1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, rap right up podcast. Elliott will say be dot 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: be dot, what's up? Baby? Feeling good? Elliott, y'all are 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: y'all on the road? Man on the secret mission? Man, 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: we have Man? What're saying on disclosed location? These rap 5 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: right up boys? Man? They always on the move Man, Yes, 6 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: sir man, but you know it's always time to say goodbye. 7 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: Is this DM Man Dickie Bell Ricky Bell season finale? Man? 8 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,240 Speaker 1: The blocks told me was gonna happen and didn't tell 9 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: me when. Oh Man, Yeah, it's the season one finale Man, 10 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: DJA Drama. Finally getting this episode out of the world, 11 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 1: right ship. We've been sitting on this one. Yeah, episoding 12 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: on it for like a couple of weeks now, but 13 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 1: you know, I think now it was the right time 14 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: to partly finally get it out. So absolutely your first 15 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 1: shout out to punch Man. It was great. Yeah, go 16 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: to New York chopping up with him the West Coast King. Yea, 17 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: we kicked it and win in New York. We should 18 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: have went to the Garden, right, we were saying. We 19 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: ended up doing the thing in New York, but we 20 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: could have. We could have sat with him at the 21 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: Garden and we got the garden. Man, I thought those 22 00:00:56,040 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: Union guys was gonna kick us out, Manna fly, but 23 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: yeah it was. It was a good conversation with punch Man, 24 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: and like I said, this is like its first time 25 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: on the pod since we did it we five six 26 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 1: years ago back and it felt like a new episode, 27 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? No, absolutely, absolutely, It's funny 28 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: because we had the thing where it's like I like 29 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: to pore you press them on, like the whole thing 30 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: about the gripes of the kids on the internet about 31 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: you don't put out enough music to you don't put 32 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 1: enough music, and he answered, you know about quality of 33 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: a quantity of stuff. And I see people in the 34 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: comments like y'all give them enough pushback about that? Man, 35 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: the like they still mad, they still want more TV music. Man, 36 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: these fans, they then not have it it, man, Well, 37 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 1: that would turn the interview into anterrogation. We don't do that. Yeah, 38 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: what's up with that? I hate when people countique and 39 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: say you should have gave more pushback. It's like, what 40 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: does that mean? I was supposed to convince him to 41 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: do what he just explained why he's doing it, Like 42 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: I understand, Like I have to convince him because you 43 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: were the fan want the unreleased record that they don't 44 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: feel it is done yet. So that's what we should do. 45 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: Like we're losing rescipees, Elliott, Yeah, we've been cooking the 46 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: recipes for a long time. Be anniversary of my brothers three. 47 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: Are you supposed to give each other that gift? That's 48 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: what I don't know. Your watch game is pretty strong, man, 49 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: I'm scared to give you a gift. Man, I was saying, 50 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: I'd have to call that guy tired and see what 51 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: I could do on a budget. Me and Jason have 52 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 1: the same jeweler. Hey, man, let's let's go golfing with 53 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: DJ Caller. Let's go golfing now. But it's March knife, Uh, 54 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: what is this? What years? It's twenty twenty three? Man, 55 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: fourteen years ago? Man on the day you know, absolutely, 56 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: Biggie pass on March nine, ninety seven. So on March night, 57 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: two thousand and nine, many years later, we started a 58 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: little website called rapper dot com. Huh, beat, I was 59 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: there from day one. Shout remember remember Crystal fair Weather. 60 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: Shout the Crystal fair Weather up in this piece. And 61 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: we're still up. We're still here. Man, shout out to 62 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: big home. We've been holding us down so beat that 63 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: how did you survive the blog Arab? When when the 64 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: kids tell the story, how how did you survive the blog? Erab? 65 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: You know what it is? Honestly, it feels like a blur, 66 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: like when people say, hey, you know, I was raised 67 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: up on Rapper you grew I grew up on you guys? 68 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 1: What are you fuck is talking about? Man? Like it's 69 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: not a magazine, but it's like really a blur. And 70 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: then you do the math you realize, oh shit, you know, 71 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: fourteen years just kind of went by, but it doesn't 72 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: feel like it, you know what I mean. Yeah, I 73 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 1: just remember like just the craziness of us kind of like, 74 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: you know, doing this me trying to do this digital 75 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: thing and I don't know nothing, and like the site 76 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: would be crashing and ship and I'd be all mad, 77 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: and like I would like go to a movie theater 78 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: by myself and shit and be all mad, like in 79 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,359 Speaker 1: the afternoon to the site was back up and then 80 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: go back to the office. I mean, we came at 81 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 1: a time where you gotta think about it, like the 82 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: iPhone is you know, camera ready? The camera phone? Yeah, 83 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: you know, we had to go buy flip cams to 84 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: do interviews, you know, and look at us now. Yeah, 85 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 1: I remember Peter Rosenberg had that, like the little flip 86 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: camp things. I started going to live shows and like 87 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: flip caming concerts and we would put stuff on YouTube 88 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: and we would get flagged and ship would get taken down. 89 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: And we're just doing everything for content. You know, go 90 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: to Alba released parties and they have like a tape 91 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: recorder the music and put it on the website. I 92 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:04,839 Speaker 1: did a lot of foul stuff, but yeah, I got 93 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: tramp said something. We put up a kaya verse for 94 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: Champion or something. I'll remember this and like, yeah, like 95 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: on one thing, that's the first time he heard the song. 96 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: Like we would be bootleg and stuff like we was 97 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: rerunning what's happening and this ship at these uh yeah, 98 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,799 Speaker 1: at these concerts and stuff. Man, we didn't say though, Elliot, 99 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 1: we kind of changed the game. I mean people don't remember. 100 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: There's no like documentation of it, but we're like one 101 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: of the first like ripped things off the radio, ripped 102 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,919 Speaker 1: things off the TV. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know we 103 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: would have well I remember being the first guy to 104 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: like go to a concert and like, why am I 105 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: filming the whole concert? You just want who's coming out? 106 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: And I used to do the headline. You know, so 107 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: and so brings someone so out at the practice. So 108 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: you know, we we've been We've done a lot in 109 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: over the last fourteen years. Man. Yeah, I think there's 110 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: still some of that YouTube. You'll see like a Jay 111 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:49,840 Speaker 1: z Oprah thing. You know'll have to like the little 112 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: rappert or watermark on the side and stuff like the 113 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: stuff that survived things and people copying and stuff. You know, absolutely, yeah, 114 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: but once again, you know, I mean the fact that 115 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: you know, south to Paul Rosenberg and you know, to 116 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: back this whole brand and the belief in it. And 117 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: then you know, all we say, man, so we do 118 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: it on nine about what twenty fifteen, six years later 119 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 1: be that's like, yo, we gotta get the podcast. We 120 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: gotta pie, we gotta pod man, we gotta a podcast. 121 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: It's time to pod shout out to combat Jack, Rest 122 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: in Peace Combat, Yes, indeed, rest in piece of Combat 123 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: Jack wan Epstein. They kind of stuck the blueprint and 124 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 1: he was like, no, I think we could do it too. 125 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: So here we are jumped in and that's what's paying 126 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 1: the bills now? Baby? So when you think rap right out, 127 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: you think that, but you also shout, like we said, 128 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 1: big homie, Jimmy. You know all the people, man, dark night, 129 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: all the people are testing edgele Lee coming by the 130 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 1: office back of the day and turning our site pink 131 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: and shit. Maybe she did that strong with that girl? 132 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: What small with her? Man, She's way up to these days. 133 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: She's way up like this scot DJ Drama Man coming 134 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: off the Tyler, the Creator, the Grammy's and all that. 135 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: He's finally giving us. He's finally getting his you know 136 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: own album out there to the world. Man, it's drama time. 137 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: Man gets the grills. He's really like that. Man. We 138 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: listened to the project and listen, it sounds solid. Elliott. 139 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: I think it's going to be a contender by the 140 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: end of the year. Yeah, what's the one you love? 141 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: The gezuh Nipsey one, right, the z Nipsey That one 142 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: was the highlights for me. Yeah, that's gonna that make 143 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 1: me want to beat that's list man. You're like Jess 144 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: list Man. Oh yeah, but we need to be on 145 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: your list. Man. I don't care what our little ragings are, 146 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 1: whatever our views are Man, we one point six million 147 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 1: on Young Boy low views on that. Man, this is 148 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,280 Speaker 1: be the best podcast. Man, don't don't fool yourself. Man. 149 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: A little aside, Man, as we close season one, let 150 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: me get a little humble brag on that. I'm very 151 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: proud of the work we do. I feel like we're 152 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: the best podcast. We may not be the biggest yet, 153 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 1: but you know, I feel like we're the best. Man, 154 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: this is my man. I actually like being an underdog, 155 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. It makes me not still comfortable. 156 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: So it's like we had more to prove, and I 157 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 1: feel like we do. You know, so drama would say, 158 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: we really like that. We really like that. Man, we're 159 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: appreciating the journey to Man, let's get into this. Man, 160 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: it's the season one finale. We will be back real soon, 161 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: but you gotta chew on this one and joy this 162 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: one until we come back. Man, before we got out 163 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 1: of here. May be we're gonna get them the videos 164 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 1: for all the season one episodes, right, it's coming all 165 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 1: you're gonna have you on some Netflix shit, Man, bid 166 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:05,359 Speaker 1: them all. Bit watch it. You're gonna bitche watch the catalog. 