speaker 4>y'all together after all these years. What have y'all learned

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<v Speaker 4>about forgiveness and just staying together as brothers?

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<v Speaker 12>Audition and boys?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I could say, go ahead ahead, you said.

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<v Speaker 6>I've said before you talking about the fact that when

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<v Speaker 6>you're talking about true brotherhood, it's a real true brotherhood

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<v Speaker 6>and we're like real siblings. And I've said that that's

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<v Speaker 6>why you see, we go through our ups and downs,

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<v Speaker 6>our battles were then add some ups and downs and

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<v Speaker 6>all of the above. But at this stage of our lives,

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<v Speaker 6>when we come together man, it's like it's just nothing

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<v Speaker 6>but laughter. It's like, at this point of our lives,

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<v Speaker 6>we didn't been through a lot, and I'm sure there's

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<v Speaker 6>more to deal with as far as challenges go, but

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<v Speaker 6>we've come full circles just as grown men, just as

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<v Speaker 6>as human beings, and and we have fun when we

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<v Speaker 6>come together.

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<v Speaker 2>I was gonna say, do y'all need to talk with

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<v Speaker 2>y'all just like, look, we brought this.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the deal again.

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<v Speaker 5>We this is the first time that we've even come

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<v Speaker 5>together in this circumstance, you know what I mean. Other

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<v Speaker 5>times it's been you know, we've been on shows with

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<v Speaker 5>with BBD, We've done a few shows with Johnny and

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<v Speaker 5>Bobby and.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, and we I think we did one gig

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<v Speaker 1>that we all were together.

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<v Speaker 5>But I feel like in order for the energy to

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<v Speaker 5>actually get to the place where it's supposed to be

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<v Speaker 5>something like that, a breag Bread moment has to happen.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, some things, you know, some things that we

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<v Speaker 5>might have on our hearts may need to come out,

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<v Speaker 5>you know what I'm saying. I mean, that's that's what

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<v Speaker 5>brotherhood is about, you know. And and I'm a big

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<v Speaker 5>fan of atonement guys. You know what I'm saying, I'm

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<v Speaker 5>a big fan of of of of letting it go,

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<v Speaker 5>especially at the age that we're all at.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm trying. I'm trying to. Yeah, man, I'm trying.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trying to. I'm in I'm in coach mode. You

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<v Speaker 1>know what I'm saying. I'm really trying to be in

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<v Speaker 1>coach mode. This is the time. Let's go out, let's

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<v Speaker 1>make some money, and let's entertain these people and be

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<v Speaker 1>on That's.

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<v Speaker 12>All in conversation like that initial conversation, but we did.

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<v Speaker 8>What he was saying was it's it's one of those

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<v Speaker 8>things where because we're on the road and because we

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<v Speaker 8>have the time, it's going to be one of those

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<v Speaker 8>organic things. We don't want to make this a melo

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<v Speaker 8>drama and it ain't no negativity, ain't no mess like like.

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<v Speaker 8>You know what I'm saying, None of that ship excuse me,

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<v Speaker 8>none of that stuff like it. It's really just about

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<v Speaker 8>understanding how important this meant or this was, and not

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<v Speaker 8>only to the fans, but to us.

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<v Speaker 14>This is what we're doing.

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<v Speaker 8>We're celebrating, we're going to have a good time. We're

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<v Speaker 8>gonna go on the road and We're gonna sing and

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<v Speaker 8>dance our asses off. Absolutely, We're gonna give people the

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<v Speaker 8>greatest show they've ever seen in their life.

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<v Speaker 2>You have fun doing this, have fun doing it, That's right, Michael.

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<v Speaker 11>Anybody ever tell you that you look like Yo Gotti.

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<v Speaker 15>We took the peture together at what was that the

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<v Speaker 15>BET Awards, so there's a picture of.

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<v Speaker 13>Him and not standing side by side. It was just

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<v Speaker 13>cool to meet him too. I think he was right

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<v Speaker 13>at the beginning of him coming through the door. He

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<v Speaker 13>was hustling.

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<v Speaker 15>He was standing outside on the red cop it with

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<v Speaker 15>not no bodyguards and all that.

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<v Speaker 13>He looked like he was.

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<v Speaker 15>He had his crewel there, but he was a little

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<v Speaker 15>more loose and it was It was good. We just

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<v Speaker 15>looked at each other like okay, and we just smiled.

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<v Speaker 11>Oh, so, y'all looked like y'all could be brothers.

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<v Speaker 15>Everybody said, I think, what's one of the kids looked

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<v Speaker 15>at the TV. It was like that, and it couldn't

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<v Speaker 15>figure it out. You know, one of my kids, like

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<v Speaker 15>he looked like that. I don't know if it was

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<v Speaker 15>Shilah Starler was one of them. They was a little

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<v Speaker 15>you know, it was little. Yeah, So it was all

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<v Speaker 15>good and shout out to him. Man, hell of a CEO.

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<v Speaker 2>Now what do you think there's missing in the R

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<v Speaker 2>and B game right now? Why don't you think there's

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<v Speaker 2>more R and B groups?

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<v Speaker 12>They're missing us?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, you know, I just think the

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<v Speaker 6>times is changed. And that's the thing that we understand

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<v Speaker 6>about time. Uh, and the world is constantly going and

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<v Speaker 6>we've seen nothing stays the same. And the part of

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<v Speaker 6>the thing is that we have to learn and have

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<v Speaker 6>the attitude and take that mindset that you know, you

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<v Speaker 6>have to learn how to work, continue to do what

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<v Speaker 6>we do in that compromise that we are, but also

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<v Speaker 6>understand where the world is and figure out how we

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<v Speaker 6>can fit in it, because well, ain't stopping.

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<v Speaker 16>For us that thinks we live in a YouTube society

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<v Speaker 16>and everybody's selfish. Nobody wants to share with their friends

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<v Speaker 16>or their brothers and their cousins. Nobody wants to make

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<v Speaker 16>a group. Everybody wants their own shit, absolutely with.

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<v Speaker 1>Their own money.

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<v Speaker 13>Well go ahead, no, I'm not going before you.

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<v Speaker 2>Ian might got an R and B group and to cut.

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<v Speaker 13>Some are I was just going to make a point.

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<v Speaker 15>But if you want to jump in, jump, I was

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<v Speaker 15>gonna say, bro. Honestly, I think it started at the Recordly,

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<v Speaker 15>I think people that are hired now some of them

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<v Speaker 15>don't have an eye for talent.

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<v Speaker 13>They have an eye for their computer.

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<v Speaker 15>Sometimes you have to go in the street, like we

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<v Speaker 15>met in the street. You know, they're singing to be close,

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<v Speaker 15>and I think they look at it as the hits

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<v Speaker 15>of the computer makes them a hit group. But it's

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<v Speaker 15>so much more to it. And back in the day,

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<v Speaker 15>like for myself as the CEO, I stayed the two

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<v Speaker 15>in the morning and kept looking at the pictures, listening

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<v Speaker 15>to the music, the an R and the people at

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<v Speaker 15>the office. Now they're on the red carpet before the

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<v Speaker 15>artists get there. So the responsibility and the care the

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<v Speaker 15>detail is missing. And if someone would just slow down

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<v Speaker 15>and say, yo, how many times we gotta look at

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<v Speaker 15>the Grammys and not.

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<v Speaker 13>One R and B group is on the shove right right?

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<v Speaker 15>And the first time we see in an R and

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<v Speaker 15>B group in the last five years, well, you know,

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<v Speaker 15>we saw what Bruno on them did, but that was

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<v Speaker 15>a different thing. I'm talking about someone from the hood,

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<v Speaker 15>like a yoga signal audition boys to men. Jagged Edge

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<v Speaker 15>is when Wan Suns was on there and Jesse gave

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<v Speaker 15>them the shot. That's the first time we seen black

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<v Speaker 15>kids on the Grammys ever in a long time. And

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<v Speaker 15>that's where it starts. It starts Younger, it Scotts shot

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<v Speaker 15>at the office, or it's gonna have to come from us.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think people are looking for talent no more.

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<v Speaker 4>I think they're looking for people that are just doing absolutely.

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<v Speaker 5>Absolutely you don't even have to have a record deal.

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<v Speaker 5>You get the numbers and then you get a record deal,

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<v Speaker 5>you know what I'm saying. And really just understand that

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<v Speaker 5>there is a blueprint. You understand, a blueprint that we

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<v Speaker 5>followed to get to where we are.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 5>There's the groups of old of our time that actually

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<v Speaker 5>helped shape the entertainment value of all of us.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 5>So all these artists have to do is keep looking

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<v Speaker 5>at the blueprints, because the blueprints still exists. That longevity

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<v Speaker 5>just means that you did something very very right. You

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<v Speaker 5>understand and understanding behind it is. They're not looking for longevity,

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<v Speaker 5>They're looking for the quick fix. Social media is the

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<v Speaker 5>fastest way to become famous, but also the quickest way

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<v Speaker 5>to lose everything.

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<v Speaker 8>You know what I say, Like everybody's obsessed with going

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<v Speaker 8>viral and not understanding a component to the word viral

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<v Speaker 8>is virus exactly? Like why would you want to be

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<v Speaker 8>a viral? Like there's two things that happens to viruses,

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<v Speaker 8>One they get killed or it kills everything, Like why

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<v Speaker 8>would you want to why would you want to base

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<v Speaker 8>your career off of going viral?

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<v Speaker 9>Like there's there's no future in that, and that's what

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<v Speaker 9>the industry is t Sean.

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<v Speaker 15>Honestly, I would have went second on that question, but

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<v Speaker 15>I think we should ask Ralph what do.

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<v Speaker 13>He think is missing? Because let me, let me, let

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<v Speaker 13>me finish.

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<v Speaker 15>I'm gonna tell you why the responsibility of being up

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<v Speaker 15>front is even something that's in you, you're born with.

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<v Speaker 15>And I feel like that question you gotta ask yourself.

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<v Speaker 15>When he sits and watch a group of YouTube, he's

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<v Speaker 15>looking to see who reminds him of himself. He's got

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<v Speaker 15>that route treasurment. So Rizzo take the mic and tell

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<v Speaker 15>us what do you think.

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<v Speaker 13>There?

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<v Speaker 15>It is?

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<v Speaker 1>What was the question, what's missing in R and B?

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<v Speaker 1>What's missing about the group's R and B?

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<v Speaker 13>Like what's missing?

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<v Speaker 17>There's a lot missing that game. It's all changed. It's

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<v Speaker 17>not even the same place that we were in when

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<v Speaker 17>we started. So everything has changed.

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<v Speaker 1>R and B.

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<v Speaker 13>Man, can you hear me?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm sorry, it seems like everything has changed.

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<v Speaker 17>Man, nothing's how it used to be, you know, when

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<v Speaker 17>we're out here trying to think about something in particular

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<v Speaker 17>that can bring it back like it used to be.

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<v Speaker 17>And I don't know, I don't have no answers with

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<v Speaker 17>all that. I just feel like it's evolved.

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<v Speaker 4>But it's interesting even, you know, for Bible to say

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<v Speaker 4>Ralph was the lead because you were the lead technically.

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<v Speaker 12>But then Bobby went off and was a great leading man,

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<v Speaker 12>and Johnny.

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<v Speaker 4>Was a great leading man, and BBD had success like

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<v Speaker 4>all of y'all could have been a leading Now.

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<v Speaker 17>He's something about how it started all off A candy

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<v Speaker 17>girl Michael Jackson analogy. Can'dy new audition? Candy girl Jackson's

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<v Speaker 17>that vibe is what Mike's speaking on. And during that

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<v Speaker 17>time period, it wasn't a whole lot of.

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<v Speaker 1>Examples for us.

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<v Speaker 17>We just had what was in front of us or

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<v Speaker 17>behind us, and trying to take what we had learned

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<v Speaker 17>and make something.

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<v Speaker 1>New out of that.

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<v Speaker 14>Exactly.

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<v Speaker 13>It's not adding what was going on in the.

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<v Speaker 2>Current times, you know what the streets popping, And.

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<v Speaker 7>I just think that back when we first started, what

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<v Speaker 7>motivated us, what influenced us, the artists, you know, the Temptations,

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<v Speaker 7>Blue Magic, the Jackson's is Death, that's not the motivation today.

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<v Speaker 7>Before we even like knew anything about how to even

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<v Speaker 7>get a record deal, because that was actually the furthest thing.

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<v Speaker 1>From my mind.

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<v Speaker 7>There was no way that you do that to approach that.

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<v Speaker 7>So our main motivation was to how do we put

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<v Speaker 7>on a good show. And we've rehears probably for a

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<v Speaker 7>couple of years before we even stepped on the stage,

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<v Speaker 7>and we were more excited about making the crowd scream,

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<v Speaker 7>you know, than actually making a new record. And so

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<v Speaker 7>now today, like Sean said, it's the motivation is how.

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<v Speaker 1>Do I become famous? Not really about how do I

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<v Speaker 1>put on a good show.

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<v Speaker 2>But it has to feel good.

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<v Speaker 3>Like I said, viv videos of my daughter seven years

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<v Speaker 3>old singing new audition records, which is crazy because it's

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<v Speaker 3>the music is a feeling, and I feel like sometimes

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<v Speaker 3>you don't get that with these artists, Like music doesn't

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<v Speaker 3>last at the time that it does well, you.

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<v Speaker 9>Don't think that's a big piece of what's missing.

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<v Speaker 1>When I think of it, it's love.

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<v Speaker 17>Like when we came up, it was a lot of love, right,

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<v Speaker 17>And it seems like love is not a part of

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<v Speaker 17>the major the topics now.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not.

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<v Speaker 17>It's not about it's not even in the music. It's

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<v Speaker 17>not in the approach towards when you the passion that

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<v Speaker 17>we had.

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<v Speaker 1>We had love for this.

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<v Speaker 13>We wanted to do what we saw the Jackson's doing.

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<v Speaker 1>We really wanted to make it happen.

