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Speaker 1: Every day of clicks up the Breakfast Club.

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Speaker 2: Y'all done morning, everybody's d J n V jess hilarious,

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Speaker 2: Charlamagne the God we are the Breakfast Club. Law La

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Speaker 2: Ross is here with us as well, and we got

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Speaker 2: a special guest in the buildings.

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Speaker 1: You know, he's an icon. I think legend is even

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Speaker 1: an understatement. Okay, I can only think of three one

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Speaker 1: word queens, yes, then another word icons.

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Speaker 3: That's it.

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Speaker 2: But there you have it. We have Stephanie Mills shot

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Speaker 2: the welcome, Come, welcome.

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Speaker 4: How are y'all feeling?

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Speaker 2: Y'all look amazing?

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Speaker 3: Thank you, We're happy to be here. We are, We're

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Speaker 3: happy to be here. Good morning.

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Speaker 1: Now y'all are on the Queen Store. Why couldn't this

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Speaker 1: happened decades ago? Like decades ago? Why couldn't people put

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Speaker 1: this together?

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Speaker 2: Weren't No.

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Speaker 3: I just think it was at the right time. I

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Speaker 3: think this is definitely the right time. And Patty and

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Speaker 3: I have worked together, and I've always wanted to work

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Speaker 3: with Shaka, so they came together and put it together,

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Speaker 3: and I was like, yes, let's do it.

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Speaker 2: Is there enough time for a show to happen? I

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Speaker 2: have so many hits, so many records. How long is

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Speaker 2: the show? How long is this a concert?

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Speaker 3: It's about two hours long.

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Speaker 5: It's not long.

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Speaker 3: We have quick, quick moments. We have like fifty minutes apiece,

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Speaker 3: and you can hardly say hello and good night with that.

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Speaker 3: But that's what we do. Man.

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Speaker 4: Man, How do y'all decide who closes?

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Speaker 3: Do?

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Speaker 1: I feel like that might have been a little debate

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Speaker 1: on who Shaka closes?

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Speaker 3: Okay, Gladys opens, I come on second, and then Ms.

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Speaker 3: Patty I like to open the show, but I didn't

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Speaker 3: get that position.

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Speaker 6: Actually, right, Oh that's why you like to open the show?

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Speaker 3: Okay, honey, Yeah, some cookies.

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Speaker 4: Cookies.

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Speaker 1: At this stage in your careers, is it harder or

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Speaker 1: easier to navigate?

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Speaker 4: I guess ego would be the right word. Are are

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Speaker 4: the egos?

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Speaker 3: I haven't seen any?

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Speaker 5: Not?

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Speaker 6: No God, not Ego is the only ego the onnest

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Speaker 7: You said you guys weren't old enough to do this.

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Speaker 7: That's okay?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 8: I mean because when you mentioned God is the only ego,

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Speaker 8: I didn't know if it was like you were saying

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Speaker 8: that you had to get to a point where that's

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Speaker 8: with so many egos navigating.

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Speaker 6: I still am. It never stopped. Mm hm, life never stop.

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Speaker 2: Is there any friendly competition because no, not at.

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Speaker 3: All, not at all, just doing Yeah, we have fun

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Speaker 3: watching each other doing each other. We got to keep

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Speaker 3: on giving all rights.

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Speaker 6: We are different people. We do we do individually.

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Speaker 4: Yes, So how does this talk come together?

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Speaker 1: Because I know it's it's hard to get any of

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Speaker 4: It's you know, because y'all got great lives, our schedules,

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Speaker 6: Thing with me was that I felt that this is

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Speaker 6: seen together on one stage, one night, for all of

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Speaker 6: us collected. So and when I realized the importance of

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Speaker 6: that for people who grew up listening to our song

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Speaker 6: baby to a weaned owners, a coronal, I think it

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Speaker 2: You know, we have a surprise about the the ages

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Speaker 6: I expected that I did because I get it off

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Speaker 6: the jet. You know, kids saying I was weaned on you.

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Speaker 3: You know something they made children on our music. People

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Speaker 2: When you have those young individuals in the show, let's

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Speaker 2: say they are twenty one, twenty two, and they trying

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Speaker 2: got it.

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Speaker 5: No, I don't get nobody.

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Speaker 4: Why are you?

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Speaker 7: You're talking about you?

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Speaker 2: Why to look so beautiful that I.

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Speaker 4: Ain't got I'm just asking a question. Can't young boys

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Speaker 2: Like damn no, young boy?

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Speaker 5: Tell them I want to mature and older with.

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Speaker 1: The problem with them is they want the young girls why.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, especially when y'all look like this what

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Speaker 1: you want to? Twenty year olds don't know how to

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Speaker 5: Want to show them that this is how you age graceful,

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Speaker 5: that's right, and you could still do your thing.

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Speaker 3: We're all beautiful.

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Speaker 1: Do you have a routine to like keep your voice

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Speaker 1: wrong and your body ready?

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Speaker 6: Sleep?

