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I'm Fresh and you are now listening to the Breaks podcast. These are highlights from our Saturday night hip-hop show on KUTX 98.9 in Austin, Texas. My co-host Confucius Jones and I are native Austinites and we love talking to hip-hop, Texas hip-hop, hip-hop history, and what's going on right now. And just so 
you know, the opinions expressed in the podcast are our own and do not necessarily reflect the position of KUTX in Austin, Texas.

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We here to talk over the airwaves. No
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be. Wake up, wake up, wake up this is

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you ain't. So let's proceed with

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the wave. 98.9 You in the place to be
wake up wake up 
wake this is the

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Breaks.

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So like I said, South by Southwest

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is over. South by South-breaks 2024
is over.

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Actually, I feel like we're
forgetting somebody. Jakarta.

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Jakarta.

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I need to tag Mike on this graphic,

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cause I was when I was making the

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pose, I'm like, I forgot somebody.

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But he had and shoutout them, they

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had a great show.

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My favorite part of it was our

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shortest bout that breaks.

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I love that I was home by 1130.

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I love that, I mean, I went home and

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took a shower and got nice and snug

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in my bed.

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It was a great, great show.

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So now, of course,

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I understand it and we're kind

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of doing the same thing. You take

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time to get

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your life back together after South

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by Southwest.

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If you're involved in a heavy way

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and also to look forward to the next

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year.

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Great. Some people a friend

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of ours who was working south by.

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They go on vacation right

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after.

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I wish I could.

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Well, I mean, some people here, even

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did.

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I probably am next year.

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Wouldn't be mad at it.

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But there's nothing wrong with

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looking forward to the next year

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right now. Granted.

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With that being said, we have no

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idea who's going to be on side by

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side.

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None.

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That's not even an inkling.

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But for all of you out there who saw

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the lineup.

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And all of you out there who hit us

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up wanting to be on the lineup.

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This is the best way to get on

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our radar.

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And we're about to explain it.

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I'll start it off.

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First off, start submitting

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music now.

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That's the simplest thing I can give

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you to start doing it now.

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Like we said before and numerous

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times on the show, the way we

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operate in terms of selecting

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artists is either one.

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You have undeniably

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created this huge buzz in the city

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within hip hop and R&B, to where we

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have no other choice but to

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put you on a showcase, for example,

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a great source of great songs and

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blew up last year of digits

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shipped through our digits.

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It blew up, we started

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playing it, and then we had heard of

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Summer jam.

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She didn't submit the song to us,

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but the song got so big

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we had no choice but couldn't.

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We could not ignore.

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Couldn't you acknowledge?

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Yes, yes, yeah.

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Now, on the other hand, you have

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somebody like a Jedi I512

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who we have been playing on here for

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a while. He becomes artist of the

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month up here and he gets a rotation

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of KUTX and we also add him a summer

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jam.

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So he went through the process of

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submitting music, getting recognized

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kind of by the listenership here

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and then us adding summer jam.

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So that's kind of how it goes there.

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We try to add people on there who

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not only do we play on a consistent

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basis so the listeners know who they

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are, but somebody who the listeners

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might know about already because of

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the moves they're making in the

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Those are the two best ways I can

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think of to get on.

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Man, put your best foot forward and

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then the best music that you have.

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If we like it, as I tell most of

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y'all, when I see y'all and y'all

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come to me.

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Me. Why you put me on show me,

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man. I needed to Be on this show,

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man. Why am I not going on the show?

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Man. Send the

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music.

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It's very simple, very simple.

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Like I tell a lot of y'all

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KUTX loves when we do something

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or when they do something and hey,

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they have the music to play

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is real easy.

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Something that is already being

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play, whether it's just being played

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on the breaks or in the regular

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rotation.

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They like that.

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Send the music, send the

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music. It's really not that hard,

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man. If you don't want to send the

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music that just tell me you don't

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care. And if you don't care,

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don't expect me to care.

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So send the music.

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It's just, it's it's really as

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simple as that.

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Or like Confucius said,

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man, get your buds up to where

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it is just undeniable.

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Yeah. Just undeniable.

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Like you mentioned, grace.

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And I even say jet.

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I was even at it when we added them

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to Summer jam.

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I think he was at a point to where

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it was like, you really can't ignore

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him. He's kind of the most at

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that point was probably the most, if

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not one of the most consistent

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artists releasing music.

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about Jada. We just happened to get

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him for his very first performance,

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and he hasn't done anything since.

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He's put out music.

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Yeah, he's put out music, but he

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hasn't performed, and I think that's

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just the way he wants it.

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But yeah, word

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we are paying attention.

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I know a lot of y'all think that we

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are not paying attention, but we're

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paying attention.

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And if you don't make the line,

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then you just don't make the lotto.

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Maybe try again next year.

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Like, I mean, to be fair, side

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by side breaks is not to know all

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ends all. But I mean, I get

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it helps and everybody wants that

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stamp of approval and credibility.

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And not just that, but my advice to

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artists would be plan out your year,

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right? Say to yourself, okay,

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I didn't make Side-By-Side breaks in

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March.

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Let's say I'm gonna just take March

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off and reassess some things.

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But when April comes, I'm going to

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start from April to next

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February.

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My plan is going to be this I'm

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going to put up this amount of

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music. I'm submit this amount

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of music to them. I'm gonna reach

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out to them in some way.

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I'm not gonna lie to you guys.

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I don't mind emails.

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And I understand that's some of the

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only way y'all can kind of talk to

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us. But also, it's kind of make

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yourself stand out. And I'm not

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saying, like, I'm just super, super

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special person that needs special

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privileges, but try

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to do something to be like, hey, you

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know, I check out the show all the

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time. I like the last thing I talked

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about. It was really Interesting.

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Don't insult me.

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I tell you that even if you're

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trying to be sarcastic, you

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don't troll me.

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Yeah, that don't work.

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Don't troll me.

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That your music is just undeniably

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that good. Please don't.

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I don't care if it is, I will swipe

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left and delete that.

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Don't troll me.

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Don't throw me.

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You know, just something like that.

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Because what I found is a lot of you

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guys that complain

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about us not playing your music or

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putting you on our showcases,

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or people who want

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to be a part of them, don't

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really listen to the show.

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And so it would help sometimes

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if you out in emails would say like,

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hey man, like, you know, this last

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topic I talked about really

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interesting. Here's my thoughts on

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it. No, I agreed with Frazier.

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You Confucius I have music

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I think you know might fit into

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what you are looking for was good

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and whatever.

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Something like I said to stand out.

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But the main thing is you want

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to be able to create a type

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of brand and buzz that

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the listeners recognize.

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The reason why, you know, you see,

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like the One Trees or the

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Rock, the Park, all these lineups or

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South lineups.

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It's because a lot of these artists

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we play on a consistent basis

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and listeners want to see them.

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I can think of even this year at

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Schultz, you know, we play girl on

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girl a lot and girl, girl and girl.

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And it was a good turnout format.

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Schultz people want to see him cast.

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Overall, I was just about to say I

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missed cast overall, but I heard

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that the turnout for cast overall

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was really good.

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What's her name from?

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Seattle. Brittany.

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Howard.

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No. Not really.

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Yeah. Brittany Davis I heard, like,

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it was a great performer and she had

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a great turnout at the radio days.

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Days? You know why?

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Because we play her consistently.

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And that's the thing. Like, as an

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artist, you want.

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It's kind of like people say about

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money. You want to have different

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streams of income.

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You don't have just one musically.

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You want to be able to have

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as many people as possible listening

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to you so that you get asked to be

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on these stages, because that's

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really what it comes down to.

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And we're we're honestly the lower

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level of it, but it's higher you get

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in the industry. They're going to

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ask you, well, how many streams

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do you have or how many shows have

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you done? What type of shows have

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you done?

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Because nobody wants to take a

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chance on somebody who has nothing.

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And by nothing I mean no buzz, no

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good catalog of music.

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I've talked to a friend of mine.

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He's trying to put out music, I told

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him, I said, man, just rerelease all

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the stuff you already have. You

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think it's good enough to rerelease

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it so you can have a back catalog?

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So when people look you up, they can

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say, oh, he's had this whole thing

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going on.

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For example, I like Lucky Day when

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he dropped a song over what his

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biggest song I rather used biggest

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song.

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It made me really go back and look

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at his past catalog.

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He has a lot of stuff that, you

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know, just never caught on, but

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it was dope.

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Was probably his biggest song.

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But yeah.

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Which song?

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Role some more.

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That's like, oh, was almost Jordan

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excited.

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All right.

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I mean I don't know.

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But I understand what you're saying.

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Even when Romo came out when like

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when you went to look up Lucky Day,

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there was still stuff there.

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Yeah. So I

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same thing that people said about

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Nipsey when Nipsey passed out, I was

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musically. Well, yeah, a lot of it.

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So that's what I tell artists like

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just create a back catalog.

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And just like I said, get to a place

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in your career to then we put

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you on that stage.

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You already have a built in kind

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of base, because what happens is

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a lot of times you guys come to us

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saying, like, I want to be a part of

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South Bass. I break one of the

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people out of Summer jam, and

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we look at him like, if we put him

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on the stage, the people that

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probably show up, it's going to be

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the friends and family, which is

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fine, I get it.

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But bro, this ain't 12th grade

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theater. But we we're trying to, you

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know.

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Trying to catapult you and push you

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forward.

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And reward the listener.

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You know, like, hey, you know, you

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you support this. All this because I

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remember when I went to was after

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the month, had a couple people

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emailed me, fans of KTC saying like,

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oh, we like his music.

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We're fans of him.

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I had that when he was there at the

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when he when he was performing at

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some of them, a lot of people was in

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that they enjoyed hearing him or

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heard him first on the

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breaks and they been enjoying us

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playing him.

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I think, you know, stuff like that

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is important. But like I said, we're

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not thinking about side by side

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breaking down, you know, pop our

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minds probably around November,

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December.

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Don't come in February,

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no part of February

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asking about the show because I'm

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going to tell you by

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February the latter will be done.

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I will be done in January.

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We will be sitting back and

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just waiting for South By to

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happen by February.

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Don't come February say,

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oh, I need to be on that now.

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And if I hear you saying, I don't

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know how they doing it without me,

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I'm going to reply to you and say

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the same way. We've done it for the

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last six years.

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My best example

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is be. My final one would be

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if you're trying to pursue somebody

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romantically.

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My best advice

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on doing that is go after somebody

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who likes you.

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What I mean by that is you go after

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somebody who takes

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an interest in you.

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Wants to support you, wants to help

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you, and wants to be

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a part of your life.

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Right?

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I would suggest not doing that with

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somebody who.

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You just met.

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And the problem with a lot of you,

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honestly, is y'all treat us like

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y'all just met us.

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We've been on the air seven years.

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We've made it very clear from our

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email, Twitter,

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social media, whatever, how to

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submit music.

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Don't pop up on Valentine's

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Day saying, hey, I want you to be my

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Valentine's Day.

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Well, we have never heard about you

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before in our lives.

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Who are you and why should we do

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this.

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And send the music?

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Just send the music, man.

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That is the best way for

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us to gauge whether

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we want you on a show or not.

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May send the music and send it

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consistently.

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Don't just send one song and

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then be like, oh, but I sent one.

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But you sent it in June

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because come time to do

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send us our breaks.

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We might not be playing it anymore.

415
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Exactly.

416
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So there's so many podcasts

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now. So many, so many.

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It's the new I got it mixtape

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effects.

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It's kind of been there, but now

421
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it's like it's.

422
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Really out there, especially for

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athletes. But, we're focusing

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on music.

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Somebody who I've been seeing on

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majority of those podcast,

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is former Roc-A-Fella CEO Damon

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Dash.

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Now I'm going to give you some

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backstory. Dame Dash now headed over

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to fresh for the topic.

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Dame Dash was one third

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of the ownership

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of Roc-A-Fella records, which

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included Dame Dash, Kareem

436
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Biggs Burke and the greatest

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rapper of all time, Jay-Z.

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Dame Dash is responsible

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for elevating Jay-Z

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to superstar status.

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Dame Dash is from Harlem, and

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he took a chance on somebody from

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Brooklyn. If you know anything about

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people from New York.

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People in New York are super

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territorial, so that is a big deal

447
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that somebody from Harlem decided

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to take a chance on a rapper from

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Brooklyn.

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To put it in a Texas reference

451
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is like somebody from Dallas

452
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taking a chance on somebody from

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Houston.

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Eventually paid off.

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Roc-A-Fella records and Jay-Z

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were one of the biggest labels and

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biggest artists of the late 90s and

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early 2000.

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At some point in the mid 2000,

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Dame Dash and Jay-Z Green Big

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Bird go their separate ways.

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The exact details are not known.

463
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There's all kinds of speculation and

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opinions about what happened,

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and to this day, Dame Dash and Jay-Z

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seem to not have any type of

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relationship.

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Dame Dash has been going on podcast

469
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explaining his feelings

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about Jay-Z and what have

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Rockefeller for years,

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so much to the point that what

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people feel like they've talked

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too much.

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But the question I have is,

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does hip hop need another Dame dash?

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Does hip hop need another

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dame?

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Dash.

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Oh, man.

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Now for context,

482
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one of the things that people

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alleged Dame Dash and Jay-Z fill out

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about a Dame dash is very

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egotistical and he yells a lot.

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He's boisterous.

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Yeah.

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So does hip hop need

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another dame, dash?

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I'ma say no.

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My explanation is we already

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have Dame and these

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days I'm big on.

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We already have this.

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We don't need a duplicate of that.

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What hip hop needs is somebody to

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take what Dame did

498
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and then raise the bar and elevate

499
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it. We don't necessarily need

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somebody to come in and be exactly

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what Dame Dash was.

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We just need somebody to come in and

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be better at what Dame did,

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or take what dame did and just take

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it to its

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next evolution, whatever that

507
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may look like.

508
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I know Dame catches a lot

509
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of flak because yes

510
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Dame talks a lot.

511
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Dame is always talked a lot I

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believe is just that.

513
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Now like you said

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everybody has a podcast.

515
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Yeah. And social media pushes

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everybody out there.

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So now we are just really seeing

518
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Dame Dash talk more.

519
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But if you follow Rockefeller

520
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the way Confucius that

521
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I have, you know, like

522
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this is just par for the course

523
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of the day. This is just dame if

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Dame if Roc-A-Fella was still

525
00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:51,829
around, I believe Dame would still

526
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be the most talkative person of

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him, Biggs and J.

528
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I think he would be still on

529
00:14:57,950 --> 00:14:59,959
everybody's podcast

530
00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:01,339
all throughout the city of New York,

531
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cause most of these podcasts I'm

532
00:15:02,510 --> 00:15:04,370
finding are based in New York.

533
00:15:05,380 --> 00:15:06,519
I think he still will be doing it,

534
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but I just think hip

535
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hop needs somebody

536
00:15:10,570 --> 00:15:12,519
to come in and just

537
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do Dane better.

538
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One of the knocks against Dane

539
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would, like you say, he's

540
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boisterous, he talks loudly, he's

541
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egotistical.

542
00:15:21,910 --> 00:15:22,749
He's not nice to people.

543
00:15:22,750 --> 00:15:24,129
Yeah, he's he would be right.

544
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You in front of everybody and

545
00:15:25,570 --> 00:15:27,369
embarrass you and then act as if

546
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like that was okay.

547
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And like, yo, man, just suck it up

548
00:15:29,980 --> 00:15:32,259
and just keep and get the job done.

549
00:15:32,260 --> 00:15:33,699
But that isn't always can do.

550
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That's not conducive in the

551
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workplace. One, you can get sued by

552
00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:37,280
that these days.

553
00:15:38,170 --> 00:15:39,609
So we don't need somebody to do

554
00:15:39,610 --> 00:15:41,769
that. We need somebody to

555
00:15:41,770 --> 00:15:44,229
have the same mindset, well,

556
00:15:44,230 --> 00:15:47,469
get the job done in a more conducive

557
00:15:47,470 --> 00:15:49,659
way within the industry

558
00:15:49,660 --> 00:15:51,489
in this day and age.

559
00:15:51,490 --> 00:15:54,009
But I think a dame like person

560
00:15:54,010 --> 00:15:55,329
is needed.

