1 00:00:00,210 --> 00:00:02,640 Speaker 1: And the fact that we completed this whole journey together 2 00:00:03,060 --> 00:00:06,020 Speaker 1: is beautiful. And I'm so proud of what we made together. 3 00:00:06,340 --> 00:00:09,700 Speaker 1: Like the music is incredible. The visuals are incredible. His 4 00:00:09,740 --> 00:00:14,370 Speaker 1: whole team has been collaborating with us on videos, photos, everything. 5 00:00:14,690 --> 00:00:18,630 Speaker 1: And just having all that creative energy and artistic ability 6 00:00:19,170 --> 00:00:21,470 Speaker 1: pouring it all into this project has been incredible. 7 00:00:35,729 --> 00:00:39,530 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't be stupid. It's Joe Crack the Don. 8 00:00:39,750 --> 00:00:42,050 Speaker 3: You know who it is, your boy Jada. You know 9 00:00:42,110 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 3: what it is. The Joe and Jada Show. Every show legendary. 10 00:00:46,350 --> 00:00:51,340 Speaker 3: Every show iconic. It is special thing about the word 11 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:52,900 Speaker 3: legendary today. 12 00:00:53,540 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 2: When you think of today's guest. Sheesh. 13 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,660 Speaker 3: You think of real talent. You think of somebody who 14 00:01:00,700 --> 00:01:05,590 Speaker 3: came in the game with the piano, the pen. The voice, 15 00:01:06,790 --> 00:01:11,660 Speaker 3: it made people slow down, really feel something. This is 16 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 3: a brother who went from them early days, getting in 17 00:01:15,500 --> 00:01:18,300 Speaker 3: where he fit in, to becoming one of the most 18 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:29,330 Speaker 3: respected artists in the world. And he's got that EGOT status. Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony. 19 00:01:29,350 --> 00:01:33,830 Speaker 3: That's television, music, film. 20 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 2: In Broadway. Only 28 people. You hear me? Only 28 people. 21 00:01:42,250 --> 00:01:47,650 Speaker 3: In the world, in the history, have ever reached that level. 22 00:01:47,650 --> 00:01:52,170 Speaker 3: 300 million Americans. That puts our guests in some real 23 00:01:52,370 --> 00:01:56,230 Speaker 3: rare air. But what I respect most is he never 24 00:01:56,290 --> 00:01:59,890 Speaker 3: stopped growing. He can give you the love records. He 25 00:01:59,930 --> 00:02:02,910 Speaker 3: can give you soul. He can give you records for 26 00:02:02,950 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 3: the culture. And now he's linking back up with Pharrell 27 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:14,700 Speaker 3: for a whole new album. Muse, dropping October 23rd. So 28 00:02:14,740 --> 00:02:19,500 Speaker 3: we're going to talk music, legacy, family, business, the records 29 00:02:19,540 --> 00:02:23,030 Speaker 3: that changed everything, and what keeps you hungry when you 30 00:02:23,070 --> 00:02:25,049 Speaker 3: already got the world calling you a legend. 31 00:02:26,050 --> 00:02:29,030 Speaker 2: Make some noise for our guy, John Legend! 32 00:02:29,070 --> 00:02:34,359 Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. What a 33 00:02:34,419 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 1: pleasure to finally be here. 34 00:02:36,260 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 2: Oh, man, appreciate you. Honorary Nick fans. 35 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,429 Speaker 4: I see you and your wife have more Nick games 36 00:02:41,930 --> 00:02:43,310 Speaker 4: than Nick fans. 37 00:02:43,570 --> 00:02:46,169 Speaker 1: I told you before we started the tape rolling that 38 00:02:46,270 --> 00:02:49,510 Speaker 1: I've been to more Nick's games than any other professional 39 00:02:49,570 --> 00:02:52,710 Speaker 1: franchise in any sport. I lived here in New York 40 00:02:52,730 --> 00:02:55,530 Speaker 1: for 15 years, and I would go to the games 41 00:02:55,630 --> 00:02:58,049 Speaker 1: back when they were begging celebrities to come to the games, like, 42 00:02:58,610 --> 00:03:00,590 Speaker 1: You know, things weren't always great. 43 00:03:01,810 --> 00:03:03,030 Speaker 2: Man, I was at. 44 00:03:02,990 --> 00:03:05,710 Speaker 4: A game where the guys wore the brown paperbacks. You 45 00:03:05,750 --> 00:03:08,250 Speaker 4: ever been at a game where they had the brown paperbacks? 46 00:03:08,290 --> 00:03:08,570 Speaker 2: Yeah. 47 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:10,779 Speaker 3: Three guys in a row with the brown paperbacks. I've 48 00:03:10,820 --> 00:03:13,020 Speaker 3: been at a game with nobody looking at the game. 49 00:03:14,500 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 3: You're just doing mad deals. 50 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:17,260 Speaker 2: Yeah. Hey, this, that. 51 00:03:17,300 --> 00:03:18,810 Speaker 1: Stop fucking Wall Street. 52 00:03:18,910 --> 00:03:22,350 Speaker 3: Everybody's doing everything except looking at the game. 53 00:03:22,889 --> 00:03:24,530 Speaker 2: There was a long period of time where the Knicks 54 00:03:24,570 --> 00:03:26,470 Speaker 2: were in the wilderness, you might say. Yeah. 55 00:03:26,490 --> 00:03:31,060 Speaker 1: But it's beautiful to see the city celebrate this championship. 56 00:03:31,090 --> 00:03:33,679 Speaker 2: It was a long time coming, and I was celebrating 57 00:03:33,700 --> 00:03:35,980 Speaker 2: with y'all from afar. Thank you. Appreciate it. 58 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 4: I think everybody, even the owner of Boston, It's one 59 00:03:41,620 --> 00:03:43,210 Speaker 4: of our arch nemeses, right? 60 00:03:43,230 --> 00:03:45,390 Speaker 2: Because they kept winning. Yeah. 61 00:03:45,630 --> 00:03:48,950 Speaker 4: And the owner reached out to me that I've known 62 00:03:48,990 --> 00:03:50,150 Speaker 4: for like 20-something years. 63 00:03:50,190 --> 00:03:53,180 Speaker 2: He sees me. Owner of the Celtics? Yeah. It's my man. 64 00:03:53,190 --> 00:03:59,620 Speaker 2: Excuse me? And he says, no, excuse me. He's connected. Very. 65 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 4: The man said he was happy for me. He was 66 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,870 Speaker 4: cheering for us from far. Like, yo, I was cheering. 67 00:04:04,910 --> 00:04:07,470 Speaker 2: This is Boston. Like, who could hate, though? Like, it 68 00:04:07,510 --> 00:04:09,690 Speaker 2: was just... You could see the joy in the city. 69 00:04:09,710 --> 00:04:11,410 Speaker 2: San Antonio hate it. They hate it. 70 00:04:11,900 --> 00:04:14,460 Speaker 4: You know, I went out there. They lost. I went 71 00:04:14,500 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 4: out there. They were the nicest people in the world. 72 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 4: And once they started noticing that they was about to lose, 73 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 4: it was like, yo, get the fuck. Go that way. 74 00:04:23,980 --> 00:04:27,490 Speaker 4: They would treat me like shit by game four or five. 75 00:04:27,510 --> 00:04:29,990 Speaker 4: It's like, yo, Fat Joe, get the fuck out of here. 76 00:04:30,010 --> 00:04:32,289 Speaker 4: That time is coming. That time is coming. Wimby's the future. 77 00:04:32,430 --> 00:04:37,450 Speaker 1: He's like an incredible generational player and They'll be fine. 78 00:04:37,670 --> 00:04:41,039 Speaker 2: But it was the next time. That's it. That's it. 79 00:04:41,300 --> 00:04:45,860 Speaker 2: We needed you in the middle. We're not ordinary people. 80 00:04:45,900 --> 00:04:48,460 Speaker 2: That's right. Extraordinary. Yeah. 81 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 4: We don't know which way to go. Like, yo, man, 82 00:04:52,610 --> 00:04:56,570 Speaker 4: what the fuck is that like in your chamber? If 83 00:04:56,650 --> 00:04:59,330 Speaker 4: you ever just sat around with a couple of other artists, like, 84 00:04:59,370 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 4: I mean, that's you. and somebody do a song and 85 00:05:03,460 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 4: then you just go, we're just ordinary. 86 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:10,830 Speaker 1: Well, that song is one of those songs that is 87 00:05:10,870 --> 00:05:12,270 Speaker 1: going to be part of my life forever. 88 00:05:12,770 --> 00:05:15,270 Speaker 2: People ask me, you get tired of doing these songs? 89 00:05:15,290 --> 00:05:17,910 Speaker 2: I'm like, no, man. I'm so grateful to have a 90 00:05:17,950 --> 00:05:19,530 Speaker 2: song that means that much to people. 91 00:05:20,010 --> 00:05:23,950 Speaker 1: That song really launched my career because it wasn't my 92 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 1: first single, it was my second single on my first album, 93 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,020 Speaker 1: but it was the one that connected with everybody. And 94 00:05:30,060 --> 00:05:33,460 Speaker 1: it set that standard for how I would be perceived 95 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: for the rest of my career. We made a beautiful video. 96 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:38,919 Speaker 1: The song was simple. It didn't sound like anything else 97 00:05:38,980 --> 00:05:42,620 Speaker 1: on the radio. And it just set that standard from, okay, 98 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,539 Speaker 1: that's what a John Legend record is. And this is 99 00:05:45,779 --> 00:05:48,350 Speaker 1: his place in the industry, his place in music, his 100 00:05:48,380 --> 00:05:51,110 Speaker 1: place in the culture. It established that from the beginning. 