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Speaker 5: I sing? I sing every day and still about six

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I don't sing. She don't sing every day,

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Speaker 3: but she keeps it together. I'll be hitting those notes. Thanks,

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Speaker 3: thank you, honey. I do what I do and that

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Speaker 3: eighty one. I'm still queen.

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Speaker 2: She's the queen, the Queen, my queen.

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Speaker 3: Yes, my babies, Yeah, I.

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Speaker 2: Still Patty, pull up. I promise I was gonna come

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Speaker 2: on Thanksgiving. My kids are a little older now, so

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Speaker 2: that they're a lot. They'll sit in the corner when

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna pull up one Thanksgiving.

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Speaker 3: Yeah you should.

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Speaker 5: We would be.

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Speaker 6: A big places of food, good food, baby cooking.

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Speaker 7: Are you're cooking for them? Some of the stops?

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Speaker 6: You know, I'm not letting the cook for because why

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Speaker 3: No, I better not. Then I better not be throwing down.

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Speaker 1: Do y'all feel like towards like this remind people with

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Speaker 1: a real show is supposed to be?

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Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely, because we have real band, nothings taped, our

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Speaker 5: Yes, we are actually singing.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And do you think fans have the same appreciation for

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Speaker 6: I think some of them may not even know the difference.

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Speaker 6: Someone may not even know what the hell is going on,

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Speaker 6: you know, and that's what's unfair and messed up abot

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Speaker 6: it is that when you go up there, you should

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Speaker 6: represent yourself honestly. You know, you singing the mic, you know,

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Speaker 6: if you have to have tricks and gags and googles

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Speaker 6: and stuff like that, you know, dude, you got to do.

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Speaker 6: But I'm saying I'm not about it. I've got I've

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Speaker 6: walked on, We walked on the stage. Man's horse can

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Speaker 6: hit all the notes. That's just the way life is.

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Speaker 6: You know what, you give everything, everything you got and

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Speaker 6: that is something that people can definitely they know they

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Speaker 2: What do you think make this this to so important? Right?

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Speaker 2: Because seeing so many icons and queens and legends on

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Speaker 2: But the fact that we see it with you guys,

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Speaker 2: what makes it so important? Why did you all guys agree.

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Speaker 3: That we as black women represent ourselves the right way?

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Speaker 3: Like Steph said, there's no pretending singing, no no stuff,

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Speaker 3: because people have a lot of stuff in their shows.

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Speaker 3: We just go out the tricks. There's nobody flying through

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Speaker 3: the air, none of that. You know, not that that's

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Speaker 3: not good, but I mean we.

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Speaker 5: Just give shows like we did back in the day,

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Speaker 6: I mean we come from like actually similar but almost

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Speaker 6: You know what I'm saying, a huge audience and it's

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Speaker 6: just been the by the grace of God, they're just

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Speaker 6: going together in such a is it a good way?

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Speaker 4: You know?

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Speaker 1: You know, I want to ask, you know, Miss Billabelle

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Speaker 1: and Ms con y'all been labeled divas. I don't know,

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Speaker 1: I've never heard that term for you, Miss y'all look

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Speaker 3: I'll take anything, but I'm not a diva, you know,

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Speaker 3: because is are the ones who demand. As far as

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Speaker 3: I'm concerned, I'm not that girl, and neither Shock and

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Speaker 3: Baby Girl never would be. We just sing, we give it.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I'm an artist, really, and.

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Speaker 4: I mean for the status y'all are y'all shouldn't have

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Speaker 4: to demand anything?

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Speaker 6: We don't.

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Speaker 3: If we don't have to, we don't have to we

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Speaker 8: What is it like when the cameras lights are down

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Speaker 7: What a y'all learning from each other? On this tour?

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Speaker 3: We don't get a chance to see each other. We

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Speaker 3: were right on, right behind each sleep.

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Speaker 8: Because in here hang out, you know, we don't have

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Speaker 6: But coming in, I'm coming in, she's coming off. I'm

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Speaker 6: going I'm coming in like those dogs that the dogs

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Speaker 6: that watching the sheet anyway different than the time card.

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Speaker 3: It's like that we're going to really get a chance.

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Speaker 3: That's not it.

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Speaker 6: We're working working. We'll talk after that.

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Speaker 3: And some days not on tour.

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Speaker 2: I always want to know, like outside of music and touring,

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Speaker 2: what brings you joy?

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Speaker 4: Outside of that.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure Patty is cooking, but what gives you joy?

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Speaker 2: Like what makes you happy?

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Speaker 6: Out my grand baby, my great grand babies, you know,

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Speaker 6: my family, Stephanie, my.

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Speaker 3: Son, my son gives me joy and just being with

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Speaker 3: Pops and being with people that I love. Yeah, your

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Speaker 3: son gives me joy watching them.

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Speaker 5: Show.

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Speaker 3: He's so cute.

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Speaker 5: He has let a jacket on.