561
00:15:55,330 --> 00:15:57,249
I saw a video of Ray Daniels, who

562
00:15:57,250 --> 00:15:58,250
also talks a lot,

563
00:15:59,740 --> 00:16:01,809
and he was saying that,

564
00:16:01,810 --> 00:16:03,759
you know, the reason why you

565
00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:04,899
don't see anymore.

566
00:16:04,900 --> 00:16:06,519
I guess he was meeting superstars.

567
00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,439
He said the record

568
00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:11,019
label Kill the Star,

569
00:16:11,020 --> 00:16:13,179
and I was like, it's still stars

570
00:16:13,180 --> 00:16:14,889
in music, period.

571
00:16:14,890 --> 00:16:16,479
Were superstars.

572
00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,069
I don't think that many superstars.

573
00:16:18,070 --> 00:16:19,179
And he was saying the label kill

574
00:16:19,180 --> 00:16:21,069
superstars because they don't

575
00:16:21,070 --> 00:16:22,989
sign subsidiaries anymore,

576
00:16:22,990 --> 00:16:25,449
like Roc-A-Fella was a subsidiary

577
00:16:25,450 --> 00:16:27,489
of Def Jam Records,

578
00:16:27,490 --> 00:16:28,869
and then Def Jam is also a

579
00:16:28,870 --> 00:16:30,999
subsidiary of Universal

580
00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:31,869
Music Group.

581
00:16:31,870 --> 00:16:33,039
I don't agree with that. And most

582
00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:34,959
AutoZone subsidiaries,

583
00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:36,039
most of them are signed directly to

584
00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:36,699
the major.

585
00:16:36,700 --> 00:16:38,649
True, but the gist

586
00:16:38,650 --> 00:16:41,319
of his point was, is that

587
00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,239
you don't. Or at least I

588
00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:45,219
think at least he's not saying

589
00:16:45,220 --> 00:16:47,289
that you have these smaller

590
00:16:47,290 --> 00:16:49,269
labels being bought or brought

591
00:16:49,270 --> 00:16:51,639
in by these bigger labels that are

592
00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,939
the incubation or curating

593
00:16:54,940 --> 00:16:56,919
the next star and the artists,

594
00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:57,939
and those are the ones that are

595
00:16:57,940 --> 00:16:59,799
developing the artists, and then

596
00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:01,269
they end up at Interscope.

597
00:17:01,270 --> 00:17:02,979
Then you get a Dreamville that ends

598
00:17:02,980 --> 00:17:04,959
up at Interscope, and now we

599
00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:06,879
can usher out an Ari

600
00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:08,279
Lennox.

601
00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:09,299
I would say she's a stoner

602
00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:10,469
superstar. Well, our willingness

603
00:17:10,470 --> 00:17:11,549
also has some things that she has

604
00:17:11,550 --> 00:17:13,379
done, how she got to get

605
00:17:13,380 --> 00:17:14,429
under control herself.

606
00:17:14,430 --> 00:17:15,959
But that's neither here nor there.

607
00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:18,809
But I think that's what Dane

608
00:17:18,810 --> 00:17:21,269
was. Dane was the guy that

609
00:17:21,270 --> 00:17:23,309
saw the talent in somebody

610
00:17:23,310 --> 00:17:25,338
and that could be able to say,

611
00:17:25,339 --> 00:17:26,879
you know, we can work with this.

612
00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:29,159
I like beans, let's get beans.

613
00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:30,839
I think we can make him a star.

614
00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:32,039
He can rap.

615
00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:32,919
We can mark him.

616
00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:34,799
We can find a way to market

617
00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:36,239
beans. And I found a way and he got

618
00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:37,919
to go. Albums.

619
00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:38,939
I'm not sure what to become.

620
00:17:38,940 --> 00:17:40,649
Indeed it might I wouldn't go, I

621
00:17:40,650 --> 00:17:41,909
wouldn't percentage in album sales

622
00:17:41,910 --> 00:17:43,679
by the time he kind of came out.

623
00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:44,699
But the first two albums wouldn't

624
00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:45,899
go.

625
00:17:45,900 --> 00:17:46,769
And JCA.

626
00:17:46,770 --> 00:17:49,019
Oh, he he became a millionaire.

627
00:17:49,020 --> 00:17:50,519
And I think, like you,

628
00:17:51,570 --> 00:17:53,609
that's just what day in Rockefeller

629
00:17:53,610 --> 00:17:55,049
was like. We're going to find these

630
00:17:55,050 --> 00:17:57,359
artists that probably no other label

631
00:17:57,360 --> 00:17:58,259
would give a shot.

632
00:17:58,260 --> 00:17:59,579
And we're going to show you that,

633
00:17:59,580 --> 00:18:02,279
you know, we can make them a star,

634
00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:04,289
and I can push them.

635
00:18:04,290 --> 00:18:05,459
I can give them they shot.

636
00:18:05,460 --> 00:18:07,349
I think that is

637
00:18:07,350 --> 00:18:08,819
needed. We just don't need it.

638
00:18:08,820 --> 00:18:11,009
The way Dame went about always

639
00:18:11,010 --> 00:18:12,569
doing things.

640
00:18:12,570 --> 00:18:14,069
There's been plenty of people after

641
00:18:14,070 --> 00:18:15,959
Dame who had Dames mentality

642
00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:17,819
and more successful

643
00:18:17,820 --> 00:18:19,049
and went further than he did, I.

644
00:18:19,050 --> 00:18:20,369
Think because the way they went

645
00:18:20,370 --> 00:18:21,089
about it.

646
00:18:21,090 --> 00:18:23,009
I think there's more dames

647
00:18:23,010 --> 00:18:24,839
needed only because you

648
00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:25,679
need more people now in the

649
00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:26,769
industry, especially hip hop, who

650
00:18:26,770 --> 00:18:27,959
willing to take chances on new

651
00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:29,819
artists and really

652
00:18:29,820 --> 00:18:31,319
invest into them like Dame did with

653
00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:32,320
Jay, I mean.

654
00:18:33,340 --> 00:18:35,949
And make the same mistakes they did,

655
00:18:35,950 --> 00:18:37,329
unfortunately.

656
00:18:37,330 --> 00:18:38,469
And this doesn't take away from

657
00:18:38,470 --> 00:18:40,359
Dame's intelligence of greatness.

658
00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:42,339
Dame ended up being

659
00:18:42,340 --> 00:18:44,289
a means to an end, which I think

660
00:18:44,290 --> 00:18:46,149
is why he gets on his podcast and is

661
00:18:46,150 --> 00:18:47,499
so emotional about what happened in

662
00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:47,739
him and.

663
00:18:47,740 --> 00:18:49,089
Jay, because he recognized that he

664
00:18:49,090 --> 00:18:49,719
was a means to an.

665
00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:52,149
End. He was he that J

666
00:18:52,150 --> 00:18:54,069
not used him as a stepping

667
00:18:54,070 --> 00:18:56,109
stone, but

668
00:18:56,110 --> 00:18:57,939
as the story of J is told, Dame

669
00:18:57,940 --> 00:18:59,589
becomes a stepping stone for J's

670
00:18:59,590 --> 00:19:01,359
ascension to where he is now,

671
00:19:01,360 --> 00:19:02,889
because clearly J has gone on to be

672
00:19:02,890 --> 00:19:04,899
bigger after Dame than when he was

673
00:19:04,900 --> 00:19:06,369
with him without music.

674
00:19:06,370 --> 00:19:07,389
Exactly.

675
00:19:07,390 --> 00:19:08,949
And so there are people, and that's

676
00:19:08,950 --> 00:19:10,179
just the game. But a lot of people

677
00:19:10,180 --> 00:19:12,219
don't want to accept that, hey,

678
00:19:12,220 --> 00:19:13,749
you might just be a stepping stone

679
00:19:13,750 --> 00:19:15,609
in somebody else's career.

680
00:19:15,610 --> 00:19:17,499
It's human nature to want to be

681
00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:19,119
a part of something that's great,

682
00:19:19,120 --> 00:19:20,199
and to stay a part of something

683
00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:21,189
that's great.

684
00:19:21,190 --> 00:19:22,749
But it's also very true.

685
00:19:22,750 --> 00:19:24,189
The reality of it is a lot of great

686
00:19:24,190 --> 00:19:25,929
things go through evolutions and

687
00:19:25,930 --> 00:19:27,789
changes, and you might not be there

688
00:19:27,790 --> 00:19:28,359
for all of it.

689
00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:29,679
What invasion say on,

690
00:19:31,060 --> 00:19:33,039
on the Avengers movie, something

691
00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:34,989
isn't beautiful because it lasts.

692
00:19:34,990 --> 00:19:35,319
Yeah.

693
00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:37,299
Like it's not great because it's

694
00:19:37,300 --> 00:19:38,379
going to last forever.

695
00:19:38,380 --> 00:19:39,579
Like the rain.

696
00:19:39,580 --> 00:19:40,779
You can't rain forever.

697
00:19:40,780 --> 00:19:42,219
Although people try, but you just

698
00:19:42,220 --> 00:19:43,089
can't reign forever.

699
00:19:43,090 --> 00:19:45,009
But some people out there and

700
00:19:45,010 --> 00:19:46,269
anybody who's listening, who

701
00:19:46,270 --> 00:19:47,799
aspiring to be a music manager or

702
00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:49,689
being a music executive, you have

703
00:19:49,690 --> 00:19:52,209
to understand that Dame's problem

704
00:19:52,210 --> 00:19:54,309
is that he never accepted

705
00:19:54,310 --> 00:19:56,169
and he still hasn't accepted,

706
00:19:56,170 --> 00:19:58,119
that J just outgrew

707
00:19:58,120 --> 00:19:59,139
him.

708
00:19:59,140 --> 00:20:00,309
A lot of you guys that once again

709
00:20:00,310 --> 00:20:01,929
are listening, guys and girls who

710
00:20:01,930 --> 00:20:03,729
want to listen and become music

711
00:20:03,730 --> 00:20:05,109
executives need to realize that

712
00:20:05,110 --> 00:20:06,849
you're going to be that person, too.

713
00:20:06,850 --> 00:20:08,799
Now, once again, Dame's problem was

714
00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:10,569
Dame was the bad cop to J's good

715
00:20:10,570 --> 00:20:12,369
cop. So when they split up,

716
00:20:12,370 --> 00:20:13,959
obviously everybody goes with good

717
00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:14,979
cop.

718
00:20:14,980 --> 00:20:16,329
Dame has been very vocal about the

719
00:20:16,330 --> 00:20:17,979
fact that he went he fought many

720
00:20:17,980 --> 00:20:19,359
battles behind J.

721
00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:20,619
And he's hurt now that J is not

722
00:20:20,620 --> 00:20:22,150
around anymore, but.

723
00:20:23,220 --> 00:20:24,209
You know, you got to give him credit

724
00:20:24,210 --> 00:20:25,469
for that. Because for him willing to

725
00:20:25,470 --> 00:20:27,389
go, to give it all for

726
00:20:27,390 --> 00:20:29,189
one artist who he didn't grow up

727
00:20:29,190 --> 00:20:31,079
with, don't get a misconstrue.

728
00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:32,249
Most of these guys in New York, they

729
00:20:32,250 --> 00:20:33,250
grew up together.

730
00:20:35,190 --> 00:20:36,959
And so even Steve's dad and I grew

731
00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:37,769
up in the same project.

732
00:20:37,770 --> 00:20:39,599
So, yeah, the

733
00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:40,739
music industry needs more of that,

734
00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:42,119
but it just needs more people to

735
00:20:42,120 --> 00:20:43,120
understand that.

736
00:20:44,340 --> 00:20:45,659
You're not going to always be around

737
00:20:45,660 --> 00:20:47,219
for the whole duration of an artist

738
00:20:47,220 --> 00:20:49,109
career. Jazzy fate was

739
00:20:49,110 --> 00:20:50,159
instrumental in Sierra's creative

740
00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:51,509
beginning, and they're not.

741
00:20:51,510 --> 00:20:52,409
They made music.

742
00:20:52,410 --> 00:20:53,519
This is what the second album.

743
00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,049
Tope and Tia.

744
00:20:55,050 --> 00:20:55,919
Yeah. They're not they're not

745
00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:57,239
together anymore. So that's just

746
00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:58,289
that's just life sometimes.

747
00:20:58,290 --> 00:20:59,909
But I think that's what I mean by,

748
00:20:59,910 --> 00:21:01,799
like to have

749
00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:03,929
somebody with dames mentality

750
00:21:03,930 --> 00:21:05,969
just change the way you do

751
00:21:05,970 --> 00:21:08,069
your focus, your focus

752
00:21:08,070 --> 00:21:09,539
and and how you approach these.

753
00:21:09,540 --> 00:21:10,889
Like, yeah, like you said, you're

754
00:21:10,890 --> 00:21:12,179
going to have to realize that.

755
00:21:12,180 --> 00:21:14,159
Yeah, you might just be the stepping

756
00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:15,149
stone. Yeah.

757
00:21:15,150 --> 00:21:16,619
You might be the sugar knight to

758
00:21:16,620 --> 00:21:17,729
somebody. Doctor Dre.

759
00:21:17,730 --> 00:21:19,529
Yeah. And if you notice the

760
00:21:19,530 --> 00:21:20,579
similarities with Sugar Knight and

761
00:21:20,580 --> 00:21:22,529
Dame is that you

762
00:21:22,530 --> 00:21:24,239
could tell they were fully convinced

763
00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,219
that without that,

764
00:21:26,220 --> 00:21:28,619
their presence is the only reason

765
00:21:28,620 --> 00:21:30,059
that these artists that they've, you

766
00:21:30,060 --> 00:21:31,439
know, helped out.

767
00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:32,819
I helped get to superstar status.

768
00:21:32,820 --> 00:21:33,749
That is the only reason that that

769
00:21:33,750 --> 00:21:34,979
happened. Like, these people cannot

770
00:21:34,980 --> 00:21:36,689
exist on this level unless I'm

771
00:21:36,690 --> 00:21:37,289
involved in it.

772
00:21:37,290 --> 00:21:39,149
I think that is the

773
00:21:39,150 --> 00:21:40,589
ultimate downfall of Dame like

774
00:21:40,590 --> 00:21:41,699
reason. I think a one of those

775
00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:43,469
podcasts can tell you which one.

776
00:21:43,470 --> 00:21:44,699
Just seen the clip.

777
00:21:44,700 --> 00:21:45,899
He was talking about his whole D.D.

778
00:21:45,900 --> 00:21:47,489
172 venture.

779
00:21:47,490 --> 00:21:48,269
Right.

780
00:21:48,270 --> 00:21:50,369
And he spoke about it as

781
00:21:50,370 --> 00:21:52,319
if it was this label that he had all

782
00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:53,549
of these artists, the Wiz Khalifa,

783
00:21:53,550 --> 00:21:55,439
the big creates, the currencies,

784
00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,269
the Staley's and how like,

785
00:21:57,270 --> 00:21:59,039
yeah, smoke this like, yo y'all, I

786
00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:00,269
talked stallion. He went over it and

787
00:22:00,270 --> 00:22:01,859
he took that deal and and it didn't

788
00:22:01,860 --> 00:22:03,449
end up working out obviously talking

789
00:22:03,450 --> 00:22:05,429
about Staley signing with IMG,

790
00:22:05,430 --> 00:22:06,749
which I believe under at the time

791
00:22:06,750 --> 00:22:07,739
was under Atlanta.

792
00:22:07,740 --> 00:22:08,639
Yeah.

793
00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:09,659
And it didn't work out.

794
00:22:09,660 --> 00:22:11,279
And then Staley is now back

795
00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,289
independent. Well

796
00:22:13,290 --> 00:22:15,329
then framed it was framing

797
00:22:15,330 --> 00:22:16,949
it like so you're trying to tell you

798
00:22:16,950 --> 00:22:18,569
you don't take that I was the one

799
00:22:18,570 --> 00:22:19,349
looking out for you.

800
00:22:19,350 --> 00:22:21,509
Well, but isn't that what you want

801
00:22:21,510 --> 00:22:23,339
for an artist that you work with?