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<v Speaker 12>It wanted to be great.

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<v Speaker 8>The industry, the industry doesn't groom legends anymore. They don't

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<v Speaker 8>groom longevity anymore because it doesn't benefit them. Like think

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<v Speaker 8>about it, when you when you have a company and

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<v Speaker 8>you know that you can go viral with a kid

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<v Speaker 8>for fifteen minutes, get your ad revenue, and then.

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<v Speaker 9>Kick them to the side, right, and then move on

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<v Speaker 9>to the next thing. That's a good money maker to anybody.

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<v Speaker 9>I was there, you know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 8>And the artist suffer, yeah, but but the bottom line

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<v Speaker 8>is is that the artists suffer, but the artists still

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<v Speaker 8>have the hand. And what I mean by that is

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<v Speaker 8>a lot of the things that we don't like about

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<v Speaker 8>you know, because I'm being group chats with a lot

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<v Speaker 8>of producers and managers and stuff like that, and they

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<v Speaker 8>complain about the same thing, and my thing is change it,

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<v Speaker 8>that's all. Just change it, stop doing, stop chasing the

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<v Speaker 8>carrot like, because everybody wants to try to fit in

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<v Speaker 8>the system, knowing damn well it doesn't benefit them. So

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<v Speaker 8>the music industry isn't an industry without the music.

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<v Speaker 1>So change it.

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<v Speaker 9>Change the paradigm, change how music is consumed. Change you know, who.

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<v Speaker 8>Has the power to create that next thing and then

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<v Speaker 8>hold it so these industry people don't try to put

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<v Speaker 8>their grubby hands on trying to make it like a

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<v Speaker 8>you know, a viral thing or you know or whatever.

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<v Speaker 8>It's partially our fault because we fell into the whole

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<v Speaker 8>system and all we gotta do is change it.

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<v Speaker 9>Period.

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<v Speaker 2>Now with Bobby with so many hits, how many hits

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<v Speaker 2>are you going to do?

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<v Speaker 1>On stage?

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<v Speaker 9>Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>Man to the mic?

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<v Speaker 3>And then because that's the time where everybody could take

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<v Speaker 3>a break. You have so many records single like, how

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<v Speaker 3>are you break.

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<v Speaker 4>Me?

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<v Speaker 12>And break.

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<v Speaker 14>I don't, I don't know. It's up it's up to

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<v Speaker 14>Brook and it's up to you know the guys. How

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<v Speaker 14>much they want me on the stage, I don't. I

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<v Speaker 14>don't plan to do no more than the next man.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that.

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<v Speaker 11>Okay, So for boys and men?

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<v Speaker 18>How long did it take y'all to complete a whole

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<v Speaker 18>song in the studio? Because you when I say when

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<v Speaker 18>the song's be going off.

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<v Speaker 13>You'd be like, no, no, no.

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<v Speaker 11>I got some more.

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<v Speaker 13>Specific with it.

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<v Speaker 18>The Christmas album that I bumped all year round, christmaserversations. Wow,

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<v Speaker 18>thank you, my favorite Creciate play all year round. I

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<v Speaker 18>only did it take you all to complete a single song?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I'll tell you this. It took us two weeks

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<v Speaker 1>to do the Christmas album.

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<v Speaker 9>What that's all the time?

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<v Speaker 1>We had two weeks, that's all we had. And we

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<v Speaker 1>recorded it in Europe, London, in London, yes, with Brian McKnight.

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<v Speaker 5>We sat there because we were on tour. We were

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<v Speaker 5>on tour in London, right, we had Yeah, we had

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<v Speaker 5>to meet the deadline and we sat in there.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course we wrote.

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<v Speaker 5>Songs on the road, you know, like Sean would call

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<v Speaker 5>me to his room. He had joyous song. I came

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<v Speaker 5>up with why Christmas. Nate had a cold December nights,

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<v Speaker 5>Mike did no, No, Michael's cold December.

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<v Speaker 1>Nights, Nate had what was the record of Share Love,

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<v Speaker 1>Share Love.

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<v Speaker 5>So yeah, so the idea like literally, to to do

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<v Speaker 5>a new standard Christmas album was It was grueling because

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<v Speaker 5>we didn't have much time, but we wrote the hell

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<v Speaker 5>out of that. Like every aspect of it was straight

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<v Speaker 5>from the you know, the soul, you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 5>It was real, real moments. So we did and we

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<v Speaker 5>didn't want to make it.

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<v Speaker 1>All like you know, jingle bells, you know what I mean.

0:21:05.480 --> 0:21:06.159
<v Speaker 1>We wanted to make it.

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<v Speaker 5>We wanted to make it so that so that so

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<v Speaker 5>that we could feel it, you know what I'm saying,

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<v Speaker 5>so that you could actually play that John straight.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 5>So yeah, you know, once you you know, once the

0:21:18.320 --> 0:21:20.800
<v Speaker 5>standards come and play, you know, of course you can

0:21:20.880 --> 0:21:23.320
<v Speaker 5>make choices, but when you have new Christmas records that

0:21:23.359 --> 0:21:25.600
<v Speaker 5>people fall in love with, that's the only choice.

0:21:25.840 --> 0:21:27.560
<v Speaker 1>That's why we decided not to make another one.

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<v Speaker 18>Yeah yeah, I want you please, but if y'all don't

0:21:32.520 --> 0:21:34.280
<v Speaker 18>need to, because that that's one of my favorite albums.

0:21:34.320 --> 0:21:35.480
<v Speaker 1>Thank you appreciate that.

0:21:37.080 --> 0:21:39.120
<v Speaker 11>Why did you kill give Love on Christmas Daily?

0:21:39.160 --> 0:21:41.679
<v Speaker 18>Because that's my favorite Christmas song, Like y'all was singing

0:21:41.760 --> 0:21:45.360
<v Speaker 18>these Christmas songs like women were leaving y'alls.

0:21:47.040 --> 0:21:47.840
<v Speaker 1>Because they were.

0:21:51.080 --> 0:21:52.120
<v Speaker 13>That's all I had to give.

0:21:52.680 --> 0:21:56.440
<v Speaker 14>I didn't have money back then, all I have with

0:21:56.600 --> 0:21:57.280
<v Speaker 14>loved offer.

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<v Speaker 19>What is it like for y'all when y'all are on

0:22:01.800 --> 0:22:03.480
<v Speaker 19>stages and doing the different things that y'all are doing,

0:22:03.560 --> 0:22:05.320
<v Speaker 19>and you run into people like Jess who are still

0:22:05.359 --> 0:22:08.280
<v Speaker 19>filling the music's impactfully, but also different generations and things

0:22:08.320 --> 0:22:10.919
<v Speaker 19>are being recreated TikTok and all these different places.

0:22:11.640 --> 0:22:13.440
<v Speaker 9>It's the biggest compliment ever.

0:22:13.840 --> 0:22:17.600
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, the fact that these songs out are older than

0:22:17.680 --> 0:22:20.360
<v Speaker 8>some of our kids and people are still enjoying them,

0:22:20.400 --> 0:22:23.600
<v Speaker 8>and it just it is proof positive of I guess

0:22:23.640 --> 0:22:26.760
<v Speaker 8>the work that we put in and the type of

0:22:26.840 --> 0:22:30.040
<v Speaker 8>music that'll last way after we're gone Again.

0:22:30.359 --> 0:22:31.240
<v Speaker 9>What Ralph was.

0:22:31.240 --> 0:22:34.200
<v Speaker 8>Saying is we do this for the love. We did

0:22:34.240 --> 0:22:36.639
<v Speaker 8>it for the love, and we continue to do this

0:22:36.760 --> 0:22:38.600
<v Speaker 8>for the love. I mean, it's nice that we get

0:22:38.640 --> 0:22:42.119
<v Speaker 8>paid well for it, but ultimately, what you're going to

0:22:42.160 --> 0:22:44.080
<v Speaker 8>see and what people are going to witness on stage

0:22:44.280 --> 0:22:44.600
<v Speaker 8>is love.

0:22:45.600 --> 0:22:46.560
<v Speaker 13>Why we do what we do.

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<v Speaker 8>And I wanted to touch too about how the fact

0:22:49.320 --> 0:22:54.960
<v Speaker 8>that the industry is made not reaching back to history uncool.

0:22:55.720 --> 0:22:57.960
<v Speaker 8>It's like when I see a lot of young kids

0:22:58.080 --> 0:22:59.480
<v Speaker 8>like talking, they talk about that's that.

0:22:59.560 --> 0:23:01.960
<v Speaker 9>Old shit it, yeah, but that's that good ship.

0:23:02.840 --> 0:23:03.000
<v Speaker 4>You know.

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<v Speaker 8>The the reason why songs last as long as they

0:23:06.640 --> 0:23:09.600
<v Speaker 8>do is because it just like Ricky even mentioned, like

0:23:10.320 --> 0:23:13.560
<v Speaker 8>they're idols, were the Jacksons and Blue Magic and the stylistics,

0:23:13.640 --> 0:23:16.480
<v Speaker 8>like you got to reach back to history to understand

0:23:16.840 --> 0:23:19.359
<v Speaker 8>how to move forward in the future. And the bottom

0:23:19.400 --> 0:23:21.879
<v Speaker 8>line is that a lot of these kids don't understand

0:23:22.320 --> 0:23:25.879
<v Speaker 8>what was, which is why the sound of it And

0:23:26.160 --> 0:23:29.000
<v Speaker 8>let's be honest, because y'all radio folks, y'all know the

0:23:29.080 --> 0:23:31.760
<v Speaker 8>sound quality is different. Y'all know it don't hit here.

0:23:32.400 --> 0:23:34.360
<v Speaker 8>It's just a bunch of sonics. It's just a bunch

0:23:34.359 --> 0:23:36.840
<v Speaker 8>of drums and sound effects.

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<v Speaker 2>Change a lot.

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<v Speaker 3>Right when I do R and B parties, right, y'all

0:23:43.640 --> 0:23:46.840
<v Speaker 3>records ring like newer records even more to the point

0:23:46.880 --> 0:23:51.000
<v Speaker 3>where it's like I'm watching people do the dance and.

0:23:53.600 --> 0:23:54.360
<v Speaker 2>This is festival.

0:23:54.440 --> 0:23:57.520
<v Speaker 3>So it's like with different groups. I would say with y'all,

0:23:58.320 --> 0:24:01.600
<v Speaker 3>definitely Mary J. Blige, it hits different because those songs

0:24:01.680 --> 0:24:03.200
<v Speaker 3>keep going and these are younger kids. He could be

0:24:03.240 --> 0:24:05.280
<v Speaker 3>twenty one year olds, These could be nineteen year olds

0:24:05.280 --> 0:24:06.480
<v Speaker 3>in college when we do these parties.

0:24:06.520 --> 0:24:08.879
<v Speaker 2>But it's still hits that make me happy.

0:24:08.960 --> 0:24:12.680
<v Speaker 8>What the kids say about low frequency like a lot

0:24:12.760 --> 0:24:15.280
<v Speaker 8>of the songs, unfortunately not all of them, but a

0:24:15.320 --> 0:24:18.240
<v Speaker 8>lot of the songs have very low frequency. It's the

0:24:18.320 --> 0:24:21.399
<v Speaker 8>reason why these songs that we've done for the past

0:24:21.480 --> 0:24:24.080
<v Speaker 8>what forty years, fellas like in somemods, you know, but

0:24:24.280 --> 0:24:26.960
<v Speaker 8>that they still ring true because again it still has

0:24:27.040 --> 0:24:29.480
<v Speaker 8>that thick analog feel to it.

0:24:29.560 --> 0:24:30.520
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, you know what I mean.

0:24:30.800 --> 0:24:35.280
<v Speaker 18>Something right now in twenty twelve, my baby father played

0:24:35.320 --> 0:24:36.280
<v Speaker 18>me mister telephone man.

0:24:36.359 --> 0:24:37.440
<v Speaker 11>That's how I got a baby right.

0:24:37.320 --> 0:24:54.080
<v Speaker 14>Now, mister telephone Damn if it was that easy.

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<v Speaker 19>So you talked about you talked about the not being

0:25:03.240 --> 0:25:05.600
<v Speaker 19>cool to throw back to like you know, legends and

0:25:05.800 --> 0:25:08.359
<v Speaker 19>iconic moments and music. How much of the business has

0:25:08.440 --> 0:25:10.200
<v Speaker 19>made it where that's why the kids are doing that

0:25:10.359 --> 0:25:12.360
<v Speaker 19>and has it made it hard for you guys trying

0:25:12.400 --> 0:25:14.359
<v Speaker 19>to do business because of that feeling?

0:25:14.520 --> 0:25:16.760
<v Speaker 8>Well, first off, let me say just to answer the

0:25:16.840 --> 0:25:19.359
<v Speaker 8>last part, our business is doing well. And this this

0:25:19.520 --> 0:25:21.560
<v Speaker 8>is the crazy part too, that a lot of people

0:25:21.600 --> 0:25:25.280
<v Speaker 8>don't get because we're not always on the front pages

0:25:25.359 --> 0:25:27.880
<v Speaker 8>of certain websites and things that nature that they don't

0:25:27.880 --> 0:25:28.920
<v Speaker 8>think that we're doing well.

0:25:29.359 --> 0:25:32.040
<v Speaker 9>As you look around, you see everybody's skin glowing.

0:25:33.280 --> 0:25:33.560
<v Speaker 1>Come on.

0:25:41.280 --> 0:25:42.639
<v Speaker 13>On that note channel.

0:25:44.680 --> 0:25:51.359
<v Speaker 12>We're good. Took them and see their numbers.

0:25:53.440 --> 0:25:56.040
<v Speaker 8>And that's the thing is like the industry has got

0:25:56.160 --> 0:25:59.359
<v Speaker 8>everybody so gassed to think that, Yo, if you're not

0:25:59.640 --> 0:26:02.760
<v Speaker 8>on this this particular platform, then you're not doing well.