101 00:05:51,650 --> 00:05:54,310 Speaker 1: And I just feel so blessed to have that in 102 00:05:54,370 --> 00:05:57,810 Speaker 1: my arsenal, that as part of my repertoire, that anytime 103 00:05:57,870 --> 00:06:00,279 Speaker 1: I perform it, People are singing Take It Slow with me. 104 00:06:00,300 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: They're singing the song with me. And I meet people 105 00:06:03,460 --> 00:06:05,790 Speaker 1: all the time that, oh man, that got me through 106 00:06:05,810 --> 00:06:09,690 Speaker 1: a tough point in my relationship. Songs that are like 107 00:06:09,750 --> 00:06:13,850 Speaker 1: really part of people's lives and affected them and live 108 00:06:13,890 --> 00:06:16,030 Speaker 1: with them and still mean something to them. 109 00:06:16,350 --> 00:06:16,870 Speaker 2: It's a blessing. 110 00:06:17,670 --> 00:06:22,530 Speaker 4: So you start with Kanye, good music. You're doing Jesus Walks. 111 00:06:22,550 --> 00:06:22,710 Speaker 2: Yeah. 112 00:06:23,900 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 4: And so it sounds to me like you just said, 113 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:30,180 Speaker 4: even at that time, when you put out number ones 114 00:06:30,220 --> 00:06:33,230 Speaker 4: with the crew, you said. 115 00:06:33,830 --> 00:06:35,890 Speaker 2: Oh, this is what John Legend sounds like. 116 00:06:36,310 --> 00:06:41,290 Speaker 1: Well, I never thought of myself as not a solo artist. 117 00:06:41,870 --> 00:06:43,750 Speaker 2: That was always my intention. 118 00:06:44,130 --> 00:06:47,190 Speaker 1: We were always working on my solo project. When I 119 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,620 Speaker 1: met Kanye, he wasn't well-known at all at the time. 120 00:06:51,020 --> 00:06:53,720 Speaker 1: We had just both moved to New York. He came 121 00:06:53,740 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 1: from Chicago. I came from Ohio originally, but I had 122 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: just graduated from Penn in Philadelphia not long before I 123 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,580 Speaker 1: came here. Moved to New York in 2000. My roommate 124 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:08,220 Speaker 1: was his cousin. And his cousin introduced us and we 125 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: started working together. The first time we met was at 126 00:07:10,740 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: Jimmy's Uptown in Harlem. I used to play there like. 127 00:07:14,340 --> 00:07:16,679 Speaker 2: Once a month. You used to play in Jimmy's? 128 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 4: Yeah. 129 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 2: I used to play there once a month. That shit. 130 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,340 Speaker 2: You know that's my spot. Yeah, man. Jimmy's. 131 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 1: I played at SOB's. I played at Joe's Pub. All 132 00:07:25,740 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: the spots around town. And I was born as John 133 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:31,780 Speaker 1: Stevens at the time. That's my real name. And Kanye 134 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,180 Speaker 1: comes to the show. His cousin introduces us. We start 135 00:07:35,220 --> 00:07:38,820 Speaker 1: working together. And this is We met before the Blueprint 136 00:07:38,850 --> 00:07:41,310 Speaker 1: came out and that was Kanye's big break as a 137 00:07:41,330 --> 00:07:43,150 Speaker 1: producer because he had H to the Izzo and a 138 00:07:43,390 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: couple other tracks on the Blueprint. And then he still 139 00:07:46,340 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: wasn't known as an artist. He was just known for 140 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: making beats. And Rockefeller signed him. But they didn't really 141 00:07:52,820 --> 00:07:54,290 Speaker 1: think he was going to actually be an artist. 142 00:07:54,430 --> 00:07:56,310 Speaker 2: They signed him because... They didn't think he'd be selling 143 00:07:56,370 --> 00:07:56,989 Speaker 2: out stadiums. 144 00:07:57,010 --> 00:07:57,310 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah. 145 00:07:57,330 --> 00:07:59,890 Speaker 1: They just thought he was making beats and they'd rather 146 00:07:59,910 --> 00:08:01,390 Speaker 1: have him on the roster than not have him on 147 00:08:01,410 --> 00:08:04,990 Speaker 1: the roster. And he had to prove himself to Dame 148 00:08:05,070 --> 00:08:08,430 Speaker 1: and to Jay that he was a real artist. At 149 00:08:08,470 --> 00:08:11,580 Speaker 1: the time, they just thought he was making beats. We 150 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,700 Speaker 1: were working together on my project. We started working on 151 00:08:14,740 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: my demo back then, 2001. We were working on his demo, 152 00:08:18,100 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: which became College Dropout. 153 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 4: And. 154 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:23,179 Speaker 2: Neither of our albums came out until 2004. 155 00:08:23,180 --> 00:08:26,540 Speaker 1: So we were grinding behind the scenes, trying to get 156 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: a record deal for me, trying to get a record 157 00:08:29,580 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: deal for him, just trying to get noticed, trying to 158 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 1: get recognition for the work. 159 00:08:34,420 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 2: That we were doing. 160 00:08:35,780 --> 00:08:39,110 Speaker 1: And we believed before anybody else did, and we had 161 00:08:39,150 --> 00:08:42,089 Speaker 1: to try to convince everybody. And they didn't believe until, 162 00:08:42,890 --> 00:08:45,890 Speaker 1: I honestly think it took Kanye getting in an accident, 163 00:08:46,410 --> 00:08:51,750 Speaker 1: through the wire, funded his own video, funded his own mixtapes, 164 00:08:52,630 --> 00:08:56,330 Speaker 1: and that made Rockefeller pay attention to what he was 165 00:08:56,390 --> 00:08:59,630 Speaker 1: doing because he was generating so much buzz on his own. 166 00:09:00,050 --> 00:09:02,770 Speaker 1: And then that set him on a path, and then 167 00:09:03,210 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: it set me on a path to where all the 168 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 1: labels that had turned me down before were like, oh, yeah. 169 00:09:09,380 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 2: Second Thoughts, the same music, but Second Thoughts, Reconsider. 170 00:09:12,780 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 4: Oh, yeah. 171 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, and then I got signed by Columbia in May 2004, 172 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,790 Speaker 1: put Get Lifted Out December 2004. 173 00:09:20,790 --> 00:09:24,350 Speaker 4: From the Midwest, something that I always wanted to ask you. 174 00:09:24,370 --> 00:09:27,090 Speaker 4: I could have asked you off the camera, on the camera, whatever. 175 00:09:27,730 --> 00:09:30,510 Speaker 4: Was you inspired by Carl Thomas? He was out maybe 176 00:09:30,510 --> 00:09:31,660 Speaker 4: 10 years before you. 177 00:09:31,730 --> 00:09:33,700 Speaker 2: I love Carl Thomas. He played the piano. 178 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 5: Yeah. 179 00:09:33,860 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 2: And he had that summer rain. Yeah, man. I love 180 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 2: summer rain. That whole album, man. I love that whole album. Emotional, 181 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 2: all of that. 182 00:09:42,980 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 1: And when I first came out, people compared me to 183 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:46,100 Speaker 1: him sometimes. 184 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 2: I did. 185 00:09:46,820 --> 00:09:51,550 Speaker 1: Because our vocal timbre, we have a similar vocal timbre, 186 00:09:51,550 --> 00:09:54,110 Speaker 1: some of the vibrato we use and just that texture 187 00:09:54,110 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: of having grown up in church, but also listening to 188 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: like Nat King Cole and different people like that I 189 00:09:59,380 --> 00:10:01,700 Speaker 1: think we have a lot in common as vocalists and 190 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: I love Carl Thomas I was gonna. 191 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:05,559 Speaker 2: Ask you what kind of music did you grow up 192 00:10:06,020 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 2: what kind of music was I grew up on gospel music, man. Yeah, 193 00:10:10,059 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 2: I grew up on gospel music. 