802
00:22:23,340 --> 00:22:25,739
Don't you want them to aspire

803
00:22:25,740 --> 00:22:27,539
to get a bigger gain and go get the

804
00:22:27,540 --> 00:22:28,889
bag? Ain't that what we all about is

805
00:22:28,890 --> 00:22:30,179
going to get the bag?

806
00:22:30,180 --> 00:22:32,069
Staley did what he felt was best

807
00:22:32,070 --> 00:22:34,109
for him at that time, and he thought

808
00:22:34,110 --> 00:22:36,419
like, yo, me signing with Rick Ross,

809
00:22:36,420 --> 00:22:38,099
who at the time arguably was the

810
00:22:38,100 --> 00:22:40,229
hottest guy in the game,

811
00:22:40,230 --> 00:22:41,159
starting his label.

812
00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:42,269
And now I'm over here with meek,

813
00:22:42,270 --> 00:22:43,559
who's scorching hot and wild.

814
00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:45,389
They just one guy, Wally, who was

815
00:22:45,390 --> 00:22:47,219
also hot, and then they bring me to

816
00:22:47,220 --> 00:22:48,209
kind of balance this out.

817
00:22:48,210 --> 00:22:50,459
Yeah, I'm gonna go over here.

818
00:22:50,460 --> 00:22:51,899
Deals don't work out.

819
00:22:51,900 --> 00:22:52,859
That's music.

820
00:22:52,860 --> 00:22:53,789
That's just entertainment.

821
00:22:53,790 --> 00:22:55,919
Period. And Dame

822
00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:57,719
frames it as if, like you say, they

823
00:22:57,720 --> 00:22:59,339
like. Easy. Y'all would have been so

824
00:22:59,340 --> 00:23:00,389
better off if it were just me.

825
00:23:00,390 --> 00:23:01,349
But who said that?

826
00:23:01,350 --> 00:23:02,729
Because currency suits you.

827
00:23:02,730 --> 00:23:04,799
Yeah, and cars left aside

828
00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:05,909
and turned out pretty good.

829
00:23:06,910 --> 00:23:09,159
Don't seem to be complaining to me.

830
00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:09,189
Facts.

831
00:23:09,190 --> 00:23:10,239
Neither does Big Crate.

832
00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,009
Neither does Wiz Khalifa.

833
00:23:12,010 --> 00:23:14,139
It worked out for Wiz Khalifa going

834
00:23:14,140 --> 00:23:15,759
and taking the big deal.

835
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:17,619
Mind you, all of these people still

836
00:23:17,620 --> 00:23:18,999
had their own thing going because

837
00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,919
Cory was running with Johnny Shapes

838
00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:21,909
and that was his manager.

839
00:23:21,910 --> 00:23:23,769
So it ain't like he needed you to be

840
00:23:23,770 --> 00:23:24,819
a manager.

841
00:23:24,820 --> 00:23:27,309
It's not like we needed you because

842
00:23:27,310 --> 00:23:29,169
Wiz was hot, bro.

843
00:23:29,170 --> 00:23:30,189
By the time he hit Diddy.

844
00:23:30,190 --> 00:23:31,190
172.

845
00:23:32,180 --> 00:23:33,619
As I spoke this, I probably needed

846
00:23:33,620 --> 00:23:34,789
to, but I don't see him hurting

847
00:23:34,790 --> 00:23:35,239
either.

848
00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:36,409
I think the overall thing is his

849
00:23:36,410 --> 00:23:38,029
name just hasn't that.

850
00:23:38,030 --> 00:23:39,079
He's like I said, the downfall and

851
00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:40,639
we both thought we both said he

852
00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:41,779
never understood that.

853
00:23:41,780 --> 00:23:43,729
Maybe I'm not ready for the higher

854
00:23:43,730 --> 00:23:44,509
ups like I wanted.

855
00:23:44,510 --> 00:23:45,739
But of course his arguments always.

856
00:23:45,740 --> 00:23:46,729
Well, I didn't want to be that

857
00:23:46,730 --> 00:23:49,039
person anyway. Well, I think he did.

858
00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:50,659
I think he did too.

859
00:23:50,660 --> 00:23:51,649
Especially so many people who

860
00:23:51,650 --> 00:23:53,209
started under him, you know, are now

861
00:23:53,210 --> 00:23:54,289
those positions.

862
00:23:54,290 --> 00:23:55,189
But I do agree with you.

863
00:23:55,190 --> 00:23:58,009
I do think that more

864
00:23:58,010 --> 00:23:59,899
Daim esque people are needed

865
00:23:59,900 --> 00:24:01,789
to take the big risk on

866
00:24:01,790 --> 00:24:02,989
more unknown artists.

867
00:24:02,990 --> 00:24:04,069
Cause remember, ladies and

868
00:24:04,070 --> 00:24:06,049
gentlemen, Jay-Z

869
00:24:06,050 --> 00:24:07,969
was turned down by virtually every

870
00:24:07,970 --> 00:24:10,099
major label, all the label, even

871
00:24:10,100 --> 00:24:11,719
the label that he ended up over

872
00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:13,699
there with the distribution deal in

873
00:24:13,700 --> 00:24:14,539
Def Jam.

874
00:24:14,540 --> 00:24:16,429
They originally turned him down

875
00:24:16,430 --> 00:24:18,529
and did not sign him,

876
00:24:18,530 --> 00:24:20,449
and Dame took that chance

877
00:24:20,450 --> 00:24:22,099
and helped Jay get hot.

878
00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:23,989
I think that is needed more and

879
00:24:23,990 --> 00:24:24,799
I think they're out there.

880
00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:26,749
I just think we just haven't seen

881
00:24:26,750 --> 00:24:28,969
the next dame

882
00:24:28,970 --> 00:24:30,049
make themselves. No.

883
00:24:35,190 --> 00:24:36,479
Don't go anywhere.

884
00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:37,480
We'll be right back.

885
00:24:45,110 --> 00:24:46,639
I'll pop that unpopular opinion.

886
00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,529
Hip hop next time you jump the

887
00:24:48,530 --> 00:24:48,709
gun.

888
00:24:48,710 --> 00:24:49,849
That little fast forward of the

889
00:24:49,850 --> 00:24:50,850
show.

890
00:24:51,350 --> 00:24:52,549
Unpopular opinions coming, but right

891
00:24:52,550 --> 00:24:53,569
now, right now, right now. Say but

892
00:24:53,570 --> 00:24:54,739
perfects.

893
00:24:54,740 --> 00:24:56,449
Who wants go first.

894
00:24:56,450 --> 00:24:58,009
Kick things out. Kick things off.

895
00:24:58,010 --> 00:25:00,049
Google recently

896
00:25:00,050 --> 00:25:02,299
I think ban be announced is that the

897
00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:04,219
artists balls have passed

898
00:25:04,220 --> 00:25:05,209
away.

899
00:25:05,210 --> 00:25:06,679
I saw a reporter before that she had

900
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:08,899
made an Instagram post about needing

901
00:25:08,900 --> 00:25:11,119
a new kidney for some renal,

902
00:25:11,120 --> 00:25:13,669
I believe, disease that she she was,

903
00:25:13,670 --> 00:25:15,859
going through, but

904
00:25:15,860 --> 00:25:17,689
Bhumi tweeted that she had or posted

905
00:25:17,690 --> 00:25:18,829
on Instagram that she had passed

906
00:25:18,830 --> 00:25:20,629
away. So my fact is, boss was the

907
00:25:20,630 --> 00:25:22,639
first woman to be released

908
00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:24,139
on Def Jam.

909
00:25:24,140 --> 00:25:25,609
Worse, I also didn't know it was a

910
00:25:25,610 --> 00:25:27,019
Def Jam worst idea.

911
00:25:27,020 --> 00:25:28,759
It just didn't didn't happen.

912
00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,249
Well, she was the first woman.

913
00:25:31,250 --> 00:25:32,359
Really make tables over there.

914
00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:33,499
I think you might have been the

915
00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:35,329
first artist released, but she

916
00:25:35,330 --> 00:25:36,769
was because I received the first

917
00:25:36,770 --> 00:25:39,109
woman released from on Def Jam was

918
00:25:39,110 --> 00:25:40,909
signed by Russell himself.

919
00:25:40,910 --> 00:25:42,529
Yeah. Def jam had left Jam West,

920
00:25:42,530 --> 00:25:43,699
their Jam South, and all the reason

921
00:25:43,700 --> 00:25:44,899
Def Jam South took off as good

922
00:25:44,900 --> 00:25:46,159
little music had been that before.

923
00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:47,929
Literally would have never.

924
00:25:47,930 --> 00:25:49,819
You know, rumor has it some

925
00:25:49,820 --> 00:25:50,820
it was fact.

926
00:25:52,490 --> 00:25:52,699
keep.

927
00:25:52,700 --> 00:25:53,689
That. Yeah. Keep it, keep it, keep

928
00:25:53,690 --> 00:25:54,739
it, keep it, keep me if you got it.

929
00:25:54,740 --> 00:25:55,849
If you gotta ask, keep it.

930
00:25:55,850 --> 00:25:57,109
Now I'm trying to think of what my

931
00:25:57,110 --> 00:25:59,089
original fact was going to be.

932
00:25:59,090 --> 00:25:59,969
Yeah, I'm gonna make it fake,

933
00:25:59,970 --> 00:26:00,979
because that original fact was kind

934
00:26:00,980 --> 00:26:02,839
of more speculation than okay,

935
00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:04,399
now it was Drake's new favorite.

936
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:05,359
Seem like neither one of them know

937
00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:06,649
the truth to it.

938
00:26:06,650 --> 00:26:08,599
No. So piggyback off yours

939
00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:11,539
or a Pita to boot.

940
00:26:11,540 --> 00:26:13,430
Def Jam South was run by Scarface.

941
00:26:14,570 --> 00:26:16,429
And Ludacris is what he had to take

942
00:26:16,430 --> 00:26:18,589
off. But when Scarface

943
00:26:18,590 --> 00:26:20,209
first put in charge, he tried to

944
00:26:20,210 --> 00:26:22,309
recruit people from the home team.

945
00:26:22,310 --> 00:26:23,369
He tried to get Paul, walk me in

946
00:26:23,370 --> 00:26:24,439
that little flip and they all turn

947
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:25,440
him down.

948
00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,129
Me they say that deal was trash.

949
00:26:28,130 --> 00:26:29,299
I'm sure he says it.

950
00:26:29,300 --> 00:26:30,549
I'll get your back. Rick.

951
00:26:30,550 --> 00:26:31,849
It's Def Jam we love to tape you

952
00:26:31,850 --> 00:26:32,850
message you raised.

953
00:26:33,980 --> 00:26:35,989
So originally Def Jam South

954
00:26:35,990 --> 00:26:37,579
was going to be had.

955
00:26:37,580 --> 00:26:39,109
It work itself out would have been

956
00:26:39,110 --> 00:26:40,159
the home base for the Houston

957
00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:41,179
explosion.

958
00:26:41,180 --> 00:26:42,559
But also the argument that had they

959
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:43,489
all going over, there would have

960
00:26:43,490 --> 00:26:44,629
been a Houston explosion.

961
00:26:44,630 --> 00:26:45,109
I can see.

962
00:26:45,110 --> 00:26:46,579
That. And the only reason Ludacris

963
00:26:46,580 --> 00:26:47,839
was able to take off the way he did,

964
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:48,949
in my opinion, is because he was

965
00:26:48,950 --> 00:26:51,049
already huge in Atlanta,

966
00:26:51,050 --> 00:26:52,939
because his album back for the first

967
00:26:52,940 --> 00:26:54,889
time is basically incognito

968
00:26:54,890 --> 00:26:56,689
with like 3 or 4 new songs.

969
00:26:56,690 --> 00:26:57,690
So.

970
00:26:58,490 --> 00:26:59,719
Well, I mean, things happen for a

971
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:01,109
reason, right? Yeah.

972
00:27:01,110 --> 00:27:02,539
Whatever reason.

973
00:27:02,540 --> 00:27:04,669
My second fact,

974
00:27:04,670 --> 00:27:06,679
Andre 3000, apparently

975
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,049
one of his first rap names was jazz,

976
00:27:09,050 --> 00:27:10,269
and that was because of.

977
00:27:10,270 --> 00:27:11,059
Trying to talk with.

978
00:27:11,060 --> 00:27:13,099
Yeah. He explained that, is

979
00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:15,319
because of the song we got the jazz

980
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,149
and him in Big Boy were

981
00:27:17,150 --> 00:27:18,679
huge Tribe Called Quest fans, which

982
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,419
I think if you are now cats fan you

983
00:27:20,420 --> 00:27:21,829
you know that because they picked

984
00:27:21,830 --> 00:27:23,029
him up and give him props to.

985
00:27:23,030 --> 00:27:23,539
O.

986
00:27:23,540 --> 00:27:24,379
A Tribe Called Quest.

987
00:27:24,380 --> 00:27:25,669
Many of times anyone supposedly was

988
00:27:25,670 --> 00:27:26,689
supposed to do an album.

989
00:27:26,690 --> 00:27:27,439
Yeah, for to say that.

990
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:28,879
Before five passed away.

991
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:30,289
The video footage leaked of Andre at

992
00:27:30,290 --> 00:27:32,539
the advice. You know, we do an album

993
00:27:32,540 --> 00:27:33,540
that was never gonna happen.

994
00:27:34,590 --> 00:27:35,569
You don't think it was going to
happen?

995
00:27:35,570 --> 00:27:36,739
No.

996
00:27:36,740 --> 00:27:37,740
I think it could have happened.

997
00:27:38,810 --> 00:27:40,789
Now, Andre is very

998
00:27:40,790 --> 00:27:42,319
self-aware, and I think he got to a

999
00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:43,279
place like, you know, I'm really

1000
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:44,209
only here because I'm a fan of these

1001
00:27:44,210 --> 00:27:45,199
guys, not because I really want to

1002
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:45,589
do this.

1003
00:27:45,590 --> 00:27:47,059
I think that's why it would have

1004
00:27:47,060 --> 00:27:48,319
happened, because I think he would

1005
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:49,669
have got the he was so much of a

1006
00:27:49,670 --> 00:27:51,319
fan, I think he would have wanted to

1007
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:52,789
do it. I'm not saying he would have

1008
00:27:52,790 --> 00:27:53,989
put his best foot forward.

1009
00:27:53,990 --> 00:27:55,129
No, I think Andre thought someone

1010
00:27:55,130 --> 00:27:56,029
else. People do it. It's kind of

1011
00:27:56,030 --> 00:27:56,939
like there's nothing I can add to

1012
00:27:56,940 --> 00:27:58,609
this. It's like when Quincy said it

1013
00:27:58,610 --> 00:28:00,649
was a no no, neck with

1014
00:28:00,650 --> 00:28:02,689
that. Dre said Stevie hit him up.

1015
00:28:02,690 --> 00:28:03,409
Oh, yeah.

1016
00:28:03,410 --> 00:28:04,279
He's like, how can I beat this?

1017
00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:05,089
Like, I can't beat it that you

1018
00:28:05,090 --> 00:28:06,090
worked on.

1019
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:08,659
Anyway, moving on.

1020
00:28:08,660 --> 00:28:10,339
It is the 20th anniversary of

1021
00:28:10,340 --> 00:28:11,340
confessions.

1022
00:28:12,020 --> 00:28:14,209
Usher's seminal album,

1023
00:28:14,210 --> 00:28:15,349
his biggest album that's.

1024
00:28:15,350 --> 00:28:16,189
Been selling.

1025
00:28:16,190 --> 00:28:17,929
The second highest selling album of

1026
00:28:17,930 --> 00:28:19,849
2000, behind No Strings Attached and

1027
00:28:19,850 --> 00:28:21,589
sixth album, the newly reunited In

1028
00:28:21,590 --> 00:28:22,590
Sync.

1029
00:28:23,570 --> 00:28:25,249
Apparently the album was inspired by

1030
00:28:25,250 --> 00:28:26,599
none other than Eminem.

1031
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:27,679
Wait, what?

1032
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:29,359
According to usher, quote, I have

1033
00:28:29,360 --> 00:28:30,649
Eminem to thank for that.

