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Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please?

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The show starts in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, go!

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This is a Chao production.

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What up, what up?

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Twisted Critic Sunday afternoon a little later than I want to be, but Candy, you up in here with me?

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Yes sir, I'm here, I'm here.

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Mr. Rapper AM, you joining me from Baltimore?

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Yes, I am, yes sir, yes sir.

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Oh, you both sound crispy and clear. How are y'all boys doing this Sunday afternoon?

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Phenomenal.

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Good candy man.

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Candy man, here he goes already. We went two seconds in this show.

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Alright, so I'm a little tired and not hungover, but definitely sunburned, not really, but some suntan from my vacation in Sarasota.

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So we're going to try to take it easy, but at the same time be as twisted as ever.

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So we're going to ride into it, Candy, kick us off the right way.

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So as the Twisted Critics podcast, we're the biasedly unbiased brothers stretching across the US who dig music and music business.

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This is our much anticipated relaunch as the Twisted Critics originally began with Doc Jain's cousin Tony Ganja in 2018.

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Now with two new co-hosts, rapper AM and Sweet Papi, Candelaria del Bimi, AM and Doctor, active artists respectfully,

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and the three of us are collaborators, radio reviewers, and current business execs for Hear My Voice Entertainment and Publishing.

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Not only that, but starting this year, the Twisted Critics podcast is curating our very own Spotify VIP playlist to better help promote our special guests and other songs that we become fans of.

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Not just fans of, but we are the supporters, the drivers, the tastemakers, and the gatekeepers for all these people that we talk to.

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Amen.

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And you are right, we are active artists, AM and myself, and due to our good and bad experiences in the rap game, our college degrees, our jobs around the industry,

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and many questions and misinformation we've heard at music conferences and networking events, we remember what it's like starting out, making those same mistakes, being told all this false narrative and just wrong information everywhere you turn.

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We try to provide that direct answer, the correct business practices, the legal steps, the helpful resources to help newcomers like you guys to advance farther in your career and bigger than we ever were.

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But it's our mutual love though, AM and mine especially, for our weekly local phone calls, our ear for urban music, our mathematical eyes for the urban charts, our review of music and singles for record labels, our heated song debates, because you know we will argue,

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and us asking our guests both business and personal questions, and we got a really good guest this week, one of the OGs.

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But it's our solidarity also in sharing just a few drinks with each other for a therapeutic, productive, and often wild platform for us and y'all to listen to and be part of.

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Anything else, tune in with an open mind and note pad, and y'all better have a full glass, so you guys can enjoy an informative, opinionated, entertaining, twisted vibe, you might learn something.

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I know I do every single time I talk to these gentlemen. Please be interactive and send in questions via social media.

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We actually even texted, we've been texting people right, we got text messages, and we've been handling a couple of different ways.

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And we will give you a shout out on the air, and we will also give you direction and steps.

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Us three are believers in the motto, a drunk man or woman tells no lies, and how we can equally be helpful and entertaining, call it education through inebriation, if you will.

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Education through inebriation, I love that quote every time you said it every week.

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Part of our segment one is our salutations, just a little elevator pitch to get you guys known who we are. If you listen to our pilot you definitely learned about us.

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If you listen to the old Twisted Critics you know who I am. But in case this is your first time listening, I am Doc J, the Mike medic.

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I used to go by that in 2012 and beyond, we just bringing that back for this episode.

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I'm 40 something something, I'm part Puerto Rican, part Slovakian, a part Italian. I was born in Sleepy Hollow, New York, where our guest was born at, and now I'm living in sunny central Florida.

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I went to college at FAU in Boca Raton, Florida, Atlantic University. I have a degree in copyright trademark law and civil engineering.

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I am a rapper, songwriter myself, I have copyrights, I have multiple years of just doing mixtapes. I produced kind of on and off, I produced a number 27 hit for Brian McKnight, find myself in you, go check it out and stream it.

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I got my job at media base in 2016. I have kind of slowly moved up to a senior radio spins analyst. I work out of the Kissimmee courthouse in Kissimmee, Florida.

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I now run a multicultural collective of artists called Hear My Voice Entertainment. We try to stretch the whole US, trying to get some people outside of the US.

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We do education, we do artist development, we do distribution, and as of two years ago we started doing artist publishing as well. And our idea, like I said before, is we want to help these younger guys get farther and quicker than we ever did.

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Rapper AM, angry man 410, fuck it is stupid, fuck it is dummy. All of that lets you know that I am from Baltimore, Maryland. I'm a rapper, battle rapper, photographer, videographer. I dance, I sing, I produce as well. I have a degree, it's a bachelor's degree in psychology.

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I am a PA, which is what I call an almost manager at Amazon. I think that is all outside of me being one of the most integral parts of Hear My Voice Entertainment. I have an active A&R role.

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And I want to do more there, helping with us getting some more publishing things done and more copyrights because I think I only have three.

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And Candy, you're the last man on the totem pole. Let them know who you are.

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So my name is Candidario Yardial, aka Candy, too sweet in the streets, you know, a little spicy in the sheep.

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But I got started with marketing, physical marketing and helping out with events at hotels. I've kind of transitioned over to media marketing. And right now with Hear My Voice Entertainment and we're working on artist development, not just developing them as, you know, music making, but you know, being better people.

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And you know, having a better presence online and being able to own their own stuff. So that's what I got going on right now for Browseville, Texas, southernmost tip of Texas. Shout out 956. And that's where I'm from, baby.

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All right. So if anyone was actually watching the last episode, the pilot episode, you guys know part of our salutation is one of my favorite quotes. And at Hear My Voice and Twisted Critics, we have a lot of quotes we can throw in a t-shirt.

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But the one I'm gonna say right now is what you drinking on. So Candy, what you drinking on my friend?

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So I got my favorite beer. Oh, man, you can see right there, but it's Indio. It's a real hard beer to come by in America. I got we got to get it over from Mexico. But it's my favorite beer and I'm going I'm gonna rep it until they you know they set the cases as a sponsorship.

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Hell yeah. And what you drinking on my friend. I'm drinking on the silver rum. It's called Castillo. I like rum period. It's from Puerto Rico. Big on Jamaican rum. But this rum is very cheap and it is very smooth. So it is very me. Cheap and smooth.

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What about you? What about you? What about you. What I'm drinking on all the way down in Florida. I am joining am on the Puerto Rican rum case I am on Ron Rico another cheap and smooth rum just like you silver.

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So I got some cans of coke just in case I have to be drinking this whole show with you guys. And in the case we do slip up a banana on a banana peel for our little shots game, I will be drinking some old smoky some smoky mountain salted caramel whiskey.

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Saying I'll put you on that whiskey. I got me some buccanas for the shots.

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So I need both of you my brothers right now to pour shot that we are family. And you guys can see since I'm drinking Puerto Rican I have the Puerto Rican shot glass. Y'all fans, co-hosts and especially our special guest Tony. Salud. This is gonna be a very fun episode.

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We are moving on to segment two our WFW. What is that? As always we as the Twisted Critics want to do our best to make sure we, us three, the guests that we're interviewing and you listeners that are tuning in, mutually get the opportunity to break the ice, let loose, and join in the fun that we have.

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By using our little torturous buzzword as our banana peel for each episode to slip on that we call the WFW or the wrong fucking word of the week.

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Can I be that doc? Every time someone slips up and says it on air, everyone must take a shot. No questions asked. We are already two in and I'm already feeling mine. With that said, I think it's your turn Candyman, Mr. Sweet in the Sheets, to pick the poison.

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I know you read Tony's biography just like I did. So what kind of trouble are you going to be getting us the fuck into this afternoon?

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So I'm ready, I'm good to go and I look into this man's past, I read his bio. I spoke to someone very close to him and I feel like I got, I got a little tricky word for him. The WFW would be the, drum roll please, career.

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Career. Yeah I chose career. I feel like he's gonna slip up a bit. We might even slip up a bit, I don't even know.

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Six times. You know I'm mad at you Candy because you know when I start talking about artists, I talk about the best song in their catalog.

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So you threw that banana peel out there for me too. So I feel like both guys are gonna slip up. I hope you slip up too.

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Now before we slip up though we need to take a look back in time, go through that crystal ball, that time machine and AM lead us into time capsule.

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I hope you got sliding into segment number three. Let's turn back the clock a little bit. Right now we're gonna go back for episode number one this week, we just, it consists of the dates, seven nine through seven 16 I don't know what month it is you guys have to tell me,

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I'm sorry my son's birthday. So we're now gonna take a quick look into those days throughout urban music history.

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I'm at first and foremost we got to get props and pay some respects to those not here anymore to receive it. So July 9, it's gonna be little nef 2021.

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July 10, it's gonna be Hassan Fatal 2015 and KTS Ray 2021.

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So we got up from where candy left off June 12 we got Marlo from ATL 2020 passed away.

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And a legend for R&B also July 12 is Mini Riperton she passed away in 1979.

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And then I'm gonna pull it up the rear with sporty T 2009 and make that music with your mouth is June 16. Rest in peace Bismarck.

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That probably many Riperton and and Bismarck here my two go to there I mean Mary Riperton's got so many classic R&B, like old school joints, 60s and 70s, and just Bismarck he was one of the first funny man's and hip hop, shout out to Hassan Fatal to like down with the outlaws.

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Yes, two box crew on a lot of those diss tracks that hit them up the, you know, all those records like that. RIP to everyone we named there and you know we definitely miss them.

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On a happier note, let's go ahead and move on to the birthday celebrations for all the cancer crew.

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Doc, why don't you kick us off first.

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Sure I will for this week we have the following birthday shout outs going directly to Don McClendon from Brock Hampton July 10 who turned 31 years old, Little Kim July 11 to just turned 49.

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I was a huge Foxy Brown fan so I kind of teared back and forth with the whole biggie war and Jay Z and I'm like, Foxy little Kim Foxy Kim Foxy Kim I just think Foxy's cuter.

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But Kim can wrap her ass off to so happy birthday to little Kim and little Zane July 11 who just turned 41 my same age. Hey, Magoo. Hey, I used to play I used to play a game on Xbox.

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But first first time I turned it on. It's the first track every single time I started the first race it was Magoo and Timberland.

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July the 12th he's turning 50 years old. Love to love to love ya love ya love ya.

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We have Gerald Laverte, July the 13th. RIP.

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See and I didn't I didn't know that. I didn't I didn't know that he was gone. He would have been 57 years old. Tiny Harris, July the 14th I know she's alive.

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Was her name always Tiny? It was just Tiny. I don't know her last name but it was Tiny. That was the name she went by.

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Oh, well she's gonna be 48. Then we got my boy Jim Jones who said, man it's gotta be a crackhead.

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Did you guys listen to the disses? I did. I see I like I grew up on the dip set whole movement. I like Cam. I like you else.

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Jim Jones is probably the like the weaker link for me and the fact that he's the one that with the larger hits made no sense.

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But he's barking up the wrong tree with Pusha. I think Pusha kind of baited him into this this whole dis. So I'm going to stay out of it until I hear a knockout punch.

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So on July 15 we celebrate Stokely of mid condition. He is turning 36. Then we got Kevin abstract of he is what is it half right half of Brock Hampton.

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It's like I think there's like six or seven people in there. Really? Yeah, there's a lot of people in the group.

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He's July 16. He's turning 27. He's a young buck. Yes.

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Then we got with kid July 16, 2033. I thought he was a little older than that.

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But yeah, A.M. and I have definitely been kind of vibing out to his kid records when you've been reviewing them in the last two years.

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So definitely definitely digging that we are now on segment number four is called the hot seat.

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It's about that time for this week's hot seat. And I know that we've been waiting for this guest.

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He's one of the old geez. Why don't you pick up the line and get your cousin in here? He's already here.

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But we're doing that anyway. He's in here. We definitely got him unmuted now.

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And we are saying what's up to my cousin right now. My family, one of the old G twisted critics.

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This man is someone I look up to. He's from the same place I was born at.

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And my mother was born at I think you're even born same hospital Phelps Memorial or no. Yes.

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Yes. We had a very weird interaction when we first met because the other cousins are crazy.

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But one of my favorite people, one of my favorite people. Definitely.

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He's a prior rapper, prior actor, prior model. He wanted to show off his underwear and everything.

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Got into combat sports, definitely got ripped up in the gym and still doing the gym thing.

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He's expanded his mind to a lot of other things, spiritual, professional, religious, self help, all that stuff.

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He's gotten into professional writing, copyright promotion.

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And I got to give him a lot of props for this because I haven't really done this professionally and vocally.

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As of this year, he is a published author for the first time. Please welcome with a round of applause,

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my cousin, my family, Antonio Gonzalez, who I will always refer to as Tony Ganja.

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What's up, man? Thank you.

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I'll try my best to show you off and make you look the billion dollar part that you are.

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But let the people know, do a little elevator picture yourself too that I didn't get to do.

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And I hope I did you justice.

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Yeah, you pretty much covered everything. First of all, thank you for putting me over so well.

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I don't know what else left to say.

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Twisted credits. You know, it was a brainchild of mine and I shared it with you and I'm glad that it's now rebooted.

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And off to the races with you guys. I don't think it could be in better hands than you guys.

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So I am honored to be here on your show.

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Yes, sir.

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But yes, I am from Westchester County, Sleepy Hollow, and I'm a very creative mind.

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I like to write various forms of writing. And yes, I am very proud to say I am a self-published author.

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And along with the other things that Doug J has gracefully said, and I'm just an overall cool guy that likes to ship on his champagne.

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I'm about halfway through the bottle right now.

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So, so, so, so listeners out there, this is how you could tell he's an OG Twisted critic.

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I didn't even have to say our catchphrase, what you drinking on, Tony? He already led right into that.

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Yes, yes. They're bringing back memories.

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That's right. So, Kandy, lead us into this barbed wire we're about to get into.

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There you go. Let's get the drinks ready and let's kick off these 21 questions. Question one, man, I'll have the honor.

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So regardless of what profession you're doing, what do you think your purpose in life is?

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You know, that's a very, very good question. Finding your purpose in life is an adventure in itself.

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It is a journey in itself. Some people find it quickly. Other people takes more time to figure it out.

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I think my purpose is, besides helping myself, is to be of service to others.

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You know, but before I can be of service to others, I got to, I can't help you unless I help myself.

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Right. I got to be the best version of myself. So I've been provide whatever it is that I want to give to other people.

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So I just think through my writing and through everything that I'm doing, not only am I discovering myself,

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but I'm discovering how I can be of service to others. So I think that's what it is.

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I think that's why anything that has to deal with popularity, like the rapping or whatever celebrity status, didn't work out for me.

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It's probably because I'm not meant to be propped up there as someone to, you know, how these celebrities,

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they have so many people looking up to them and putting them on a pedestal.

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Maybe I'm meant for something more, more substance, you know.

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So I think that's my purpose is to be of service to people. But I will have to admit, I don't fully know what that is just yet.

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I'm literally figuring it out right now, at least like the last two years. You literally see the new me, literally, right before your eyes.

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That was a really good answer. I was, you're going to come out of those really good questions on this,

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and I think we kind of racked our brain, you being the OG, and this is kind of like your moment to pass the baton.

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And if anything, you get to hand shoes and make sure I did a good job picking people that can maybe fill your shoes.

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You know what I'm saying? So definitely I wanted them to get to know you inside and out and all that good stuff.

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So I guess I'm going second. And you know, me, AM, are going to try to bring a touch and taste of tug and pull

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and tug of war of like professional and personal questions. So and some fun things too.

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Since you are an OG Twisted Critic, if us four were at a club or bar, what are your two or three go to bar cocktails or drinks that you would order?

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That is a really good question, too. It's crazy how I already know what I'm going to say.

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It's pretty cliché, generic, but I like my Hennessy and Coke. Coca-Cola, by the way, you know. Want to get clear on that?

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Henny in a line. Yeah. Yeah, that's that Diet Coke right there.

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I would say Vodka and OJ, you know, again, that's pretty generic.

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But recently I have discovered some Casamigos. So I kind of like that.

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You know, the last few bars I've been hanging out with, I've been offered some Casamigos.

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I'm like, yeah, sure, I could drink up. I'm like, oh, this is nice. I like this.

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So, yeah, I guess that's three right there. That's good.

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Oh, four, four.

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I hope you're not going to pay me, man. I plug y'all in so much. That's the whole idea.

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We definitely want multiple, multiple liquor partnerships. We all of us do.

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Actually, Tony, what's funny is I texted these two fools.

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The hotel we were staying at actually had a bar service of little Hennessy bottles.

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So, of course, when I'm pouring my two drinks, I had to send a picture to these two.

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Damn right. Hennessy and Coke.

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So I myself have been a guest on the show. I was a guest on the original show.

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I forgot what episode that I was on. And now you're a guest on ours.

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I'm going to say ours. I know that you like to cut up and have a good time, but let me ask you,

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what is some things that make you laugh the most?

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You think laugh the most? Yes.

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I've been laughing a lot lately, especially last few weeks, just trying to be more not so taking things personal and serious,

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which is part of my mental and emotional growth. Right now, I just almost anything.

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I mean, I'm a huge fan of Family Guy. If you guys watch that show, I like that type of comedy.

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It could be silly, but I don't know. I get a kick out of that.

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I love me some Dave Chappelle. I think he's hilarious and he just makes me laugh.

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But you know what, too? I'm also a fan of bad jokes. You tell me a bad joke, I probably laugh because I know it's bad, but I laugh at it anyway.

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Are you a fan of like all the stills and the loops of like dad jokes too, like bad dad jokes?

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I mean, you know, also depends too about the moment too. So sometimes that joke could hit.

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I'm like, oh, that was funny. It was stupid, but it was funny. This was up.

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There you go. So I got the next one. Doc puts you on his analyze this mix seat.

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So give us some of your personal memories from the writing, recording, just the sessions of that.

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Oh, man, that brings back memories. How that came about was through a mutual friend. I had met a DJ called DJ Sus One.

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He's currently a DJ for Mariah Carey. He was the DJ for Wendy Williams when she had her show on network TV.

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When I met him, he was already doing world tours already. So he was a very busy guy in the MySpace days where you could post his schedule up.

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And he had his schedule was pages long. So this guy was in high demand.

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So we met through a mutual friend and then it's one of those things where now we became cool that we don't hang out anymore without the mutual friend, because now we've actual friends before we will hang out because this person was here.

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Now it's like we exchanged numbers. We're cool. We have a lot of things in common. So if this guy can't make it, I get invited anyway.

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Now we're hanging out. I'm hanging around his crew. I'm helping bring it in crates to his shows, to the clubs.

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And then I told him, you know, I like to I like to pursue this rap thing and I want to see if you can help me out.

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And I was very surprised because when I did ask him, I thought I was going to get a lot of pushback. Oh, I'm too busy. I was going to give me the busy line.

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He was like, no, whenever you want to start, we can start. He recorded at my house. I was like, whoa, really?

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So I got, you know, at that time, I was still trying to discover who I was trying to figure out my writing style.

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And honestly, I wasn't too confident in myself to looking back because I still haven't found my voice.

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I just knew I like to make words rhyme together. I just knew that the rappers I look up to, I want to be like them.

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But I have to figure out my own style because, you know, especially back in the 90s, the number one sin is taking someone's style.

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You never ever bite a person's style. So I had to figure out my style.

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But in the same time, I was trying to put effort into creating something.

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So I went to his house a couple of times, did a couple of recording sessions.

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Of course, I offered him to pay him because I'm on his time. I'm using his equipment. I'm at his home.

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And like I said, he's constantly on tour and all that stuff. So I figured I can't just be about me.

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So I offered to pay him. And he was like, I appreciate that, Tony Ganja. I really, really do. Thank you.

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More people should be like you because a lot of people try to ask for favors for free.

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I do that. And I remember when I had the final Masters, per se, because it's a mixtape.

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I gave a copy to Doc to get his opinion on it. He also helped me out with the pressing, the artwork with it, sent up a couple of copies.

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And then I was just, you know, on my grind trying to give it out to people. It was like a mixtape slash demo.

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People around my way who like to support me. But it's also a tool to hopefully get in the right person's hands to probably give me an opportunity to probably take something further.

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That was a great time because it also reminded me how much I have come along the way because doing that mixtape, I also, people can be very honest.

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I say honest meaning sometimes not nice. So, you know, I got both sides of the spectrum of it, but I enjoy the overall experience.

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And I thought having my first official project being co-hosted from a pretty well-known name to me was an accomplishment in itself.

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Hell yeah. It is. It is. I'd say to this day, it's not too long of an answer.

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No, that was just, no, no, no. We definitely encourage stories as long as they don't run on. So definitely, what I liked about that, that was back in my FAU days.

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And to me, in your longevity, your rap longevity, I do think that was one of your highlights there.

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And what I liked about it is that was where I got kind of like honed my promotional method where I would walk up to people on the breezeway.

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My college had a giant breezeway that ran the entire school. I'd rock up to girls, guys, friends, special girls and throw headphones on them.

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And I didn't want to be a creeper, but at the same time I was a creeper.

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And I'd be like, yo, of course, of course, of course. But again, they knew me as that. They knew me as that. So, you know, yeah.

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And they knew, no, as a friendly person, I would walk up to anybody.

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So and you've been to my college before too, and you're also, you know, your cousins and my cousin Laura as well. So I would pick mutual friends that we all had.

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And I'd walk up, throw the headphones on and make sure it was like the two words demo record on that with you and I on it.

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And I'd be like, yo, what do you think about that? That's my cousin Tony. What do you think about that verse? That's me.

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I remember one time I went to Florida, so I had to cut you off, but for some performance or something.

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And he was on the campus walking and some guy just recently just out of nowhere and said, hey, are you so and so?

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I was like, in my mind, I was like, yo, you put him up to this. You know this guy?

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I think there's possibly no way that you know who I am.

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I am a loud megaphone. I know you got, we pressed 300 copies for you. You sent me 100. And I think within three weeks, I was like, Tony, you got more?

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I was definitely selling those. That was a good project. And I was just happy. I think that was a highlight of his longevity.

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So I liked that was the Tony Gange I aspired to rap with on records.

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Oh, man, definitely, man. I want Tony Gange to make a reappearance someday. But that's neither here nor there.

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But my question is next. Number five, to you, because I know you're a hip hop fan like AM and IR, hardcore, actually.

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To you, what is the best decade of music and who exactly are your personal top five emcees on your Mount Rushmore?

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Man, decade of music. Man, that's hard. I'll start with the top five emcees first. So this isn't in no specific order.

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Can I throw a curveball to my question then? Yeah, sure. I want a damn order to this. Like, I want to hear your ranking.

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I can't give it to you in ranking because it adjusts according to my mood. I listen to these people for different reasons.

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I like that answer. I like that answer. By the way, AM, you can't use that.

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I can't just give my person a number one and stay there. But I love you, but I'm not in the mood to listen to you right now.

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I want to listen to number five. So number five is number one right now.

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I understand that. Yeah. So first one, and I know some of these are going to be, I heard these names before, but like I said, I got reasons for.

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So one would be Tupac. So for me, the reason why I connected to him would be is the passion behind what he does.

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100 percent. Where he comes from, he felt like he had a reason to be the way he was. His mother, Black Panther, his parents.

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He had he had reasons to being so angry and so passionate about everything that he does.

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And to me, that really struck with me because some of the things that he spoke about, I can relate to both good and bad.

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So I'm like, I like this guy, you know, everything else, all the thug shit, all the gun shit, all the drug shit.

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I can't really relate to that part as much.

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The more of being a writer and we're in twenty twenty three and there's still music coming out that I haven't heard from this guy.

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So where how did he get the time to record all this music in such a short amount of time?

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So that discipline, the hard work is what really connected me to to him.

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Number two would be Method Man from the Wu-Tang Clan.

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Funny for him, he got better as time went on.

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But the reason why I connected to him was more he had that kind of mainstream appeal, like that rugged mainstream appeal.

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That's probably why he was the first release out because he probably got a lot of praise from the women and he had the crazy hairstyle going on and all that stuff.

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He was working with Bad Boy Records. So to me, that's what appealed to me more.

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You know, and he had the ruggedness to, you know, I could kind of connect with him with the lyrics.

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But to me was more the aesthetic value for me.

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That makes sense. Number three would be Ray Kwan, the chef from the Wu-Tang Clan.

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Now, there's two members from the Wu-Tang Clan.

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Before I even knew they were in the group, I liked them individually already.

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I didn't even know there was in a group when I first heard them both.

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I didn't know they were in the group. So I already had a good first impression.

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And then once I realized they were in the group together, that just made it even like better.

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So for me, Ray Kwan would be his fashion sense.

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You know, he was always into that fly shit, you know, the Land Rovers, the polo jackets.

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And of course, the music was fucking amazing.

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Odie Bill for Puber Links. When I first heard that for the first time, I thought I was listening to a movie.

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So that's how I would say with him. Another one, the next one, number four would be Ludacris.

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Ludacris, I like him because, you know, funny thing with him is he is so animated.

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And that's what I like from him because that inspires me to be like that, to be more animated.

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Because sometimes I can be a little too reserved a little bit.

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So that kind of makes me want to get out of my shell because I see him do it. Right.

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But I think he is a he's a wordsmith. He's a lyricist as well.

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But I think it gets overshadowed by his his tactics.

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He's kind of like with the big finger, big hands.

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And he's so like a cartoon and all that stuff. You know what I mean?

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So but I think he got lyrics for days and I still listen to Ludacris to this day.

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Number five would be motherfucking Big Punisher. Big Punisher, Puerto Rican.

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You know, I think that's great. You know, they call him the Puerto Rican biggie.

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His lyrics was amazing. The first time I ever heard him was on a single from Fat Joe called Envy.

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And the B side was called Firewater with Ray Kwan the Chef.

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I was already a fan of Ray Kwan the Chef. So I'm like, who's this big Punisher guy?

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When I listened to that, I was like, wow.

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And then the rest is history, capital punishment and everything else.

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It made me proud because, you know, Puerto Rican and I never heard a whack verse from him at all.

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Ever. He's the only guy that I know that made Nas rewrite his verses.

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Who has ever made Nas rewrite his verses?

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In his in his being and his existence of his entire, you know.

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Who else has done that?

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Yeah. So those are my top five. And depending on my mood.

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See, right now, Ludacris is number one for me. I've been listening to a lot of Ludacris the last two days.

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So give it give it a few more days and I might be on some methaman.

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Then I switch over to Big Punisher and I switch over to whatever I'm feeling, you know.