167 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: Manti like it. You know what's what I'm saying, work 168 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: like the old ship, watch your old catalog. All right, man, 169 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: let's get it to a man. Rap rate our podcast, 170 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: DJ Drama. Yeah we really like that. Yeah, rapp right up. 171 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: Podcast Elliot Wilson would really like that. Really like that, 172 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: DJ d Sir, I like skill legend, legend, one of 173 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: the greatest DJ's of all time. Yes, sir, and I 174 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 1: think we just took the podcast game to another level 175 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: because we've actually heard DJ Drama's album and you haven't. 176 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: At this. I don't know when you when you get this. 177 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: By time you get this, you will have heard it. Yes, 178 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: if not, it's on the way, it's on the way. 179 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: You just played this new album. Yes, I really like that, 180 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: he said, he said that. You said you ain't really 181 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: playing it for nobody so far. Na No, yeah, the 182 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: first Yeah, it's been all in house. So how did 183 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: that feel? I gotta ask y'all how it was good? 184 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: I really like that. That title alone just stands out. 185 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: What do you mean by that? You know, it's kind 186 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: of like I think for a lot of my career 187 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: outside of the mixtape, so I've been quite like humble, 188 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 1: and you know, even like when I've done interviews, I've 189 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: played the politically correct role at TIM So I think 190 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: just in this last like year and a half, for me, 191 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: it's like, nah, fuck that, like like I've given a 192 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: lot to this culture. Like I'm really like that, Like 193 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: y'all got to stop playing with me, you know what 194 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: I'm saying, Stop stop testing what I've I've done, what 195 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: I continue to do with what I'm gonna keep doing. 196 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: It kind of got inspired by the Forever record, Um 197 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: Jim Jim says on that record, Um, you know, I'm 198 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 1: really like that, and I just kind of ran with it. 199 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:40,680 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. It's your first album in 200 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: six years. It's crazy you've been doing all this stuff nothing. 201 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: I've been doing nothing, just like kicking my feet up. 202 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 1: You know. Yeah. I saw somebody say that actually on 203 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 1: social media other day because I made a comment I said, um, 204 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 1: you know, I brought the mixtape game back to life, 205 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: thanks Tyler. And then somebody said something like, uh yeah, 206 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,559 Speaker 1: DJ Drama was killing the mixtape dame and then he 207 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,559 Speaker 1: got raided and then you know, we haven't heard from 208 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: him since or something, and I was like, actually, I've 209 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: been running a very successful record label home of a 210 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: little Uzi Vert and Jack Harlow among other things. But 211 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 1: you know, I feel it's it's weird because it's like 212 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: there's been years recent years when for me it's been 213 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 1: like felt quite successful, you know in definitely in a 214 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: financial way and a lot of times. But then I've 215 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: also have seen comments like damn, Where's where's dramat or whatever? 216 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: I've been in DJ drama or something, and then it's 217 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: like think, I'm here, like I don't see But then 218 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 1: you know, I have to remember a time more more 219 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 1: now so than at one point. But you know, there's 220 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: still a large group of people that didn't know we 221 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: were behind, you know, Uzi or Jack for you know, 222 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 1: some time. And then I think even with coming if 223 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: you get lost, it was like, you know, it was 224 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:58,719 Speaker 1: like okay, like dramas back, you know what I mean. 225 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: And you announced the proble, Jake, I think I saw 226 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: on Instagram you captioned it. You said ingram is a 227 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: poor man's sport? Why is anger a poor man's sport? 228 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: Because I mean, if you think about it, like for 229 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: someone to be able to get that emotion out of you, 230 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: you know, to be able to get that rise out 231 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: of you. You know what I'm saying, It's like it's 232 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,719 Speaker 1: coming down to this level. You know, somebody who can 233 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: control their anger, you know, then you're kind of like 234 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: kicking your feet up, you know what I mean, and 235 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: like in a very relaxed manner. You know. So it's 236 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: like it's it's a it's a it's a high high testament, 237 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: you know, a better frequency. You've gotten better with that, Um, yeah, 238 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: for sure. I mean I've never been one, at least publicly, 239 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: like to have shown a lot of discourse or a 240 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: lot of like things don't really get under my skin. 241 00:10:56,559 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: And to be honest, I always give a testament to 242 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: that to my early days of blogging and double XL, 243 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: you know, because it was like for me, just like 244 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 1: with like social media and stuff like, that was an 245 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 1: early time for me where you know, it was like 246 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: it was there was my space where it was like 247 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 1: everyone loved you, and then you I got into the 248 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 1: blogger sphere and then I realized everyone didn't love me. So, 249 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: you know, through my no pun intended dramas through the years, however, 250 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 1: people have said shit like you know, it is what 251 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 1: it is. I know when I walk down the street 252 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: or you know, when I when I'm on tour, when 253 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 1: I go places, all I've ever gotten is love. So 254 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 1: you know, the side talk has never really bothered me 255 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: that much. What I do like care about on mostly 256 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: is that you know, like I feel like for most 257 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 1: of my career and me and my guys, like, you know, 258 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 1: we've always done stand up business and I'm a stand 259 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: up guy. So my reputation is important to me, you know, 260 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,319 Speaker 1: for people to know, like, you know, I do good 261 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 1: business and you know I do good by people. You 262 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, You do good albums too. Man, 263 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,079 Speaker 1: it was the vision around this album? Man, what was 264 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: the vision? You know, It's it's interesting me because it 265 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 1: was like it kind of you know, I haven't been 266 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: an album mode for a while, and it really just 267 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:17,599 Speaker 1: kind of snuck up on me. You know, I have 268 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: been working on records for some time, and then you know, 269 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 1: as as the year was progressing, we just kept you know, 270 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: going in with records and then just the energy just 271 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 1: felt right, you know what I'm saying, Like, just what 272 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 1: everything that was going on, um, you know, from from 273 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 1: the Grammy win to the success of our label to 274 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 1: just like you know, having the eyes and ears back 275 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: on me. It was like yeah and that like okay, 276 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:44,319 Speaker 1: it's time, like you know, let me, let me get 277 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: back into this to this mode. Yeah, you contribute obviously 278 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,319 Speaker 1: on everyone else's project, but with yourself. Is it difficult 279 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: putting albums together? It's not easy. It's definitely not easy. 280 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:55,559 Speaker 1: I guess it's an art and a science to it. 281 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 1: You know. I think that producers and DJ's you know, 282 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 1: when we make albums, obviously for the most part, we 283 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: don't you know, wrap ourselves. So it's like, you know, 284 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: you have a canvas and you got to paint this picture, 285 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: and you know, use use these colors and and and 286 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,559 Speaker 1: your pilot and however you want to paint the picture, 287 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. So, um, yeah, it's definitely 288 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: not easy, you know, and you got to work around 289 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 1: people's schedules and you know, artists or artists, and you know, 290 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: it's a lot of the complicated. Part two comes after 291 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 1: the music is done too, you know. Yeah. Time, Yeah, 292 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: you know that takes some time and then just just 293 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 1: but really painting the vision. But it's it's really fun, 294 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: you know, um, it really is. You know, and just 295 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 1: again like I'm a DJ, you know, like again My 296 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 1: goal was to get my name on a flyer, so 297 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 1: to think about all the projects I've done, or this 298 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: being my six studio album, like you know, just to 299 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: have that opportunity. You know, I don't take that shit 300 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: for granted, Like that shit is that shit is a blessing. Yeah, 301 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: you call like Avengers of rat on this project. Man, 302 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:05,719 Speaker 1: you got so who's who? Even even as DJ Dramma is, 303 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: it's still difficult to get the people that you want. 304 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: It depends. I mean some phone calls are easier than others. 305 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: You know, you'd be surprised. You know, there's a guy 306 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:18,439 Speaker 1: like Wayne who still to this day you call them 307 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: or you send him a beat and twenty four hours 308 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: later you get in Weezy is He's a monster. I 309 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: mean that that's somebody who's for sure. It's definitely always 310 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 1: come through for me and always like whenever I send 311 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: them something, it comes right back. What was the one 312 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: Weasy and album that we deserved? Um? It was the 313 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: one with it was Roddy Wheezy and Gucci. You don't 314 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: know about that Gucci? Yeah. I think the thing that 315 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: was most interesting about listening to the album was the pairings, right, 316 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: Like when that stood out to me. It was like 317 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: you had Rick Ross West Side Gun, like I never 318 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: saw that, and then you also had like Nipsey Jeezy, Like, 319 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: how'd you get a Nipsey hustle? Very strong? That's my guy, 320 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: man wrest in peace to nip You know, we got 321 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 1: a lot of history together. Um, you know obviously and 322 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: beat I wants to argue this, but Crenshaw is part 323 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: of the Gangster Grills legacy. Wait, I don't know about this. 324 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 1: You argue that that how to consider Chrishaw against the 325 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 1: Grills project because it isn't a gangster Grills on It's 326 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: just DJ Drama presents Crenshaw branding. Man, it's like your 327 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: bracket show wracked up Incorrectly, he left it out of 328 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: the brackets because and I didn't catch until later because 329 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 1: I realized. I was like, damn, which ones did we 330 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: leave out? And I was like, we left out Crenshaw. 331 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 1: He was like, that's not a gangs grim that's definitely 332 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 1: against um. Interesting enough, This is actually my second record 333 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 1: with Jez and nip Um. I had a record on 334 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: Quality Street Music album. Now I dropped the twenty twelve 335 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 1: called Never Die. Was Jez nipping Jade on there. So 336 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: but yeah, I mean, I think that's the that's the 337 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: fun about it, being able to put the pairings that 338 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 1: you know you wouldn't expect or you don't see often, 339 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: and guys coming together, you know, even like the Saha 340 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 1: and the Russell record. You know that was fun Doug 341 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: and it was he you know, it was he really 342 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 1: spitting on there and like that was fun. It's him 343 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: like he got like guys to really like whisk Khalifa, 344 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: like you guys kind of spit hard, like really go 345 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: in like like some you don't often hit him. Maybe 346 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 1: wrapping that sort of like urgency was that you think 347 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: that was inspired by you know, the conversations with it 348 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: was just to be DJ drama project. You know, you 349 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: gotta come with it and they know they can't play around. 