194 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 1: I grew up in a family that really didn't let 195 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,140 Speaker 1: us listen to anything other than gospel music when I 196 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:19,329 Speaker 1: was a kid. So I was homeschooled. My grandpa was 197 00:10:19,350 --> 00:10:22,850 Speaker 1: the pastor. My mother was the choir director. My grandmother 198 00:10:22,870 --> 00:10:25,170 Speaker 1: was a church organist. So I was just in church 199 00:10:25,330 --> 00:10:28,730 Speaker 1: almost every day, like whether it was choir rehearsal, Bible study, 200 00:10:29,630 --> 00:10:32,150 Speaker 1: Sunday morning, Sunday evening, revival. 201 00:10:32,429 --> 00:10:33,070 Speaker 2: I was always there. 202 00:10:34,170 --> 00:10:39,089 Speaker 1: And since we were homeschooled, like, They sheltered us from everything. 203 00:10:39,550 --> 00:10:42,750 Speaker 1: And so it was almost strictly gospel until I was 204 00:10:42,770 --> 00:10:44,020 Speaker 1: like 10 or 11 years old. 205 00:10:44,220 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 2: In my house. Then my parents got divorced. You know, 206 00:10:47,660 --> 00:10:51,750 Speaker 2: we broke a record here. Kirk, frankly, you heard that new... Yeah. 207 00:10:52,670 --> 00:10:58,870 Speaker 2: That beat is crazy. It's incredible. I listen to it 208 00:10:58,910 --> 00:11:02,110 Speaker 2: five days, five times a day. Y'all don't do that 209 00:11:02,130 --> 00:11:07,550 Speaker 2: to me. I don't even know my own lyrics. What's 210 00:11:07,650 --> 00:11:11,070 Speaker 2: wrong with you? We'll be fine this time. We'll be 211 00:11:11,150 --> 00:11:12,010 Speaker 2: fine this time. 212 00:11:12,170 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 4: I listen to it five times a day. That joint 213 00:11:16,059 --> 00:11:19,330 Speaker 4: taking off. And, uh, Even that, right? 214 00:11:19,490 --> 00:11:24,130 Speaker 2: Even that. Because he used. It's crazy. Land yesterday. What 215 00:11:24,150 --> 00:11:28,290 Speaker 2: was yesterday? Sunday. I came back from Nebraska. Omaha, Nebraska. 216 00:11:28,460 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 2: Best place on earth, by the way. Best people. Best 217 00:11:31,740 --> 00:11:34,780 Speaker 2: state college. All right. Rampant. I've never been to Nebraska. 218 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,530 Speaker 2: You went to the university? No, I had a show. 219 00:11:37,610 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 4: I had a show. I don't know the state. Yo, 220 00:11:39,980 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 4: go fuck yourself. I'm asking you a question, dude. You 221 00:11:43,140 --> 00:11:45,300 Speaker 4: know I don't know where the fuck I went to eat. 222 00:11:45,380 --> 00:11:49,020 Speaker 4: It was incredible. The food was incredible. 223 00:11:49,140 --> 00:11:53,020 Speaker 2: Where was it? That Midwest hospitality. Yo, let me tell 224 00:11:53,059 --> 00:11:56,220 Speaker 2: you something. I've never been to Omaha, Nebraska. This is 225 00:11:56,300 --> 00:12:01,660 Speaker 2: a beautiful people. Beautiful. Cornhuskers. It's a good vibe. Nice people. No. Nice. 226 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 2: You ever been to Omaha, Nebraska? Yes. You did. You 227 00:12:07,140 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 2: been out there? I've been there. Sure. 228 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,340 Speaker 4: I was talking to Pusha. Pusha was like, yo, Joe. 229 00:12:11,380 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 4: I said, man, I got a show in Omaha. He 230 00:12:13,620 --> 00:12:16,069 Speaker 4: was like, what's that like? I thought nobody been there. 231 00:12:16,790 --> 00:12:20,689 Speaker 2: I've been. Rampant. They let us come visit sometimes. No, 232 00:12:20,730 --> 00:12:23,150 Speaker 2: it was amazing. No, no, I don't even think so. 233 00:12:24,170 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 2: A lot of black people in Omaha, Nebraska. You would 234 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 2: never believe that. I know some Nebraskans. 235 00:12:29,059 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 4: I didn't think there was a human black person in Omaha, Nebraska. 236 00:12:33,020 --> 00:12:36,679 Speaker 1: Gabrielle's from Nebraska. She's a big Cornhuskers fan. 237 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:40,100 Speaker 2: Yeah. I went there. The whole concert was sold out. 238 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 2: I said, man, this shit right out here. I didn't know. Damn, 239 00:12:43,900 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 2: why the fuck I even bring that up, though? Kirk Franklin. 240 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,060 Speaker 2: Kirk Franklin. So I land. 241 00:12:49,420 --> 00:12:51,579 Speaker 4: The guy who picks me up at the plane, you know, 242 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:56,030 Speaker 4: we got this concierge service that picked me up. Shout out, Delta. 243 00:12:56,150 --> 00:12:58,270 Speaker 4: The guy puts me in the car. He's playing gospel. 244 00:12:59,250 --> 00:13:01,429 Speaker 4: I told him, yo, you heard that Kirk Franklin? He 245 00:13:01,450 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 4: was like, Kirk Franklin, the man. But then he started 246 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 4: telling me, because this guy's church. Like, there's no way 247 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,750 Speaker 4: I could tell the guy, you know, he had the 248 00:13:09,780 --> 00:13:14,330 Speaker 4: baseball cap curved. He's a nice guy on a Sunday, right? 249 00:13:14,350 --> 00:13:17,250 Speaker 4: And he playing the clock. He said, you know, a 250 00:13:17,290 --> 00:13:21,140 Speaker 4: little bit of controversy in the church because he used 251 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:22,719 Speaker 4: The hip hop. 252 00:13:22,780 --> 00:13:27,090 Speaker 2: Yeah. They said it's borderline. They thought it was too worldly. Yeah. 253 00:13:27,670 --> 00:13:30,390 Speaker 2: He's a revolutionist right now in the church. 254 00:13:31,110 --> 00:13:33,069 Speaker 4: I said, no, but you see, he got guys like 255 00:13:33,150 --> 00:13:35,350 Speaker 4: me who don't listen to gospel like that. 256 00:13:35,429 --> 00:13:37,690 Speaker 2: Yeah. Playing it five times a day. 257 00:13:37,809 --> 00:13:41,709 Speaker 1: He's been dealing with that since way back. You know, 258 00:13:41,770 --> 00:13:44,590 Speaker 1: like all the records that he did because he made 259 00:13:44,670 --> 00:13:47,589 Speaker 1: records that were influenced by hip hop and by R & B. 260 00:13:48,750 --> 00:13:51,969 Speaker 1: And that crossed over to stations that weren't playing gospel 261 00:13:52,370 --> 00:13:54,710 Speaker 1: on a regular basis. And a lot of people were like, well, 262 00:13:54,730 --> 00:13:56,630 Speaker 1: this is too worldly. This is too much like them. 263 00:13:56,990 --> 00:13:58,730 Speaker 1: Like we have to sound different. We have to sound 264 00:13:58,770 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: like strictly gospel. And he's dealt with that controversy his 265 00:14:01,890 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: whole career. But he keeps coming with hits and it's undeniable. 266 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: And his theory of the case, I believe, is that 267 00:14:10,700 --> 00:14:14,260 Speaker 1: let's make something that everybody can listen to and put 268 00:14:14,300 --> 00:14:17,620 Speaker 1: that message in there in a way that's digestible for everyone, 269 00:14:17,660 --> 00:14:19,340 Speaker 1: even if they didn't grow up listening to gospel music. 270 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,250 Speaker 2: You know what I go back to? I go back to, uh, 271 00:14:22,890 --> 00:14:26,070 Speaker 2: what we talked about prior to this. We had Kanye 272 00:14:26,170 --> 00:14:27,590 Speaker 2: West making music. 273 00:14:28,170 --> 00:14:31,390 Speaker 4: Right? So I just think of all the, uh, Missy 274 00:14:31,430 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 4: and Timbaland were working for, uh, to everybody. 275 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 2: Yeah. 276 00:14:36,060 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 4: And then I'd be like, you know, like, I had 277 00:14:37,940 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 4: DJ Khaled with me before he was DJ Khaled and 278 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:45,580 Speaker 4: he was giving me all type of ideas that now 279 00:14:45,660 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 4: people be like, yo, Khaled be like. 280 00:14:47,220 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 2: I had Swiss like that. You had Swiss like that? 281 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:51,580 Speaker 2: These are like secret weapons. 282 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,860 Speaker 1: I think all of us had that and I was 283 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: at the Culture Con yesterday and we were talking about 284 00:14:57,740 --> 00:14:58,859 Speaker 1: a quote by Issa Rae. 285 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:00,780 Speaker 2: She was talking about how a lot of. 286 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:04,500 Speaker 1: Times people are looking to level up and find a 287 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:08,090 Speaker 1: collaborator that's already well-known, that's already a bold-faced name. 288 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,510 Speaker 2: But a lot of times, the people are right around you. 289 00:15:11,110 --> 00:15:12,610 Speaker 2: They're right there. They're your peers. 290 00:15:12,930 --> 00:15:14,950 Speaker 1: And you got to find your tribe and rise together. 