1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,640 Hey y'all, whether it's morning, evening, or afternoon, 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:07,920 I'm just glad that you guys had decided to vibe with E. 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:11,440 Yes, I'm E for the ones that are new here. 4 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,680 Welcome to Vibing with E 5 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:16,640 and for the oldies, but goodies. 6 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:19,000 Y'all already know the drill. 7 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:24,000 I want y'all to sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode 8 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:29,040 because as always, every vibe that I bring to y'all's attention 9 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:34,040 is something new and it's worth talking about, okay? 10 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:35,720 So let's get into it. 11 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:38,760 Today's vibe of the day is music. 12 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,800 And the reason why today's vibe of the day is music 13 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:45,520 is because I just feel as though who doesn't like music? 14 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:51,360 And, man, it's a lot that you can say with me. 15 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:56,160 It's about music that it's just like one of those 16 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:01,160 therapeutical ways that can help us on a daily basis. 17 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:06,000 Like, it's just so amazing what people can do 18 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:11,000 when it comes to music, even with its lyrics or no lyrics. 19 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:16,080 You know, it's just like, how did you turn that 20 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:21,120 into something so beautiful that flow just as like, 21 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:25,840 oh, so let's get real deep into it. 22 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,880 Music is such an inspirational language 23 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,320 that speaks to us deeply. 24 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:36,320 It is powerful to evoke on our emotions 25 00:01:36,320 --> 00:01:40,640 and transpire us to different places and times. 26 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:44,400 Like, it is truly amazing what music can do to us. 27 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:49,400 It brings people together from all walks of life, 28 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,320 units, things of that nature. 29 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,080 And it touches us in unique ways. 30 00:01:55,080 --> 00:02:00,080 Like, it's undescribable ways that music just does something 31 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:01,120 to us. 32 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:06,440 Whether it's a smoothing melody that brings us comfort 33 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:10,280 or an upbeat rhythm that gives us our feet moving, 34 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:15,280 healing and expiring us with our inner emotions as well. 35 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,760 That makes our imaginations too worth the while. 36 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:24,760 So with that being said, let's embrace the music, 37 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,960 like the beautiful magic of music 38 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,960 and let it do so good for us. 39 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,680 Like, let's continue it to be good for us, you know? 40 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,440 And that's a little something from the black bug. 41 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,680 So let me give further insight why I chose music. 42 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,080 The reason why I chose music overall 43 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,200 is because who doesn't like music? 44 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:54,960 Who doesn't like listening to their favorite artist, group, 45 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,960 whoever, and or instruments, you know? 46 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,240 Cause most music at times, I fell as though 47 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,760 at times you don't need to hear lyrics. 48 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:05,600 Sometimes you wanna hear a person. 49 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,040 Sometimes like, I just wanna hear instruments. 50 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:09,840 Like, that's what jazz come in. 51 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,120 It's so smoothing. 52 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,720 It's very, very touching. 53 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:18,480 And when I mentioned too, with the imagination, 54 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,680 it's like, you haven't just listened to a song 55 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:25,480 and the beat, the melody, it has you fantasizing 56 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,640 that you're somewhere like on a beat or in space or whatever 57 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:34,640 because music, it can break you, can make or break you. 58 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,040 I ain't even right, like it can make or break you. 59 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:42,040 And you all already know, I always have to bring up 60 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,400 the pros and cons of every vibe. 61 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:49,400 I talk about because at times, things are measured 62 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,840 differently from what I see versus what y'all see. 63 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,200 And sometimes we agree on it, sometimes we don't know. 64 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:58,000 It's okay, you know, we're human. 65 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,440 We have the right to feel the way we feel, okay? 66 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:07,680 So let's get into the pros about music. 67 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:12,240 I'ma say this, as a little girl, I loved music. 68 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:17,240 Like music from all different genres, ages, whatever. 69 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:23,200 Music itself versus back then, till now, is very different. 70 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:26,960 And you know, in the media too, it always say like, 71 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,560 you know, music from the 70s, 80s, 90s, 72 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,920 it's not the same as the early 2000s 73 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,520 and late 2000s in today, which is true 74 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:38,040 because they all had different messages. 75 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,480 It's in the same genre, but it's just different messages. 76 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:44,400 Like I love good R&B. 77 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:49,400 And versus from the 70s, 80s, 90s to early 2000s later 78 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,760 and then today, their messages is very different. 79 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:55,280 Some is trying to bring it back 80 00:04:55,280 --> 00:04:58,840 and some is trying to put us on a holding path. 81 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:00,680 And one thing I was reading in media, 82 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,640 people was like R&B is dead. 83 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,920 I feel like it's not so dead. 84 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:10,320 It's just that everybody has a different way of expressing 85 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:12,640 their type of, you know, expressing themselves 86 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,480 when it comes to them being on a beat. 87 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:16,880 It's like very different. 88 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:20,320 Like rap, that's a whole nother ballgame. 89 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:21,880 Like, you know, back then, you know, 90 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,240 70s, 80s, 90s versus early 2000s late. 91 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,760 And today, everybody has a different way 92 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,560 of expressing themselves on a beat. 93 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:34,240 And some of it's catchy and some of it is like, 94 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,040 what the hell is he saying? 95 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:37,680 What is he saying? 96 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,160 But you know, it's like, sometimes it would be like nowadays, 97 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,360 anybody listen to any goddamn thing. 98 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,520 And then sometimes it's like, yeah, 99 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:47,200 some people do, some people don't. 100 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,120 But it's like, you can't judge that person 101 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:53,040 for what they like and what they think is right 102 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:54,560 because you never know. 103 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:58,000 Like that music might help them get through something. 104 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,400 And that's another thing too. 105 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,800 Like when it comes to the pros of music, 106 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,120 the pros of music to me, 107 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:09,360 I have playlists for days with different types of moves. 