0:26:02.960 --> 0:26:05.640
<v Speaker 8>And again this is this is proof positive. Like we're

0:26:05.640 --> 0:26:07.280
<v Speaker 8>about to do Arenas thirty dates.

0:26:07.440 --> 0:26:08.359
<v Speaker 9>I love it, We're fine.

0:26:08.920 --> 0:26:09.159
<v Speaker 12>Let me.

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<v Speaker 15>Again, let me say this like honestly, Envy, it means

0:26:15.359 --> 0:26:17.639
<v Speaker 15>a lot to us when you're in New Orleans and

0:26:17.760 --> 0:26:20.480
<v Speaker 15>you make that call twenty minutes before we hit the stage,

0:26:20.520 --> 0:26:23.679
<v Speaker 15>sorry and say, BEV, leave me some tickets. He's always

0:26:23.760 --> 0:26:26.720
<v Speaker 15>in the front, singing and stepping with us, and that

0:26:26.840 --> 0:26:28.399
<v Speaker 15>means a lot. And I thought that was part of

0:26:28.480 --> 0:26:30.480
<v Speaker 15>what you asked. What do we feel when we see y'all?

0:26:30.840 --> 0:26:33.840
<v Speaker 15>It feels good, bro, because you're not being you know,

0:26:33.960 --> 0:26:37.000
<v Speaker 15>the radio guy that got young. It being someone that

0:26:37.200 --> 0:26:40.000
<v Speaker 15>enjoys the music. And that's probably why your tickets is

0:26:40.040 --> 0:26:40.640
<v Speaker 15>always there.

0:26:41.480 --> 0:26:44.720
<v Speaker 3>But this group is one that I see every time

0:26:44.800 --> 0:26:46.840
<v Speaker 3>y'all in town, every time I'm in the town, because

0:26:46.960 --> 0:26:47.960
<v Speaker 3>it gives me that feeling.

0:26:48.440 --> 0:26:50.320
<v Speaker 2>I can see you once, I can see you twice.

0:26:50.400 --> 0:26:51.360
<v Speaker 2>I know the dances.

0:26:51.840 --> 0:26:52.040
<v Speaker 9>You know.

0:26:53.040 --> 0:26:54.840
<v Speaker 2>If somebody gets hurt, I can jump in for y'all.

0:26:56.880 --> 0:27:04.880
<v Speaker 2>I don't think. My question is is there a song

0:27:05.000 --> 0:27:06.760
<v Speaker 2>that you guys hate to do that? Like, I just

0:27:06.800 --> 0:27:09.439
<v Speaker 2>don't want to do that song. Y'all looking at each other.

0:27:09.640 --> 0:27:10.280
<v Speaker 2>I know what was one.

0:27:15.560 --> 0:27:16.320
<v Speaker 1>And Still of the Night?

0:27:16.320 --> 0:27:18.359
<v Speaker 13>I hate that song.

0:27:18.560 --> 0:27:22.159
<v Speaker 5>I'll tell you why you hate it. So so, so

0:27:22.280 --> 0:27:26.399
<v Speaker 5>we're in Salt Lake City, were and and uh, the

0:27:26.480 --> 0:27:29.000
<v Speaker 5>record label. I'm sure BIF has something to do with

0:27:29.080 --> 0:27:34.760
<v Speaker 5>this ship the record label and was like, yo, we

0:27:34.920 --> 0:27:38.920
<v Speaker 5>need a record for the Jackson's Mini series, and we

0:27:39.040 --> 0:27:40.439
<v Speaker 5>wanted to be in Instill in the Night.

0:27:40.520 --> 0:27:40.639
<v Speaker 13>Now.

0:27:40.720 --> 0:27:43.920
<v Speaker 5>We could think of so many other records that we

0:27:43.960 --> 0:27:46.160
<v Speaker 5>would have been excited to do, you know what I mean,

0:27:46.440 --> 0:27:48.440
<v Speaker 5>But they wanted in the Still of the Night. So okay,

0:27:48.880 --> 0:27:50.600
<v Speaker 5>it's a very easy record, guys, you.

0:27:50.600 --> 0:27:50.959
<v Speaker 1>Know what I mean.

0:27:51.000 --> 0:27:53.359
<v Speaker 5>Of course, with our harmony structures, we kind of we

0:27:53.520 --> 0:27:55.360
<v Speaker 5>kind of do it a little bit different because it's

0:27:55.400 --> 0:28:00.280
<v Speaker 5>not the regular triad, but the issue is is nobody

0:28:00.320 --> 0:28:01.240
<v Speaker 5>wanted to sing the lead.

0:28:01.800 --> 0:28:03.600
<v Speaker 9>It was a day off weekend and we wanted to

0:28:03.680 --> 0:28:04.879
<v Speaker 9>go snowmobill.

0:28:04.560 --> 0:28:08.720
<v Speaker 1>Exactly right, exactly, so nobody wanted to sing the lead.

0:28:09.240 --> 0:28:10.640
<v Speaker 1>So anything right, right?

0:28:10.760 --> 0:28:10.879
<v Speaker 13>Right?

0:28:12.840 --> 0:28:14.880
<v Speaker 1>No, no, no, hell no, we don't want to sing

0:28:14.920 --> 0:28:18.119
<v Speaker 1>the league because it's in the other night, right. So

0:28:18.840 --> 0:28:20.200
<v Speaker 1>we flipped the coin.

0:28:20.359 --> 0:28:23.199
<v Speaker 5>That's how we did every That's how we That's how

0:28:23.240 --> 0:28:25.640
<v Speaker 5>we cleared every alter case, every situation.

0:28:25.800 --> 0:28:28.120
<v Speaker 9>We would just want to slip the coin and nick

0:28:28.280 --> 0:28:30.320
<v Speaker 9>one and we left.

0:28:31.920 --> 0:28:35.160
<v Speaker 1>We left the studio. We left his ass right there.

0:28:36.200 --> 0:28:38.680
<v Speaker 9>We left him and we did our parts and flipped

0:28:38.720 --> 0:28:38.960
<v Speaker 9>the coin.

0:28:39.040 --> 0:28:40.000
<v Speaker 13>And who was going to sing lead?

0:28:40.120 --> 0:28:40.520
<v Speaker 9>Nate one?

0:28:40.840 --> 0:28:43.880
<v Speaker 1>We love you.

0:28:46.560 --> 0:28:48.480
<v Speaker 16>I don't even remember, bro. I was so pissed off

0:28:50.280 --> 0:28:52.760
<v Speaker 16>looking out the window snow cap mountains and ship.

0:28:55.040 --> 0:29:00.880
<v Speaker 2>Hilarious that the additions to yeah, I want to know that.

0:29:01.200 --> 0:29:03.880
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, what's all y'all hate to do? I love doing

0:29:03.960 --> 0:29:05.600
<v Speaker 9>if it is in love, but I don't like doing it.

0:29:06.320 --> 0:29:09.040
<v Speaker 1>I don't because it's like, by the time you finish

0:29:09.120 --> 0:29:12.840
<v Speaker 1>like this, you're like, I'm telling what you like.

0:29:13.840 --> 0:29:15.000
<v Speaker 12>I don't like to do the dance.

0:29:18.440 --> 0:29:23.160
<v Speaker 5>It's a real difficult I dig for me it would

0:29:23.200 --> 0:29:25.120
<v Speaker 5>probably be You're not my kind of girl.

0:29:25.680 --> 0:29:27.719
<v Speaker 13>What yeah, lyrics.

0:29:28.320 --> 0:29:31.160
<v Speaker 1>It leans in on the dance side. This one move

0:29:31.280 --> 0:29:35.200
<v Speaker 1>that we do what you know later on my ass.

0:29:35.080 --> 0:29:43.280
<v Speaker 19>Hurts dance moves in like things you're not going to

0:29:43.360 --> 0:29:45.320
<v Speaker 19>touch this time around one.

0:29:44.960 --> 0:29:53.960
<v Speaker 10>We are definitely gonna I think we do want to

0:29:54.000 --> 0:29:59.120
<v Speaker 10>give people a different experience. Like and B said, some

0:29:59.280 --> 0:30:01.880
<v Speaker 10>of the classics stuff that people have come to know

0:30:02.080 --> 0:30:04.840
<v Speaker 10>us for if it isn't love, maybe even you're not

0:30:04.960 --> 0:30:06.800
<v Speaker 10>my kind of girl. Some of those things we're gonna

0:30:06.880 --> 0:30:09.920
<v Speaker 10>keep in place. We might add some variances, but I

0:30:10.000 --> 0:30:12.320
<v Speaker 10>think people want to see us do something new and

0:30:12.480 --> 0:30:15.560
<v Speaker 10>fresh and different, and we're excited about the challenge of

0:30:16.120 --> 0:30:17.360
<v Speaker 10>coming up with those things.

0:30:17.480 --> 0:30:19.200
<v Speaker 1>For whether it's the poison.

0:30:18.880 --> 0:30:22.440
<v Speaker 10>Breakdown or every little step you know, where people might

0:30:23.000 --> 0:30:27.440
<v Speaker 10>understand in the aisles, like Mike said, they're anticipating the move,

0:30:27.560 --> 0:30:30.480
<v Speaker 10>but we're gonna throw a curveball this time around, and

0:30:31.400 --> 0:30:33.480
<v Speaker 10>that's what it's all about. I think the reason why

0:30:33.600 --> 0:30:36.040
<v Speaker 10>we've been able to stand the test of time for

0:30:36.720 --> 0:30:38.640
<v Speaker 10>forty plus years is because.

0:30:38.360 --> 0:30:39.920
<v Speaker 1>We've always challenged ourselves.

0:30:40.120 --> 0:30:42.760
<v Speaker 10>You know, we always really felt like we had to

0:30:42.880 --> 0:30:46.320
<v Speaker 10>go deep because the bar was raised for us from

0:30:46.440 --> 0:30:49.280
<v Speaker 10>some of the greats that we used to love to

0:30:49.320 --> 0:30:52.200
<v Speaker 10>see and when they poured into us, I mean Lakeside.

0:30:52.640 --> 0:30:55.120
<v Speaker 10>We would stand on the side of the stage every

0:30:55.320 --> 0:30:57.680
<v Speaker 10>night when we were on tour with them, just taking

0:30:57.760 --> 0:31:01.360
<v Speaker 10>that energy in. I remember time where my uncle would

0:31:01.440 --> 0:31:04.960
<v Speaker 10>have a sit Indian style on the floor, you know,

0:31:05.160 --> 0:31:08.200
<v Speaker 10>in a little meditation polls and he would play the

0:31:08.320 --> 0:31:11.000
<v Speaker 10>Jackson's live album and he would tell us to close

0:31:11.080 --> 0:31:12.600
<v Speaker 10>our eyes so we can ingest.

0:31:13.240 --> 0:31:14.320
<v Speaker 1>You know what that was.

0:31:14.680 --> 0:31:17.640
<v Speaker 10>And it's paid dividends. So we definitely want to give

0:31:17.680 --> 0:31:18.920
<v Speaker 10>people a different experience.

0:31:19.120 --> 0:31:21.320
<v Speaker 4>But you can't do everything that ballplayers get older, they

0:31:21.320 --> 0:31:22.800
<v Speaker 4>even got to adjust their game, but they.

0:31:25.760 --> 0:31:26.440
<v Speaker 12>Right, thank you.

0:31:29.280 --> 0:31:32.240
<v Speaker 9>You gotta appreciate years.

0:31:33.680 --> 0:31:35.920
<v Speaker 3>You gotta tell you gotta tell Brooke that because he

0:31:35.960 --> 0:31:39.440
<v Speaker 3>ain't trying to hear that expect that they want the

0:31:39.560 --> 0:31:40.920
<v Speaker 3>same look from twenty one.

0:31:41.000 --> 0:31:43.400
<v Speaker 2>He'd be like, you try, that's what you tell you.

0:31:43.520 --> 0:31:46.480
<v Speaker 14>Try Sometimes the Running Man just ran out.

0:31:51.240 --> 0:31:53.840
<v Speaker 1>Night, the Walking Man.

0:31:58.040 --> 0:32:00.280
<v Speaker 4>It's something that you all appreciate about each other than

0:32:00.320 --> 0:32:02.280
<v Speaker 4>now that you probably took for granted back then.

0:32:03.160 --> 0:32:05.960
<v Speaker 12>Matthew Ralph, Yeah.

0:32:05.880 --> 0:32:08.640
<v Speaker 17>I think everybody's gifts, you know, I think back then

0:32:08.680 --> 0:32:11.240
<v Speaker 17>we didn't realize how talented is. I don't think back

0:32:11.280 --> 0:32:14.640
<v Speaker 17>in the days we realized how talented everybody really was

0:32:14.760 --> 0:32:17.760
<v Speaker 17>and what they had to bring to the tablet had

0:32:17.800 --> 0:32:20.320
<v Speaker 17>to offer. When we first started, we was trying to

0:32:20.400 --> 0:32:23.440
<v Speaker 17>do like a mixture of the Jackson's Missed the Temptations.

0:32:24.080 --> 0:32:25.959
<v Speaker 1>That was our idea of us. So everybody was supposed

0:32:25.960 --> 0:32:26.400
<v Speaker 1>to have a role.

0:32:26.560 --> 0:32:28.360
<v Speaker 17>When we came into the Candygirl album, it was more

0:32:28.400 --> 0:32:32.880
<v Speaker 17>of this Jackson five ish vibe, which we would have

0:32:32.920 --> 0:32:34.640
<v Speaker 17>switched it out the gate. It would have came in

0:32:34.720 --> 0:32:37.640
<v Speaker 17>the gate a little bit more with everybody's talent talents

0:32:37.680 --> 0:32:41.240
<v Speaker 17>being showcased out the gate. So I think that what

0:32:41.440 --> 0:32:45.080
<v Speaker 17>I've learned is the brother how smart everybody is, how

0:32:45.160 --> 0:32:47.120
<v Speaker 17>much they actually added to the table and brought to

0:32:47.200 --> 0:32:50.640
<v Speaker 17>the table that you take for granted because everybody's.