291 00:15:15,550 --> 00:15:17,790 Speaker 1: And I think that's what all of us did. Almost 292 00:15:17,910 --> 00:15:20,270 Speaker 1: none of us were plucked out of obscurity by some 293 00:15:20,590 --> 00:15:24,970 Speaker 1: already famous person. We needed that as well. But what 294 00:15:25,010 --> 00:15:26,930 Speaker 1: we were building, we were building with people who are 295 00:15:26,950 --> 00:15:27,390 Speaker 1: our peers. 296 00:15:27,930 --> 00:15:29,810 Speaker 2: And that's what we were doing. This one is for 297 00:15:29,850 --> 00:15:34,150 Speaker 2: the OGs. Let's keep it 1800. 298 00:15:34,170 --> 00:15:39,180 Speaker 4: It's always like a collaborative song that lets everybody say, oh, 299 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 4: take this guy or take this girl. 300 00:15:41,620 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 2: Serious. 301 00:15:41,980 --> 00:15:45,100 Speaker 4: For me, it was Ashacha, LL Cool J. It was me, 302 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:49,500 Speaker 4: Keith Murray, Foxy Brown, Prodigy, and LL. So that was 303 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:53,260 Speaker 4: the song that was like, hey, take this guy serious. 304 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,660 Speaker 4: You know, what was that song for you? Like for French, 305 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:57,380 Speaker 4: for me, it was. 306 00:15:57,300 --> 00:15:58,810 Speaker 2: Like, pop that, pop that. 307 00:15:58,850 --> 00:16:02,310 Speaker 4: You got Drake, Ross, all of them on there. It's 308 00:16:02,330 --> 00:16:03,110 Speaker 4: always a song. 309 00:16:03,330 --> 00:16:07,790 Speaker 1: The first video for me that broke through before my 310 00:16:07,890 --> 00:16:15,650 Speaker 1: own songs broke through was Selfish with Slum Village. That 311 00:16:15,670 --> 00:16:20,820 Speaker 1: was the first time I had a feature credit. That 312 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:23,980 Speaker 1: was the first time I was really featured in a video. 313 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,780 Speaker 1: That's a hell of a feature. 314 00:16:26,860 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 2: Yeah. 315 00:16:27,340 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 1: But I was also doing little things on other records. 316 00:16:29,820 --> 00:16:32,990 Speaker 1: So I was singing on Encore. What the hell are 317 00:16:33,010 --> 00:16:36,910 Speaker 1: you waiting for? That was me on the piano like that. 318 00:16:37,670 --> 00:16:39,510 Speaker 1: I sang back up on Alicia Keys. 319 00:16:39,530 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 2: You Don't Know My Name. You don't know my name. 320 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:46,220 Speaker 1: I was doing all kinds of vocals and piano all 321 00:16:46,260 --> 00:16:46,780 Speaker 1: over college. 322 00:16:46,820 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 2: That's the shit I'm talking about. Showing Jada. That's why 323 00:16:50,100 --> 00:16:53,820 Speaker 2: this is the premiere. Hip hop. That's what I'm, you know, 324 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,300 Speaker 2: Luther Vandross was on a million hits. Yeah, he was 325 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 2: doing that too. He was singing back up on a 326 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,330 Speaker 2: lot of people's records and people didn't even know. 327 00:17:00,620 --> 00:17:00,870 Speaker 5: Yeah. 328 00:17:01,090 --> 00:17:03,370 Speaker 1: He was singing jingles, you know, and people didn't even know. 329 00:17:03,850 --> 00:17:06,550 Speaker 1: And then he was just putting his voice out there 330 00:17:06,590 --> 00:17:08,950 Speaker 1: any way that he could. And then finally everyone was like, 331 00:17:09,230 --> 00:17:12,230 Speaker 1: we need records with this dude. I need to see 332 00:17:12,270 --> 00:17:14,210 Speaker 1: a documentary on Frank Sinatra. 333 00:17:14,230 --> 00:17:17,490 Speaker 4: The more I keep learning about Frank and what he 334 00:17:17,550 --> 00:17:19,810 Speaker 4: did for black people, how he stood up. 335 00:17:20,950 --> 00:17:22,990 Speaker 1: And that was the real scary time. He was working 336 00:17:23,010 --> 00:17:26,609 Speaker 1: with Quincy when Quincy was a kid, Quincy Jones. He 337 00:17:26,970 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 1: was always advocating for the black artists that he worked with, 338 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: like Sammy Davis Jr. 339 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 2: anybody else. He was like, if they can't come to 340 00:17:35,740 --> 00:17:37,310 Speaker 2: the hotel, I ain't going to the hotel. 341 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:39,350 Speaker 1: If they can't go to the venue, if they can't 342 00:17:39,430 --> 00:17:42,409 Speaker 1: enter through this door, then I ain't using it. 343 00:17:42,850 --> 00:17:43,889 Speaker 2: He would advocate for us. 344 00:17:44,210 --> 00:17:48,389 Speaker 1: That's why I always respect him beyond just the amazing 345 00:17:48,430 --> 00:17:50,540 Speaker 1: records he made, but the fact that he was a 346 00:17:50,619 --> 00:17:52,899 Speaker 1: real ally for us back in the time when it 347 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:54,020 Speaker 1: was costly to do that. 348 00:17:54,300 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 2: Oh, no, that was a serious time. 349 00:17:56,100 --> 00:17:56,260 Speaker 6: Yeah. 350 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,020 Speaker 4: You know, that was more, you know, we think we 351 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,540 Speaker 4: had trying times. Now that shit was real. As you know, 352 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,540 Speaker 4: back then. You know, so I would like to see 353 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 4: a documentary on him. 354 00:18:07,609 --> 00:18:11,290 Speaker 2: Yeah. Old Blue Eyes. Yeah. Old Blue Eyes. Yeah, but 355 00:18:11,330 --> 00:18:13,250 Speaker 2: he stood up. He stood tall. 356 00:18:13,670 --> 00:18:16,190 Speaker 4: You know, at a time where it was really, you know, 357 00:18:17,230 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 4: risking your life for standing up. 358 00:18:18,730 --> 00:18:19,510 Speaker 2: It was risky. 359 00:18:19,890 --> 00:18:22,900 Speaker 1: People were literally getting killed standing up for justice back then. 360 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,460 Speaker 1: And the fact that he did it, he used his 361 00:18:26,109 --> 00:18:27,439 Speaker 1: He used his power to do it. 362 00:18:27,930 --> 00:18:29,030 Speaker 2: It was beautiful. 363 00:18:29,869 --> 00:18:34,709 Speaker 4: What'd you think about this Nolan Wells, what happened to 364 00:18:34,750 --> 00:18:38,629 Speaker 4: Nolan Wells and how they dealt with it? Because I 365 00:18:38,650 --> 00:18:39,570 Speaker 4: know you went into like. 366 00:18:40,530 --> 00:18:42,890 Speaker 1: It's hard because I don't know enough of the story 367 00:18:42,970 --> 00:18:46,540 Speaker 1: to really have a strong opinion. All I know is 368 00:18:46,619 --> 00:18:48,619 Speaker 1: what we've been saying for years is that our lives 369 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: matter and they should matter to society. 370 00:18:52,220 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 2: It should matter to the legal system. 371 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,619 Speaker 1: That means when we die, that the same kind of 372 00:18:56,740 --> 00:19:01,100 Speaker 1: care that goes into investigating a white kid's death should 373 00:19:01,140 --> 00:19:05,810 Speaker 1: go into investigating our deaths. That means when we're approached 374 00:19:05,850 --> 00:19:08,169 Speaker 1: by the police, we should have the same benefit of 375 00:19:08,190 --> 00:19:11,590 Speaker 1: the doubt that anybody else would have. And that means 376 00:19:11,950 --> 00:19:15,380 Speaker 1: when somebody takes our lives, they should have the same 377 00:19:15,470 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 1: punishment they would get if they took someone else's life. 378 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:22,230 Speaker 1: So it's a bare minimum of respect for our lives 379 00:19:22,270 --> 00:19:24,010 Speaker 1: to matter as much as anybody else's. 380 00:19:24,690 --> 00:19:27,580 Speaker 2: And we still haven't gotten to that point in this country. 381 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 2: That's crazy. That being said, what is it like being 382 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 2: on The Voice? 383 00:19:32,340 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 1: I love being on The Voice. I love being on 384 00:19:34,580 --> 00:19:38,690 Speaker 1: The Voice. I love working with new artists. I love, like, 385 00:19:38,890 --> 00:19:40,750 Speaker 1: I've been in this industry for a long time and 386 00:19:41,130 --> 00:19:42,510 Speaker 1: I feel like I have a lot to share with 387 00:19:42,550 --> 00:19:46,210 Speaker 1: them and a lot to teach them and a lot 388 00:19:46,250 --> 00:19:47,530 Speaker 1: of great advice to give to them. 389 00:19:48,010 --> 00:19:49,449 Speaker 2: And I love doing it. It really is fun. 390 00:19:49,530 --> 00:19:51,750 Speaker 4: You know, I think when you get one of them 391 00:19:51,830 --> 00:19:57,020 Speaker 4: jobs like The Voice, your car could break down in Omaha, Nebraska. 392 00:19:57,300 --> 00:19:59,540 Speaker 2: And a lady invites you in the house. Hey, John, 393 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:01,880 Speaker 2: you got a problem? It's the border. 