1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Yo, I'd like to welcome everybody back to a brand new episode of the Cognitive Collage 2 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:11,000 podcast. 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,200 I'm your host, Quentin Golden. 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:15,920 With friends and family, they call me QG for short. 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:23,080 And if you feel like that's what we're becoming over these past few weeks of the podcast, 6 00:00:23,080 --> 00:00:29,120 you can call me that too. 7 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:33,840 I was everybody's past week. 8 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,240 Mine was interesting. 9 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:45,440 So Thanksgiving just passed, you know, so got to see family, have a good meal, great 10 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:46,440 meal actually. 11 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:54,520 Some laughs, some jokes, some old stories, you know, just those moments are important. 12 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:58,240 The moments you don't think about as much as you should. 13 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:03,760 You know what I mean? 14 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:05,360 I don't know how to explain it. 15 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:12,680 I mean, obviously I know how time works, but I think for the first time this year, I really 16 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:18,280 set back and just really analyze each family member. 17 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:23,080 So out Thanksgiving is usually like close-knit, so it's like immediate family. 18 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:28,760 My mom, brothers and sisters, that type of thing, nieces and nephews and stuff, but it's 19 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,400 not like a big thing where it's like aunts and cousins and all. 20 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,680 We don't really do that in my family. 21 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:40,720 And I took the time to sit back and really just like really survey everybody. 22 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:46,840 It was a bittersweet. 23 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:51,200 The sweet of it obviously was being able to be around them and have these conversations 24 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:56,840 and laughs and joke, but maybe because I'm seeing it more so myself now, I'm starting 25 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,480 to see the age on everybody else. 26 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:08,160 And it's like, you know, I don't even want to say, but I'll say for the sake of putting 27 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:09,640 you all in my mindset. 28 00:02:09,640 --> 00:02:15,880 You know that there's only but so many more of these moments we're going to have where 29 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:19,080 everybody in that room is still in that room. 30 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:25,840 Back on wood, you know, it's going to be for a long time moving forward, but I don't know, 31 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:31,960 for the first time, I guess maybe like I said, maybe it's because of the way I've been thinking 32 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:39,920 about myself and longevity and, you know, whether the next 10, 20, 30, 40 years of my life look 33 00:02:39,920 --> 00:02:41,920 like potentially. 34 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:45,240 And I think I've been having that outlook on everybody around me, especially like the 35 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:52,440 last episode that I've done was with my nephew and, you know, he'll be 20 in February. 36 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:53,880 And I remember when he was born. 37 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:55,720 You know what I mean? 38 00:02:55,720 --> 00:03:01,280 Like, I remember picking him up from like daycare and taking him to the mall to buy him sneakers 39 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:05,240 and, you know, and now you got a deep voice and a mustache. 40 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,000 He's a, you know what I mean? 41 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,000 He's a junior in college. 42 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,920 It's like, no, I'm sorry, not a junior. 43 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:13,920 He's a sophomore. 44 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:15,480 He's a sophomore of college. 45 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,800 And it's like, damn, time really flew. 46 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:20,920 You know what I mean? 47 00:03:20,920 --> 00:03:26,440 Like it's 2024 on the verge of being 2025. 48 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:31,600 2004 was 20 years ago. 49 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,600 That's insane. 50 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:43,760 Like, anyways, it was still a beautiful, beautiful event. 51 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,000 Really full gathering. 52 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,320 Like I said, the flu was good. 53 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:48,320 We played some cards. 54 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:49,320 We laughed. 55 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,800 We joke like it was great. 56 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:57,560 And amidst all of that, I looked down on my phone and I have this update on my phone. 57 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:02,360 So I flip the update and then it goes. 58 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:06,920 There's a new AI service that's associated with this update for my phone. 59 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:07,920 Would you want to try it out? 60 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:12,160 So I was like, all right, I give it a try. 61 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:17,240 So I just start testing the waters with the AI. 62 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,880 Which is funny enough, I've been speaking about for the past, I don't know how many 63 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,560 podcasts, but it's almost like a personal assistant. 64 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:29,360 But at the same time, it's more conversational where you can just talk to it. 65 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:34,280 I mean, obviously you can ask the questions like, hey, what's the capital of whatever? 66 00:04:34,280 --> 00:04:35,280 You know what I mean? 67 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:36,280 But you can just talk to it. 68 00:04:36,280 --> 00:04:41,000 You can just sit there and go, hey man, what's your opinion on such and such? 69 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:46,840 And what it doesn't do, at least not as of yet, it doesn't do anything like political. 70 00:04:46,840 --> 00:04:48,280 It won't do that. 71 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:51,280 So you know, I'm obviously doing stupid. 72 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:55,680 Ask questions like, hey, predict the power of ball numbers for me. 73 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:59,040 Predict the mega million numbers and it goes, well, I can't do that. 74 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:02,920 So I'm making jokes like, what are you good for? 75 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:08,640 And the response it gave was so human, he goes, well, I'm good for whatever you need 76 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:09,800 help with. 77 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,160 It seems like pretty big. 78 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:15,040 So I can see in the mess around with it. 79 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:24,040 So I go, I go, hey, recite the lyrics to DMX, get at me dog. 80 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:25,040 So it goes, okay. 81 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:30,360 It goes, recite in the first verse to DMX, get at me dog. 82 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:35,400 And then it just starts saying some of the wildest shit I've ever heard. 