350 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: It's song for hearing nip Like I still struggle listening 351 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 1: to them even watching you know, old interviews. But you know, 352 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: Jeez's verse only is really incredible. That won't really stood 353 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: out to me. Geez was very excited when um I 354 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 1: asked him to be on that record, and if I'm 355 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 1: not mistaken, he recorded it the day of takeoff. Some 356 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 1: more more memorial and you know, you hear some references 357 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: to take on their you hear some references to Dolf 358 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 1: on their UM. So you know, I feel like you 359 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 1: put a lot of you know, heart and passion in 360 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: that record, and even him being on there with Nip. 361 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 1: You know, it's it's tough for all of us to 362 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:18,159 Speaker 1: to to hear Nip, but to listen to Ni for 363 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: sure to this day. So but I mean, you know, 364 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: for me to have Nip on my my projects means 365 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,439 Speaker 1: a lot to me. So still like putting pieces to 366 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: the puzzle of how you want to pair certain artists definitely, um. 367 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:33,440 Speaker 1: You know we as a team too, you know, we 368 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 1: kind of like map it out and put a put 369 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: a board up and you know, just kind of look 370 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 1: at the names of the records and you know, just 371 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 1: play around with it and saying this person might sound 372 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 1: dope on this, or let's let's go here or let's 373 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 1: go there. And so we saw the Dry East board 374 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 1: on the social media. You like, blurt it out the name. 375 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 1: I blurt it out, but I you know, I left 376 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 1: enough up there to to create some anticipation to the 377 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: follow get on your line, say, but I'll do my 378 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: own joining this woe man you're paying me with nobody 379 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 1: from the franchise of the generation. Now, I think now 380 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: you're a franchise. Jack Harlow is definitely the franchise player. 381 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:11,119 Speaker 1: I like how he says, you're gonna be salty when 382 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 1: I get the Grammy. I mean, at this time, we 383 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: don't know if he's gonna get the Grammy. When we 384 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 1: were taping this, but you know, there was some backlashes 385 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:18,679 Speaker 1: seemed like, oh, people just being critical about him being 386 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: Grammy nominated. And you know, it's like, as much as 387 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,160 Speaker 1: we say we're progressive, like I feel like he still 388 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 1: faces a little bit of resistance. What do you think 389 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 1: it is and what you'll take on on that? You know, 390 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: I think that his album was like highly anticipated and 391 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 1: for what people may have expected from it in some ways, 392 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: So you know, and I think that we were in 393 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 1: a space where it was like Jack Harlow was everywhere 394 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: you looked like he was all over the place. You 395 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: couldn't turn at drob. He's a hot drob now and 396 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 1: became a heart drob. He was on fucking four commercials 397 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 1: back to back to back. If you're watching the NBA Finals, 398 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,200 Speaker 1: it was like, you know, you look on social media. 399 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 1: It was Jack Harlow, Jack Harlow, Jack Harlow, so you know, 400 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 1: and especially you know him being a white artist in 401 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:13,159 Speaker 1: hip hop space. You know when it's like it's like 402 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 1: like I'm maybe overkilling a way, you know what I'm saying. 403 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 1: So that can it can it can sometimes come, you know, 404 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: back to bite the artists in some way. So, um, 405 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 1: you know, it comes with the territory. I think that 406 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: he he plays it well, you know, and he uses 407 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: it as ammunition. So I'm excited just for the music 408 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: he's working on now leading up to you know what 409 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:40,679 Speaker 1: the Winds and you know, the criticisms that he went 410 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,399 Speaker 1: through last year. Even on on the song too, you 411 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: get a little bit of a got a couple of 412 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:50,159 Speaker 1: bars off. I guess I've been playing around with the 413 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 1: bars a little bit, you know, Jay Stone. I just 414 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 1: dropped the tape with Jay Stone, you know, and I 415 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: did somewhat of a hook on there too. So I've been, 416 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: you know, just trying it out. We could give you 417 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: for your UC performance man that you see oh yeah, 418 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:09,879 Speaker 1: you haven't seen it yet though, Yeah. So yeah, T Paint. 419 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: T Paint's podcasts and he has like a karaoke and 420 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 1: he the way he set it up, it is like 421 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 1: if you're if you have a gun to your head 422 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: and you have to perform one song was it gonna be? 423 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 1: And I was like, shit fucking juicy and he's like, 424 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 1: all right, go up there and do it. Man, I 425 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: know the lyrics by heart, but I performing it is 426 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: a little different. My cadence is, if not notorious big. 427 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 1: It's funny that the case of shit talking in the 428 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:41,919 Speaker 1: case of bars right, like you would know better than 429 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: But you know, I think that like when I when 430 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 1: I um think about or when I talk about it, 431 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 1: it's like, you know, as much as I don't like 432 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 1: rom like, I take a lot of pride in the 433 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 1: shit that I say on tapes, you know, and I think, 434 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,879 Speaker 1: I don't know, I hope it doesn't go over people's 435 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 1: heads too much, but like I be, i'd be feeling 436 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: like and I would assume that the reason why I'm 437 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,880 Speaker 1: still going and still at it and people still want 438 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: me on their projects is because I really be saying 439 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: some shit like you know what I'm saying. I get 440 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: very creative, Like you know, the song m on French's 441 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 1: new album, it's called Jiza, you know, and it took 442 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,159 Speaker 1: the shadow Box and Beat and you know, even hit 443 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 1: me about that. I say at the end of it, 444 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 1: like you know, I'm shadow boxing myself, or I say 445 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 1: at the beginning, I say, um, I do a Coke 446 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:35,879 Speaker 1: Boys reference, but I say it in a way that 447 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,639 Speaker 1: they did on the original shadow Boxing. You know, do 448 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: you have a script when you go into the booth? 449 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: I don't. I go strictly off the top of the head. 450 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 1: It's very seldom. You know, Sometimes just in conversations, I 451 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 1: may write something down just just like a notation of 452 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:56,920 Speaker 1: something like oh that would be hard to say on 453 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: the tape. But for the majority of the time when 454 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: I go on the booth, I just you know, I 455 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 1: volve off the record and I just try to get 456 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 1: as creative as I can be. And you know, like 457 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 1: it's like for me even at this point, like just recently, 458 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,880 Speaker 1: I did this project with this up and coming artist 459 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 1: named Alas. She was an R and B artist, So 460 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 1: it's like I like doing stuff that might be left 461 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 1: the center of what people would expect from me because 462 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 1: I can play with my caden to my voices. I'm 463 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:28,680 Speaker 1: not necessarily yelling like I would on a GEZ project. 464 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 1: And then you know, I talk about my real life. 465 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 1: Like on her project, I said something about you know, 466 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: my therapist asked me the other day what my love 467 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: languages are, and somebody was like, I wasn't here with 468 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 1: another artist, and it's like, you have a therapist, and 469 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,119 Speaker 1: I was like, yeah, I do. And you know, I 470 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 1: think the way just the same way the artists that 471 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 1: we love and we call our greats talk about their 472 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:53,680 Speaker 1: real lives. That's what I do when I go on 473 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,159 Speaker 1: projects and tapes, and I have through the years, like 474 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 1: whatever's going on in my life or however it may be, 475 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: however may play onto the music. I go in and 476 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,399 Speaker 1: talk about it. Let's taking pictures. You want me to 477 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:10,200 Speaker 1: smile for the cameras. I was definitely going through some 478 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:14,120 Speaker 1: shit with We'll talk about the year you had. Last 479 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 1: year you released eleven gainst the Grills. It was eleven 480 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:20,040 Speaker 1: eleven Brandon mixtapes ran. Did you set out to like 481 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: release that much music? Nah? I didn't. It just kind 482 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:27,880 Speaker 1: of happened. Did you tell no to anybody? I tell't 483 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 1: know that anything. I don't think I told him anyone, know, 484 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 1: I mean, no one came to me that I that deserved, 485 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: and no neither but um, yeah, I think it might 486 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: have been more than eleven, but eleven is closed, so 487 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 1: that that would be like one every month, I could divide. Nah, 488 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:48,879 Speaker 1: just kind of happened that way. It was like, you know, 489 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:52,880 Speaker 1: the game was back. What I what I think happened 490 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: is that so if we if we look at the 491 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 1: last like, I don't know, what do you want to say, 492 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,639 Speaker 1: five six years when did uh, if you're reading this, 493 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 1: It's too late come out? What's that? Twenty fifteen? So 494 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: that was kind of the to me, that was like 495 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:14,920 Speaker 1: the first like mixtape that went to streaming platforms, right, 496 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 1: so like before that, you know, there was a difference 497 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 1: when like a mixtape would come out, it would go 498 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 1: to you know, adapt pair for a live mixtapes and 499 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 1: stuff like that. So then if you're reading this is 500 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 1: too late came out and it was kind of it 501 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,159 Speaker 1: was known as a mixtape and it went on the 502 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 1: streaming platform So then from there, you know, everything even 503 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: in a mixtape space, was going onto the streaming platforms. 504 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: And even still like I did do a couple of 505 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:46,639 Speaker 1: tapes like um before Tyler like I definitely have to 506 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 1: shout the West Side Gun. You know, he had me 507 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 1: on a project, um one of my nigga wife and 508 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:56,160 Speaker 1: Lucci we did yep, it was hers I forget whatever 509 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 1: it could have been. Yeah, we did that one. And 510 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:03,240 Speaker 1: then and um I did uh six fifty Lucci with Lucci, 511 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 1: show my nigga Lucci free free wine from Lucci. But 512 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 1: with Tyler's album, you know, being as polarizing as it was, 513 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:17,159 Speaker 1: and of course Grammy Award winning look, but the but 514 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 1: the the the way that that project would structure with 515 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 1: me on it and it being like having that mixtape feel. 516 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: I think it just set a new space for like 517 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: what people used to do with mixtapes or have me involved. 