394 00:20:01,900 --> 00:20:05,310 Speaker 4: That's like, that lets you right in. 395 00:20:05,930 --> 00:20:08,370 Speaker 2: Any farm, anywhere in America. 396 00:20:08,570 --> 00:20:10,830 Speaker 1: Yeah, I noticed the difference as soon as I started 397 00:20:10,850 --> 00:20:15,070 Speaker 1: being on the show. Just the middle America that recognized me, 398 00:20:15,130 --> 00:20:17,540 Speaker 1: knew who I was, felt like they knew me as 399 00:20:17,580 --> 00:20:19,580 Speaker 1: a person because they see more of your personality. 400 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:21,380 Speaker 2: I felt that. 401 00:20:21,940 --> 00:20:25,360 Speaker 1: Increased dramatically from being on that show. And it just 402 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,659 Speaker 1: opens you up to other audiences. And like I said, 403 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 1: they get to know your personality because even if they 404 00:20:30,780 --> 00:20:33,420 Speaker 1: knew all of me or they knew a few songs, 405 00:20:33,780 --> 00:20:34,480 Speaker 1: they didn't know me. 406 00:20:34,980 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 2: But I think they know me. 407 00:20:36,010 --> 00:20:38,510 Speaker 1: A lot better because they get to see my personality, 408 00:20:38,850 --> 00:20:41,770 Speaker 1: dealing with other artists, joking around with my fellow coaches, 409 00:20:41,810 --> 00:20:43,570 Speaker 1: whatever it is, they get to see me as a 410 00:20:43,609 --> 00:20:44,169 Speaker 1: full person. 411 00:20:44,630 --> 00:20:47,350 Speaker 2: And it definitely made a difference. I think that's what 412 00:20:47,490 --> 00:20:49,530 Speaker 2: this whole thing's about. This era. 413 00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:52,630 Speaker 4: Podcast with us. 414 00:20:53,890 --> 00:20:55,670 Speaker 2: Nobody knew you was going to fuck with me so 415 00:20:55,710 --> 00:21:00,470 Speaker 2: much on this show. They know your personality now. Way on. Yeah. 416 00:21:00,890 --> 00:21:02,590 Speaker 2: All right. Flag on the plate. 417 00:21:02,609 --> 00:21:05,970 Speaker 4: Nobody knew that you were a sniper from around the... Yo, 418 00:21:06,060 --> 00:21:08,250 Speaker 4: but let me tell you something. But it allows you... 419 00:21:08,150 --> 00:21:11,919 Speaker 4: Because at one time, everybody was tough. Nobody talked. And 420 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 4: it was just the records and the videos. We looked 421 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,250 Speaker 4: at everybody like... You know, we wouldn't even talk to 422 00:21:17,290 --> 00:21:19,290 Speaker 4: our best friends. You know what I'm saying? 423 00:21:19,350 --> 00:21:22,340 Speaker 2: Me mugging everywhere you went. Me mugging our friends. 424 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 4: You know, but now you get to show your personality 425 00:21:26,220 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 4: and show who you are. 426 00:21:28,180 --> 00:21:30,740 Speaker 2: And that's dope. You know, the other day I drove 427 00:21:30,780 --> 00:21:34,500 Speaker 2: with Rem. Did I tell you that story? First time I. 428 00:21:34,460 --> 00:21:38,159 Speaker 4: Drove with Rem in like 10 years, 15 years that 429 00:21:38,180 --> 00:21:41,460 Speaker 4: we're in the car alone. She's playing me her new album. 430 00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:44,859 Speaker 4: We got pulled over by the cops. No, the newer album. 431 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:46,980 Speaker 4: Now we got pulled over by the cops. The first 432 00:21:47,030 --> 00:21:51,130 Speaker 4: time we drove together. Motherfucker pulled me over talking about 433 00:21:51,150 --> 00:21:55,729 Speaker 4: your license expired. I said, this is impossible. Nah, the 434 00:21:55,810 --> 00:21:59,030 Speaker 4: computer said, I said, bro, you got to be kidding me. 435 00:21:59,150 --> 00:22:01,540 Speaker 2: I gave him the license. He was like, I said, 436 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,460 Speaker 2: what'd it say on there? I said, no, no. I said, yo, 437 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 2: I said, you know, his partner comes. He said, we 438 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:08,219 Speaker 2: got two for the price of one. 439 00:22:09,310 --> 00:22:12,690 Speaker 4: Can I get a picture with you guys? 440 00:22:12,770 --> 00:22:14,610 Speaker 1: I was about to say, y'all got to be good. 441 00:22:14,450 --> 00:22:14,950 Speaker 2: In New York. 442 00:22:15,010 --> 00:22:17,409 Speaker 7: Were you in New York or were you in Florida? No, 443 00:22:17,450 --> 00:22:20,850 Speaker 7: I was in Jersey. But they're good people. Cool with 444 00:22:20,890 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 7: the cops. I told Remy, Remy had the video. She 445 00:22:23,820 --> 00:22:27,060 Speaker 7: was trying to make it a scandal. Scandalo TV. 446 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,179 Speaker 4: She was like, yo, they're pulling over the black and 447 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,780 Speaker 4: the Hispanic in the suburbs of Jersey. 448 00:22:33,220 --> 00:22:37,159 Speaker 2: Stay tuned. She had the dash. I said, no, no, no, no, no. 449 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:39,670 Speaker 2: I said, these people are nice to me. They're always 450 00:22:39,750 --> 00:22:41,970 Speaker 2: nice to me here. Don't do it, fam. 451 00:22:42,010 --> 00:22:45,290 Speaker 4: Don't put it on blast. But that shit was crazy, though. 452 00:22:45,670 --> 00:22:47,710 Speaker 4: You know, they'll still pull you over 2026. We good 453 00:22:47,890 --> 00:22:50,230 Speaker 4: in New York. We good in New York. 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I love working with Pharrell. 479 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,140 Speaker 1: We had worked together just a little bit before, just 480 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,030 Speaker 1: a song here and a song there. 481 00:24:24,050 --> 00:24:26,090 Speaker 2: So he did one song on my third album, one 482 00:24:26,130 --> 00:24:27,530 Speaker 2: song on my fifth album. 483 00:24:28,530 --> 00:24:30,950 Speaker 1: But we had never really spent that much time together 484 00:24:31,010 --> 00:24:32,330 Speaker 1: and done a whole project together. 485 00:24:32,750 --> 00:24:34,330 Speaker 2: And he called me at the end of 2024. 486 00:24:34,310 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: He was like, what are you working on? I've been 487 00:24:37,260 --> 00:24:38,540 Speaker 1: really inspired by your voice. 488 00:24:38,900 --> 00:24:41,340 Speaker 2: I had done the Birds Don't Sing track for the Clips. 489 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 1: And he was like, I really want to work with 490 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,660 Speaker 1: you and do a whole album based around your voice. 491 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,020 Speaker 1: And he's like, I got all these ideas. I got beats. 492 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:54,669 Speaker 1: I got song ideas. When you coming to Paris? And 493 00:24:54,710 --> 00:24:56,570 Speaker 1: I was like, I'm actually going to be there next month. 494 00:24:57,790 --> 00:25:00,590 Speaker 1: So let's get in then. And we started it then. 495 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,020 Speaker 1: And we made a whole album together, man. He's based 496 00:25:04,060 --> 00:25:05,820 Speaker 1: out of Paris now? He's based there. So he's not 497 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 1: in Miami. He's Louis Vuitton like full time. His kids 498 00:25:09,619 --> 00:25:12,590 Speaker 1: go to school in Paris. I just want free clothes. 499 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:16,430 Speaker 2: That's it. 500 00:25:16,450 --> 00:25:18,770 Speaker 1: So I would go to Paris and we'd work out 501 00:25:18,810 --> 00:25:23,109 Speaker 1: of the Louis Vuitton offices. So we're walking through the 502 00:25:23,170 --> 00:25:27,159 Speaker 1: hall and there's designs everywhere. The designers are working, huddled up. 503 00:25:27,450 --> 00:25:30,070 Speaker 1: And then at the end of the office, there's a 504 00:25:30,190 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 1: corner office with A studio. Piano sitting there. And we 505 00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: were making a record right there. 506 00:25:37,180 --> 00:25:41,260 Speaker 4: You know, they would notice things missing in the loop. 507 00:25:41,340 --> 00:25:44,439 Speaker 2: If I worked with him for a week, shit be messing. 508 00:25:44,980 --> 00:25:47,400 Speaker 4: I'm looking for that million dollar bag he showed that 509 00:25:47,460 --> 00:25:49,389 Speaker 4: time with that gold. I'm going to take the chance. 510 00:25:50,369 --> 00:25:52,990 Speaker 4: I'm going to go for it. Paris is such a 511 00:25:53,050 --> 00:25:56,130 Speaker 4: beautiful place, man. A special place. Yeah. 512 00:25:56,150 --> 00:25:58,490 Speaker 2: It was inspiring to be there. Yeah. 513 00:25:59,050 --> 00:26:02,350 Speaker 3: Making this album, did you and him have, what's the 514 00:26:02,410 --> 00:26:03,209 Speaker 3: back and forth? 