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But those would be my five right there.

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Five legends.

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Now, what about your favorite era?

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Oh, yeah.

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So when I discovered hip hop, it was back in 93.

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Sadat X was on fire because he had so many features, kind of like how little Wayne was in back in like 07, 08.

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He was he was that then.

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So I would say from like 93 till 2002, 2003.

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You don't say that.

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He's a he's a 90s cat like guy. He's a 90s head for sure.

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Yeah, because you got reasonable doubt.

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You know, ready to die. You got illmatic 36 chambers.

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You have only built for Cuba links.

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You got Iron Man. You got oh man, so much DMX dark as hell is hot.

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Flesh in my flesh, blood in my blood.

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You had the roots. You had outcasts.

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All that's crunched up into like such a short amount of period of time.

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And this is all new to me. So back to back to back to back. Great, fantastic music.

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I was like, oh man, it was and everyone was original.

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They were the same.

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You see why I love my cousin so much.

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Yep.

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So, you know, so to me, I thought I caught it.

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I caught it just in time because after a certain amount of time, I started losing interest in it.

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It wasn't the same for me anymore.

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So that's what I would say.

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Ninety three to 2003.

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That sounds perfect to me. So I have a question on number six.

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Do you have any fears or phobias that no one knows of?

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If you do, could you tell us what they are?

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Fears or phobias? Yeah.

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Yes, I have two actually. One, don't laugh at me, but I have fear heights.

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That's not funny. I did too.

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A lot of people do.

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I think that's more of a mental thing, you know.

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It is.

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Unless I'm actually like on top of a building.

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That's not a mental thing, motherfucker. You're going to die.

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You know, when I used to when I used to live in Florida, I was in this.

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I used to work at a store called Office Depot.

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They would have these ladders and I would sometimes have to go up these ladders and pick up these heavy items like a assembly required chair or like these desks.

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So they would be very heavy, right?

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So I'm using this ladder, but the ladder is wobbly.

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And then on top of that, I got so many people looking at me to see me bring that thing down.

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So not only do I got to go up this wobbly ladder, and then not only do I got to take this heavy item, put it on my shoulder and go down hoping I don't bust my ass, but I got all these people looking at me.

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Man, talk about pressure.

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So, and I had fear of heights, but I had to face it head on and for some reason still to this day is still kind of, I'm not fully over it.

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So yeah, fear of heights. Another thing, my other fear also would be to remain stagnant, not to never see my full potential in myself.

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I don't want to be a person that never at least tried to better myself, you know.

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Do you mean this like in your personal life or your like your business longevity, your business life?

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I think all together, as long as I'm getting 1% better in any area of my life every day, because I don't want to be the same exact person now that I was a year ago, five years ago, 10 years ago.

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You know, we're supposed to evolve as humans. And I know a lot of people who are the same exact person today, then they were five years ago, 10 years ago, 20 years ago, and sometimes it's not a good thing.

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It could be a miserable bully, but that was you 20 years ago and you're still the same today.

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You mean to tell me you don't got nothing to be happy for, you got, you're not working to better yourself.

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That's what scares me. I don't want to be like that.

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I agree.

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I'm not, I'm not, but I'm told you're a fashion guy. So what are two or three items of clothing or accessory you can't live without?

349
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:31,000
That's another good question. I like that. But one, I got to say my Versace glasses.

350
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,000
Always with those.

351
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:38,000
Changed my life. You know how many girls attention and numbers I got off of these glasses, my man?

352
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:45,000
And I didn't want them at first. I thought these shits was ugly.

353
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:51,000
But yeah, so I got to say these glasses. I love me some Wallaby croc shoes.

354
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,000
Wallaby, you know what those are?

355
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,000
Absolutely.

356
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:59,000
I got a few pair myself again, depending on my mood. It depends on what I wear.

357
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:05,000
So sometimes I may want to wear a nice solid color like a black or like beige. I could wear that.

358
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:11,000
And I got others where it's too tall or I got a crazy design on them. I could wear that.

359
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:16,000
So and they're very versatile. I could wear Wallaby's to a function. I could wear Wallaby's to a date.

360
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:19,000
But I could wear Wallaby's to a job interview.

361
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:24,000
Same shoe, different situations, but I always get compliments on it.

362
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:28,000
And they're comfortable. And not a lot of people that I know wear Wallaby's.

363
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:33,000
So it automatically separates me from most people.

364
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,000
All right. All right.

365
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:46,000
And the other thing I would say, it's a cologne from Hermes called T-E-R-R-E. I don't know how to pronounce it.

366
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:51,000
But it's a cologne from Hermes. I like putting that on when I go out and around, out and about.

367
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:55,000
And I always get good compliments, good feedback from it.

368
00:39:55,000 --> 00:40:00,000
So that's definitely an accessory I will always keep in my rotation.

369
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,000
That's what's up. That's what's up.

370
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:09,000
So he's like, he smells good. He sees good. And he definitely has feet comfy.

371
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:10,000
All right.

372
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,000
All the basics.

373
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:15,000
Yeah. You got your basics covered. So all right. So I guess I got next.

374
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:31,000
Are there skills from your retail, from your rap, from the film and movie stuff, from your being a wrestling fan, to even our podcast days that have helped transfer you over to your writing business and work with that?

375
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:46,000
It definitely played a part in me helping me discover myself and my strengths and weaknesses to do all of that, because that is all based in the same foundation, but in different variations.

376
00:40:46,000 --> 00:41:01,000
You know, so all those different things I tried to do made me better. And sometimes I had to pivot and change things around in order for me to finally offer that real service that I want to offer to the world.

377
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:14,000
So yeah, I would have to say that music taught me a lot about myself, about having confidence, about having about knowing what you're talking about and how to say it, what to say, how to say it.

378
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:26,000
And working on my charisma, because everything, you're selling something to somebody. So you got to convince them why you are the best choice out of everyone else out there.

379
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:39,000
So it's whether it's music, whether it's writing for hire, whether it's anything. You got to put your best foot forward. So I think all those different elements kind of fuse together and this is what I'm doing now.

380
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:44,000
So I have small elements in everything I do from all of that.

381
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,000
And so, yeah.

382
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:49,000
I think that's a good answer.

383
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:58,000
I'm on number nine. So I always wondered, give us your side of the story of how you and Doc got to know each other was the first meeting interesting.

384
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,000
I was like, who is this nerd?

385
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:07,000
Who is this nerd?

386
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:12,000
Go ahead. Chair leans back who sits like that.

387
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:18,000
I'm kidding. I'm kidding. A little bit. A little bit. Not a lot of it a little bit.

388
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:28,000
Honestly, I remember it was Lord introduced us the first thing she tried to do was like, hey, you guys should battle at.

389
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:33,000
I was like I looked at her like what?

390
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:41,000
I do like that. Jay's answer though. He was like, oh, I don't know this guy. I haven't done his research. What am I? So what am I going to say?

391
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:45,000
In my mind, I was like, yo, that was a real smart answer.

392
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:50,000
But at the outside, I was like, so,

393
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:57,000
you know, like I come from battling people. I've known you for two minutes and you and you were 30 motherfuckers that I don't know.

394
00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:04,000
And I was like, I see you battling and I hold it down and you hold it down and it could turn into a fight, but it didn't.

395
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:08,000
And we just step each other up. And I said, that's how I gave my respect from.

396
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:15,000
That's how I came up. When I started rapping, I had to defend myself so much. And it was against so many people.

397
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:19,000
So I had to become a battle rapper, even though I didn't want to be.

398
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:24,000
That wasn't my lane. But I had to be because everyone around me were sharks.

399
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:31,000
And I had to be a rapper to make a song or to collaborate because anything you do, you need a network. Right.

400
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:35,000
So I'm not going to work with someone if I don't respect your work.

401
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:40,000
So I want to I want to see what you got. So if you comes to rap, oh, your name is Tony Ganja.

402
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:45,000
Let me hear something. And when they say, here's something I don't want one rap.

403
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:51,000
We can be there for two, three hours and we're going to see what you got.

404
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:55,000
I mean, I've been embarrassed. I've been eaten up. But I've lost.

405
00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:58,000
But I've won as well. I gave my respect.

406
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:03,000
So then since that point forward, when when when Laura was like, you guys should rap.

407
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:08,000
My first instinct was like, oh, I'm going to chew this motherfucker up.

408
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:13,000
But at the same time, I didn't want to do it because it's like, I want to chill, relax. I just met homie.

409
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:17,000
I don't know nothing about him. What am I going to say? The color of his shirt?

410
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:22,000
You know, you got an ugly screensaver. Like, what am I going to say?

411
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:25,000
So I am am I know you know this vibe, too.

412
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:28,000
So like Lauren David, so Laura's got a younger brother, David.

413
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:32,000
It was more David on my side of the story than Tony's.

414
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:37,000
Yeah, David was really David and my little brother, Chris, were really pushing like

415
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:40,000
I was introduced to the idea of you, Tony.

416
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:46,000
I was DJing and I was just winning all the battle scenes in like in West Palm, Fort Lauderdale and creeping down to Boca Raton.

417
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:50,000
So like not only was doing the club scene like rapping, but I was doing their battle scene.

418
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:56,000
They did like a lot of hurricane battles where you like you wouldn't watch for being the best of 64 rappers.

419
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:59,000
So they're like, damn, you're pretty good.

420
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:02,000
You're not as good as our cousin because he signed the bad boy records, but you're pretty good.

421
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:08,000
And I'm like, I'm a DJ and there is no Tony ganja, Tony Gonzalez and Tony.

422
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:13,000
I don't give a fuck what his name is. He's not signed the bad boy bad boy.

423
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:17,000
Yeah. So when I met you, they were really pressing us.

424
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:19,000
Both David and Laura were pressuring us to battle.

425
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:21,000
And I was like, no, let me learn a little bit more about him.

426
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:26,000
I want to talk to him. You know, one like the way I went a lot of those battles on those three scenes.

427
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:32,000
And was like, I was a dude that with our personal that you like, I would find your most darkest secrets.

428
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,000
And that's the shit I would expose in a battle.

429
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:38,000
And it worked very well for me. I won lots of stuff with that.

430
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:43,000
And I was like, oh, he's gonna kill me. I'm gonna kill myself.

431
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:44,000
And I was like, yeah, yeah.

432
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:49,000
So you know, as I started talking to Tony, like I started learning then he's like, he even told me.

433
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:51,000
I'm not signed a bad boy. I'm on their street team.

434
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:58,000
Like I get like free CDs and flyers and I'm like, see, these motherfuckers don't even know what they're talking about.

435
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:01,800
and I had like college fraternity meetings.

436
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:03,960
And my drive to college was like a 55 minute drive,

437
00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:05,280
almost an hour.

438
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:06,920
And I'm like, well, if I just bring a bag of clothes,

439
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:09,920
I can go to Tony's apartment or Laura's house.

440
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:11,760
Laura's house, I have to sleep in a room

441
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:14,640
and Tony, I can sit there and bring food,

442
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:16,640
we could drink and we can rap all night.

443
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:18,760
So I'm like, Tony's is a little bit-

444
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:21,340
Don't forget, I was on that, I was on that, you know.

445
00:46:21,340 --> 00:46:24,240
Yeah, we would tear up, but at the same time,

446
00:46:24,240 --> 00:46:28,000
that was like one of my first comrades,

447
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:29,800
I would actually lay down, throw beats on,

448
00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:31,200
and we would go through like a whole beat this,

449
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:33,000
like a whole Jay Arms beat this.

450
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:34,800
Yo, I remember those days, man.

451
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:36,240
Those days was great.

452
00:46:36,240 --> 00:46:38,800
We would rap on like 24, 25, 26 beats

453
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:39,680
before we went to sleep.

454
00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:42,160
So it's like, that's some of my best memories

455
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:44,120
of someone I kind of got to gel with.

456
00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:45,880
And then anytime I had a show,

457
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:48,400
my big thing was what you're giving me 15, 20 minutes,

458
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:49,480
Tony gets five minutes.

459
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:51,400
That was part of my requirement.

460
00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:54,340
I still have to go through preferences

461
00:46:54,340 --> 00:46:56,680
to have a band, I have to try everything I can

462
00:46:56,680 --> 00:46:57,900
if I get my

463
00:46:57,900 --> 00:47:09,140
If I get my

464
00:47:09,140 --> 00:47:16,740
My

465
00:47:16,740 --> 00:47:20,400
My

466
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:21,640
You know, right?

467
00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:23,240
That's right.

468
00:47:23,240 --> 00:47:27,080
But he definitely knew, and maybe that's something that Tony and

469
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:31,600
I pulled from wrestling, like how to sell, maybe not a gimmick, but sell an image.

470
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:36,240
And maybe us going back to Paul Bearer and Paul Heyman,

471
00:47:36,240 --> 00:47:40,760
where you always have to have, you have to live your image and then have to,

472
00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:44,160
you always have to tell them who, where, why and who you run with.

473
00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:44,960
Absolutely.

474
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:45,760
And that was my thing.

475
00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:49,520
I ran with him and it's like anywhere, if I got invited to a conference, cool,

476
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:53,200
I'll speak there, but he gets a free ticket or he gets half off a ticket or

477
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:53,800
blah, blah, blah.

478
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:54,880
So I mean, it's-

479
00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:56,080
And I appreciate that, man.

480
00:47:56,080 --> 00:48:00,720
That was a lot of love you showed me, man, from, it could have went the other way.

481
00:48:00,720 --> 00:48:03,400
You and me could have ended up hating each other because of Laura and David.

482
00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:04,480
Yeah, you fucking-

483
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:06,480
And I was just rude to the area, literally.

484
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:10,240
When I met you, that was my second day in Florida.

485
00:48:10,240 --> 00:48:14,000
Yeah, you and your bad boy crew, I don't like your crew, I only like locks.

486
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:21,200
If it ain't Jada Sheik.

487
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:27,120
So Tony, in your bio, I read that you're trying to break personal and family cycles.

488
00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:32,080
Can you name a few that's affecting you and your business right now?

489
00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:34,760
You talk about like negative cycles and all that, right?

490
00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:36,400
Is there?

491
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:39,080
If it's affecting me right now, negative cycles?

492
00:48:39,080 --> 00:48:44,360
Yes, I think so, but I'm much more aware of them now.

493
00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:50,480
At first, it's, you know, generational curses is really real.

494
00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:53,560
And most of the time, you don't know that you're living through a generational curse

495
00:48:53,560 --> 00:48:59,520
because you were probably raised by people who believe a certain way.

496
00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:03,480
So you're going to believe how they believe, and then you're going to grow up and pass

497
00:49:03,480 --> 00:49:08,000
that down, not knowing any better.

498
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:14,000
I think I kind of almost like snapped out of it because, you know, if you do something

499
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:19,360
one way, the same way, and you get the same results, and it's results that you do not

500
00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:23,520
like, you figured, okay, I must be doing something wrong.

501
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:24,520
Right?

502
00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:32,840
So I really had to step back and be like, what is it that I'm not where I want to be?

503
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:36,840
And that's part of the spiritual journey, Doc, that I was telling you about maybe like

504
00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:41,520
a year, year and a half ago that, oh, okay, maybe it is me.

505
00:49:41,520 --> 00:49:45,560
Okay, what is it about me that I can't get ahead the way I want to?

506
00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:48,640
Okay, it's, you know, it's the way I think.

507
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:50,480
I need to think more positively.

508
00:49:50,480 --> 00:49:54,460
Maybe there's more, like they say, there's more than one way to skin a cat.

509
00:49:54,460 --> 00:49:57,680
So if I want to make more money, this way isn't working.

510
00:49:57,680 --> 00:50:01,840
But there's 50 other ways I can still make more money, maybe even more than what I'm

511
00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:02,840
thinking.

512
00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:07,480
Like growing up, you're thinking rich people were bad, rich people were evil, which is

513
00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:08,480
not true.

514
00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:14,000
I mean, it can be, but overall, the illusion about money being evil, I think, is a trick

515
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:18,200
that's been played on the majority of the world.

516
00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:20,040
But yet we still need money to live.

517
00:50:20,040 --> 00:50:24,040
So how do you figure that out?

518
00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:27,960
So I believe anybody who tells you something negative about anything, you got to think

519
00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:29,680
about how are they thinking.

520
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:30,680
Right?

521
00:50:30,680 --> 00:50:35,120
So I realized how what I was taught is not working, it's outdated.

522
00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:41,640
So if I want to be my own boss, as they say, run my own business, part of the business

523
00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:43,280
is a reflection of me.

524
00:50:43,280 --> 00:50:44,280
Right?

525
00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:50,060
So I got to be at my most optimal level for me to run my business.

526
00:50:50,060 --> 00:50:53,640
So if I'm starting something new, it has to start with me.

527
00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:54,640
Right?

528
00:50:54,640 --> 00:50:57,920
So I have to change the way I think, I have to change the way I hustle.

529
00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:01,360
I need a whole new me in order for me to grow this business.

530
00:51:01,360 --> 00:51:06,040
And I realized the way I was thinking, the way I was working, the way I was living was

531
00:51:06,040 --> 00:51:07,040
not working.

532
00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:11,640
I'm like, yes, everything is wrong, it's not working, it's because of me, it's because

533
00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:13,360
what I was taught.

534
00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:16,840
And sometimes it's not really their fault, whoever it is that's teaching you, because

535
00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:18,200
they don't know better either.

536
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:24,940
You know, so that's why I think the internet is a blessing in terms of information.

537
00:51:24,940 --> 00:51:29,440
You can learn great things, and then also it teaches you about yourself, because it's

538
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:33,880
one thing about knowing something, but it's another thing about implementing what you're

539
00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:34,880
knowing.

540
00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:35,880
Putting in the practice.

541
00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:36,880
Yeah.

542
00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:41,360
So getting out of my comfort zone, because I don't want to have any regrets, and thinking,

543
00:51:41,360 --> 00:51:44,920
man, I should have done this, so I should have tried.

544
00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:45,920
That's going to hurt.

545
00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:50,960
I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, because if I at least fail, at least I knew

546
00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:53,280
I tried and I know the outcome of it.

547
00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:55,600
Kandi, you're going to hate me for this, right?

548
00:51:55,600 --> 00:51:59,400
You're going to hate me for this, but you can break up all the different cycles, the

549
00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:05,480
job histories in Tony's life into eras and career hurdles.

550
00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:10,640
I felt like Tony's mouth was getting a little dry, I felt.

551
00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:15,400
So by the way, the WFW was career, we were waiting for you to say this shit.

552
00:52:15,400 --> 00:52:20,640
I'm trying to feed you words, job longevity.

553
00:52:20,640 --> 00:52:21,640
I was getting there.

554
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:22,640
I was getting there.

555
00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:25,560
So on that, we all need a shot.

556
00:52:25,560 --> 00:52:26,560
My lips were getting dry.

557
00:52:26,560 --> 00:52:28,200
You're going to say the word.

558
00:52:28,200 --> 00:52:31,160
I haven't said this word in a long time.

559
00:52:31,160 --> 00:52:32,160
Yep.

560
00:52:32,160 --> 00:52:35,520
So actually, Tony, you lead us into this word right here with this.

561
00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:37,560
WFW, word of the day.

562
00:52:37,560 --> 00:52:38,560
Career.

563
00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:39,560
Career.

564
00:52:39,560 --> 00:52:42,840
And I hope all of you motherfuckers have a great, great career in everything that you

565
00:52:42,840 --> 00:52:44,800
aspire to be, including me.

566
00:52:44,800 --> 00:52:45,800
Salud.

567
00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:46,800
Salud.

568
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:47,800
Salud.

569
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:48,800
There you go.

570
00:52:48,800 --> 00:52:49,800
See?

571
00:52:49,800 --> 00:52:55,080
Now we might say it a little bit more, but I was waiting so hard for you to say that

572
00:52:55,080 --> 00:52:56,080
shit.

573
00:52:56,080 --> 00:52:58,960
So I thought he was going to say it.

574
00:52:58,960 --> 00:53:01,760
I thought he was saying longevity and job history.

575
00:53:01,760 --> 00:53:03,000
And I'm like, he ain't saying it.

576
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:06,000
So I'm going to say it for him.

577
00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:07,000
All right.

578
00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:08,200
Anyways, my turn.

579
00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:12,280
So for as long as I've known you, Tony, you've been a maverick.

580
00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:16,560
You only call small select few your friends, not associates.

581
00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:21,240
From one or two people you can always rely on to call for life and or business help.

582
00:53:21,240 --> 00:53:23,400
Yeah, that's another great question.

583
00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:30,120
Well, first it comes to mind, Doc, I got to see you in terms of both, a little bit of

584
00:53:30,120 --> 00:53:36,680
both, especially when it comes to anything business-wise, getting things done the right

585
00:53:36,680 --> 00:53:37,680
way.

586
00:53:37,680 --> 00:53:41,040
You're definitely one of the pillars of people that I like to lean into for that.

587
00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:42,960
Even though it can be frustrating as fuck.

588
00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:46,760
I know you got good intentions.

589
00:53:46,760 --> 00:53:51,600
You know, Tony, Tony, A.M. and I are butting heads right now because we want to do a Silksonic

590
00:53:51,600 --> 00:53:53,720
type of record, right?

591
00:53:53,720 --> 00:53:58,240
So you have Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak that makes up Silksonic.

592
00:53:58,240 --> 00:54:02,760
Anderson Paak wants to take the first or second recording and just call that the whole album.

593
00:54:02,760 --> 00:54:07,320
Bruno Mars wants to record it 75 or 80 times and take the best cut.

594
00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:11,280
And it's like they said after they finished, they're doing a world tour.

595
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:12,920
So they're they're definitely making money.

596
00:54:12,920 --> 00:54:15,520
They're I think double or triple platinum by now.

597
00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:18,160
But would they ever in every interview, would they ever work on another one?

598
00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:20,560
They look at each other and I hate this motherfucker.

599
00:54:20,560 --> 00:54:24,840
So it's like their world tour, great music.

600
00:54:24,840 --> 00:54:30,240
I think they pulled out Anderson Paak, pulled out some of the raw intensity that Bruno Mars

601
00:54:30,240 --> 00:54:31,240
had.

602
00:54:31,240 --> 00:54:35,760
But I think Bruno Mars making them do it at least more takes brought out the refinement

603
00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:36,760
of him.

604
00:54:36,760 --> 00:54:40,880
So I'm hoping I can pull out the refinement of A.M. and A.M. can pull the rawness out

605
00:54:40,880 --> 00:54:43,720
of Doc, but this ain't going well.

606
00:54:43,720 --> 00:54:48,320
You ever, ever, ever in your life had me in any room trying to record a verse that I liked

607
00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:50,600
75 times, me and you were going outside.

608
00:54:50,600 --> 00:54:51,600
We going outside then.

609
00:54:51,600 --> 00:54:52,600
Outside.

610
00:54:52,600 --> 00:54:57,600
Yeah, you know it's frustrating, but sometimes you know deep down inside it got to get done

611
00:54:57,600 --> 00:54:58,600
that way.

612
00:54:58,600 --> 00:55:01,120
If I honestly, if I do agree, we will.

613
00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:02,120
We will do it over.

614
00:55:02,120 --> 00:55:05,880
Yeah, I 100 percent I'm on board for that.

615
00:55:05,880 --> 00:55:10,360
But Tony, other than me, who's like one or two people that you you feel?

616
00:55:10,360 --> 00:55:13,080
So another person, Doc, you know, his name is Lewis.

617
00:55:13,080 --> 00:55:16,240
He used to be around David a lot when I was moving out there.

618
00:55:16,240 --> 00:55:18,200
That's where I met him.

619
00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:21,120
He's been doing and he is doing great things.

620
00:55:21,120 --> 00:55:22,560
He's a great entrepreneur.

621
00:55:22,560 --> 00:55:23,560
He has no job.

622
00:55:23,560 --> 00:55:26,640
That motherfucker gets paid eight grand an hour.

623
00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:28,800
I'm like, I want to be like you.

624
00:55:28,800 --> 00:55:29,800
Absolutely.

625
00:55:29,800 --> 00:55:35,560
So anytime I got some, there's no handbook for being an entrepreneur at all and not anybody

626
00:55:35,560 --> 00:55:37,000
to do it.

627
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:42,280
So if if you're a mechanic and you want to learn how to fix a car, you're not going to

628
00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:43,280
go to a baker.

629
00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:45,240
You're not going to go to a teacher.

630
00:55:45,240 --> 00:55:49,240
You're going to have to find another mechanic who's probably better than you that can teach

631
00:55:49,240 --> 00:55:51,960
you things that you probably didn't know that existed.

632
00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:54,640
So he's one of the people that I have a question.

633
00:55:54,640 --> 00:55:59,360
I'm like, man, how sometimes Google's great, but sometimes you need you need it from a

634
00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:01,840
human who's really living that life.

635
00:56:01,840 --> 00:56:02,840
Right.

636
00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:03,840
Yeah.

637
00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:07,640
And then maybe another person, you know, I like my female friends.

638
00:56:07,640 --> 00:56:11,360
So I got female friends that sometimes, hey, this bitch ain't acting right.

639
00:56:11,360 --> 00:56:12,360
What's wrong with her?

640
00:56:12,360 --> 00:56:14,760
Oh, you know, because this and this and this.

641
00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:15,760
Oh, thank you.

642
00:56:15,760 --> 00:56:18,800
Now I know how to talk to a better, you know.

643
00:56:18,800 --> 00:56:21,480
So I won't name names because there's a few of them.

644
00:56:21,480 --> 00:56:24,040
And I told them I would be doing a Spotify interview.

645
00:56:24,040 --> 00:56:25,600
And so they're going to be watching.

646
00:56:25,600 --> 00:56:26,600
Yeah.

647
00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:30,920
I hope to see the New York numbers flying off the shelf on this one, because New York

648
00:56:30,920 --> 00:56:35,280
showed up two listens, two downloads last episode, and we need to we need to increase

649
00:56:35,280 --> 00:56:36,280
those numbers.

650
00:56:36,280 --> 00:56:37,280
Agreed.

651
00:56:37,280 --> 00:56:38,280
Yeah.

652
00:56:38,280 --> 00:56:39,280
Yeah.

653
00:56:39,280 --> 00:56:45,000
So I know that's three, but definitely Doc, Doc J and Lewis.

654
00:56:45,000 --> 00:56:46,360
I probably got to give him a shout out.

655
00:56:46,360 --> 00:56:48,760
I reached out to him recently.