518 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 1: It was like, Okay, now we can do this again 519 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 1: and still go you know to the DSPs in a 520 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 1: way where it's like it's still that mixtape feel. I 521 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 1: can run it back and you know, talk my shit 522 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 1: and you know, it's not one version with me or 523 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 1: without me on it. It's just like this is this 524 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,119 Speaker 1: is a mixtape and it's still going on the DSPs. 525 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 1: So after the success of Tyler, I think you know 526 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 1: a lot of people was like, oh yeah, like let's 527 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 1: go get drawn for this and you know, we could 528 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: still put it out this way, right, when I stood 529 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 1: out to me was a d day Dreamville, crazy, crazy, 530 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: crazy sick man that was. I was performing that all 531 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 1: summer long on tour. It's fun too. Stick was Stick 532 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,679 Speaker 1: as a Stick was a record that, like I think 533 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:20,760 Speaker 1: when we dropped the tape, we literally probably dropped it 534 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,959 Speaker 1: like the day before a Dreamville festival. Yeah, and they 535 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 1: performed Stick and the ship went off. It rang off 536 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: at Dreamville Festival. And that was a that was a 537 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 1: big project, you know, that was a big TAPEUM. And 538 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: it happened during a time when I was performing a Dreamville. 539 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 1: I did a gangster real set with Tip Geez and Wayne. 540 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,920 Speaker 1: And then as soon as I got to Dreamville, you know, 541 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 1: as I'm uh sitting down with Rob Markman and Wayne, 542 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,159 Speaker 1: I find out that, you know, we went to Grammy 543 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: Food for Best Rap Album. And it was a real 544 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,920 Speaker 1: like it was a real like three sixty moment for me, 545 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: you know, just to be a Dreamville festival, to be 546 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 1: performing with these guys that I started my career with UM, 547 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 1: and then you know, to have won the Grammy for 548 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,879 Speaker 1: you know, an album, you know, it was like it 549 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,879 Speaker 1: was what dreams are made of. You know. Again, this 550 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 1: kid from Philly that came up watching the Roots and like, 551 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 1: here I am about to go perform in front of 552 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 1: seventy five thousand when you know, three monsters, Jesus took 553 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,440 Speaker 1: the wand and you know, I just got just found 554 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: out I want to gram me for a mixtape series 555 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 1: that I just started in the fourth ward. You know. Um, 556 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:34,440 Speaker 1: so d D was a DDA was a big one. 557 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: D Day was definitely a big one, and then Jez 558 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 1: was a huge one too. Um I think that you 559 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: know that the feeling, the nostalgia of of me and 560 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 1: Jeezy together, like for those who were there, you know, 561 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:50,959 Speaker 1: it was it was bringing back those times. And then 562 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,439 Speaker 1: you know for those who weren't, they were like, oh 563 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 1: this is this is what it felt like. You know 564 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. And you know that's why how a 565 00:27:58,080 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 1: lot of people know me in a lot of ways 566 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 1: from my early come up with with Jeez. Did you 567 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:04,680 Speaker 1: know that song was gonna be a binger when you 568 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 1: first heard it? Definitely that. I mean shit that when 569 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 1: I when I first heard it, I don't know if 570 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:14,119 Speaker 1: Cole had even gotten on it yet. And then they 571 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 1: were like Cole Hurd, I was like, yeah, I'm on 572 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 1: this one. So yeah, that shit, that ship had that 573 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 1: feel to it was crazy here talking about back to 574 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:25,920 Speaker 1: Jeez a little bit. There was a funny bit on 575 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 1: Drink Shins where he talks about he saw you the 576 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 1: first time and you came, he came to your house 577 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: and you're like in the hood, but you still made 578 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 1: him take his shoes off when he came when he 579 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:39,640 Speaker 1: came through. That is a fact. It is a fact. Yeah, 580 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 1: I had carpet you know. Okay, successful, he was on, 581 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 1: but she wasn't on as much as him at that time, right, No, 582 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 1: Actually I was more known than he was. Okay that 583 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 1: talk Joe, Okay, yeah I was. You know, he was 584 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:57,480 Speaker 1: coming to me because you know, Gangster Grills had had 585 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 1: somewhat of a buzz in the streets and he at 586 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 1: that point he had only had his album would come 587 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 1: shop with me out. So you know, this is before 588 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,200 Speaker 1: before we even did the streets is watching. So this 589 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 1: was a crib like you know, Tippey came through. This 590 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 1: was where a little John came through where you know, 591 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 1: the signature Gangster Grills drop was born. And um, yeah, 592 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,200 Speaker 1: I made them take his shoes off. I made everybody 593 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,479 Speaker 1: take the shoes off. When they came at So it's 594 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:32,280 Speaker 1: only right. You know, me and Jeezy have so much 595 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:36,440 Speaker 1: history together, so it's just like for us to you know, 596 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:38,640 Speaker 1: and we went on kind of somewhat of a run 597 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 1: with the tape where we did, you know, a bunch 598 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 1: of shows together and everything, and it just felt good, 599 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: like you know, just to think of like where we 600 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,960 Speaker 1: where we came from, and like where we started, you know, 601 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 1: to to watch like these records ring off, like the 602 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: records that Jeez has, those little stug motivation records, like 603 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: the energy you know that they still bring and why 604 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:06,120 Speaker 1: it's definitely timeless. So and it's like watching that or 605 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:07,880 Speaker 1: being a part of that, it's like, wow, who would 606 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 1: have thunk it? You know, you guys like taking off together, 607 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,000 Speaker 1: and then you obviously had to fall out, Like how 608 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 1: does it feel like you know, conflict resolution, like to 609 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 1: get back with someone great. It's such a tough time, 610 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,280 Speaker 1: Like it's great, you know, I mean it's it's we're 611 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: grown men, you know, so like it's like you go 612 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 1: through things and you have differences and it's like to 613 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 1: rectify them and then to you know, think back and 614 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,160 Speaker 1: like kind of be able to laugh at it and 615 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: you know, be open about it and talk about it. 616 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 1: You know, it's like it's it's just grown man business, 617 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:40,520 Speaker 1: you know. And it's like after being in the game 618 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:45,360 Speaker 1: for so long, you know, you've seen it many times 619 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 1: within our culture, within hip hop, and you know, people 620 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 1: have differences and you hope for and especially when it's 621 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 1: like people come up together, you know, and like like 622 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 1: we did and it's like, you know, we had our 623 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,760 Speaker 1: differences and we fell out, and you know, we were 624 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:03,720 Speaker 1: able to patch it up and move on and do 625 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:07,080 Speaker 1: bigger and better things. You guys hit the road as well. Yeah, 626 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 1: how difficult was it narrowing it down because you guys 627 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 1: did the B side shows. It was tough. There was 628 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:17,160 Speaker 1: so many records I forgot about. It was a lot. 629 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,520 Speaker 1: It was a lot. We went through them, like we 630 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,040 Speaker 1: literally we sat in this room too, and we had 631 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:24,600 Speaker 1: we had a we had like we had to have 632 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 1: like four boards to put all the records on, and 633 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 1: we literally went through like every mixtape and every album. 634 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:36,360 Speaker 1: It's like me and Gez alone have I think ten 635 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 1: mixtapes and then he has, you know some some others, 636 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 1: like I think another like maybe five or six. So 637 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 1: we went through. We literally went through everything just just 638 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,360 Speaker 1: like see like what records were gonna do. It was 639 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,040 Speaker 1: even when we did the shows, it was like it 640 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 1: was an hour and a half, two hours in like 641 00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:59,240 Speaker 1: this was tough work right here, you know, four quarters 642 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,880 Speaker 1: right here. People still probably one of the other records 643 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 1: that you didn't um. I feel like we hit pretty 644 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,680 Speaker 1: much all the ones that people want it because anything, 645 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,280 Speaker 1: I don't know, I might have missed one or two, 646 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,240 Speaker 1: but overall we pretty much touched on everything. Is it 647 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,040 Speaker 1: just as good? Is that? Is it the same kind 648 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,440 Speaker 1: of feeling when like a grown asque man gets the 649 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 1: same response as like a you know, circus circul late, 650 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 1: but you know one of the big songs like it's 651 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 1: a single, like those songs are like B side cut 652 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:32,160 Speaker 1: stay to get the same response. That'sh is dope, like 653 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 1: just to watch because you you think like artists like that. 654 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,960 Speaker 1: You know, when he goes and does his shows, you 655 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:43,760 Speaker 1: know he probably has a good forty fifty minutes of 656 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:47,680 Speaker 1: material of the the ones that he has to perform. 657 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 1: But then you know, being able to like to perform 658 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:54,080 Speaker 1: the fucking tramp or die intro and the one like that. 659 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,480 Speaker 1: You know that that record to this day still gives 660 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:58,320 Speaker 1: me chills when I listened to it. One of the 661 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 1: best intros of all time for sure, take that Joe 662 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:05,320 Speaker 1: Budden so Um. For us to go up there and 663 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,560 Speaker 1: be able to perform that, it's like, you know, it's 664 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:09,800 Speaker 1: super fun and it was just good to seeing you 665 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 1: guys reunited on the Snowfall project. Yeah, man, I feel 666 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,120 Speaker 1: like you gave him a boost. It felt like you 667 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 1: got this group. I'm gonna relet jezs fire. Yes, I mean, 668 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:24,080 Speaker 1: you know shot shot my man Cannon to Cannon was 669 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 1: really involved on that project. So it was a group effort. 670 00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 1: You know, I feel like we all played our parts. 671 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,960 Speaker 1: At the end of the day. It's still like, you know, 672 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,000 Speaker 1: I'm I'm the bells and the whistles. You know, Um, 673 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:41,680 Speaker 1: it's Jeez who is the main player. You know, I'm 674 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,400 Speaker 1: I'm Scorsese. You know what I'm saying, He's the narrow 675 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:48,160 Speaker 1: so um. But you know, I think as a collaborative 676 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,720 Speaker 1: effort between myself, Cannon and Jeezy, like you know, we 677 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 1: snow was in a position that he hadn't been in 678 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:59,040 Speaker 1: some time. And you know, I saw something on one 679 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:00,680 Speaker 1: of the lists or something that he said, you know, 680 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:02,640 Speaker 1: best comeback of the year it was Young Jeez. So 681 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:04,960 Speaker 1: it feels good to see see my man, you know, 682 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:08,400 Speaker 1: get his get his do and his flowers. So what 683 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:12,040 Speaker 1: are the ingredients to making like an impactful mixtape from 684 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,719 Speaker 1: from Like DJ Drama's perspective, you got to treat it 685 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:19,080 Speaker 1: like an album first of all, like as much as 686 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:22,680 Speaker 1: it's a mixtape, you know, and then there's different forms. 