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Speaker 1: He's so When y'all first started, did any of y'all

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Speaker 1: think y'all would have these long careers that y'all would

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Speaker 1: have had and still be on tours, still be in demand.

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Speaker 3: I never did. I never did because I was always

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Speaker 3: told you know, dark girls, don't you know. After a

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Speaker 3: while they were like, oh, people are not going to

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Speaker 3: promote dark girls.

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Speaker 5: So I was always told, no, you.

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Speaker 3: Can't do it.

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Speaker 5: You do it.

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Speaker 3: That right, yes, you know. So I'm surprised because people

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Speaker 3: didn't think I was going to still be here. And

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Speaker 3: it's the fiftieth year anniversary of the Whizz Fifty years.

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Speaker 6: What did you do?

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Speaker 5: And she was like, I forget one?

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Speaker 3: And I did, right after Stephanie.

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Speaker 3: I had to, she did, and she had to Natalie.

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Speaker 3: All of them do it, you know, all them do it.

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Speaker 6: But you could not cut me for Nathan.

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Speaker 5: But now I think that looks like to be sister.

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Speaker 4: So you never had nothing done either. They said you

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Speaker 6: What's that?

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Speaker 4: It is a Brazilian button what the young girls are doing,

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Speaker 6: Button butt like this my whole life in the sixties

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Speaker 2: Looks like somebody's got it natural that's shot.

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Speaker 4: So hold on, mister. But when you got to those jobs,

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Speaker 4: did you get more gigs? Did it change anything?

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Speaker 3: I think it did because it was more pleasant to

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Speaker 5: And if I remember that too.

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Speaker 3: Oh so well. And I don't want to tell people

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Speaker 4: So who did you did you do?

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Speaker 3: Who do you follow Michael?

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Speaker 5: Yes, I went to the same doctor.

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Speaker 3: Wow, Michael took me to the like that.

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Speaker 2: You didn't know that.

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Speaker 3: I didn't know me speak louder, Oh speak louder Michael,

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Speaker 5: Yeah, that's who I followed.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's such an interesting conversation because you know

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Speaker 4: Is something that's been going on.

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Speaker 5: Yes, it has.

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Speaker 3: That's the only They're going to have done nothing that

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Speaker 3: I've ever done. I ain't getting cut in nowhere. No,

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Speaker 5: And that was early it was early eighties.

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Speaker 2: Because people get nervous that they say it's addictive, like

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Speaker 3: I think Michael got a little addictive, you know, but

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Speaker 3: I didn't. I didn't go back.

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Speaker 2: He had those problems, so you didn't have any problem,

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Speaker 1: Just amazing how the industry standards of beauty have seemed

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Speaker 3: A love that that's amazing.

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Speaker 3: Well, they wanted you to look a certain way. I've

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Speaker 3: always been told I should sing pop songs, But what

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Speaker 5: You know?

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Speaker 3: And I love my audience, So I just stay true

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Speaker 5: Patty and.

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Speaker 3: Gladys you know who has more hits than both all

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Speaker 8: Girl, Miss Patty Belt? Was it when you decided that

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Speaker 8: you want to get you those job? I know you

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Speaker 8: said you didn't like you know its personally, but were

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Speaker 3: Yes, by who and what? By a manager that I haven't.

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Speaker 2: It's hilarious, that's all that I love it.

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Speaker 4: It's all right.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a manager that I had back in

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Speaker 3: I said, is it all right if I keep this note?

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Speaker 3: You know, things like that, and he was just mean

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Speaker 3: you'd be surprised what female artists, what we have to

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Speaker 5: And it's harder, but you have to demand the respect.

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Speaker 4: Ms khn. You never faced any of those struggles. You

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Speaker 6: I don't know if they did. They never told me,

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Speaker 6: I am aware of the whole situation. But no, I you.

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Speaker 4: Know you always had a reputation and not taking those

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Speaker 6: Been told, exactly, no time. You know, life is short,

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Speaker 6: it's no time, So honesty, integrity, all those things are

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Speaker 1: So did you always have that confidence or that's something

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Speaker 6: I knew what I wanted to be sort of when

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Speaker 6: I when I was a kid. I mean I left.

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Speaker 6: I went away here at sixty. I didn't finish high school.

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Speaker 6: I pretty much knew what I wanted to do. And

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Speaker 6: I said, no, I don't need to. He said, well,

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Speaker 6: you can read, right, I said, you know I can read, dad.

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Speaker 8: What was it that drew you to the arts? Once

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Speaker 8: What got you into singing?

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Speaker 6: Well, my mother and father. I grew up in a

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Speaker 6: and they were both artists as well. We had frescoes

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Speaker 6: and bits like that, so that I think that was

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Speaker 3: Was helpful in that decisions in life.

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Speaker 1: You know, Yeah, you know, the only thing I liked

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Speaker 1: about you, ms Conn is you know you've always been

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Speaker 6: About both ways?

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Speaker 3: Both things.

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Speaker 4: Black can handle it, he says, not about you, not

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Speaker 4: for me, So what is it? What is it about?