656
00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:49,760
That guy's a world traveler.

657
00:56:49,760 --> 00:56:52,960
Every time I speak to him, he's in another country.

658
00:56:52,960 --> 00:56:56,200
So which is great, you know, very inspirational.

659
00:56:56,200 --> 00:57:01,720
And those are the people that I want to stay connected to because I have no hate in my

660
00:57:01,720 --> 00:57:03,000
blood.

661
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:05,880
So if I could learn from you, let me learn from you.

662
00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:07,280
I want you to be better than me.

663
00:57:07,280 --> 00:57:11,920
So then it is make me step up and be better for myself, because I don't know, I could

664
00:57:11,920 --> 00:57:15,160
be influenced in somebody else that I don't even know.

665
00:57:15,160 --> 00:57:17,560
Then they see me doing better for me.

666
00:57:17,560 --> 00:57:19,360
Now they want to do better for them.

667
00:57:19,360 --> 00:57:21,480
And I believe that's how things should be.

668
00:57:21,480 --> 00:57:23,440
That things should go.

669
00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:24,440
I'm with it.

670
00:57:24,440 --> 00:57:25,440
I'm with it.

671
00:57:25,440 --> 00:57:29,840
And it sounds like you have been going through a bit of growth in the last two years.

672
00:57:29,840 --> 00:57:35,520
I'm very curious to what are your ways and methods that you have been using to change

673
00:57:35,520 --> 00:57:36,520
yourself?

674
00:57:36,520 --> 00:57:38,520
That's a good question, man.

675
00:57:38,520 --> 00:57:40,080
Yeah, that's fantastic.

676
00:57:40,080 --> 00:57:41,080
Meditation.

677
00:57:41,080 --> 00:57:43,160
I've been doing meditating a lot.

678
00:57:43,160 --> 00:57:49,720
That helps quiet the mind, you know, put on some little meditation music and sit down

679
00:57:49,720 --> 00:57:55,160
for maybe 15, 20 minutes and just be still, you know, have good days, bad days.

680
00:57:55,160 --> 00:57:58,400
Because my mind is everywhere all at once.

681
00:57:58,400 --> 00:58:02,520
Sometimes I'm not thinking about anything, you know, trying to center myself because

682
00:58:02,520 --> 00:58:09,640
I realize sometimes that I could react off of emotion and that could not always be good.

683
00:58:09,640 --> 00:58:16,200
So yeah, so that has taught me meditating that don't react from an emotional standpoint.

684
00:58:16,200 --> 00:58:21,280
You got to you got to think more logically and see what is going on.

685
00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:25,240
Because sometimes, especially emotions can be used against you.

686
00:58:25,240 --> 00:58:28,520
You're not thinking all you see is red and then you react.

687
00:58:28,520 --> 00:58:31,440
And then when things calm down, you're like, oh, I probably shouldn't have done that.

688
00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:35,320
Well, I probably shouldn't have said that, you know, but you can't take it back now.

689
00:58:35,320 --> 00:58:36,320
Yeah.

690
00:58:36,320 --> 00:58:39,240
So meditation, you know, helped mature me a lot.

691
00:58:39,240 --> 00:58:40,240
I'm still learning.

692
00:58:40,240 --> 00:58:47,560
I'm not perfect, but I feel like it's taking me in a much better direction.

693
00:58:47,560 --> 00:58:51,640
I wish meditation was introduced to me long time ago.

694
00:58:51,640 --> 00:58:53,800
So I would say definitely that.

695
00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:59,400
But then it's like a domino effect, because then now once I become awakened, as they like

696
00:58:59,400 --> 00:59:04,440
to say through meditation, now it's like, oh, look at all these other things I should

697
00:59:04,440 --> 00:59:07,440
probably work on on my own.

698
00:59:07,440 --> 00:59:11,560
And you know, I got a lot of learning to do it for myself.

699
00:59:11,560 --> 00:59:12,560
Geez.

700
00:59:12,560 --> 00:59:16,720
But sometimes people from the outside looking in don't understand.

701
00:59:16,720 --> 00:59:23,520
So I could be in a war within myself inside and then the outside, someone may either be

702
00:59:23,520 --> 00:59:27,480
like, oh, Tony's so nice or Tony looks mad today.

703
00:59:27,480 --> 00:59:29,440
Let me avoid him.

704
00:59:29,440 --> 00:59:30,440
It's doing great.

705
00:59:30,440 --> 00:59:32,480
I advise everyone to at least try it.

706
00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:35,520
It takes 15 minutes, at least 15 minutes a day.

707
00:59:35,520 --> 00:59:36,520
All right, Tony.

708
00:59:36,520 --> 00:59:40,200
So if you could have a deep talk over a beer or a drink with anybody alive or dead, who

709
00:59:40,200 --> 00:59:41,200
would that be?

710
00:59:41,200 --> 00:59:42,200
Oh, I got it.

711
00:59:42,200 --> 00:59:44,200
That person would be my old self.

712
00:59:44,200 --> 00:59:50,600
I've been talking to my old self, but that person is dead to completely different mindsets,

713
00:59:50,600 --> 00:59:54,720
completely different attitudes and wondering, Tony, what the fuck were you thinking back

714
00:59:54,720 --> 00:59:55,720
then?

715
00:59:55,720 --> 00:59:59,000
That's going to connect really good to one of my questions later, by the way.

716
00:59:59,000 --> 01:00:01,600
But we'll let you ride with that one.

717
01:00:01,600 --> 01:00:02,600
Yeah, yeah.

718
01:00:02,600 --> 01:00:03,600
Yeah.

719
01:00:03,600 --> 01:00:08,880
But you know, shedding my old self, which was very painful, very painful thing for various

720
01:00:08,880 --> 01:00:09,880
reasons.

721
01:00:09,880 --> 01:00:12,560
So that's the person I would like to talk to.

722
01:00:12,560 --> 01:00:17,640
And go back to them and say, you know what, you tried your best with what you knew.

723
01:00:17,640 --> 01:00:19,360
All right.

724
01:00:19,360 --> 01:00:25,320
So transforming from back then to now, what would you say are your biggest two pros and

725
01:00:25,320 --> 01:00:29,760
two cons of being an entrepreneur right now?

726
01:00:29,760 --> 01:00:31,120
Pros and cons of what?

727
01:00:31,120 --> 01:00:32,640
Being an entrepreneur right now.

728
01:00:32,640 --> 01:00:33,640
Oh, yeah.

729
01:00:33,640 --> 01:00:46,640
Well, the pros, I think one would be you have more control over what you want to do, when

730
01:00:46,640 --> 01:00:49,680
you want to do it, how you want to do it.

731
01:00:49,680 --> 01:00:53,680
You know, setting your own schedule, going after projects that connect with you.

732
01:00:53,680 --> 01:00:55,760
You're not doing it because you were told to do it.

733
01:00:55,760 --> 01:00:59,200
You're doing it because this is what you're actively pursuing.

734
01:00:59,200 --> 01:01:03,520
So it can come with fulfillment with that.

735
01:01:03,520 --> 01:01:07,560
The other pro would be, I mean, the money, there's no cap in the money.

736
01:01:07,560 --> 01:01:12,160
Your job could be you're making $30 an hour, you know, and you only have a certain amount

737
01:01:12,160 --> 01:01:14,120
of hours per week.

738
01:01:14,120 --> 01:01:16,440
Whereas this is unlimited.

739
01:01:16,440 --> 01:01:21,000
You know, you could make 30 grand this week and you could make 35 grand next week.

740
01:01:21,000 --> 01:01:23,120
You can make maybe 10 grand a week after that.

741
01:01:23,120 --> 01:01:26,540
Then you can make 50 grand the next week after that.

742
01:01:26,540 --> 01:01:31,080
So the earning potential is definitely unlimited on that.

743
01:01:31,080 --> 01:01:34,400
So that is great.

744
01:01:34,400 --> 01:01:35,400
You said cons, right?

745
01:01:35,400 --> 01:01:36,400
Two cons?

746
01:01:36,400 --> 01:01:37,400
Yeah.

747
01:01:37,400 --> 01:01:42,280
One con definitely would be it is, like I said, there's no manual to it.

748
01:01:42,280 --> 01:01:44,800
So there's a lot of trial and error.

749
01:01:44,800 --> 01:01:47,280
This career is not for everybody.

750
01:01:47,280 --> 01:01:49,080
Oh, man.

751
01:01:49,080 --> 01:01:54,360
You got me with that banana peel.

752
01:01:54,360 --> 01:01:55,360
I saw it coming too.

753
01:01:55,360 --> 01:01:56,360
I still had to say it.

754
01:01:56,360 --> 01:01:57,360
Of course.

755
01:01:57,360 --> 01:01:59,560
Hey, I think we all have to drink a little bit.

756
01:01:59,560 --> 01:02:04,000
So hey, Salud, Puerto Rican going on right now.

757
01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:05,000
Salud people, Salud.

758
01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:06,000
Oh, yeah, there's no manual.

759
01:02:06,000 --> 01:02:07,000
There's no manual.

760
01:02:07,000 --> 01:02:08,000
The first con.

761
01:02:08,000 --> 01:02:09,000
Yeah, trial and error.

762
01:02:09,000 --> 01:02:10,000
Waste a lot of time, waste a lot of money.

763
01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:16,320
It's like, oh, man, I could have done it this way if I would have known.

764
01:02:16,320 --> 01:02:21,720
You know, that's why I believe having a mentor is crucial because they think it could probably

765
01:02:21,720 --> 01:02:25,880
save you a lot of time and information is very valuable.

766
01:02:25,880 --> 01:02:30,320
And the other con would be not a lot of people will understand what you're doing so you won't

767
01:02:30,320 --> 01:02:35,000
get a lot of support, even though they may love you, but they won't support you until

768
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:36,960
strangers support you.

769
01:02:36,960 --> 01:02:43,520
Now they want to support you, which I thought is ass backwards.

770
01:02:43,520 --> 01:02:48,920
That's crazy that it's usually you get more success, especially as a music artist, going

771
01:02:48,920 --> 01:02:55,720
to a different city and popping off opposed to your local community.

772
01:02:55,720 --> 01:02:56,720
You do.

773
01:02:56,720 --> 01:03:02,160
But one thing I'll tell you, the ugly side of that candy is the whole Wendy Day strategy

774
01:03:02,160 --> 01:03:08,920
of five effect until the people in your five mile radius and 15 mile radius and 25 radius

775
01:03:08,920 --> 01:03:10,760
know who Tony Ganja is.

776
01:03:10,760 --> 01:03:15,320
Tony Gonzalez is when you try to branch out to those other markets, they're not going

777
01:03:15,320 --> 01:03:17,800
to know or get good references for you.

778
01:03:17,800 --> 01:03:19,400
So they go hand in hand a little bit.

779
01:03:19,400 --> 01:03:21,200
So yeah, I think that's a big con.

780
01:03:21,200 --> 01:03:25,880
And it took me a long time for me to kind of accept that because I would get mad.

781
01:03:25,880 --> 01:03:31,160
Yes, I'm like, if it was the other way around, I would have bought your book.

782
01:03:31,160 --> 01:03:33,600
I would have attended your show.

783
01:03:33,600 --> 01:03:36,400
I would have whatever it is that you're selling.

784
01:03:36,400 --> 01:03:38,240
I'm buying just because I know you.

785
01:03:38,240 --> 01:03:39,760
And that's why I expect it.

786
01:03:39,760 --> 01:03:42,720
But you can't expect people to do the same thing that you would.

787
01:03:42,720 --> 01:03:44,200
And that's what I had to learn.

788
01:03:44,200 --> 01:03:49,320
I can't I can't expect people to do what I would have done if it was the other way around.

789
01:03:49,320 --> 01:03:52,840
So OK, if the people who normally don't want to support me, that's fine.

790
01:03:52,840 --> 01:03:55,520
Then I'm going to give them a reason to.

791
01:03:55,520 --> 01:03:58,440
So you got to believe in yourself a lot, even when no one else does.

792
01:03:58,440 --> 01:03:59,920
So which could be hard.

793
01:03:59,920 --> 01:04:03,880
You can be trying, you know, sometimes you can be working hard at something for a long

794
01:04:03,880 --> 01:04:07,720
time and see no results.

795
01:04:07,720 --> 01:04:12,120
Sometimes someone saying, good job, Tony, is enough fuel for me to go through the rest

796
01:04:12,120 --> 01:04:13,120
of the day.

797
01:04:13,120 --> 01:04:14,120
And what?

798
01:04:14,120 --> 01:04:16,400
But you're too busy ignoring me.

799
01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:18,520
You're too busy ignoring my Instagram posts.

800
01:04:18,520 --> 01:04:24,760
You're too busy acting like they don't see me in the street, you know, until they see

801
01:04:24,760 --> 01:04:28,040
me with another maybe successful person.

802
01:04:28,040 --> 01:04:29,040
Oh, I know, Tony.

803
01:04:29,040 --> 01:04:32,240
Yeah, but you didn't say hi to me when you saw me last week.

804
01:04:32,240 --> 01:04:33,240
You know me now.

805
01:04:33,240 --> 01:04:37,760
When I needed your support the most, you were gone.

806
01:04:37,760 --> 01:04:41,720
So yeah, that is definitely a kind of being an entrepreneur.

807
01:04:41,720 --> 01:04:46,120
I feel like that's majority of entrepreneurs or even like music artists.

808
01:04:46,120 --> 01:04:49,760
I just feel like they really don't have a reason to support you just because they're

809
01:04:49,760 --> 01:04:50,760
your friends.

810
01:04:50,760 --> 01:04:51,760
You know what I mean?

811
01:04:51,760 --> 01:04:52,760
But I don't admire you.

812
01:04:52,760 --> 01:04:54,760
I'm trying to turn that around.

813
01:04:54,760 --> 01:04:58,560
It's very hard to make it out of here unless you're fucking someone over.

814
01:04:58,560 --> 01:05:02,600
So I want to go ahead.

815
01:05:02,600 --> 01:05:08,760
But the first one to do it the just way, I guess, you know, maybe not going to fuck somebody

816
01:05:08,760 --> 01:05:11,040
over, maybe fuck more just a little bit.

817
01:05:11,040 --> 01:05:14,360
But be honest about it.

818
01:05:14,360 --> 01:05:18,120
Tony knows what I'm saying about this, but we're not going to P. Diddy anybody.

819
01:05:18,120 --> 01:05:22,040
We're just going to kind of like, you know, just slightly fuck him over.

820
01:05:22,040 --> 01:05:24,040
Just a little bit of grease.

821
01:05:24,040 --> 01:05:27,120
Just a little bit of grease, a little bit of Vaseline.

822
01:05:27,120 --> 01:05:33,120
So far, your time on this earth here, what would you say are your biggest regrets in

823
01:05:33,120 --> 01:05:34,120
life?

824
01:05:34,120 --> 01:05:35,120
That's deep.

825
01:05:35,120 --> 01:05:38,120
He's going to say my last Tuesday.

826
01:05:38,120 --> 01:05:39,120
Biggest regrets.

827
01:05:39,120 --> 01:05:47,320
As long as he doesn't say being on this show, I mean, that's my second one.

828
01:05:47,320 --> 01:05:49,440
I can scratch that.

829
01:05:49,440 --> 01:05:51,960
Just kidding.

830
01:05:51,960 --> 01:05:56,560
Not believing in myself sooner, because I know I missed a whole lot of opportunity because

831
01:05:56,560 --> 01:06:01,120
apparently people believe in me more than I believe in myself.

832
01:06:01,120 --> 01:06:03,720
That's that's probably why I get a lot of haters.

833
01:06:03,720 --> 01:06:07,440
A lot of haters see the potential in me, but I didn't see it in myself.

834
01:06:07,440 --> 01:06:10,280
And unfortunately, I believe in that.

835
01:06:10,280 --> 01:06:13,160
So I withheld myself back a lot.

836
01:06:13,160 --> 01:06:16,480
You know, so that is a regret of mine.

837
01:06:16,480 --> 01:06:21,720
One example, when I just moved to Florida, I was hanging out with cousin Laura and her

838
01:06:21,720 --> 01:06:23,880
friend Christine.

839
01:06:23,880 --> 01:06:25,840
And there was one other person I forgot.

840
01:06:25,840 --> 01:06:31,520
And we went somewhere in South Beach and I met the crew from Cash Money Records.

841
01:06:31,520 --> 01:06:34,720
They weren't the rappers, but they were like, you know, the crew.

842
01:06:34,720 --> 01:06:37,840
And I knew it was them because they were having to cash money change and them shifts did not

843
01:06:37,840 --> 01:06:38,840
look fake.

844
01:06:38,840 --> 01:06:41,320
And they were dressing like they were in the bling bling video.

845
01:06:41,320 --> 01:06:43,080
I said, oh, that's pretty cool.

846
01:06:43,080 --> 01:06:44,320
Introduce myself to them.

847
01:06:44,320 --> 01:06:49,400
And you know, that was that we was leaving MTV was there and they were shooting something

848
01:06:49,400 --> 01:06:51,000
about something.

849
01:06:51,000 --> 01:06:55,120
And they wanted people to come up and talk on camera about something.

850
01:06:55,120 --> 01:06:56,280
Right.

851
01:06:56,280 --> 01:07:01,400
And inside of me wanted to do it because I'm like, OK, you know, I want to be a rapper.

852
01:07:01,400 --> 01:07:03,960
So this is probably part of the lifestyle.

853
01:07:03,960 --> 01:07:06,600
I need to be comfortable in front of a camera.

854
01:07:06,600 --> 01:07:10,360
But I didn't do it because I doubted myself.

855
01:07:10,360 --> 01:07:15,440
And I regret it because even if I would have went on camera and completely bombed, at least

856
01:07:15,440 --> 01:07:16,960
I would have tried.

857
01:07:16,960 --> 01:07:20,000
But I had that regret of not knowing what could have happened.

858
01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:23,120
I could have done a great job and been discovered.

859
01:07:23,120 --> 01:07:26,120
You know, but then after that, I met Trina, the rapper Trina.

860
01:07:26,120 --> 01:07:28,240
I said, oh, shit, there goes Trina.

861
01:07:28,240 --> 01:07:35,200
You know, but I was more I was more attentive to me not taking that chance that I should

862
01:07:35,200 --> 01:07:36,600
have taken.

863
01:07:36,600 --> 01:07:40,760
So candy candy and Tony can kind of speak up for this, too.

864
01:07:40,760 --> 01:07:46,440
I want people to get the best out of their own confidence to the point where I'll be

865
01:07:46,440 --> 01:07:48,760
an asshole to both of you, like you and both.

866
01:07:48,760 --> 01:07:55,440
So that that same FAU talent, what was it, the first hip hop annual?

867
01:07:55,440 --> 01:08:00,360
I noticed Tony's vocals weren't coming out as loud as they should have been.

868
01:08:00,360 --> 01:08:03,800
So the group before us, they were called MPC Masterpiece Collective.

869
01:08:03,800 --> 01:08:05,800
I'll never forget who they are.

870
01:08:05,800 --> 01:08:06,940
I never forget a name.

871
01:08:06,940 --> 01:08:11,000
But anyways, they left these incredible Hulk gloves on the stage that when you smash them

872
01:08:11,000 --> 01:08:14,240
together, they say Hulk smash.

873
01:08:14,240 --> 01:08:19,020
And I was doing the ad libs for Tony's two records, the five minutes in my set.

874
01:08:19,020 --> 01:08:23,360
And when I noticed he wasn't projecting his voice from his diaphragm, I was doing the

875
01:08:23,360 --> 01:08:24,360
ad libs.

876
01:08:24,360 --> 01:08:26,800
I was doing the ad libs on the gloves and I kept hitting his side of his face.

877
01:08:26,800 --> 01:08:31,880
You could tell, AM, you could tell this bitch wanted to jump me.

878
01:08:31,880 --> 01:08:35,200
At the same time, he's never sound so good live.

879
01:08:35,200 --> 01:08:37,320
So you know, pros and cons.

880
01:08:37,320 --> 01:08:41,680
I was, you know, after a few times, I'm like, man, I should reach him a waistband and end

881
01:08:41,680 --> 01:08:42,680
this shit.

882
01:08:42,680 --> 01:08:46,920
He goes, I know I got my bulletproof vest.

883
01:08:46,920 --> 01:08:47,920
He don't.

884
01:08:47,920 --> 01:08:48,920
I definitely don't.

885
01:08:48,920 --> 01:08:51,920
He said he don't got it on him.

886
01:08:51,920 --> 01:08:57,280
He got the foam hand, but I got these six inches of metal.

887
01:08:57,280 --> 01:09:04,440
But it was the most reverberating loud vocals he's ever said, because you could tell he

888
01:09:04,440 --> 01:09:05,440
was mad at me.

889
01:09:05,440 --> 01:09:07,160
But it was a good performance.

890
01:09:07,160 --> 01:09:09,800
So hey, it worked though.

891
01:09:09,800 --> 01:09:11,400
What you did, it did work.

892
01:09:11,400 --> 01:09:14,200
And again, you had good intentions behind you.

893
01:09:14,200 --> 01:09:15,200
But I'm an asshole sometimes.

894
01:09:15,200 --> 01:09:18,360
You had good intentions behind it.

895
01:09:18,360 --> 01:09:19,360
It did work actually.

896
01:09:19,360 --> 01:09:20,360
It worked.

897
01:09:20,360 --> 01:09:27,920
What are your opinions on both social media and AI and how they both relate to business?

898
01:09:27,920 --> 01:09:28,920
Social media.

899
01:09:28,920 --> 01:09:36,000
The great thing about it is that anybody could say something.

900
01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:40,000
The bad thing about it is that anybody can say something.

901
01:09:40,000 --> 01:09:42,280
That's a quotation.

902
01:09:42,280 --> 01:09:45,160
That's a snippet right there.

903
01:09:45,160 --> 01:09:48,280
That is a teaser right there for you to take candy right there.

904
01:09:48,280 --> 01:09:50,280
Andrew Tate, I'm on your ass.

905
01:09:50,280 --> 01:09:51,280
Go viral.

906
01:09:51,280 --> 01:09:59,200
But yeah, social media, you could use it for great things, but it could also use for bad

907
01:09:59,200 --> 01:10:00,200
things.

908
01:10:00,200 --> 01:10:04,840
And especially if you're in business, those same people who are supporting you could turn

909
01:10:04,840 --> 01:10:07,240
around and be against you.

910
01:10:07,240 --> 01:10:08,880
And it could be over the smallest thing.

911
01:10:08,880 --> 01:10:11,240
And it could not even be true.

912
01:10:11,240 --> 01:10:15,280
And even if it is true, people don't want to wait until all the information comes out

913
01:10:15,280 --> 01:10:21,240
before they're resharing and making memes about whatever it is that's going on.

914
01:10:21,240 --> 01:10:24,840
And you're like, man, these people just want to get on social media and say something and

915
01:10:24,840 --> 01:10:26,160
they don't even know what's going on.

916
01:10:26,160 --> 01:10:27,880
They're not even part of the situation.

917
01:10:27,880 --> 01:10:34,000
They're the last person they should be saying anything about.

918
01:10:34,000 --> 01:10:35,600
Artificial intelligence.

919
01:10:35,600 --> 01:10:37,160
Artificial intelligence scares me.

920
01:10:37,160 --> 01:10:43,880
It could be a great tool if it's used as an assistant to help you get work done.

921
01:10:43,880 --> 01:10:47,680
I think it could be leveraged really well.

922
01:10:47,680 --> 01:10:54,520
But I think people also can take it way too far and they want to use it for other things

923
01:10:54,520 --> 01:10:56,000
that's affecting people negatively.

924
01:10:56,000 --> 01:10:59,240
I mean, some people can lose their jobs off of AI.

925
01:10:59,240 --> 01:11:02,000
And they may not know anything else.

926
01:11:02,000 --> 01:11:08,560
I know AI is kind of a tool, but how do you come up to some of these points just considering

927
01:11:08,560 --> 01:11:09,560
AI?

928
01:11:09,560 --> 01:11:10,560
I haven't used any AI.

929
01:11:10,560 --> 01:11:14,400
So I don't, yeah, I'm not too versed on.

930
01:11:14,400 --> 01:11:18,400
I know what it is through the movies, but I'm pretty sure it's not there yet.

931
01:11:18,400 --> 01:11:19,400
You know?

932
01:11:19,400 --> 01:11:26,800
I've used AI for some of my, I don't want to say too much, but with some companies,

933
01:11:26,800 --> 01:11:32,160
you can have a conversation with AI, but you got to know how to talk to it.

934
01:11:32,160 --> 01:11:33,640
I know that don't really make sense.

935
01:11:33,640 --> 01:11:35,920
It makes a lot of sense, Tony.

936
01:11:35,920 --> 01:11:36,920
It makes a lot of sense.

937
01:11:36,920 --> 01:11:37,920
AI is not human.

938
01:11:37,920 --> 01:11:38,920
They're not talking from emotion.

939
01:11:38,920 --> 01:11:43,920
So they're taking you as literal verbatim.

940
01:11:43,920 --> 01:11:44,920
Yeah.

941
01:11:44,920 --> 01:11:52,320
But so if you know how to talk to AI, the output that it would give you can be very

942
01:11:52,320 --> 01:11:58,480
valuable and you can use that valuable information and apply it to whatever it is that you're

943
01:11:58,480 --> 01:12:02,920
doing and boom, you know, because AI is connected to the worldwide web.

944
01:12:02,920 --> 01:12:05,200
So you can get your answers really quick.

945
01:12:05,200 --> 01:12:09,920
So the answers are not wrong, they're just straightforward to what you're asking.

946
01:12:09,920 --> 01:12:10,920
Yes.

947
01:12:10,920 --> 01:12:11,920
Yeah.

948
01:12:11,920 --> 01:12:17,720
And like I said, it's all your intention behind it too.

949
01:12:17,720 --> 01:12:21,400
Candy, candy for me to piggyback off Tony real quick.

950
01:12:21,400 --> 01:12:24,120
Like at the courthouse, we actually, a lot of us use it.

951
01:12:24,120 --> 01:12:26,240
I have a bookmark.

952
01:12:26,240 --> 01:12:30,220
What's cool with what Tony said and where I'll piggyback off from is it's learning us.

953
01:12:30,220 --> 01:12:31,240
It's learning humans.

954
01:12:31,240 --> 01:12:36,480
So the more you use it, the better it gets your what you're looking for.