108 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,680 Like I just made one recently for like, 109 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:13,520 who was giving you, 110 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:17,160 when I'm in the mood to be like outside with my friends 111 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:20,000 and I wanna feel good at turn up music, 112 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,920 I made a playlist called The Beddies 113 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:24,640 cause I wanna feel like a beddy when I'm outside 114 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,440 and I wanna have that beddy energy. 115 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:29,880 Like, you know, I wanna feel like Cash Dog, 116 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,120 Megan Staggin, sometimes Trina Lil' Kim. 117 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,640 Who knows, you know, I just wanna feel good 118 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,560 and that music just makes me feel good. 119 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,520 Even though at times we might not listen to the lyrics, 120 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,640 the beat just get us, especially the city girls. 121 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:49,640 Lotto and Lola, like sometimes their lyrics 122 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:51,960 don't get to me sometimes, the beat do, 123 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:55,440 but like then I replay it, I'm like, oh my God, 124 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:57,640 she's spitting, oh my God, it's spitting. 125 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:59,600 I didn't know that, you know? 126 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:04,600 Versus like, you know, we all have the moments 127 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,760 when we're sad, we all have them sad playlists 128 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,000 and if you don't, something wrong with you. 129 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,280 It's like, nothing's wrong with you at all. 130 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,760 It's like, certain people just do certain things, 131 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,400 like me, I love music of all different genres, 132 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,360 like music is one of the ways that keep me sane 133 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,560 and I believe that music is a way to keep people sane 134 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:28,800 because other people can put an impact 135 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,760 on someone to people, you know? 136 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,680 Like my favorite, one of my favorite artists 137 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:39,600 that's a female, her words is very, very, very soft 138 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:44,600 and the message that she's addressing also just, 139 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,240 whoo, this makes it like wow, oh my gosh, 140 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,120 with the beat and everything. 141 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:51,280 Shout out to Chade. 142 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:56,200 I grew up listening to Chade from my parents. 143 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,760 My mom would play it all the time, you know, 144 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:02,000 Chairs of the Day, the Kiss of Life 145 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,840 and love is stronger than pride 146 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:09,000 and the sweets have booed, like things like that, 147 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,880 like cherry pie and all that stuff, like, 148 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,840 that type of music is what I listen to on a daily basis. 149 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:18,440 Versus also, you know, you got your Jill Scott, 150 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:23,000 love Jill Scott, Erkobite, Doolorn Hill, you know? 151 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,640 It's so many other people that I listen to 152 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:28,600 within that genre that's like so soft. 153 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:32,760 With the men, my favorite artist is Wale, like, oh my gosh. 154 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:37,760 From like, you know, ambition, like, 155 00:08:38,680 --> 00:08:42,280 it is so much I can go, like, his to me for a man, 156 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:44,880 he really is poetic. 157 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:46,760 That is one poetic man, I'm sorry. 158 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:51,240 That is one poetic man, like when people say 159 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,480 he is in his prime, that's what people care. 160 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:55,120 I feel like he's still in his prime 161 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:58,800 because his music, you know, that's nothing to, 162 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:02,440 artist has music that I feel is though, 163 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:06,200 the ones that are not, the songs that are not as big 164 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:07,320 should be big. 165 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,120 Those would be their best songs. 166 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:11,240 Like Wale, like my favorite song, 167 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,520 one of my favorite songs is Caramel with him. 168 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:15,920 A lot of people don't like that. 169 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:17,200 I'm like, what? 170 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:22,200 Like Caramel, that's not a song, Fire and Ice, like, 171 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:23,080 coming right now. 172 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,640 Like, what, like, what do y'all not know about this stuff? 173 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,120 Like, I have a whole playlist with Wale too. 174 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,080 Like, there's so many songs that I like for him, 175 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:37,080 like, Ambitious Girl, Caramel, Fire and Ice, 176 00:09:38,560 --> 00:09:43,080 you know, it's like, Lose He a Love, Love Hate Thing, 177 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:44,520 you know, it's a lot of things. 178 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:48,640 Pre-Girl, like, the list goes on, Savatars, 179 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:52,320 like the list goes on and people just be like, 180 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,800 people don't listen, I feel like people don't listen 181 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:57,840 to people unless they're hot. 182 00:09:57,840 --> 00:09:59,400 And that's another thing about music too, 183 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,720 that I feel as though like, sometimes you don't need 184 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:04,400 to keep up with the latest music, 185 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:06,840 because at times certain people can't relate to it. 186 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,800 Like me, some music that my siblings listen to, 187 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,640 I can't keep up with, like my brother loves Trippy Red, 188 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:16,520 I can't keep up with, I listen to him, 189 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,520 but some stuff I just can't keep up with. 190 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:20,840 Like my little sister, she loves Little Dirt, 191 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:24,200 I listen to Little Dirt, but like those are 192 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,520 Trippy Red Little Dirt, I listen to that old stuff, 193 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,040 some of that new stuff I can get into and it's like, 194 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:32,360 oh my God, I can't get into it, like, 195 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:34,640 my sister loves Little Dirt King Vaughn, 196 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,160 I like the old, I like the old stuff, 197 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:40,840 new them is cool too, but it's just not for me, you know? 198 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:44,000 But I don't knock them for liking what they like, 199 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,560 cause that's what they like, cause they don't need to be like, 200 00:10:46,560 --> 00:10:48,560 you got an old song, what do you listen to this, 201 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:49,960 who listen to that? 202 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:54,960 Like yesterday I was like, I was on my playlist 203 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,320 and I was looking at this song, I was like, 204 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:01,520 ooh, it was an old song, of course it was an old song, 205 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:06,520 and it was just like, oh my gosh, I like the song. 206 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:08,880 And I really love the song, 207 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,320 and that's another thing too, that in my household, 208 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,920 our parents made sure that we were able to listen 209 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:17,920 to different types of genres of music 210 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:20,960 and not just one, like my dad, like, 211 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,040 yeah, we listen to hip hop and rap, 212 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:25,320 and that's how I got introduced to like, 213 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:28,360 and GZ, within the rap type of thing, 214 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:32,200 and you know, like I always be like, 215 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,760 dang, the first person to put me on the GZ was my father, 216 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:36,120 I was a little, I used to say like, 217 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:38,560 when my dad would, if I would go with my dad, 218 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:40,320 I was like, turn it right up, I turn it right up, 219 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:42,320 if it was GZ, somebody like that, 220 