687 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:26,560 Speaker 1: You know, in today's day, you know, we see more 688 00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:30,760 Speaker 1: more formats of it being you know, new original music 689 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:34,560 Speaker 1: than than the dedication style where it's like freestyles and 690 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:37,440 Speaker 1: things like that. But even if it's even if it's 691 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,680 Speaker 1: a tape where it's a mixtape and you're doing freestyles, 692 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,319 Speaker 1: I feel like, you know, the best ones are when 693 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:47,759 Speaker 1: you kind of pick beats that people wouldn't expect or 694 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:51,759 Speaker 1: you know, obscure beats in a sense, like not just 695 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,320 Speaker 1: like the hit records, like one of my favorite tapes 696 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,440 Speaker 1: to this day still of course as the Pharrell mixtape 697 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,520 Speaker 1: and for that one, because you know, the beach that 698 00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:04,440 Speaker 1: he chose, weren't you know, he rob don't like liquid 699 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:08,480 Speaker 1: swords and you know, just like he ROMs on trap 700 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,920 Speaker 1: or die like shit. You would never think for where 701 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:14,880 Speaker 1: I would wrap on Um definitely, you know, just the 702 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:19,719 Speaker 1: sequencing of the project. I feel like intros are very 703 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,560 Speaker 1: very important on a mixtape, you know. And then for 704 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:26,600 Speaker 1: me when if someone has me involved in a mixtape 705 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:29,880 Speaker 1: like you, I want you to have me in mind 706 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:32,279 Speaker 1: when you're working on it in a sense, like give 707 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:35,239 Speaker 1: me room to breathe, Like give me spaces where I 708 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,479 Speaker 1: can do my one too. Like you know, I hate 709 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,400 Speaker 1: I can't stand when I see people talking like I 710 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:43,040 Speaker 1: wish DJ Drama would stop talking all over the music. 711 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:47,160 Speaker 1: I don't talk all over the music like I talk 712 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:50,640 Speaker 1: in my pockets, you know. I talk where I'm supposed 713 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:53,919 Speaker 1: to talk. And then like when the artist is there 714 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,319 Speaker 1: to do and spit their bars, I let them rock, 715 00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:59,759 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. So and it's just you know, 716 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:03,480 Speaker 1: good placement. There's time, you know, the good good bring 717 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,880 Speaker 1: back and you know, and and just for me just 718 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:10,000 Speaker 1: like to be as creative as possible when it comes 719 00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,959 Speaker 1: to the music and just really just play off the music, 720 00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:16,200 Speaker 1: like I try to be as creative as possible what 721 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:20,200 Speaker 1: I say and for it to make sense with whatever 722 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,160 Speaker 1: the song is. I thought in the album, you did 723 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:23,960 Speaker 1: a good job of like a great job of like 724 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,360 Speaker 1: you know, these sort of like super thug kind of 725 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:29,399 Speaker 1: like you know, like like looking for the club eggs, 726 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:31,120 Speaker 1: that kind of energy hip hop shit, and then like 727 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:33,720 Speaker 1: you have records that more cater to the female audience 728 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:35,160 Speaker 1: of the sense, right, Like that's what you get in 729 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:40,960 Speaker 1: your Hey Bababy bag, right. Talk about that balance is 730 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:44,440 Speaker 1: like you take pride in kind of those records absolutely. Um. 731 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:48,440 Speaker 1: You know, one of my biggest records in my career 732 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:53,480 Speaker 1: was is Wishing with Chris Brown. Um, so you know, 733 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,920 Speaker 1: we all love women and we all to you know, 734 00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:01,120 Speaker 1: make women happy, so you definitely want to cater to 735 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:03,799 Speaker 1: that audience as well. And then you know, through my career, 736 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,440 Speaker 1: like even through the mixtapes, like there's been a lot 737 00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:10,279 Speaker 1: of mixtapes for me that you know, have been you know, 738 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:14,280 Speaker 1: female orientated, like Chris Brown in My Zone or Jeremiah 739 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:18,160 Speaker 1: Late Nights, even the most recent one I did with Ala, 740 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:23,719 Speaker 1: Like you know, so yeah, I feel like the mixtape 741 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:28,799 Speaker 1: world at one point was very male orientated or mixtape 742 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,920 Speaker 1: DJs in a sense. And then you know, for me, 743 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:36,239 Speaker 1: it's just like I guess and it's trying to change 744 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,719 Speaker 1: that or being a part of just the transition of 745 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:43,320 Speaker 1: you know, mixtapes also, and as time went on, mattering 746 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,360 Speaker 1: to women as well. Those those more challenging to construct 747 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:48,560 Speaker 1: those songs and like at a particular moments on this album. 748 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,239 Speaker 1: But you did it. You're very proud. I wouldn't say 749 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:53,719 Speaker 1: more challenging, you know. I mean for me, it's like 750 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,799 Speaker 1: I feel like I do that just as well as 751 00:37:57,080 --> 00:38:01,640 Speaker 1: I can scream on you know a street record, you 752 00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:04,520 Speaker 1: know what I mean? Like, you know, I like women 753 00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:08,680 Speaker 1: to how to talk to him? What's the enjoy with 754 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:11,000 Speaker 1: all the female rappers on it? That's what Lakia CALLI 755 00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:16,879 Speaker 1: and Columinati and you know I there was no way 756 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:18,719 Speaker 1: it was going to make an album in twenty twenty 757 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:22,879 Speaker 1: three without you know, having some female representation on there. 758 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:26,840 Speaker 1: So um, I think those those are you know, three voices, 759 00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:30,520 Speaker 1: new voices that I wanted to showcase and give, you know, 760 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:35,520 Speaker 1: opportunity to show how do determine what's quality street music? 761 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:39,040 Speaker 1: I mean definitely went in it hits them speakers, Oh yeah, 762 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:42,759 Speaker 1: it sounds when you hit them. You got to feel 763 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:47,200 Speaker 1: the wind from the alsburgers. So like a versus up 764 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:51,160 Speaker 1: to standard at the par like, would you inform the 765 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:53,719 Speaker 1: artists like can you do it? Again, Yeah, I would 766 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,600 Speaker 1: go in and give them constructive criticism. Absolutely, you know, 767 00:38:57,080 --> 00:38:58,960 Speaker 1: I think that's necessary and I think that you know 768 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:03,160 Speaker 1: that that's what one would want. And as other as 769 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:05,279 Speaker 1: people have done with me at times, like yo, I 770 00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:07,440 Speaker 1: need you to come a little arder, like you know, 771 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:10,120 Speaker 1: my GZ does it to me all the time, like 772 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:13,800 Speaker 1: yeah when he's definitely he made me go back in 773 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,759 Speaker 1: on snowfall. Like on the song Grammys, UM, when I 774 00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,719 Speaker 1: gave him the first draft, he was like, Yo, how 775 00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:25,680 Speaker 1: how did you do this tape in this song and 776 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:30,680 Speaker 1: not mentioned that you had a fucking Grammy? And I 777 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:34,239 Speaker 1: was like, yo, I bad you right, I went back 778 00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:37,360 Speaker 1: in like yeah, I really got that, Like so, what 779 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:40,400 Speaker 1: do you keep the Grammy? It's it's in my crib. 780 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:44,040 Speaker 1: I have it like a trophy room, um, and I 781 00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:49,200 Speaker 1: have some BT awards in there. I got, Hey, I 782 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:51,960 Speaker 1: got my JUSTO Mixtape awards and yeah there we go, 783 00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:55,320 Speaker 1: yeah recipes just so I got, um got some some 784 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:58,719 Speaker 1: other awards. And then I built a glass case and 785 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:03,520 Speaker 1: the Grammys in there. And then I put a poster 786 00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:06,040 Speaker 1: board up behind it and says best Rap Album and 787 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:09,000 Speaker 1: it's like calling if you get lost to cover. So 788 00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:10,839 Speaker 1: it looks pretty nice. Do you know what talent makes 789 00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:13,279 Speaker 1: of all the gangs the girls crazy that he's so 790 00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:16,880 Speaker 1: to help resurrect um. I've talked to him about it, 791 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:20,040 Speaker 1: you know. I mean I definitely like I definitely give 792 00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:22,800 Speaker 1: him his his praise and his do you know? And 793 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:27,400 Speaker 1: I've like I thanked him multiple times yo, like do 794 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:29,879 Speaker 1: you are you are you watching this? Like you see 795 00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:33,640 Speaker 1: what you did? Right? And he um he said it 796 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:35,759 Speaker 1: was like you know, it was like it was like 797 00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:38,800 Speaker 1: the bear that was just hibernating, you know what I 798 00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:41,800 Speaker 1: mean that he woke up so but I you know, 799 00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:46,960 Speaker 1: I had no Tom do not you know, or make 800 00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:50,000 Speaker 1: sure to give him his credit and his his praise 801 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:53,719 Speaker 1: for like really you know, bringing this energy back and 802 00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:56,800 Speaker 1: like you know, kind of bringing a new life to 803 00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,080 Speaker 1: gangster girls for sure. So the one song we didn't 804 00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:01,239 Speaker 1: get to hear at this time, the Tyler intro, man, 805 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:03,880 Speaker 1: can you give us a hit or what to expect? 806 00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:07,919 Speaker 1: It's gonna be high energy. It's gonna be high energy. 807 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,719 Speaker 1: You're right. It's gonna be a hell of a way 808 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,279 Speaker 1: to start an album. It's gonna be a health of 809 00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:13,640 Speaker 1: a way to start an album. And I feel like 810 00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:16,160 Speaker 1: it's it's only right, you know, to start the album 811 00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:19,120 Speaker 1: with the creator. So he's got to beat at this time. 812 00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:21,480 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, he's definitely got to be its Cannon beat. 813 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:27,480 Speaker 1: Oh Don Cannon groupie man can the market this year, 814 00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:30,320 Speaker 1: but get to some of these beats. Yeah, man, Cannon's 815 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:33,120 Speaker 1: you know, he's back at MOE. I mean he had 816 00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:36,040 Speaker 1: a hell of a couple of years. Actually, uh the 817 00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:38,880 Speaker 1: last two years. I think like he did a rundown. 818 00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:42,680 Speaker 1: It was like twenty two placements or something like. Yeah, 819 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:47,560 Speaker 1: he's quietly a monster. Let's break down. What are some 820 00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:49,319 Speaker 1: of the peopleople may not know that we could pay 821 00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:52,680 Speaker 1: page might be busted. Like, what's some of the classic 822 00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:55,160 Speaker 1: Don Cannon productions people should be aware of. I mean, 823 00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:59,320 Speaker 1: of course there's to Go Crazy, Yes, Jeezy Go Crazy, 824 00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:03,799 Speaker 1: Jez and j Easy, there was fucking um Cannon cann 825 00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:10,040 Speaker 1: a remix artist, storytelling outcast Um numbers on the board, 826 00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:13,359 Speaker 1: numbers on the board. But that's a classic. You got 827 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:19,200 Speaker 1: some shit circulate, Circulate, zeazy Um. It's another Jeezy one too. 828 00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:23,279 Speaker 1: What's the other one? Mister seventeen five, that's that low 829 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:31,200 Speaker 1: key might be my favorite JEZ record, Mister seventeen inspiration great, 830 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:34,680 Speaker 1: great record. Yeah, they got good chemistry together. Yes, they 831 00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:37,239 Speaker 1: got good chemistry together. So you know that's my like, 832 00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:42,880 Speaker 1: I feel like Men Canada like Batman is Superman. You know. 833 00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:45,120 Speaker 1: I saw him do an interview the other day and 834 00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:47,040 Speaker 1: he says, I'm like, it was like Batman around and 835 00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:50,320 Speaker 1: I was like, nah, fuck, it definitely not Batman around. 