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Speaker 3: Well, I don't know what it's about. I don't know.

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Speaker 6: You know, like you said, weapon and weaponization, and sometimes

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Speaker 6: ones that get it.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 6: That's about all you can really do. Thank you very much,

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Speaker 6: Thank you well, so let's can you do. We're trying

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Speaker 6: to co habitate here, you know, that's the most important

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Speaker 4: Absolutely. Do you embrace the title the Queen of Funk?

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Speaker 4: Do you feel like that?

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Speaker 6: I think I think I think it's kind of short

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Speaker 6: like that. It's a fact I can do music definitely.

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Speaker 6: I mean, I says, what about.

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Speaker 4: You, Missing By They call you the god mother the soul.

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Speaker 4: Does that crown come with pressure? Do you feel this

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Speaker 3: Well earned? That's nice flowers, you know, But no, I

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Speaker 3: mean I take whatever they give me, whatever, you know,

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Speaker 4: Miss Mills. We saw you earlier this year.

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Speaker 1: You called out the Essence Festival, and I thought it

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Speaker 4: It wasn't like you were just bashing and why did

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Speaker 3: Need I'm so happy people, because I was there the

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Speaker 3: Essence from Susan Taylor and mister Lewis and it was

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Speaker 5: Ran with respect, and that just was not there.

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Speaker 3: So I could not sit and let them accuse, you know,

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Speaker 5: I just it bothered me.

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Speaker 3: And at sixty eight, I really don't care what people

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Speaker 3: So I wanted to call them out, but I did

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Speaker 3: it respectfully, you did. I didn't want to be ghetto

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Speaker 2: Well, they said they were going to fix it. They

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Speaker 2: sure that I'm glad. I'm glad they took full of accountabilities.

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Speaker 3: Was there. Yeah, that's awful.

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Speaker 5: It was awful.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. So when I saw what you did, I said,

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Speaker 5: Yeap, she tells me keep on talking, don't stop.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so you have a lot to say.

450
00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:54,840
Speaker 4: So what did you do, Missle? You got it them privately?

451
00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,240
Speaker 4: Or did I did you say anything to them privately?

452
00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:02,000
Speaker 3: Or no? No? And I have one song with right.

453
00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,679
Speaker 3: I couldn't chit chat too much about anything because I

454
00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,240
Speaker 3: didn't have a set of my own, you know, so

455
00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,280
Speaker 3: I know somebody would take care of it.

456
00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,359
Speaker 5: I felt like I spoke for everybody. You know what

457
00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:12,880
Speaker 5: I'm saying.

458
00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:14,760
Speaker 3: I feel like because I'm not afraid. I don't have

459
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,080
Speaker 3: any fear. I only fear God. So I'm not afraid

460
00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,560
Speaker 3: when people say, oh, if you do this, you're going

461
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:21,359
Speaker 3: to be blacklisted.

462
00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:22,360
Speaker 5: I'm black already.

463
00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,760
Speaker 3: So you know what I'm saying, don't I don't really care.

464
00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,600
Speaker 3: You put all my glasses and see if I give it.

465
00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:30,159
Speaker 6: Damn about it?

466
00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:31,520
Speaker 2: And you were DD a whole weekend.

467
00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:33,040
Speaker 5: So you see a bunch of artists, I've seen a

468
00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:34,880
Speaker 5: bunch of artists. I saw what they did.

469
00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,399
Speaker 3: I saw how late they were putting the shows together,

470
00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:43,760
Speaker 3: and I had an incidents with the owner's daughter and

471
00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,919
Speaker 3: I didn't talk about that, but it was just not respectful.

472
00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,240
Speaker 2: I was gonna ask, what artists are you loving right

473
00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,119
Speaker 2: now that you've seen, since you watched a lot of

474
00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,200
Speaker 2: the shows the artists right now that this came out

475
00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,320
Speaker 2: to you, like, I really like that person. That person

476
00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:56,360
Speaker 2: is doing an amazing job.

477
00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:02,520
Speaker 3: I love Jasmine Sullivan, I love Selina, I love uh

478
00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:04,560
Speaker 3: Leah Leah uh.

479
00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,200
Speaker 5: What's her name? Oh, she says, that's not Leah.

480
00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:07,440
Speaker 6: Oh.

481
00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,240
Speaker 3: I can't think of her name, but I see her face.

482
00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:14,200
Speaker 3: I love Leilah Hathaway. You know, I love I love

483
00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,600
Speaker 3: a lot of the singers, but I see I listen

484
00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:18,560
Speaker 3: to a lot of the old When I'm singing to

485
00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,600
Speaker 3: get ready for my shows. I'm doing Ashford and Simpson,

486
00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,119
Speaker 3: and I do them because they sing the melody, but

487
00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:28,120
Speaker 3: they still go around it, so they stay in the pocket.

488
00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:30,480
Speaker 5: And that's what I That's what I try to do.