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:44,720 and then also like, when it was time to play like, 221 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:48,520 okay, the soft music and stuff, you know, it helped me, 222 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,040 and that's another thing too, soft music and things like that 223 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:55,240 can help you mentally, like I tell people all the time, 224 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,080 like mentally, stuff can help you, 225 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:00,160 especially like, when is that time? 226 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:01,920 Like when I had those problems, 227 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:04,920 I listened to burnt fires, Wale, 228 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:10,560 a little bit of Bryson Sulla, Lucky Day, you know, 229 00:12:10,560 --> 00:12:14,720 I listened to these people, you know, Drake and all them, 230 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:16,760 you know, you gotta listen to these people, 231 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,120 sometimes their messages is like, wow, 232 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:23,960 like dang, you really put something on me, 233 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:25,960 like I never thought of it like that, 234 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,720 and the way people have these like metaphors 235 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:30,800 and similes and stuff, I'm like, wow, 236 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:32,640 I never really thought like that, 237 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:37,640 and I always say, an artist is a poet too, 238 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:42,440 because no matter what genre it is, rap, hip hop, R&B, 239 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:45,320 so whatever the blues, whatever, 240 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:50,320 you're really a poet because the way you have your words 241 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:53,240 flowing and like narrating everything, 242 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:55,160 that's some poetry shit right there, 243 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,320 that's some real talent right there, 244 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,840 cause see me, I could write a poem in poetry like that, 245 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:04,440 but on the beat, nah, I can't, like certain stuff, 246 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,320 it's just not for me, it's like, 247 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:09,680 me is even one of the other, but artists is both, 248 00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:13,400 like, it's both, and it's such a beautiful thing 249 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:16,920 because a lot of people cannot do that, you know, 250 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:18,840 it's like, I'm from the city, of course, 251 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:23,040 I'm from Baltimore, and there's a lot of rappers, 252 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:24,800 you know, there's a lot of rappers you hear, 253 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,160 you know, little school, everybody knows school, 254 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,080 when you hear Baltimore, you think of school, 255 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:33,680 Robbie has, you know, Skola, 256 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:37,320 and now you think of Roddy Rich, Roddy Rags, 257 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:38,800 you don't think of Roddy Rich no more, 258 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:40,360 cause it's like, oh, we got Roddy Rags, 259 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:41,720 who the fuck is Roddy Rich? 260 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:44,920 It's probably like, ooh, cause like when he came out, 261 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:47,440 so I was like, I don't even know who the fuck 262 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:52,440 Roddy Rich is no more, but yeah, like OTR Chas, 263 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,840 like we just have so many people out here that rap, 264 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:59,680 but they can do that, like they can rap on the beat, 265 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:02,200 they can do acapella, like they just do it, 266 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:03,680 like shout out to my city for that, 267 00:14:03,680 --> 00:14:07,400 because they talented, same thing with the female suit, 268 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,200 like we got females up here that does that too, 269 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,720 but it's a talent, like that's a real strong talent, 270 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:15,480 I feel it though, when it comes to music, 271 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:17,920 that's how people be like, oh, I'm focused on my music, 272 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,960 my music, and music don't always have to be just lyrical, 273 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,720 like I always say, like you could be like the best piano player, 274 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,080 the best drummer, saxophone guitar, 275 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,920 like anything, longest involved music you got, 276 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:33,200 like music is such a beautiful thing, 277 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,360 like music is, I suppose though, 278 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:41,360 a keeper that is always gonna be there for you, 279 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,800 regardless, because there's always people out there 280 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:48,160 that has these songs, that has messages for a reason 281 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:52,320 that someone is going to be attracted to, 282 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:55,440 and it's gonna help them, like I'll never forget 283 00:14:55,440 --> 00:15:00,440 when I took black families at my university last semester, 284 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:03,880 and my professor was like, she would play music, 285 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:05,800 and then she would ask her students, 286 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,200 cause she was a school counselor at one, 287 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,840 she was like, what type of music you listen to? 288 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:14,640 And I do believe the type of music also affect you at times, 289 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:17,600 cause like dudes in the city be like, 290 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:21,080 oh, are you motherfuckers, listening to city girls, 291 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:23,680 Megan the Stallion stuff, y'all wanna live there, 292 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:27,320 like not necessarily, me not necessarily, 293 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:31,160 I don't, you know, I can't be a city girl if I try, 294 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:35,800 I'm a hot girl for sure, because Megan was in school, 295 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,080 and was still working her career, you know, 296 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:39,960 and she made it known, she like, you know, 297 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:41,600 hot girls do that and stuff, you know, 298 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,160 I'm not mocking the city girls, you know, 299 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:44,160 I'm not knocking them at all, 300 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,920 I just get, be a city girl, cause that's not me, 301 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:50,720 even if I try, I would fail, I would fail the mission. 302 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:52,160 So it's like, you know, certain things, 303 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:55,040 certain things are not for everybody, you know, 304 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,480 certain things, and you got your hot girls, 305 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:01,680 city girls, icy girls, you got the dolls, you know, 306 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,520 cash dolls, Asian dolls, cutin' dolls, like, you know, 307 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:08,200 you got every era, you know, coming up, it's always like, 308 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:10,520 yes, like that, and Nicki Minaj, you know, 309 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:14,640 they got the barbs, Beyonce got the beehive, you know, 310 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,600 everybody got some, like all the famous people 311 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,960 got little clubs and things like that, there, 312 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:24,240 I'd say fans, like that's their fan base, you know, 313 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:26,480 and I feel like when you come famous too, 314 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:30,200 when it comes to music and the people that consider them, 315 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,040 consider this, don't blame your fan base 316 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:36,120 because they look up to you, and certain artists, 317 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:38,880 I do and do not look up to you, because of certain reasons, 318 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:40,880 not because of what they say in the media, you know, 319 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:42,840 sometimes you just can't, you know, 320 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:46,200 get hooked onto their music, and that brings me back to like, 321 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,000 when my professor was saying like, you know, 322 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,600 with her students, some of the artists 323 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,600 that they would listen to their music rub them 324 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,680 in a certain type of way, and I always believe that, like, 325 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:01,200 sometimes