836 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,839 Speaker 1: He's Batman is Superman. So what character is this Lake 837 00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:56,000 Speaker 1: Guy Man generation? Now Man lake Man? I would Lake, 838 00:42:56,440 --> 00:43:03,960 Speaker 1: Lake would be like Lakes like Professor X. It's like 839 00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:07,759 Speaker 1: Professor X for sure, and be congratulated. Congratulate man. It's 840 00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:11,560 Speaker 1: a little item in the business side generation now read 841 00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:14,759 Speaker 1: it be up with Atlantic congratulate you. And that's what 842 00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:17,400 Speaker 1: I smelled. Bag drop. It's a bag drop in the 843 00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:19,959 Speaker 1: comments like Crisp hunted out of bills when I walked 844 00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:24,360 Speaker 1: in here. Lake definitely has a new vehicle outside. We 845 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:26,880 Speaker 1: should all go hop better to a card to a 846 00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:29,279 Speaker 1: card test and that thing. Let's talk about the earth 847 00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:31,680 Speaker 1: Day generation now. Like Drama reminded me that the first 848 00:43:31,719 --> 00:43:34,360 Speaker 1: time he was on here, Uh, he was trying to 849 00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:36,960 Speaker 1: put pitch who was evert to us? Yes, And he said, 850 00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,120 Speaker 1: I wasn't receptive at the time. I felt like this 851 00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:41,640 Speaker 1: was like the very beginning of rap Rate Our Podcast. 852 00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:44,960 Speaker 1: When do't y'all start rap rading our podcast like twenty seventeen, No, no, 853 00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:48,960 Speaker 1: hell yeah. I feel like we were one of the 854 00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:55,040 Speaker 1: first to do it. Um. And so I think I 855 00:43:55,280 --> 00:44:00,279 Speaker 1: was pitching Loozy to you to do the podcast and 856 00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:06,920 Speaker 1: then you were like, well, you have to come. That's 857 00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:11,680 Speaker 1: pretty on brand. And this is like, so this had 858 00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:14,000 Speaker 1: to be like I don't know if Love is Rage 859 00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:16,239 Speaker 1: was out yet. It might have just came out or 860 00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:21,040 Speaker 1: it hadn't come out yet. So min twenty fifteen, this 861 00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:24,600 Speaker 1: is like, this is in the midst of the Drake 862 00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:28,759 Speaker 1: and Meek situation. This is like the first time I 863 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:32,239 Speaker 1: talked about it was coming to see y'all. So I was, 864 00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:35,360 Speaker 1: and it was like, you know, I took those shots 865 00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:38,240 Speaker 1: for my man, Like I was like, damn, I gotta 866 00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:40,920 Speaker 1: you know, be the sacrificial lamb because we're trying to 867 00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:43,080 Speaker 1: get oozy this look. So we came and did the 868 00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:45,759 Speaker 1: rap Rate Our podcast um, and that was you know, 869 00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:48,759 Speaker 1: that was one of the first interviews, and we was 870 00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:51,480 Speaker 1: introducing them to y'all for sure, and I was trying 871 00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:53,200 Speaker 1: to be like, yo, this this guy's hot and you 872 00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:56,839 Speaker 1: were like, no, you gotta come. But I was also 873 00:44:57,040 --> 00:44:58,400 Speaker 1: was in one of the clubs of New York and 874 00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:00,800 Speaker 1: like it was a show. I think you hosted the 875 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:02,279 Speaker 1: show and who was He came out to what was 876 00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:05,160 Speaker 1: the record to tell me what you want? Yeah, what 877 00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:06,840 Speaker 1: do you want? What you want to me? That was 878 00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:10,200 Speaker 1: the first record that like I knew of him. You 879 00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:11,800 Speaker 1: may not realize that because he's got some of the 880 00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:14,640 Speaker 1: gotta hit now, you know, he's built a great career, 881 00:45:14,719 --> 00:45:16,600 Speaker 1: but like that feature was the one that he did it. 882 00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:18,640 Speaker 1: I forget the club in New York, and I saw 883 00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:20,440 Speaker 1: the way the crowd was reacting, and that from that 884 00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:22,160 Speaker 1: moment on I started to really But it was that 885 00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:27,680 Speaker 1: the show that it was was I think post Malone 886 00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:32,439 Speaker 1: was there too, Was it that one? No? No, but sure, 887 00:45:32,719 --> 00:45:34,880 Speaker 1: And there was a heavy police presence because I gotta, 888 00:45:35,239 --> 00:45:37,040 Speaker 1: I gotta. I got a picture of a I got 889 00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:40,000 Speaker 1: a picture from that show and it's me Vert and 890 00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:44,719 Speaker 1: post Malone. Um Davis came out that night too. You 891 00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:46,759 Speaker 1: might you might not remember I might get the one. 892 00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:48,600 Speaker 1: I think that might have been a one though, but 893 00:45:48,719 --> 00:45:51,640 Speaker 1: that record was like yeah, right, yeah, definitely what you 894 00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:53,640 Speaker 1: want that was it even that was that was the 895 00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:56,440 Speaker 1: record before Love's Rage, So yeah, so it was around 896 00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:57,800 Speaker 1: that like I didn't I like that song, but I 897 00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:00,040 Speaker 1: was still like we still need drums, right, Bobby, I 898 00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:01,719 Speaker 1: be because, like you said, because of the Drake Meet 899 00:46:01,719 --> 00:46:03,239 Speaker 1: thing was going on at that time. So it was 900 00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:04,920 Speaker 1: like I was able to take it. You know, you 901 00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:08,279 Speaker 1: got the you got, I'm gonna get this exclusive. I'm 902 00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:11,560 Speaker 1: ask these questions so you know me and can I said, Canny, 903 00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:16,480 Speaker 1: you gotta come with me. Yeah, interviews like that, So um, 904 00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:19,240 Speaker 1: that was fun though. I mean, look, that was a classic. 905 00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:22,360 Speaker 1: That definitely was a classic interview. And that was around 906 00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:25,000 Speaker 1: the time I was that was the last album I 907 00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:28,920 Speaker 1: had had put out. So you know, fast forward six 908 00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:32,600 Speaker 1: years later, Diamond Plaque from Ouzy Crazy and has one 909 00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:36,320 Speaker 1: of the extra two Life Life Now he has arguably 910 00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:39,440 Speaker 1: one of the highest records in the game right now. Incredible. 911 00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:43,080 Speaker 1: I just want to rock going crazy. Um, and he's 912 00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:46,279 Speaker 1: working on a new album, so you know, I mean 913 00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:49,440 Speaker 1: it was he it was he's like had a hell 914 00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:52,560 Speaker 1: of a career, you know, and I think that you know, 915 00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:57,320 Speaker 1: he's a staple artist definitely for his generation. And you know, 916 00:46:57,440 --> 00:47:01,080 Speaker 1: even if you look at like the double XL class 917 00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:03,759 Speaker 1: that he was part of, and you think about the 918 00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:09,000 Speaker 1: the the cipher and like what people had to say 919 00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:11,759 Speaker 1: about that class. And we look at that class now, 920 00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:17,920 Speaker 1: like all those guys are like you know, yeah Kodak 921 00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:22,360 Speaker 1: Black yahdi UZI like yeah and made men like So 922 00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:25,319 Speaker 1: to have an artist like that, you know, for us 923 00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:30,520 Speaker 1: and our name of our labels generation now it's like 924 00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:33,440 Speaker 1: it's a testament to you know, what we stood for 925 00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:35,439 Speaker 1: and what we were always trying to do and again, 926 00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:40,719 Speaker 1: must be proud of that conflict resolution. Yeah, absolutely, I mean, 927 00:47:40,920 --> 00:47:44,399 Speaker 1: you know, it's like it's like, you know, first off, 928 00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:47,520 Speaker 1: time hills everything, you know, and I've been in the 929 00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:51,600 Speaker 1: game so long and you know, I've I've had conflicts, 930 00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:55,759 Speaker 1: so it's like you almost kind of just gotta let 931 00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:58,040 Speaker 1: it play out in some ways. And it's like, you know, 932 00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:03,239 Speaker 1: of course there's there's always bickering or always has been 933 00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:05,920 Speaker 1: with artists and their labels and things, and you know, 934 00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:10,520 Speaker 1: for us, unfortunately it played out publicly, you know, which 935 00:48:11,080 --> 00:48:14,400 Speaker 1: obviously no one wants to see. And then you know, 936 00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:17,960 Speaker 1: during that time, we took an approach or a stance 937 00:48:18,040 --> 00:48:22,239 Speaker 1: where we didn't like come out publicly and defend ourselves. 938 00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:24,800 Speaker 1: And you know, we were made to look like the 939 00:48:24,960 --> 00:48:28,759 Speaker 1: bad guy, you know, from even from other companies that 940 00:48:29,080 --> 00:48:32,040 Speaker 1: you know, I didn't have to paint it that way, 941 00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:34,800 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. But for us, it was like, 942 00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:37,480 Speaker 1: you know, we're stand up guys. We do stand up business, 943 00:48:37,719 --> 00:48:40,439 Speaker 1: you know. And to be here in a space where 944 00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:44,719 Speaker 1: you know, we're us in vert or like family, you 945 00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:47,080 Speaker 1: know what I mean, and back working and and and 946 00:48:47,239 --> 00:48:50,279 Speaker 1: back in a in a good spot. It's like you know, 947 00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:53,680 Speaker 1: Tom Hills off right, and time seems to be on 948 00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:56,000 Speaker 1: you guys's side. I mean, like with artists like Jack 949 00:48:56,040 --> 00:48:59,719 Speaker 1: Harlowe and Little Oozy, people often talk about like it's 950 00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:02,759 Speaker 1: no development, you know what I'm saying, But these guys 951 00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:05,480 Speaker 1: are pretty developed. What it is about generation now that 952 00:49:05,560 --> 00:49:07,480 Speaker 1: you guys are doing that, I guess other people aren't 953 00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:11,520 Speaker 1: doing a tough work, you know. I mean I think 954 00:49:12,160 --> 00:49:14,800 Speaker 1: for us to like we're like the three headed monster, 955 00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:19,520 Speaker 1: like um Me, Cannon and Lake with um how we 956 00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:24,840 Speaker 1: approach our position within the culture, you know, like Lake is, 957 00:49:25,320 --> 00:49:28,279 Speaker 1: you know, a mastermind when it comes to business, when 958 00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:32,160 Speaker 1: it comes to touring, when it when it comes to 959 00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:34,719 Speaker 1: you know, just the behind the scenes work. You know, 960 00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:40,640 Speaker 1: he does that effortlessly and an incredible job Cannon. You 961 00:49:40,719 --> 00:49:43,440 Speaker 1: know when it comes to the music, like he we 962 00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:45,239 Speaker 1: call him the Wizard, you know what I'm saying, when 963 00:49:45,280 --> 00:49:48,560 Speaker 1: it comes to the sound and the sonics and you know, 964 00:49:48,680 --> 00:49:51,640 Speaker 1: behind those boards, like that's what he does. And then 965 00:49:51,840 --> 00:49:54,319 Speaker 1: I'm DJ Drama, Like I get to go out there 966 00:49:54,360 --> 00:49:57,440 Speaker 1: and wave the flag and you know, um do the 967 00:49:57,560 --> 00:50:02,080 Speaker 1: interviews and be vocal or you know, like kind of 968 00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:05,759 Speaker 1: just just be the mouthpiece for what Generation now is. 969 00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:08,000 Speaker 1: And you know, we we we like we let our 970 00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:11,240 Speaker 1: artists be who they are, you know, be as creative 971 00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:14,879 Speaker 1: as they want to be, and we support them as 972 00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:18,640 Speaker 1: much as you know they want and in the directions 973 00:50:18,719 --> 00:50:20,839 Speaker 1: they want to go at and you know we're as 974 00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:24,239 Speaker 1: involved or as not involved as they want us to 975 00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:27,680 Speaker 1: be at times. So you know, we're very boutique label, 976 00:50:28,440 --> 00:50:31,400 Speaker 1: so it's small. So it's like, you know, we we 977 00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:34,400 Speaker 1: can give our artists the attention that's needed, you know 978 00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:37,600 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. We don't have ten acts or you know, 979 00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:41,160 Speaker 1: multiple acts where it's like you know, we're just trying 980 00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:45,360 Speaker 1: to see who who who wins, Like we're very invested 981 00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:49,759 Speaker 1: and invested. When we sign somebody like we believe in them, 982 00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:53,239 Speaker 1: and yeah, you know, I mean we just we see 983 00:50:53,280 --> 00:50:56,600 Speaker 1: that passion and the guys you know, from very early on, 984 00:50:56,840 --> 00:51:00,239 Speaker 1: like those are two guys that I feel like, you know, 985 00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:04,959 Speaker 1: they knew their vision and somewhere or somehow we're gonna 986 00:51:05,040 --> 00:51:07,359 Speaker 1: be here. You know. We were just also were able 987 00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:10,920 Speaker 1: to lend them the shoulders to stand on to you know, 988 00:51:11,080 --> 00:51:13,480 Speaker 1: move a lot faster, or stand next to us to 989 00:51:14,040 --> 00:51:16,120 Speaker 1: you know, be able to say, like, Yo, this guy's 990 00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:18,240 Speaker 1: up next. Because you said on the Jack solo record, 991 00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:20,240 Speaker 1: like you were saying, how when you went to Kentucky, 992 00:51:20,360 --> 00:51:22,319 Speaker 1: told everybody that this is going to be the guy. 993 00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:25,080 Speaker 1: I was saying, this guy from Kentucky. I was telling 994 00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:29,400 Speaker 1: everybody like I'm telling you like Kentucky, Kentucky, this guy's 995 00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:32,120 Speaker 1: gonna be it. You know. I mean there's somebody in 996 00:51:32,200 --> 00:51:35,960 Speaker 1: this room, sitting in one of these seats that wasn't 997 00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:41,759 Speaker 1: really believed. Yeah you man, I didn't. Yeah, Jack, I 998 00:51:41,880 --> 00:51:44,759 Speaker 1: was front that Jack. Yeah the article you wrote where 999 00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:47,759 Speaker 1: you said, oh I have to admit I'm wrong. Oh yeah, 1000 00:51:49,800 --> 00:51:53,360 Speaker 1: that was wrong about Jack Harlow. Yeah, we're supposed to 1001 00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:57,279 Speaker 1: do a conversation with Jackie you was kind of yeah, 1002 00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:02,840 Speaker 1: you believe, but you know I've been doing that my 1003 00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:06,320 Speaker 1: whole career. Also, the dropping half fell off, it was 1004 00:52:06,320 --> 00:52:09,799 Speaker 1: gonna be over for man. Let's talk about that. Yeah, 1005 00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:12,600 Speaker 1: go ahead, let's get somebody get things off. Yeah, go ahead. 