0:32:50.200 --> 0:32:52.360
<v Speaker 2>Supposed to do that part, which just taught you do

0:32:52.480 --> 0:32:52.840
<v Speaker 2>your role.

0:32:53.120 --> 0:32:54.959
<v Speaker 17>But then you look back later on, it'say, what if

0:32:55.040 --> 0:32:56.600
<v Speaker 17>that he didn't know how to do that, or he

0:32:56.720 --> 0:32:59.320
<v Speaker 17>didn't have that GIF, this might not have worked at all.

0:33:00.280 --> 0:33:01.080
<v Speaker 1>That's what I've learned.

0:33:01.120 --> 0:33:04.320
<v Speaker 17>I've learned that everybody's gifted, extremely smart and knows exactly

0:33:04.400 --> 0:33:07.360
<v Speaker 17>what we're doing. It has gotten better over time and

0:33:07.520 --> 0:33:09.360
<v Speaker 17>we're really a real brotherhood.

0:33:10.840 --> 0:33:11.480
<v Speaker 12>What about y'all.

0:33:13.080 --> 0:33:15.400
<v Speaker 5>I think that in the beginning of our career, we

0:33:15.560 --> 0:33:19.880
<v Speaker 5>actually we were groomed, you know what I'm saying by

0:33:20.240 --> 0:33:24.040
<v Speaker 5>great people. We had, you know, Michael Bivens, we had

0:33:24.120 --> 0:33:25.680
<v Speaker 5>Kylil Rountree.

0:33:25.400 --> 0:33:26.000
<v Speaker 1>We had.

0:33:27.360 --> 0:33:32.239
<v Speaker 5>Jerl Busby, and a lot of the things that they

0:33:32.320 --> 0:33:36.920
<v Speaker 5>were doing was cultivating what they already knew existed at

0:33:37.000 --> 0:33:38.760
<v Speaker 5>some point it Mike would tell you, you know, they

0:33:38.800 --> 0:33:41.480
<v Speaker 5>didn't know what to do with us because we weren't

0:33:41.560 --> 0:33:44.360
<v Speaker 5>doing what everybody else was doing at the time. So,

0:33:45.000 --> 0:33:47.360
<v Speaker 5>you know, when it came down to it, it was

0:33:47.480 --> 0:33:52.520
<v Speaker 5>more so, you know, knowing what we were capable of vocally,

0:33:52.800 --> 0:33:55.520
<v Speaker 5>because that's what the nucleus was. How good can we

0:33:55.680 --> 0:33:58.720
<v Speaker 5>be with our harmonies? How can we set ourselves aside

0:33:59.080 --> 0:34:01.160
<v Speaker 5>from the rest of the people that are singing at

0:34:01.240 --> 0:34:05.040
<v Speaker 5>this time? And you know, I think that that was

0:34:05.120 --> 0:34:07.800
<v Speaker 5>what we focused on more than anything. We didn't really

0:34:08.440 --> 0:34:14.840
<v Speaker 5>get into the brotherhood until I guess things started going awry,

0:34:15.239 --> 0:34:16.919
<v Speaker 5>you know what I mean, Because there's not a there's

0:34:16.960 --> 0:34:19.560
<v Speaker 5>there's always levels to this, you know, it's ups and down.

0:34:19.640 --> 0:34:22.080
<v Speaker 5>So when things started getting to a certain point, I

0:34:22.160 --> 0:34:24.080
<v Speaker 5>think that's when we said, Okay, now we have to

0:34:24.120 --> 0:34:26.080
<v Speaker 5>hold on to each other. Now we have to hold

0:34:26.120 --> 0:34:28.120
<v Speaker 5>on to the brotherhood. And as you can see, we're

0:34:28.239 --> 0:34:30.759
<v Speaker 5>lesser brother you know what I'm saying. Because when the

0:34:31.160 --> 0:34:34.000
<v Speaker 5>chips are down, you know, it's that's a real thing,

0:34:34.120 --> 0:34:36.000
<v Speaker 5>you know what I'm saying. Everybody has to stay as

0:34:36.040 --> 0:34:38.319
<v Speaker 5>strong as you did in the beginning when you were

0:34:38.360 --> 0:34:40.480
<v Speaker 5>doing it for nothing, you understand.

0:34:40.640 --> 0:34:42.440
<v Speaker 1>So that's what it is.

0:34:42.520 --> 0:34:46.560
<v Speaker 5>And then we just started realizing when things were at

0:34:46.600 --> 0:34:49.560
<v Speaker 5>a certain level that we needed each other more than anything.

0:34:49.600 --> 0:34:51.560
<v Speaker 5>We already knew what we were capable of, I mean,

0:34:51.640 --> 0:34:54.759
<v Speaker 5>and we gave each other roles all the way from

0:34:54.800 --> 0:34:57.480
<v Speaker 5>the beginning. I mean, there's always been the business guy,

0:34:57.800 --> 0:34:59.600
<v Speaker 5>you know what I mean. Shawn's always been kind of

0:34:59.680 --> 0:35:02.000
<v Speaker 5>like the the creative and the balance of it all.

0:35:02.239 --> 0:35:04.479
<v Speaker 5>And I'm just a crazy motherfucker, you know what I'm saying,

0:35:04.600 --> 0:35:08.120
<v Speaker 5>you know what I mean. And and but them, because

0:35:08.400 --> 0:35:12.120
<v Speaker 5>I have a responsibility to the integrity of my group,

0:35:12.640 --> 0:35:13.160
<v Speaker 5>I had to.

0:35:13.280 --> 0:35:16.360
<v Speaker 1>Bring that down. And that was because I had people

0:35:16.440 --> 0:35:17.160
<v Speaker 1>like Brooke and.

0:35:17.480 --> 0:35:20.120
<v Speaker 5>And you know they they saw it and in their

0:35:20.360 --> 0:35:22.759
<v Speaker 5>in their realm, and they were like, Okay, let's let's

0:35:22.800 --> 0:35:25.719
<v Speaker 5>bring him in. Let's let's draw bring him back so

0:35:25.840 --> 0:35:28.080
<v Speaker 5>he don't end up in a in a different way,

0:35:28.160 --> 0:35:28.680
<v Speaker 5>you know what I mean.

0:35:28.840 --> 0:35:31.920
<v Speaker 1>And and no bullcrap, I'm gonna tell you this.

0:35:33.040 --> 0:35:36.720
<v Speaker 5>My dude, the dude that saved my life in numerous

0:35:36.760 --> 0:35:38.719
<v Speaker 5>instances that he don't he.

0:35:38.719 --> 0:35:42.520
<v Speaker 1>Don't even remember. Is this guy right here you understand, yup?

0:35:42.960 --> 0:35:43.399
<v Speaker 12>He has.

0:35:43.800 --> 0:35:46.080
<v Speaker 5>And because Kyle used to say it all the time,

0:35:46.120 --> 0:35:48.200
<v Speaker 5>you ain't gonna be like that motherfucker remember that name,

0:35:53.560 --> 0:35:55.280
<v Speaker 5>I promise you, and be like that motherfucker.

0:35:55.320 --> 0:35:57.480
<v Speaker 1>I was like, but I love him, you know what

0:35:57.480 --> 0:36:01.520
<v Speaker 1>I'm saying Like that, and and and and it was.

0:36:01.960 --> 0:36:05.360
<v Speaker 5>An unspoken connection until I met him and then he

0:36:05.520 --> 0:36:07.520
<v Speaker 5>literally I will tell that story another time.

0:36:07.600 --> 0:36:10.080
<v Speaker 1>But this guy right here, man has He's checked on

0:36:10.239 --> 0:36:12.919
<v Speaker 1>me even when like he wasn't.

0:36:13.000 --> 0:36:15.239
<v Speaker 5>In New addition, you know what I'm saying, he checked

0:36:15.239 --> 0:36:18.680
<v Speaker 5>on me, like yo, dude, you in ATL I'm like, hell, yeah,

0:36:18.920 --> 0:36:20.360
<v Speaker 5>you know what I'm saying. What we're doing, you know

0:36:20.400 --> 0:36:23.319
<v Speaker 5>what I'm saying. But that's the thought process. The thought

0:36:23.360 --> 0:36:26.000
<v Speaker 5>process is everybody got us to a certain point. It

0:36:26.120 --> 0:36:28.280
<v Speaker 5>was up to the ups and the downs, the struggles

0:36:28.320 --> 0:36:32.279
<v Speaker 5>to create the nucleus that boys to men is right

0:36:32.360 --> 0:36:35.160
<v Speaker 5>now that to know what we are all capable of,

0:36:35.320 --> 0:36:38.040
<v Speaker 5>and we all play our roles perfectly, which is the

0:36:38.120 --> 0:36:40.759
<v Speaker 5>reason why God is blessed us to be so successful

0:36:40.800 --> 0:36:40.960
<v Speaker 5>at this.

0:36:41.400 --> 0:36:42.839
<v Speaker 4>I want to go back to someone Ralph said, when

0:36:42.840 --> 0:36:45.800
<v Speaker 4>you talked about, you know, leaning into everybody, leaning in

0:36:45.840 --> 0:36:49.000
<v Speaker 4>everybody's talents earlier, when everybody broke off and had success

0:36:49.040 --> 0:36:50.680
<v Speaker 4>outside in the audition, did y'all ever look at each

0:36:50.719 --> 0:36:51.839
<v Speaker 4>other and be like, I didn't know they.

0:36:51.719 --> 0:36:53.520
<v Speaker 12>Could do that, Like I didn't know BBD can do that.

0:36:53.680 --> 0:36:55.440
<v Speaker 12>I ain't nobody told do that, not me.

0:36:56.280 --> 0:36:58.560
<v Speaker 17>I was just static every time something blew off, when

0:36:58.600 --> 0:37:01.040
<v Speaker 17>somebody was winning, I was ecstatic.

0:37:01.080 --> 0:37:02.160
<v Speaker 1>I was at home like day go.

0:37:02.400 --> 0:37:07.560
<v Speaker 17>That's Bobby was the dance entertainer, mastering our projects absolutely.

0:37:07.680 --> 0:37:09.080
<v Speaker 17>You know, when we grew up, I just knew he

0:37:09.239 --> 0:37:12.320
<v Speaker 17>was better than all of us at dancing and entertaining

0:37:12.400 --> 0:37:13.600
<v Speaker 17>and just just being live.

0:37:13.719 --> 0:37:14.319
<v Speaker 13>You know what I'm saying.

0:37:14.920 --> 0:37:17.960
<v Speaker 2>He was that dude, and so not the world.

0:37:18.239 --> 0:37:20.480
<v Speaker 17>The world not being able to see that as a

0:37:20.520 --> 0:37:22.880
<v Speaker 17>part of our group, there was a big dynamic missing

0:37:22.920 --> 0:37:25.520
<v Speaker 17>it so when he's when he stepped out and he

0:37:25.600 --> 0:37:28.239
<v Speaker 17>did it, it's like, yes, they get to see that

0:37:28.520 --> 0:37:30.239
<v Speaker 17>we have that in us too, because it was a

0:37:30.280 --> 0:37:32.879
<v Speaker 17>lot of stuff that was becoming real candy girl, real

0:37:33.000 --> 0:37:35.000
<v Speaker 17>them boys is real soft or this.

0:37:35.920 --> 0:37:37.879
<v Speaker 12>Bubble gum and we don't get bubble gum.

0:37:37.960 --> 0:37:39.640
<v Speaker 1>And so you don't you don't hate it, but you

0:37:39.680 --> 0:37:40.399
<v Speaker 1>don't like it either.

0:37:41.000 --> 0:37:43.480
<v Speaker 17>So having another body, and when BBD started representing and

0:37:43.560 --> 0:37:46.120
<v Speaker 17>Bobby started representing, Johnny's in the group. Now he's doing

0:37:46.160 --> 0:37:48.520
<v Speaker 17>his thing with his grown master. He's just turning everything

0:37:48.920 --> 0:37:51.080
<v Speaker 17>to what we I really knew what we had and

0:37:51.280 --> 0:37:54.160
<v Speaker 17>letting the world see it. So for me, it was

0:37:54.280 --> 0:37:56.239
<v Speaker 17>just finally the world's getting a chance to see what.

0:37:56.280 --> 0:37:57.040
<v Speaker 1>Were really made out of.

0:37:57.360 --> 0:37:58.759
<v Speaker 8>Ralph, let me let me, let me give you all

0:37:58.840 --> 0:38:00.879
<v Speaker 8>y'all flowers and say that this has been no group,

0:38:01.840 --> 0:38:04.640
<v Speaker 8>white or black, that is done what New Audition has

0:38:04.680 --> 0:38:07.439
<v Speaker 8>done ever, not to me, not for us. There's never

0:38:07.600 --> 0:38:12.040
<v Speaker 8>been a group alive, past, present, or probably future, that

0:38:12.320 --> 0:38:16.480
<v Speaker 8>has been a group broke up, all went platinum, came

0:38:16.560 --> 0:38:18.319
<v Speaker 8>back again and went platinum again.

0:38:20.080 --> 0:38:25.560
<v Speaker 9>Only one literally, Yeah, that's it.

0:38:25.719 --> 0:38:27.600
<v Speaker 8>So I just want to just put that out there,

0:38:27.760 --> 0:38:31.160
<v Speaker 8>like They've done something that is unprecedented, and.

0:38:31.160 --> 0:38:33.560
<v Speaker 1>The only way that that could possibly happen is if

0:38:34.320 --> 0:38:36.439
<v Speaker 1>we make it happen. We can help.

0:38:36.719 --> 0:38:38.720
<v Speaker 5>If we can help a group get to that point,

0:38:39.320 --> 0:38:42.240
<v Speaker 5>then that's the only way. They have to follow the blueprint.

0:38:42.520 --> 0:38:44.600
<v Speaker 5>If they're not going to follow the blue blueprint, then

0:38:44.719 --> 0:38:46.000
<v Speaker 5>it's it's not possible.