the music we listen to rub us in the wrong way 326 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,560 and have us thinking, oh, this is how we should be living, 327 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:05,680 this is what we need to do, and that's where the cons 328 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:09,360 come in with music, when it comes to younger generation, 329 00:17:09,360 --> 00:17:14,360 I'll never forget I had to do a project on the youth, 330 00:17:14,360 --> 00:17:19,360 and I picked music because, you know, the youth loves music, 331 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:23,320 like kids, children, children loves music, 332 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:26,640 and who doesn't love music, and it's a lot of young artists, 333 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:29,960 you notice out here doing music, but a lot of music 334 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:33,280 they listen to is rap, and I remember I was saying, 335 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:37,800 like, I feel as though at times, the music that our children 336 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:41,040 listen to, our children are listening to, 337 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:46,040 can have a big impact on them because some children think, 338 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:49,840 oh, what they see in here is what's bright, 339 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:54,840 versus what's behind the scenes of what their artists are doing, 340 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:56,960 and that's another thing too, with music, 341 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:59,640 you can fake the funk, like, you can do genres 342 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:03,440 that you don't even be hooked on, and like, you just do it 343 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,720 because this is what's making money, 344 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:08,000 and this is what's hot right now. 345 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:11,240 I feel as though with music, if you like country, 346 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,840 do country music, you know, you don't like rap music, 347 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:18,040 but your team's telling you do it because this is hot, 348 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:20,440 it's like, don't get peer pressure 349 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:22,280 into something you don't like, it's like, don't, 350 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,240 if you know your craft, your heart, and so on, 351 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:27,400 everything is within country, do it, don't do it 352 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,120 because your team telling you do rap 353 00:18:29,120 --> 00:18:31,840 because you got the look, and that's another thing too, 354 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:36,840 with music too, a lot of people don't take most artists 355 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,760 seriously because of the look, like, I'll never forget too. 356 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:45,080 I was watching Cass Dahl video, and she was like, 357 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:46,920 all I talk about is getting money, 358 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:50,680 I always try to influence women to get their own money 359 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,840 because once you with a dude, even if you have 360 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:55,920 your own money or not, and you know, 361 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:57,680 go off a beat if anything was to happen 362 00:18:57,680 --> 00:18:59,960 to y'all, break up or something, they quick to call, 363 00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:02,520 you broke, which is true, and this vice versa, 364 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:07,240 we quick to call a dude broke when things happen, 365 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,200 and she was like, that's probably why my music 366 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,000 not hot right now, because I'm all about getting money, 367 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,160 I'm all about independence, you know, 368 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,960 versus some music is about talking about 369 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:18,440 what you ought to do to get money, 370 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:22,480 or how to pimp a dude, and things like that, 371 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,200 which like I said, those type of music, 372 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,240 that's like music, I listen to when it's time to turn up, 373 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:31,200 I can't listen to it every day because it's like, 374 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:32,480 you know, once you listen to everything, 375 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:33,960 it's like, okay, now I gotta get out here, 376 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:38,000 and let me figure out the cheat code of how to do this, no. 377 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,800 And I love Cass Dahl, like I'll listen to her, 378 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:43,200 like the old and the new, and that's what she talked about, 379 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:46,240 like getting money, be independent, have your own, 380 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:49,360 so like, go off a beat if anything is to happen to you, 381 00:19:49,360 --> 00:19:52,320 a man can't say that he took care of you and brought you up, 382 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:54,680 and that's another thing two people feel are realized, 383 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:58,280 just because that artist is not where they at, 384 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,120 like I said, those songs that they had, 385 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:03,960 that is not so popular, they'll be the best ones, 386 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:07,360 like what they call them, the underground artist, 387 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:09,760 I think as though they're, the only reason why they're 388 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:14,760 underground is because they're not getting the type of, 389 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,920 they're not getting the type of attention 390 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,640 that they supposed to get, like I said, like, 391 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:24,000 from right back to why, like a lot of people was like, 392 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,680 oh, back in 2011, 2012, 13, 14, all that, 393 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:31,400 he was in his prime, I say, like, 394 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,560 all this is something prime of a god is, 395 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,680 it's just that, it's just though the media doesn't like 396 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:38,800 that song within that present time, 397 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:42,520 because they feel as though it's not giving the energy 398 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,120 that's going on now, you know, 399 00:20:45,120 --> 00:20:47,200 certain music from certain, like, you know, 400 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,200 big time artists, you know, they're not getting 401 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,320 the recognition that they was getting back then, 402 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:55,160 because the media's like, the media's like, 403 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,480 they don't want to hear that, that's all they're done with, 404 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:01,360 it's like, it's cool, but it's not catchy enough, 405 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:04,760 and it's not first, you know, and like I said, 406 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:09,760 I'm a big firm believer on having multiple tastes of music, 407 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,000 cause me, I love a good taste of music, 408 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,720 like jazz is a, ooh, jazz, oh my gosh, 409 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,880 it's like homework, my dad always say, 410 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,360 you don't need to listen to all that stuff, listen to jazz, 411 00:21:20,360 --> 00:21:22,240 cause quiet, when I was little, I used to say, 412 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,080 they just put me to sleep, sometimes dead, 413 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,520 like, you know, soothing sounds and stuff, 414 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,960 they put you to bed, and when you get older, 415 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,960 you realize you're like, oh my God, they so calm, 416 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:36,440 and it just make you, make your mind and stuff go blink. 