489
00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:32,920
Speaker 3: And then I listen to my songs so I could

490
00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:34,680
Speaker 3: sound somewhat like I sounded.

491
00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:34,960
Speaker 5: Back in the day.

492
00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,960
Speaker 2: What about you, shak Is the artist right now that

493
00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,200
Speaker 2: you like an R and B artist.

494
00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,960
Speaker 6: That, Yeah, I like a lot of them, not every

495
00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:42,520
Speaker 6: really like her.

496
00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:44,639
Speaker 2: Her, She's special.

497
00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:48,040
Speaker 6: Yeah, we're gonna do some stuff together. Really, He's the

498
00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:49,360
Speaker 6: closest thing to Prince.

499
00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:51,639
Speaker 3: Wow.

500
00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,199
Speaker 2: Patti Labell, Who do you feel, honey?

501
00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:56,200
Speaker 6: Young people?

502
00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,560
Speaker 3: So many, so many? Yeah, I mean I do love Coco.

503
00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:07,520
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, singing, honey, you know like so many is?

504
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,000
Speaker 3: I mean, she sings her face off. There are so

505
00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:13,200
Speaker 3: many young girls who are singing. I might not remember names,

506
00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,040
Speaker 3: but I know I like certain music.

507
00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:16,600
Speaker 2: Now, some of these art has reached out to do

508
00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,760
Speaker 2: besides her, reached out to do records and would y'all

509
00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,480
Speaker 2: consider doing it? Moll, You're like, I don't know.

510
00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:25,359
Speaker 3: Well, there's some thoughts, you know, me and Cardi B.

511
00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:30,280
Speaker 2: Possibly you and Cardi B that I love that. Are

512
00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:30,960
Speaker 2: you thinking about it?

513
00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,919
Speaker 4: You want her?

514
00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:41,600
Speaker 3: No? She wants to Yeah, No, Cardi is my girl.

515
00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:47,280
Speaker 3: We did a commercial together. Minded. But I haven't had

516
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,680
Speaker 3: a record out in like fifteen years, R and B

517
00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:53,879
Speaker 3: album for twenty years, and I've been working on her

518
00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:56,600
Speaker 3: for the last six months. But I got it coming.

519
00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:57,960
Speaker 5: We're still on tour.

520
00:24:59,040 --> 00:24:59,600
Speaker 3: Fabulous.

521
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,879
Speaker 2: What about you? Saga I'm sorry, I.

522
00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:09,159
Speaker 4: Want to I won't see miss.

523
00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,639
Speaker 6: Whatever makes you? What about yourself at the beginning of

524
00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:17,920
Speaker 6: the year, Yeah, I've Sea and I got together, did

525
00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:23,520
Speaker 6: the little pop album and I got I get some

526
00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,960
Speaker 6: nice pries. I got what's on it so far. I

527
00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:32,000
Speaker 6: can talk about Oh Snoop is on there. I got

528
00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:36,400
Speaker 6: super rapping on one, but I got quite a few

529
00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:41,080
Speaker 6: other surprises. But you do, it's gonna be interesting.

530
00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:43,800
Speaker 7: I saw you performed with du as well to yeh,

531
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:44,560
Speaker 7: we did.

532
00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,640
Speaker 6: We jammed. I came with Jam the other day.

533
00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:48,680
Speaker 8: How do you how do you pick and chooser? All

534
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,359
Speaker 8: three of you, ladies? How do you pick and choose?

535
00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:52,840
Speaker 8: Like when artists call you and say, hey, I'm almost

536
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:54,639
Speaker 8: paying tribute. We'll love to have you where you're like

537
00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,320
Speaker 8: you laying your actual face and presence to an artist.

538
00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:58,840
Speaker 6: If they can say that.

539
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:04,879
Speaker 3: He do something special. Yeah, I mean Carti is not

540
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:11,560
Speaker 3: a singer singer, right, but she's special to entertain. You

541
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:12,080
Speaker 3: know what I'm saying.

542
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,120
Speaker 8: Have any of the younger artist because y'all talked about

543
00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:16,800
Speaker 8: like the showmanship of what you guys do and what

544
00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,359
Speaker 8: you're used to. Have any of the younger singers or

545
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,400
Speaker 8: any performers reached out to you guys and say, hey,

546
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:22,920
Speaker 8: I need help with my actual show.

547
00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:25,480
Speaker 7: Am I getting to my audience? And how did that?

548
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:30,200
Speaker 3: Calls from Jennifer Hudson my other baby, you know, when

549
00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,359
Speaker 3: she was doing respect she wanted me to talk to

550
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:37,119
Speaker 3: her about Aretha and stuff that we did. And we

551
00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:40,600
Speaker 3: plan and do things together also. But they do call

552
00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,399
Speaker 3: and they do get information. Because we've been on the

553
00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:47,280
Speaker 3: road for all our lives and things that we've been through,

554
00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:49,119
Speaker 3: we can let them know that you might have to

555
00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,560
Speaker 3: go through this and you might be lucky if you

556
00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:56,359
Speaker 3: don't have to do it. Yes, I love giving info.