955
01:12:36,480 --> 01:12:37,480
But he's right.

956
01:12:37,480 --> 01:12:41,960
If you don't ask the right prompt, you won't get the information you want out of it.

957
01:12:41,960 --> 01:12:47,380
Where my stance comes from, and Tony's heard my point of view on this many times, it's

958
01:12:47,380 --> 01:12:50,640
a great tool if you utilize it the right way.

959
01:12:50,640 --> 01:12:55,880
But if someone knows Tony personally, if someone knows Doc personally and the language that

960
01:12:55,880 --> 01:13:00,100
the grammar that comes out is not Doc or not Tony, they're going to know that shit's fraudulent

961
01:13:00,100 --> 01:13:01,100
in a second.

962
01:13:01,100 --> 01:13:04,880
Always being written by someone else.

963
01:13:04,880 --> 01:13:05,880
Yes.

964
01:13:05,880 --> 01:13:12,360
The one area that I think that the human touch is so much better than AI is like even the

965
01:13:12,360 --> 01:13:19,040
bio, like helping him with the bio where I even joked with him and I said, could AI write

966
01:13:19,040 --> 01:13:20,040
this as good as you?

967
01:13:20,040 --> 01:13:21,040
He goes, nope.

968
01:13:21,040 --> 01:13:26,760
Like the AI robot, no matter how many years I train it, wouldn't know Tony with the personal

969
01:13:26,760 --> 01:13:28,520
stories that I have with him.

970
01:13:28,520 --> 01:13:31,800
But it takes the right person to do that too.

971
01:13:31,800 --> 01:13:34,320
If you don't have the right person behind you, Tony's right with that.

972
01:13:34,320 --> 01:13:38,320
AI is a great tool to kind of be that person.

973
01:13:38,320 --> 01:13:43,360
But at the same time, yeah, I mean, it's like use it as a tool, don't use it as the final

974
01:13:43,360 --> 01:13:44,360
product.

975
01:13:44,360 --> 01:13:45,360
I guess that's my point of view.

976
01:13:45,360 --> 01:13:51,320
Also too, if you got evil people in the world, they can weaponize AI against people.

977
01:13:51,320 --> 01:13:52,320
Yep.

978
01:13:52,320 --> 01:13:58,280
So that's why it's a scary thing in a good way, because it can help expedite results.

979
01:13:58,280 --> 01:14:01,600
But also it's a bad way because sometimes not everyone has good intentions and they

980
01:14:01,600 --> 01:14:06,360
can want to weaponize it for whatever agenda that they may have.

981
01:14:06,360 --> 01:14:10,320
So they combine that with social media.

982
01:14:10,320 --> 01:14:11,320
Yep.

983
01:14:11,320 --> 01:14:14,320
It could be the greatest thing and it could be the worst thing.

984
01:14:14,320 --> 01:14:15,320
Absolutely.

985
01:14:15,320 --> 01:14:16,320
Absolutely.

986
01:14:16,320 --> 01:14:18,000
So we on 17 right now, it's my turn.

987
01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:21,640
So if you were to go back, and this kind of connects to what your last comment, maybe

988
01:14:21,640 --> 01:14:24,680
10 minutes, five minutes, 10 minutes ago.

989
01:14:24,680 --> 01:14:30,000
If you were to go back in time, time machine style and meet the 21 year old Tony Gonzalez,

990
01:14:30,000 --> 01:14:33,720
Tony Ganja at the time, what three jewels would you try to teach them?

991
01:14:33,720 --> 01:14:36,280
And I don't know if you'll listen to them, but what three jewels would you try to teach

992
01:14:36,280 --> 01:14:40,320
them?

993
01:14:40,320 --> 01:14:43,120
Don't believe the negative thoughts in your head would be one.

994
01:14:43,120 --> 01:14:48,680
I came up around a very negative environment and I've had a lot of people disliking me

995
01:14:48,680 --> 01:14:54,400
because like I said earlier, they seen the potential in me that I didn't.

996
01:14:54,400 --> 01:14:57,080
And that's why they were so negative towards me.

997
01:14:57,080 --> 01:14:59,700
But the thing was, I started believing what they were saying.

998
01:14:59,700 --> 01:15:02,760
So I became my own worst enemy.

999
01:15:02,760 --> 01:15:06,480
So if I could go back and say, don't listen to them, there's a reason why they're making

1000
01:15:06,480 --> 01:15:10,520
you feel that way because they already know what you don't know yet.

1001
01:15:10,520 --> 01:15:14,480
Another jewel would be, man, talk to that girl in a coffee shop.

1002
01:15:14,480 --> 01:15:18,240
The fuck is your problem?

1003
01:15:18,240 --> 01:15:20,160
She already said hi to you with a pussy already.

1004
01:15:20,160 --> 01:15:22,360
You might as well just close the deal.

1005
01:15:22,360 --> 01:15:26,520
So yeah, be more out, what's the word?

1006
01:15:26,520 --> 01:15:29,400
You know, like social.

1007
01:15:29,400 --> 01:15:30,400
The word is escaping.

1008
01:15:30,400 --> 01:15:35,900
Man, when I was 21 years old, all I cared was about rap so much that I didn't even see

1009
01:15:35,900 --> 01:15:39,660
the other opportunities that was presented to me.

1010
01:15:39,660 --> 01:15:45,520
So I would have said to myself, it's cool that you want to rap, keep doing that, but

1011
01:15:45,520 --> 01:15:50,920
keep your mind open to other opportunities that you should probably try that might actually

1012
01:15:50,920 --> 01:15:54,280
work out for you better.

1013
01:15:54,280 --> 01:15:56,760
I had a chance to go in and get into real estate.

1014
01:15:56,760 --> 01:15:57,760
I'm like, houses?

1015
01:15:57,760 --> 01:16:00,760
What am I going to do selling houses?

1016
01:16:00,760 --> 01:16:01,760
Who knows?

1017
01:16:01,760 --> 01:16:04,280
Now I could have been a great real estate agent.

1018
01:16:04,280 --> 01:16:11,480
I could have been rich, however that turns out to be.

1019
01:16:11,480 --> 01:16:17,120
It's good to be laser focused on something, but always know that something even possibly

1020
01:16:17,120 --> 01:16:19,520
better could come around when you least expect it.

1021
01:16:19,520 --> 01:16:26,160
You should probably at least look into it.

1022
01:16:26,160 --> 01:16:32,400
If you won a million dollars tomorrow, what would you do?

1023
01:16:32,400 --> 01:16:35,320
I'd sweat up.

1024
01:16:35,320 --> 01:16:38,280
If I won a million dollars.

1025
01:16:38,280 --> 01:16:39,280
Today?

1026
01:16:39,280 --> 01:16:41,280
What would you do today?

1027
01:16:41,280 --> 01:16:49,920
I will drink to that.

1028
01:16:49,920 --> 01:16:55,880
He didn't have to say anything there.

1029
01:16:55,880 --> 01:17:02,320
All he had to do was do the potion and we are all drinking on his million dollars.

1030
01:17:02,320 --> 01:17:03,320
Salud.

1031
01:17:03,320 --> 01:17:07,320
That liquor lady going to love me.

1032
01:17:07,320 --> 01:17:10,320
What did she do already?

1033
01:17:10,320 --> 01:17:13,960
I definitely want to go to Bali.

1034
01:17:13,960 --> 01:17:18,280
I definitely want to at least go out there for at least a month or two, get me a nice

1035
01:17:18,280 --> 01:17:24,200
tan, see how the women are, see the culture, see the food, see all the great fantastic

1036
01:17:24,200 --> 01:17:25,200
places.

1037
01:17:25,200 --> 01:17:29,560
I would like to collect memories and experiences.

1038
01:17:29,560 --> 01:17:33,480
I wouldn't want to get too overboard.

1039
01:17:33,480 --> 01:17:38,920
I definitely want to look into creating more digital assets for myself.

1040
01:17:38,920 --> 01:17:44,560
The first thing I do, can I quit my job?

1041
01:17:44,560 --> 01:17:50,760
I think I can do all right for myself to make that grow into something great.

1042
01:17:50,760 --> 01:17:51,760
That's such a loaded question.

1043
01:17:51,760 --> 01:17:52,760
I wouldn't even know.

1044
01:17:52,760 --> 01:17:53,760
I know, but I wouldn't even know.

1045
01:17:53,760 --> 01:17:54,760
I have to see it first.

1046
01:17:54,760 --> 01:17:55,760
Let me check my balance.

1047
01:17:55,760 --> 01:17:56,760
That's a good answer, though.

1048
01:17:56,760 --> 01:17:57,760
I got something here for you.

1049
01:17:57,760 --> 01:17:58,760
Hold on.

1050
01:17:58,760 --> 01:18:07,760
Before you say that, I definitely wouldn't tell anybody I got a million dollars.

1051
01:18:07,760 --> 01:18:12,400
I know, I got friends now.

1052
01:18:12,400 --> 01:18:16,600
That person that didn't say hi to me last week, they want to hang out now.

1053
01:18:16,600 --> 01:18:21,240
They want to know what's going on in my life now.

1054
01:18:21,240 --> 01:18:22,240
Nothing's going on.

1055
01:18:22,240 --> 01:18:25,240
We can kill it right now.

1056
01:18:25,240 --> 01:18:30,320
Just starting your own business, describe two to three achievements or accolades that

1057
01:18:30,320 --> 01:18:33,320
you're most proud of.

1058
01:18:33,320 --> 01:18:34,320
That I'm most proud of.

1059
01:18:34,320 --> 01:18:42,680
One, I would say acquiring my first client.

1060
01:18:42,680 --> 01:18:49,720
Acquiring my first client was something that I'm very proud of myself.

1061
01:18:49,720 --> 01:18:56,440
Acquiring my first client shows me that I'm good enough for someone to trust me with their

1062
01:18:56,440 --> 01:19:00,120
brand to create some content for them.

1063
01:19:00,120 --> 01:19:05,080
To me, that was a great accomplishment.

1064
01:19:05,080 --> 01:19:09,440
No matter how much I got paid for it or whatever, to me, that wasn't it.

1065
01:19:09,440 --> 01:19:10,440
It wasn't about the money.

1066
01:19:10,440 --> 01:19:13,720
It was that, oh, I can really do this.

1067
01:19:13,720 --> 01:19:14,720
Exactly.

1068
01:19:14,720 --> 01:19:16,520
Let me pursue it even more.

1069
01:19:16,520 --> 01:19:18,920
See where it takes me.

1070
01:19:18,920 --> 01:19:19,920
You said two, right?

1071
01:19:19,920 --> 01:19:24,080
Two accomplishments?

1072
01:19:24,080 --> 01:19:26,120
Starting to work with bigger brands.

1073
01:19:26,120 --> 01:19:33,800
I don't want to say names, but when NDAs are being presented to me and stuff like that,

1074
01:19:33,800 --> 01:19:37,480
I think, man, this is potentially life changing.

1075
01:19:37,480 --> 01:19:44,960
Again, the inside of me is so excited and saying, oh my God, oh my God, you like me.

1076
01:19:44,960 --> 01:19:49,800
But on the outside, I'm acting like I belong because there's a reason why I'm here is because

1077
01:19:49,800 --> 01:19:50,800
you like me.

1078
01:19:50,800 --> 01:19:53,480
You like what I do.

1079
01:19:53,480 --> 01:19:55,920
I got to act like I belong, that I'm used to it.

1080
01:19:55,920 --> 01:19:59,560
But on the inside, I'm like, oh my God, I can't believe I'm here.

1081
01:19:59,560 --> 01:20:02,880
Andy, I'm going to add a third one to his list here.

1082
01:20:02,880 --> 01:20:07,160
One thing I will say with him is he was one of the few people I hear my voice early on.

1083
01:20:07,160 --> 01:20:13,720
Era one, you guys are like era four, you and AM, but era one where he actually listened

1084
01:20:13,720 --> 01:20:17,720
to the better business practices.

1085
01:20:17,720 --> 01:20:22,440
Even the few records that we recorded together, like Sleep, for example, or Rudy G, we have

1086
01:20:22,440 --> 01:20:23,480
a copyright for that.

1087
01:20:23,480 --> 01:20:28,240
He has that for the rest of his life and his family has that for 70 years after he dies.

1088
01:20:28,240 --> 01:20:32,160
So the thing with that is there are motherfuckers out here, mixtape rappers and some of these

1089
01:20:32,160 --> 01:20:37,600
kids that are TikTok dudes that don't have copyrights for the million songs they have.

1090
01:20:37,600 --> 01:20:42,080
And this cat actually listened and did what I said.

1091
01:20:42,080 --> 01:20:47,680
So I know I can be an asshole sometimes, but now he has equity in the content he owns.

1092
01:20:47,680 --> 01:20:52,240
And I really appreciate his buy in to all that.

1093
01:20:52,240 --> 01:20:58,080
Yeah, and I did mention this before, but me personally, I don't know anybody else who

1094
01:20:58,080 --> 01:21:01,000
has the whole book published on Amazon.

1095
01:21:01,000 --> 01:21:04,800
I know so many rappers, but none of them have copyrights.

1096
01:21:04,800 --> 01:21:10,280
None of them can say I legitimately own that song.

1097
01:21:10,280 --> 01:21:12,600
I can say I do, even if it's just one.

1098
01:21:12,600 --> 01:21:16,280
But at least I can say I got that one.

1099
01:21:16,280 --> 01:21:23,240
I got a book that's on the biggest platform on the planet and I can say that's me.

1100
01:21:23,240 --> 01:21:24,240
I own it.

1101
01:21:24,240 --> 01:21:25,240
I own the rights.

1102
01:21:25,240 --> 01:21:27,920
That is my work and I share it with the world.

1103
01:21:27,920 --> 01:21:32,280
So I would say that is an accomplishment too, because I never ever thought that I would

1104
01:21:32,280 --> 01:21:36,680
have anything published to that magnitude on a platform that big.

1105
01:21:36,680 --> 01:21:37,680
Yep.

1106
01:21:37,680 --> 01:21:38,680
All right.

1107
01:21:38,680 --> 01:21:40,280
So I'm next up.

1108
01:21:40,280 --> 01:21:42,960
Which of these two mean more to you?

1109
01:21:42,960 --> 01:21:45,480
Loyalty or respect and why?

1110
01:21:45,480 --> 01:21:50,400
That's a great question, man.

1111
01:21:50,400 --> 01:21:55,000
I'll drink to that too.

1112
01:21:55,000 --> 01:21:58,840
You need both, but if you got to pick one, you have to.

1113
01:21:58,840 --> 01:22:03,600
I think the respect, because with respect comes loyalty.

1114
01:22:03,600 --> 01:22:08,840
Because I don't want people who are loyal to me, but don't respect me, because that

1115
01:22:08,840 --> 01:22:12,280
is going to be a problem.

1116
01:22:12,280 --> 01:22:15,920
But if you respect me, you don't got to be loyal to me in terms of you don't got to be

1117
01:22:15,920 --> 01:22:20,000
friends, but you will respect me.

1118
01:22:20,000 --> 01:22:25,360
And I take respect over loyalty because I could have zero friends, but I know people

1119
01:22:25,360 --> 01:22:29,240
respect me so they're not going to try me in whatever way it could happen.

1120
01:22:29,240 --> 01:22:30,240
Right?

1121
01:22:30,240 --> 01:22:34,760
Versus, if I got no respect, people are going to try you.

1122
01:22:34,760 --> 01:22:36,840
Even the ones closest to you, they're going to try you.

1123
01:22:36,840 --> 01:22:40,660
They could be loyal to you because you're probably the gravy train in whatever it is

1124
01:22:40,660 --> 01:22:42,160
that you're doing.

1125
01:22:42,160 --> 01:22:43,640
So but they may not like you.

1126
01:22:43,640 --> 01:22:47,000
No, no, no, you're going to respect me.

1127
01:22:47,000 --> 01:22:48,280
You know, you're going to respect me.

1128
01:22:48,280 --> 01:22:50,960
You may not have to like me, but you're going to respect me.

1129
01:22:50,960 --> 01:22:53,040
If you're in my circle or not.

1130
01:22:53,040 --> 01:22:59,360
So yeah, I rather take the respect because I think eventually people will be loyal to

1131
01:22:59,360 --> 01:23:01,680
your program on what it is.

1132
01:23:01,680 --> 01:23:05,760
Even if they may not like you, they may grow to like you and be like, you know what, he's

1133
01:23:05,760 --> 01:23:06,760
all right.

1134
01:23:06,760 --> 01:23:09,840
You know, he's all right.

1135
01:23:09,840 --> 01:23:12,600
So I take the respect.

1136
01:23:12,600 --> 01:23:13,600
I love that answer.

1137
01:23:13,600 --> 01:23:20,200
Yeah, I really like changes my mind on my answer a whole lot.

1138
01:23:20,200 --> 01:23:21,200
Yeah.

1139
01:23:21,200 --> 01:23:27,640
Because without respect, sometimes there's certain paths in life that you can't walk

1140
01:23:27,640 --> 01:23:29,520
through because they need respect to.

1141
01:23:29,520 --> 01:23:32,920
And if you don't have it, it doesn't matter if you got a thousand motherfuckers loyal

1142
01:23:32,920 --> 01:23:33,920
to you.

1143
01:23:33,920 --> 01:23:35,160
No one respects you.

1144
01:23:35,160 --> 01:23:39,960
You can walk up in there by yourself and you'll be okay.

1145
01:23:39,960 --> 01:23:40,960
Respect is like currency.

1146
01:23:40,960 --> 01:23:45,760
Respect is definitely kind of.

1147
01:23:45,760 --> 01:23:51,080
Would you be able to say that I really have loyalty because I can always earn my respect?

1148
01:23:51,080 --> 01:23:56,080
No, my bad.

1149
01:23:56,080 --> 01:23:59,280
Candy what's great with this question is I don't think and this is something from drink

1150
01:23:59,280 --> 01:24:02,520
champs, DJ, EFN shout outs and Nory.

1151
01:24:02,520 --> 01:24:04,520
I don't think there's a correct answer to this one.

1152
01:24:04,520 --> 01:24:06,740
It's really the person's mental.

1153
01:24:06,740 --> 01:24:09,760
So I mean, I don't really tie into what the person mental says.

1154
01:24:09,760 --> 01:24:10,760
It's more them.

1155
01:24:10,760 --> 01:24:15,800
And I love to hear people describe and walk through that that garden of how they describe

1156
01:24:15,800 --> 01:24:16,800
it.

1157
01:24:16,800 --> 01:24:17,800
But I can see that too.

1158
01:24:17,800 --> 01:24:22,440
You get the loyalty to earn the respect later because then you're earning the respect by

1159
01:24:22,440 --> 01:24:27,480
being consistent in whatever it is that you're doing in your setting an example.

1160
01:24:27,480 --> 01:24:30,960
So and then the respect to come eventually.

1161
01:24:30,960 --> 01:24:32,760
So I can see that as well.

1162
01:24:32,760 --> 01:24:36,160
So wait, wait, wait, Tony, Tony, directly to you.

1163
01:24:36,160 --> 01:24:41,240
I'm asking you, what would you want people to say about you at your funeral?

1164
01:24:41,240 --> 01:24:42,800
First of all, I can't die.

1165
01:24:42,800 --> 01:24:44,360
Energy never never never disappears.

1166
01:24:44,360 --> 01:24:46,080
It could only be transmuted.

1167
01:24:46,080 --> 01:24:56,920
But if I do take a pause from this earth that Tony was a genuine guy with a heart of gold

1168
01:24:56,920 --> 01:24:59,160
and he meant he meant well, he was trust.

1169
01:24:59,160 --> 01:25:00,160
He was trustworthy.

1170
01:25:00,160 --> 01:25:05,880
He was a trustworthy guy, someone you can trust with the most darkest secrets.

1171
01:25:05,880 --> 01:25:09,320
And you know, if you were to have a falling out that I'm not going to go and say nothing

1172
01:25:09,320 --> 01:25:10,320
to anybody.

1173
01:25:10,320 --> 01:25:15,240
You could be my friend today and in the tomorrow.

1174
01:25:15,240 --> 01:25:20,360
And I'm not going to reveal anything that probably went down because that's just the

1175
01:25:20,360 --> 01:25:21,500
person that I am.

1176
01:25:21,500 --> 01:25:27,320
So I would say, yeah, I'm a truly genuine person to very few people in this world that

1177
01:25:27,320 --> 01:25:28,920
you can really truly trust.

1178
01:25:28,920 --> 01:25:34,700
Maybe some folks, you can TH SIF will caracterize you two as family and maybe in terms of the

1179
01:25:34,700 --> 01:25:35,800
fact that you were silence.

1180
01:25:35,800 --> 01:25:36,800
So No.

1181
01:25:36,800 --> 01:25:38,520
In many ways, nobody's that I'm of.

1182
01:25:38,520 --> 01:25:40,200
When something and somebody is true.

1183
01:25:40,200 --> 01:25:41,920
What I do not have a soul.

1184
01:25:41,920 --> 01:25:42,920
Sorry about that.

1185
01:25:42,920 --> 01:25:51,900
Any part of your再 Parce the beautiful

1186
01:25:51,900 --> 01:25:58,000
G

1187
01:25:58,000 --> 01:25:59,660
He didn't make me feel bad about it.

1188
01:25:59,660 --> 01:26:01,220
I beat myself up over it.

1189
01:26:01,220 --> 01:26:03,340
He didn't make me feel bad about it or nothing.

1190
01:26:03,340 --> 01:26:05,140
Hey, Doc.

1191
01:26:05,140 --> 01:26:06,700
I'm pretty sure you wouldn't even use straws

1192
01:26:06,700 --> 01:26:09,740
because of the turtles.

1193
01:26:09,740 --> 01:26:12,100
But here's a surprise question, man.

1194
01:26:12,100 --> 01:26:14,980
So as a businessman, I know you listen

1195
01:26:14,980 --> 01:26:17,420
to a lot of opportunities.

1196
01:26:17,420 --> 01:26:18,380
So here's one.

1197
01:26:18,380 --> 01:26:20,500
What would it take for my boys, Doc and AM,

1198
01:26:20,500 --> 01:26:23,380
to be a guest verse on the next project?

1199
01:26:23,380 --> 01:26:24,540
Hey.

1200
01:26:24,540 --> 01:26:27,340
The first thing would be just ask me.

1201
01:26:27,340 --> 01:26:28,820
Hey.

1202
01:26:28,820 --> 01:26:31,700
The second thing would be where's the beat?

1203
01:26:31,700 --> 01:26:33,900
It got to be a beat that make me want to write,

1204
01:26:33,900 --> 01:26:36,100
make me want to inspire me, inspires me

1205
01:26:36,100 --> 01:26:37,700
to want to say something.

1206
01:26:37,700 --> 01:26:38,340
So hold on.

1207
01:26:38,340 --> 01:26:40,620
So you're telling me, and we're going

1208
01:26:40,620 --> 01:26:42,860
to share a celebratory shot for this one.

1209
01:26:42,860 --> 01:26:46,660
You're telling me that the rap career of Antonio Gonzalez

1210
01:26:46,660 --> 01:26:48,340
is an over?

1211
01:26:48,340 --> 01:26:49,620
Hey, I get to go on the verse?

1212
01:26:49,620 --> 01:26:50,980
Let's go.

1213
01:26:50,980 --> 01:26:52,220
Let's go.

1214
01:26:52,220 --> 01:26:54,500
Let's go.

1215
01:26:54,500 --> 01:26:57,220
To finish answering your question, though,

1216
01:26:57,220 --> 01:26:59,980
I think I could articulate myself better now

1217
01:26:59,980 --> 01:27:02,220
than I can before.

1218
01:27:02,220 --> 01:27:04,860
So I think it would be a good way for me

1219
01:27:04,860 --> 01:27:07,660
to kind of revisit that part of my life

1220
01:27:07,660 --> 01:27:09,140
and also to see if I still got it

1221
01:27:09,140 --> 01:27:11,980
and see how much I've improved.

1222
01:27:11,980 --> 01:27:13,460
What do I got to say now?

1223
01:27:13,460 --> 01:27:18,540
What's the material I'm talking about now versus 10 years ago,

1224
01:27:18,540 --> 01:27:19,780
20 years ago?

1225
01:27:19,780 --> 01:27:22,140
It ain't about drugs and guns anymore.

1226
01:27:22,140 --> 01:27:25,900
What I like about you now, Antonio Gonzalez versus Tony

1227
01:27:25,900 --> 01:27:28,060
Gonzalez, you've lived a little bit more

1228
01:27:28,060 --> 01:27:29,860
and you've done a little bit more.

1229
01:27:29,860 --> 01:27:31,620
So I think you would have more to pull from.

1230
01:27:34,180 --> 01:27:37,780
Moving on to segment five, 100% Facts.

1231
01:27:37,780 --> 01:27:39,580
With this segment each week, we'll

1232
01:27:39,580 --> 01:27:42,380
start again to the guts of radio success.

1233
01:27:42,380 --> 01:27:44,420
Facts about how artists are performing on radio

1234
01:27:44,420 --> 01:27:49,620
and what Doc J does for work at media-based chart map.

1235
01:27:49,620 --> 01:27:51,780
If it goes left, it's the number one spot.

1236
01:27:51,780 --> 01:27:54,580
All right, Doc, let's look at who actually

1237
01:27:54,580 --> 01:27:56,740
performed the best at radio last week

1238
01:27:56,740 --> 01:28:00,300
and snatch that tippity top chart spot.

1239
01:28:00,300 --> 01:28:02,980
All right, at Urban National Radio last week

1240
01:28:02,980 --> 01:28:07,060
was snoozed by SZA, TDE representer,

1241
01:28:07,060 --> 01:28:13,060
with over 6,165 spins per day last week at National Radio.

1242
01:28:13,060 --> 01:28:18,420
It earned a platinum plaque already on April 7, 2023,

1243
01:28:18,420 --> 01:28:20,620
before it was even a single.

1244
01:28:20,620 --> 01:28:25,140
It was shipped on April 25 by TDE and RCA Records.

1245
01:28:25,140 --> 01:28:28,660
It was their sixth single from her album, SOS,

1246
01:28:28,660 --> 01:28:30,780
and it was already platinum from the streaming

1247
01:28:30,780 --> 01:28:32,740
success of the album alone.