417 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,280 I believe in those, I believe, you gotta listen to your 418 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:41,200 parents, grandparents, and guardians, y'all, 419 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:45,160 cause they know, shoot, they know, cause I used to sit there 420 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,080 and be like, this is going to put me to sleep, 421 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:51,520 I don't want to hear this, but now when I got older, 422 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:53,880 it's like, dang, it's peaceful, it's helping me, 423 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,680 it calms you down, that's another thing too, 424 00:21:55,680 --> 00:22:00,280 why I say music is one of the keepers for us, 425 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,400 because music helps you mentally, 426 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:05,800 and a lot of people mentally and physically, 427 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,960 because you know, sometimes you don't wanna sing it, 428 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:10,520 hum it, whatever, you dance to it, 429 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:12,280 it's a lot of people that's really creative too, 430 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,440 when it comes to dances, when it comes to music, 431 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,440 from all different types of cultures, 432 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:23,280 like, I just be so amazed, like, art itself, 433 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:26,760 dance, music, all that, from my people, 434 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,440 as always, shout out to the black community, 435 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:35,120 we always have a way to express ourselves 436 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:38,240 with multiple things, like music and dance, 437 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:43,240 art and music, like, anything that we can make something up 438 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,200 and make it something hot, it's gonna happen, 439 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,880 like, we're just a jack of all trades, 440 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:51,960 like, it's just a jack of all trades for us, 441 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:56,760 like, I never seen another culture do as much as ours does, 442 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:01,520 like, we have a way with really, really, really 443 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:05,760 making things shake, you know, and it's just beautiful, 444 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:09,600 and we come to support too, we are supporting each other, 445 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,640 I don't really see no beats on rap beats 446 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:13,200 or anything like that, you know, 447 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,840 and that's nothing too, the media always tries 448 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,440 to get people to get in those types of situations 449 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,400 because one's hot and the other or hotter, 450 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,160 it's like, I feel as though, regardless, 451 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:24,280 people gonna make their money, 452 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,200 famous people gonna make their money regardless, 453 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,360 they're making money regardless, 454 00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:32,080 like, the other way it goes, if the media like it or not, 455 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,800 they still getting money, they got gigs, 456 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:37,560 like, they can go to a fashion show or walk through, 457 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:39,400 they making money like that, like, you know, 458 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:44,400 like, one artist that she always keep a low profile, 459 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:49,840 but she is, I feel as though she should be way, way, way 460 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:54,080 big within the media, and she would always 461 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:58,520 get her praise is Solange, I'm like, I love Solange, 462 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,960 shout out to my cancer sister, I love Solange, 463 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:05,320 like, the way she just holds her standards, 464 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,600 like, the way she presents herself and everything, 465 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,040 like, she is so creative, she can dance her, 466 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:15,280 but her fashion, I love it, like I said, 467 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,680 our black people is the, like, we are like, 468 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,920 the jack of all trees, and she is the jack of all different 469 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:26,920 trees, acting, fashion, modeling, dancing, singing, rapping, 470 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:32,200 like, she does it, and she doesn't get all her flowers for, 471 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,440 you know, Beyonce do, because Beyonce's out there, 472 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,240 but I feel as though she should get the same attention 473 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:41,280 as her sister does, but, you know, a lot of people 474 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:45,680 have their own opinions about things, you know, like, 475 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:49,640 ooh, you know, all that, but yes, I love Solange to death, 476 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:53,640 like, I listen to her old songs, like, Tony, 477 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,000 and things like that, I love it, like, see me, 478 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:01,000 I love to dig up the old stuff, like, give me the old, 479 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,640 I learned a new later on down the line, 480 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,200 but give me that old, because that's where it started at, 481 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,920 that's where the peak of, like, who they are, 482 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,760 I feel as though too, like, when somebody is, like, 483 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,080 starting their debut within music and things like that, 484 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:18,720 you see what they are, you see how things are, 485 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,720 like, you see how their approaches and the messages 486 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,560 they're trying to give, how they do this, how they do that, 487 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,240 that grabs my attention all the time, because, you know, 488 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,160 like I said, I don't let the media fool me 489 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,240 within this music, you know, some people, 490 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,320 their music is really good, like, another artist, 491 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:36,760 I love the death, that a lot of people 492 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,480 would be having a X about her, and I don't like that, 493 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:44,280 Flo Milley, like, I love the way she just, like, does things, 494 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:48,800 like, you know, she takes little bits and pieces 495 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:53,120 of, like, the older songs and put it in the newer generation 496 00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:56,600 with her spin of it, and it's just like, oh my gosh, 497 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:01,600 it's mind blowing that what female artists can do, 498 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:04,400 let alone male artists, like, I feel like female artists 499 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,280 really can put a spin on things, and at times, 500 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,600 they don't get a lot of praises like the men do, 501 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:14,200 but that's why as a community, as the black community, 502 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,600 as a whole, I see that we lip each other up so much, 503 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,600 because, like, when they were trying to come for her, 504 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:23,360 when she made the Redid the little, Redid, 505 00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:26,280 little Wayne song, trying to do that, 506 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,520 I thought it was all nothing was wrong with it, you know, 507 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:29,680 I felt nothing wrong with it all, 508 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,320 she just put her own little spin and taste on it, 509 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:36,040 she put the flow in it, she put the flow that she is, 510 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:37,760 that's what she's about, you know, 511 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:40,160 flow really gonna put her flow in it regardless, 512 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,560 is if you gonna like it or not, but yeah, 513 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:45,880 a lot of people just be trying to, 514 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:51,480 trying to dictate people, and I don't like that, 515 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:56,480 you know, I don't like that at all, but yeah, I love, 516 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:02,200 I love that within our community that we, 517 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,440 we are really supportive of each other, 518 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:06,320 yes, I love that within the black community, 519 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:10,760 like that we are very supportive when it comes to anything 520 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:14,080 that we put our minds to, like if we see one person, 521 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:17,000 you know, you know, just starting out in music, 522 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,720 is always somebody that's there to help uplift them, 523 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,440 like Nicki Minaj, like when it comes to all the female artists 524 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,640 that came out like Ice Vise, Chloe LeRae, 525 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,960 and all them like that, and Be A Be A, and stuff like that, 526 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,360 she hopped on their tracks, cause she like, 527 00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:35,800 they tracks or whatever, and you know, 528 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,880 just help them get the more, 529 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,040 get the more recognition, that's what I'm looking for, 530 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,320 recognition that they deserve, because I feel as though, 531 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:49,120 when it comes to female artists from all genders, 532 00:27:49,120 --> 00:27:51,520 from all genres, sorry, from all genres, 533 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:55,480 they don't