1034
00:28:30,650 --> 00:28:31,939
Well, in the time where I felt like

1035
00:28:31,940 --> 00:28:33,619
music was in transition and R&B

1036
00:28:33,620 --> 00:28:35,299
specifically was in a place where it

1037
00:28:35,300 --> 00:28:37,249
could go older or could kind of

1038
00:28:37,250 --> 00:28:39,019
be what it was.

1039
00:28:39,020 --> 00:28:40,189
You had all these great, you know,

1040
00:28:40,190 --> 00:28:41,569
artists that were either performers,

1041
00:28:41,570 --> 00:28:42,829
dancers, singers or whatever, but I

1042
00:28:42,830 --> 00:28:44,779
felt like there was

1043
00:28:44,780 --> 00:28:46,609
no honesty in the music, the honesty

1044
00:28:46,610 --> 00:28:47,779
of hip hop and what Eminem was

1045
00:28:47,780 --> 00:28:48,649
saying on his records.

1046
00:28:48,650 --> 00:28:50,539
It motivated me like, yo, if he

1047
00:28:50,540 --> 00:28:52,189
could be that honest, you know,

1048
00:28:52,190 --> 00:28:53,209
through hip hop.

1049
00:28:53,210 --> 00:28:54,529
And there have been other stories,

1050
00:28:54,530 --> 00:28:56,329
storytellers, but never quite as

1051
00:28:56,330 --> 00:28:57,559
vivid as Eminem.

1052
00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:58,729
So I was like, we need to keep it

1053
00:28:58,730 --> 00:28:59,599
real. Like Eminem.

1054
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,159
I want to go all the way in.

1055
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:02,959
So let me talk about the unspoken,

1056
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:04,099
the things that people don't want to

1057
00:29:04,100 --> 00:29:05,749
talk about and don't want to have to

1058
00:29:05,750 --> 00:29:07,069
deal with.

1059
00:29:07,070 --> 00:29:08,179
That's interesting.

1060
00:29:08,180 --> 00:29:08,629
I had no.

1061
00:29:08,630 --> 00:29:10,819
Idea. I mean, either, but

1062
00:29:10,820 --> 00:29:12,139
considering confessions is about

1063
00:29:12,140 --> 00:29:14,179
Jermaine Dupri and then Jermaine

1064
00:29:14,180 --> 00:29:15,619
Dupri says, yo, that never really

1065
00:29:15,620 --> 00:29:16,669
happened. Like, I didn't get

1066
00:29:16,670 --> 00:29:17,749
somebody else.

1067
00:29:17,750 --> 00:29:18,949
I wasn't with somebody, didn't get

1068
00:29:18,950 --> 00:29:20,179
somebody else pregnant.

1069
00:29:20,180 --> 00:29:21,559
But I just was like, with Jermaine.

1070
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,449
I've heard you say that this song

1071
00:29:23,450 --> 00:29:25,219
is about you and like.

1072
00:29:25,220 --> 00:29:26,479
But I don't know, man.

1073
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:26,729
He did.

1074
00:29:26,730 --> 00:29:28,639
Like, but no, but I think what he's

1075
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:30,079
trying to say is not so much about

1076
00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:31,309
what you're saying that I.

1077
00:29:31,310 --> 00:29:32,659
It's my life. But let's talk about

1078
00:29:32,660 --> 00:29:34,009
things and on records and R&B

1079
00:29:34,010 --> 00:29:35,179
records that normally aren't talked

1080
00:29:35,180 --> 00:29:36,289
about in most albums.

1081
00:29:36,290 --> 00:29:36,529
Yes.

1082
00:29:36,530 --> 00:29:37,759
Him talking some very, some very

1083
00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:38,629
real topics. Yeah.

1084
00:29:38,630 --> 00:29:39,829
Yeah, I think that's right.

1085
00:29:39,830 --> 00:29:40,909
And if you think about it, Eminem

1086
00:29:40,910 --> 00:29:41,899
was huge in the 2000.

1087
00:29:41,900 --> 00:29:43,249
So you got to make sense what kind

1088
00:29:43,250 --> 00:29:43,729
of he.

1089
00:29:43,730 --> 00:29:44,699
Was he didn't do.

1090
00:29:44,700 --> 00:29:46,139
Hone in leg, I guess.

1091
00:29:46,140 --> 00:29:47,209
Makes sense.

1092
00:29:47,210 --> 00:29:49,879
All right, my third and final fact.

1093
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:51,749
To A Goofy Movie, which is said to

1094
00:29:51,750 --> 00:29:53,639
be the Blackest Disney movie

1095
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:54,239
ever.

1096
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:55,769
Somebody said it was who was there?

1097
00:29:55,770 --> 00:29:57,119
I said I didn't see them as being

1098
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:58,619
Black. I didn't watch it as a kid

1099
00:29:58,620 --> 00:30:00,569
and see goofy as a

1100
00:30:00,570 --> 00:30:02,069
Black man. That's not what I saw

1101
00:30:02,070 --> 00:30:03,899
when I saw goofy, and to be honest

1102
00:30:03,900 --> 00:30:04,679
with you.

1103
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,509
But, but but the consensus says it

1104
00:30:06,510 --> 00:30:07,589
is the biggest movie.

1105
00:30:07,590 --> 00:30:08,999
So I'm rocking with the consensus.

1106
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:10,769
Whole episode of The Light about it

1107
00:30:10,770 --> 00:30:11,699
when it went true.

1108
00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:13,679
But that's just

1109
00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:15,959
I mean, I get why the episode

1110
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:17,969
was meh. But anyway,

1111
00:30:17,970 --> 00:30:18,839
like I said, I'm rocking with the

1112
00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:20,789
consensus. So with that being said,

1113
00:30:20,790 --> 00:30:22,859
apparently Bobby Brown

1114
00:30:22,860 --> 00:30:24,929
was supposed to be the original

1115
00:30:24,930 --> 00:30:27,059
voice of the musical

1116
00:30:27,060 --> 00:30:29,279
acting in A Goofy Movie power line

1117
00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:30,569
that was supposed to be Bobby Brown

1118
00:30:30,570 --> 00:30:31,769
not having Campbell.

1119
00:30:31,770 --> 00:30:33,689
Apparently, powerline is supposed

1120
00:30:33,690 --> 00:30:35,519
to be an amalgamation

1121
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:37,979
of Michael Jackson, Prince,

1122
00:30:37,980 --> 00:30:39,539
and Bobby Brown.

1123
00:30:39,540 --> 00:30:40,649
Aptly so.

1124
00:30:40,650 --> 00:30:42,389
Disney wanted either one of those

1125
00:30:42,390 --> 00:30:43,949
gentlemen and they went after Bobby,

1126
00:30:43,950 --> 00:30:45,779
and I didn't read why

1127
00:30:45,780 --> 00:30:47,309
Bobby ended up not doing Prodigal

1128
00:30:47,310 --> 00:30:49,229
Son. Bobby Reason and

1129
00:30:49,230 --> 00:30:50,489
Tevin Campbell ended up being it,

1130
00:30:50,490 --> 00:30:51,749
and I think it worked out for the

1131
00:30:51,750 --> 00:30:52,750
best.

1132
00:30:53,250 --> 00:30:54,559
Oh, wow.

1133
00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:55,560
Nice.

1134
00:30:56,270 --> 00:30:57,529
Another anniversary.

1135
00:30:57,530 --> 00:30:58,369
Mad villainy.

1136
00:30:58,370 --> 00:30:59,899
Yeah.

1137
00:30:59,900 --> 00:31:01,519
Collab between the late, great MF

1138
00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:03,499
Doom and Madlib.

1139
00:31:03,500 --> 00:31:04,909
The entire album was produced by

1140
00:31:04,910 --> 00:31:06,409
Madlib, except for the first track,

1141
00:31:06,410 --> 00:31:07,669
which was produced in collaboration

1142
00:31:07,670 --> 00:31:08,779
with doom.

1143
00:31:08,780 --> 00:31:11,449
It is also considered one of the top

1144
00:31:11,450 --> 00:31:13,339
500 albums,

1145
00:31:13,340 --> 00:31:15,259
as voted by Pitchfork.

1146
00:31:15,260 --> 00:31:16,529
And, say, rolling Stone.

1147
00:31:16,530 --> 00:31:18,769
By Pitchfork. Five of their all time

1148
00:31:18,770 --> 00:31:19,429
all caps.

1149
00:31:19,430 --> 00:31:21,559
When you spelled a man's name.

1150
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:22,939
It was ranked number 11 on the Best

1151
00:31:22,940 --> 00:31:24,889
Albums of 2024

1152
00:31:24,890 --> 00:31:27,259
on The Wire and All Music.

1153
00:31:27,260 --> 00:31:28,219
The main thing with the album was

1154
00:31:28,220 --> 00:31:29,449
that it almost didn't happen.

1155
00:31:29,450 --> 00:31:31,369
So I can, I can imagine.

1156
00:31:31,370 --> 00:31:33,289
MF doom is famously what was

1157
00:31:33,290 --> 00:31:35,599
famously known to be hard to find,

1158
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:37,429
and so in 2021, when they

1159
00:31:37,430 --> 00:31:38,809
would, you know, as the album

1160
00:31:38,810 --> 00:31:40,619
started, the idea of the app started

1161
00:31:40,620 --> 00:31:41,620
to come together.

1162
00:31:42,410 --> 00:31:44,239
Egan, who was the manager

1163
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,129
of stones Rose label, which is

1164
00:31:46,130 --> 00:31:47,179
Madlib, was signed to,

1165
00:31:48,290 --> 00:31:50,479
had a friend in Kennesaw, Georgia,

1166
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:51,829
which is a suburb of Atlanta.

1167
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:54,179
And asked the friend say, do you?

1168
00:31:54,180 --> 00:31:55,259
If you know, do you mind giving him

1169
00:31:55,260 --> 00:31:56,260
some beats?

1170
00:31:56,890 --> 00:31:58,059
And three weeks later said the

1171
00:31:58,060 --> 00:31:59,559
friend called back and was doomed.

1172
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:00,699
Love instrumentals won't work with

1173
00:32:00,700 --> 00:32:02,859
Madlib, but one of his quasi

1174
00:32:02,860 --> 00:32:04,239
managers made an offer asking for a

1175
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:05,379
plane ticket to Los Angeles in

1176
00:32:05,380 --> 00:32:06,849
$1,500.

1177
00:32:06,850 --> 00:32:07,869
So apparently when they got out

1178
00:32:07,870 --> 00:32:09,819
there, they basically like, so about

1179
00:32:09,820 --> 00:32:11,349
this money and they stole through it

1180
00:32:11,350 --> 00:32:12,350
and had the money.

1181
00:32:12,940 --> 00:32:15,369
So, Egan said

1182
00:32:15,370 --> 00:32:16,719
that he's basically playing with

1183
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:18,309
just Doom and Madlib in the room and

1184
00:32:18,310 --> 00:32:19,209
hope that they'd start working

1185
00:32:19,210 --> 00:32:20,019
together. Just hope.

1186
00:32:20,020 --> 00:32:20,469
For the best.

1187
00:32:20,470 --> 00:32:21,819
And then figure it out. And it ended

1188
00:32:21,820 --> 00:32:22,869
up working out for the best.

1189
00:32:22,870 --> 00:32:24,279
And they got the money to him
eventually.

1190
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:24,819
Yeah, I mean.

1191
00:32:24,820 --> 00:32:26,049
I'm glad it worked out.

1192
00:32:26,050 --> 00:32:27,849
Yeah, I know that's considered a

1193
00:32:27,850 --> 00:32:29,229
very important thing in hip hop.

1194
00:32:29,230 --> 00:32:30,939
So it is, it is, it.

1195
00:32:30,940 --> 00:32:32,739
Is about the Madlib and the late,

1196
00:32:32,740 --> 00:32:33,519
great MF doom.

1197
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:35,289
Which people say.

1198
00:32:35,290 --> 00:32:37,179
I saw a video recently

1199
00:32:37,180 --> 00:32:38,979
about MF doom, and people was like

1200
00:32:38,980 --> 00:32:40,449
the people only I was in.

1201
00:32:40,450 --> 00:32:43,329
If it was some random podcast

1202
00:32:43,330 --> 00:32:44,499
and they were like, they didn't get

1203
00:32:44,500 --> 00:32:47,109
it. Like give me one album by

1204
00:32:47,110 --> 00:32:48,339
MF doom that like

1205
00:32:49,390 --> 00:32:51,129
solidifies everybody's argument for

1206
00:32:51,130 --> 00:32:52,509
them. And my mind went to mad

1207
00:32:52,510 --> 00:32:54,429
villainy. And the person who, like,

1208
00:32:54,430 --> 00:32:55,329
I can't really name one.

1209
00:32:55,330 --> 00:32:56,469
I mean, you ain't really listen

1210
00:32:56,470 --> 00:32:58,209
cause you could easily say it mad

1211
00:32:58,210 --> 00:33:00,249
villainy or easily say,

1212
00:33:00,250 --> 00:33:02,199
food and like been done with and

1213
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:03,999
done with that whole argument, but

1214
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,000
all right, man.

1215
00:33:06,550 --> 00:33:08,679
Unpopular opinion. Time

1216
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:10,119
had to give the dramatic pause, and

1217
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:11,049
I'm not mad at him.

1218
00:33:11,050 --> 00:33:13,479
He would fresh himself right now

1219
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:14,409
on the breaks.

1220
00:33:14,410 --> 00:33:15,410
Last year.

1221
00:33:17,060 --> 00:33:18,819
Is due last.

1222
00:33:18,820 --> 00:33:19,820
Year. That.

1223
00:33:24,180 --> 00:33:25,079
I'm sorry. You got it.

1224
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:25,589
You got it.

1225
00:33:25,590 --> 00:33:27,659
Last year we had, windy day

1226
00:33:27,660 --> 00:33:28,589
on the show, correct?

1227
00:33:28,590 --> 00:33:30,509
No. The last. That was 2023.

1228
00:33:30,510 --> 00:33:31,919
All right. The years have been

1229
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:32,939
blending together. Like who?

1230
00:33:32,940 --> 00:33:33,940
You who you telling?

1231
00:33:35,190 --> 00:33:37,079
But last year, in 2023, we had

1232
00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:39,299
the great windy day

1233
00:33:39,300 --> 00:33:40,679
on the breaks.

1234
00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:42,629
And she also she also spoke

1235
00:33:42,630 --> 00:33:43,529
about when she was here.

1236
00:33:43,530 --> 00:33:45,599
She spoke about the podcast

1237
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,029
that she co-hosts, the Chico

1238
00:33:48,030 --> 00:33:49,649
podcast that I listen to quite

1239
00:33:49,650 --> 00:33:51,749
regularly, and I share the clips.

1240
00:33:51,750 --> 00:33:53,489
I share the clips with you all on my

1241
00:33:53,490 --> 00:33:54,329
Instagram story.

1242
00:33:54,330 --> 00:33:55,859
I hope you all are paying attention.

1243
00:33:55,860 --> 00:33:57,779
And one of the clips

1244
00:33:57,780 --> 00:33:58,890
got me thinking.

1245
00:33:59,910 --> 00:34:00,989
And it's something that I had

1246
00:34:00,990 --> 00:34:03,029
already been thinking.

1247
00:34:03,030 --> 00:34:04,919
But when her and her podcast

1248
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:06,749
fellow podcast host, Kingpin in

1249
00:34:06,750 --> 00:34:08,939
Ferrari said it, I was like,

1250
00:34:08,940 --> 00:34:10,738
I've been saying this man.

1251
00:34:10,739 --> 00:34:12,779
And their whole thing was

1252
00:34:12,780 --> 00:34:14,789
which is my unpopular opinion, is

1253
00:34:14,790 --> 00:34:16,649
talent doesn't matter.

1254
00:34:16,650 --> 00:34:18,718
Their argument was talent doesn't

1255
00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:20,249
matter within the industry and it

1256
00:34:20,250 --> 00:34:21,629
has never mattered.

1257
00:34:21,630 --> 00:34:22,499
I don't know about it.

1258
00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:24,329
Had talent never

1259
00:34:24,330 --> 00:34:26,759
mattering, but.

1260
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:28,559
When I say talent doesn't matter.

1261
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:30,379
I'm saying.