1006 00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:15,719 Speaker 1: I thought that I was just how did you? How 1007 00:52:15,840 --> 00:52:22,040 Speaker 1: could you ever think that drama had and I don't know, 1008 00:52:22,239 --> 00:52:24,520 Speaker 1: like things were in a bad spot and there was 1009 00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:26,840 Speaker 1: it was unspoken tension. You know how this game is 1010 00:52:26,960 --> 00:52:29,520 Speaker 1: like if somebody's you know, it's a cold game. Man, 1011 00:52:29,640 --> 00:52:31,239 Speaker 1: you know what it is like if you got to 1012 00:52:31,280 --> 00:52:32,719 Speaker 1: stay hot in this thing? And I think there was 1013 00:52:32,760 --> 00:52:36,600 Speaker 1: a downtime for you and you got up and resurrected 1014 00:52:36,640 --> 00:52:38,480 Speaker 1: even more majorly than you haven't had your whole career. 1015 00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:40,759 Speaker 1: Look at me now, I love being hotter than ever, 1016 00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:46,480 Speaker 1: how how did you? Damn? You was wrong? And you're 1017 00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:48,920 Speaker 1: still being humble, man, telling you shit about this album? Man, 1018 00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:50,239 Speaker 1: if you're being humble on this inter of you, No, 1019 00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:54,640 Speaker 1: let's not hold on. Let's go back to this. Let's 1020 00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:57,920 Speaker 1: go back to this. So after all that I've gone 1021 00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:01,680 Speaker 1: through and all that our history, not even just our history, 1022 00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:05,240 Speaker 1: just even through my career, Like there have been times 1023 00:53:05,320 --> 00:53:08,879 Speaker 1: when I've faced some adversity you know what I'm saying, 1024 00:53:08,920 --> 00:53:11,279 Speaker 1: and had to fight back from it. So I just 1025 00:53:11,960 --> 00:53:14,719 Speaker 1: it baffles me for you to think that I would 1026 00:53:15,040 --> 00:53:19,960 Speaker 1: it would be over for me, Like how many times 1027 00:53:20,040 --> 00:53:22,160 Speaker 1: do I have to tell y'all and show y'all like 1028 00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:28,920 Speaker 1: I've been here, I'm here, I'm not going nowhere, But yeah, 1029 00:53:29,160 --> 00:53:30,759 Speaker 1: what's the what's the key? Though? Like you could say 1030 00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:33,319 Speaker 1: a certain point though, like you know you caught up 1031 00:53:33,320 --> 00:53:36,080 Speaker 1: in this Drake Meeksheit, you're becoming somewhat of escapegoating it, right, 1032 00:53:36,320 --> 00:53:38,799 Speaker 1: I've been through that. I know Ouzy to fall out 1033 00:53:38,840 --> 00:53:40,840 Speaker 1: with uzy ye, so like the odds are against you, 1034 00:53:40,960 --> 00:53:42,440 Speaker 1: like talk to you know, just ups and downs in 1035 00:53:42,520 --> 00:53:44,680 Speaker 1: this business, Like what advice would you give to somebody 1036 00:53:44,680 --> 00:53:46,919 Speaker 1: to maybe going through a hard time where certain people 1037 00:53:46,920 --> 00:53:49,520 Speaker 1: aren't returning their calls or then not being treated like 1038 00:53:49,640 --> 00:53:51,520 Speaker 1: with the respected relationships they used to have, Like how 1039 00:53:51,520 --> 00:53:53,880 Speaker 1: do you how do you rebondful? So let's put in 1040 00:53:53,960 --> 00:53:56,640 Speaker 1: a context first of all, because let's start with the 1041 00:53:56,760 --> 00:53:59,960 Speaker 1: raid number one. I got locked up for fucking mixtape 1042 00:54:00,280 --> 00:54:02,719 Speaker 1: and they took everything and people thought it could be over. 1043 00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:06,279 Speaker 1: Then I went through, you know, the g Z and 1044 00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:09,640 Speaker 1: Gucci situation, then there was the Drake and Meek and 1045 00:54:09,719 --> 00:54:14,160 Speaker 1: then you know the Oozy. So it's like, you know, you, 1046 00:54:14,360 --> 00:54:16,799 Speaker 1: I feel like you you don't. You can't show your 1047 00:54:16,840 --> 00:54:19,839 Speaker 1: greatness until you're tested with adversity, you know what I mean, 1048 00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:23,680 Speaker 1: Like you have to get knocked down to get up 1049 00:54:23,840 --> 00:54:27,359 Speaker 1: for people to be like, Okay, he's he's the real one, 1050 00:54:27,440 --> 00:54:30,480 Speaker 1: Like that's the real deal, you know, the same way 1051 00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:32,160 Speaker 1: in sports in it some way is like I think 1052 00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:35,440 Speaker 1: that's what makes Lebron great in so many ways, is 1053 00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:38,919 Speaker 1: you know, being you know, counted out and being able 1054 00:54:38,960 --> 00:54:42,920 Speaker 1: to you know, still do what he's done. Um. But 1055 00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:46,759 Speaker 1: I think again, like even through all those things, and 1056 00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:51,239 Speaker 1: and again I won't. I won't. I'll take accountability there 1057 00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:54,640 Speaker 1: at times that I may have made some mistakes or 1058 00:54:55,080 --> 00:54:59,560 Speaker 1: you know, not always made the correct moves, you know, 1059 00:54:59,719 --> 00:55:02,800 Speaker 1: even through some of those situations with people. But I 1060 00:55:02,920 --> 00:55:04,520 Speaker 1: do stand on the fact that at the end of 1061 00:55:04,520 --> 00:55:06,680 Speaker 1: the day, like I'm a I'm a good I'm a 1062 00:55:06,760 --> 00:55:09,960 Speaker 1: good guy, Like I'm a stand up guy, you know, 1063 00:55:10,120 --> 00:55:13,480 Speaker 1: and I can I can say when I'm wrong or 1064 00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:16,680 Speaker 1: you know, make amends when it needs to be and 1065 00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:19,279 Speaker 1: just beyond that, Like you know, I have such a 1066 00:55:19,400 --> 00:55:22,719 Speaker 1: love and a passion for the culture and for what 1067 00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:25,359 Speaker 1: I do. It's like, you know, that's what it comes 1068 00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:27,759 Speaker 1: down to. Like you know, I was, like I said, 1069 00:55:27,840 --> 00:55:29,719 Speaker 1: like I just was trying to get my name on 1070 00:55:29,760 --> 00:55:32,480 Speaker 1: a flyer like so to be here after this much 1071 00:55:32,560 --> 00:55:36,560 Speaker 1: time and I love the game so much and want 1072 00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:39,439 Speaker 1: to continue to give to it and have done so much. 1073 00:55:39,480 --> 00:55:42,800 Speaker 1: It's like I'm never going out bad, like you know, 1074 00:55:43,040 --> 00:55:45,640 Speaker 1: even even at times when I've been counted out, Like 1075 00:55:46,239 --> 00:55:49,080 Speaker 1: that's just that's motivation for me, you know. And it's 1076 00:55:49,080 --> 00:55:51,520 Speaker 1: crazy because even like my mom always says this to me, 1077 00:55:51,640 --> 00:55:55,600 Speaker 1: even like outside of business, just even in my personal life, 1078 00:55:55,680 --> 00:55:58,799 Speaker 1: for just things like she's seeing me at times where 1079 00:55:59,320 --> 00:56:02,120 Speaker 1: like my back has been against the wall and the 1080 00:56:02,239 --> 00:56:05,680 Speaker 1: way that I prevail or you know, come through like it, 1081 00:56:07,080 --> 00:56:09,320 Speaker 1: that's one of the things that she's always proudest of 1082 00:56:09,520 --> 00:56:12,439 Speaker 1: me about, like watching me, you know, in those type 1083 00:56:12,440 --> 00:56:15,399 Speaker 1: of situations. And I can account that with my career too, 1084 00:56:15,560 --> 00:56:19,160 Speaker 1: Like you know, you're not the only person that man 1085 00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:22,840 Speaker 1: have thought that at the time or or at various times, 1086 00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:25,799 Speaker 1: and it's like look at me now, but I am 1087 00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:27,839 Speaker 1: a very humble guy. You know, I talked my shit 1088 00:56:27,960 --> 00:56:30,400 Speaker 1: on records and everything. I think in the last like 1089 00:56:30,719 --> 00:56:34,080 Speaker 1: year or two, I've been a little more vocal, like Nigga, 1090 00:56:34,160 --> 00:56:37,719 Speaker 1: I am the culture, like stop trying me, Like y'all 1091 00:56:37,760 --> 00:56:40,080 Speaker 1: gonna stop playing with what I've done out here, like 1092 00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:43,000 Speaker 1: I'm one of the greatest to ever do it, you know, 1093 00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:45,879 Speaker 1: And it's just um. But you know, I like being 1094 00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:49,600 Speaker 1: an underdog at times too, like you know, I've I've 1095 00:56:49,640 --> 00:56:52,160 Speaker 1: been put in that position and I've played that role, 1096 00:56:52,239 --> 00:56:55,839 Speaker 1: and you know, I'm I'm content with that, Like I'm 1097 00:56:55,880 --> 00:56:59,000 Speaker 1: content with continue and be like I told you, like Nigga, 1098 00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:03,400 Speaker 1: I told y'all. So, why have you been able to connect, 1099 00:57:04,080 --> 00:57:06,440 Speaker 1: you know, throughout these years with the new generation? Like 1100 00:57:06,480 --> 00:57:08,600 Speaker 1: you're a generation who act, you know. I mean there's 1101 00:57:08,600 --> 00:57:10,640 Speaker 1: a lot of artists, a lot of DJs from like 1102 00:57:10,920 --> 00:57:14,600 Speaker 1: the nineties even in two thousands that just aren't prominent anymore. 1103 00:57:14,640 --> 00:57:16,760 Speaker 1: Adapt Yeah, they candidat why have you been able to 1104 00:57:16,840 --> 00:57:19,840 Speaker 1: do that? You know? That's a good question, I feel 1105 00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:25,880 Speaker 1: like because one one, I think like the beginning of 1106 00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:28,960 Speaker 1: my career or like me being a mixtape DJ, Like 1107 00:57:29,120 --> 00:57:31,960 Speaker 1: for me, it was I was always addicted to like 1108 00:57:32,120 --> 00:57:35,600 Speaker 1: the new shit, like being like ahead of the curve 1109 00:57:35,720 --> 00:57:38,320 Speaker 1: or like you know, what was what's what's the new ship? 1110 00:57:38,480 --> 00:57:40,920 Speaker 1: You know, And that's not to take away from like, 1111 00:57:41,760 --> 00:57:45,400 Speaker 1: you know, I think hip hop turning fifty, like being 1112 00:57:45,440 --> 00:57:47,439 Speaker 1: able to go to a Wu Tang and Na show 1113 00:57:47,520 --> 00:57:50,760 Speaker 1: and have just as much fun as I could at 1114 00:57:50,760 --> 00:57:53,560 Speaker 1: a Playboy CARDI show, you know, Like you know, I'm 1115 00:57:53,640 --> 00:57:56,400 Speaker 1: I'm I was a teenager in the nineties, so that's 1116 00:57:56,480 --> 00:57:59,000 Speaker 1: my era. I love that, you know, That's what I 1117 00:57:59,120 --> 00:58:04,760 Speaker 1: ride around to and to Daylight Souls. Uh. Coming to streaming, 1118 00:58:04,800 --> 00:58:07,200 Speaker 1: I can't be more excited. And we got against the 1119 00:58:07,240 --> 00:58:10,840 Speaker 1: worls coming in a little side um. But you know, 1120 00:58:11,120 --> 00:58:14,400 Speaker 1: I think that I've just been able to adapt, Like 1121 00:58:15,720 --> 00:58:18,560 Speaker 1: one thing for me, even when I first got in 1122 00:58:18,840 --> 00:58:22,000 Speaker 1: position or when I first became like that guy like 1123 00:58:22,160 --> 00:58:24,720 Speaker 1: in the in like oh four oh five or six, 1124 00:58:25,160 --> 00:58:27,600 Speaker 1: Like for me, it was like, okay, you got here, 1125 00:58:27,720 --> 00:58:31,240 Speaker 1: Like how do you stay here? Like relevancy was always 1126 00:58:31,360 --> 00:58:34,200 Speaker 1: key for me, Like it just always was something that 1127 00:58:34,480 --> 00:58:37,320 Speaker 1: I felt was important, you know, And you know, we 1128 00:58:37,440 --> 00:58:40,880 Speaker 1: know how first of all, it's incredibly hard to do 1129 00:58:41,040 --> 00:58:44,080 Speaker 1: in hip hop for a long period of extended period 1130 00:58:44,120 --> 00:58:47,320 Speaker 1: of time. But um, we also know how important that is, 1131 00:58:47,400 --> 00:58:49,280 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, even to the public, Like 1132 00:58:49,840 --> 00:58:54,240 Speaker 1: you know, even there were some years when the a 1133 00:58:54,320 --> 00:58:56,040 Speaker 1: lot of the public may have not have seen what 1134 00:58:56,160 --> 00:58:58,880 Speaker 1: I was doing because we were building generation now and 1135 00:58:58,920 --> 00:59:02,640 Speaker 1: we were having artists were in the forefront. But me myself, 1136 00:59:02,800 --> 00:59:06,040 Speaker 1: you know, being back out here and you know, being 1137 00:59:06,400 --> 00:59:09,440 Speaker 1: you know, on projects or however people may see me, 1138 00:59:09,520 --> 00:59:12,640 Speaker 1: it's like it's a good feeling. Um, And you know, 1139 00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:15,160 Speaker 1: I feel like this shit keeps us young forever, I 1140 00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:18,240 Speaker 1: said on the tape, Like you know, I'm forever twenty one. 1141 00:59:18,320 --> 00:59:22,040 Speaker 1: Like the store my hip hop. Can you know, really, 1142 00:59:22,880 --> 00:59:25,000 Speaker 1: you know, this music business, if if you allow it to, 1143 00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:28,600 Speaker 1: can you know, keep you feeling rejuvenated and feeling vibrant. 1144 00:59:28,640 --> 00:59:31,800 Speaker 1: And that's not me trying to be something I'm not. 1145 00:59:31,960 --> 00:59:33,840 Speaker 1: I'm a forty four year old man about to be 1146 00:59:33,920 --> 00:59:37,240 Speaker 1: forty five, but you know, still being able to connect 1147 00:59:37,320 --> 00:59:40,680 Speaker 1: with the youth and you know, a younger generation. And 1148 00:59:40,760 --> 00:59:44,160 Speaker 1: I think that, like you know now, it's like there's 1149 00:59:44,200 --> 00:59:48,440 Speaker 1: a that's a generation that like grew up on gangster 1150 00:59:48,520 --> 00:59:51,600 Speaker 1: grills and you know, even now, a younger generation that 1151 00:59:51,760 --> 00:59:54,520 Speaker 1: may not have as much grown up on gagst grills 1152 00:59:54,840 --> 00:59:56,760 Speaker 1: as getting hip to it and what have you. And 1153 00:59:56,880 --> 01:00:00,760 Speaker 1: that's like as as much for me it's important to 1154 01:00:00,880 --> 01:00:05,720 Speaker 1: do tapes with legacy artists like a Geez or a 1155 01:00:05,880 --> 01:00:10,320 Speaker 1: Push or a French or something. It's also like for 1156 01:00:10,480 --> 01:00:13,760 Speaker 1: me it's like about you know, finding and working with 1157 01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:16,560 Speaker 1: new artists as well. Like I think that's always been 1158 01:00:17,000 --> 01:00:21,240 Speaker 1: what separates me from other DJs too, is that I'm 1159 01:00:21,280 --> 01:00:25,840 Speaker 1: not just a DJ that's like all about who the 1160 01:00:25,960 --> 01:00:29,640 Speaker 1: hottest person is or you know, the biggest artist, like 1161 01:00:29,880 --> 01:00:31,840 Speaker 1: I'm working. I've work with new niggas all the time, 1162 01:00:31,960 --> 01:00:34,240 Speaker 1: like and I think that, you know, people respect that 1163 01:00:34,360 --> 01:00:37,120 Speaker 1: about me, and that's something that I enjoy doing, like, 1164 01:00:37,360 --> 01:00:40,360 Speaker 1: you know, being a part of like new movements. I 1165 01:00:40,440 --> 01:00:41,840 Speaker 1: forgot to beat out you both. The news of a 1166 01:00:41,960 --> 01:00:45,800 Speaker 1: Push your Tea gangster grilly you did went crazy. Yeah, man, 1167 01:00:46,480 --> 01:00:48,440 Speaker 1: So he was on my Twitter space is talking about 1168 01:00:48,520 --> 01:00:50,120 Speaker 1: you know, the list of stuff like that, and Push 1169 01:00:50,160 --> 01:00:51,800 Speaker 1: your Tea was then we got spilled the beans that 1170 01:00:51,800 --> 01:00:53,480 Speaker 1: you guys are working on against the grills this ship 1171 01:00:53,560 --> 01:00:56,600 Speaker 1: and can you talk about that? It's pretty exciting. Um, 1172 01:00:56,760 --> 01:00:59,600 Speaker 1: It's something that's been in the works for a minute. Me, Stephen, 1173 01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:04,560 Speaker 1: Victor your head had some conversations. I'm thinking Victor might 1174 01:01:04,600 --> 01:01:08,960 Speaker 1: have came to me. It might has still been like summertime. 