get a lot of recognition like the men do, 534 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,040 and especially when it comes to hip hop, 535 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:01,480 they don't get enwrapped, they don't get a lot of recognition 536 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:02,760 like they supposed to, cause you know, 537 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,280 like I said, the media always try to play you, 538 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:06,760 like when music you should listen to, 539 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,880 or try to put the girls up against each other, 540 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:10,520 and that's just like, 541 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:13,680 I still believe in the same girl power, 542 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:16,680 like and they do too, like nobody wanna go back and forth 543 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,320 on the internet about a song, because at the end of the day, 544 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:21,320 they can go back and forth all day long, 545 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,960 they making money, versus us going back and forth 546 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:25,680 all day about them, they making money, 547 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:27,040 while we not making no money at all, 548 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:30,680 just wasting all data and space, going back and forth, 549 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,320 but you know, sometimes you do gotta collect that at people, 550 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:37,040 because like people only do that because of the fake narrative 551 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:40,440 that others are telling the media about somebody, 552 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,840 like it's been times where I would look at these comments, 553 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:46,560 like are you serious, like people really sit here 554 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:48,120 and talk about this person like that, 555 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,160 and they don't know them from a can of paint, 556 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:51,800 so it's like you can't talk about somebody, 557 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,200 if you never sat down to have a fling, 558 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,320 like a freaking conversation about them, 559 00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,560 you're just a fan base, you don't know what's going on, 560 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,120 like you can't just be talking about these people, 561 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,720 and get mad because a person says, 562 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:07,120 they know give them a flower, 563 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,560 and you just trying to make them flowers die, 564 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:12,040 like I don't like that, like, 565 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:13,800 you know, put some respect on somebody's name, 566 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,080 don't dish it, cause you don't like it, 567 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,680 and that's the thing that I say is a calm within music, 568 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:21,200 because like sometimes in this, 569 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,880 you can't even tell people what you like and who you like, 570 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,280 cause they always like, he phony, she phony, 571 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,080 she not all that, I don't wanna hear that, 572 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,840 like some people, I don't even sell type of music, 573 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,360 I like my close friends, they already know 574 00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:36,520 what type of music I like, the Odie McGuddies, 575 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:39,920 the Odie McGuddies, like I said, 576 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:41,400 when it's time for me to turn up, 577 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,600 and it's time for me to, you know, 578 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,000 we gonna pull out the new jewels, 579 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,960 but when it's time to settle down, 580 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,800 and wind down, and do what you gotta do, 581 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:55,040 baby I'm playing the Odie McGuddie, okay? 582 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:56,480 And let me tell y'all something, 583 00:29:56,480 --> 00:30:00,000 nothing is more exciting when, you know, 584 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,880 your brain be having them little thoughts in it, 585 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:04,960 you know, that your brain will have you 586 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,760 remembering songs that you used to grow up to, 587 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:11,200 or a song that impacts your life, 588 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,120 and you know, you hit a little words, 589 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:15,040 you remember the hook or the melody, 590 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:18,720 and thank God for Google, and Apple Music is Spotify 591 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:20,720 for having us type it up, or just say it, 592 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,360 and it just pop up, like it's nothing, 593 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:26,480 nothing that makes me more happy than discovering 594 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:28,640 old music that I used to listen to, grew up to, 595 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:30,560 or help me within a situation like, 596 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:32,160 I have songs that are pointing where like, 597 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,160 when I'm going through stuff, I'm playing it, 598 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,960 like, you know, when I'm upset, you know, 599 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:38,520 I have songs that help me uplift me, 600 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,920 and it's always some songs that have you upset, 601 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,160 because within that given moment, like, you know, 602 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,880 I feel like all girls, we had a song for a dude 603 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,400 that we liked, and then, you know, 604 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:50,880 it's you not cool that dude no more, 605 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:52,800 y'all broke up, and every time that song come on, 606 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:56,080 it's just like, what the fuck, I don't wanna hear this shit. 607 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:58,480 Like, I had my mom, it's like, I don't wanna hear, 608 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:02,120 like, an ASAP, it was like, ASAP third, 609 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:06,120 and burnt by a song, Dreams, Fairy Tale, and Fantasies, 610 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,600 that I love that song with a passion, 611 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,280 but sometimes that song used to get me upset 612 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,400 because, you know, at one point in time, 613 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:16,600 that song was about somebody, that song, 614 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:19,560 I liked it so much that I felt like, 615 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:23,880 I was like living that song, but, you know, 616 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,680 as years went past, me and the person, you know, 617 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:30,360 split and whatever, and now, it's just like, 618 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:33,920 I listened to that song, like, I just discovered it again, 619 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:35,880 like, it just, like, okay, you know, 620 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:39,840 sometimes it is music that it hurts us, it does, 621 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:44,400 sometimes the music hurts us, because not even the message, 622 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:47,400 sometimes the person, the way that they just, 623 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,120 their voice is so, like, beautiful, 624 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:51,640 it makes you wanna cry, you know, 625 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,760 God forbid, you know, we go to funerals, 626 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,280 and they had the people of this thing in the choir, 627 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:00,200 it makes you cry even more, 628 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,360 cause it's a beautiful song, but you, 629 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:07,360 but the way you sang it, it makes it even more so sad, 630 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:10,360 because it's like, your voice is just so, 631 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:14,960 oh, and it's making me not wanna, you know, cry or anything, 632 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:18,640 like, I, man, that's another thing too, 633 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,400 when it comes to music, people are very talented 634 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:23,560 when it comes to the rapping, the singing, 635 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,960 and things like that, like, I just be like, oh my gosh, 636 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:28,880 if I knew how to sing like that, 637 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,880 I knew how to rap and stuff like that, 638 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,760 I would kill it, like, the other day, 639 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:38,760 I was listening to Nicki Minaj, I think it was Barbie Dreams, 640 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:42,240 Barbie Dreams, I said, man, if I could rap like that, 641 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:45,640 and talk about like how she did, I'd be killing it, 642 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:47,920 because, like I said, for me, 643 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:49,200 it's even one of the others, like, 644 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:50,880 you even know how to write it, 645 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:54,080 or you know how to talk on it, you know, 646 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:57,840 rap, spit it with the beat, try it, it's not for me, 647 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:01,480 like, it's not for me, like, I really just really, 648 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:04,920 really love the way how people have ways of expressing 649 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:08,920 things about when it comes to music, or you know, 650 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:10,840 the semiles and metaphor when it comes to music, 651 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:12,880 because baby, not a lot of people can do this, 652 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:15,960 and I know at times, I just be like, 653 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:19,120 I know these artists be in the studio like, bro, 654 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,000 how did we just make this happen? 