0:38:46.080 --> 0:38:48.920
<v Speaker 9>You can't be successful without following what we've done exactly.

0:38:49.239 --> 0:38:53.160
<v Speaker 11>And speaking of that, one more big boy too low time.

0:38:55.080 --> 0:38:58.080
<v Speaker 1>Yes, I love them, Thank you for them.

0:38:58.680 --> 0:39:01.120
<v Speaker 11>I mean, we're talk about them. Boy got the voice.

0:39:01.560 --> 0:39:05.320
<v Speaker 5>I'll tell you what. I am so ready to tap in.

0:39:06.520 --> 0:39:10.080
<v Speaker 5>And you know, God blessed them definitely, and they're passionate

0:39:10.120 --> 0:39:14.120
<v Speaker 5>about it. And with with different opportunities that come my way,

0:39:14.200 --> 0:39:16.920
<v Speaker 5>I'm going to definitely make sure that you know, we

0:39:17.200 --> 0:39:18.160
<v Speaker 5>we we tap in.

0:39:18.440 --> 0:39:21.920
<v Speaker 1>You know, Oh man, thank you so much.

0:39:22.320 --> 0:39:25.360
<v Speaker 10>When you think about some of the things that allow

0:39:25.440 --> 0:39:29.560
<v Speaker 10>you to be successful, you know is discipline, and they

0:39:30.440 --> 0:39:31.239
<v Speaker 10>do and they do.

0:39:31.360 --> 0:39:33.920
<v Speaker 2>On top of the discipline, you have to have consistence.

0:39:34.040 --> 0:39:35.480
<v Speaker 1>Absolutely. It's something that we.

0:39:35.640 --> 0:39:39.440
<v Speaker 10>Had, as Rick said, early in our career before the

0:39:39.560 --> 0:39:41.160
<v Speaker 10>opportunity presented itself.

0:39:41.239 --> 0:39:45.360
<v Speaker 2>You know, we were prepared because of the consistent consistency.

0:39:45.160 --> 0:39:46.960
<v Speaker 1>Time, rehearse, rehearse, reheard.

0:39:47.400 --> 0:39:50.439
<v Speaker 10>We see them putting their videos out and make sure

0:39:50.520 --> 0:39:52.840
<v Speaker 10>that they're staying consistent, working on their craft.

0:39:52.920 --> 0:39:54.799
<v Speaker 13>You know that they have to have to get to.

0:39:56.520 --> 0:39:58.920
<v Speaker 1>Touch thee. Yeah, we're going to be on. We got

0:39:59.040 --> 0:40:01.080
<v Speaker 1>to definitely make oh Man.

0:40:01.040 --> 0:40:04.400
<v Speaker 13>Come on, you know what to Charlamagne.

0:40:05.760 --> 0:40:09.160
<v Speaker 15>Like, there's quiet storms in our group and you guys

0:40:09.280 --> 0:40:11.880
<v Speaker 15>just really get to hear the music, send the concept.

0:40:12.040 --> 0:40:14.319
<v Speaker 15>You don't get to get on the conference calls where

0:40:14.360 --> 0:40:16.800
<v Speaker 15>this shit really goes down. He don't come in the

0:40:16.920 --> 0:40:19.840
<v Speaker 15>dressing room where this shit really goes down. But I

0:40:19.880 --> 0:40:23.480
<v Speaker 15>would just say this and Rizzo, you know, he's always

0:40:23.520 --> 0:40:26.280
<v Speaker 15>gonna say it so eloquently because that's how he speaks.

0:40:26.320 --> 0:40:28.960
<v Speaker 15>But you know, Ralph's important. When he shows up to

0:40:29.040 --> 0:40:31.800
<v Speaker 15>do the show. It gives us a sense of strength.

0:40:32.360 --> 0:40:34.919
<v Speaker 15>When he walks through the door. It's like Brady coming

0:40:34.960 --> 0:40:35.480
<v Speaker 15>through the door.

0:40:36.080 --> 0:40:37.440
<v Speaker 13>Yes, it is what it is.

0:40:37.640 --> 0:40:40.239
<v Speaker 15>And you know when Bob is hurting or his leg

0:40:40.880 --> 0:40:43.440
<v Speaker 15>and he's just like, fuck it, let's go. I'll just

0:40:43.520 --> 0:40:46.520
<v Speaker 15>stand over here. He's like, basically, I can't do that shit,

0:40:46.840 --> 0:40:49.720
<v Speaker 15>but I'm gonna rock this bicrophone and that means everything

0:40:49.800 --> 0:40:53.560
<v Speaker 15>to the audience right when we're trying to make a decision.

0:40:54.280 --> 0:40:58.080
<v Speaker 15>You know, Big Bro Johnny Gill, he's he's a heavy voice.

0:40:57.840 --> 0:40:58.399
<v Speaker 13>In our group.

0:40:58.920 --> 0:41:02.600
<v Speaker 15>You know, he's a he's older, he's wiser, he's not

0:41:02.840 --> 0:41:06.640
<v Speaker 15>just a singer, but he's a leader by conversation, and

0:41:06.760 --> 0:41:09.239
<v Speaker 15>he keeps us at a high standing. Just just some

0:41:09.400 --> 0:41:13.200
<v Speaker 15>ship we not accepting, and that's just that. And in prayer,

0:41:14.440 --> 0:41:17.719
<v Speaker 15>that's mister Ricky Bell. Whenever we need to hear a

0:41:17.760 --> 0:41:20.600
<v Speaker 15>good kind word, he'll close the car. And that's so

0:41:20.840 --> 0:41:23.560
<v Speaker 15>powerful to keep us together. And of course, you know

0:41:23.719 --> 0:41:26.120
<v Speaker 15>Bro over there when he was speaking about the dance moves,

0:41:26.560 --> 0:41:30.200
<v Speaker 15>it's because he makes us reach for excellence. And that's Ronnie.

0:41:30.719 --> 0:41:32.000
<v Speaker 15>You know what I'm saying. When we want to just

0:41:32.200 --> 0:41:34.680
<v Speaker 15>go sit down and grab some water. Nah nah, let's

0:41:34.719 --> 0:41:37.160
<v Speaker 15>go two more times. And you see that in his

0:41:37.880 --> 0:41:40.600
<v Speaker 15>performance on stage. So I was just gonna say what

0:41:40.840 --> 0:41:44.040
<v Speaker 15>makes us tight? What Ralph said is everyone brings something

0:41:44.120 --> 0:41:46.040
<v Speaker 15>to the table, and I want to say it on

0:41:46.080 --> 0:41:47.680
<v Speaker 15>the Breakfast Club because I don't know when we'll all

0:41:47.719 --> 0:41:48.600
<v Speaker 15>be back here together.

0:41:48.760 --> 0:41:53.200
<v Speaker 2>Hold on, Mike, let me get you before you finish.

0:41:53.440 --> 0:41:56.120
<v Speaker 13>And Mike slaughter is the point. God thanks Zill.

0:41:56.680 --> 0:41:59.360
<v Speaker 17>He hands the ball. Everywhere he carries the ball, he

0:41:59.440 --> 0:42:01.759
<v Speaker 17>knows next play to make. He's thinking of the next

0:42:01.800 --> 0:42:04.040
<v Speaker 17>play to make, and he knows who to deliver the

0:42:04.120 --> 0:42:06.640
<v Speaker 17>ball to to make sure that we get we scored

0:42:06.680 --> 0:42:07.080
<v Speaker 17>the basket.

0:42:07.120 --> 0:42:07.640
<v Speaker 13>You know what I'm saying.

0:42:07.719 --> 0:42:08.359
<v Speaker 1>We win the game.

0:42:08.600 --> 0:42:11.359
<v Speaker 15>Yeah, thanks bro. And I want to say this because

0:42:11.400 --> 0:42:14.759
<v Speaker 15>it ain't over. But because of this guy. You know,

0:42:15.000 --> 0:42:18.080
<v Speaker 15>he's mature. When I met him, he was just ready

0:42:18.160 --> 0:42:21.319
<v Speaker 15>to sponge get all the information. But if it wasn't

0:42:21.400 --> 0:42:24.560
<v Speaker 15>for Nate Morris, I would have never been to CEO.

0:42:25.840 --> 0:42:29.280
<v Speaker 15>He's seen something in me that I didn't see it myself.

0:42:29.520 --> 0:42:31.440
<v Speaker 15>So I always wanted to tell him. I tell him

0:42:31.480 --> 0:42:33.640
<v Speaker 15>in Texas, I tell him on the phone, but I'm

0:42:33.640 --> 0:42:34.640
<v Speaker 15>gonna say it to the world.

0:42:34.760 --> 0:42:35.040
<v Speaker 13>Thank you.

0:42:35.640 --> 0:42:38.680
<v Speaker 15>He changed my life. He helped me see something I

0:42:38.760 --> 0:42:41.360
<v Speaker 15>didn't see. I was nineteen. I know my words in

0:42:41.440 --> 0:42:44.239
<v Speaker 15>Curson was heavy, but that's because I loved y'all and

0:42:44.280 --> 0:42:45.960
<v Speaker 15>I wanted y'all to be the best, and I just

0:42:46.040 --> 0:42:46.360
<v Speaker 15>wanted to.

0:42:50.400 --> 0:42:50.720
<v Speaker 13>Stop.

0:42:57.480 --> 0:42:59.920
<v Speaker 9>Come on, let me finish, let me finish.

0:43:03.239 --> 0:43:04.200
<v Speaker 1>What did you see what.

0:43:06.560 --> 0:43:06.799
<v Speaker 9>I mean?

0:43:06.920 --> 0:43:09.520
<v Speaker 16>I just it just seemed like from the outside looking

0:43:09.600 --> 0:43:11.920
<v Speaker 16>and you gotta remember we we weren't in the industry

0:43:11.960 --> 0:43:14.360
<v Speaker 16>at the time, but you know, from the outside looking in,

0:43:14.560 --> 0:43:17.160
<v Speaker 16>I saw what what Ralph just said, you know what

0:43:17.160 --> 0:43:19.600
<v Speaker 16>I'm saying. It just felt like he was a guy

0:43:19.680 --> 0:43:21.640
<v Speaker 16>that kind of held the group together. He had, you know,

0:43:22.160 --> 0:43:25.080
<v Speaker 16>put everybody in different positions, and at that point, I

0:43:25.160 --> 0:43:27.440
<v Speaker 16>felt like, you know, it's a group that we look

0:43:27.520 --> 0:43:30.799
<v Speaker 16>up to. I mean honestly, and I mean I've never

0:43:31.760 --> 0:43:34.080
<v Speaker 16>never told Mike, but I mean he did.

0:43:34.239 --> 0:43:36.520
<v Speaker 1>He was. He was my first hero in the music industry.

0:43:37.040 --> 0:43:38.360
<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's pretty much what it was.

0:43:38.600 --> 0:43:42.480
<v Speaker 16>So for me, it was like, if if he can

0:43:42.520 --> 0:43:44.040
<v Speaker 16>do that for them, you got to be able to

0:43:44.080 --> 0:43:44.560
<v Speaker 16>do it for us.

0:43:45.560 --> 0:43:48.640
<v Speaker 12>And that's crazy. Like I said, I just idea.

0:43:48.719 --> 0:43:57.680
<v Speaker 1>I thought there was going to be real quick, but.

0:43:59.600 --> 0:43:59.960
<v Speaker 13>Be able to.

0:44:02.360 --> 0:44:06.600
<v Speaker 16>Here's the deal, We're gonna have our conversation. We ain't straight,

0:44:06.880 --> 0:44:10.640
<v Speaker 16>but we know we ain't straight, but we all know

0:44:11.080 --> 0:44:13.440
<v Speaker 16>we're gonna go get this money. We're gonna please these fans,

0:44:13.840 --> 0:44:15.799
<v Speaker 16>and we're gonna figure out what we gotta do. Either

0:44:15.800 --> 0:44:18.080
<v Speaker 16>we're gonna fix it or not, but we all gonna

0:44:18.120 --> 0:44:21.480
<v Speaker 16>go out here and do what we that's a smarter move.

0:44:22.080 --> 0:44:22.279
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

0:44:22.360 --> 0:44:24.880
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, Well, let me ask the question, Biff, if you

0:44:24.960 --> 0:44:27.640
<v Speaker 4>could go back and renegotiate that first deal with boys

0:44:27.640 --> 0:44:29.640
<v Speaker 4>and men with everything you know, now, what would.

0:44:29.480 --> 0:44:30.040
<v Speaker 12>You do differently.

0:44:31.560 --> 0:44:36.040
<v Speaker 1>That's a good question. That's a good question.

0:44:36.040 --> 0:44:40.760
<v Speaker 15>So honestly, I think some of those deals was something

0:44:40.840 --> 0:44:44.000
<v Speaker 15>that Gerald suggested. See he's the one that said be

0:44:44.280 --> 0:44:48.440
<v Speaker 15>an executive. He said do a production, do publishing do

0:44:48.600 --> 0:44:50.600
<v Speaker 15>or I didn't even think like that, you know what

0:44:50.680 --> 0:44:53.720
<v Speaker 15>I mean? And it's the same choking. He was totally

0:44:53.840 --> 0:44:56.840
<v Speaker 15>against it. He didn't really like boys to men, you know,

0:44:57.080 --> 0:44:59.800
<v Speaker 15>so I'm fighting for them to be heard and to

0:45:00.080 --> 0:45:03.000
<v Speaker 15>be seen. He helps him destructure stuff, and I thought

0:45:03.080 --> 0:45:06.680
<v Speaker 15>that it was a it was a gamble. And the

0:45:06.800 --> 0:45:09.600
<v Speaker 15>thing is like, we never had a lawyer sit in

0:45:09.680 --> 0:45:11.040
<v Speaker 15>the room with us when we signed.

0:45:11.360 --> 0:45:12.160
<v Speaker 1>It was just us.

0:45:14.680 --> 0:45:15.280
<v Speaker 12>And them.