1248
01:28:32,740 --> 01:28:35,620
It debuted at number 37 on club charts

1249
01:28:35,620 --> 01:28:39,020
and number 34 two weeks later on Urban charts

1250
01:28:39,020 --> 01:28:42,460
and quickly shot its way up.

1251
01:28:42,460 --> 01:28:46,540
Produced by the rascals, Babyface and BLK.

1252
01:28:46,540 --> 01:28:50,220
It sampled Destiny's Child, Me, Myself, and I.

1253
01:28:50,220 --> 01:28:53,460
It was co-written by Babyface as well, The GOAT,

1254
01:28:53,460 --> 01:28:57,020
and was originally intended as a Babyface song featuring

1255
01:28:57,020 --> 01:29:02,500
SZA for her 22 album, 2022 album, Girls Night Out.

1256
01:29:02,500 --> 01:29:04,780
But it ultimately passed on it.

1257
01:29:04,780 --> 01:29:07,020
Like I said, for some reason, for some reason,

1258
01:29:07,020 --> 01:29:08,260
my brain went backwards.

1259
01:29:08,260 --> 01:29:13,260
So guys, when I said her, I meant Babyface, his album.

1260
01:29:13,260 --> 01:29:14,100
All right, fun fact.

1261
01:29:14,100 --> 01:29:16,820
His album, but passed on it.

1262
01:29:16,820 --> 01:29:19,740
Fun fact here, four of us from HMB Entertainment,

1263
01:29:19,740 --> 01:29:22,620
which is Hear My Voice, reviewed this single for her label

1264
01:29:22,620 --> 01:29:25,820
back on 4-18-23.

1265
01:29:25,820 --> 01:29:29,180
And Tony, do you want to guess who most correct got the?

1266
01:29:29,180 --> 01:29:30,780
Oh my god, I can't even speak.

1267
01:29:30,780 --> 01:29:32,580
Who got it correctly?

1268
01:29:32,580 --> 01:29:33,580
Maybe you did.

1269
01:29:33,580 --> 01:29:34,080
Ha ha.

1270
01:29:37,380 --> 01:29:42,580
Tony, do you want to get us who predicted the record the best?

1271
01:29:42,580 --> 01:29:44,060
I'm going to go with AM.

1272
01:29:44,060 --> 01:29:47,060
Ha ha, I should go with Doc.

1273
01:29:47,060 --> 01:29:48,980
You should always go with Doc, by the way.

1274
01:29:48,980 --> 01:29:50,460
OK.

1275
01:29:50,460 --> 01:29:53,020
Candy, Candy, break down what we all predicted.

1276
01:29:53,020 --> 01:29:53,500
I got you.

1277
01:29:53,500 --> 01:29:57,260
Here were the chart predictions at the time, right?

1278
01:29:57,260 --> 01:30:03,140
Rapper AM guessed it was going to be between 20 to 30 on club,

1279
01:30:03,140 --> 01:30:05,300
and it wasn't going to chart on Urban.

1280
01:30:05,300 --> 01:30:06,420
At all.

1281
01:30:06,420 --> 01:30:06,940
At all.

1282
01:30:06,940 --> 01:30:07,440
At all.

1283
01:30:07,440 --> 01:30:09,420
They said fuck Urban, ain't they?

1284
01:30:09,420 --> 01:30:11,260
Rob from the Mob guessed it was going

1285
01:30:11,260 --> 01:30:16,220
to be between 20 and 30 on both club and Urban.

1286
01:30:16,220 --> 01:30:20,980
Crookson guessed it was going to be 15 to 25 on club,

1287
01:30:20,980 --> 01:30:23,660
and 35 to 45 on Urban.

1288
01:30:23,660 --> 01:30:25,180
He did good.

1289
01:30:25,180 --> 01:30:28,300
And Doc guessed it was going to be top 10 on Urban and Club.

1290
01:30:28,300 --> 01:30:29,140
Whatever.

1291
01:30:29,140 --> 01:30:29,860
Whatever.

1292
01:30:29,860 --> 01:30:32,620
It is currently number one record on Urban

1293
01:30:32,620 --> 01:30:34,300
and the number two record on Club.

1294
01:30:34,300 --> 01:30:36,060
So.

1295
01:30:36,060 --> 01:30:40,860
I guess so far, Doc got it.

1296
01:30:40,860 --> 01:30:42,220
Doc be cheating.

1297
01:30:42,220 --> 01:30:44,220
Doc, you got experience.

1298
01:30:44,220 --> 01:30:46,220
Mad scientist.

1299
01:30:46,220 --> 01:30:48,180
Mad scientist.

1300
01:30:48,180 --> 01:30:49,540
That's his own.

1301
01:30:49,540 --> 01:30:51,340
Now breaking singles.

1302
01:30:51,340 --> 01:30:53,820
Here we quickly highlight which new songs are breaking

1303
01:30:53,820 --> 01:30:54,340
and entering.

1304
01:30:54,340 --> 01:30:57,140
I sound like I'm fucking battle rapping.

1305
01:30:57,140 --> 01:31:00,220
Breaking and entering the Urban radio charts,

1306
01:31:00,220 --> 01:31:05,500
and it looks like we have three debuts this past week.

1307
01:31:05,500 --> 01:31:09,100
So first we got popular by The Weeknd featuring

1308
01:31:09,100 --> 01:31:10,780
Playboi Carti and Madonna.

1309
01:31:10,780 --> 01:31:16,380
Shipped to radio 6223, debuting at 41 in Urban

1310
01:31:16,380 --> 01:31:19,860
with over 474 spins a day last week.

1311
01:31:19,860 --> 01:31:23,300
It was distributed by XO Public Records,

1312
01:31:23,300 --> 01:31:26,500
produced by Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, and Mike Dean.

1313
01:31:26,500 --> 01:31:30,100
Also debuting at number 28 on Rhythmic Club

1314
01:31:30,100 --> 01:31:32,260
and 37 on Pop Stations.

1315
01:31:32,260 --> 01:31:36,180
Hey, boy, you be popular.

1316
01:31:36,180 --> 01:31:39,620
Sell her soul to be popular.

1317
01:31:39,620 --> 01:31:40,860
That shit is catchy, bro.

1318
01:31:40,860 --> 01:31:43,300
I think y'all underestimated that record too.

1319
01:31:43,300 --> 01:31:45,060
But I don't know why I did.

1320
01:31:45,060 --> 01:31:46,220
I've been playing this shit.

1321
01:31:46,220 --> 01:31:47,700
I don't know what the fuck I'd be thinking sometimes.

1322
01:31:47,700 --> 01:31:49,220
I play it every fucking day.

1323
01:31:49,220 --> 01:31:50,980
Yeah, it's a good song, man.

1324
01:31:50,980 --> 01:31:51,620
Yeah.

1325
01:31:51,620 --> 01:31:53,900
So we have another record that broke into the charts

1326
01:31:53,900 --> 01:31:54,980
this week.

1327
01:31:54,980 --> 01:31:58,580
His name is Byron Messia.

1328
01:31:58,580 --> 01:31:59,700
I think I'm saying that right.

1329
01:31:59,700 --> 01:32:01,140
I'm intoxicated.

1330
01:32:01,140 --> 01:32:02,380
Me too.

1331
01:32:02,380 --> 01:32:05,860
Byron Messia, I'm so sorry.

1332
01:32:05,860 --> 01:32:07,300
The record's called Talibans.

1333
01:32:07,300 --> 01:32:12,500
It was shipped to radio 613, so June 13, 2003.

1334
01:32:12,500 --> 01:32:17,540
Debuted at number 43 on Urban with over 447 spins per day

1335
01:32:17,540 --> 01:32:18,500
last week.

1336
01:32:18,500 --> 01:32:22,020
Distributed by Z-Tech Entertainment and Interscope

1337
01:32:22,020 --> 01:32:23,100
Records.

1338
01:32:23,100 --> 01:32:25,420
Produced by E.J. Faya.

1339
01:32:25,420 --> 01:32:29,500
And it also debuted at number 43 also on club stations as well.

1340
01:32:29,500 --> 01:32:31,900
So 43 and 43.

1341
01:32:31,900 --> 01:32:34,460
Y'all gotta call it the Messiah.

1342
01:32:34,460 --> 01:32:35,260
It's Messia.

1343
01:32:35,260 --> 01:32:41,300
I don't pronounce Messia without an E-A.

1344
01:32:41,300 --> 01:32:44,100
But you know what?

1345
01:32:44,100 --> 01:32:46,220
Summer Too Hot from Chris Brown.

1346
01:32:46,220 --> 01:32:48,900
I believe this is July the 1st, 2023.

1347
01:32:48,900 --> 01:32:52,820
Debuted at number 44 for Urban with over 388 spins per day

1348
01:32:52,820 --> 01:32:53,660
last week.

1349
01:32:53,660 --> 01:32:55,540
Distributed by CB Entertainment.

1350
01:32:55,540 --> 01:32:59,740
I believe that's Chris Brown Entertainment and RCA Records.

1351
01:32:59,740 --> 01:33:04,900
Produced by Rockstar and DSTRK.

1352
01:33:04,900 --> 01:33:18,700
Also debuted at number 40 on Rhythmic and Club Stations.

1353
01:33:18,700 --> 01:33:21,540
And because you know my whole crew and company

1354
01:33:21,540 --> 01:33:24,860
at Hear My Voice Entertainment are dope like that,

1355
01:33:24,860 --> 01:33:31,260
our panel, our review panel of Rapper AM, Candy, Me, Raul,

1356
01:33:31,260 --> 01:33:35,380
even my nephew, Cruxen, Jose, Candy,

1357
01:33:35,380 --> 01:33:38,580
we actually reviewed all three of these damn records

1358
01:33:38,580 --> 01:33:41,220
for their respective labels months ago.

1359
01:33:41,220 --> 01:33:45,380
Let's see how we each agreed and disagreed today.

1360
01:33:45,380 --> 01:33:48,820
For the first record, we'll talk about The Weeknd's Popular.

1361
01:33:48,820 --> 01:33:50,620
What did we say, Candy?

1362
01:33:50,620 --> 01:33:54,380
So I said, I feel like Able has been busy this year

1363
01:33:54,380 --> 01:33:55,780
bussing out good music.

1364
01:33:55,780 --> 01:33:58,860
Surprisingly, I really enjoyed the Cardi feature.

1365
01:33:58,860 --> 01:34:02,300
I'm not really too big of a fan of Cardi.

1366
01:34:02,300 --> 01:34:06,500
So he and Madonna mix very well with the song and beat.

1367
01:34:06,500 --> 01:34:09,420
Sounds more club and pop than urban.

1368
01:34:09,420 --> 01:34:13,860
So I guess it was going to be 10 to 20 on pop and club,

1369
01:34:13,860 --> 01:34:16,140
and then 30 to 40 on urban.

1370
01:34:16,140 --> 01:34:17,140
But I strong bumped it.

1371
01:34:17,140 --> 01:34:20,260
I really enjoyed it.

1372
01:34:20,260 --> 01:34:23,540
I said, I love this song so much.

1373
01:34:23,540 --> 01:34:26,500
I can't stand how much I love it.

1374
01:34:26,500 --> 01:34:27,380
Sound like a white girl.

1375
01:34:27,380 --> 01:34:29,420
I can't stand how much I love it.

1376
01:34:29,420 --> 01:34:32,700
From the mix, from every single person's vocals,

1377
01:34:32,700 --> 01:34:33,540
from the beat.

1378
01:34:33,540 --> 01:34:35,020
It's been one of my favorite songs,

1379
01:34:35,020 --> 01:34:36,420
and I'm not even playing with y'all.

1380
01:34:36,420 --> 01:34:37,820
I'm playing it every day, every day

1381
01:34:37,820 --> 01:34:40,140
while I'm delivering food and things of that nature.

1382
01:34:40,140 --> 01:34:41,580
Playing it right now.

1383
01:34:41,580 --> 01:34:43,500
Playing it right now.

1384
01:34:43,500 --> 01:34:46,180
I never knew that I would really, really like a Cardi song.

1385
01:34:46,180 --> 01:34:48,860
Candy, I feel like you.

1386
01:34:48,860 --> 01:34:50,780
I think I like Cardi now.

1387
01:34:50,780 --> 01:34:52,020
Yeah, I'm not a fan of it.

1388
01:34:52,020 --> 01:34:56,340
It's about a product that we're at all.

1389
01:34:56,340 --> 01:34:59,260
Outside of this one, I could not tell you what he sounds like,

1390
01:34:59,260 --> 01:35:01,140
but I've heard his voice.

1391
01:35:01,140 --> 01:35:02,300
Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum.

1392
01:35:02,300 --> 01:35:06,540
Like, I know that's what he sounds like.

1393
01:35:06,540 --> 01:35:08,500
But I have liked his voice, right?

1394
01:35:08,500 --> 01:35:11,260
It's a bit of Young Thug, but it's not.

1395
01:35:11,260 --> 01:35:14,220
It's different, and I personally have never

1396
01:35:14,220 --> 01:35:17,220
listened to his music enough to know what it is.

1397
01:35:17,220 --> 01:35:19,300
The song, in my opinion, is very poppy,

1398
01:35:19,300 --> 01:35:20,720
but it has a club bounce that makes

1399
01:35:20,720 --> 01:35:23,820
you want to dance on the top of a car at somebody's beach.

1400
01:35:23,820 --> 01:35:25,620
The piano cuts through the bass like butter

1401
01:35:25,620 --> 01:35:27,340
and just feels great in my ears.

1402
01:35:27,340 --> 01:35:30,660
Everyone shows up, even Madonna, and kills their part,

1403
01:35:30,660 --> 01:35:32,220
especially the hook.

1404
01:35:32,220 --> 01:35:36,180
Top 10 club, 1020 pop, and then I gave it a 40, 50 urban.

1405
01:35:36,180 --> 01:35:38,340
Strong bump.

1406
01:35:38,340 --> 01:35:42,060
I agree with A.M. and Candy to a point where my review does not

1407
01:35:42,060 --> 01:35:42,700
my radiance.

1408
01:35:42,700 --> 01:35:47,180
So I said on June 13 to her label, to Weekend's label,

1409
01:35:47,180 --> 01:35:52,900
not her, but his label, I said it's ambitious, lazery, dance

1410
01:35:52,900 --> 01:35:56,540
club, bop, meshing three artists from three totally different

1411
01:35:56,540 --> 01:35:58,900
lanes, but really works for me.

1412
01:35:58,900 --> 01:36:01,740
Produced by Metro Boomin, The Weekend, and Mike Dean.

1413
01:36:01,740 --> 01:36:03,860
Mike Dean goes all the way back to Scarface Days,

1414
01:36:03,860 --> 01:36:06,500
so I have a lot of respect for Mike Dean.

1415
01:36:06,500 --> 01:36:11,980
It's 80s inspired, warm, electro synths, mid-tempo pop melodies,

1416
01:36:11,980 --> 01:36:15,500
808s, and a fun rhythmic cowbell throughout the whole beat,

1417
01:36:15,500 --> 01:36:17,260
Tony.

1418
01:36:17,260 --> 01:36:20,700
Simple themes describing a girl yearning for fame,

1419
01:36:20,700 --> 01:36:24,660
regardless of the good, bad, and sacrifices,

1420
01:36:24,660 --> 01:36:26,780
la, la, la, la.

1421
01:36:26,780 --> 01:36:28,020
Rewind.

1422
01:36:28,020 --> 01:36:31,540
Simple theme describing a girl yearning for fame,

1423
01:36:31,540 --> 01:36:35,140
regardless of the good, bad, and sacrifices that she has to do,

1424
01:36:35,140 --> 01:36:38,300
and how he, Weekend, can provide for it.

1425
01:36:38,300 --> 01:36:42,380
Weekend's vulnerable tone, reverb falsettos,

1426
01:36:42,380 --> 01:36:44,620
and infectious hook drives it.

1427
01:36:44,620 --> 01:36:47,660
Cardi briefly enters the mix with his whiny melodic trap,

1428
01:36:47,660 --> 01:36:50,500
kind of like A.M. said, the young thug type of style.

1429
01:36:50,500 --> 01:36:53,980
Bag on the prehooks and bridges, but it works for me.

1430
01:36:53,980 --> 01:36:57,740
Madonna rips the second verse, too, complete with attitude,

1431
01:36:57,740 --> 01:37:00,460
and she even drops two F-bombs.

1432
01:37:00,460 --> 01:37:03,660
Better than expected, very catchy, plus versatile enough

1433
01:37:03,660 --> 01:37:07,100
to chart anywhere on any of the charts it's been shipped to.

1434
01:37:07,100 --> 01:37:11,220
I'm guessing top 10 at club, 5 through 15 on pop,

1435
01:37:11,220 --> 01:37:12,940
and 15 to 25 on urban.

1436
01:37:12,940 --> 01:37:14,380
I give it a weak bump.

1437
01:37:14,380 --> 01:37:16,060
The only reason I gave it a weak bump

1438
01:37:16,060 --> 01:37:19,900
is I feel like there are better Weekend records in this one,

1439
01:37:19,900 --> 01:37:21,180
but all three of them showed up,

1440
01:37:21,180 --> 01:37:24,140
so I definitely agree with my boys, Candy and A.M.

1441
01:37:24,140 --> 01:37:25,780
They all showed up on this one.

1442
01:37:27,100 --> 01:37:29,100
So let's dive into...

1443
01:37:29,100 --> 01:37:30,780
Hold on, hold on, hold on, Candy, real quick.

1444
01:37:30,780 --> 01:37:34,700
So Candy, Candy, Tony, what do you think about, like,

1445
01:37:34,700 --> 01:37:36,660
Weekend from the records you've heard so far?

1446
01:37:36,660 --> 01:37:38,180
Like, is this a record you'd probably, like,

1447
01:37:38,180 --> 01:37:39,700
tap into maybe one day?

1448
01:37:41,060 --> 01:37:42,980
Yeah, I mean, I respect the Weekend.

1449
01:37:44,940 --> 01:37:49,380
I think anything that he puts out, it's just, it's great.

1450
01:37:49,380 --> 01:37:52,260
Like you said before, it's versatility,

1451
01:37:52,260 --> 01:37:53,300
you said is the word.

1452
01:37:54,500 --> 01:37:58,580
He's always doing theme songs for WrestleMania for the WWE,

1453
01:37:58,580 --> 01:38:01,540
and every time I hear it, I'm like, man, I like that song.

1454
01:38:01,540 --> 01:38:02,940
Oh, man, I like that song too.

1455
01:38:02,940 --> 01:38:04,460
Man, I like this song too.

1456
01:38:06,500 --> 01:38:09,740
It's impressive to me for me to constantly like

1457
01:38:09,740 --> 01:38:14,740
people's music, but I never bought an album from him, right?

1458
01:38:15,740 --> 01:38:18,100
So it makes me wanna actually dive into what else

1459
01:38:18,100 --> 01:38:19,940
that I may like from him, you know?

1460
01:38:19,940 --> 01:38:23,140
And I actually legitimately became a new fan.

1461
01:38:23,140 --> 01:38:26,580
Where I agree with Candy and Tony, I'm sorry,

1462
01:38:26,580 --> 01:38:29,540
where I agree with Candy and AM is I'd never thought

1463
01:38:29,540 --> 01:38:33,140
in my life I would see Cardi, Playboy Cardi,

1464
01:38:33,140 --> 01:38:36,580
and Madonna on the same record, and Weekend made somehow

1465
01:38:36,580 --> 01:38:40,180
that makes sense and work great, so I like that record.

1466
01:38:41,780 --> 01:38:43,380
Yeah, Madonna's definitely an OG.

1467
01:38:43,380 --> 01:38:46,220
She's been around for a long time.

1468
01:38:46,220 --> 01:38:47,940
Weekend is just good at what he does.

1469
01:38:47,940 --> 01:38:50,500
He produces as well, right?

1470
01:38:50,500 --> 01:38:52,500
Writer, producer, and singer.

1471
01:38:53,780 --> 01:38:56,340
Playboy Cardi, I'm sorry, I may be a little bit out the loop,

1472
01:38:56,340 --> 01:38:59,780
but I've heard that name before, but where is he from?

1473
01:38:59,780 --> 01:39:00,940
Is he in the group?

1474
01:39:00,940 --> 01:39:02,260
Like he's in the group, right?

1475
01:39:02,260 --> 01:39:03,100
Nyan in the group.

1476
01:39:03,100 --> 01:39:04,820
Is he a solo guy?

1477
01:39:04,820 --> 01:39:07,100
He wasn't even down with Bad Boy or something?

1478
01:39:07,100 --> 01:39:09,620
No, he's not down with Bad Boy.

1479
01:39:09,620 --> 01:39:14,620
Playboy Cardi is 26 years old.

1480
01:39:14,620 --> 01:39:19,620
He is originally from Georgia, and AM's absolutely correct.

1481
01:39:20,140 --> 01:39:23,700
He kind of has that young thug, like whiny, melodic trap flow.

1482
01:39:25,700 --> 01:39:28,140
I've heard that name before, though.

1483
01:39:28,140 --> 01:39:32,220
Let's dive into Byron, as AM would say, Messiah.

1484
01:39:34,660 --> 01:39:39,660
Telemant, as I have never heard of him before this.

1485
01:39:41,500 --> 01:39:43,220
What do we say each about it?

1486
01:39:43,220 --> 01:39:46,580
I didn't review that week, but from Rob, from the mob did,

1487
01:39:46,580 --> 01:39:48,100
so I'll read from his.

1488
01:39:48,100 --> 01:39:51,580
Rob said, somebody obviously loves auto-tune.

1489
01:39:51,580 --> 01:39:54,060
It has some nice afro beats influence

1490
01:39:54,060 --> 01:39:56,100
with a crispy percussion and bass.

1491
01:39:56,100 --> 01:40:00,500
This is what makes you want to dance a little.

1492
01:40:00,500 --> 01:40:01,500
Good delivery.

1493
01:40:02,580 --> 01:40:05,500
Byron, Messiah, doesn't miss a beat.

1494
01:40:05,500 --> 01:40:08,180
I think 40 to 50 on both urban and club,

1495
01:40:08,180 --> 01:40:09,020
if it charts at all.

1496
01:40:10,260 --> 01:40:12,980
I don't think any of us are pronouncing his name right.

1497
01:40:12,980 --> 01:40:14,300
Byron Messier.

1498
01:40:16,300 --> 01:40:18,060
He gonna be Messiah.

1499
01:40:18,060 --> 01:40:21,740
I said, oh, he should have spelled it better.

1500
01:40:21,740 --> 01:40:25,420
Like Messiah, I know Messiah has an H on the end of it,

1501
01:40:25,420 --> 01:40:26,900
but all you're missing is the H.

1502
01:40:26,900 --> 01:40:30,140
S-E-A, like phonetically do something better for yourself.

1503
01:40:30,140 --> 01:40:33,180
And if you get upset with someone calling you Messiah,

1504
01:40:33,180 --> 01:40:35,100
change your name, change your name.

1505
01:40:36,380 --> 01:40:37,220
That's it.

1506
01:40:37,220 --> 01:40:40,060
What AM says is, oh, this is different.

1507
01:40:40,060 --> 01:40:41,620
Love the vibe from the jump,

1508
01:40:41,620 --> 01:40:43,100
makes me feel like smoking and drinking

1509
01:40:43,100 --> 01:40:44,900
while dancing on some sand.

1510
01:40:44,900 --> 01:40:46,900
The beat mix could have been louder, but it's clean.

1511
01:40:46,900 --> 01:40:48,780
The vocals are very clean.

1512
01:40:48,780 --> 01:40:50,700
The vibe on the whole song is A-one.

1513
01:40:50,700 --> 01:40:53,020
First time hearing from whoever this guy is,

1514
01:40:53,020 --> 01:40:55,180
and now we're gonna keep butchering his name.

1515
01:40:55,180 --> 01:40:58,260
I put B-M on there because I wasn't even gonna be able

1516
01:40:58,260 --> 01:41:00,340
to spell it right because I wanna put an H at the end

1517
01:41:00,340 --> 01:41:01,820
and call him Messiah.

1518
01:41:01,820 --> 01:41:04,620
I'll keep my ears open for more music after this.

1519
01:41:04,620 --> 01:41:07,540
And I wonder how it will chart as I think that afro beats

1520
01:41:07,540 --> 01:41:10,060
and songs and that vibe, they need their own category.

1521
01:41:10,060 --> 01:41:12,300
I don't know if they necessarily fit

1522
01:41:12,300 --> 01:41:15,060
with what has been put in R&B

1523
01:41:15,060 --> 01:41:18,020
and or put in adult contemporary and or club.

1524
01:41:18,020 --> 01:41:20,740
So I personally don't know where it's gonna go,

1525
01:41:20,740 --> 01:41:23,580
but I will be smarter in my chart prediction on this one.

1526
01:41:23,580 --> 01:41:24,900
I said it's gonna be a mix.

1527
01:41:24,900 --> 01:41:25,740
This is going into a mix of mine

1528
01:41:25,740 --> 01:41:27,220
and I already added it in.

1529
01:41:27,220 --> 01:41:30,220
40 to 50 on both urban and club is what I said.

1530
01:41:30,220 --> 01:41:31,540
And then I did a week bump.

1531
01:41:32,460 --> 01:41:33,420
That's what's up.

1532
01:41:33,420 --> 01:41:35,340
I had the same conversation with my nephew,

1533
01:41:35,340 --> 01:41:38,180
Cruxton, Jose AM.

1534
01:41:38,180 --> 01:41:39,820
He really loves funk music,

1535
01:41:39,820 --> 01:41:43,460
which not our funk music, like not F-U-N-K,

1536
01:41:43,460 --> 01:41:48,180
but P-H-O-U, I'm sorry, P-H-O-N-K.

1537
01:41:48,180 --> 01:41:49,020
Yeah, Paneuris.

1538
01:41:49,020 --> 01:41:51,620
Yeah, and it's like, it's still urban,

1539
01:41:51,620 --> 01:41:53,300
regardless of what you ever name.

1540
01:41:53,300 --> 01:41:55,660
It's, and you're absolutely right though,

1541
01:41:55,660 --> 01:41:58,180
afro beats is kind of taken over.

1542
01:41:58,180 --> 01:41:59,820
The only things I feel like it's a lane

1543
01:41:59,820 --> 01:42:01,300
where there's only one or two records

1544
01:42:01,300 --> 01:42:03,220
that are allowed to be shining.

1545
01:42:03,220 --> 01:42:05,420
And then those two fall on the charts

1546
01:42:05,420 --> 01:42:07,540
and then two new ones take their place.