655 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:22,520 How did I do this? 656 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,640 What am I doing like, oh my gosh, 657 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,320 like this is really crazy, you know, this is all, 658 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:30,320 but like I said, shout out to my people, 659 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:33,080 we can turn nothing into something 660 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:36,840 when it comes to anything we put our minds to, 661 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:40,960 and like I said, music is one of the many gateways 662 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:45,960 that is so, so healing, therapeutic, 663 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:49,040 like music has its pros, its cons, 664 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:51,400 but nevertheless, music is not gonna die, 665 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,640 I mean, keep it nobody's safe, music will never die, 666 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:56,200 and you know what I'm saying, never say never, 667 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:58,560 but I feel like music, you hear it everywhere, 668 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,240 when you wake up in the morning, you, we listen, 669 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,200 if you still had the radios, you know, 670 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:04,840 the old fashioned radios, you know, 671 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:05,760 when you wake up in the morning, 672 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:08,920 you're gonna hear some music, or you know, 673 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,640 your TV's playing, music's gonna pop up, 674 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:14,560 some type of music, even from the little kids, 675 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,920 like Grace's Corners, 676 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,000 that one right there, let me tell you how to, 677 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,080 when it comes to little kids, 678 00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:25,840 oh, they gonna sing some Grace's Corner, 679 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:29,240 or some Cocoa, Melon, Baby Shark, or whatever, you know, 680 00:34:29,240 --> 00:34:33,400 like to us, Grace's Corners, oh my gosh, 681 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,520 when I discovered that song, discovered the show, 682 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:38,720 and everything, I'm like, oh my gosh, 683 00:34:38,720 --> 00:34:40,560 she make this music for grown people, 684 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:42,640 it's for the babies, but for grown people, 685 00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:45,560 it's like, oh my gosh, where would you at 686 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,760 when I was a little kid, you know, 687 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,640 like from all genders, John was like, 688 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:55,080 black people is very talented, because, 689 00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:57,680 like I said, at times when you do come out, 690 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,240 you will not have all the glitz and glance 691 00:35:00,240 --> 00:35:02,480 like you want to, it takes time, 692 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:04,400 and once you keep putting that forth, 693 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,960 like effort and all that, you're gonna get recognized, 694 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:08,920 and that's gonna be the best feeling ever, 695 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:11,120 and that's what it is when it comes to music, 696 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,640 when you discover new music from people, 697 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:16,560 and then you see how they grew so much, 698 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:19,600 and they finally get the flowers and things they deserve, 699 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:22,120 it's so good to say you witnessed that happen, 700 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:26,600 because it's from people that I follow on Instagram, 701 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:30,200 that are like from Atlanta, New York, New Jersey, 702 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:34,280 and you know, they just rap and sing on Instagram, 703 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:39,280 and they're finally getting the praises that they deserve, 704 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,120 and then I'd be like, oh my gosh, 705 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:45,440 I really seen you on Instagram playing your guitar, 706 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:49,440 piano, doing whatever, you start as small, 707 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:51,040 and you finally get the recognition that you get, 708 00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,080 and like Summer Walker is the prime example 709 00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:54,520 that I love using, because you know, 710 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,640 at first she was just, you know, she had a cleaning company, 711 00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:59,800 she was doing that, she worked so hard, 712 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:01,400 you know, studio times, everything, 713 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:05,280 she did a whole lot of things to get to where she at today, 714 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:08,280 and that is a big step, same thing with like, you know, 715 00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:11,720 Wale, Chris Brown, Brent Fahy, all them, 716 00:36:11,720 --> 00:36:16,120 like a lot of people within the black community 717 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:19,080 that's involved with all different types of genres of music, 718 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:22,400 like Queen Nages, they're YouTube, and she sung, 719 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,800 and she finally getting the flowers and praises 720 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,280 that she deserved, like all those type of people, 721 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:32,280 it takes a good while for things to happen, 722 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,480 you know, it takes time for you to get the recognition 723 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:38,760 that you deserve, and it takes time for you 724 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:40,400 to realize when is your time, 725 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:43,640 like I always say, whoever you pray to or believe in, 726 00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:47,800 they're up there having that blueprint already ready for you, 727 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:52,600 they just are not gonna drop it as soon as possible, 728 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,200 they're gonna make that miracle happen 729 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:58,120 once they see that you're really putting in all the time 730 00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:00,000 and effort like you're supposed to, 731 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,640 and I believe that, especially when it comes to music, 732 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:05,200 because like I said, like Lotto, for example, 733 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,360 she got discovered from the rap game, 734 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:09,840 that's when everybody knew her, you know, 735 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:12,560 I've seen her a few times on YouTube, 736 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:14,120 but I really got a full, you know, 737 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:17,200 understanding of her on the rap game, 738 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,920 she's living it now, same thing with like Deetranada 739 00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:24,000 and Little Keys, that's from Baltimore, 740 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,360 if you from Baltimore, you already know how you discover them 741 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,080 from the party, things like that, 742 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,720 but people discovered them from the rap game, 743 00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:32,920 if they get the recognition they deserve to you, 744 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:34,360 and I feel like they should be famous, 745 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:36,960 more famous than they are, like, you know, 746 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,440 certain things like that, you know, certain people, 747 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:41,200 you vouch for them, you're like, bro, 748 