0:45:16.719 --> 0:45:19.400
<v Speaker 15>Yeah, and we went through the paperwork and we just

0:45:19.560 --> 0:45:23.160
<v Speaker 15>did it. The good thing about it is it was successful, right,

0:45:23.360 --> 0:45:27.200
<v Speaker 15>and the record label, honestly, the record label needed a

0:45:27.320 --> 0:45:30.399
<v Speaker 15>hit to keep the lights song that we mother fucking

0:45:30.480 --> 0:45:33.600
<v Speaker 15>kept the light song right. We were thinking about it

0:45:35.840 --> 0:45:39.719
<v Speaker 15>right and then sold So to think to think the

0:45:39.840 --> 0:45:43.000
<v Speaker 15>thing is just even in all of that. What was

0:45:43.120 --> 0:45:45.360
<v Speaker 15>the easier way to do it was fifty to fifty.

0:45:45.960 --> 0:45:49.640
<v Speaker 15>Now remember, and their fifty is for them. In my fifty,

0:45:49.840 --> 0:45:52.759
<v Speaker 15>there's one. And so a lot of the stuff that might,

0:45:53.000 --> 0:45:56.360
<v Speaker 15>you know, look a little different later, it's through success.

0:45:56.840 --> 0:45:58.400
<v Speaker 13>So a lot of that stuff there.

0:45:58.880 --> 0:46:00.800
<v Speaker 15>Might have been the things that made it look a

0:46:00.880 --> 0:46:03.439
<v Speaker 15>little crazy, made it feel a little different.

0:46:03.520 --> 0:46:05.080
<v Speaker 13>But I was crazy.

0:46:05.320 --> 0:46:08.680
<v Speaker 15>Yeah, But at the end of the day, what was

0:46:08.760 --> 0:46:09.920
<v Speaker 15>able to come out of.

0:46:09.960 --> 0:46:12.520
<v Speaker 13>It and what was able to do. We didn't fail,

0:46:12.680 --> 0:46:13.560
<v Speaker 13>or we wouldn't be here.

0:46:14.320 --> 0:46:16.440
<v Speaker 6>I was gonna say, Mike and the fall that was

0:46:16.960 --> 0:46:19.680
<v Speaker 6>Joe was your mentor. And just like what you know

0:46:19.760 --> 0:46:22.439
<v Speaker 6>we were talking about earlier about the other guys talking

0:46:22.440 --> 0:46:25.520
<v Speaker 6>about us being their mentors. And it's so funny because

0:46:25.560 --> 0:46:28.680
<v Speaker 6>when you influence or you're being taught the game, you're

0:46:28.719 --> 0:46:30.600
<v Speaker 6>rocking with the game. You're rocking with it, and you're

0:46:30.680 --> 0:46:32.480
<v Speaker 6>learning as you go. But I can say this in

0:46:32.560 --> 0:46:36.840
<v Speaker 6>a nutshell Listen, we all have been through a journey,

0:46:36.920 --> 0:46:39.360
<v Speaker 6>been through some ups and downs and changes and turnarounds

0:46:39.360 --> 0:46:41.719
<v Speaker 6>in our lives. And when you look at where we

0:46:41.800 --> 0:46:46.759
<v Speaker 6>are today, we're blessed. We're all blessed and guess what,

0:46:47.600 --> 0:46:49.440
<v Speaker 6>so what we had to go through to get here.

0:46:50.200 --> 0:46:51.879
<v Speaker 6>At the end of the day, here, I'm not mad

0:46:51.960 --> 0:46:53.759
<v Speaker 6>at anybody because this is like looking at God and

0:46:53.800 --> 0:46:55.560
<v Speaker 6>smacking them in the face, because you're saying, I'm mad

0:46:55.600 --> 0:46:57.359
<v Speaker 6>that you took me through this to get here.

0:46:57.280 --> 0:46:59.480
<v Speaker 9>Towards riving today, I'm grateful.

0:47:00.680 --> 0:47:02.879
<v Speaker 6>And nobody has walked the road and that has been easy,

0:47:02.920 --> 0:47:05.200
<v Speaker 6>and that has been just that simple. It doesn't work

0:47:05.280 --> 0:47:05.400
<v Speaker 6>like that.

0:47:05.800 --> 0:47:07.160
<v Speaker 1>I agree, I agree totally.

0:47:07.320 --> 0:47:10.160
<v Speaker 5>I agree, Johnny, But you know, under the circumstances as

0:47:10.280 --> 0:47:13.719
<v Speaker 5>human beings, you know what I mean, emotions, emotions, me

0:47:13.760 --> 0:47:16.920
<v Speaker 5>and everything. As human beings, you know, you have thought process.

0:47:17.080 --> 0:47:19.680
<v Speaker 5>We have to respect the human in each other because

0:47:19.760 --> 0:47:22.120
<v Speaker 5>it might be easier for some people to get over

0:47:22.239 --> 0:47:24.239
<v Speaker 5>things than others, you know what I'm saying. Like for me,

0:47:24.840 --> 0:47:27.320
<v Speaker 5>you know, my getting over it is very simple. I

0:47:27.480 --> 0:47:29.400
<v Speaker 5>was the youngest and I lived in the projects. This

0:47:29.560 --> 0:47:32.120
<v Speaker 5>man saved my life. You understand, he gave me an

0:47:32.120 --> 0:47:35.040
<v Speaker 5>opportunity by the grace of God. God saved my life

0:47:35.120 --> 0:47:37.879
<v Speaker 5>through BIV. He gave us the opportunity. So in my mind,

0:47:38.680 --> 0:47:41.239
<v Speaker 5>he did what he was supposed to do for me.

0:47:41.440 --> 0:47:44.160
<v Speaker 5>It was up to me to go the next to

0:47:44.280 --> 0:47:46.200
<v Speaker 5>the next place. It was up to us to do that,

0:47:46.560 --> 0:47:48.360
<v Speaker 5>and we did. You know what I mean, under the

0:47:48.440 --> 0:47:52.000
<v Speaker 5>circumstance of forgiveness and all of those things. A communication

0:47:52.360 --> 0:47:54.719
<v Speaker 5>is everything, you know what I mean, And it does

0:47:54.840 --> 0:47:57.239
<v Speaker 5>not take away from the fact that you guys are

0:47:57.360 --> 0:47:58.720
<v Speaker 5>our heroes, our mentors.

0:47:59.000 --> 0:48:00.319
<v Speaker 1>You understand that way.

0:48:00.480 --> 0:48:03.080
<v Speaker 16>And again, like I said, I don't I don't speak

0:48:03.160 --> 0:48:06.520
<v Speaker 16>much because I only want to speak about stuff that matters.

0:48:06.560 --> 0:48:09.200
<v Speaker 16>But in this case, like I said, you know, we've

0:48:09.200 --> 0:48:14.399
<v Speaker 16>been able to be where being the nucleus that we've

0:48:14.440 --> 0:48:16.439
<v Speaker 16>been for the last few years, and like Wan said,

0:48:16.480 --> 0:48:18.759
<v Speaker 16>we all just got into the room together for the

0:48:18.840 --> 0:48:22.399
<v Speaker 16>first time in a long time. And that's the feat

0:48:22.400 --> 0:48:24.600
<v Speaker 16>in itself. I would say, even with with whatever it

0:48:24.680 --> 0:48:27.719
<v Speaker 16>might be, whatever will handle or deal with whatever, it's

0:48:27.760 --> 0:48:28.440
<v Speaker 16>a feat in itself.

0:48:28.440 --> 0:48:29.560
<v Speaker 1>There's a lot of groups.

0:48:29.280 --> 0:48:32.000
<v Speaker 16>Out here today that you know, get emotional about things

0:48:32.040 --> 0:48:34.400
<v Speaker 16>and don't know how to handle business correctly, right and

0:48:34.560 --> 0:48:37.120
<v Speaker 16>the kids. You handle business first, and then you handle

0:48:37.160 --> 0:48:39.000
<v Speaker 16>your family stuff in the back room and not on

0:48:39.400 --> 0:48:42.760
<v Speaker 16>the internet in the media. So that being said, again,

0:48:43.200 --> 0:48:45.399
<v Speaker 16>it ain't nothing but love in this room. Whatever else

0:48:45.440 --> 0:48:47.160
<v Speaker 16>we're gonna deal with We'll deal with deal with us.

0:48:47.239 --> 0:48:49.279
<v Speaker 3>I mean, I love the fact that your guys are

0:48:49.320 --> 0:48:52.080
<v Speaker 3>coming together right because you'll all had individual.

0:48:51.680 --> 0:48:54.520
<v Speaker 2>Battles in the press and the public, in the croup

0:48:54.640 --> 0:48:55.360
<v Speaker 2>and all that.

0:48:55.480 --> 0:48:57.719
<v Speaker 3>But the fact that you look at how many you know,

0:48:57.840 --> 0:48:59.960
<v Speaker 3>even rappers and R and B singers on this wall,

0:49:00.040 --> 0:49:01.680
<v Speaker 3>let's no longer head you know what I mean, the

0:49:01.760 --> 0:49:04.200
<v Speaker 3>fact that there'd have been so many should have or

0:49:04.239 --> 0:49:06.480
<v Speaker 3>could have or dann that would have been dope. Y'all

0:49:06.520 --> 0:49:09.200
<v Speaker 3>are actually pulling it off like that could have been.

0:49:09.239 --> 0:49:10.920
<v Speaker 3>It's going to happen on this tour. That's why this

0:49:11.040 --> 0:49:13.239
<v Speaker 3>is important to see that two amazing groups that can

0:49:13.320 --> 0:49:16.040
<v Speaker 3>really sing and can dance, Well say y'all can, but

0:49:17.120 --> 0:49:20.000
<v Speaker 3>singing dance to pull off this show is amazing. And

0:49:20.440 --> 0:49:22.960
<v Speaker 3>it ain't a small Beacon theater. No disrespect to becing theater,

0:49:23.040 --> 0:49:25.640
<v Speaker 3>y'all doing arenas So for that, we applause y'all. And

0:49:26.360 --> 0:49:29.680
<v Speaker 3>I know I'm so excited to see multiple dates and

0:49:29.719 --> 0:49:31.080
<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna be on the side of the stage just

0:49:31.120 --> 0:49:32.239
<v Speaker 3>the case one of the members ain't there.

0:49:32.280 --> 0:49:34.200
<v Speaker 1>I know, both groups.

0:49:34.239 --> 0:49:37.440
<v Speaker 3>If y'all name your uniform, because it's about to be

0:49:37.640 --> 0:49:39.600
<v Speaker 3>reverse racism because I don't see that many light skin.

0:49:42.480 --> 0:49:43.719
<v Speaker 12>That's why it was so successful.

0:49:50.080 --> 0:49:51.160
<v Speaker 1>Ain't light Year?

0:49:51.680 --> 0:49:52.640
<v Speaker 12>He ain't that lights Year?

0:49:55.800 --> 0:50:04.640
<v Speaker 20>Ronnie, my wife says, Peanut Butter, are y'all helping bois

0:50:04.680 --> 0:50:05.880
<v Speaker 20>and men develop their biopic?

0:50:06.480 --> 0:50:08.480
<v Speaker 12>I remember there was rumors of a boys men bio pick.

0:50:10.960 --> 0:50:11.239
<v Speaker 1>To see that.

0:50:11.680 --> 0:50:15.279
<v Speaker 8>I mean, we're still in the embryonic stages of it,

0:50:15.440 --> 0:50:17.120
<v Speaker 8>still trying to get things together because we want to

0:50:17.120 --> 0:50:19.640
<v Speaker 8>make sure that the story is told the right way,

0:50:19.920 --> 0:50:23.320
<v Speaker 8>because there are a lot of things that, by design,

0:50:23.880 --> 0:50:25.839
<v Speaker 8>we have not said. You know, there's been a lot

0:50:25.920 --> 0:50:28.000
<v Speaker 8>of things that's been mentioned about the group and said

0:50:28.000 --> 0:50:30.040
<v Speaker 8>about the groups and things that nature that we just

0:50:30.120 --> 0:50:32.040
<v Speaker 8>kind of watched the last thing kept quiet, you know

0:50:32.080 --> 0:50:35.200
<v Speaker 8>what I'm saying, because you know, it's it's funny how

0:50:35.560 --> 0:50:38.120
<v Speaker 8>certain people in the industry tend to think that they

0:50:38.200 --> 0:50:41.680
<v Speaker 8>could score points on us because maybe we don't because

0:50:42.160 --> 0:50:44.920
<v Speaker 8>oh Jesus Christ, I won't gonna say now, but but

0:50:45.040 --> 0:50:46.680
<v Speaker 8>my point, my point is that a lot of people

0:50:46.800 --> 0:50:49.439
<v Speaker 8>tend to try to score points on us because we're

0:50:49.480 --> 0:50:52.600
<v Speaker 8>not affiliated with a gang, or we wouldn't roll up

0:50:52.640 --> 0:50:53.920
<v Speaker 8>on somebody because.

0:50:53.680 --> 0:50:55.520
<v Speaker 6>We don't say that.

0:50:55.600 --> 0:50:59.040
<v Speaker 8>We keep it quiet busy because and a lot of

0:50:59.080 --> 0:51:02.120
<v Speaker 8>the things that that are said. It's hilarious to us,

0:51:02.600 --> 0:51:05.240
<v Speaker 8>especially because when you see the people that are actually

0:51:05.360 --> 0:51:10.080
<v Speaker 8>saying it, you gotta always consider the source, right, and

0:51:10.680 --> 0:51:14.200
<v Speaker 8>when and when you see their positions and the lives

0:51:14.239 --> 0:51:17.160
<v Speaker 8>they're living and things that nature outside of all of

0:51:17.239 --> 0:51:19.800
<v Speaker 8>the shock value of oh, somebody said this, If you

0:51:19.840 --> 0:51:23.000
<v Speaker 8>look a little deeper, you say, oh, okay, that's why

0:51:23.040 --> 0:51:23.480
<v Speaker 8>they said that.