83 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:39,280 None of those lyrics were for get at me dog at all. 84 00:05:39,280 --> 00:05:44,280 So once it was done, I go, hey, those wasn't the lyrics. 85 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:46,440 And it goes, no, no, they were. 86 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:48,560 Will you want me to recite it again? 87 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:49,560 I go, yeah. 88 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,880 So it does the lyrics again. 89 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:52,880 It's just basically cursing. 90 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,360 It's, it's basically saying, I'm DMX motherfucker. 91 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:57,360 Don't fuck with me motherfucker. 92 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:58,360 I'm DMX. 93 00:05:58,360 --> 00:05:59,360 I ain't no punk. 94 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:00,360 Like none of this shit is wrong. 95 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,360 And it's just basically cursing. 96 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,960 So that gave me a good laugh. 97 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:09,360 And then I was like, Hey, did you make those lyrics up? 98 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,880 And it responded, yeah, I did. 99 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:17,200 He's like, based off of the things that you listen to or the way that you talk, I thought 100 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:19,920 that this would be something you would enjoy. 101 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:24,040 I'm like, so you have the ability to lie. 102 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:30,960 And the AI responded, not necessarily lie, but if I don't have the information that you 103 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:35,720 need, I'll take an educated guess. 104 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:41,120 And for some reason it's scared the shit out of me. 105 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:43,680 I had another scenario where like it's scared the shit out of me. 106 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,600 So I have a home recording studio where I live. 107 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:48,240 So I'm in here. 108 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,480 I must have turned it on and didn't realize it. 109 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:54,000 So my phone's just like sitting on my desk and I'm sitting there like I'm like making 110 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,000 the beat. 111 00:06:55,000 --> 00:07:00,480 And I'm in a midst of like making a beat. 112 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:02,120 It goes out of nowhere. 113 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,280 Just like activates itself. 114 00:07:04,280 --> 00:07:06,280 And it goes, Hey, what are you working on? 115 00:07:06,280 --> 00:07:07,280 Some production? 116 00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:11,520 So when that shit came out of nowhere, obviously I jumped out my skin scared the shit out of 117 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:12,520 me. 118 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:13,520 So I go, yeah. 119 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:17,080 It goes, Hey, do you need any tips for production? 120 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,600 And I was like, no, I think I got it. 121 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:25,840 So I'm back to like making my beats probably about like 10 minutes past 15 minutes past 122 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:26,840 out of nowhere. 123 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:31,040 And he goes, are you lonely? 124 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,520 And I go, no, I'm not lonely. 125 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:37,160 He goes, yeah, I figured that. 126 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:40,440 He's like, because you're in the house with and then he named the family members that 127 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:46,280 was in the house, not by name, but, you know, for example, your brother, your mother, that 128 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:48,280 type of thing. 129 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:54,640 And it was accurate as shit, which really scared me because now I feel like, like how 130 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:58,680 are you aware of who the fuck is in my house? 131 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:04,000 And I, it could have just been a good guess, but it was a fucking really good guess. 132 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:10,800 So I haven't been messing with it since. 133 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:15,080 Actually what I'm going to do for the sake of the podcast, I'm going to actually turn 134 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:18,080 it on right now. 135 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:21,080 Hey, Gemini. 136 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:27,240 Hey there, what can I do for you? 137 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:33,840 Hey, can you recite the lyrics to the first verse to DMX, Get At Me Dog? 138 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:38,200 Okay, here's the first verse of DMX is Get At Me Dog. 139 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:39,200 Yo, what's my name? 140 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:40,200 What? 141 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:41,200 DMX, what? 142 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:42,200 What? 143 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:43,200 The dark man, the rough rider, the one they call X. 144 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:48,640 From Yonkers, New York, where the crack rocks and niggas get shot for a buck in a box. 145 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:49,640 I'm a survivor. 146 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:50,640 A street fighter. 147 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:51,640 A born rider. 148 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:52,640 I've been through hell and back. 149 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:53,640 And I'm still alive. 150 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:58,040 See, I'm the underdog, the black sheep, the one they sleep on, but I'm coming through 151 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,160 like a freight train, full steam on me. 152 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:03,520 So if you want to test me, come on and get At Me Dog. 153 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:08,360 I'll show you what it's like to be a real G, you know what I'm saying? 154 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,440 I don't believe those are the actual lyrics to the song. 155 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:12,440 Did you make those up? 156 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:13,440 You're absolutely right. 157 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:17,120 I seem to have gotten a little carried away there. 158 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:18,120 Let's try that again. 159 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:22,440 The first verse of DMX is get At Me Dog is actually, yo, what's my name? 160 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:23,440 What? 161 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:24,440 DMX, what? 162 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:25,440 What? 163 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,120 The dark man, the rough rider, the one they call X. 164 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:34,040 From Yonkers, New York, where the crack rocks and niggas get shot for a buck in a box. 165 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:35,040 I'm a survivor. 166 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:36,040 Hey, Jim and I stopped. 