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:42,920 they need to be hired in it, 749 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:44,520 they need to be up there with this and that, 750 00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,920 this and that, you know, but yeah, 751 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:51,120 it's nevertheless, y'all, music, I feel as though, 752 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:55,480 is the freaking blueprint, the key to everything, 753 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,200 like you went through a bad day, play a song, 754 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:01,160 you, you stressed and play that song, 755 00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:04,080 you depressed, play that song, you happy, play that song, 756 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:07,200 you excited, you, you know, you have an interview, 757 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:10,800 you know, whatever, the music is going to help you relax 758 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:14,560 and calm your nerves before you hit any type of drug. 759 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:18,360 And I say this to say, because like, when I did counseling, 760 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:21,080 like my counseling courses before I became certified, 761 00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:24,440 I would always tell people, writing is the key to everything, 762 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:28,640 and also music, doing things that you love to do, 763 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,800 and things like that, it helps you, 764 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:33,560 like it helps you, longest you just find ways 765 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:36,160 to cope with your situations and things like that, 766 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:40,320 do what makes you happy, and I feel as though music is the, 767 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:44,200 is a way for people to express themselves 768 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:48,480 and having others that they listen to help them express 769 00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:52,840 this else as well, like music is a beautiful thing, 770 00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:56,240 regardless what gender, the genre it is 771 00:38:56,240 --> 00:39:00,920 and what gender is displaying it, music is music, 772 00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:04,360 and music is like, is so beautiful, 773 00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:07,840 music is one of the many things that I feel as though 774 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:11,440 that it helps everyone help, from the babies, 775 00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:16,440 to the grownups, the older, the elderly, you know, 776 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:21,200 it helps everybody, because music has a story, 777 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:26,200 and what the artist is saying within that song is a story, 778 00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:30,040 and all the stories that you hear are stories 779 00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,120 that they've been through, or it's stories 780 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:35,240 that others wrote, like songwriters wrote, 781 00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:38,040 and they felt as though that they couldn't say it, 782 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:39,280 so they gave it to this person 783 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:41,560 because they like the way they flow, 784 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:44,880 and they can make the lyrics speak for itself, 785 00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:46,160 like Tink, that's a good, 786 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,320 he's a good motherfucking songwriter, I'm sorry, 787 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:51,840 he's a good songwriter, he good with that pen, y'all, 788 00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:56,840 Babyface, and all of them is good with the pen, 789 00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:00,520 like Babyface had Tony Braxton singing them songs, 790 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:02,360 and she was good with it, you know, 791 00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,240 and then you never knew that that was their story, 792 00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:06,920 or like they'll say, I'm talking, you know, 793 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:09,240 which one's okay, throw a top out there, 794 00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:11,080 and they write a song, like I said, 795 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:14,040 shout out to the black community, 796 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,120 like y'all, y'all oughta really do y'all research, 797 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:19,840 because I'm telling y'all, like, it's right there, 798 00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:24,480 it's there, like music artists, like, oh my God, 799 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:27,200 it's amazing, like actors, actors, all that, 800 00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:29,360 like they are, they're amazing, 801 00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,040 especially within the black community, 802 00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:35,880 like we're really amazing, like black beauty is just like, 803 00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:39,240 is so amazing, like we really just do things, 804 00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:41,560 and we just, at times people gonna be like, 805 00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:43,520 what, oh my God, how you do that? 806 00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:45,960 It's a black thing, you don't know, 807 00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,320 you know, you black, you understand, 808 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:51,880 if you're not a baby, I don't know what to say, 809 00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:54,440 but yes, nonetheless, y'all, 810 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:58,360 I just hope that this episode really brightens up y'all there, 811 00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:01,040 because I know y'all out there listening to music, 812 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:03,800 or y'all like to listen to instruments or things like that, 813 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,960 whatever it is, longest is music involved, 814 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:09,240 and y'all, I hope y'all agree with some of the points 815 00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:12,520 that I made as well, because this episode was like, 816 00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:15,080 my favorite, like this topic is really one of my favorites, 817 00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:17,280 like this vibe was like, I'm like, 818 00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:18,920 I gotta talk about this, because like, 819 00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,400 I was listening to music the other day, and you know, 820 00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:25,280 like I said, like, your mind really will play tricks on you, 821 00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:27,320 too, like, dang, oh my God, I still, 822 00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:28,880 I don't know how I remember that, 823 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:30,760 and it makes it funny, too, 824 00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:32,880 like when you out on your room or something, 825 00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:37,080 and your mind will know the lyrics before your mouth does, 826 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:39,920 like that little voice in your head, 827 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:42,600 know everything before you can verbally get it out, 828 00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:44,400 you know, and that'd be the funniest thing ever, 829 00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:47,080 because it'd be some songs, I'd be like, hold up, 830 00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:49,040 let me, hold up, I gotta think of the lyrics, 831 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:52,480 that little voice we having, the lyrics on lock, okay? 832 00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:56,160 But yes, y'all, nevertheless, 833 00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:59,280 I wish y'all nothing but peace and blessings, 834 00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:01,800 I thank y'all also very much for taking the time 835 00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:05,240 out y'all busy days to listen to me as well, 836 00:42:05,240 --> 00:42:07,960 like I really, really appreciate that, 837 00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:11,560 I really do, like that really touches me in so many ways, 838 00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:14,560 but yes, like I say all the time, 839 00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:16,400 I wish y'all nothing but peace and blessings, 840 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:18,600 stay hydrated and safe out here, 841 00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:21,880 cause it feels summertime, and baby, it's getting hot, 842 00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,920 it's hot, like, summer's not over till like, 843 00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:28,360 mid-September, so we gonna rock out, 844 00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:30,760 but we gonna rock out the safe way, okay? 845 00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:36,680 But yes, I cannot wait for you guys to hear my voice again, 846 00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:41,200 every Wednesday at the F530PM, 847 00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:46,480 and yes, as always, be safe, be blessed, 848 00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:51,000 and always, always be kind, 849 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:54,160 and live it up, cause it's summertime, baby, 850 00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:55,840 y'all do, y'all do, y'all do, you know? 851 00:42:57,040 --> 00:43:02,040 Yes, but I cannot wait for you guys to hear me again 852 00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:27,040 next week, bye!