1547
01:42:07,540 --> 01:42:08,900
They actually, I agree.

1548
01:42:08,900 --> 01:42:10,340
So, but what I said, Tony,

1549
01:42:10,340 --> 01:42:13,660
what I said on June 20th to their label,

1550
01:42:13,660 --> 01:42:18,500
to Byron Messier's label was about Taliban's was,

1551
01:42:18,500 --> 01:42:20,060
I prejudged it by its cover.

1552
01:42:20,060 --> 01:42:24,980
His name, big ass chain, title of the record and artwork

1553
01:42:24,980 --> 01:42:26,620
didn't give me any inclination

1554
01:42:26,620 --> 01:42:29,340
of a vibey melodic singing dance hall,

1555
01:42:29,340 --> 01:42:31,700
Jamaican born artists from St. Kitts.

1556
01:42:31,700 --> 01:42:33,860
I thought it was a damn ass thug rapper.

1557
01:42:33,860 --> 01:42:38,860
Over the E.J. Faya beat of minimalistic islandy keys

1558
01:42:38,860 --> 01:42:41,060
and clacky afro beats, hi-hats,

1559
01:42:41,060 --> 01:42:43,100
Byron combines warm melodies

1560
01:42:43,100 --> 01:42:45,500
and assertive rap cadences pretty well,

1561
01:42:45,500 --> 01:42:47,900
like he can sing and rap at the same time.

1562
01:42:48,740 --> 01:42:51,060
Lyrics are low key, a bad man,

1563
01:42:51,060 --> 01:42:53,220
going to Mr. Arian over there,

1564
01:42:53,220 --> 01:42:57,340
bad man tale of running a crime family like the Taliban's,

1565
01:42:57,340 --> 01:43:00,980
touching on everything in his verses from whorehouses

1566
01:43:00,980 --> 01:43:05,980
to selling illegal rum to AK-47s to Islamic bombs

1567
01:43:05,980 --> 01:43:09,580
to blood splattering on the streets to turf wars.

1568
01:43:09,580 --> 01:43:12,900
Lots of cool echoes and reverb in the mix too.

1569
01:43:12,900 --> 01:43:15,700
A lot of afro beats out right now,

1570
01:43:15,700 --> 01:43:17,940
but his lyricism definitely kept me interested

1571
01:43:17,940 --> 01:43:20,380
more than other afro beats records.

1572
01:43:20,380 --> 01:43:22,260
Oddly, it's a very dancey groove,

1573
01:43:22,260 --> 01:43:25,380
yet paired with very violent visuals.

1574
01:43:25,380 --> 01:43:28,700
Like I think he kills multiple people in the verses.

1575
01:43:28,700 --> 01:43:31,740
So it all depends on what you focus on.

1576
01:43:31,740 --> 01:43:35,820
If you're a person that more focuses on the vibe and beat,

1577
01:43:35,820 --> 01:43:37,740
you're probably gonna like it more than someone like me

1578
01:43:37,740 --> 01:43:40,940
that focuses on the lyricism.

1579
01:43:40,940 --> 01:43:43,300
But as an intro to him, I actually liked it.

1580
01:43:43,300 --> 01:43:45,220
I've never heard of a record before this record.

1581
01:43:45,220 --> 01:43:48,300
This is his first national radio charting single.

1582
01:43:48,300 --> 01:43:51,900
I predicted 30 to 40 on urban, 35 to 40 on club,

1583
01:43:51,900 --> 01:43:54,500
and they should consider shipping it to Tropical as well,

1584
01:43:54,500 --> 01:43:56,260
because I think it'll chart there as well.

1585
01:43:56,260 --> 01:43:59,100
I think he's a weak bump.

1586
01:43:59,100 --> 01:44:02,020
I wanna hear more music from him for sure.

1587
01:44:02,020 --> 01:44:04,100
So as for the third, I had to get down.

1588
01:44:04,100 --> 01:44:05,140
I'm so sorry.

1589
01:44:05,140 --> 01:44:06,940
I was listening to something outside of my window.

1590
01:44:06,940 --> 01:44:07,900
I don't know what the fuck it was.

1591
01:44:07,900 --> 01:44:08,860
It sounded like a little kid,

1592
01:44:08,860 --> 01:44:11,100
but it was a dog and my sister's girlfriend.

1593
01:44:11,100 --> 01:44:14,860
At any rate, as for the third and last debut single

1594
01:44:14,860 --> 01:44:16,860
we had this week,

1595
01:44:16,860 --> 01:44:19,500
let's go with what we all said for Chris Brown's

1596
01:44:19,500 --> 01:44:20,740
Summer Too Hot.

1597
01:44:20,740 --> 01:44:22,020
I'll start.

1598
01:44:22,020 --> 01:44:24,180
I said, I love the instrumentation on it.

1599
01:44:24,180 --> 01:44:26,100
The vocals and beat are mixed very well.

1600
01:44:26,100 --> 01:44:28,340
Signature production from that from CB,

1601
01:44:28,340 --> 01:44:29,340
what he's been using.

1602
01:44:29,340 --> 01:44:31,540
Amazing riffs and backing on the vocals.

1603
01:44:31,540 --> 01:44:32,620
The song is very clean.

1604
01:44:32,620 --> 01:44:35,460
The vibes that you feel like I'm in Miami,

1605
01:44:35,460 --> 01:44:37,220
outside of a club near a beach,

1606
01:44:37,220 --> 01:44:39,180
watching people surf.

1607
01:44:39,180 --> 01:44:40,060
And at the same time,

1608
01:44:40,060 --> 01:44:42,940
I see choreographed dancing at a nice nightclub.

1609
01:44:42,940 --> 01:44:44,700
I feel like it could be background music

1610
01:44:44,700 --> 01:44:46,060
and some nice black bullies.

1611
01:44:46,060 --> 01:44:47,820
Tyler Perry, I hope you hear me.

1612
01:44:47,820 --> 01:44:49,380
Energetic song,

1613
01:44:49,380 --> 01:44:52,020
dancey, but has a nice amount of vibes

1614
01:44:52,020 --> 01:44:53,460
that'll make you wanna sing.

1615
01:44:53,460 --> 01:44:56,180
And when I said that, I meant repeated.

1616
01:44:56,180 --> 01:45:00,900
1020 Club, 3040 Urban Strong Bump.

1617
01:45:00,900 --> 01:45:03,820
See, what's dope with Tony being online with us right now,

1618
01:45:03,820 --> 01:45:05,780
I think he's gonna write down some of these records

1619
01:45:05,780 --> 01:45:07,780
and go listen to them right after the show.

1620
01:45:10,300 --> 01:45:11,140
All right.

1621
01:45:11,140 --> 01:45:13,180
I'm already working on that collaboration.

1622
01:45:13,180 --> 01:45:14,020
There you go.

1623
01:45:14,020 --> 01:45:14,860
Hell yeah.

1624
01:45:14,860 --> 01:45:18,140
So on July 5th, I also said, just like A.M. did,

1625
01:45:18,140 --> 01:45:19,260
I sent to his label,

1626
01:45:19,260 --> 01:45:24,260
a breezy, mellow, pop R&B, summer fling type of bop.

1627
01:45:24,260 --> 01:45:26,260
Co-produced by Rockstar and Destruct,

1628
01:45:26,260 --> 01:45:29,460
it's stabbing bass, mid-tempo, midi claps,

1629
01:45:29,460 --> 01:45:31,540
pianos, and twinkly keys.

1630
01:45:31,540 --> 01:45:33,420
It's something vibrant that Pharrell

1631
01:45:33,420 --> 01:45:34,940
or the Neptunes would have made.

1632
01:45:34,940 --> 01:45:36,020
Yeah, I see.

1633
01:45:36,020 --> 01:45:38,460
But it actually has more beach vibes

1634
01:45:38,460 --> 01:45:39,780
than something they would have made.

1635
01:45:39,780 --> 01:45:41,940
So I kind of agree with A.M. on this one.

1636
01:45:41,940 --> 01:45:46,020
Very simple song, but echoey, auto-tuned flair

1637
01:45:46,020 --> 01:45:47,340
and runs all over the place.

1638
01:45:47,340 --> 01:45:51,060
You know, Chris Brown kind of sings all over the place.

1639
01:45:51,060 --> 01:45:53,660
Semi-sensual lines like get nasty

1640
01:45:53,660 --> 01:45:56,180
and you know who to call when you're horny.

1641
01:45:56,180 --> 01:45:58,380
But for the most part, it keeps it kind of mild

1642
01:45:58,380 --> 01:46:00,700
and PG-13 rated.

1643
01:46:00,700 --> 01:46:03,900
It's not like, you know, raunchy.

1644
01:46:03,900 --> 01:46:06,300
It lacks some energy and hooks

1645
01:46:06,300 --> 01:46:08,460
a slightly average to me personally.

1646
01:46:08,460 --> 01:46:10,660
Not a classic hit from Chris Brown,

1647
01:46:10,660 --> 01:46:12,620
yet it's decently catchy.

1648
01:46:12,620 --> 01:46:13,900
It's new Chris Brown.

1649
01:46:13,900 --> 01:46:16,780
We haven't had a new Chris Brown record for some months.

1650
01:46:16,780 --> 01:46:19,340
And appropriately feels like the summertime.

1651
01:46:19,340 --> 01:46:22,460
So I said maybe top 10 on club and 10 to 20 on urban.

1652
01:46:22,460 --> 01:46:24,260
I give it a weak bump.

1653
01:46:24,260 --> 01:46:26,300
What I said, I kind of said the same thing Doc said

1654
01:46:26,300 --> 01:46:27,340
just in the shorter version.

1655
01:46:27,340 --> 01:46:29,180
I said, not a great song,

1656
01:46:29,180 --> 01:46:31,140
but still one of his better projects.

1657
01:46:31,140 --> 01:46:32,220
Catchy beat and hook,

1658
01:46:32,220 --> 01:46:33,980
the instrumental vocals sound very clean.

1659
01:46:33,980 --> 01:46:34,900
Overall good jam.

1660
01:46:34,900 --> 01:46:37,980
That can be a summer song or a bumping grind type song.

1661
01:46:37,980 --> 01:46:40,580
I'm guessing between 20 and 30 club

1662
01:46:40,580 --> 01:46:41,980
and 30 to 40 on urban.

1663
01:46:41,980 --> 01:46:43,300
I give it a weak bump.

1664
01:46:43,300 --> 01:46:45,700
So keeping it in the 100% facts,

1665
01:46:45,700 --> 01:46:48,100
moving on to just the facts.

1666
01:46:48,100 --> 01:46:49,700
Everyone knows I'm a numbers guy,

1667
01:46:49,700 --> 01:46:52,580
A.M., Candy, Tony, they all know I'm a numbers guy.

1668
01:46:52,580 --> 01:46:54,020
And like the old saying goes,

1669
01:46:54,020 --> 01:46:56,540
men lie, women lie, but numbers don't.

1670
01:46:56,540 --> 01:46:57,380
They can't.

1671
01:46:57,380 --> 01:46:59,740
Here we'll fire through some of the more meaningful stats

1672
01:46:59,740 --> 01:47:01,540
on the charts right now today,

1673
01:47:01,540 --> 01:47:04,980
and actual movement up the national urban charts as well.

1674
01:47:04,980 --> 01:47:07,260
Candy, why don't you kick us off?

1675
01:47:07,260 --> 01:47:09,380
So the biggest three risers this week

1676
01:47:09,380 --> 01:47:12,380
is number one area code by Cali.

1677
01:47:12,380 --> 01:47:15,980
It's gonna be up seven spots from 24 to 17.

1678
01:47:15,980 --> 01:47:19,620
It has a 28.7% more spins.

1679
01:47:19,620 --> 01:47:24,620
Right now it's hitting about 2,088 spins a day.

1680
01:47:26,220 --> 01:47:29,660
Number two, we have double back by Coco Jones.

1681
01:47:29,660 --> 01:47:33,860
It is up six spots from 38 to 32.

1682
01:47:33,860 --> 01:47:36,540
So it has a 38.9% more,

1683
01:47:36,540 --> 01:47:41,540
and now it has a 1,111 spins daily.

1684
01:47:41,540 --> 01:47:45,180
And we have always by Daniel Caesar.

1685
01:47:45,180 --> 01:47:49,300
It's gonna be up six spots from 27 to 21,

1686
01:47:49,300 --> 01:47:51,700
with 28.1% more.

1687
01:47:51,700 --> 01:47:55,460
Now at 1,843 spins a day.

1688
01:47:55,460 --> 01:47:57,180
Biggest three drops for this week

1689
01:47:57,180 --> 01:48:00,620
is gonna be private landing from Don Taliver,

1690
01:48:00,620 --> 01:48:03,100
Justin Bieber, and Mr. Future.

1691
01:48:03,100 --> 01:48:06,380
Went down from seven spots from 16 to 23.

1692
01:48:06,380 --> 01:48:11,260
31.1 less percent now, and it's at 1,632 spins per day.

1693
01:48:11,260 --> 01:48:14,700
The second one is gonna be mined by Juan Moore.

1694
01:48:14,700 --> 01:48:16,820
That is that group of those young gentlemen, right?

1695
01:48:16,820 --> 01:48:20,260
Yeah, the four sons of Juan A. Moore from Boys to Men.

1696
01:48:20,260 --> 01:48:21,100
That's what I thought.

1697
01:48:21,100 --> 01:48:24,900
So it's gonna be down seven spots from 20 to number 27.

1698
01:48:24,900 --> 01:48:26,980
26.5 less percent.

1699
01:48:26,980 --> 01:48:30,380
Now it's gonna have 1,393 spins per day.

1700
01:48:30,380 --> 01:48:32,860
The third one is gonna be In My Mood.

1701
01:48:32,860 --> 01:48:34,660
In My Mood from Ice Spice,

1702
01:48:34,660 --> 01:48:37,100
down three spots from 17 to 20.

1703
01:48:37,100 --> 01:48:41,940
20.4% less, now 1,884 spins per day.

1704
01:48:41,940 --> 01:48:44,500
And as Kandi did for the Biggest Risers

1705
01:48:44,500 --> 01:48:45,820
and AM did for the Biggest Drops,

1706
01:48:45,820 --> 01:48:48,220
I'm gonna give the biggest respect to the Indies this week

1707
01:48:48,220 --> 01:48:50,020
that are on national charts.

1708
01:48:50,020 --> 01:48:51,900
I'm gonna give respect to four of them.

1709
01:48:51,900 --> 01:48:54,460
Rodeo by La Pat, featuring Big Jade.

1710
01:48:54,460 --> 01:48:59,460
It's up 12 to number 12, with 2,817 spins per day.

1711
01:49:00,740 --> 01:49:03,340
That's a 6.7% increase.

1712
01:49:03,340 --> 01:49:06,420
Number two is Pound Town 2, Sexy Red,

1713
01:49:06,420 --> 01:49:07,500
featuring Nicki Minaj.

1714
01:49:07,500 --> 01:49:09,100
I don't like that record.

1715
01:49:09,100 --> 01:49:11,640
It's up to 16, number 16 on the charts,

1716
01:49:11,640 --> 01:49:14,060
with 2,338 spins per day.

1717
01:49:14,060 --> 01:49:17,820
That's actually up 26.4% increase.

1718
01:49:17,820 --> 01:49:20,420
Number three is Stop Playing With Me, Pretty Porcelain.

1719
01:49:20,420 --> 01:49:24,540
It's up to 22, with 1,629 spins per day.

1720
01:49:24,540 --> 01:49:27,140
That's a 3.3% increase.

1721
01:49:27,140 --> 01:49:29,700
And last but not least, the other Indie is Curious

1722
01:49:29,700 --> 01:49:33,260
by Eric Bellinger, featuring Corday and Fabulous.

1723
01:49:33,260 --> 01:49:37,860
It's up to 26 on the charts, with 14 and 73 spins per day,

1724
01:49:37,860 --> 01:49:40,440
which is up 18.9% increase.

1725
01:49:42,220 --> 01:49:45,380
So we are still gonna be on the 100% facts,

1726
01:49:45,380 --> 01:49:46,920
but what we're doing is we're gonna kind of flip

1727
01:49:46,920 --> 01:49:50,100
to the opposite side, or the most detrimental side,

1728
01:49:50,100 --> 01:49:54,180
and say radio, rest in pieces this week.

1729
01:49:54,180 --> 01:49:57,280
It's gonna be ending on July the 3rd, 2023.

1730
01:49:57,280 --> 01:49:59,700
As the title suggests, this is our section

1731
01:49:59,700 --> 01:50:01,380
to give a final farewell to the singles

1732
01:50:01,380 --> 01:50:03,580
that have officially died and fell off

1733
01:50:03,580 --> 01:50:07,700
the national rotation on commercial, urban radio.

1734
01:50:07,700 --> 01:50:09,820
This week we have three condolences

1735
01:50:09,820 --> 01:50:12,100
to pay our last respects to.

1736
01:50:12,100 --> 01:50:14,460
The very first one is Creeping by Metro Boomin,

1737
01:50:14,460 --> 01:50:16,500
featuring The Weeknd and 21 Savage.

1738
01:50:16,500 --> 01:50:19,940
It shipped in mid-December of 2022.

1739
01:50:19,940 --> 01:50:22,940
It's had a six and a half month run at radio.

1740
01:50:22,940 --> 01:50:23,980
It peaked at number one.

1741
01:50:23,980 --> 01:50:27,700
It's already earned a double platinum plaque.

1742
01:50:27,700 --> 01:50:29,860
Been about you, from Drake and 21 Savage,

1743
01:50:29,860 --> 01:50:31,420
shipped early March.

1744
01:50:31,420 --> 01:50:33,700
Went on a four month run, peaked at number one,

1745
01:50:33,700 --> 01:50:36,980
but did not receive any plaques.

1746
01:50:36,980 --> 01:50:41,300
Then we got Selfish by J-Lock, featuring RL,

1747
01:50:41,300 --> 01:50:43,540
was shipped mid-April at a three month run,

1748
01:50:43,540 --> 01:50:46,060
and peaked at 36.

1749
01:50:46,060 --> 01:50:48,340
All right, so we're gonna move on to our segment six,

1750
01:50:48,340 --> 01:50:49,700
the Edutainment section.

1751
01:50:49,700 --> 01:50:51,500
This is one of my favorite sections,

1752
01:50:52,380 --> 01:50:55,300
where we try our best to make the listeners

1753
01:50:55,300 --> 01:50:57,780
that email us in the stars of the segment.

1754
01:50:57,780 --> 01:50:59,980
So when you send us a question in,

1755
01:50:59,980 --> 01:51:04,540
my boys, A.M. and Candy will actually select your question,

1756
01:51:04,540 --> 01:51:07,180
and we'll talk about you on air and shout you out.

1757
01:51:07,180 --> 01:51:08,820
So if you didn't already know,

1758
01:51:08,820 --> 01:51:13,820
look fan page, www.facebook.com slash Twisted Critics.

1759
01:51:13,980 --> 01:51:16,300
Amazing list if you aren't already subscribed,

1760
01:51:16,300 --> 01:51:18,060
under Twisted Critics business email,

1761
01:51:18,060 --> 01:51:20,660
mytwisticcriticsatmail.com.

1762
01:51:20,660 --> 01:51:22,620
A.M., you got your hat ready?

1763
01:51:22,620 --> 01:51:24,020
I got my hat ready.

1764
01:51:24,020 --> 01:51:27,580
So each episode, Candy sends me all the questions

1765
01:51:27,580 --> 01:51:29,340
that we received, and I'll blindly select it

1766
01:51:29,340 --> 01:51:32,620
with my eyes closed and my glasses foggy.

1767
01:51:32,620 --> 01:51:36,140
I'm gonna get two lucky fans for me, Doc, and our guest,

1768
01:51:36,140 --> 01:51:37,180
Tony.

1769
01:51:37,180 --> 01:51:39,900
We're gonna do a deeper dive on info

1770
01:51:39,900 --> 01:51:42,340
while we are live on air.

1771
01:51:42,340 --> 01:51:44,700
So the first one I'm picking, give me a second,

1772
01:51:46,340 --> 01:51:50,940
is gonna be from Nightmare, 17 year old from Florida.

1773
01:51:50,940 --> 01:51:54,060
He's asking us, in some depth,

1774
01:51:54,060 --> 01:51:56,420
what do you think about distributors,

1775
01:51:56,420 --> 01:51:59,260
and what they do to your music?

1776
01:51:59,260 --> 01:52:00,700
All right, we're gonna go deep into this one,

1777
01:52:00,700 --> 01:52:04,700
and I want A.M. and Tony, since they both have rap careers,

1778
01:52:04,700 --> 01:52:07,700
which we're gonna take shots of for this one, by the way.

1779
01:52:09,260 --> 01:52:10,660
Right now, like right now, come on, let's go.

1780
01:52:10,660 --> 01:52:12,260
Right now, we all taking shots with this.

1781
01:52:12,260 --> 01:52:14,220
I want Nightmare to tap in with us

1782
01:52:14,220 --> 01:52:15,900
and take a shot with us too.

1783
01:52:15,900 --> 01:52:18,580
Clack my glass and say, Salud.

1784
01:52:18,580 --> 01:52:21,380
I'm happy to, Salud.

1785
01:52:21,380 --> 01:52:22,220
Salud.

1786
01:52:23,340 --> 01:52:25,780
All right, so Nightmare, Nightmare is part of the crew

1787
01:52:25,780 --> 01:52:28,020
of my nephew, Croxen, Jose.

1788
01:52:29,220 --> 01:52:31,140
Part of a crew called the Mastas,

1789
01:52:31,140 --> 01:52:33,740
so I give a lot of respect to him, 17 years out of Florida.

1790
01:52:33,740 --> 01:52:35,900
So when you say distributors,

1791
01:52:35,900 --> 01:52:38,500
you gotta really break that down to what it is.

1792
01:52:38,500 --> 01:52:40,020
When you're signed to a major label,

1793
01:52:40,020 --> 01:52:42,340
you're gonna get a physical distributor.

1794
01:52:42,340 --> 01:52:44,740
They're gonna actually ship out your physical CDs

1795
01:52:44,740 --> 01:52:47,180
and vinyl to record stores.

1796
01:52:47,180 --> 01:52:48,580
Then there's actual distributor

1797
01:52:48,580 --> 01:52:52,180
that actually pushes your stuff out to actual services,

1798
01:52:52,180 --> 01:52:55,980
sync licenses, video games, TV shows,

1799
01:52:55,980 --> 01:52:57,980
radio and all that stuff.

1800
01:52:57,980 --> 01:53:00,380
And then you have what's called a digital distributor

1801
01:53:00,380 --> 01:53:02,460
that sends it out to all the streaming services.

1802
01:53:02,460 --> 01:53:06,260
So like Spotify, Tidal and what have you.

1803
01:53:06,260 --> 01:53:07,540
Absolutely not.

1804
01:53:07,540 --> 01:53:10,060
So he didn't really break it down to what he wanted,

1805
01:53:10,060 --> 01:53:13,460
but he did say what they do to your music.

1806
01:53:13,460 --> 01:53:15,500
So it is a necessary requirement.

1807
01:53:15,500 --> 01:53:17,940
You need a distributor, multiple distributors,

1808
01:53:17,940 --> 01:53:20,340
to get your stuff out there for people to buy you,

1809
01:53:20,340 --> 01:53:23,260
to stream you, to monetize you.

1810
01:53:24,260 --> 01:53:26,060
So I definitely agree with Nightmare.

1811
01:53:26,060 --> 01:53:28,740
Like it is a necessary stance,

1812
01:53:28,740 --> 01:53:31,900
but I want him to understand that without a distributor,

1813
01:53:31,900 --> 01:53:33,620
you're not making any money.

1814
01:53:33,620 --> 01:53:34,740
You can't do it yourself.

1815
01:53:34,740 --> 01:53:36,540
Can't do it your damn self.

1816
01:53:36,540 --> 01:53:38,300
You can do it your damn self.

1817
01:53:38,300 --> 01:53:40,820
You can buy the software called Sonus.

1818
01:53:40,820 --> 01:53:44,220
And the only reason I know that is Angel Soto

1819
01:53:44,220 --> 01:53:48,020
and Carol Soto who actually ran the Tampa Music Conference.

1820
01:53:48,020 --> 01:53:51,220
They have their own Benton distribution now.

1821
01:53:51,220 --> 01:53:53,980
They had to buy a software from Spain called Sonus,

1822
01:53:53,980 --> 01:53:58,300
which costs like somewhere in the range of 500 to 600 grand

1823
01:53:58,300 --> 01:53:59,140
to do this.

1824
01:53:59,140 --> 01:53:59,980
Oh yeah.

1825
01:53:59,980 --> 01:54:01,060
Look, exactly.

1826
01:54:01,060 --> 01:54:02,340
So you can't do it yourself.

1827
01:54:02,340 --> 01:54:03,180
Yeah.

1828
01:54:03,180 --> 01:54:06,660
Unless you have 500 or 600 grand

1829
01:54:06,660 --> 01:54:08,060
or money to put up to buy that.

1830
01:54:08,060 --> 01:54:10,260
But it's a software that puts you up

1831
01:54:10,260 --> 01:54:12,060
and puts you on these services.

1832
01:54:12,060 --> 01:54:14,220
You definitely want to be on these services.

1833
01:54:14,220 --> 01:54:15,180
You want to be on Spotify.

1834
01:54:15,180 --> 01:54:18,580
You want to be on, you know, on Shots to That.

1835
01:54:18,580 --> 01:54:19,860
You want to be on Tidal.

1836
01:54:19,860 --> 01:54:21,060
You want to be on Apple.

1837
01:54:21,060 --> 01:54:22,980
You want to be on YouTube and all that stuff.

1838
01:54:22,980 --> 01:54:25,260
You could definitely do it yourself on YouTube

1839
01:54:25,260 --> 01:54:26,500
and SoundCloud and stuff,

1840
01:54:26,500 --> 01:54:28,980
but you're going to have a hard time monetizing them.

1841
01:54:28,980 --> 01:54:31,540
But nightmare, I have a lot of respect for you

1842
01:54:31,540 --> 01:54:32,820
because I've listened to your music already

1843
01:54:32,820 --> 01:54:34,700
and I like some of your stuff.

1844
01:54:34,700 --> 01:54:36,580
You need to start with the copyright.