0:51:24.080 --> 0:51:24.239
<v Speaker 13>Now.

0:51:24.440 --> 0:51:24.600
<v Speaker 9>You know.

0:51:25.280 --> 0:51:28.919
<v Speaker 8>The thing about the industry, though, is that everybody knows

0:51:28.960 --> 0:51:30.040
<v Speaker 8>everything about everybody.

0:51:31.719 --> 0:51:34.160
<v Speaker 1>If I wanted.

0:51:33.920 --> 0:51:36.160
<v Speaker 8>To come on this this radio show and talk about

0:51:36.200 --> 0:51:39.920
<v Speaker 8>certain people, I know I could because I know exactly

0:51:40.040 --> 0:51:41.200
<v Speaker 8>what happened, who did it?

0:51:41.320 --> 0:51:42.400
<v Speaker 9>The whole nine yards.

0:51:43.680 --> 0:51:44.279
<v Speaker 2>People, You.

0:51:46.360 --> 0:51:50.239
<v Speaker 15>Know, is we're in the error where you could just

0:51:50.600 --> 0:51:53.279
<v Speaker 15>reply with your fingers, right, say what you say. You

0:51:53.360 --> 0:51:56.560
<v Speaker 15>can tell someone meet me at such and such whatever, right,

0:51:56.680 --> 0:51:58.880
<v Speaker 15>But you gotta look at it this way. Within the

0:51:59.040 --> 0:52:01.839
<v Speaker 15>nine of us, I'm sure all of us have been

0:52:01.920 --> 0:52:04.200
<v Speaker 15>through something and learn something. And I would say this

0:52:05.160 --> 0:52:07.640
<v Speaker 15>sitting next to Bob, he might have some of the

0:52:07.800 --> 0:52:12.400
<v Speaker 15>toughest skin I've ever seen any individual hats and the

0:52:12.520 --> 0:52:13.439
<v Speaker 15>one thing I never.

0:52:13.440 --> 0:52:20.640
<v Speaker 13>Seen up though, but I was gonna hold on, hold on,

0:52:20.719 --> 0:52:21.480
<v Speaker 13>hold on, hold.

0:52:21.320 --> 0:52:26.960
<v Speaker 15>On, this gonna say this, but I've never seen Bob

0:52:27.160 --> 0:52:30.920
<v Speaker 15>really wild out the way you may say it. I'm

0:52:31.000 --> 0:52:33.520
<v Speaker 15>just saying I hear people say ship to Bob to me,

0:52:34.160 --> 0:52:36.080
<v Speaker 15>and I say to myself, I like the way he

0:52:36.200 --> 0:52:39.120
<v Speaker 15>carries himself and sometimes you gotta pop off. But I'm

0:52:39.160 --> 0:52:41.360
<v Speaker 15>just saying, the skin is deep, and we got that

0:52:41.520 --> 0:52:43.560
<v Speaker 15>somebody in our group. That is what you're talking to.

0:52:44.239 --> 0:52:44.600
<v Speaker 13>The ship.

0:52:44.680 --> 0:52:46.320
<v Speaker 15>The ship he got to hear when he's sitting on

0:52:46.440 --> 0:52:50.040
<v Speaker 15>with his kids. That ship just don't go to the soul.

0:52:50.480 --> 0:52:54.280
<v Speaker 15>And as brothers, we we check somebody when we're around

0:52:54.360 --> 0:52:56.000
<v Speaker 15>someone and say no, no, no, no, no no, nigga,

0:52:56.040 --> 0:52:58.400
<v Speaker 15>you can't do that. We're not gonna do that, and

0:52:58.480 --> 0:52:59.960
<v Speaker 15>you're supposed to do that if he.

0:53:00.760 --> 0:53:04.480
<v Speaker 1>But see, the issue, the issue is not us though,

0:53:04.680 --> 0:53:06.680
<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean, it's the people.

0:53:06.960 --> 0:53:09.040
<v Speaker 5>You know what I'm saying. Everyone has an opinion, you

0:53:09.120 --> 0:53:10.840
<v Speaker 5>know what I mean. They call it social media, but

0:53:10.880 --> 0:53:13.080
<v Speaker 5>there's nothing social about it at all, you know what

0:53:13.120 --> 0:53:17.880
<v Speaker 5>I mean. The thought process about it is when someone

0:53:18.000 --> 0:53:22.000
<v Speaker 5>says something about you, it's fine, especially if it's true.

0:53:22.600 --> 0:53:27.200
<v Speaker 5>I don't care, but I'm tired of people lying about us.

0:53:27.520 --> 0:53:31.279
<v Speaker 5>They lie about us, and we never say nothing. Well,

0:53:31.760 --> 0:53:35.160
<v Speaker 5>I got a messed up knee, I got three schools

0:53:35.200 --> 0:53:39.120
<v Speaker 5>in it, and I'm getting myself together. Before you go there,

0:53:39.120 --> 0:53:41.200
<v Speaker 5>I want to give him an example of how we

0:53:41.400 --> 0:53:43.640
<v Speaker 5>don't say anything like people been talking about our fourth

0:53:43.719 --> 0:53:44.320
<v Speaker 5>member forever.

0:53:44.480 --> 0:53:46.239
<v Speaker 16>Oh, y'all did this to him. Y'all kicked him out,

0:53:46.280 --> 0:53:48.120
<v Speaker 16>he was sick. Y'all ain't give a shit about him.

0:53:48.160 --> 0:53:50.080
<v Speaker 16>Y'all don't know the story. And that's okay because we

0:53:50.239 --> 0:53:51.839
<v Speaker 16>keep that in. But I tell you one thing we've

0:53:51.920 --> 0:53:56.200
<v Speaker 16>never done. We've never said anything about him until the

0:53:56.360 --> 0:53:59.400
<v Speaker 16>latter years, to make sure that man, if he's not

0:53:59.560 --> 0:54:00.400
<v Speaker 16>here and have a.

0:54:00.440 --> 0:54:04.200
<v Speaker 1>Career, absolutely absolutely you don't do that.

0:54:04.719 --> 0:54:05.279
<v Speaker 16>So we don't.

0:54:05.360 --> 0:54:05.880
<v Speaker 1>We don't do that.

0:54:06.000 --> 0:54:08.279
<v Speaker 16>That's not I mean, I'm the least social media guy

0:54:08.360 --> 0:54:10.799
<v Speaker 16>on the planet. Yes, yes, no need for I don't

0:54:10.840 --> 0:54:12.400
<v Speaker 16>live in that space, so it's no need to go

0:54:12.480 --> 0:54:16.080
<v Speaker 16>in there and deal with all the craziness. So when

0:54:16.120 --> 0:54:20.960
<v Speaker 16>someone is doing that and telling stories like literally fabricated stories,

0:54:21.840 --> 0:54:25.960
<v Speaker 16>I feel like it's it's just felt like time, you know,

0:54:26.280 --> 0:54:31.920
<v Speaker 16>time to defend the integrity of my group of my fellas. Myself,

0:54:32.040 --> 0:54:35.359
<v Speaker 16>you know what I mean. And you know, look, I'm

0:54:35.400 --> 0:54:37.960
<v Speaker 16>not gonna say boys to men. We was the cleanest

0:54:38.040 --> 0:54:39.799
<v Speaker 16>niggas on the planet Earth. You know what I'm saying.

0:54:39.880 --> 0:54:41.719
<v Speaker 16>We did some stuff, you know what I'm saying, a

0:54:41.800 --> 0:54:42.360
<v Speaker 16>lot of people.

0:54:42.800 --> 0:54:44.839
<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm pretty sure we put some people off,

0:54:44.920 --> 0:54:48.600
<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean? And right, but at the

0:54:48.760 --> 0:54:51.480
<v Speaker 1>end of the day, we were trying to protect our brand.

0:54:51.520 --> 0:54:53.400
<v Speaker 1>We were trying to protect it. We didn't have Michael

0:54:53.400 --> 0:54:57.000
<v Speaker 1>bibbins on over us anymore to protect us. We didn't

0:54:57.000 --> 0:54:59.080
<v Speaker 1>have Kyle Lil Rountree he got murdered. You know what

0:54:59.120 --> 0:54:59.520
<v Speaker 1>I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 5>We were trying to figure out all kinds of things managerial.

0:55:03.040 --> 0:55:05.320
<v Speaker 5>We have Michael Jackson and Prince telling us to know

0:55:05.440 --> 0:55:07.680
<v Speaker 5>your worth and don't let nobody get over on you.

0:55:07.680 --> 0:55:12.520
<v Speaker 5>You know, So we we developed a chip a chip.

0:55:12.680 --> 0:55:15.080
<v Speaker 5>We started looking at everybody and like, oh, no, you're

0:55:15.120 --> 0:55:16.759
<v Speaker 5>not going to do this to us. You're not going

0:55:16.840 --> 0:55:18.719
<v Speaker 5>to do this to us. So when they hear our

0:55:18.840 --> 0:55:21.640
<v Speaker 5>voices because we were so silent because everybody else was

0:55:21.680 --> 0:55:24.680
<v Speaker 5>doing it for us, now we're assholes, you know, you understand,

0:55:24.920 --> 0:55:27.400
<v Speaker 5>just because we're sitting in the studio and we're working

0:55:27.480 --> 0:55:29.840
<v Speaker 5>on a project, does not mean that we're going to

0:55:29.880 --> 0:55:30.480
<v Speaker 5>be consorting.

0:55:30.560 --> 0:55:32.239
<v Speaker 1>That's not what boys to men do. When we're in

0:55:32.280 --> 0:55:33.160
<v Speaker 1>the studio. We work.

0:55:33.360 --> 0:55:35.239
<v Speaker 5>We don't have time to play games, you know what

0:55:35.280 --> 0:55:37.720
<v Speaker 5>I'm saying, Because we have a We have to please

0:55:37.800 --> 0:55:40.759
<v Speaker 5>these fans, you know, So when someone is saying, you

0:55:40.880 --> 0:55:46.359
<v Speaker 5>know that we said something as specific about a friend

0:55:46.440 --> 0:55:52.480
<v Speaker 5>of ours, come on, and.

0:55:52.960 --> 0:55:54.480
<v Speaker 19>I saw you jump in the comments of the p

0:55:54.960 --> 0:55:59.200
<v Speaker 19>and say what you said. But so why now even

0:55:59.280 --> 0:56:01.839
<v Speaker 19>address that if you know it's not truly because.

0:56:01.520 --> 0:56:03.959
<v Speaker 1>I got time. I got a messed up knee.

0:56:04.239 --> 0:56:05.440
<v Speaker 13>I was sitting on the dam.

0:56:08.000 --> 0:56:10.920
<v Speaker 1>I was sitting on the damn couch. I couldn't get up,

0:56:11.000 --> 0:56:11.759
<v Speaker 1>I couldn't drive.

0:56:11.840 --> 0:56:14.960
<v Speaker 5>I was watching cartoons and playing PlayStation and I saw

0:56:15.080 --> 0:56:18.279
<v Speaker 5>that shit and I said, hmm, this will be fun.

0:56:18.840 --> 0:56:20.920
<v Speaker 1>And guess what it was. It was very fun because

0:56:21.040 --> 0:56:23.919
<v Speaker 1>I got a chance to let the people who really

0:56:24.080 --> 0:56:28.839
<v Speaker 1>cared on that page know that it was a lie.

0:56:29.080 --> 0:56:29.200
<v Speaker 13>Man.

0:56:29.280 --> 0:56:31.560
<v Speaker 5>You could choose to take it wherever you want. I'm

0:56:31.640 --> 0:56:33.040
<v Speaker 5>just trying to figure out where it came from. I

0:56:33.160 --> 0:56:35.960
<v Speaker 5>never said anything derogatory about Chili. If you read the

0:56:36.040 --> 0:56:38.320
<v Speaker 5>comments I said I love those girls, I said, we

0:56:38.400 --> 0:56:41.720
<v Speaker 5>have history together. I'm just trying to figure out what happened.

0:56:41.719 --> 0:56:44.479
<v Speaker 5>I mean, we heard that Tian said, after the past

0:56:44.560 --> 0:56:47.000
<v Speaker 5>of my thing, I ain't staying for this corny ass shit,

0:56:47.600 --> 0:56:50.279
<v Speaker 5>corny ass show. That's what you know what I'm saying.

0:56:50.600 --> 0:56:53.319
<v Speaker 1>And I'm like, why, I love you. We love y'all.

0:56:53.400 --> 0:56:55.400
<v Speaker 5>Like the nostalgia when we walk into the room and

0:56:55.440 --> 0:56:57.520
<v Speaker 5>they jump into our I mean, Chili used to jump

0:56:57.560 --> 0:56:58.160
<v Speaker 5>into our arms.

0:56:58.200 --> 0:56:59.799
<v Speaker 13>Lie, It's like, what's good.

0:57:00.080 --> 0:57:02.080
<v Speaker 15>At the end of the day, we were just gonna

0:57:02.120 --> 0:57:06.120
<v Speaker 15>sell some tickets because because to be honest with you,

0:57:06.280 --> 0:57:09.920
<v Speaker 15>this where we are and what we're trying to do.

0:57:10.320 --> 0:57:11.120
<v Speaker 13>Were trying to.

0:57:11.120 --> 0:57:13.480
<v Speaker 1>Inspire absolutely absolutely.

0:57:13.040 --> 0:57:15.560
<v Speaker 15>And you guys, this movie is gonna be a great movie.

0:57:15.640 --> 0:57:17.760
<v Speaker 15>It's gonna be from your point of view. Your fans

0:57:17.800 --> 0:57:20.080
<v Speaker 15>are gonna love it. And we just want them to

0:57:20.160 --> 0:57:23.280
<v Speaker 15>come to this so they could see us together because

0:57:23.320 --> 0:57:26.440
<v Speaker 15>we've never done this, absolutely, you know, and this this

0:57:26.920 --> 0:57:29.640
<v Speaker 15>is really our first interview. So the Breakfast Club is

0:57:29.760 --> 0:57:32.640
<v Speaker 15>really the first interview of us all together.