1175 01:01:09,560 --> 01:01:12,160 Speaker 1: It was, you know, it was somewhere mid in the 1176 01:01:12,280 --> 01:01:15,720 Speaker 1: year and it was just like, yo, you know, twenty 1177 01:01:15,800 --> 01:01:19,600 Speaker 1: three we want to do a Gangster Grills. And you know, 1178 01:01:20,200 --> 01:01:22,120 Speaker 1: at the end of last year, I think when Push 1179 01:01:22,160 --> 01:01:27,320 Speaker 1: did an interview, he mentioned like, next year, I'm doing 1180 01:01:27,360 --> 01:01:30,920 Speaker 1: an album and a mixtape, and I think I might 1181 01:01:30,960 --> 01:01:35,000 Speaker 1: have retweeted it and pullite the Eyes or something. I talked, 1182 01:01:35,080 --> 01:01:38,040 Speaker 1: you know, I checked back in with us with Victor 1183 01:01:38,600 --> 01:01:40,920 Speaker 1: and then Yeah, Push got on the Twitter spaces when 1184 01:01:40,960 --> 01:01:43,960 Speaker 1: we was on Yeah, and we announced it. So I 1185 01:01:44,080 --> 01:01:47,840 Speaker 1: can't give really much more details than that. You know, well, 1186 01:01:47,880 --> 01:01:52,640 Speaker 1: it's gonna be like original production. Other people's beaks. It's 1187 01:01:52,720 --> 01:01:57,120 Speaker 1: too early. Okay, it's too early. I can't give it. 1188 01:01:57,240 --> 01:02:00,680 Speaker 1: I can't give up. The good jetis. This is gonna 1189 01:02:00,680 --> 01:02:04,400 Speaker 1: be one of them ones. It's very highly anticipated. Last 1190 01:02:04,480 --> 01:02:07,480 Speaker 1: time in Push work together on a Gangster Grills was 1191 01:02:07,640 --> 01:02:13,600 Speaker 1: U Yeah, Volume three. I did Volume three, So you know, 1192 01:02:13,800 --> 01:02:17,360 Speaker 1: I'm excited for this. You know, I'm excited, definitely like 1193 01:02:17,920 --> 01:02:21,120 Speaker 1: you know, pushes push, and you know the space that 1194 01:02:21,160 --> 01:02:24,400 Speaker 1: Gangster Grills is in right now, it's like, what better 1195 01:02:24,480 --> 01:02:28,880 Speaker 1: time any twenty twenty three gangster grills lined up that 1196 01:02:29,000 --> 01:02:33,240 Speaker 1: you know absolutely six right now? Montana yep, Jay Stone 1197 01:02:33,920 --> 01:02:35,880 Speaker 1: Stone Yep. I've been in the studio working with two 1198 01:02:35,960 --> 01:02:40,280 Speaker 1: c um damn it. There's definitely some more. What am 1199 01:02:40,320 --> 01:02:45,360 Speaker 1: I not? Jewel Santana? There's more for sure, There's definitely more. 1200 01:02:45,520 --> 01:02:48,040 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a busy year. Yeah. I know you 1201 01:02:48,120 --> 01:02:50,919 Speaker 1: always talked about the outcast when it never happened. Yeah, 1202 01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:52,840 Speaker 1: is there one that you still like aiming for on 1203 01:02:52,920 --> 01:02:56,840 Speaker 1: the wish list? Definitely a black thought Gangster Grills. I 1204 01:02:56,960 --> 01:03:01,800 Speaker 1: feel like that's you know, full circle. They soul is crazy. Yeah, 1205 01:03:01,920 --> 01:03:05,080 Speaker 1: day I soul that that's that's gonna be dope. I'd 1206 01:03:05,120 --> 01:03:09,880 Speaker 1: like to do a brand fire as one um not okay. 1207 01:03:09,960 --> 01:03:14,520 Speaker 1: So you know there's been some conversations about it, Unlicia 1208 01:03:14,600 --> 01:03:18,600 Speaker 1: Keys Gangster grills. So yeah, do you like doing a 1209 01:03:18,640 --> 01:03:20,960 Speaker 1: basic grills like the dedication style or do you like 1210 01:03:21,080 --> 01:03:24,040 Speaker 1: doing the more original production? I like them both. That 1211 01:03:24,360 --> 01:03:26,800 Speaker 1: Now the only thing for me is is that if 1212 01:03:27,240 --> 01:03:29,960 Speaker 1: we're gonna if I'm gonna do a dedication style with 1213 01:03:30,080 --> 01:03:33,600 Speaker 1: an artist, I would want to make sure we go 1214 01:03:34,760 --> 01:03:37,480 Speaker 1: and you know, dot our eyes and cross our teas 1215 01:03:37,920 --> 01:03:40,720 Speaker 1: so it can go to the streaming platforms, right, you 1216 01:03:40,760 --> 01:03:44,160 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. Down the Fat Joe one got 1217 01:03:44,240 --> 01:03:47,120 Speaker 1: taken now and then there was another one I did. 1218 01:03:47,560 --> 01:03:49,520 Speaker 1: Who was it? It might have been like I think 1219 01:03:49,520 --> 01:03:52,280 Speaker 1: it was Jack Quis, which was a super dope tape, 1220 01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:56,320 Speaker 1: but you know, we he it wasn't original music, so 1221 01:03:56,440 --> 01:03:58,480 Speaker 1: it couldn't go on the streaming platforms. And I just 1222 01:03:58,600 --> 01:04:02,320 Speaker 1: feel like today in twenty twenty three, like, if we're 1223 01:04:02,320 --> 01:04:04,520 Speaker 1: gonna do it, let's do it, you know what I'm saying, Like, 1224 01:04:05,080 --> 01:04:06,880 Speaker 1: and it might take a little bit of tim but 1225 01:04:07,160 --> 01:04:09,920 Speaker 1: it can be done. Speaking of that, yet, we are 1226 01:04:10,040 --> 01:04:15,760 Speaker 1: dropping dedication to UM on streaming platforms this year and 1227 01:04:16,760 --> 01:04:19,000 Speaker 1: it's gonna have some new music along with it. So 1228 01:04:19,920 --> 01:04:23,400 Speaker 1: that's that's pretty exciting. UM. But yeah, I like, I mean, 1229 01:04:23,440 --> 01:04:26,760 Speaker 1: if it's like if I'm if it's Wayne, absolutely like 1230 01:04:26,920 --> 01:04:29,840 Speaker 1: it's it's hell of fun for him to you know, 1231 01:04:30,000 --> 01:04:33,640 Speaker 1: get on the hottest beats and you know, go crazy 1232 01:04:33,760 --> 01:04:36,160 Speaker 1: and what have you. But it's just like for me, definitely, 1233 01:04:36,520 --> 01:04:39,040 Speaker 1: I would just want it to touch as many people 1234 01:04:39,080 --> 01:04:41,520 Speaker 1: as possible, and by doing that it means going to 1235 01:04:41,600 --> 01:04:45,240 Speaker 1: the DSPs. Absolutely. And I also see that Jack Hollow 1236 01:04:45,280 --> 01:04:46,760 Speaker 1: is going to come to a super Bowl near you 1237 01:04:46,960 --> 01:04:50,680 Speaker 1: man to Rito's commercial you piped that. I peeped it. 1238 01:04:53,720 --> 01:04:56,960 Speaker 1: I saw that. Yeah, that's happened. Jack Hollow's getting a 1239 01:04:56,960 --> 01:04:59,640 Speaker 1: lot of big checks. Would it comes to Jack call? Like, 1240 01:04:59,680 --> 01:05:03,120 Speaker 1: what's the most I guess gratifying part watching his success 1241 01:05:03,920 --> 01:05:06,400 Speaker 1: the whole thing? Really? I mean, you know, is it 1242 01:05:06,480 --> 01:05:08,600 Speaker 1: like a moment specifically that you just standing like Dan 1243 01:05:08,680 --> 01:05:13,120 Speaker 1: dis Guys really made it. I mean just even now 1244 01:05:13,280 --> 01:05:16,640 Speaker 1: like getting ready for his first movie where white men 1245 01:05:16,720 --> 01:05:22,240 Speaker 1: can jump, you know, watching him host the MTV Awards 1246 01:05:22,360 --> 01:05:25,640 Speaker 1: was pretty big really for me, Like I just remember 1247 01:05:25,840 --> 01:05:29,560 Speaker 1: even during the NBA Finals, I think being at home 1248 01:05:30,560 --> 01:05:32,680 Speaker 1: and watching the NBA Finals and it was literally like 1249 01:05:33,240 --> 01:05:36,640 Speaker 1: two back to back commercials was a Kentucky Fried Chicken 1250 01:05:36,720 --> 01:05:39,880 Speaker 1: and New Balance like back to back commercials with Jack 1251 01:05:39,920 --> 01:05:41,520 Speaker 1: Harlow on him, and I was like, yeah, this ship 1252 01:05:41,640 --> 01:05:46,760 Speaker 1: is crazy, like I remember, you know, and he fucking 1253 01:05:46,840 --> 01:05:49,960 Speaker 1: walked into the studio like with his glasses and his 1254 01:05:50,040 --> 01:05:54,280 Speaker 1: curly hair and to see where he is now it's like, 1255 01:05:54,600 --> 01:05:58,200 Speaker 1: you know, I'm just I'm really proud of him. I think, like, 1256 01:05:58,960 --> 01:06:00,720 Speaker 1: you know, it's like this and I never had in 1257 01:06:00,840 --> 01:06:04,919 Speaker 1: some ways, So yeah, it's all gratifying, you know. It's 1258 01:06:04,960 --> 01:06:08,240 Speaker 1: like it's amazing the scene and just that you know, 1259 01:06:09,160 --> 01:06:12,440 Speaker 1: definitely even hosting Saturday Night Live, I guess one thing 1260 01:06:12,560 --> 01:06:15,920 Speaker 1: for artists to perform on Saturday and Night Live. And 1261 01:06:16,520 --> 01:06:18,840 Speaker 1: it's almost like after the first time he did it, 1262 01:06:19,480 --> 01:06:22,440 Speaker 1: when he when he performed, I just had this feeling. 1263 01:06:22,480 --> 01:06:24,760 Speaker 1: I was like, yo, next time he does Saturday and 1264 01:06:24,800 --> 01:06:27,320 Speaker 1: Night Live, he's gonna be hosting Saturday Night Live, you know. 1265 01:06:27,800 --> 01:06:31,280 Speaker 1: And I don't know for the younger generation if Saturday 1266 01:06:31,280 --> 01:06:34,120 Speaker 1: and Night Live means to them what it means like 1267 01:06:34,320 --> 01:06:37,640 Speaker 1: to us of my age or our age, But like 1268 01:06:38,400 --> 01:06:40,880 Speaker 1: that's a big fucking deal, you know, that's huge and 1269 01:06:40,960 --> 01:06:44,280 Speaker 1: that and only so many hip hop artists have hosted 1270 01:06:44,360 --> 01:06:50,520 Speaker 1: and performed like what Megan the Stallion, Jack Drake, who 1271 01:06:50,600 --> 01:06:54,200 Speaker 1: else is maybe Kanye I don't know, but like, yeah, 1272 01:06:54,480 --> 01:06:56,240 Speaker 1: it's not too many hip hop artists that I've done 1273 01:06:56,280 --> 01:07:00,960 Speaker 1: both and maybe Queen latinfa. So yeah, um, he's done 1274 01:07:01,000 --> 01:07:05,680 Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of amazing, big big things 1275 01:07:05,720 --> 01:07:08,440 Speaker 1: in his career. Yeah, Churchill Downs one of the best 1276 01:07:08,480 --> 01:07:12,680 Speaker 1: songs of twenty twenty two, by the way, crazy video 1277 01:07:12,680 --> 01:07:14,160 Speaker 1: of the derby. We had a lot of fun at 1278 01:07:14,200 --> 01:07:18,360 Speaker 1: the derby. That was a lot of fun. Um that 1279 01:07:18,520 --> 01:07:21,400 Speaker 1: was That was probably like the most epic derby ever, 1280 01:07:21,600 --> 01:07:25,200 Speaker 1: Like even for the people there too, you know what 1281 01:07:25,280 --> 01:07:29,080 Speaker 1: you guys were doing. No, they didn't always well, the 1282 01:07:29,920 --> 01:07:34,720 Speaker 1: Kentucky Derby knew that we were shooting a video. The 1283 01:07:35,480 --> 01:07:38,480 Speaker 1: people at the Kentucky Derby weren't. They didn't know. They 1284 01:07:38,560 --> 01:07:41,040 Speaker 1: just wound up. You know, one point we went out 1285 01:07:41,120 --> 01:07:45,240 Speaker 1: into the audience and fucking Drake and Jack Harlower right here, 1286 01:07:45,320 --> 01:07:49,720 Speaker 1: and it was a frenzy. It was crazy, but it 1287 01:07:49,880 --> 01:07:52,400 Speaker 1: was a fun time. You know. It was definitely a celebration, 1288 01:07:52,760 --> 01:07:57,080 Speaker 1: you know, Jack being from Kentucky and that was I've 1289 01:07:57,120 --> 01:08:00,680 Speaker 1: been to Kentucky during the Kentucky Derby, but I had 1290 01:08:00,720 --> 01:08:04,760 Speaker 1: never actually been to the actual like race, so you know, 1291 01:08:04,880 --> 01:08:07,920 Speaker 1: and everybody's dressed up and you know, you put your 1292 01:08:08,200 --> 01:08:12,240 Speaker 1: fly colors on and shit. So and Jack's like parents 1293 01:08:12,280 --> 01:08:14,880 Speaker 1: were there and his family and you know, his mom's 1294 01:08:14,920 --> 01:08:18,240 Speaker 1: in the video with Drake, So his parents and his 1295 01:08:18,400 --> 01:08:21,519 Speaker 1: parents are like the coolest, like super cool, you know, 1296 01:08:21,680 --> 01:08:25,120 Speaker 1: so um when we have a great relationship with them too. 1297 01:08:25,240 --> 01:08:27,080 Speaker 1: So yeah, that that was That was a moment. That 1298 01:08:27,160 --> 01:08:29,240 Speaker 1: was a hell of a moment. Great. Remember when that 1299 01:08:29,479 --> 01:08:32,280 Speaker 1: leaked you had that conversation about it. Man, I was 1300 01:08:32,320 --> 01:08:34,519 Speaker 1: so upset. I told you don't worry about drivers. Everything 1301 01:08:34,640 --> 01:08:38,400 Speaker 1: is okay, because it was like, yo, man, the fun 1302 01:08:38,479 --> 01:08:43,920 Speaker 1: he called me up. Yeah, we we we were actually 1303 01:08:44,040 --> 01:08:48,679 Speaker 1: performing in Boston. We were doing a new Balanced gig 1304 01:08:49,320 --> 01:08:52,000 Speaker 1: and like literally like while we were performing in the 1305 01:08:52,080 --> 01:08:56,080 Speaker 1: song leaked. And then I think like um Neil him 1306 01:08:56,120 --> 01:08:59,080 Speaker 1: told me like yo, like the song just leaked out. 1307 01:08:59,280 --> 01:09:03,840 Speaker 1: So he called um Jack called Drake like right there, 1308 01:09:04,080 --> 01:09:06,000 Speaker 1: like because we were trying to think like should we 1309 01:09:06,040 --> 01:09:09,519 Speaker 1: just drop it or like, you know, what do we do? 1310 01:09:10,320 --> 01:09:12,360 Speaker 1: And you know, they went back and forth and we 1311 01:09:12,520 --> 01:09:15,519 Speaker 1: decided not to drop it, like you know, and tried 1312 01:09:16,240 --> 01:09:19,360 Speaker 1: our hardest to you know, erase it off the internet 1313 01:09:19,400 --> 01:09:22,120 Speaker 1: as much as as possible. You got to catch up 1314 01:09:22,160 --> 01:09:25,599 Speaker 1: with those things. And then m Jack had even before 1315 01:09:25,680 --> 01:09:29,160 Speaker 1: it had leaked, Jack was planning on putting some more 1316 01:09:29,240 --> 01:09:31,400 Speaker 1: bars on there. So I think that was part of 1317 01:09:31,800 --> 01:09:35,960 Speaker 1: you know, him being upset was that that version got out, 1318 01:09:36,040 --> 01:09:39,000 Speaker 1: so then it looked like, you know, the league happened, 1319 01:09:39,000 --> 01:09:42,520 Speaker 1: and then he chose to put some more balls on afterwards, 1320 01:09:42,560 --> 01:09:45,320 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. Yeah, so when it drops 1321 01:09:45,320 --> 01:09:49,479 Speaker 1: like drop, don't worry about it. Ything's great, great song. 1322 01:09:49,600 --> 01:09:51,800 Speaker 1: We needed to worry about was when people hate it. Right, 1323 01:09:52,320 --> 01:09:54,040 Speaker 1: you were telling me it was good momentum for the 1324 01:09:54,120 --> 01:09:56,240 Speaker 1: album too, and I was just like, you know, that 1325 01:09:56,439 --> 01:10:00,519 Speaker 1: was like our you know, that was like our secret weapon. Like, yeah, 1326 01:10:00,600 --> 01:10:03,080 Speaker 1: I couldn't wait. We didn't announce that Drake was on 1327 01:10:03,160 --> 01:10:05,080 Speaker 1: the project or something, so we wanted to be like 1328 01:10:05,560 --> 01:10:07,680 Speaker 1: hit him with that. But it worked out. Yeah, it 1329 01:10:07,760 --> 01:10:11,840 Speaker 1: worked out. Everything. Great song shout, they wonder, a lot 1330 01:10:11,880 --> 01:10:14,519 Speaker 1: of great songs that I really liked that album. Yeah, 1331 01:10:14,880 --> 01:10:16,720 Speaker 1: get out of your drums this shit, man, why is 1332 01:10:16,760 --> 01:10:18,240 Speaker 1: this one of the best albums of the year. Man, 1333 01:10:18,360 --> 01:10:22,360 Speaker 1: talk your shit and listen man, um man, I can't 1334 01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:26,000 Speaker 1: believe you know, I think that, you know, for me, 1335 01:10:26,160 --> 01:10:29,760 Speaker 1: it's like as much shit talking as I do, you know, 1336 01:10:30,080 --> 01:10:34,720 Speaker 1: on on people's songs or whatever. Like it's it's it's motivation, 1337 01:10:34,880 --> 01:10:38,640 Speaker 1: Like you know, I look at I look at what 1338 01:10:38,720 --> 01:10:41,240 Speaker 1: I do or what I've accomplished in a lot of ways, 1339 01:10:41,360 --> 01:10:43,880 Speaker 1: and like not even just in my success, but in 1340 01:10:44,000 --> 01:10:46,960 Speaker 1: our success. Like you know, next door in main streets, 1341 01:10:47,120 --> 01:10:50,280 Speaker 1: I have a sign up this Field of Dreams, and 1342 01:10:50,400 --> 01:10:52,200 Speaker 1: it's like, you know, field of Dreams is if you 1343 01:10:52,320 --> 01:10:54,519 Speaker 1: build it, they will come, you know. And and like 1344 01:10:55,280 --> 01:10:59,080 Speaker 1: I've accomplished so much in my career, you know, I've 1345 01:10:59,120 --> 01:11:03,720 Speaker 1: done some amazing things, you know. And even I'm two 1346 01:11:03,840 --> 01:11:06,560 Speaker 1: decades in, you know what I'm saying, and to you know, 1347 01:11:07,400 --> 01:11:09,320 Speaker 1: I'm hotter than ever, you know what I mean. Like 1348 01:11:10,120 --> 01:11:11,880 Speaker 1: it could be argued that this is the hottest I 1349 01:11:11,920 --> 01:11:14,240 Speaker 1: may have ever been in my career. You know. So 1350 01:11:14,400 --> 01:11:17,599 Speaker 1: at forty four going on forty five years old, after 1351 01:11:18,000 --> 01:11:20,240 Speaker 1: two decades into the music business, to be able to 1352 01:11:20,520 --> 01:11:23,280 Speaker 1: say that shit is like, you know, that's that's rare, 1353 01:11:23,680 --> 01:11:27,360 Speaker 1: that's very rare. So to be on this album, to 1354 01:11:27,880 --> 01:11:31,920 Speaker 1: have the star power on this album, you know, creatively, 1355 01:11:32,120 --> 01:11:34,400 Speaker 1: it's an amazing body of work, you know what I mean. 1356 01:11:34,600 --> 01:11:38,240 Speaker 1: It's like me talking my shit, you know, the best 1357 01:11:38,320 --> 01:11:40,600 Speaker 1: of the best in hip hop, and you know, I 1358 01:11:40,720 --> 01:11:43,360 Speaker 1: just like we really like that, Like that's what we're 1359 01:11:43,360 --> 01:11:45,160 Speaker 1: doing for, you know, so you can tell the world. 1360 01:11:45,240 --> 01:11:46,840 Speaker 1: I really like that, you know what I mean. And 1361 01:11:47,000 --> 01:11:50,320 Speaker 1: like for a long time, I was I was the 1362 01:11:50,400 --> 01:11:53,400 Speaker 1: one that was, you know, quite humble and you know, 1363 01:11:53,600 --> 01:11:57,280 Speaker 1: laid back and you know, but like, bro, stop playing 1364 01:11:57,400 --> 01:12:00,519 Speaker 1: with me, Like niggas don't do what I do or 1365 01:12:00,960 --> 01:12:04,320 Speaker 1: done what I've done for the culture. And Elliot's gonna 1366 01:12:04,320 --> 01:12:08,240 Speaker 1: stop counting me out. I give you two more decades, 1367 01:12:11,160 --> 01:12:13,479 Speaker 1: you got it. I'll take that, you know. But it's all, 1368 01:12:13,600 --> 01:12:16,400 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's all for the love of the culture. 1369 01:12:16,520 --> 01:12:19,000 Speaker 1: You know, hip hop is turning fifty this year, you know, 1370 01:12:19,080 --> 01:12:22,120 Speaker 1: and I've literally been DJing for thirty years, you know 1371 01:12:22,160 --> 01:12:24,240 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, So like just to put it in 1372 01:12:24,400 --> 01:12:28,320 Speaker 1: context like that, like you know, it's it's ship's it's amazing, 1373 01:12:28,439 --> 01:12:31,560 Speaker 1: like you know what what hip hop has provided for 1374 01:12:31,760 --> 01:12:34,679 Speaker 1: us and you know, given to the world, Like it's 1375 01:12:34,720 --> 01:12:39,320 Speaker 1: the most dominant music genre ever, you know, conquered pop culture. 1376 01:12:39,320 --> 01:12:42,240 Speaker 1: We conquered, we conquered it like we we are that, 1377 01:12:42,560 --> 01:12:44,680 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And with that, like you know, 1378 01:12:45,080 --> 01:12:51,800 Speaker 1: I really like that, like that we're gone, we ain't gone, yeast. Yeah. 1379 01:12:52,600 --> 01:12:55,560 Speaker 1: Rapp rador Is The Interval presents original production from Hyperhouse, 1380 01:12:55,800 --> 01:12:59,400 Speaker 1: produced by Laura Wasser Olson Producers Elliot Wilson and Brian 1381 01:12:59,439 --> 01:13:03,600 Speaker 1: b do mill Hermittiful Presents executive producers Alan Coy and 1382 01:13:03,760 --> 01:13:08,320 Speaker 1: Jake Kleinberg. Executive producer Paul Rosenberg. Editing his sound design 1383 01:13:08,520 --> 01:13:13,240 Speaker 1: by Dylan Alexander Freeman, recording engineer Xavier Hayes. 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