1262
00:34:30,380 --> 00:34:31,879
Talent isn't the only thing you

1263
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:32,749
need.

1264
00:34:32,750 --> 00:34:34,609
In the 21st century, in the year

1265
00:34:34,610 --> 00:34:36,529
2024 to break

1266
00:34:36,530 --> 00:34:37,428
through.

1267
00:34:37,429 --> 00:34:39,589
I hear a lot of artists,

1268
00:34:39,590 --> 00:34:41,749
a lot of artists, all

1269
00:34:41,750 --> 00:34:43,519
caps on that.

1270
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:45,379
Say, oh man, I'm

1271
00:34:45,380 --> 00:34:46,629
telling you, man, I read way better

1272
00:34:46,630 --> 00:34:47,729
than me. What are you getting at?

1273
00:34:47,730 --> 00:34:49,399
Look, man, I mean, I read way better

1274
00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:50,569
than you. How are you? Listen to me,

1275
00:34:50,570 --> 00:34:52,189
I rap better. Oh, I sing better than

1276
00:34:52,190 --> 00:34:54,138
you, so who

1277
00:34:54,139 --> 00:34:55,139
cares?

1278
00:34:55,909 --> 00:34:57,649
Who cares? We all have heard the

1279
00:34:57,650 --> 00:34:59,239
saying. It's a dude in the hood

1280
00:34:59,240 --> 00:35:00,679
right now who's been enjoying it and

1281
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:01,999
getting no shot. Why he didn't get

1282
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,229
the shot.

1283
00:35:03,230 --> 00:35:04,699
Just because you can hoop don't mean

1284
00:35:04,700 --> 00:35:05,719
you should be Jordan.

1285
00:35:05,720 --> 00:35:06,919
Why? He didn't get the shot.

1286
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:08,389
Did he put the work at the game?

1287
00:35:08,390 --> 00:35:09,799
Was he out there practicing?

1288
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,419
Was he had to putting up shots?

1289
00:35:11,420 --> 00:35:13,339
Was he the as determined

1290
00:35:13,340 --> 00:35:14,119
as Michael Jordan?

1291
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:15,199
Did he go to college?

1292
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:16,639
Yes. Did he get the grades to go to

1293
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:17,119
college?

1294
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,129
Yes. You just don't think it's

1295
00:35:19,130 --> 00:35:20,329
easy. But see my scouts.

1296
00:35:21,370 --> 00:35:22,459
Why?

1297
00:35:22,460 --> 00:35:23,659
You don't know? He went to a you, I

1298
00:35:23,660 --> 00:35:23,869
guess.

1299
00:35:23,870 --> 00:35:25,789
I don't know, it's a million

1300
00:35:25,790 --> 00:35:27,739
reasons. I my thing is,

1301
00:35:27,740 --> 00:35:29,899
talent isn't the only thing

1302
00:35:29,900 --> 00:35:31,639
that prevails.

1303
00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:33,499
You is not the only thing that

1304
00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:35,299
push you forward in this day and

1305
00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:36,319
age.

1306
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:37,879
I believe talent will get you in the

1307
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:38,689
door.

1308
00:35:38,690 --> 00:35:40,359
But once you in the door, then what

1309
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:41,899
you going to do that you more

1310
00:35:41,900 --> 00:35:43,729
talented? So it's five

1311
00:35:43,730 --> 00:35:45,049
other people in that same room that

1312
00:35:45,050 --> 00:35:47,599
you in that's highly talented.

1313
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:48,649
So what?

1314
00:35:48,650 --> 00:35:49,909
Everybody gotta find some way.

1315
00:35:49,910 --> 00:35:51,049
As Confucius said when we were

1316
00:35:51,050 --> 00:35:52,909
talking about Sabah

1317
00:35:52,910 --> 00:35:54,979
South breaks, you gotta do something

1318
00:35:54,980 --> 00:35:56,929
that makes you stand out.

1319
00:35:56,930 --> 00:35:58,399
Talent isn't going to get it.

1320
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,499
I think Cardi B

1321
00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:02,449
is highly talented, but I don't

1322
00:36:02,450 --> 00:36:03,889
think her talent is what pushed her

1323
00:36:03,890 --> 00:36:04,669
forward.

1324
00:36:04,670 --> 00:36:05,959
It was the personality and

1325
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,389
everything else that came with

1326
00:36:08,390 --> 00:36:10,399
who Cardi B is that made

1327
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:12,679
us all stop and pay attention.

1328
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:13,999
We all didn't stop and pay attention

1329
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,139
to the music because we just like,

1330
00:36:15,140 --> 00:36:16,459
yo man, she really spitting on his

1331
00:36:16,460 --> 00:36:17,719
track, man. We made man.

1332
00:36:17,720 --> 00:36:19,369
I mean, she really spitting on lick.

1333
00:36:19,370 --> 00:36:20,689
That's not what made us pay

1334
00:36:20,690 --> 00:36:22,249
attention to Cardi B.

1335
00:36:22,250 --> 00:36:23,839
We were paying attention to Cardi B

1336
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:25,729
because we thought

1337
00:36:25,730 --> 00:36:26,779
she was hilarious. We thought she

1338
00:36:26,780 --> 00:36:27,889
had a great personality.

1339
00:36:27,890 --> 00:36:29,089
She was relatable.

1340
00:36:29,090 --> 00:36:30,799
If she was just somebody that we all

1341
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,629
felt like I could kick it with

1342
00:36:32,630 --> 00:36:34,819
her man, she just seemed like a

1343
00:36:34,820 --> 00:36:36,739
ball of fun to hang out with.

1344
00:36:36,740 --> 00:36:38,839
Talent isn't what pushed her

1345
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:40,669
for. Man, you need way

1346
00:36:40,670 --> 00:36:42,409
more than talent.

1347
00:36:42,410 --> 00:36:44,719
And I just think a lot of people

1348
00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:47,179
in this day and age rely

1349
00:36:47,180 --> 00:36:49,309
solely on their talent, pushing

1350
00:36:49,310 --> 00:36:50,269
them forward.

1351
00:36:50,270 --> 00:36:52,189
Nobody really cares how well you

1352
00:36:52,190 --> 00:36:53,149
can rap these days.

1353
00:36:53,150 --> 00:36:55,519
Y'all get on the internet, complain

1354
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:57,769
every day about how somebody

1355
00:36:57,770 --> 00:36:59,039
is trash, man.

1356
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:00,349
They suck. Man. I can write better

1357
00:37:00,350 --> 00:37:01,879
than them. I coulda did this.

1358
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:02,880
What are your songs?

1359
00:37:03,860 --> 00:37:05,449
Can you write a good song?

1360
00:37:05,450 --> 00:37:07,429
I don't think 50 cent is the

1361
00:37:07,430 --> 00:37:09,379
best rapper,

1362
00:37:09,380 --> 00:37:11,869
but boy, can he make a song.

1363
00:37:11,870 --> 00:37:13,879
Yeah, boy can he make a song.

1364
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:16,249
And I think that's what propel

1365
00:37:16,250 --> 00:37:17,749
50 cent forward.

1366
00:37:17,750 --> 00:37:20,119
21 questions is just a great

1367
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:21,409
song in the club.

1368
00:37:21,410 --> 00:37:24,259
It's just a great song.

1369
00:37:24,260 --> 00:37:25,909
Could he out rap some people?

1370
00:37:25,910 --> 00:37:27,259
He probably could out rap.

1371
00:37:27,260 --> 00:37:28,249
Some people. Oh, there's some people

1372
00:37:28,250 --> 00:37:29,669
that can out rap. 50 cent that

1373
00:37:29,670 --> 00:37:31,279
didn't get the same look at 50 cent

1374
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,169
got most definitely I

1375
00:37:33,170 --> 00:37:34,789
believe that, yes, I definitely

1376
00:37:34,790 --> 00:37:36,679
believe that. But hey

1377
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:37,729
look who's who is who.

1378
00:37:37,730 --> 00:37:39,709
And where these people ended

1379
00:37:39,710 --> 00:37:41,209
up is all I'll.

1380
00:37:41,210 --> 00:37:43,219
All I'm saying is talent

1381
00:37:43,220 --> 00:37:45,229
isn't the end all be

1382
00:37:45,230 --> 00:37:47,119
all. In this day and age, you

1383
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:49,069
need a lot more than just

1384
00:37:49,070 --> 00:37:50,359
talent. A lot of people don't want

1385
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,429
to become quote unquote content

1386
00:37:52,430 --> 00:37:54,379
creators. But hey, you

1387
00:37:54,380 --> 00:37:55,639
need that to move forward.

1388
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,249
You have to show you a personality

1389
00:37:58,250 --> 00:37:59,059
some way.

1390
00:37:59,060 --> 00:38:00,439
A lot of y'all want to come up here

1391
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,239
and talk. A lot of y'all can't talk.

1392
00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:04,129
And when I say can't talk, I

1393
00:38:04,130 --> 00:38:06,289
don't mean like physically can't

1394
00:38:06,290 --> 00:38:08,299
talk. I mean that when

1395
00:38:08,300 --> 00:38:09,759
you talk.

1396
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:11,869
It's not interesting.

1397
00:38:11,870 --> 00:38:13,069
This doesn't sound good.

1398
00:38:13,070 --> 00:38:14,239
You sucking your teeth.

1399
00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:16,099
You. I mean, and it's just

1400
00:38:16,100 --> 00:38:17,959
a lot that nobody really

1401
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:19,879
wants to sit through

1402
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,369
15 minute to an hour interview,

1403
00:38:22,370 --> 00:38:23,599
hearing it.

1404
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:25,459
And a lot of y'all

1405
00:38:25,460 --> 00:38:27,529
just don't had a personality.

1406
00:38:27,530 --> 00:38:29,269
Like, I think superstars or just

1407
00:38:29,270 --> 00:38:31,189
stars in general have what they

1408
00:38:31,190 --> 00:38:32,899
call the it factor, and not

1409
00:38:32,900 --> 00:38:35,179
everybody has the IT effect.

1410
00:38:35,180 --> 00:38:36,229
Doesn't mean you can't be

1411
00:38:36,230 --> 00:38:38,149
successful, but you need

1412
00:38:38,150 --> 00:38:40,279
a little more to break through

1413
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:41,839
in this day and age.

1414
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:42,949
This is all I'm saying.

1415
00:38:42,950 --> 00:38:45,169
Like talent does not

1416
00:38:45,170 --> 00:38:46,669
just simply push you forward.

1417
00:38:46,670 --> 00:38:47,719
Like I said, it gets you in the

1418
00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:49,729
door. It'll get you on some stages,

1419
00:38:49,730 --> 00:38:51,349
it'll get you some streams, man.

1420
00:38:51,350 --> 00:38:53,239
But everybody wants to be this.

1421
00:38:53,240 --> 00:38:54,079
I won't say everybody.

1422
00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:54,859
Let me not say that, because

1423
00:38:54,860 --> 00:38:56,839
everybody doesn't want to be the big

1424
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:57,840
time superstar.

1425
00:38:58,940 --> 00:39:00,559
Well, a lot of people want to be a

1426
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:02,269
big town superstar, and mainly the

1427
00:39:02,270 --> 00:39:04,069
people who hooting holler how

1428
00:39:04,070 --> 00:39:05,929
talented they are and why

1429
00:39:05,930 --> 00:39:07,999
they not getting certain looks or

1430
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:09,829
why so-and-so or this person over

1431
00:39:09,830 --> 00:39:11,269
here, or this lady over here, or

1432
00:39:11,270 --> 00:39:13,159
this guy over here, got

1433
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:14,989
to look over them.

1434
00:39:14,990 --> 00:39:16,849
Want to be those big time stars

1435
00:39:16,850 --> 00:39:18,799
and are only

1436
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:20,839
wanting their talent to

1437
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:22,489
push them for it, and it just don't

1438
00:39:22,490 --> 00:39:23,749
work like that anymore, man.

1439
00:39:23,750 --> 00:39:24,949
This is not Berry Gordy signing

1440
00:39:24,950 --> 00:39:26,569
Motown. And I don't think talent

1441
00:39:26,570 --> 00:39:28,459
was. Everything was all he

1442
00:39:28,460 --> 00:39:29,509
was looking at then.

1443
00:39:29,510 --> 00:39:31,039
I don't think anybody has just

1444
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,139
looked at how talented somebody

1445
00:39:33,140 --> 00:39:35,799
was. Talent will get you.

1446
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:37,089
A certain place.

1447
00:39:37,090 --> 00:39:38,829
But what happens after you get them

1448
00:39:38,830 --> 00:39:39,830
in?

1449
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:42,009
And that's my unpopular opinion.

1450
00:39:42,010 --> 00:39:43,239
And also, I wanna say we've made a

1451
00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:44,859
lot of great points on this topic

1452
00:39:44,860 --> 00:39:46,569
during South by Southwest at Shoals

1453
00:39:46,570 --> 00:39:47,979
Garden. I just couldn't remember

1454
00:39:47,980 --> 00:39:48,980
what they were.

1455
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:51,839
Talent gets you in the door.

1456
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:54,179
I wouldn't say talent doesn't matter

1457
00:39:54,180 --> 00:39:55,259
because you need some of it.

1458
00:39:55,260 --> 00:39:57,299
But also, we do live in a time

1459
00:39:57,300 --> 00:39:59,519
where the best marketing

1460
00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:01,349
genius gets in the door further

1461
00:40:01,350 --> 00:40:02,879
than the talent wise.

1462
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:04,739
That part you mentioned, Cordy.

1463
00:40:04,740 --> 00:40:06,599
Cordy was able to

1464
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,429
get on because her marketing

1465
00:40:08,430 --> 00:40:10,289
prowess was top notch,

1466
00:40:10,290 --> 00:40:11,279
even though she wasn't, you know,

1467
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:12,839
she wasn't like no marketing

1468
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:14,249
strategist. She was just making a

1469
00:40:14,250 --> 00:40:15,269
bunch of funny content

1470
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:17,879
in the early days of Instagram.

1471
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:19,589
And that led to her being a loving

1472
00:40:19,590 --> 00:40:21,269
hip hop, which created another fan

1473
00:40:21,270 --> 00:40:23,099
base, which she parlayed into a rap

1474
00:40:23,100 --> 00:40:24,299
career.

1475
00:40:24,300 --> 00:40:26,609
Cardi B of course, the two

1476
00:40:26,610 --> 00:40:28,109
top female rappers would be Nicki

1477
00:40:28,110 --> 00:40:29,669
Cardi, and I don't think anybody

1478
00:40:29,670 --> 00:40:31,199
would argue that Cardi raps better

1479
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:33,329
than Nicki, but Cardi is just

1480
00:40:33,330 --> 00:40:34,800
marketing wise, smarter than Nicki.

1481
00:40:36,180 --> 00:40:38,039
Talent matters

1482
00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:39,329
at a certain level.

1483
00:40:39,330 --> 00:40:40,769
I would argue talent matters at the

1484
00:40:40,770 --> 00:40:42,059
level that we talk about when it

1485
00:40:42,060 --> 00:40:43,199
comes to soundbites outbreaks, you

1486
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:44,549
delete B talent.

1487
00:40:44,550 --> 00:40:45,809
Yes, it helps to be good at

1488
00:40:45,810 --> 00:40:47,399
marketing, but we we need the

1489
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:48,179
talent.

1490
00:40:48,180 --> 00:40:50,319
But as you ascend and in

1491
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:51,599
the industry.

1492
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:53,429
The marketing has to kick in on

1493
00:40:53,430 --> 00:40:55,109
a more homegrown level.

1494
00:40:55,110 --> 00:40:56,939
Jay Soulja, Jay Soulja the very

1495
00:40:56,940 --> 00:40:58,889
good artist, very very good artist.

1496
00:40:58,890 --> 00:41:00,569
But his marketing I would argue is

1497
00:41:00,570 --> 00:41:01,019
better that his.

1498
00:41:01,020 --> 00:41:02,399
Artistry is pushing him into a lot

1499
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:02,909
of rooms.