1845
01:54:36,580 --> 01:54:39,580
When you get a copyright, an actual music copyright,

1846
01:54:39,580 --> 01:54:42,660
you open up 15 streams of monetization.

1847
01:54:42,660 --> 01:54:44,620
You can get paid by 15 different ways,

1848
01:54:44,620 --> 01:54:46,420
different avenues of money.

1849
01:54:46,420 --> 01:54:48,620
Not just streaming, not just AdSense,

1850
01:54:48,620 --> 01:54:50,140
but you can be on a video game.

1851
01:54:50,140 --> 01:54:51,740
You can be on a TV show.

1852
01:54:51,740 --> 01:54:53,340
You can be on a movie.

1853
01:54:53,340 --> 01:54:56,620
You can get paid from you performing the music live

1854
01:54:56,620 --> 01:54:59,860
in a venue that actually pays the performance rights,

1855
01:54:59,860 --> 01:55:01,460
royalties every single year.

1856
01:55:01,460 --> 01:55:03,780
So like if I perform at the Amway Center

1857
01:55:03,780 --> 01:55:04,980
where the Magic play,

1858
01:55:04,980 --> 01:55:08,060
not only do I get paid my money to perform there,

1859
01:55:08,060 --> 01:55:10,500
I get paid my royalties for performing there

1860
01:55:10,500 --> 01:55:12,260
if I own a copyright.

1861
01:55:12,260 --> 01:55:14,340
So that's one thing like I really want you to understand

1862
01:55:14,340 --> 01:55:18,340
like the distribution is needed per your question.

1863
01:55:18,340 --> 01:55:20,620
What they do for your music is they get it out there

1864
01:55:20,620 --> 01:55:21,860
on all the different platforms.

1865
01:55:21,860 --> 01:55:23,900
And I'm not just talking streaming platforms.

1866
01:55:23,900 --> 01:55:25,900
I'm talking about all platforms.

1867
01:55:25,900 --> 01:55:27,780
But if you don't protect it upfront,

1868
01:55:27,780 --> 01:55:31,820
you don't get eligibility for those other type of profits.

1869
01:55:31,820 --> 01:55:33,620
So that's kind of what I have to that,

1870
01:55:33,620 --> 01:55:34,700
but they're definitely needed.

1871
01:55:34,700 --> 01:55:36,500
You definitely need to work with them.

1872
01:55:36,500 --> 01:55:37,780
Some are better than others.

1873
01:55:37,780 --> 01:55:41,220
If you use DistroKid or United Masters,

1874
01:55:41,220 --> 01:55:42,900
they're digital distributors.

1875
01:55:42,900 --> 01:55:46,860
They don't have a main corporate headquarters.

1876
01:55:46,860 --> 01:55:49,260
We use Sinfonia Distribution through Hear My Voice

1877
01:55:49,260 --> 01:55:51,180
and they have a corporate headquarters in Tampa

1878
01:55:51,180 --> 01:55:52,620
that we can visit.

1879
01:55:52,620 --> 01:55:54,300
They have a law office there.

1880
01:55:54,300 --> 01:55:56,820
They have a sync licensing office there.

1881
01:55:56,820 --> 01:55:59,100
They're definitely not DistroKid.

1882
01:55:59,100 --> 01:56:01,820
And they're also not involved in many of the lawsuits.

1883
01:56:01,820 --> 01:56:06,420
I think we had 16 against DistroKid last year alone in 2022

1884
01:56:06,420 --> 01:56:08,460
for not paying their artists correctly.

1885
01:56:08,460 --> 01:56:11,780
Mine is easy, don't be me.

1886
01:56:11,780 --> 01:56:12,780
Don't be me.

1887
01:56:12,780 --> 01:56:13,780
I mean, be me now.

1888
01:56:13,780 --> 01:56:15,540
I'm on that Tony shit right now.

1889
01:56:15,540 --> 01:56:16,340
Be me now.

1890
01:56:16,340 --> 01:56:18,060
Don't be me years ago.

1891
01:56:18,060 --> 01:56:19,300
I'll share stories.

1892
01:56:19,300 --> 01:56:20,860
My story's quick.

1893
01:56:20,860 --> 01:56:22,060
I had a gazillion views.

1894
01:56:22,060 --> 01:56:23,820
And when I say a gazillion listens and views,

1895
01:56:23,820 --> 01:56:24,820
I mean a gazillion.

1896
01:56:24,820 --> 01:56:29,380
I've had a bunch on my SoundCloud

1897
01:56:29,380 --> 01:56:33,220
and it was both mixed in with music that I could have owned,

1898
01:56:33,220 --> 01:56:36,380
that I produced myself and had legal production for.

1899
01:56:36,380 --> 01:56:38,580
That I didn't get copyrights for.

1900
01:56:38,580 --> 01:56:40,660
I got hit with a couple of copyright infringements.

1901
01:56:40,660 --> 01:56:42,700
And after three, they take your profile down.

1902
01:56:42,700 --> 01:56:44,620
So I'm gonna tell you, I lost a bunch of fans

1903
01:56:44,620 --> 01:56:48,500
and I lost a bunch of numbers that could have helped those

1904
01:56:48,500 --> 01:56:51,900
who think numbers are what make you look really good.

1905
01:56:51,900 --> 01:56:54,180
And when I say a bunch, I mean over 200, 300,000.

1906
01:56:54,180 --> 01:56:55,020
It was a lot.

1907
01:56:55,020 --> 01:56:55,860
It was a whole lot.

1908
01:56:55,860 --> 01:56:58,340
So copyright, everything,

1909
01:56:58,340 --> 01:57:00,260
digital and physical distribution

1910
01:57:00,260 --> 01:57:02,260
is something that you're gonna definitely need.

1911
01:57:02,260 --> 01:57:03,980
That 600,000 sounded crazy.

1912
01:57:03,980 --> 01:57:06,180
So I'm gonna tell you, I lost a bunch of fans

1913
01:57:06,180 --> 01:57:09,020
so I'm gonna say it again, you can't do it yourself.

1914
01:57:09,020 --> 01:57:11,020
Because if I'm doing something with $600,000,

1915
01:57:11,020 --> 01:57:12,340
I'm not rapping anymore.

1916
01:57:12,340 --> 01:57:14,460
If I'm walking around with $600,000 in my pocket

1917
01:57:14,460 --> 01:57:16,580
to be able to buy something like Sonus,

1918
01:57:16,580 --> 01:57:17,660
we ain't rapping no more.

1919
01:57:17,660 --> 01:57:19,060
We're doing something else.

1920
01:57:19,060 --> 01:57:21,740
We are starting a label, Masterpiece Style.

1921
01:57:21,740 --> 01:57:26,740
So the second question, Raw Thesis, I love your name,

1922
01:57:27,020 --> 01:57:29,580
is coming from and or out of Chicago.

1923
01:57:29,580 --> 01:57:34,020
And he asked, aside from buying social media traffic,

1924
01:57:34,020 --> 01:57:35,100
you don't wanna do that.

1925
01:57:35,100 --> 01:57:38,100
What are some proven methods to drive users to your content

1926
01:57:38,100 --> 01:57:40,300
and convert them to followers?

1927
01:57:40,300 --> 01:57:41,620
Doc, you're up.

1928
01:57:41,620 --> 01:57:45,340
All right, so Raw Thesis, I know of you from Facebook.

1929
01:57:45,340 --> 01:57:47,260
He's not one of my personal friends, AM,

1930
01:57:47,260 --> 01:57:48,980
but I definitely wanna collaborate with him.

1931
01:57:48,980 --> 01:57:52,660
He's older than me and he's from Chicago

1932
01:57:52,660 --> 01:57:54,460
and he definitely has that old school flow

1933
01:57:54,460 --> 01:57:57,100
that me and Tony absolutely love.

1934
01:57:57,100 --> 01:57:59,380
He's kind of like you where he posts a lot of like

1935
01:57:59,380 --> 01:58:00,820
freestyle verses and stuff.

1936
01:58:01,660 --> 01:58:03,940
Aside from buying social media traffic,

1937
01:58:03,940 --> 01:58:06,780
first of all, don't ever buy social media traffic.

1938
01:58:06,780 --> 01:58:09,500
If you get caught from that and media base catches you

1939
01:58:09,500 --> 01:58:12,420
for doing that, we will make you ineligible

1940
01:58:12,420 --> 01:58:13,860
for all your profit.

1941
01:58:13,860 --> 01:58:15,860
So don't do that, number one.

1942
01:58:15,860 --> 01:58:17,820
Second of all, what are some proven methods

1943
01:58:17,820 --> 01:58:21,100
to drive users to content, to your content

1944
01:58:21,100 --> 01:58:22,900
and convert them to followers?

1945
01:58:22,900 --> 01:58:24,940
Let's zone in on your question first.

1946
01:58:24,940 --> 01:58:26,940
You don't wanna convert anyone to followers.

1947
01:58:26,940 --> 01:58:29,100
You wanna convert them to fans.

1948
01:58:29,100 --> 01:58:31,500
And the difference with fans and followers,

1949
01:58:31,500 --> 01:58:33,780
followers will like your shit

1950
01:58:33,780 --> 01:58:36,900
and play your shit and that's it.

1951
01:58:36,900 --> 01:58:38,220
None of them are gonna actually spend

1952
01:58:38,220 --> 01:58:39,340
their hard earned money for it.

1953
01:58:39,340 --> 01:58:42,180
So you actually want fans, you don't want followers.

1954
01:58:42,180 --> 01:58:44,500
We had the same issue with one of our own

1955
01:58:44,500 --> 01:58:47,420
from Hear My Voice, Raul Lozano.

1956
01:58:47,420 --> 01:58:50,020
We tried to bring in some artists to actually tap

1957
01:58:50,020 --> 01:58:52,140
into one of our challenges to actually join

1958
01:58:52,140 --> 01:58:53,180
our mailing list.

1959
01:58:53,180 --> 01:58:56,340
He has a thousand of followers,

1960
01:58:56,340 --> 01:58:57,940
but none of them are actually fans.

1961
01:58:57,940 --> 01:59:01,460
Like none of them actually join the call to action.

1962
01:59:01,460 --> 01:59:03,700
Join our mailing list, do this.

1963
01:59:03,700 --> 01:59:05,820
Buy this, those are followers, those aren't fans.

1964
01:59:05,820 --> 01:59:08,700
You want fans, you know, so that's the first thing.

1965
01:59:08,700 --> 01:59:10,860
The fans you actually get will actually spend

1966
01:59:10,860 --> 01:59:13,300
hard earned money for your merchandise,

1967
01:59:13,300 --> 01:59:17,100
your clothing, your t-shirts, your hats

1968
01:59:17,100 --> 01:59:18,060
and your damn tickets.

1969
01:59:18,060 --> 01:59:19,540
When you come to Orlando, Florida,

1970
01:59:19,540 --> 01:59:21,940
I'm spending money to go see one of the raw thesis

1971
01:59:21,940 --> 01:59:23,100
type of shows.

1972
01:59:23,100 --> 01:59:24,900
So that's one thing.

1973
01:59:24,900 --> 01:59:27,300
A proven method to pull those people in is putting up

1974
01:59:27,300 --> 01:59:31,020
more content of personal realization with you,

1975
01:59:31,020 --> 01:59:33,540
personal interaction, personal connection.

1976
01:59:33,540 --> 01:59:35,060
I wanna know you're a human being.

1977
01:59:35,060 --> 01:59:37,620
I wanna know your real life issues.

1978
01:59:37,620 --> 01:59:39,580
I'm not saying go all Joe Budden on it,

1979
01:59:39,580 --> 01:59:41,420
but I wanna know what you spend your money on.

1980
01:59:41,420 --> 01:59:45,100
I wanna know what your, AM probably the same as me.

1981
01:59:45,100 --> 01:59:46,740
We both love Joe Budden that much.

1982
01:59:46,740 --> 01:59:50,300
And we wanna know what you go through.

1983
01:59:50,300 --> 01:59:51,340
Do you have a child?

1984
01:59:51,340 --> 01:59:54,700
Do you have to pay for that child's college education?

1985
01:59:54,700 --> 01:59:56,100
Like, I wanna know that.

1986
01:59:56,100 --> 01:59:57,500
You know, and I wanna tap into that.

1987
01:59:57,500 --> 01:59:59,620
And that's the type of artists I wanna support.

1988
01:59:59,620 --> 02:00:01,940
Other proven methods of that is doing challenges,

1989
02:00:01,940 --> 02:00:04,260
doing, you know, contest.

1990
02:00:04,260 --> 02:00:07,500
Put up a beat, put up a freestyle contest

1991
02:00:07,500 --> 02:00:09,900
and tag someone like rapper AM on it.

1992
02:00:09,900 --> 02:00:12,140
He will definitely, definitely catch a wreck

1993
02:00:12,140 --> 02:00:14,180
and try to rap with you.

1994
02:00:14,180 --> 02:00:18,420
When you go on TikTok, we had a whole entire training course

1995
02:00:18,420 --> 02:00:20,980
with the North American coordinator of TikTok.

1996
02:00:20,980 --> 02:00:24,380
96% of the people that make money off TikTok

1997
02:00:24,380 --> 02:00:26,540
are the people that share challenges,

1998
02:00:26,540 --> 02:00:29,300
not the people that take part in challenges.

1999
02:00:29,300 --> 02:00:32,140
That 4%, the only one that actually make money

2000
02:00:33,180 --> 02:00:35,260
is when you actually take part in the challenge

2001
02:00:35,260 --> 02:00:37,860
and you outdo the person that did the challenge.

2002
02:00:37,860 --> 02:00:39,940
But the person that actually started that challenge,

2003
02:00:39,940 --> 02:00:42,940
if you don't outdo them because they own the copyright,

2004
02:00:42,940 --> 02:00:47,300
all your views, all your content, all your impressions

2005
02:00:47,300 --> 02:00:49,260
go to that original person.

2006
02:00:49,260 --> 02:00:51,900
So you taking part in all these, you know,

2007
02:00:51,900 --> 02:00:54,940
dozens of challenges, while it's fun for you

2008
02:00:54,940 --> 02:00:58,420
and shows your pen and how, you know, talented you are,

2009
02:00:58,420 --> 02:01:00,380
you're making the money go up for the person

2010
02:01:00,380 --> 02:01:02,700
that share the challenges, not yourself.

2011
02:01:02,700 --> 02:01:05,380
So I would say you need to create the challenges.

2012
02:01:05,380 --> 02:01:08,060
You need to create the contest.

2013
02:01:08,060 --> 02:01:11,060
You need to create the content.

2014
02:01:11,060 --> 02:01:13,540
Put your videos up on YouTube.

2015
02:01:13,540 --> 02:01:15,500
This buying social media traffic,

2016
02:01:15,500 --> 02:01:17,580
this definitely doesn't help because if we catch it,

2017
02:01:17,580 --> 02:01:19,820
we take away all your monetization.

2018
02:01:19,820 --> 02:01:22,620
Copyright your music, own it, and anyone that shares it,

2019
02:01:22,620 --> 02:01:23,860
you're making money off them.

2020
02:01:23,860 --> 02:01:27,700
That's the best way I could tell you to convert followers

2021
02:01:27,700 --> 02:01:30,820
to actual fans that will actually spend money on you.

2022
02:01:30,820 --> 02:01:32,380
It's all about the organic.

2023
02:01:32,380 --> 02:01:37,380
My answer came from a photography standpoint, right?

2024
02:01:37,780 --> 02:01:38,740
I still do this.

2025
02:01:38,740 --> 02:01:41,100
I don't know if Doc sees it on some of my pages.

2026
02:01:41,100 --> 02:01:43,540
I go out and I touch people, like literally I touch people.

2027
02:01:43,540 --> 02:01:45,300
Recently, there's a guy that I'm not gonna say

2028
02:01:45,300 --> 02:01:48,180
his name on here, he was on Ellen, Ellen DeGeneres.

2029
02:01:48,180 --> 02:01:50,740
And I didn't recognize him, but I knew who he was.

2030
02:01:51,820 --> 02:01:54,380
Went out, shot him as a photographer, tagged him.

2031
02:01:54,380 --> 02:01:57,660
And I looked and he had almost a million followers, right?

2032
02:01:57,660 --> 02:02:02,100
People care when you make them feel important.

2033
02:02:02,100 --> 02:02:03,740
That is the biggest thing about everything.

2034
02:02:03,740 --> 02:02:05,780
So doing contests and things of that nature,

2035
02:02:05,780 --> 02:02:07,340
you literally isolate a person.

2036
02:02:07,340 --> 02:02:08,620
You want to isolate a person.

2037
02:02:08,620 --> 02:02:11,580
You want to isolate, you want to isolate a person,

2038
02:02:11,580 --> 02:02:14,300
not anybody else, because the other people don't matter.

2039
02:02:14,300 --> 02:02:17,780
But if you yourself say, hey, I identify with this person

2040
02:02:17,780 --> 02:02:20,700
through whatever's going on, and I've isolated this person,

2041
02:02:20,700 --> 02:02:22,540
whether it's a contest or something

2042
02:02:22,540 --> 02:02:25,020
that definitely touches them, you have a higher chance

2043
02:02:25,020 --> 02:02:26,820
of converting them to a fan

2044
02:02:26,820 --> 02:02:28,980
because they have things that are gonna literally

2045
02:02:28,980 --> 02:02:31,300
make you think about that person, right?

2046
02:02:31,300 --> 02:02:36,220
We all know the more people that you organically reach,

2047
02:02:36,220 --> 02:02:37,380
they stay around.

2048
02:02:37,380 --> 02:02:40,140
Buying numbers literally are bots.

2049
02:02:40,140 --> 02:02:43,420
They don't exist, they can't comment, they can't even.

2050
02:02:43,420 --> 02:02:45,580
Once you do it one time, they're not liking anything else

2051
02:02:45,580 --> 02:02:47,500
because they weren't there to begin with.

2052
02:02:47,500 --> 02:02:49,140
So you're buying it for one time.

2053
02:02:49,140 --> 02:02:51,460
You get a song that's gonna have all of these views

2054
02:02:51,460 --> 02:02:53,620
and all of these likes, but all of the other things

2055
02:02:53,620 --> 02:02:56,460
on your profile is at 1,000.

2056
02:02:56,460 --> 02:02:57,860
They're gonna sit and they're gonna know,

2057
02:02:57,860 --> 02:03:00,180
this is how Doc's office catches you guys.

2058
02:03:00,180 --> 02:03:03,140
They're like, hey, this whole profile is at 500,000,

2059
02:03:03,140 --> 02:03:05,460
it's 1,000, so what is he actually doing?

2060
02:03:05,460 --> 02:03:08,140
I guarantee he bought those views.

2061
02:03:08,140 --> 02:03:10,460
I know one way to boost engagement,

2062
02:03:10,460 --> 02:03:12,660
I know just to kind of dumb it down,

2063
02:03:12,660 --> 02:03:16,340
would be you gotta figure out your message

2064
02:03:16,340 --> 02:03:18,300
and figure out what niche it hits.

2065
02:03:18,300 --> 02:03:21,700
Not just be relatable, but how you said be human.

2066
02:03:21,700 --> 02:03:23,300
You wanna let them know, hey, you know what?

2067
02:03:23,300 --> 02:03:25,020
We might be on two different life paths,

2068
02:03:25,020 --> 02:03:27,180
but at the end of the day, we eat, sleep,

2069
02:03:27,180 --> 02:03:29,380
and shit the same way, you know what I mean?

2070
02:03:29,380 --> 02:03:33,620
Being a human being, I feel like that goes above and beyond

2071
02:03:33,620 --> 02:03:37,220
and helping your community, then make money

2072
02:03:37,220 --> 02:03:39,260
and banging the same Instagram model

2073
02:03:39,260 --> 02:03:42,460
that everybody else is banging, you know what I mean?

2074
02:03:42,460 --> 02:03:45,180
So with that, we're gonna move on to segment seven.

2075
02:03:45,180 --> 02:03:46,260
We answered two questions.

2076
02:03:46,260 --> 02:03:48,540
We're gonna go on to seven degrees of separation.

2077
02:03:48,540 --> 02:03:50,420
Tony. God damn it, fuck.

2078
02:03:50,420 --> 02:03:52,580
Brand new to you, Tony, just in case

2079
02:03:52,580 --> 02:03:55,780
we haven't drank enough tonight or had enough shots,

2080
02:03:55,780 --> 02:03:58,780
this is a spot where we fuck shit up

2081
02:03:58,780 --> 02:04:01,300
and change that in a damn hurry.

2082
02:04:01,300 --> 02:04:03,580
We had this twisted critics are now Spotify

2083
02:04:03,580 --> 02:04:05,900
play this cure readers, so we'll use this game

2084
02:04:05,900 --> 02:04:08,340
each episode to test our music knowledge,

2085
02:04:08,340 --> 02:04:09,860
memory and fast wits.

2086
02:04:09,860 --> 02:04:12,900
A theory proposed in 1929,

2087
02:04:12,900 --> 02:04:16,860
a resurrected by the movie industry in the early 90s.

2088
02:04:16,860 --> 02:04:20,540
There was a joke concept that even actors or actresses

2089
02:04:20,540 --> 02:04:24,100
was somehow related to and or linked through movie roles

2090
02:04:24,100 --> 02:04:27,060
to Kevin Bacon by seven connect less.

2091
02:04:27,060 --> 02:04:29,540
We mutually are crazy enough to test

2092
02:04:29,540 --> 02:04:31,700
that same theory with urban music.

2093
02:04:31,700 --> 02:04:34,980
This is a rapid fire 10 second limit to give an answer.

2094
02:04:34,980 --> 02:04:37,100
Obviously no cheating or using Google.

2095
02:04:37,100 --> 02:04:41,180
Worst of all, Tony's in the third seat today with AM and Doc.

2096
02:04:41,180 --> 02:04:44,620
So I have no control drinking or not.

2097
02:04:44,620 --> 02:04:46,340
You know, what's going on guys?

2098
02:04:46,340 --> 02:04:47,340
God damn it.

2099
02:04:47,340 --> 02:04:50,100
All right, Tony, you ready for this?

2100
02:04:50,100 --> 02:04:52,540
No, no, I'm going to try anyway.

2101
02:04:52,540 --> 02:04:54,260
So hopefully meet me in AM.

2102
02:04:54,260 --> 02:04:56,700
We'll try to bring it back to some old school artists,

2103
02:04:56,700 --> 02:04:58,260
but we'll see what I know.

2104
02:04:58,260 --> 02:04:59,580
No, I can't go.

2105
02:04:59,580 --> 02:05:02,660
I can't go old with Daniel Caesar.

2106
02:05:02,660 --> 02:05:04,660
Her best part.

2107
02:05:06,860 --> 02:05:09,260
Are we using Daniel Caesar or give you?

2108
02:05:09,260 --> 02:05:12,740
Well, it's Justin Bieber, Givion or Daniel Caesar.

2109
02:05:12,740 --> 02:05:13,660
It's all up to AM.

2110
02:05:13,660 --> 02:05:15,620
So whatever it means,

2111
02:05:15,620 --> 02:05:19,300
I got 10 or 11 seconds to figure out what to connect for Tony.

2112
02:05:19,300 --> 02:05:21,340
So again, any song,

2113
02:05:21,340 --> 02:05:24,420
I literally hear the song from Daniel Caesar with her,

2114
02:05:24,420 --> 02:05:27,420
Caesar and her best part.

2115
02:05:27,420 --> 02:05:29,660
The best part is the record you got?

2116
02:05:29,660 --> 02:05:30,660
Yeah.

2117
02:05:30,660 --> 02:05:34,540
All right, so I got her featuring.

2118
02:05:34,540 --> 02:05:37,540
Oh, I don't know.

2119
02:05:37,540 --> 02:05:40,660
I got her feature,

2120
02:05:40,660 --> 02:05:44,180
Sweetie featuring her on the song close to me.

2121
02:05:44,180 --> 02:05:46,140
And her on the song closer.

2122
02:05:46,140 --> 02:05:48,340
That's the type of record I'm looking for.

2123
02:05:48,340 --> 02:05:49,580
Damn.

2124
02:05:49,580 --> 02:05:50,580
Come on, Tony.

2125
02:05:56,340 --> 02:05:58,380
Let's all pour a shot.

2126
02:05:58,380 --> 02:05:59,940
In terms of a, in terms,

2127
02:05:59,940 --> 02:06:01,220
and then I have everything now.

2128
02:06:01,220 --> 02:06:02,060
See, that's how that shit is.

2129
02:06:02,060 --> 02:06:03,580
Tony, Tony, I blame this one on AM.

2130
02:06:03,580 --> 02:06:04,420
That's what I did.

2131
02:06:04,420 --> 02:06:05,820
That's me. That is me.

2132
02:06:05,820 --> 02:06:08,020
From Justin, I would put us back urban.

2133
02:06:08,020 --> 02:06:08,860
All right, so hold on.

2134
02:06:08,860 --> 02:06:11,220
We're going to go to her since I connected to her.

2135
02:06:11,220 --> 02:06:16,220
Her has done a record, let's see, with Chris Brown,

2136
02:06:16,220 --> 02:06:18,700
featuring her on closure.

2137
02:06:18,700 --> 02:06:22,700
Can you connect anyone with Chris Brown, Tony?

2138
02:06:24,860 --> 02:06:25,700
Rihanna.

2139
02:06:26,580 --> 02:06:27,820
What's the name of the record?

2140
02:06:27,820 --> 02:06:28,660
You got it.

2141
02:06:30,460 --> 02:06:31,820
I don't know the name of the record.

2142
02:06:31,820 --> 02:06:33,860
Oh, that means we're taking another shot.

2143
02:06:33,860 --> 02:06:34,700
Oh.

2144
02:06:36,580 --> 02:06:40,580
So Chris Brown and Rihanna did a record together called,

2145
02:06:40,580 --> 02:06:42,980
they did a few records together.

2146
02:06:42,980 --> 02:06:45,260
Nobody's business.

2147
02:06:45,260 --> 02:06:47,380
Chris Brown and Rihanna.

2148
02:06:47,380 --> 02:06:48,660
What was that, Chris Brown and Rihanna?

2149
02:06:48,660 --> 02:06:49,500
Chris Brown and Rihanna.

2150
02:06:49,500 --> 02:06:50,380
We're going to write that down

2151
02:06:50,380 --> 02:06:52,900
because that's got to actually be out of the sheet.

2152
02:06:52,900 --> 02:06:53,900
And then, who is it?