515 00:26:03,250 --> 00:26:05,910 Speaker 2: Like, what's the... There's conversations, man. 516 00:26:05,950 --> 00:26:09,030 Speaker 1: You know, when you're in a creative collaboration, you're not 517 00:26:09,109 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 1: always going to agree on everything. And we would go 518 00:26:12,340 --> 00:26:15,340 Speaker 1: back and forth about this or that arrangement, this or 519 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:19,020 Speaker 1: that instrument being included. And I have my ideas, he 520 00:26:19,060 --> 00:26:21,500 Speaker 1: has his. And, you know, you just got to get 521 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,530 Speaker 1: to the point where the record is what wins. The 522 00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:28,790 Speaker 1: music is what wins. And not worry about ego. And 523 00:26:28,810 --> 00:26:30,970 Speaker 1: then at the end of the whole process, he was like, man, 524 00:26:31,010 --> 00:26:33,690 Speaker 1: thank you for trusting me. Thank you for going through 525 00:26:33,710 --> 00:26:35,649 Speaker 1: this whole journey with me. I remember calling you that 526 00:26:35,710 --> 00:26:38,820 Speaker 1: first day and seeing if you were interested in doing this. 527 00:26:39,380 --> 00:26:41,780 Speaker 1: And the fact that we completed this whole journey together 528 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,140 Speaker 1: is beautiful. And I'm so proud of what we made together. 529 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 1: Like the music is incredible. The visuals are incredible. His 530 00:26:48,859 --> 00:26:53,500 Speaker 1: whole team has been collaborating with us on videos, photos, everything, 531 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:57,700 Speaker 1: and just having all that creative energy and artistic ability. 532 00:26:58,310 --> 00:27:01,869 Speaker 2: Pouring it all into this project has been incredible. Looking 533 00:27:01,930 --> 00:27:05,070 Speaker 2: forward to hearing this thing. Yeah, sir. Oh, we got 534 00:27:05,090 --> 00:27:08,790 Speaker 2: a track. What are we playing? Uh-oh. All right. What 535 00:27:08,869 --> 00:27:11,970 Speaker 2: are we playing? This is new. It's called Bodies on 536 00:27:11,990 --> 00:27:15,820 Speaker 2: the Floor. It's not out yet. It features clips. Pusha 537 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,500 Speaker 2: T and Malice are both on the track. Oh, shit. 538 00:27:18,780 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 1: Produced by Pharrell Williams, like the whole album. And Newsflash, 539 00:27:24,260 --> 00:27:25,680 Speaker 1: we just shot a video for this. 540 00:27:25,859 --> 00:27:29,820 Speaker 2: Wow. Just two days ago. Only on Joe and Jada. 541 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,100 Speaker 4: You know, I say to him, he got that one line. 542 00:27:34,140 --> 00:27:38,290 Speaker 4: He says, sound anything like Jada, then sign right here. 543 00:27:38,330 --> 00:27:40,949 Speaker 4: Like the labels, if you sound like Jada. Do a 544 00:27:40,990 --> 00:27:44,590 Speaker 4: song with John Legend, that Grammy coming somehow. 545 00:27:44,910 --> 00:27:47,550 Speaker 2: He the cheat code for it. You need to school me. 546 00:27:47,710 --> 00:27:49,780 Speaker 2: You know what I mean? Right here. The first track 547 00:27:49,820 --> 00:27:53,650 Speaker 2: I did with Khaled, was Grammy Family. With Nipsey. Oh, no, 548 00:27:53,670 --> 00:27:55,109 Speaker 2: you did that. Grammy Family. 549 00:27:55,130 --> 00:27:57,270 Speaker 6: That's one of my favorite. I love that beat. Oh, no, 550 00:27:57,290 --> 00:28:06,460 Speaker 6: with KMT. Good music to Grammy Family. And he didn't 551 00:28:06,500 --> 00:28:09,420 Speaker 6: have a Grammy yet, but he was already, like, claiming it. Like, 552 00:28:09,740 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 6: we the Grammy Family. And his first Grammy, we won 553 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:14,860 Speaker 6: for the track we did with Nipsey Hussle. 554 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:19,220 Speaker 2: Yeah, fire. Rest in peace, Nip. Let's go. Body's on 555 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:23,379 Speaker 2: the floor. Here we go. Put it loud. Put it up. 556 00:28:23,390 --> 00:28:53,370 Speaker 2: Put it up. And all it. 557 00:28:53,330 --> 00:29:01,270 Speaker 5: Costs, something we just can't afford to say. I can't 558 00:29:01,330 --> 00:29:08,430 Speaker 5: keep repeating, so I'm retreating. I can't find a reason 559 00:29:08,930 --> 00:29:14,190 Speaker 5: for me to stay. All this blood on the table, 560 00:29:14,260 --> 00:29:15,630 Speaker 5: bodies on the floor. 561 00:29:17,620 --> 00:29:19,959 Speaker 2: It's a war. It's a war that I don't want 562 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,140 Speaker 2: to fight no more. 563 00:29:22,780 --> 00:29:27,340 Speaker 5: Only heaven can save us. Stretch my hands to the Lord. 564 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,140 Speaker 2: The choice is yours. 565 00:29:30,220 --> 00:29:32,930 Speaker 5: It's a war that we don't have to fight no more. 566 00:29:34,750 --> 00:29:36,590 Speaker 2: We can split the homes down the middle. 567 00:29:37,010 --> 00:29:38,830 Speaker 3: Send them cars back to the dealers. 568 00:29:39,090 --> 00:29:31,110 Speaker 2: The jury in the We'll be right back. 569 00:29:52,970 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 5: The women with no man that don't make no sense 570 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 5: you trying to find me guilty. 571 00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,420 Speaker 3: With no prince what's the bff to. 572 00:29:59,340 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 6: All these vvs all your. 573 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:05,290 Speaker 3: Little girlfriends starting little messes the only thing missing are 574 00:30:05,310 --> 00:30:08,410 Speaker 3: their wedding dresses while they was counting x's you was 575 00:30:08,470 --> 00:30:12,490 Speaker 3: counting blessings You be sitting pretty, they happy with 50-50. 576 00:30:12,730 --> 00:30:16,430 Speaker 3: Imagine going half on a loft outside the city. Sometimes 577 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:19,420 Speaker 3: silence is way worse than violence. Feel like we on 578 00:30:19,500 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 3: two different islands. 579 00:30:21,260 --> 00:30:26,140 Speaker 5: When there's blood on the table, bodies on the floor. 580 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:30,240 Speaker 5: It's a war, it's a war that I don't want 581 00:30:30,260 --> 00:30:36,100 Speaker 5: to fight no more. Only heaven can save me. Stretch 582 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:40,570 Speaker 5: my hand to the Lord. Hey, the transit yard is 583 00:30:40,590 --> 00:30:40,990 Speaker 5: a wall. 584 00:30:41,290 --> 00:30:45,130 Speaker 2: And we don't have to fight no more. They say 585 00:30:45,470 --> 00:30:47,370 Speaker 2: all is fair in love and war. 586 00:30:48,190 --> 00:30:51,780 Speaker 5: What am I still jealous for? I'll let you leave, 587 00:30:52,020 --> 00:30:53,240 Speaker 5: but can't let you go. 588 00:30:53,660 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 2: Is that someone else? I don't want to know. Can't 589 00:30:56,440 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 2: see those hands on your body. It's either me or nobody. 590 00:31:02,060 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 2: But is the blue worth the bad? Do I miss 591 00:31:04,460 --> 00:31:08,300 Speaker 2: what we had? So much that I need it right back. 592 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:14,660 Speaker 2: After all this time. Can't get you off my mind. 593 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 5: Maybe I drank too much and I just need you tonight. 594 00:31:21,410 --> 00:31:25,930 Speaker 5: Late night call. Do you miss me at all? We'll 595 00:31:25,970 --> 00:31:31,670 Speaker 5: get back together. No regret until the morning light. When 596 00:31:31,710 --> 00:31:36,950 Speaker 5: there's blood on the table Bodies on the floor. 597 00:31:38,140 --> 00:31:40,200 Speaker 2: It's a war, it's a war. 598 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:44,360 Speaker 5: That I don't wanna fight no more Only heaven can 599 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:50,270 Speaker 5: save me Stretch my hands to the Lord The charge is. 600 00:31:50,230 --> 00:31:52,990 Speaker 2: Yours, it's a war That we don't have to fight. 601 00:31:52,770 --> 00:31:57,690 Speaker 5: No more We don't have to fight no more We 602 00:31:57,710 --> 00:32:01,910 Speaker 5: don't have to fight no more It's a. 603 00:32:01,890 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 2: War, it's a war. Look, we don't have to fight 604 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:05,110 Speaker 2: no more. 605 00:32:10,530 --> 00:32:15,450 Speaker 4: I think it's the first time I threw flags to 606 00:32:15,470 --> 00:32:22,610 Speaker 4: this shit so disrespectful. That shit, bro. I can't even 607 00:32:22,690 --> 00:32:26,800 Speaker 4: begin to explain. Like, I know exactly what happened there. Like, me. 608 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:31,620 Speaker 4: I know exactly what happened in that production and everything. 609 00:32:32,020 --> 00:32:38,700 Speaker 2: When the shit switched up. I heard everything. Yeah, yeah. Nah, it's... Man, 610 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:43,110 Speaker 2: you guys. Man. Man. 611 00:32:43,250 --> 00:32:46,210 Speaker 4: So in the moment, and then when the horn coming 612 00:32:46,290 --> 00:32:48,150 Speaker 4: after the piano, man, man. 613 00:32:48,170 --> 00:32:52,130 Speaker 2: I'm like, yo, this shit is... It's perfection. Thank you. 614 00:32:52,270 --> 00:32:56,670 Speaker 2: Thank you. October 23rd. October 23rd. Muse, baby. 615 00:32:57,950 --> 00:33:01,340 Speaker 1: That's one of my favorites. Fireflies is one of my favorites. 