1500
00:41:02,910 --> 00:41:04,889
Exactly. So I also

1501
00:41:04,890 --> 00:41:05,789
shout out to him for that Brian

1502
00:41:05,790 --> 00:41:07,289
Simpson look on the Netflix bitch

1503
00:41:07,290 --> 00:41:09,389
comedy special, but

1504
00:41:09,390 --> 00:41:11,489
it's those type of things that

1505
00:41:11,490 --> 00:41:13,769
keep him in these conversations,

1506
00:41:13,770 --> 00:41:15,689
because when the music isn't getting

1507
00:41:15,690 --> 00:41:17,829
him, having him talked about smoke

1508
00:41:17,830 --> 00:41:18,830
at his.

1509
00:41:19,430 --> 00:41:21,019
Like I said, him being on that the

1510
00:41:21,020 --> 00:41:22,879
Netflix comedy special.

1511
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:25,069
So talent matters

1512
00:41:25,070 --> 00:41:26,329
to me.

1513
00:41:26,330 --> 00:41:28,069
But we would be naive to think we

1514
00:41:28,070 --> 00:41:29,599
live in a time where talent is the

1515
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:30,559
main know all ends up.

1516
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:32,089
I do think Berry Gordy was looking

1517
00:41:32,090 --> 00:41:32,689
for talent.

1518
00:41:32,690 --> 00:41:34,219
I'm saying I don't think Berry Gordy

1519
00:41:34,220 --> 00:41:36,169
was solely looking

1520
00:41:36,170 --> 00:41:36,829
at talent.

1521
00:41:36,830 --> 00:41:38,629
But I think at that time he needed

1522
00:41:38,630 --> 00:41:40,189
you to be exceptionally good.

1523
00:41:40,190 --> 00:41:41,959
Yeah, most after him to.

1524
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:42,889
But also, that was a time when

1525
00:41:42,890 --> 00:41:44,689
labels could sit you down for 2 or 3

1526
00:41:44,690 --> 00:41:46,339
years before you came out, because.

1527
00:41:46,340 --> 00:41:46,849
He did it.

1528
00:41:46,850 --> 00:41:48,109
I know the fantasy of the Jackson

1529
00:41:48,110 --> 00:41:49,879
five being found in Gary, and it

1530
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:51,259
took him some years before he

1531
00:41:51,260 --> 00:41:51,799
finally put them.

1532
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:52,849
Out and took a lot of them at

1533
00:41:52,850 --> 00:41:54,559
Motown. Some years before.

1534
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:55,489
You get to go to that factory.

1535
00:41:55,490 --> 00:41:57,649
Yeah. Before a lot of them came out.

1536
00:41:57,650 --> 00:41:58,669
Even Stevie Wonder had to go through

1537
00:41:58,670 --> 00:42:00,199
it. And Steven was a prodigy.

1538
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:01,249
Marvin Gaye went through it.

1539
00:42:01,250 --> 00:42:03,109
Yeah. So that's what a lot

1540
00:42:03,110 --> 00:42:04,099
of them say. Motown sound got the

1541
00:42:04,100 --> 00:42:05,100
same song.

1542
00:42:05,690 --> 00:42:07,040
You saw Michael singing this, but,

1543
00:42:08,240 --> 00:42:10,499
talent doesn't matter, but it just.

1544
00:42:10,500 --> 00:42:12,959
Maybe 30 years ago,

1545
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:14,309
the percentage of talent you needed

1546
00:42:14,310 --> 00:42:15,629
was was way bigger than it is now,

1547
00:42:15,630 --> 00:42:17,189
but now you probably need just 10%

1548
00:42:17,190 --> 00:42:18,190
talent.

1549
00:42:18,550 --> 00:42:19,749
Because that's why when people, like

1550
00:42:19,750 --> 00:42:22,269
you said, people jump out of trash.

1551
00:42:22,270 --> 00:42:24,159
I mean, they are. But first, I

1552
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:25,539
think Playboi Carti is one of the

1553
00:42:25,540 --> 00:42:27,309
worst authors of all time.

1554
00:42:27,310 --> 00:42:28,749
He's been consistent in this.

1555
00:42:28,750 --> 00:42:30,819
But his marketing and brand

1556
00:42:30,820 --> 00:42:31,959
is just on point.

1557
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:34,089
He's just that mysterious.

1558
00:42:34,090 --> 00:42:36,099
I'm different. You know, I'm goth.

1559
00:42:36,100 --> 00:42:37,449
Now, this whole vampire thing, he's

1560
00:42:37,450 --> 00:42:37,869
doing.

1561
00:42:37,870 --> 00:42:38,919
Like, people like it.

1562
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:39,879
I think.

1563
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:40,659
The kids love.

1564
00:42:40,660 --> 00:42:41,679
It.

1565
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:43,599
I don't, you know, I

1566
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:44,769
there's that one Playboi Carti song

1567
00:42:44,770 --> 00:42:46,059
over, like, okay, I get it.

1568
00:42:46,060 --> 00:42:46,959
That's never happened.

1569
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:48,369
But I like Magnolia.

1570
00:42:48,370 --> 00:42:49,839
Probably the only one.

1571
00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:51,549
Yeah, that's probably the only one

1572
00:42:51,550 --> 00:42:52,550
that. And,

1573
00:42:53,530 --> 00:42:55,509
he did okay on theme if

1574
00:42:55,510 --> 00:42:56,409
you didn't hear the yelling.

1575
00:42:56,410 --> 00:42:58,329
But that's not to say

1576
00:42:58,330 --> 00:42:59,889
that don't be talented.

1577
00:42:59,890 --> 00:43:01,749
Yeah. I'm not I'm not saying that.

1578
00:43:01,750 --> 00:43:02,750
I'm not saying

1579
00:43:03,700 --> 00:43:05,499
if you feel like you aren't talented

1580
00:43:05,500 --> 00:43:07,299
in music or entertainment, period,

1581
00:43:07,300 --> 00:43:09,009
to just jump out there and just,

1582
00:43:09,010 --> 00:43:10,209
like, push something else in

1583
00:43:10,210 --> 00:43:11,619
marketing and social media.

1584
00:43:11,620 --> 00:43:12,939
No no no no no no.

1585
00:43:12,940 --> 00:43:14,649
Don't want that to get misconstrued.

1586
00:43:14,650 --> 00:43:15,819
Yeah. Because what happens is if

1587
00:43:15,820 --> 00:43:15,939
you.

1588
00:43:15,940 --> 00:43:16,299
Have some.

1589
00:43:16,300 --> 00:43:17,889
Talent, if you're all marketing with

1590
00:43:17,890 --> 00:43:19,389
no talent, it looks really gimmicky

1591
00:43:19,390 --> 00:43:21,039
really quick because at some point

1592
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:22,779
the talent has to showcase through.

1593
00:43:22,780 --> 00:43:23,919
So yeah, you could say caught it as

1594
00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:25,269
a rapper better than Nikki, but

1595
00:43:25,270 --> 00:43:26,709
quite a kid, at least at some point

1596
00:43:26,710 --> 00:43:28,059
she has to get on stage before.

1597
00:43:28,060 --> 00:43:29,499
Yes, she can just go to Instagram

1598
00:43:29,500 --> 00:43:31,119
and you know, and be funny, or else

1599
00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:32,079
she has to.

1600
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:33,189
The music has to come through at

1601
00:43:33,190 --> 00:43:33,639
some point.

1602
00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:35,289
There have been instances of this

1603
00:43:35,290 --> 00:43:37,209
where the very little

1604
00:43:37,210 --> 00:43:38,739
talent and then all the marketing

1605
00:43:38,740 --> 00:43:40,929
has, has pushed somebody forward.

1606
00:43:40,930 --> 00:43:42,759
Takashi six nine.

1607
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:43,659
There we go.

1608
00:43:43,660 --> 00:43:44,469
No talent.

1609
00:43:44,470 --> 00:43:45,639
But he was smart. He came.

1610
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:46,659
He was smart in marketing.

1611
00:43:46,660 --> 00:43:48,459
Smart marketing got him there and

1612
00:43:48,460 --> 00:43:49,449
they pushed them forward. But it

1613
00:43:49,450 --> 00:43:50,589
only lasted so.

1614
00:43:50,590 --> 00:43:52,239
Long because once that time, when it

1615
00:43:52,240 --> 00:43:53,109
was time for that talent to get

1616
00:43:53,110 --> 00:43:54,279
game, when he got on them,

1617
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:56,169
allegations pop up and

1618
00:43:56,170 --> 00:43:57,039
actually convictions. He got

1619
00:43:57,040 --> 00:43:57,969
convicted that time.

1620
00:43:57,970 --> 00:43:59,499
But even after that and being

1621
00:43:59,500 --> 00:44:00,939
released, like the talent, I think

1622
00:44:00,940 --> 00:44:02,949
people realized that yo

1623
00:44:02,950 --> 00:44:03,999
dude, just not good.

1624
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:04,719
He's not good.

1625
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:06,639
Like, yo do like this song.

1626
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:08,409
Just like what?

1627
00:44:08,410 --> 00:44:09,729
This song's just not good.

1628
00:44:09,730 --> 00:44:11,289
You can't rap, okay?

1629
00:44:11,290 --> 00:44:12,789
And if you follow his story.

1630
00:44:12,790 --> 00:44:13,599
Yeah, that's.

1631
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:14,469
He didn't get into it to me.

1632
00:44:14,470 --> 00:44:15,279
He got a two because he was

1633
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:16,149
marketing.

1634
00:44:16,150 --> 00:44:17,139
He was trying to find something to

1635
00:44:17,140 --> 00:44:18,339
get him on. Yeah.

1636
00:44:18,340 --> 00:44:19,749
And rapping was the one that took

1637
00:44:19,750 --> 00:44:20,769
off. But yeah, the talent wasn't

1638
00:44:20,770 --> 00:44:20,979
there.

1639
00:44:20,980 --> 00:44:22,989
So yeah I'm I'm

1640
00:44:22,990 --> 00:44:24,369
saying have I'm not saying no.

1641
00:44:24,370 --> 00:44:25,659
Walking is with no talent.

1642
00:44:25,660 --> 00:44:27,699
I'm saying have some talent.

1643
00:44:27,700 --> 00:44:29,949
Have please have some talent.

1644
00:44:29,950 --> 00:44:32,649
I'm just say in this day and age,

1645
00:44:32,650 --> 00:44:34,239
I don't think it matters as much as

1646
00:44:34,240 --> 00:44:35,240
it did.

1647
00:44:36,290 --> 00:44:38,129
Say 20, 25 years ago.

1648
00:44:38,130 --> 00:44:39,130
I did.

1649
00:44:39,930 --> 00:44:42,129
But you. I mean, better have some.

1650
00:44:42,130 --> 00:44:43,469
Yeah, you gotta have some at some.

1651
00:44:43,470 --> 00:44:44,429
Point, because it's going to come in

1652
00:44:44,430 --> 00:44:45,869
handy when the lights that flashing.

1653
00:44:45,870 --> 00:44:47,219
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1654
00:44:47,220 --> 00:44:48,569
We were going to see a lot of these

1655
00:44:48,570 --> 00:44:49,419
newer acts.

1656
00:44:49,420 --> 00:44:50,879
See if they got the real talent.

1657
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:52,349
Yeah. You're not going to be on have

1658
00:44:52,350 --> 00:44:54,179
it for long. You know Nelly, you

1659
00:44:54,180 --> 00:44:55,679
know you're not as big as he was 20

1660
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:57,659
years ago, but he can still perform.

1661
00:44:57,660 --> 00:44:58,289
I've seen it.

1662
00:44:58,290 --> 00:45:00,329
So, you know,

1663
00:45:00,330 --> 00:45:01,469
he's on to a Jackson right now.

1664
00:45:03,020 --> 00:45:04,909
And now here we

1665
00:45:04,910 --> 00:45:06,979
go with Confucius.

1666
00:45:06,980 --> 00:45:08,750
Reads the news.

1667
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:11,719
Yeah. Good old, good old news.

1668
00:45:12,790 --> 00:45:13,629
With South by being.

1669
00:45:13,630 --> 00:45:15,579
Last week a lot happened, but

1670
00:45:15,580 --> 00:45:17,079
I didn't get a chance to do the news

1671
00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:19,089
show. So no one pop opinion,

1672
00:45:19,090 --> 00:45:20,229
no news.

1673
00:45:20,230 --> 00:45:21,639
But we're back this time with more

1674
00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:22,539
news.

1675
00:45:22,540 --> 00:45:23,349
How do you feel about the movie The

1676
00:45:23,350 --> 00:45:24,350
Little Rascals?

1677
00:45:25,450 --> 00:45:27,039
The movie, not the racy show from

1678
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:27,429
the 30s.

1679
00:45:27,430 --> 00:45:29,469
I think I've only seen, like

1680
00:45:29,470 --> 00:45:30,909
a few episodes from the show.

1681
00:45:30,910 --> 00:45:33,159
From the 30.

1682
00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:34,179
The movie.

1683
00:45:34,180 --> 00:45:36,009
I enjoy it even today, even as an

1684
00:45:36,010 --> 00:45:37,209
adult. Maybe that's just nostalgia

1685
00:45:37,210 --> 00:45:38,319
driving me, but I think it's a

1686
00:45:38,320 --> 00:45:39,519
classic.

1687
00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:41,260
So this is not a reboot.

1688
00:45:42,650 --> 00:45:43,650
But.

1689
00:45:44,370 --> 00:45:46,139
In Houston on the 14th, which was

1690
00:45:46,140 --> 00:45:48,029
last week at a Wells

1691
00:45:48,030 --> 00:45:50,039
Fargo. It was robbed by three

1692
00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:51,209
suspects.

1693
00:45:51,210 --> 00:45:53,039
The FBI called the Little

1694
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:54,059
Rascals.

1695
00:45:54,060 --> 00:45:56,159
If you tell me, if you if you finish

1696
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:58,079
reading and you tell me that

1697
00:45:58,080 --> 00:46:00,089
it was it was three people

1698
00:46:00,090 --> 00:46:01,649
standing on each other's shoulders

1699
00:46:01,650 --> 00:46:03,269
with a trench coat.

1700
00:46:03,270 --> 00:46:05,459
No, but that'll be hilarious.

1701
00:46:05,460 --> 00:46:07,169
But close enough.

1702
00:46:07,170 --> 00:46:08,699
The suspects are now in custody, and

1703
00:46:08,700 --> 00:46:10,559
they are 11, 12 and 16

1704
00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:11,129
years old.

1705
00:46:11,130 --> 00:46:12,029
Robbing a bank.

1706
00:46:12,030 --> 00:46:13,619
Robbed the Wells Fargo in Houston.

1707
00:46:13,620 --> 00:46:15,569
You said 1112 and 16

1708
00:46:15,570 --> 00:46:16,919
1206. Well, what Is the world

1709
00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:17,249
coming.

1710
00:46:17,250 --> 00:46:18,569
To? Two of the suspects were taken

1711
00:46:18,570 --> 00:46:19,859
into custody after their parents

1712
00:46:19,860 --> 00:46:21,209
recognized them in the surveillance

1713
00:46:21,210 --> 00:46:22,469
photos and contacted law

1714
00:46:22,470 --> 00:46:23,470
enforcement.

1715
00:46:24,020 --> 00:46:25,009
Not the mom of snitching.

1716
00:46:25,010 --> 00:46:26,929
Whoa, wait wait wait wait wait

1717
00:46:26,930 --> 00:46:27,109
wait.

1718
00:46:27,110 --> 00:46:28,369
Wait wait wait. The mom was working

1719
00:46:28,370 --> 00:46:29,769
at the Wells Fargo.

1720
00:46:29,770 --> 00:46:30,770
I would hope not.

1721
00:46:32,390 --> 00:46:33,199
11 years.

1722
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:35,209
So my oldest son is 11.

1723
00:46:36,230 --> 00:46:37,179
I can't imagine him.

1724
00:46:37,180 --> 00:46:38,629
Me? He barely knows how to make

1725
00:46:38,630 --> 00:46:40,040
waffles. He robbed a bank.

1726
00:46:41,690 --> 00:46:43,339
He played another GTA.

1727
00:46:43,340 --> 00:46:44,340
That ain't real.