557
00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:58,880
Speaker 1: I wanted to ask you too, Miss Mills. You talked

558
00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,600
Speaker 1: about just being the fiftieth your anniversary of the Whiz.

559
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:05,080
Speaker 1: How is that criticism of your role is doughthy on

560
00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,200
Speaker 1: Broadway shape the way you showed up throughout your whole career.

561
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:14,439
Speaker 3: It's funny criticism and people that are not nice to

562
00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:18,159
Speaker 3: me or whatever inspire me to be even better. It

563
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,000
Speaker 3: makes me stronger because I have a strong will. I

564
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:24,639
Speaker 3: came from a strong mother. So if you're unkind or

565
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,800
Speaker 3: if you're criticizing the way I look and the way,

566
00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,240
Speaker 3: it just makes me stronger. I'm going to be better

567
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,560
Speaker 3: the next time you see me. And that's how I

568
00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:33,399
Speaker 3: dealt with this throughout my whole career.

569
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:35,399
Speaker 5: I just don't. I don't let it. I let it

570
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:36,199
Speaker 5: wash off of me.

571
00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:39,520
Speaker 4: What about you, Miss, how you dealt with criticism?

572
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:40,600
Speaker 6: I love it?

573
00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,920
Speaker 3: Yeah? It makes you. You know, a lot of people say, well,

574
00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:47,240
Speaker 3: after fifty you don't do much. You can't do much.

575
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:51,919
Speaker 3: So anytime someone says something negative about me, it pushed

576
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,640
Speaker 3: me forward. Yes, you know, because I know I can

577
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:58,159
Speaker 3: do you know, and like I said, let them keep talking.

578
00:27:58,200 --> 00:27:59,240
Speaker 3: It makes you popular.

579
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:05,400
Speaker 5: Yes, I always said, just get the right spell it.

580
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:09,600
Speaker 4: What about you, miss, I don't.

581
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:19,320
Speaker 6: Get much criticism, but.

582
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:19,159
Speaker 4: What mm hmmm.

583
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,159
Speaker 1: When you when you had got criticized after the verses,

584
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:23,960
Speaker 1: did that bother you?

585
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:25,160
Speaker 6: I'm not talking about that.

586
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:29,920
Speaker 2: Okay, shut your ass right up. I want I want

587
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:31,960
Speaker 2: to know. You know, when when artist sample your music

588
00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:33,840
Speaker 2: is there sometimes you be like, nah, I'm not doing

589
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:35,560
Speaker 2: it because sometimes artists you'll be like, well, if the

590
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 2: curse you can't, I'm not going to clear it. Do

591
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:38,680
Speaker 2: y'all listen to the records when they try to sample

592
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:39,480
Speaker 2: your record your music?

593
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 3: Oh of course, Yeah, I've had some moments.

594
00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:45,240
Speaker 2: You've shut some people down, like I just don't like

595
00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:45,600
Speaker 2: the record.

596
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:48,600
Speaker 3: I can't tell you, but you have had some moments,

597
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:48,800
Speaker 3: you know.

598
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:50,760
Speaker 6: I used to have had a problem want you know,

599
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:55,520
Speaker 6: but that's because I didn't understand hip hop mm and

600
00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:58,640
Speaker 6: the way that it will take a song or voice

601
00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:02,920
Speaker 6: and flip it, you know. And once I understood, I've

602
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:09,800
Speaker 6: I've you know, really, you know, apologize because I just

603
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,000
Speaker 6: didn't understand that.

604
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:14,840
Speaker 2: The sampling, the hot pitch, the voice. He was like, nah,

605
00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:15,560
Speaker 2: that's not me.

606
00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 6: Because that's if you wanted me. What is that? You know,

607
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,440
Speaker 6: but you know, just because of my my ignorance. So

608
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:26,000
Speaker 6: but we got it straight.

609
00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,160
Speaker 2: Who broken down? How'd you figure it out? Was one

610
00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 2: of those things that.

611
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:35,160
Speaker 6: My sons my son, right, you let me know that.

612
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:35,640
Speaker 3: Yeah.

613
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:38,760
Speaker 4: Yeah, and the checks are good.

614
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:39,760
Speaker 2: Roll to check.

615
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:42,680
Speaker 4: You've been stamp about everybody from Kanye to Mary J.

616
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:43,240
Speaker 3: Blige.

617
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:49,920
Speaker 6: Yeah, if everybody paid up. I'm just kidding. But uh,

618
00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:54,400
Speaker 6: it's you know, it's that's just that's beautiful that you

619
00:29:54,440 --> 00:30:02,880
Speaker 6: know everybody can cheer. Everybody cheer everybody everybody. I love compilations,

620
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:06,680
Speaker 6: I love tanks, everything more interesting to me. It makes

621
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,240
Speaker 6: you know red and red and yellow, you know orange?

622
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:11,400
Speaker 6: That's something?