616 00:33:02,540 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 1: Daylight's one of my favorites. 617 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:09,050 Speaker 2: We got some heat. Let me tell you something. Hold on. 618 00:33:09,070 --> 00:33:10,290 Speaker 2: Let me tell you something, right? 619 00:33:11,110 --> 00:33:13,150 Speaker 4: And out of this whole interview, because this has been 620 00:33:13,190 --> 00:33:16,030 Speaker 4: a great interview, and we're honored to have you here, brother, 621 00:33:16,070 --> 00:33:18,969 Speaker 4: because you're a pillar of the community. 622 00:33:19,010 --> 00:33:21,690 Speaker 2: You're a fucking legend. You're an icon, like he says. 623 00:33:21,790 --> 00:33:24,370 Speaker 4: But what I will take home as a hip-hop head 624 00:33:25,380 --> 00:33:29,000 Speaker 4: is with all the accolades you have, you start singing 625 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:32,780 Speaker 4: that shit live right there. I was like, yo, that's 626 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:36,540 Speaker 4: day one type of shit, right? We'll play our song 627 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,630 Speaker 4: and just be like, well, you went in. Like, I 628 00:33:39,750 --> 00:33:43,150 Speaker 4: love that shit, man. You don't lose the passion for 629 00:33:43,230 --> 00:33:44,950 Speaker 4: the music no matter what. 630 00:33:45,150 --> 00:33:48,209 Speaker 1: I love this music, man. I'm proud of it. I 631 00:33:48,270 --> 00:33:52,610 Speaker 1: love singing it. I love the creative process that went 632 00:33:52,670 --> 00:33:56,540 Speaker 1: into it. The collaborative process that went into it. Like, 633 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:02,970 Speaker 1: you just have geniuses. Like, that whole record is Pharrell. 634 00:34:03,050 --> 00:34:04,450 Speaker 1: It's a lot of fuckery going on. 635 00:34:04,450 --> 00:34:10,650 Speaker 2: Pusha T. Malice. Terrace Martin, who's an incredible musician and producer. 636 00:34:11,030 --> 00:34:12,310 Speaker 2: He produced all the horns on it. 637 00:34:13,300 --> 00:34:16,219 Speaker 4: I'm telling you, that shit hit every gimmick of a 638 00:34:16,260 --> 00:34:18,279 Speaker 4: real hip-hop hand ever created. 639 00:34:18,390 --> 00:34:18,739 Speaker 2: Yeah. 640 00:34:18,969 --> 00:34:21,730 Speaker 4: When the horn come, when the piano go in, when 641 00:34:21,810 --> 00:34:24,230 Speaker 4: it switches up, when you saying the blood on the tape, 642 00:34:24,770 --> 00:34:27,390 Speaker 4: all that is a lot of fuckery going on in 643 00:34:27,590 --> 00:34:31,470 Speaker 4: this record right here. It's just disrespect is what I'm 644 00:34:31,489 --> 00:34:34,100 Speaker 4: trying to tell you. To a hip-hop head, that shit 645 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:39,220 Speaker 4: is not right. It's not right. Y'all touched every DNA. 646 00:34:39,940 --> 00:34:42,320 Speaker 4: Every simple... Nah, I get it. 647 00:34:42,780 --> 00:34:47,990 Speaker 2: I get it. This shit is crazy. I can't wait 648 00:34:48,010 --> 00:34:50,710 Speaker 2: to hear this album. When this album come out? October 23rd. 649 00:34:52,030 --> 00:34:53,090 Speaker 2: It's coming out tomorrow. 650 00:34:53,290 --> 00:34:58,630 Speaker 1: And I would say probably, I would guess the video 651 00:34:58,670 --> 00:35:01,290 Speaker 1: is probably coming out right around that time. So the 652 00:35:01,350 --> 00:35:04,210 Speaker 1: video with Pusha T and Malice is coming out tomorrow. 653 00:35:04,230 --> 00:35:08,489 Speaker 1: The album's dropping tomorrow. I'm so proud of it. I'm 654 00:35:08,510 --> 00:35:09,630 Speaker 1: so excited for people to hear it. 655 00:35:14,230 --> 00:35:20,150 Speaker 3: JoeAndJayTheShow.com. We got new merch fresh off the presses. Go 656 00:35:20,270 --> 00:35:23,730 Speaker 3: get it. Big out of big. 657 00:35:23,989 --> 00:35:28,509 Speaker 2: JoeAndJayTheShow.com. You can get these. A little cold for a 658 00:35:28,570 --> 00:35:29,890 Speaker 2: t-shirt with a hoodie. 659 00:35:30,250 --> 00:35:34,460 Speaker 4: It's my favorite right there. I need an extra large. JoeAndJayTheShow.com. 660 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:44,259 Speaker 4: Go there and get it. Man, it's amazing, man. And 661 00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:48,400 Speaker 4: it's an honor to have you here, man, because, you know, 662 00:35:48,420 --> 00:35:50,910 Speaker 4: you've done a lot for hip hop music, you know, 663 00:35:51,290 --> 00:35:53,070 Speaker 4: just music in general, man. 664 00:35:53,110 --> 00:35:55,089 Speaker 2: Get us through. People don't understand this. 665 00:35:55,790 --> 00:35:59,089 Speaker 4: Being an artist is a service, you know, and it's 666 00:35:59,130 --> 00:36:00,980 Speaker 4: like you make people happy. 667 00:36:01,060 --> 00:36:03,859 Speaker 2: You know, people watch their mothers sing your songs. Yeah. 668 00:36:04,710 --> 00:36:07,569 Speaker 4: You know, it's like, like I always know, like my wife's, 669 00:36:08,050 --> 00:36:10,910 Speaker 4: one of her best friends is Mary, right? And so 670 00:36:11,590 --> 00:36:15,609 Speaker 4: it's hard to be that cool with Mary, chilling with 671 00:36:15,650 --> 00:36:17,790 Speaker 4: her all the time, going to dinner, this and this 672 00:36:17,850 --> 00:36:22,890 Speaker 4: and that, because when people overreact, I don't really think 673 00:36:22,910 --> 00:36:25,200 Speaker 4: they overreact. I'd be like, yo, you know how many 674 00:36:25,260 --> 00:36:27,009 Speaker 4: times they watch their mother cry? 675 00:36:27,410 --> 00:36:31,080 Speaker 2: They love her. She has a place in every mother's heart. 676 00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:36,170 Speaker 1: And she made those lyrics that, Everybody felt and everybody, 677 00:36:36,750 --> 00:36:38,569 Speaker 1: like when she was going through it, everybody was going 678 00:36:38,610 --> 00:36:39,350 Speaker 1: through it with her. 679 00:36:39,890 --> 00:36:42,709 Speaker 2: I want to ask you a corny question, but it's not, right? 680 00:36:43,370 --> 00:36:47,580 Speaker 4: Name some artists that influenced you or you love, love, 681 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:51,820 Speaker 4: love their music. Like, you know, because everybody, the wackest 682 00:36:51,860 --> 00:36:54,040 Speaker 4: people in the world is asking, what's your top five? 683 00:36:54,060 --> 00:36:57,399 Speaker 2: We're not asking that. Just a couple of names out there. 684 00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:00,910 Speaker 1: The artists that influenced me the most, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, 685 00:37:02,150 --> 00:37:08,090 Speaker 1: Nat King Cole, Nina Simone, Donny Hathaway, Curtis Mayfield. Those 686 00:37:08,110 --> 00:37:09,930 Speaker 1: are the artists that really influenced me the most. But 687 00:37:09,989 --> 00:37:14,770 Speaker 1: also my grandmother, who was my first gospel music teacher, basically. 688 00:37:15,050 --> 00:37:18,150 Speaker 1: So my playing style comes a lot from her. And 689 00:37:18,190 --> 00:37:21,340 Speaker 1: then I got to be part of Lauryn Hill's Miss Education. 690 00:37:21,380 --> 00:37:25,719 Speaker 1: I might play piano on that. And that was during 691 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:29,919 Speaker 1: that time. It was important, especially during that time, because 692 00:37:29,940 --> 00:37:31,860 Speaker 1: that's when I was thinking about my solo career and 693 00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:33,950 Speaker 1: the kind of music I wanted to make. And that 694 00:37:34,030 --> 00:37:35,989 Speaker 1: album was like the beacon for a lot of us 695 00:37:36,630 --> 00:37:39,509 Speaker 1: out there that influenced us so much and inspired us 696 00:37:39,590 --> 00:37:42,009 Speaker 1: and made us want to create our own work. And 697 00:37:42,330 --> 00:37:44,790 Speaker 1: I would say she was a huge influence, too. You 698 00:37:44,830 --> 00:37:47,730 Speaker 1: know what our groupie doubt about? Like last week, we 699 00:37:47,770 --> 00:37:50,450 Speaker 1: had the show in Baltimore, right? We had the Joe 700 00:37:50,469 --> 00:37:51,969 Speaker 1: and Jada Live in Baltimore. 701 00:37:52,610 --> 00:37:55,050 Speaker 4: That same day, I went to Philly because my man 702 00:37:55,090 --> 00:37:57,219 Speaker 4: Rich Zababa was there to get a cut in Philly 703 00:37:57,460 --> 00:37:58,420 Speaker 4: in the hotel. 704 00:37:59,489 --> 00:38:02,330 Speaker 2: Wanya came out the bathroom and was like, yo, Joe, crap. 705 00:38:02,370 --> 00:38:03,210 Speaker 2: I was like, yo. 706 00:38:03,950 --> 00:38:06,790 Speaker 4: I forced him to bring the other two guys downstairs, 707 00:38:06,810 --> 00:38:08,930 Speaker 4: Sean and him. You had a Boyz II Men moment. 708 00:38:09,050 --> 00:38:12,049 Speaker 4: I fucking love Boyz II Men. And I'm chilling with 709 00:38:12,090 --> 00:38:14,549 Speaker 4: my security and all that. And the man, I said, yo, 710 00:38:14,570 --> 00:38:16,210 Speaker 4: let me ask you. I asked him what we got 711 00:38:16,230 --> 00:38:17,770 Speaker 4: in the car. I said, yo, Carlos, let me ask 712 00:38:17,790 --> 00:38:18,130 Speaker 4: you something. 713 00:38:18,770 --> 00:38:21,489 Speaker 2: You ever see me? He said, boss, I ain't never 714 00:38:21,530 --> 00:38:22,140 Speaker 2: seen that guy. 715 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:24,840 Speaker 4: Fucking Boyz II Men. 716 00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:26,719 Speaker 1: Boyz II Men was influenced too. When I was in 717 00:38:26,739 --> 00:38:30,000 Speaker 1: high school, that's when they were huge. And anybody who 718 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:32,540 Speaker 1: wanted to sing, we were singing End of the Road. 719 00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:33,560 Speaker 2: We were singing It's. 720 00:38:35,719 --> 00:38:39,040 Speaker 1: So Hard to Say Goodbye. I'll Make Love to You. 721 00:38:39,060 --> 00:38:42,340 Speaker 1: All those songs, we was harmonizing together. We looked up 722 00:38:42,380 --> 00:38:45,660 Speaker 1: to them. We looked up to Jodeci, like those artists. 