1728
00:46:45,260 --> 00:46:46,469
They got away. Do they had to get

1729
00:46:46,470 --> 00:46:47,599
that? That's. That's what that's the

1730
00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:48,739
crazy part about. They robbed the

1731
00:46:48,740 --> 00:46:49,639
bank and got away.

1732
00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:51,289
That's the craziest thing.

1733
00:46:51,290 --> 00:46:52,939
Bro. My coordination 11 years old.

1734
00:46:52,940 --> 00:46:53,689
Hail 12 was.

1735
00:46:53,690 --> 00:46:55,459
Horrible. I mean, that's crazy.

1736
00:46:55,460 --> 00:46:57,319
That's crazy. I've just been just

1737
00:46:57,320 --> 00:46:58,759
saying, like, getting away with

1738
00:46:58,760 --> 00:46:59,629
robbing a bank is not.

1739
00:46:59,630 --> 00:47:00,859
It's like I'm better.

1740
00:47:00,860 --> 00:47:02,299
I wasn't robbing a bank and getting

1741
00:47:02,300 --> 00:47:03,349
away with it. Then you do. Winning a

1742
00:47:03,350 --> 00:47:04,039
lottery.

1743
00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:05,539
That is true.

1744
00:47:05,540 --> 00:47:06,289
That is true.

1745
00:47:06,290 --> 00:47:07,099
They used to be.

1746
00:47:07,100 --> 00:47:08,719
It used to happen yearly in Austin.

1747
00:47:08,720 --> 00:47:10,549
We were like, stodgy, getting warm

1748
00:47:10,550 --> 00:47:12,079
out. They start robbing banks for

1749
00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:12,799
some reason.

1750
00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:14,689
That point Ken Paxton, the

1751
00:47:14,690 --> 00:47:15,919
attorney general for Texas.

1752
00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:17,029
Because he was in the.

1753
00:47:17,030 --> 00:47:19,009
News who was the shining example

1754
00:47:19,010 --> 00:47:21,409
of doing the right thing

1755
00:47:21,410 --> 00:47:22,410
and wholesomeness.

1756
00:47:23,340 --> 00:47:24,479
Is.

1757
00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:25,619
Far and fleeting.

1758
00:47:25,620 --> 00:47:26,399
Yeah. There you go.

1759
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:28,319
He's introducing lawsuits to

1760
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:30,269
two adult websites over accusations

1761
00:47:30,270 --> 00:47:31,109
that they're not following the

1762
00:47:31,110 --> 00:47:32,999
state's age verification law.

1763
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:34,709
The latest effort to legally go

1764
00:47:34,710 --> 00:47:36,869
after adult websites.

1765
00:47:36,870 --> 00:47:37,919
The office of the attorney general

1766
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:39,449
filed two civil lawsuits Tuesday

1767
00:47:39,450 --> 00:47:41,309
afternoon in Travis County against

1768
00:47:41,310 --> 00:47:43,349
the respective companies that owned

1769
00:47:43,350 --> 00:47:45,569
two websites that say the names.

1770
00:47:45,570 --> 00:47:46,649
Paxton said they're not doing enough

1771
00:47:46,650 --> 00:47:48,239
to stop those younger than 18 year

1772
00:47:48,240 --> 00:47:49,829
olds from looking at adult content.

1773
00:47:49,830 --> 00:47:51,179
Paxton's office will like a court to

1774
00:47:51,180 --> 00:47:52,709
issue a permanent injunction against

1775
00:47:52,710 --> 00:47:54,389
the two websites, and forced him to

1776
00:47:54,390 --> 00:47:55,229
pay hefty fines.

1777
00:47:55,230 --> 00:47:56,729
They will come into compliance with

1778
00:47:56,730 --> 00:47:58,709
House Bill 1181,

1779
00:47:58,710 --> 00:48:00,179
which went into effect September 1st

1780
00:48:00,180 --> 00:48:01,019
last year.

1781
00:48:01,020 --> 00:48:03,299
That bill requires age verification

1782
00:48:03,300 --> 00:48:04,559
measures to protect minors from what

1783
00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:06,809
the law supporters call

1784
00:48:06,810 --> 00:48:08,669
exposure to sexually

1785
00:48:08,670 --> 00:48:09,809
obscene materials.

1786
00:48:09,810 --> 00:48:11,249
I'm not mad at it.

1787
00:48:11,250 --> 00:48:12,029
I'm not mad at it.

1788
00:48:12,030 --> 00:48:13,409
You don't want children under 18

1789
00:48:13,410 --> 00:48:15,179
seeing something that's supposed to.

1790
00:48:15,180 --> 00:48:16,499
Here's my issue with Ken Paxton

1791
00:48:16,500 --> 00:48:17,519
outside of the fact he's super

1792
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:18,899
corrupt.

1793
00:48:18,900 --> 00:48:19,799
Just kind of wish I had that same

1794
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:20,800
energy when it came to guns.

1795
00:48:21,750 --> 00:48:23,639
I just kind of wish you were in

1796
00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:24,089
that.

1797
00:48:24,090 --> 00:48:24,359
I mean.

1798
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:25,589
Our governor has had that same

1799
00:48:25,590 --> 00:48:26,489
energy when it came to, you know,

1800
00:48:26,490 --> 00:48:27,389
ATO not getting hold of.

1801
00:48:27,390 --> 00:48:28,619
Guns. I was going to go there, but

1802
00:48:28,620 --> 00:48:29,699
issue a segment.

1803
00:48:29,700 --> 00:48:31,859
Yeah. So, like I said, I

1804
00:48:31,860 --> 00:48:33,029
if you want to go to One Direction,

1805
00:48:33,030 --> 00:48:34,259
say we need to protect kids from

1806
00:48:34,260 --> 00:48:35,969
things that could harm them

1807
00:48:35,970 --> 00:48:38,009
mentally. You have to go after that,

1808
00:48:38,010 --> 00:48:38,969
affect them and hurt them.

1809
00:48:38,970 --> 00:48:39,809
Feeling like you.

1810
00:48:39,810 --> 00:48:41,129
Got to do the whole spectrum.

1811
00:48:41,130 --> 00:48:42,509
Like you maybe should do better

1812
00:48:42,510 --> 00:48:42,929
about that.

1813
00:48:42,930 --> 00:48:44,129
They run the whole gamut on that.

1814
00:48:44,130 --> 00:48:45,809
So clearly, y'all have the power it

1815
00:48:45,810 --> 00:48:47,189
feels to look after kids in that

1816
00:48:47,190 --> 00:48:49,079
regard, because that Texas also has

1817
00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:50,219
one of the strictest abortion laws

1818
00:48:50,220 --> 00:48:51,220
in the in the land.

1819
00:48:52,170 --> 00:48:53,009
You should probably look out for the

1820
00:48:53,010 --> 00:48:54,359
guns too, because guns also kill

1821
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:55,259
kids if you didn't.

1822
00:48:55,260 --> 00:48:57,089
Yeah, I didn't know that.

1823
00:48:57,090 --> 00:48:58,559
Yeah, it getting back to the of all

1824
00:48:58,560 --> 00:48:59,459
the things you have to worry about,

1825
00:48:59,460 --> 00:49:00,460
you worry about adult sites.

1826
00:49:02,460 --> 00:49:03,449
I can't wait to you go.

1827
00:49:03,450 --> 00:49:04,229
I know we're supposed to be, you

1828
00:49:04,230 --> 00:49:05,699
know, but Ken Paxton, you've.

1829
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:08,479
Max. Documentary time.

1830
00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:09,480
Get on it.

1831
00:49:11,210 --> 00:49:12,379
Good boy.

1832
00:49:12,380 --> 00:49:13,129
I mean, they look at.

1833
00:49:13,130 --> 00:49:14,929
It, they they get a max documentary

1834
00:49:14,930 --> 00:49:15,769
on him, boys.

1835
00:49:15,770 --> 00:49:17,209
Man, that's going to be episodic.

1836
00:49:17,210 --> 00:49:19,219
Boy, maybe some seasons on that one.

1837
00:49:19,220 --> 00:49:20,929
What Ken Paxton is doing the most.

1838
00:49:20,930 --> 00:49:22,250
Been doing a lot for a while.

1839
00:49:23,270 --> 00:49:24,709
One of fresh. His favorite artists.

1840
00:49:24,710 --> 00:49:26,419
Kelly is still an idiot, apparently.

1841
00:49:26,420 --> 00:49:28,639
I don't take him on me, man.

1842
00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:29,989
Don't put him on me.

1843
00:49:29,990 --> 00:49:31,549
You did a fact about him two weeks

1844
00:49:31,550 --> 00:49:32,659
in a row. You gonna get this work?

1845
00:49:33,710 --> 00:49:35,539
Kelly, a good hip hop DD is seeking

1846
00:49:35,540 --> 00:49:37,009
a revision for his 30 year prison

1847
00:49:37,010 --> 00:49:38,899
sentence. And his attorney has cited

1848
00:49:38,900 --> 00:49:41,479
frat culture during her appeal.

1849
00:49:41,480 --> 00:49:42,739
Speaking to an appeals court on

1850
00:49:42,740 --> 00:49:44,059
Monday, March 18th, attorney

1851
00:49:44,060 --> 00:49:45,919
Jennifer Botting reportedly

1852
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:47,059
claimed cottage for attorneys could

1853
00:49:47,060 --> 00:49:48,979
be deemed racketeering organizations

1854
00:49:48,980 --> 00:49:50,929
under a law. Youth convicted singer.

1855
00:49:50,930 --> 00:49:52,219
The law was used when he was found

1856
00:49:52,220 --> 00:49:53,419
guilty on three counts of child

1857
00:49:53,420 --> 00:49:54,529
pornography and three counts of

1858
00:49:54,530 --> 00:49:56,389
child enticement, according to

1859
00:49:56,390 --> 00:49:57,559
missing.

1860
00:49:57,560 --> 00:49:59,119
Bougie and tried to persuade judges

1861
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:00,529
that prosecutors improperly used a

1862
00:50:00,530 --> 00:50:02,119
racketeering statute written to shut

1863
00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:03,649
down organized crime, to go after

1864
00:50:03,650 --> 00:50:05,509
Kelly and attempt to reverse

1865
00:50:05,510 --> 00:50:07,339
the 2021 convictions or win

1866
00:50:07,340 --> 00:50:08,899
him a new trial.

1867
00:50:08,900 --> 00:50:10,219
Quote. This is not a collection of

1868
00:50:10,220 --> 00:50:11,959
people who had purpose to recruit

1869
00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:13,819
girls for things that

1870
00:50:13,820 --> 00:50:14,959
they shouldn't have, whether they

1871
00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:16,639
turned a blind eye, whether some of

1872
00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:17,959
them suspected that some of these

1873
00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:19,249
girls one date, that's a whole

1874
00:50:19,250 --> 00:50:20,119
different matter.

1875
00:50:20,120 --> 00:50:21,379
And once we get into that sort of

1876
00:50:21,380 --> 00:50:23,269
territory where we're

1877
00:50:23,270 --> 00:50:24,889
going to say that constitutes a Rico

1878
00:50:24,890 --> 00:50:26,329
enterprise, what we have a lot of

1879
00:50:26,330 --> 00:50:28,039
organizations, we have a lot of frat

1880
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:28,879
houses.

1881
00:50:28,880 --> 00:50:30,289
We have all types of organizations

1882
00:50:30,290 --> 00:50:31,459
that are now going to become Rico

1883
00:50:31,460 --> 00:50:32,749
enterprises.

1884
00:50:32,750 --> 00:50:34,309
Let's say she's right.

1885
00:50:34,310 --> 00:50:35,839
Let's say she's right.

1886
00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:38,329
Rico statute really hard to uphold.

1887
00:50:38,330 --> 00:50:40,069
She might have an angle with Rico

1888
00:50:40,070 --> 00:50:41,329
David our Kelly.

1889
00:50:41,330 --> 00:50:42,589
If your argument is that frat house

1890
00:50:42,590 --> 00:50:44,059
would do it to lock them up too.

1891
00:50:45,710 --> 00:50:46,579
What do you think. What did you

1892
00:50:46,580 --> 00:50:48,679
think. The answer here is to that.

1893
00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:49,819
If I was judge, I said, do you have

1894
00:50:49,820 --> 00:50:51,019
any specific frat house you want to

1895
00:50:51,020 --> 00:50:51,829
mention right now? I'm saying

1896
00:50:51,830 --> 00:50:53,089
because it's if that's what you

1897
00:50:53,090 --> 00:50:55,279
want. If the argument is

1898
00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:56,209
we need to get him out of here

1899
00:50:56,210 --> 00:50:57,769
because the statute that you put him

1900
00:50:57,770 --> 00:50:59,359
in under isn't fair because Fred has

1901
00:50:59,360 --> 00:51:00,349
to do it.

1902
00:51:00,350 --> 00:51:01,459
Then, like these frat house.

1903
00:51:01,460 --> 00:51:02,629
Whatever you need to do to protect

1904
00:51:02,630 --> 00:51:04,039
women. Yeah, I'm all for it.

1905
00:51:04,040 --> 00:51:04,849
Lock up. Alpha.

1906
00:51:04,850 --> 00:51:06,739
Whoever I was, I had

1907
00:51:06,740 --> 00:51:08,689
the argument. You take it is

1908
00:51:08,690 --> 00:51:10,249
like the same thing they say.

1909
00:51:10,250 --> 00:51:11,569
Like you when they talk about, you

1910
00:51:11,570 --> 00:51:12,829
know, tear down statute was talking

1911
00:51:12,830 --> 00:51:14,479
to a judge watching on Slaves by

1912
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:15,049
Mullins.

1913
00:51:15,050 --> 00:51:16,189
Yes. I get statue down.

1914
00:51:16,190 --> 00:51:17,359
I don't get it. He was president on

1915
00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:17,629
the. What do.

1916
00:51:17,630 --> 00:51:18,919
You think? Answer. The answer's all

1917
00:51:18,920 --> 00:51:19,920
the test. Yes.

1918
00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:22,549
Like nobody that owned slaves.

1919
00:51:22,550 --> 00:51:23,419
They have a statue.

1920
00:51:23,420 --> 00:51:25,219
And anybody who abuses women does

1921
00:51:25,220 --> 00:51:26,989
not deserve to be walking around

1922
00:51:26,990 --> 00:51:28,069
freely like I don't.

1923
00:51:28,070 --> 00:51:29,359
I'm confused on what to put that

1924
00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:31,159
what the argument is here.

1925
00:51:31,160 --> 00:51:32,359
Yes. Okay. If your argument is that

1926
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:34,129
the Rico is too wide and it's too,

1927
00:51:34,130 --> 00:51:35,779
you know, it's a gotcha thing, I get

1928
00:51:35,780 --> 00:51:36,769
it.

1929
00:51:36,770 --> 00:51:37,699
There might be an argument that

1930
00:51:37,700 --> 00:51:38,569
might have been thing he'd been

1931
00:51:38,570 --> 00:51:39,679
charged for, but I'm pretty sure I

1932
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:40,609
can't. I still think he could be

1933
00:51:40,610 --> 00:51:41,749
charged for.

1934
00:51:41,750 --> 00:51:42,349
I mean, well.

1935
00:51:42,350 --> 00:51:43,489
I Rico was the only thing that got

1936
00:51:43,490 --> 00:51:45,529
him on, like, come on,

1937
00:51:45,530 --> 00:51:46,429
stop.

1938
00:51:46,430 --> 00:51:48,139
I get it's your job as his lawyer to

1939
00:51:48,140 --> 00:51:50,119
do that. But saying if Fred

1940
00:51:50,120 --> 00:51:51,469
has to do it is not the flex you

1941
00:51:51,470 --> 00:51:52,039
think it is.

1942
00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:52,849
We got frat houses.

1943
00:51:52,850 --> 00:51:53,869
I could follow the Rigo two.

1944
00:51:53,870 --> 00:51:55,699
I didn't get the two.

1945
00:51:55,700 --> 00:51:57,379
That's like people who smoke

1946
00:51:57,380 --> 00:51:58,429
cigarets, who complain of people who

1947
00:51:58,430 --> 00:51:59,629
drink soda.

1948
00:51:59,630 --> 00:52:01,519
What? We're both unhealthy over

1949
00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:03,259
here. Please don't do this.