623
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,920
Speaker 2: What about you, Miss Mills? Let me sample your stuff.

624
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,000
Speaker 5: I love it. I have a good time with it,

625
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 5: and I do get my checks.

626
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,440
Speaker 2: Do you ever turn somebody down for a particular reason, like, nah,

627
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:23,160
Speaker 2: you just can't sing?

628
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,680
Speaker 5: But nah, I've never turned anybody down, really No.

629
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,080
Speaker 3: I like freedom and I think people should be able

630
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,280
Speaker 3: to be free to express themselves the way they want to,

631
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,480
Speaker 3: you know, So I've never turned anybody down.

632
00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:37,800
Speaker 4: Well, who taught you to, Miss Mills?

633
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,840
Speaker 1: Because you've always been vocal about ownership and independence in

634
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:41,760
Speaker 1: music and to see.

635
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 4: Like a lot of young artists starting to do that now,

636
00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:44,479
Speaker 4: But who taught you that? So early on?

637
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:46,840
Speaker 3: I've always been one to sit back and just watch

638
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,640
Speaker 3: and observe, and like I've been like a sponge and

639
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 3: then people like my first agent was Buddy Howe William Mars,

640
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,400
Speaker 3: and he taught me a lot. And I never wanted

641
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,040
Speaker 3: to be one of those artists that wound up with

642
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 3: no money, a graggedy car.

643
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:04,480
Speaker 5: This. I never wanted to be that.

644
00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 3: So I've always made sure that I was covered in

645
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,480
Speaker 3: some way and lived a certain way so that I

646
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 3: could live that way for the rest of my life,

647
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 3: because it's not how well you live, it's how long

648
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 3: you live. Well it is you said it, I love that, yes, beautiful.

649
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:25,840
Speaker 4: How much has the industry changed and how much is it?

650
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 4: Has it stayed the same?

651
00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:31,600
Speaker 3: I think it's changed a lot. The way you go

652
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:35,720
Speaker 3: about putting out music. I think it's better for artists

653
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:38,240
Speaker 3: to be independent because I think record companies are nothing

654
00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 3: but a marketing company, So why should they take half

655
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 3: your money or whatever. You could sell fifty thousand units

656
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:48,760
Speaker 3: and make a lot of money. You know it comes

657
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 3: straight to you, So why should you give that up?

658
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,720
Speaker 3: You know, publishing and all of that. I make sure

659
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,040
Speaker 3: even if I haven't I shouldn't say this, but even

660
00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,520
Speaker 3: if I haven't written a song, if someone comes to

661
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:01,280
Speaker 3: me and says I want you to do the song

662
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,120
Speaker 3: with me, I'm going to get some of the publishers

663
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,720
Speaker 3: because I've made I know I can sell records, and

664
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:09,040
Speaker 3: I know I can have hit records.

665
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:10,720
Speaker 5: So that's just good business.

666
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 3: But I think they should really just keep it small

667
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:14,719
Speaker 3: and do good business.

668
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:16,880
Speaker 2: Would you say you made more money now in the

669
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:18,760
Speaker 2: last ten years than you did in your career?

670
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:22,480
Speaker 5: Absolutely? Absolutely right now?

671
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Speaker 3: Well, because I'm independent, and I'm more veriable about what

672
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:30,640
Speaker 3: I want. I know exactly what I want, I know

673
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:32,440
Speaker 3: how I want it to be done, I know what

674
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Speaker 3: percentages I want.

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Speaker 5: So yeah, absolutely absolutely.

676
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Speaker 4: How much of the industry has changed and how much

677
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Speaker 4: is the state to say.

678
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Speaker 3: It's changed a lot. I think women are getting more

679
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:52,200
Speaker 3: play these days. And like stephinitely said, you have to

680
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,800
Speaker 3: know what you were and you have to know that

681
00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:58,240
Speaker 3: who's ever doing your business with you they are safe,

682
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,160
Speaker 3: which is hard to find. You know, my son is

683
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:05,960
Speaker 3: with me, yes forever, ad no, No, go ahead, finish,

684
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Speaker 3: But I just want to say that you have to

685
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:09,800
Speaker 3: know your work and you have to be willing to

686
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:13,520
Speaker 3: say no and not chase the money because all money

687
00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:17,560
Speaker 3: ain't good money. Yeah, because it's real. I mean, you

688
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 3: can't go out and say I'm going to do this

689
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 3: and you embarrass yourself where you talked about barely for

690
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,160
Speaker 3: taking that check, right, you know? So I know all

691
00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 3: of these things are done well with me and my

692
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,640
Speaker 3: son like he'll stop it in a minute, no matter

693
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:35,200
Speaker 3: how much it is. So you know, I'm blessed again.

694
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Speaker 3: I'm blessed with business.

695
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Speaker 4: What about you, miss Saka?

696
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Speaker 6: No, you know the big you know the big house,

697
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:57,880
Speaker 6: the big you know, the big company. I was very thrilled.