0:57:35.320 --> 0:57:37.120
<v Speaker 6>Can I just say to you guys, to boys and man,

0:57:37.200 --> 0:57:39.840
<v Speaker 6>let me just say this and I'll shut up. But

0:57:40.360 --> 0:57:42.400
<v Speaker 6>I'm glad that you guys are telling your story because

0:57:42.440 --> 0:57:44.360
<v Speaker 6>in the world that we're living in now with social

0:57:44.400 --> 0:57:46.280
<v Speaker 6>media and everybody can get on here and say what

0:57:46.360 --> 0:57:50.000
<v Speaker 6>they want, ruin people's lives, ruin your reputation, they can

0:57:50.080 --> 0:57:52.320
<v Speaker 6>do a number of things. It is important. No, you

0:57:52.400 --> 0:57:54.439
<v Speaker 6>can't fight the whole world. No, we'll never be able

0:57:54.480 --> 0:57:56.800
<v Speaker 6>to change sometimes people no matter whether it's the truth

0:57:56.920 --> 0:57:57.080
<v Speaker 6>or not.

0:57:57.600 --> 0:57:58.560
<v Speaker 13>But when it.

0:57:58.680 --> 0:58:01.240
<v Speaker 6>Comes from the horse's mouth and it's written in stone.

0:58:01.000 --> 0:58:01.800
<v Speaker 1>It can't be raised.

0:58:01.880 --> 0:58:04.760
<v Speaker 6>Can't tell you the story nothing else. At the end

0:58:04.800 --> 0:58:07.400
<v Speaker 6>of the day, with your legacy, anybody want to believe,

0:58:07.400 --> 0:58:09.680
<v Speaker 6>whether they want to believe, that's all. It's all well

0:58:09.720 --> 0:58:12.040
<v Speaker 6>and fine, but it has come from the horses mouth

0:58:12.120 --> 0:58:12.680
<v Speaker 6>directly in this.

0:58:14.160 --> 0:58:16.440
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, it's so so the answer. Yes, we're working on

0:58:16.520 --> 0:58:19.640
<v Speaker 8>the biopic. Bib is definitely gonna put his input into it,

0:58:19.680 --> 0:58:21.240
<v Speaker 8>and work is.

0:58:21.240 --> 0:58:25.120
<v Speaker 5>Going to have you know what I'm saying, because it's

0:58:25.200 --> 0:58:28.800
<v Speaker 5>everybody's story, everybody every it's everybody's story.

0:58:28.880 --> 0:58:30.960
<v Speaker 8>But the stuff they want and everybody was touching on

0:58:31.080 --> 0:58:35.520
<v Speaker 8>man and people that were saying they corny the cornball, I'm.

0:58:35.440 --> 0:58:37.400
<v Speaker 11>Like, none of that ship.

0:58:37.880 --> 0:58:41.320
<v Speaker 1>Hey, he don't Internet, he don't he internet. He on

0:58:41.520 --> 0:58:45.600
<v Speaker 1>social media all feel I live in the real world. Yeah,

0:58:46.120 --> 0:58:47.560
<v Speaker 1>nothing has nothing to do with me.

0:58:48.080 --> 0:58:49.840
<v Speaker 16>I don't know none of those people. I tell my son,

0:58:49.920 --> 0:58:51.920
<v Speaker 16>if you might just open the front door and just

0:58:52.000 --> 0:58:53.160
<v Speaker 16>let everybody walk in the house.

0:58:57.560 --> 0:58:59.320
<v Speaker 2>How many fights did you get into on tour when

0:58:59.320 --> 0:58:59.960
<v Speaker 2>people try to play?

0:59:00.040 --> 0:59:01.920
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, because people always try to play an R and

0:59:02.000 --> 0:59:03.880
<v Speaker 3>B artist like you always think of RMB artist a

0:59:03.960 --> 0:59:04.440
<v Speaker 3>soft bubble.

0:59:04.440 --> 0:59:05.960
<v Speaker 2>But how many times you got to throw somebody around,

0:59:06.040 --> 0:59:07.240
<v Speaker 2>move some purture, you know what?

0:59:07.400 --> 0:59:14.800
<v Speaker 16>They They try to talk to me like, yo, bro,

0:59:15.280 --> 0:59:16.800
<v Speaker 16>it ain't worth it, you know what I'm saying.

0:59:16.880 --> 0:59:19.960
<v Speaker 1>You know, so, I mean it's not a lot, but.

0:59:21.640 --> 0:59:22.480
<v Speaker 13>Oh it's not a lot.

0:59:22.600 --> 0:59:25.840
<v Speaker 1>But I mean, you know, ship man, some people I think.

0:59:28.480 --> 0:59:31.760
<v Speaker 17>They getting twisted this difference between R and B and

0:59:32.400 --> 0:59:33.560
<v Speaker 17>some other genres.

0:59:39.680 --> 0:59:40.120
<v Speaker 12>The greatest.

0:59:41.720 --> 0:59:42.320
<v Speaker 1>I don't know why.

0:59:42.480 --> 0:59:43.479
<v Speaker 16>Because we speak peace.

0:59:43.600 --> 0:59:44.800
<v Speaker 1>People think we can't throw.

0:59:44.720 --> 0:59:47.040
<v Speaker 9>No joke the bow ties for you.

0:59:48.240 --> 0:59:48.800
<v Speaker 13>You know what I'm saying.

0:59:48.800 --> 0:59:50.040
<v Speaker 9>It's one of those things where it's like.

0:59:50.120 --> 0:59:54.080
<v Speaker 8>We never had this braggadocious bravado, like you know, walking

0:59:54.080 --> 0:59:56.240
<v Speaker 8>around like tough guys because we have to because we.

0:59:56.280 --> 1:00:00.400
<v Speaker 1>Sing love songs. Why you're mad at us? We say love.

1:00:02.040 --> 1:00:02.720
<v Speaker 1>That's how we do.

1:00:03.200 --> 1:00:04.840
<v Speaker 9>Don't you don't get it twisted?

1:00:04.880 --> 1:00:07.600
<v Speaker 13>And I mean, it's the shame.

1:00:07.640 --> 1:00:07.920
<v Speaker 9>I think.

1:00:08.040 --> 1:00:09.960
<v Speaker 16>I think it's the same vibe with new addition though,

1:00:10.000 --> 1:00:12.720
<v Speaker 16>because people was like calling him you know, popcorn but

1:00:12.840 --> 1:00:14.720
<v Speaker 16>you know or Parka Popcorn.

1:00:14.840 --> 1:00:17.520
<v Speaker 1>Saying I've been there, I've been there.

1:00:18.240 --> 1:00:18.840
<v Speaker 13>You know what I'm saying.

1:00:18.920 --> 1:00:21.120
<v Speaker 2>Johnny and Bobby go at people and call people like

1:00:21.200 --> 1:00:21.920
<v Speaker 2>what you say about me?

1:00:22.000 --> 1:00:22.600
<v Speaker 11>I'm laying.

1:00:24.480 --> 1:00:27.360
<v Speaker 4>Now they used to play with Johnny.

1:00:28.760 --> 1:00:29.400
<v Speaker 13>I got issues.

1:00:30.560 --> 1:00:32.400
<v Speaker 6>Listen, I'll talk about God in a minute, but I'll

1:00:32.440 --> 1:00:34.680
<v Speaker 6>kick your ass in the next. And then I turned

1:00:34.680 --> 1:00:37.040
<v Speaker 6>around and asking for forgive this ship.

1:00:38.560 --> 1:00:41.040
<v Speaker 9>Not get off, leave us issues, let us love.

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<v Speaker 12>One last question, if the if, the.

1:00:47.320 --> 1:00:50.160
<v Speaker 4>If the early nineties version of y'all could see this

1:00:50.800 --> 1:00:52.840
<v Speaker 4>reunion now, I could see this tour, now, what do

1:00:52.880 --> 1:00:53.600
<v Speaker 4>you think anything?

1:00:55.000 --> 1:01:01.520
<v Speaker 1>It's long over, dude. I think it would have been different.

1:01:01.600 --> 1:01:05.200
<v Speaker 8>It would have been I think it would have actually

1:01:05.320 --> 1:01:10.040
<v Speaker 8>catapulted both groups to another stage because of the synergy

1:01:10.400 --> 1:01:13.160
<v Speaker 8>and because of the importance of it. But again, we

1:01:13.440 --> 1:01:16.440
<v Speaker 8>we we live in a God's timing, and the bottom

1:01:16.520 --> 1:01:20.120
<v Speaker 8>line is it was supposed to happen now at this moment.

1:01:20.200 --> 1:01:23.760
<v Speaker 8>We're older, we're wiser. We understand not just each other,

1:01:24.120 --> 1:01:27.760
<v Speaker 8>but we understand each other's places in our lives. We

1:01:28.080 --> 1:01:34.280
<v Speaker 8>know that by osmosis, we're connected. And again, branch, we

1:01:34.360 --> 1:01:35.240
<v Speaker 8>have branded a tree.

1:01:35.560 --> 1:01:36.160
<v Speaker 13>You know what I'm saying.

1:01:36.200 --> 1:01:39.120
<v Speaker 9>And again let's let's get it twisted. We will always

1:01:39.160 --> 1:01:40.080
<v Speaker 9>pay homage.

1:01:39.760 --> 1:01:41.440
<v Speaker 8>To these guys, you know what I'm saying for and

1:01:41.800 --> 1:01:44.600
<v Speaker 8>thankful for what these guys have done for us. And

1:01:45.160 --> 1:01:48.680
<v Speaker 8>this is our way of telling that story in an

1:01:48.840 --> 1:01:51.560
<v Speaker 8>entertaining way. But two and a half three hours, like

1:01:51.680 --> 1:01:54.480
<v Speaker 8>Ron said, We're gonna give you guys our story and

1:01:54.760 --> 1:01:57.080
<v Speaker 8>and have the best time ever.

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<v Speaker 12>I know, I can't wait.

1:01:59.000 --> 1:02:01.120
<v Speaker 3>Get your tickets. If you haven't got your tickets yet,

1:02:01.280 --> 1:02:03.000
<v Speaker 3>don't be trying to me because you can't.

1:02:03.960 --> 1:02:06.640
<v Speaker 6>And I have an announcement. Hell now, I'm not giving

1:02:06.680 --> 1:02:09.240
<v Speaker 6>away no free tickets. I did that two tours, and

1:02:09.360 --> 1:02:11.800
<v Speaker 6>every time I did that, it's not showing up. And

1:02:12.080 --> 1:02:15.480
<v Speaker 6>I'm spending all this money. Some show up something. Listen,

1:02:15.600 --> 1:02:17.120
<v Speaker 6>this is no a no comp tour.

1:02:17.640 --> 1:02:20.400
<v Speaker 9>No, I'm not giving away.

1:02:21.920 --> 1:02:22.720
<v Speaker 1>I'm done tickets.

1:02:22.720 --> 1:02:25.480
<v Speaker 2>If you haven't got your tickets, and and I can't wait.

1:02:25.520 --> 1:02:27.600
<v Speaker 12>What with the ticket sale we know.

1:02:27.600 --> 1:02:33.400
<v Speaker 15>What pre sale yesterday, talking to your main thing, talking Friday,

1:02:33.440 --> 1:02:34.440
<v Speaker 15>pre sale Tuesday.

1:02:34.560 --> 1:02:39.240
<v Speaker 2>But the main thing is Friday, Friday, Friday, on sale Friday.

1:02:39.320 --> 1:02:39.720
<v Speaker 2>Get you with.

1:02:39.840 --> 1:02:42.240
<v Speaker 3>They're talking about thirty thirty. I'm sure it's gonna be

1:02:42.240 --> 1:02:43.720
<v Speaker 3>more than that because they have to ask. Yeah, sell

1:02:43.720 --> 1:02:44.280
<v Speaker 3>out so fast.

1:02:44.360 --> 1:02:45.880
<v Speaker 12>I'm just having grown folks got something to do.

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<v Speaker 13>Man, it's gonna be man.

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<v Speaker 2>No audition boys to man. Thank y'all for joining us having.

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<v Speaker 12>That's what I meant, Why Tony, Why why did y'all

1:02:59.320 --> 1:03:00.000
<v Speaker 12>decide to get to them?

1:03:01.000 --> 1:03:04.520
<v Speaker 9>We needed a queen and I thought that honestly, she

1:03:04.720 --> 1:03:05.760
<v Speaker 9>was to me.

1:03:05.920 --> 1:03:08.800
<v Speaker 1>I thought was a great, great part. It could be

1:03:08.840 --> 1:03:09.480
<v Speaker 1>a great part of this.

1:03:09.680 --> 1:03:12.000
<v Speaker 6>This this the whole movie, because it's about when you're

1:03:12.040 --> 1:03:14.480
<v Speaker 6>doing a show like this, you want catalog, you want

1:03:14.960 --> 1:03:16.760
<v Speaker 6>everything to be able to fit perfectly.

1:03:16.800 --> 1:03:19.000
<v Speaker 1>And I think that she just fits for the for

1:03:19.160 --> 1:03:23.000
<v Speaker 1>the first choice. Yes, she was my first choice.

1:03:23.400 --> 1:03:26.560
<v Speaker 15>Yeah yeah, that conference call was different, but she's there.

1:03:28.000 --> 1:03:31.640
<v Speaker 19>Yeah, you'll made the call to her personally, Oh yeah.

1:03:31.760 --> 1:03:32.040
<v Speaker 1>I did?

1:03:32.360 --> 1:03:34.480
<v Speaker 13>You did? I talked to her directly?

1:03:34.600 --> 1:03:37.600
<v Speaker 11>Yeah yeah, yeah, thank you because I'm happy I'm going

1:03:37.640 --> 1:03:38.200
<v Speaker 11>to be seeing her.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the Breakfast Club.

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<v Speaker 1>Every day. A week ago up the Breakfast Club