723 00:38:46,310 --> 00:38:47,770 Speaker 1: during that time was so important. 724 00:38:47,830 --> 00:38:51,090 Speaker 4: Nine out of every ten people who've ever said, Joe, 725 00:38:51,110 --> 00:38:53,570 Speaker 4: can I sing for you? They sung this one Alicia 726 00:38:53,610 --> 00:38:54,370 Speaker 4: Keys song. 727 00:38:54,890 --> 00:38:55,629 Speaker 2: If I Ain't Got You. 728 00:38:56,070 --> 00:38:59,240 Speaker 4: If I Ain't Got You. Why'd they pick that song? 729 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,600 Speaker 4: Is there a gimmick to the singers? Like, you can 730 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:03,399 Speaker 4: hit different notes. 731 00:39:03,460 --> 00:39:05,140 Speaker 2: What is it? Why'd they pick that song? 732 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:06,899 Speaker 1: It's a good song to show off your voice because 733 00:39:06,980 --> 00:39:11,140 Speaker 1: it has enough range, it has passion, and everybody knows it. 734 00:39:11,950 --> 00:39:14,489 Speaker 1: It's definitely a good tryout song. It's a good audition song. 735 00:39:14,989 --> 00:39:18,720 Speaker 1: For a lot of the men, they sing Ordinary People. Yeah, 736 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,279 Speaker 1: they'll be like, yo, let me sing Ordinary People. 737 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:21,640 Speaker 5: Yeah. 738 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:26,470 Speaker 1: I have a show that's going on to Broadway soon, 739 00:39:26,730 --> 00:39:28,569 Speaker 1: and we're at the Shed here in New York. 740 00:39:28,989 --> 00:39:30,730 Speaker 2: It's called Imitation of Life. I wrote the lyrics and 741 00:39:30,770 --> 00:39:31,270 Speaker 2: music for it. 742 00:39:31,790 --> 00:39:36,169 Speaker 1: And the director and anybody who's hosted auditions before said, 743 00:39:36,930 --> 00:39:39,609 Speaker 1: if I could get paid off every time I heard 744 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,320 Speaker 1: a man come in and sing Ordinary People for an audition, 745 00:39:42,900 --> 00:39:45,860 Speaker 1: I'd be rich. Just because it's one of those songs 746 00:39:45,900 --> 00:39:47,620 Speaker 1: that people love to cover. 747 00:39:47,660 --> 00:39:49,120 Speaker 2: And I think If I Ain't Got You is one 748 00:39:49,140 --> 00:39:51,450 Speaker 2: of those songs, too. You know, when I heard this 749 00:39:51,510 --> 00:39:54,410 Speaker 2: song right now you played, man, it reminded me. Yo, 750 00:39:54,469 --> 00:39:57,660 Speaker 2: do me a favor. Don't watch this movie. Lizzie Borden. 751 00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:02,899 Speaker 2: It's called Monster. Don't watch it. Netflix. Don't watch it. 752 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:07,040 Speaker 2: She killed for a living. There's blood all over this shit. 753 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:09,580 Speaker 2: It was amazing, too. The guy who did that, he 754 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,500 Speaker 2: did Jeffrey Dahmer. Oh, wow. He did the Andrew Cunanan. 755 00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:14,899 Speaker 2: This is on Netflix? This guy's incredible, man. 756 00:40:14,940 --> 00:40:17,410 Speaker 4: And when you said I got the blood on the table, 757 00:40:17,739 --> 00:40:19,470 Speaker 4: I just finished watching this shit. 758 00:40:19,550 --> 00:40:23,250 Speaker 2: When I was writing this song, I was watching Mobland. 759 00:40:23,890 --> 00:40:25,750 Speaker 2: I love Mobland. 760 00:40:26,250 --> 00:40:32,009 Speaker 1: And I was really thinking about that mob war shit 761 00:40:32,110 --> 00:40:35,549 Speaker 1: when I was writing it. And I wasn't going through 762 00:40:35,570 --> 00:40:39,410 Speaker 1: it with my wife. It sounds like we was having 763 00:40:39,430 --> 00:40:41,009 Speaker 1: an epic fight. We were about to break up. 764 00:40:41,270 --> 00:40:43,989 Speaker 2: But no, we weren't. But I was listening to this. 765 00:40:44,870 --> 00:40:47,350 Speaker 2: I was writing the song. I was watching that show 766 00:40:47,370 --> 00:40:47,969 Speaker 2: during that time. 767 00:40:48,290 --> 00:40:50,069 Speaker 1: And I was just thinking about what it means to 768 00:40:50,150 --> 00:40:53,350 Speaker 1: be in a war with somebody and always having revenge 769 00:40:53,410 --> 00:40:56,210 Speaker 1: and always out for the other person. And when do 770 00:40:56,270 --> 00:40:58,590 Speaker 1: you settle it and just have peace for everybody? 771 00:40:58,980 --> 00:41:00,299 Speaker 2: And so that's what I wrote the song about. Then 772 00:41:00,340 --> 00:41:02,779 Speaker 2: you wanted her back after the whole shit. Exactly. Like, 773 00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:06,140 Speaker 2: can you come back one more time? Can I see 774 00:41:06,180 --> 00:41:08,739 Speaker 2: you once again? That's the hardest time. Can't get you 775 00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:09,900 Speaker 2: off my mind. 776 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:12,840 Speaker 3: You make a lot of good music. 777 00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:16,450 Speaker 2: Thank you, sir. With Ross, though. Like, Ross, he gets 778 00:41:16,489 --> 00:41:18,780 Speaker 2: you in, like, this pocket. Yeah. 779 00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,649 Speaker 1: Well, I think Ross is great at beat selection, first 780 00:41:21,710 --> 00:41:24,609 Speaker 1: of all. And especially all the Justice League stuff we've 781 00:41:24,630 --> 00:41:27,920 Speaker 1: done together. Like, It really fits his voice well, but 782 00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:29,620 Speaker 1: it also fits my voice very well. 783 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:32,680 Speaker 2: And our voices just, they mesh. 784 00:41:32,900 --> 00:41:36,029 Speaker 1: Something about our voices, that baritone that he has and 785 00:41:36,050 --> 00:41:37,390 Speaker 1: the baritone that I have, it just. 786 00:41:37,290 --> 00:41:38,150 Speaker 2: Works well together. 787 00:41:38,610 --> 00:41:40,430 Speaker 1: And we just always make classic shit together. 788 00:41:40,690 --> 00:41:42,109 Speaker 2: First one was Magnificent. 789 00:41:42,690 --> 00:41:46,509 Speaker 1: He actually had done a remix to Green Light before that, 790 00:41:46,750 --> 00:41:48,210 Speaker 1: that we just put out on mixtapes. 791 00:41:48,450 --> 00:41:51,710 Speaker 2: But the first true record we did together was Magnificent. 792 00:41:52,050 --> 00:41:54,770 Speaker 1: And then we've done enough records together that we can 793 00:41:54,810 --> 00:41:57,910 Speaker 1: make a whole album of Join collaborations. 794 00:41:58,190 --> 00:42:01,170 Speaker 2: Yeah, but it don't lose. And he speaks so highly 795 00:42:01,250 --> 00:42:04,259 Speaker 2: about you. Yeah. He came on this show and was like, yo, 796 00:42:04,300 --> 00:42:06,259 Speaker 2: you know, I got John. Yeah. 797 00:42:06,469 --> 00:42:09,180 Speaker 1: He's been on two of my albums and I've been on, 798 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:11,500 Speaker 1: I think, five of his albums. 799 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:14,140 Speaker 2: Yeah. He fucked with you. He told me you the 800 00:42:14,180 --> 00:42:21,480 Speaker 2: cheat code. Our voices just, they just click. They click. Yeah. 801 00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:22,580 Speaker 5: Yeah. 802 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:28,000 Speaker 2: Thank you all. You got one for him? We do. Oh, 803 00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:30,600 Speaker 2: you got one? Oh, yeah, we got one. Kiss, you 804 00:42:30,620 --> 00:42:34,460 Speaker 2: top five. You top five dead or alive. Kiss, I don't... 805 00:42:34,540 --> 00:42:37,340 Speaker 2: What do you think? You think I don't... Joe, we 806 00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:39,850 Speaker 2: ain't got one together. That's the only issue. That's the 807 00:42:39,930 --> 00:42:46,129 Speaker 2: biggest problem. That's... I ain't going to play, brother. You 808 00:42:46,170 --> 00:42:47,490 Speaker 2: need one with Fat Joe. 809 00:42:47,510 --> 00:42:49,029 Speaker 4: Maybe I'll win the Grammy then. 810 00:42:49,070 --> 00:42:50,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, let's go. Let's get the Grammy. I'm looking for 811 00:42:50,700 --> 00:42:54,140 Speaker 2: the Grammy. I'm looking... Listen, Grammy mania. 812 00:42:54,180 --> 00:42:54,500 Speaker 4: Yes. 813 00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:58,969 Speaker 2: I got an album out there. Organized rhymes. Let's go. 814 00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:02,580 Speaker 2: Let's go. Let's get to it. This ain't that. That 815 00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:04,600 Speaker 2: ain't this. It's Crackin' Kiss, guys. 816 00:43:04,620 --> 00:43:12,930 Speaker 3: Make some noise for John Legend. Muse, October 23rd. Today 817 00:43:12,950 --> 00:43:14,650 Speaker 3: in stores midnight. 818 00:43:15,290 --> 00:43:18,730 Speaker 2: Get it. Let's go. This album about to be something incredible. 819 00:43:19,450 --> 00:43:21,980 Speaker 2: Appreciate y'all. That was fun.