2153
02:06:53,900 --> 02:06:55,540
My turn or your turn, Tony?

2154
02:06:55,540 --> 02:06:56,380
It's my turn.

2155
02:06:56,380 --> 02:06:59,340
I'm going to fuck up again because I'm grabbing Rihanna.

2156
02:06:59,340 --> 02:07:00,180
Yo, yo, yo, yo.

2157
02:07:00,180 --> 02:07:01,260
AM, look at me.

2158
02:07:01,260 --> 02:07:02,780
Look at me.

2159
02:07:02,780 --> 02:07:05,220
Rihanna, Jay-Z, run this town.

2160
02:07:05,220 --> 02:07:06,060
Run this town.

2161
02:07:06,060 --> 02:07:07,620
And I hear it.

2162
02:07:07,620 --> 02:07:10,620
I want this kind of jam yeah.

2163
02:07:10,620 --> 02:07:11,460
Yeah, we're going to go with.

2164
02:07:11,460 --> 02:07:12,780
We're going to go with Run this town.

2165
02:07:12,780 --> 02:07:15,700
So I was going to say Kanye West

2166
02:07:15,700 --> 02:07:18,100
and I was going to have the wrong artist.

2167
02:07:18,100 --> 02:07:20,020
Let's see you got Rihanna and Jay-Z.

2168
02:07:20,020 --> 02:07:20,860
We're going to go.

2169
02:07:20,860 --> 02:07:22,100
Run this town.

2170
02:07:22,100 --> 02:07:25,100
We're going to connect Rihanna with GZ,

2171
02:07:25,100 --> 02:07:27,620
young GZ on heart.

2172
02:07:27,620 --> 02:07:30,140
Smart, Tony should get a GZ song.

2173
02:07:30,140 --> 02:07:31,020
You got this Tony.

2174
02:07:31,020 --> 02:07:32,660
You got this Tony.

2175
02:07:32,660 --> 02:07:33,900
Hey, candy you taking the shot

2176
02:07:33,900 --> 02:07:35,820
for each of these with us, right?

2177
02:07:35,820 --> 02:07:38,900
Stanley, Jeezy and Jay-Z.

2178
02:07:38,900 --> 02:07:39,400
Let's go.

2179
02:07:39,400 --> 02:07:40,320
What's the name of the record?

2180
02:07:40,320 --> 02:07:40,820
Go crazy.

2181
02:07:40,820 --> 02:07:41,580
Go crazy.

2182
02:07:41,580 --> 02:07:42,080
Yes!

2183
02:07:42,080 --> 02:07:44,260
Go!

2184
02:07:44,260 --> 02:07:45,060
So we're done.

2185
02:07:45,060 --> 02:07:45,940
We're done.

2186
02:07:45,940 --> 02:07:47,900
I mean, I'm going to say it just to say it, but Jay-Z,

2187
02:07:47,900 --> 02:07:49,580
Jay-Z, Eminem, Renegade, easy.

2188
02:07:49,580 --> 02:07:50,300
Let's go.

2189
02:07:50,300 --> 02:07:51,020
Easy, easy.

2190
02:07:51,020 --> 02:07:51,940
So we connected it.

2191
02:07:51,940 --> 02:07:54,260
So let's actually fix all that.

2192
02:07:54,260 --> 02:07:55,740
We'll do that after the show.

2193
02:07:55,740 --> 02:07:57,060
You're tapping it in?

2194
02:07:57,060 --> 02:07:58,180
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

2195
02:07:58,180 --> 02:08:00,740
We got you locked in.

2196
02:08:00,740 --> 02:08:03,540
All right, Candy, Candy, lead us out of that bullshit,

2197
02:08:03,540 --> 02:08:06,340
because I feel like I took three shots very quickly.

2198
02:08:06,340 --> 02:08:08,620
Man, that's crazy.

2199
02:08:08,620 --> 02:08:10,580
I don't even want to be a part of this game

2200
02:08:10,580 --> 02:08:12,020
before I have to start studying up,

2201
02:08:12,020 --> 02:08:14,740
studying my hip hop collabs, because I

2202
02:08:14,740 --> 02:08:16,980
feel like you guys are going to be assholes and just kill me

2203
02:08:16,980 --> 02:08:18,420
every episode.

2204
02:08:18,420 --> 02:08:21,020
Yes.

2205
02:08:21,020 --> 02:08:22,020
All right, Tony.

2206
02:08:22,020 --> 02:08:24,620
AM, Candy, and I hoped from the bottom of our hearts

2207
02:08:24,620 --> 02:08:28,180
we had a good time, maybe learned something out of this.

2208
02:08:28,180 --> 02:08:31,220
This particular episode was important, at least to me,

2209
02:08:31,220 --> 02:08:35,300
and hopefully for them too, as well, that I wanted you all

2210
02:08:35,300 --> 02:08:38,620
to get to know each other and you pass the torch

2211
02:08:38,620 --> 02:08:41,580
to these two fools that I call my friends.

2212
02:08:41,580 --> 02:08:45,220
We also want to give you your major props from joining us,

2213
02:08:45,220 --> 02:08:47,900
tapping in to talk with us, what you do,

2214
02:08:47,900 --> 02:08:49,660
and obviously all the cool things that you're

2215
02:08:49,660 --> 02:08:53,020
about to do and personally get involved with business-wise.

2216
02:08:53,020 --> 02:08:58,460
We appreciate your insights, your stories, your dirt on Doc,

2217
02:08:58,460 --> 02:09:01,060
and obviously drinking with us.

2218
02:09:01,060 --> 02:09:03,900
If you like, feel free to use this spot

2219
02:09:03,900 --> 02:09:07,820
to big up yourself, your biz, and plug all your sites

2220
02:09:07,820 --> 02:09:09,020
and social media.

2221
02:09:09,020 --> 02:09:11,700
And let us know what you got coming up very soon.

2222
02:09:11,700 --> 02:09:15,900
So first of all, I'd like to say thank you guys for even having

2223
02:09:15,900 --> 02:09:17,180
me on.

2224
02:09:17,180 --> 02:09:20,980
Very appreciative of that.

2225
02:09:20,980 --> 02:09:22,860
It means a lot to me, just as much as it means a lot

2226
02:09:22,860 --> 02:09:23,940
to you guys.

2227
02:09:23,940 --> 02:09:25,540
So thank you.

2228
02:09:25,540 --> 02:09:29,060
And shout out to you guys for getting that whole partnership

2229
02:09:29,060 --> 02:09:29,980
with Spotify.

2230
02:09:29,980 --> 02:09:31,620
That's a big thing.

2231
02:09:31,620 --> 02:09:34,660
I'm glad I was part of the foundation.

2232
02:09:34,660 --> 02:09:36,340
This is the first seed in the soil

2233
02:09:36,340 --> 02:09:38,420
to grow this humongous tree that's

2234
02:09:38,420 --> 02:09:40,780
going to be Twisted Critics.

2235
02:09:40,780 --> 02:09:42,620
Social media, everybody can follow me.

2236
02:09:42,620 --> 02:09:49,460
I got two accounts, personal account, TG914 underscore.

2237
02:09:49,460 --> 02:09:52,460
And I got my brand account, which is Life of Ango.

2238
02:09:52,460 --> 02:09:56,420
That's L-I-F-E-O-F-A-N-G-O.

2239
02:09:56,420 --> 02:09:58,660
Yes, sir.

2240
02:09:58,660 --> 02:10:01,140
I got my book self-published on Amazon called

2241
02:10:01,140 --> 02:10:03,340
Rediscover Yourself.

2242
02:10:03,340 --> 02:10:06,820
So if anybody want to check that out, got the digital book,

2243
02:10:06,820 --> 02:10:09,100
got the audio book version coming very soon,

2244
02:10:09,100 --> 02:10:11,220
and the physical book coming very soon.

2245
02:10:11,220 --> 02:10:12,660
Let's go.

2246
02:10:12,660 --> 02:10:15,500
Hey, the physical book is available because me and Gene

2247
02:10:15,500 --> 02:10:18,380
are buying that, and I need a signed copy for them all.

2248
02:10:18,380 --> 02:10:19,340
Tell them again.

2249
02:10:19,340 --> 02:10:21,580
Whatever you want, man.

2250
02:10:21,580 --> 02:10:23,420
Whatever you want.

2251
02:10:23,420 --> 02:10:25,060
And that's pretty much it.

2252
02:10:25,060 --> 02:10:28,700
I got other things that's going on I just can't say yet.

2253
02:10:28,700 --> 02:10:31,380
And you know, NDAs and all that stuff.

2254
02:10:31,380 --> 02:10:35,020
But definitely life changing.

2255
02:10:35,020 --> 02:10:36,620
And I'm very excited for that.

2256
02:10:36,620 --> 02:10:40,100
And I'm hoping I could be an inspiration to other people

2257
02:10:40,100 --> 02:10:43,420
to follow their dreams, find your niche in life.

2258
02:10:43,420 --> 02:10:47,460
And you never know where it could take you.

2259
02:10:47,460 --> 02:10:50,060
And yes, definitely I said it before and I say it again.

2260
02:10:50,060 --> 02:10:54,380
I'm passing the torch over to you, Candy, to you, AM.

2261
02:10:54,380 --> 02:10:55,180
Yes, sir.

2262
02:10:55,180 --> 02:10:56,300
It's nice to live, man.

2263
02:10:56,300 --> 02:11:00,780
I want you guys to live out your dreams through this podcast

2264
02:11:00,780 --> 02:11:04,260
and see how far you guys can take it.

2265
02:11:04,260 --> 02:11:04,860
Thank you.

2266
02:11:04,860 --> 02:11:08,060
We appreciate that.

2267
02:11:08,060 --> 02:11:10,860
I love that the first time you said it.

2268
02:11:10,860 --> 02:11:12,020
I appreciate it.

2269
02:11:12,020 --> 02:11:15,620
Having you blessing means a big thing for me since I'm basically

2270
02:11:15,620 --> 02:11:16,660
I am co-host.

2271
02:11:16,660 --> 02:11:18,860
So I'm literally taking over your big ass boots.

2272
02:11:18,860 --> 02:11:22,460
So I appreciate your direct passing of the torch.

2273
02:11:22,460 --> 02:11:24,660
And I promise I ain't going to drop it.

2274
02:11:24,660 --> 02:11:26,220
I'm not going to say copy that.

2275
02:11:26,220 --> 02:11:29,260
We'll be on the lookout for everything that you just said.

2276
02:11:29,260 --> 02:11:31,620
I think I want a physical copy too that you're going to sign

2277
02:11:31,620 --> 02:11:32,500
because I need that.

2278
02:11:32,500 --> 02:11:33,020
I need that.

2279
02:11:33,020 --> 02:11:34,860
Once my studio gets, y'all can't see it,

2280
02:11:34,860 --> 02:11:36,220
but once it gets better than this,

2281
02:11:36,220 --> 02:11:37,700
I need to have a bookcase in here.

2282
02:11:37,700 --> 02:11:39,620
So I would love for your book to be the first book I get in here

2283
02:11:39,620 --> 02:11:40,980
with your signature in there.

2284
02:11:40,980 --> 02:11:42,300
Don't be a stranger.

2285
02:11:42,300 --> 02:11:44,380
The entire time we were having these conversations,

2286
02:11:44,380 --> 02:11:46,540
I kind of wanted you back on here

2287
02:11:46,540 --> 02:11:48,620
because I've enjoyed myself the entire time.

2288
02:11:48,620 --> 02:11:50,540
This is my first time actually getting,

2289
02:11:50,540 --> 02:11:51,700
I've heard about you for a long time,

2290
02:11:51,700 --> 02:11:53,700
but actually getting to know you.

2291
02:11:53,700 --> 02:11:56,060
And even when we had that call the other day, I was quiet.

2292
02:11:56,060 --> 02:11:58,500
I was like, all right, how are me and you going to interact?

2293
02:11:58,500 --> 02:12:01,820
I've enjoyed the interaction a lot.

2294
02:12:01,820 --> 02:12:02,820
And it was fun.

2295
02:12:02,820 --> 02:12:03,780
It was definitely fun.

2296
02:12:03,780 --> 02:12:05,100
We laughed a whole lot.

2297
02:12:05,100 --> 02:12:08,300
We are Twisted Critic, and we are Hear My Voice.

2298
02:12:08,300 --> 02:12:09,980
All of us are family members.

2299
02:12:09,980 --> 02:12:12,620
I know I'm down to share blast and support everything

2300
02:12:12,620 --> 02:12:14,540
that you do.

2301
02:12:14,540 --> 02:12:17,620
And every week we're going to fucking die,

2302
02:12:17,620 --> 02:12:20,940
no matter what, when we do the seven degrees of death.

2303
02:12:20,940 --> 02:12:21,900
It went smooth.

2304
02:12:21,900 --> 02:12:23,820
I don't care if we took three shots.

2305
02:12:23,820 --> 02:12:25,140
Two of those were mine.

2306
02:12:25,140 --> 02:12:27,020
But all things must come to an end.

2307
02:12:27,020 --> 02:12:29,740
Doc, candy, it's been fun.

2308
02:12:29,740 --> 02:12:30,900
I can't wait till the next one.

2309
02:12:30,900 --> 02:12:31,740
Learned a lot.

2310
02:12:31,740 --> 02:12:33,140
I drank too much.

2311
02:12:33,140 --> 02:12:35,100
I drank too much, and I personally can't wait

2312
02:12:35,100 --> 02:12:39,100
till episode number dos two.

2313
02:12:39,100 --> 02:12:42,500
To the four of us, the co-host, A.N., Doc,

2314
02:12:42,500 --> 02:12:44,220
myself from my director skills,

2315
02:12:44,220 --> 02:12:47,420
and of course, our honorary guest, Tony Onta.

2316
02:12:47,420 --> 02:12:49,420
I'm happy we made this show reality finally,

2317
02:12:49,420 --> 02:12:52,100
and hopefully making you proud.

2318
02:12:52,100 --> 02:12:53,900
And I want to raise one last toast

2319
02:12:53,900 --> 02:12:56,540
for a successful episode number one.

2320
02:12:56,540 --> 02:12:57,860
God damn it.

2321
02:12:57,860 --> 02:12:59,700
God damn it, you're making me drink.

2322
02:12:59,700 --> 02:13:01,660
Eyes are closed.

2323
02:13:01,660 --> 02:13:03,780
Look at my eyes.

2324
02:13:03,780 --> 02:13:06,460
One more.

2325
02:13:06,460 --> 02:13:08,700
Doc, I'm going to hit your phone after this, Doc.

2326
02:13:08,700 --> 02:13:10,620
My bad, my bad.

2327
02:13:10,620 --> 02:13:11,740
I don't mind.

2328
02:13:11,740 --> 02:13:14,580
Candy got me fucked up.

2329
02:13:14,580 --> 02:13:17,580
But just to re-speak on what I said,

2330
02:13:17,580 --> 02:13:21,180
I'm excited for all the guests, the statistics we're going to get.

2331
02:13:21,180 --> 02:13:23,620
The nonsense, obviously, in the near future.

2332
02:13:23,620 --> 02:13:27,540
And before we get out of here, me, A.M., and Doc,

2333
02:13:27,540 --> 02:13:29,940
our socials, our sites, and we're

2334
02:13:29,940 --> 02:13:31,740
going to do our plate for next week.

2335
02:13:31,740 --> 02:13:35,020
But before that, let's go ahead and take our celebratory end

2336
02:13:35,020 --> 02:13:35,940
of the day shot.

2337
02:13:35,940 --> 02:13:37,500
I just took the shot.

2338
02:13:37,500 --> 02:13:38,420
Oh, look, look.

2339
02:13:38,420 --> 02:13:41,100
I'm going to say, Candy, you talk, and it's cool.

2340
02:13:41,100 --> 02:13:42,900
Go ahead and catch up.

2341
02:13:42,900 --> 02:13:44,340
Salud.

2342
02:13:44,340 --> 02:13:45,340
Salud.

2343
02:13:45,340 --> 02:13:45,940
Salud.

2344
02:13:45,940 --> 02:13:48,140
We need Tony fucked up, too.

2345
02:13:48,140 --> 02:13:49,700
Look, here, I'm feeling it, dude.

2346
02:13:49,700 --> 02:13:50,500
I'm feeling it.

2347
02:13:50,500 --> 02:13:54,820
This bottle is 95% gold.

2348
02:13:54,820 --> 02:13:55,300
Look at this.

2349
02:13:55,300 --> 02:13:56,180
Smoking.

2350
02:13:56,180 --> 02:13:57,420
Look at this.

2351
02:13:57,420 --> 02:13:58,140
Look at this.

2352
02:13:58,140 --> 02:14:01,900
I literally drank half a bottle of whiskey, by the way, back there.

2353
02:14:01,900 --> 02:14:05,420
My entire cranberry chaser was gone.

2354
02:14:05,420 --> 02:14:06,580
But I guess I'll be first.

2355
02:14:09,620 --> 02:14:10,660
Man, I don't even know.

2356
02:14:10,660 --> 02:14:15,820
I'm trying to frickin' sweat this alcohol out because, god

2357
02:14:15,820 --> 02:14:19,980
damn, but I know coming up this next couple of weeks,

2358
02:14:19,980 --> 02:14:22,300
I'm going to go ahead and take a couple of classes

2359
02:14:22,300 --> 02:14:26,020
with a couple of like-minded entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship,

2360
02:14:26,020 --> 02:14:27,220
and leadership.

2361
02:14:27,220 --> 02:14:30,820
So I'm excited about that to me, like-minded individuals.

2362
02:14:30,820 --> 02:14:32,260
Hopefully, I got a couple of local guys

2363
02:14:32,260 --> 02:14:33,780
so I can go ahead and work with them.

2364
02:14:33,780 --> 02:14:35,140
But we'll see what's going on.

2365
02:14:35,140 --> 02:14:38,820
And besides that, I don't know.

2366
02:14:38,820 --> 02:14:42,220
We'll see where the next couple of weeks take me.

2367
02:14:42,220 --> 02:14:43,780
You guys are doing good work, man.

2368
02:14:43,780 --> 02:14:45,180
Y'all keep it up.

2369
02:14:45,180 --> 02:14:46,180
That's what's up.

2370
02:14:46,180 --> 02:14:49,580
AM, you got anyone to out there to plug with us?

2371
02:14:49,580 --> 02:14:53,020
Man, whole time, yeah.

2372
02:14:53,020 --> 02:14:54,500
Yo, rapper AM, rapper AM.com.

2373
02:14:54,500 --> 02:14:55,420
GDGM is the gang.

2374
02:14:55,420 --> 02:14:56,660
Him and Voice Entertainment is the movement.

2375
02:14:56,660 --> 02:14:59,140
I'm doing the motherfucking shit I do before I start rapping.

2376
02:14:59,140 --> 02:15:00,620
My son just dropped my mic just now.

2377
02:15:00,620 --> 02:15:03,860
Me and him are going to make some beats right when I'm done.

2378
02:15:03,860 --> 02:15:05,460
Because he is one of my little producers.

2379
02:15:05,460 --> 02:15:07,140
He comes in and we make beats.

2380
02:15:07,140 --> 02:15:09,540
I have a couple of projects that I'm working on.

2381
02:15:09,540 --> 02:15:11,980
I'm not naming none of these shits because I don't feel like it.

2382
02:15:11,980 --> 02:15:14,380
Yo, AM, AM, AM, AM.

2383
02:15:14,380 --> 02:15:15,380
Can't hear nothing.

2384
02:15:15,380 --> 02:15:16,380
What?

2385
02:15:16,380 --> 02:15:17,380
What the fuck?

2386
02:15:17,380 --> 02:15:18,380
Can y'all hear me now?

2387
02:15:18,380 --> 02:15:19,380
Can you hear me now?

2388
02:15:19,380 --> 02:15:20,380
Can't hear nothing.

2389
02:15:20,380 --> 02:15:21,380
Can't hear nothing.

2390
02:15:21,380 --> 02:15:22,380
Not yet.

2391
02:15:22,380 --> 02:15:24,740
Tell me when you can hear me.

2392
02:15:24,740 --> 02:15:26,380
We crushing our own crew even.

2393
02:15:26,380 --> 02:15:31,220
Doc, I'm going to be working on the Roots joint tonight, tomorrow.

2394
02:15:31,220 --> 02:15:32,220
And I'm going to keep saying this.

2395
02:15:32,220 --> 02:15:34,940
Ray, my brother that produces what we got so fucking mad, he's like, I'm going to make

2396
02:15:34,940 --> 02:15:36,700
you a shirt because you keep saying after August.

2397
02:15:36,700 --> 02:15:38,340
After August, my son is in actual school.

2398
02:15:38,340 --> 02:15:41,500
I'm not shelling out $400 a fucking week for daycare anymore.

2399
02:15:41,500 --> 02:15:43,220
I'm about to be a fucking human again.

2400
02:15:43,220 --> 02:15:47,620
We're doing 160 for karate because my son need discipline and he's doing taekwondo,

2401
02:15:47,620 --> 02:15:48,620
but all that.

2402
02:15:48,620 --> 02:15:53,220
Y'all about to see who I used to be and the newer me, like Tony said.

2403
02:15:53,220 --> 02:15:55,700
For me, I'm Doc J, the mic medic.

2404
02:15:55,700 --> 02:15:56,860
Hear my voice entertainment.

2405
02:15:56,860 --> 02:16:00,620
I just want Kandi, Raul, AM, Cynic.

2406
02:16:00,620 --> 02:16:03,480
I want everyone to advance farther than they are.

2407
02:16:03,480 --> 02:16:05,100
I just got back from vacation.

2408
02:16:05,100 --> 02:16:07,960
I'm kind of suntanned from Sarasota, Florida.

2409
02:16:07,960 --> 02:16:09,700
I want to help people get on the radio.

2410
02:16:09,700 --> 02:16:10,700
That's my whole point of this.

2411
02:16:10,700 --> 02:16:17,460
I want artists, rappers, MCs, people with lyrics to get on the radio.

2412
02:16:17,460 --> 02:16:19,500
That's all I'm about.

2413
02:16:19,500 --> 02:16:25,740
Whether it's you tagging with these mainstream cats or not, I don't give a fuck.

2414
02:16:25,740 --> 02:16:27,580
I want to see AM get a platinum plaque.

2415
02:16:27,580 --> 02:16:30,940
I want to see Kandi promote that platinum plaque.

2416
02:16:30,940 --> 02:16:32,940
I want to see all of us blow up.

2417
02:16:32,940 --> 02:16:34,620
That's the whole point of this.

2418
02:16:34,620 --> 02:16:38,640
I just want to see us all give props to each other and all of us blow up and all of us

2419
02:16:38,640 --> 02:16:39,740
make money together.

2420
02:16:39,740 --> 02:16:41,940
That's the whole point with me.

2421
02:16:41,940 --> 02:16:46,460
I'll be back at the courthouse tomorrow and I'll be worrying about radio tomorrow, but

2422
02:16:46,460 --> 02:16:50,300
I don't give a fuck about radio right now.

2423
02:16:50,300 --> 02:16:54,780
Also forgot to say, also forgot to say, LifeOfAngo.com website.

2424
02:16:54,780 --> 02:16:58,980
I had to bring it back up.

2425
02:16:58,980 --> 02:17:05,180
I'm a self-taught web designer because if you can't get someone to do it for you, you

2426
02:17:05,180 --> 02:17:06,460
got to learn to do it yourself.

2427
02:17:06,460 --> 02:17:10,660
It's another skill that I added to my skills.

2428
02:17:10,660 --> 02:17:15,300
So LifeOfAngo.com should be up by later this month.

2429
02:17:15,300 --> 02:17:20,900
Just in case, because I know I didn't explain it, but Ango, A-N-G-O, is A-N for Antonio,

2430
02:17:20,900 --> 02:17:21,900
G-O for Gonzalez.

2431
02:17:21,900 --> 02:17:26,500
No, I said I figured it out today.

2432
02:17:26,500 --> 02:17:27,500
Oh shit.

2433
02:17:27,500 --> 02:17:30,500
Like I saw the A-N-G-O, right?

2434
02:17:30,500 --> 02:17:31,500
I was like, he took 2-2.

2435
02:17:31,500 --> 02:17:34,020
That's literally what I said, he took 2-2.

2436
02:17:34,020 --> 02:17:36,020
I didn't realize it until today.

2437
02:17:36,020 --> 02:17:38,540
I've always thought, what the fuck is Ango?

2438
02:17:38,540 --> 02:17:40,940
And then I sing.

2439
02:17:40,940 --> 02:17:44,060
So with that being said, we're going to tap out.

2440
02:17:44,060 --> 02:17:45,180
We love you listeners.

2441
02:17:45,180 --> 02:17:46,180
We love you fans.

2442
02:17:46,180 --> 02:17:47,180
We love you labels.

2443
02:17:47,180 --> 02:17:48,180
We love you with distributors.

2444
02:17:48,180 --> 02:17:50,220
But we're going to tap out.

2445
02:17:50,220 --> 02:17:51,660
We've had enough to drink.

2446
02:17:51,660 --> 02:17:52,900
Tony, stick around.

2447
02:17:52,900 --> 02:17:56,700
We're going to take a couple of drops.

2448
02:17:56,700 --> 02:17:59,900
A-N is on my back.

2449
02:17:59,900 --> 02:18:03,500
I'm intoxicated right now.

2450
02:18:03,500 --> 02:18:07,420
I asked this question earlier to see exactly how lit you would get.

2451
02:18:07,420 --> 02:18:09,220
And you're right there.

2452
02:18:09,220 --> 02:18:10,220
But I'm right there too.

2453
02:18:10,220 --> 02:18:12,380
So I don't, we're going to get these done.

2454
02:18:12,380 --> 02:18:13,380
Come on guys.

2455
02:18:13,380 --> 02:18:14,380
We're going to get these done.

2456
02:18:14,380 --> 02:18:18,780
Right before we close out, I just want to say also shout out to our listeners, shout

2457
02:18:18,780 --> 02:18:20,900
out to Spotify.

2458
02:18:20,900 --> 02:18:22,940
Thank you, Antonio.

2459
02:18:22,940 --> 02:18:24,820
I appreciate it.

2460
02:18:24,820 --> 02:18:30,020
And I just want to say everybody was listening from Brownsville or from the Valley.

2461
02:18:30,020 --> 02:18:33,740
I hope you guys continue to push this out and keep supporting us.