1950
00:52:03,260 --> 00:52:04,309
You shouldn't be drinking or soda,

1951
00:52:04,310 --> 00:52:05,179
and you shouldn't be smoking

1952
00:52:05,180 --> 00:52:05,659
nicotine.

1953
00:52:05,660 --> 00:52:07,519
We're both killing ourselves.

1954
00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:08,779
What are you talking about here?

1955
00:52:08,780 --> 00:52:10,369
So that all I can hear, you know,

1956
00:52:10,370 --> 00:52:12,050
it's a frat house to do it, too,

1957
00:52:13,490 --> 00:52:15,199
Oh, my kids get in trouble.

1958
00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:16,879
You know, smelling you tell on each

1959
00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:17,779
other is not gonna help. Consider

1960
00:52:17,780 --> 00:52:18,859
y'all were in the same room when it

1961
00:52:18,860 --> 00:52:19,789
happened.

1962
00:52:19,790 --> 00:52:20,659
That it's not going to work out the

1963
00:52:20,660 --> 00:52:21,660
way you think it is,

1964
00:52:22,760 --> 00:52:23,899
And that. But once again, like in

1965
00:52:23,900 --> 00:52:25,609
gym is why our Kelly is still an

1966
00:52:25,610 --> 00:52:26,610
idiot.

1967
00:52:26,970 --> 00:52:28,129
You can't read infections in the

1968
00:52:28,130 --> 00:52:28,499
Midwest.

1969
00:52:28,500 --> 00:52:29,840
Functionally illiterate.

1970
00:52:31,010 --> 00:52:32,239
Apple.

1971
00:52:32,240 --> 00:52:33,829
One of my favorite companies in the

1972
00:52:33,830 --> 00:52:34,999
laptop I'm currently using, is

1973
00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:37,069
getting sued by the Justice

1974
00:52:37,070 --> 00:52:39,019
Department over antitrust

1975
00:52:39,020 --> 00:52:40,459
laws. Okay.

1976
00:52:40,460 --> 00:52:42,679
According to the Associated

1977
00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:43,969
Press, the U.S.

1978
00:52:43,970 --> 00:52:45,229
Department of Justice in more than a

1979
00:52:45,230 --> 00:52:46,789
dozen states have filed a lawsuit

1980
00:52:46,790 --> 00:52:48,379
against Apple in federal court,

1981
00:52:48,380 --> 00:52:50,599
accusing it of violating antitrust

1982
00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:52,639
laws by making it software

1983
00:52:52,640 --> 00:52:54,049
and hardware products largely

1984
00:52:54,050 --> 00:52:55,699
inaccessible to competitors.

1985
00:52:55,700 --> 00:52:57,679
Apple's walled garden, quote unquote

1986
00:52:57,680 --> 00:52:59,359
approach to business, as it is so

1987
00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:01,189
often called, makes it difficult

1988
00:53:01,190 --> 00:53:02,719
for rivals to compete and for

1989
00:53:02,720 --> 00:53:03,739
customers to switch to other

1990
00:53:03,740 --> 00:53:04,729
company's products.

1991
00:53:04,730 --> 00:53:06,019
The lawsuit comes on the heels of

1992
00:53:06,020 --> 00:53:07,249
the European Commission slapping

1993
00:53:07,250 --> 00:53:09,599
Apple with a $1.95

1994
00:53:09,600 --> 00:53:11,749
billion fine.

1995
00:53:11,750 --> 00:53:13,009
Apple, the commission concluded,

1996
00:53:13,010 --> 00:53:14,479
prevented music streaming developers

1997
00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:16,159
from informing iOS users about

1998
00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:17,299
alternative and cheaper music

1999
00:53:17,300 --> 00:53:18,919
subscription services available

2000
00:53:18,920 --> 00:53:20,629
outside of the App Store.

2001
00:53:20,630 --> 00:53:21,499
I was proud to get a lot of

2002
00:53:21,500 --> 00:53:22,579
applicants who would be honest with

2003
00:53:22,580 --> 00:53:23,779
you. Apple makes it.

2004
00:53:23,780 --> 00:53:24,139
Kind of them.

2005
00:53:24,140 --> 00:53:26,059
Do you have to imagine

2006
00:53:26,060 --> 00:53:28,100
being any other app?

2007
00:53:29,400 --> 00:53:31,019
That is not supported by Apple.

2008
00:53:31,020 --> 00:53:32,669
They really make it hard for you to

2009
00:53:32,670 --> 00:53:33,869
to bless through.

2010
00:53:33,870 --> 00:53:35,099
And also one of the arguments is

2011
00:53:35,100 --> 00:53:37,619
that Apple undermines

2012
00:53:37,620 --> 00:53:39,389
other apps and technology, for

2013
00:53:39,390 --> 00:53:41,579
example, that are under iMessage,

2014
00:53:41,580 --> 00:53:42,989
the green bubbles.

2015
00:53:42,990 --> 00:53:43,829
But you can't get them to let you

2016
00:53:43,830 --> 00:53:45,089
under UK if you're not.

2017
00:53:45,090 --> 00:53:46,349
If you're not.

2018
00:53:46,350 --> 00:53:47,729
That matter unless you let you have

2019
00:53:47,730 --> 00:53:48,779
cell service.

2020
00:53:48,780 --> 00:53:49,949
What apple you get underwire for?

2021
00:53:49,950 --> 00:53:51,839
So I mean Apple

2022
00:53:51,840 --> 00:53:52,840
knows what it's doing.

2023
00:53:53,610 --> 00:53:54,659
Do they deserve to be sued?

2024
00:53:54,660 --> 00:53:55,619
Yes.

2025
00:53:55,620 --> 00:53:56,759
You know why. And I'm hoping they

2026
00:53:56,760 --> 00:53:58,349
lose because I want them at some

2027
00:53:58,350 --> 00:53:59,309
iPhones to come down.

2028
00:53:59,310 --> 00:54:00,809
Because I need a new one.

2029
00:54:00,810 --> 00:54:03,479
I look at price. They ask $1,000.

2030
00:54:03,480 --> 00:54:04,769
That's why I still have my little

2031
00:54:04,770 --> 00:54:06,959
cracking ones at that point.

2032
00:54:06,960 --> 00:54:07,829
I know I need to doing some.

2033
00:54:07,830 --> 00:54:09,689
You know, we can I can contribute

2034
00:54:09,690 --> 00:54:10,529
to the reals.

2035
00:54:10,530 --> 00:54:12,389
But yeah, I was getting

2036
00:54:12,390 --> 00:54:13,319
sued.

2037
00:54:13,320 --> 00:54:15,449
So how will Apple

2038
00:54:15,450 --> 00:54:16,379
prompt over that?

2039
00:54:16,380 --> 00:54:17,759
The suit also suggests that Apple

2040
00:54:17,760 --> 00:54:18,749
has made it harder for Android

2041
00:54:18,750 --> 00:54:20,339
messages to appear on iPhones,

2042
00:54:20,340 --> 00:54:22,019
obstructed rival payment platforms,

2043
00:54:22,020 --> 00:54:23,219
and restricted how competing

2044
00:54:23,220 --> 00:54:24,989
smartphones integrated wireless

2045
00:54:24,990 --> 00:54:26,060
devices are

2046
00:54:27,480 --> 00:54:28,799
restricted. They can't do it.

2047
00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:29,800
Would you be restricted?

2048
00:54:33,780 --> 00:54:34,559
Oh, boy.

2049
00:54:34,560 --> 00:54:35,939
Luckily, most Android people don't.

2050
00:54:35,940 --> 00:54:36,809
Don't read the news.

2051
00:54:36,810 --> 00:54:37,810
So,

2052
00:54:39,330 --> 00:54:40,139
I don't have to worry about here in

2053
00:54:40,140 --> 00:54:41,099
their mouths, but I basically told

2054
00:54:41,100 --> 00:54:42,179
you. Apple. Look, I don't care what

2055
00:54:42,180 --> 00:54:43,109
you say about Apple. I'm sticking

2056
00:54:43,110 --> 00:54:44,009
with it.

2057
00:54:44,010 --> 00:54:44,789
This is what it is.

2058
00:54:44,790 --> 00:54:47,369
It is. I'm faithful to Apple.

2059
00:54:47,370 --> 00:54:48,299
I like their products.

2060
00:54:48,300 --> 00:54:49,889
That's just the way it is.

2061
00:54:49,890 --> 00:54:50,729
It looks good when you pull out a

2062
00:54:50,730 --> 00:54:52,469
MacBook on iPhone.

2063
00:54:52,470 --> 00:54:53,489
They look good. You pull out the

2064
00:54:53,490 --> 00:54:55,409
Guardians Android phones.

2065
00:54:55,410 --> 00:54:56,009
Sorry.

2066
00:54:56,010 --> 00:54:56,819
Or a PC?

2067
00:54:56,820 --> 00:54:58,169
God. It's heavy.

2068
00:54:58,170 --> 00:54:59,369
And on top of that, I mean, yeah, I

2069
00:54:59,370 --> 00:55:01,019
get the lawsuit. And also to kind of

2070
00:55:01,020 --> 00:55:02,909
defend Apple a little bit while,

2071
00:55:02,910 --> 00:55:04,529
yes, they all kind of win monopoly.

2072
00:55:04,530 --> 00:55:05,969
I'm surprised they hadn't get hit

2073
00:55:05,970 --> 00:55:06,749
with nothing yet.

2074
00:55:06,750 --> 00:55:07,919
They did just enough to kind of stay

2075
00:55:07,920 --> 00:55:08,759
out of that. They're like, hey, we

2076
00:55:08,760 --> 00:55:09,839
won't buy everything. We'll just,

2077
00:55:09,840 --> 00:55:10,859
you know.

2078
00:55:10,860 --> 00:55:12,569
Got on just enough not.

2079
00:55:12,570 --> 00:55:14,249
To be a monopoly.

2080
00:55:14,250 --> 00:55:16,019
But Apple don't have everything.

2081
00:55:16,020 --> 00:55:16,969
Like they ain't got no waterproof

2082
00:55:16,970 --> 00:55:18,599
phones.

2083
00:55:18,600 --> 00:55:19,709
It's waterproof.

2084
00:55:19,710 --> 00:55:21,449
What? What phone is waterproof?

2085
00:55:21,450 --> 00:55:22,819
I was 13.

2086
00:55:22,820 --> 00:55:23,969
What? 13?

2087
00:55:23,970 --> 00:55:25,419
13 up to, like, a certain amount of

2088
00:55:25,420 --> 00:55:26,159
years. Waterproof.

2089
00:55:26,160 --> 00:55:27,299
So a certain amount of feet.

2090
00:55:27,300 --> 00:55:28,739
Yeah. Most things can survive a

2091
00:55:28,740 --> 00:55:29,939
certain amount. Yeah.

2092
00:55:29,940 --> 00:55:31,529
But I. Yeah, that's why it's not

2093
00:55:31,530 --> 00:55:33,959
waterproof. Is water resistant.

2094
00:55:33,960 --> 00:55:34,960
I don't have to.

2095
00:55:36,110 --> 00:55:37,879
I mean, I think if it's less than

2096
00:55:37,880 --> 00:55:38,880
three Viet.

2097
00:55:39,890 --> 00:55:41,779
Nam, two if it's 13V2 while it's

2098
00:55:41,780 --> 00:55:42,780
a pool, bro.

2099
00:55:44,630 --> 00:55:46,489
But. Yeah. No, let's say I was

2100
00:55:46,490 --> 00:55:47,599
allowed to play with.

2101
00:55:47,600 --> 00:55:48,600
Your.

2102
00:55:48,980 --> 00:55:50,149
Your iPhone falls in the toilet.

2103
00:55:50,150 --> 00:55:51,319
Now, you can pull it out and you

2104
00:55:51,320 --> 00:55:52,369
don't have to, like. Really?

2105
00:55:52,370 --> 00:55:54,259
Yeah, I'll put it in rice and all

2106
00:55:54,260 --> 00:55:54,889
of that.

2107
00:55:54,890 --> 00:55:56,239
You have to realize that

2108
00:55:58,070 --> 00:55:59,839
one that's, the Federal Trade

2109
00:55:59,840 --> 00:56:00,649
Commission goes through you.

2110
00:56:00,650 --> 00:56:01,999
They sued Amazon.

2111
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:02,719
Amazon.

2112
00:56:02,720 --> 00:56:03,889
The government is the probably the

2113
00:56:03,890 --> 00:56:05,719
only entity

2114
00:56:05,720 --> 00:56:07,429
on this world that can go up against

2115
00:56:07,430 --> 00:56:09,379
Apple in a lawsuit, because Apple

2116
00:56:09,380 --> 00:56:10,729
has the most liquid cash of any

2117
00:56:10,730 --> 00:56:12,169
other company in the world.

2118
00:56:12,170 --> 00:56:13,429
So they have the money.

2119
00:56:13,430 --> 00:56:14,479
But the government, like we got the

2120
00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:16,369
money to do all I'm

2121
00:56:16,370 --> 00:56:17,370
taxpayer dollars.

2122
00:56:18,200 --> 00:56:19,699
So all I'm saying is my taxpayer

2123
00:56:19,700 --> 00:56:21,319
dollars go to Apple iPhones coming

2124
00:56:21,320 --> 00:56:23,659
down price wise, I'm all for it.

2125
00:56:23,660 --> 00:56:24,769
And that is Confucius reads the

2126
00:56:24,770 --> 00:56:25,249
news.

2127
00:56:25,250 --> 00:56:26,569
All right man. Hey, look, if I give

2128
00:56:26,570 --> 00:56:28,159
me a cheaper iPhone, I'm all for it.

2129
00:56:28,160 --> 00:56:29,029
I'm just like them.

2130
00:56:29,030 --> 00:56:30,589
If I get 13, I can knock the price

2131
00:56:30,590 --> 00:56:31,909
down on a 13, a low multi.

2132
00:56:31,910 --> 00:56:32,479
I'm saying.

2133
00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:32,809
Wait it.

2134
00:56:32,810 --> 00:56:34,639
Me I got I think I looked

2135
00:56:34,640 --> 00:56:36,229
up, I looked up the 15 Promax.

2136
00:56:36,230 --> 00:56:37,669
That thing was on and off.

2137
00:56:39,080 --> 00:56:40,159
I looked, I looked it up to to

2138
00:56:40,160 --> 00:56:41,719
titanium and was like yeah, I won't

2139
00:56:41,720 --> 00:56:42,499
be getting that.

2140
00:56:42,500 --> 00:56:43,699
I'm cool.

2141
00:56:43,700 --> 00:56:44,749
I'll be on eBay looking mine.

2142
00:56:44,750 --> 00:56:45,919
That's what I call I get it for

2143
00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:46,849
cheap.

2144
00:56:46,850 --> 00:56:48,649
I think the cheapest I found with a

2145
00:56:48,650 --> 00:56:51,139
15 is the regular 15 for

2146
00:56:51,140 --> 00:56:52,729
$5.49 With used.

2147
00:56:52,730 --> 00:56:54,349
And then of course somebody that had

2148
00:56:54,350 --> 00:56:55,849
have a good celebrating with like

2149
00:56:55,850 --> 00:56:57,649
two two sales.

2150
00:56:57,650 --> 00:56:58,669
And he took a picture like I'm a

2151
00:56:58,670 --> 00:56:59,539
cancel man.

2152
00:56:59,540 --> 00:57:00,319
Okay.

2153
00:57:00,320 --> 00:57:01,159
Think about it.

2154
00:57:01,160 --> 00:57:02,269
If I'm putting a word when he sent

2155
00:57:02,270 --> 00:57:04,159
it to me that we were a better

2156
00:57:04,160 --> 00:57:04,999
rating, although they're kind of.

2157
00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:07,040
But guys, maybe you

2158
00:57:08,570 --> 00:57:09,829
think I was like 120 something.

2159
00:57:09,830 --> 00:57:11,629
Oh man, we suck.

2160
00:57:11,630 --> 00:57:13,159
I was late in.

2161
00:57:13,160 --> 00:57:13,381
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2162
00:57:13,382 --> 00:57:13,393
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2163
00:57:13,394 --> 00:57:13,406
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2164
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2165
00:57:13,416 --> 00:57:13,425
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2166
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