698
00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 6: I was thrilled when I find out that a lot

699
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:05,560
Speaker 6: of artists, hip hop artists were like in their hotel

700
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 6: rooms cutting records. I was like, yes, that's the way

701
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,840
Speaker 6: to be absolutely and Prince and I went through a

702
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 6: really big fight with you know for some years, you

703
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:27,760
Speaker 6: know about yeah, how crooked they were. And so finally

704
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:31,000
Speaker 6: I'm in a good place where I own everything. I'm

705
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:35,480
Speaker 6: of mine, get to come through me first.

706
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Speaker 8: So I know you guys are doing this the Black

707
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:44,120
Speaker 8: Music Collective the right, that's the promoters behind you guys,

708
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:46,440
Speaker 8: So Black Promoters Collectives.

709
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:48,360
Speaker 7: I'm sorry, the Black Promoters Collective.

710
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:50,799
Speaker 8: So I know you got talk just a bit about that,

711
00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:52,719
Speaker 8: like working with them and putting this tour on in them,

712
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 8: you know, knowing how to cater to you guys as

713
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:56,120
Speaker 8: the legends that you guys are.

714
00:34:56,719 --> 00:35:00,799
Speaker 3: They've been treating us like queens. We would be out

715
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:04,120
Speaker 3: there if they weren't. So they're a very awesome teams,

716
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:07,160
Speaker 3: and we're happy to be there because if we weren't,

717
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:10,400
Speaker 3: we wouldn't be doing the second half, which starts September nineteen.

718
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 3: So we're happy about the things that happened before.

719
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,440
Speaker 4: Now, why you roll your eyes, miss Shaka, I didn't.

720
00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:18,759
Speaker 3: Oh she's just looking that way.

721
00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,840
Speaker 6: It's looking crazy. It's too early for me to be

722
00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:22,319
Speaker 6: talking about.

723
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:27,280
Speaker 2: Well, definitely picked up their tickets.

724
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:31,480
Speaker 1: If if there's one message you want the audience to

725
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:34,520
Speaker 1: take away after seeing all of y'all perform together, what

726
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:35,879
Speaker 1: is it?

727
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:39,440
Speaker 3: Unity? Hm? And that way we respect each other.

728
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:42,640
Speaker 5: Love peace.

729
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:50,439
Speaker 6: We've been talking about this for years, you know, those

730
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,600
Speaker 6: all together. This is when this came. So here's our chance,

731
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Speaker 6: you know, m H. I love you so much.

732
00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:00,239
Speaker 3: I love you too. I mean we have really go back. Yes,

733
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:03,080
Speaker 3: they love me like a mother. Yeah, I mean they

734
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,840
Speaker 3: really do respect my whole self, and I love it.

735
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:07,400
Speaker 3: It is.

736
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Speaker 6: She's the quickest.

737
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:11,839
Speaker 3: She's the quickest change artist ever artist.

738
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:16,200
Speaker 6: Let me tell you, she said, says, one amazing outfit

739
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:20,000
Speaker 6: right and this is still in her show her in

740
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:23,400
Speaker 6: her heart. So I mean she ran out the stage

741
00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 6: and came right back on with a totally different outfit.

742
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:32,560
Speaker 6: I said, what's this magic or what? She still hasn't

743
00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:33,400
Speaker 6: told me her secret.

744
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:35,440
Speaker 3: No, I'm just fast. I practice.

745
00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 6: I mean, I mean with them, but less than three

746
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:40,640
Speaker 6: minutes time, she had a.

747
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Speaker 3: Totally freaking tract different outfit way.

748
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Speaker 6: That's something. That's yeah, that's something. Yeah, you're amazing.

749
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:55,760
Speaker 4: At night too. She's also.

750
00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:03,680
Speaker 3: Knows love we potato the last time she's doing so

751
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:05,800
Speaker 3: that's why she's not with us today. Yeah, she's with

752
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:11,640
Speaker 3: her because she has other jobs. Yeah, we love amazing.

753
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:14,719
Speaker 6: I could up on her.

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00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:16,120
Speaker 3: Yeah.

755
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Speaker 2: Well, thank you ladies for joining us, the Queens, the Queens,

756
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:21,040
Speaker 2: the legends, the icons, and.

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Speaker 1: Make sure you got there and get all miss Patty

758
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Speaker 1: LaBelle products, you know, Thanksgiving.

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00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:28,920
Speaker 3: Right around to go with my pancakes. Yeah, it's in

760
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:32,040
Speaker 3: Kroger's and somewhere I don't know, but I do have

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Speaker 3: it as outcome institution out.

762
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:36,919
Speaker 4: At Texas yet.

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Speaker 2: Texts coming through Patti LaBelle, Stephanie Mills, Chaka Khan, thank

764
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Speaker 2: you so much.

765
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Speaker 4: It's the Breakfast Club.

766
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Speaker 2: Good morning, I play every day.

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Speaker 4: Ago click up the Breakfast Club. Y'all done,