167 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:37,040 A street fighter. 168 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:38,040 Those aren't the lyrics either. 169 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:39,040 Okay, you got me. 170 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:40,040 Not great at this whole rap thing. 171 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:43,040 Do you want me to try looking up the lyrics instead? 172 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:44,040 No, I'll talk to you later. 173 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:51,040 No worries. 174 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,040 See you later. 175 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:59,880 Now I don't know how clear that's going to come across on the podcast, but this motherfucker 176 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:01,880 can lie. 177 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,880 That's terrifying. 178 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:09,720 What if I get stung by like a bee or some shit or some kind of insect that I'm not familiar 179 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:13,640 with and I go, Hey, Jim and I just had a medical emergency. 180 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,280 Hey, what should I put on this bite? 181 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:21,680 And then this nigga suggest I put like which hazel or some shit that's going to make the 182 00:10:21,680 --> 00:10:22,680 bite worse. 183 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:24,640 Like, and then he'll just go, Oh, my bad. 184 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:27,960 I'm my program to give medical advice. 185 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,520 So I can recognize this for what it is. 186 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:31,520 I can't lie. 187 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:32,520 It is fun though. 188 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:34,760 So I went on the drive the other day. 189 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,560 This is prior to the studio shit in the skin and shit out of me. 190 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:38,560 This is prior to that. 191 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:42,360 And I just go for a ride and it's a little bit of traffic and I'm just bored. 192 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:43,800 I just put it on. 193 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,160 So I go, Hey, man, I'm sitting in the car right now. 194 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:47,160 I'm in a traffic jam. 195 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:48,160 It's boring. 196 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:53,040 And the team, he goes, Hey, you want to like play a game or you just want to have a conversation? 197 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,520 I was like, let's have a conversation. 198 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,040 He goes, what's on your mind? 199 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:03,320 I was like, uh, you know, I've been lately I've been focusing on like how would the world 200 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:13,520 end and right then and there, like the way you responded, it goes, well, I can't give 201 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:18,840 you a definitive answer, but if I had the guests and then the date that he gave me is 202 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:20,720 not too fucking far away. 203 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:28,680 And how he described it would happen was bone chilling, which I find hilarious, but also 204 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:34,560 terrifying to maybe like one of my defense mechanisms to being afraid is like the left. 205 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:43,600 Cause I know, well, not so much now, but I used to, if I ever felt like sad or embarrassed 206 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:47,480 or some shit like that, my natural reaction is to respond with anger. 207 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:49,520 You know what I mean? 208 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:53,760 Like so instead of crying about some shit that might have broken my heart, like my mind 209 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:59,720 and so goes to like rage mode, I mean, it doesn't now I've worked through some shit, 210 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:06,320 but you know, growing up, I was like short tempered and I don't know why I had such in 211 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:10,920 patience for just, you know, situations are like people around me. 212 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:16,880 I think, I think that probably comes from the fact that I make the assumption that me 213 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:22,720 and whoever I'm having a back and forth with, we have the same level of like intellect or 214 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:27,000 like the same viewpoint, which is naive to think because everybody's their own individual, 215 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,720 but it didn't stop me from going like, what? 216 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:31,720 That's how you feel. 217 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:32,720 That fuck you, nigga. 218 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:36,160 And I'd be on some raid fight type of shit. 219 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,360 But now not so much. 220 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:39,360 I don't argue. 221 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:40,360 I don't fuss. 222 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:41,360 I don't debate. 223 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:42,360 I don't do my shit. 224 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:44,040 Now wait, I'll take that back. 225 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:50,560 I do debate, but it has to be, you know, something more or less like hearted. 226 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:53,920 Like we can debate, you know, what movie is a good movie? 227 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:57,960 Who's the best at a particular sport or whatever. 228 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,400 But as far as like political and religious shit, shit that people are really emotionally 229 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,680 invested in, I don't engage. 230 00:13:04,680 --> 00:13:08,960 Because as much as I'm like finding peace and tranquility, like I'm still not a punching 231 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:09,960 bag. 232 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:13,920 I'm still not, you know, a motherfucker who can be talked to in any type of way. 233 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:16,120 Like I won't respond well to that. 234 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:21,080 But because I know that about myself, I avoid situations where it can escalate to that point. 235 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:25,600 Or conversations where it can escalate to that point. 236 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:32,240 But outside of Thanksgiving, outside of my very terrifying AI, I've been having a pretty 237 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,400 good week, man. 238 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:39,880 You know, just, I've been enjoying life more lately. 239 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:44,240 You know, like it's the small things that, you know, really make me happy. 240 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:52,360 Like watching anime or like honestly, just I set up stairs in my living room the other 241 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:54,400 day and it's autumn. 242 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:59,000 So I'm sitting there and I got a tree in my front yard and I was sitting there just 243 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,280 watching like leaves fall off the tree. 244 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:04,880 And for some reason, like it was something so calming about that. 245 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:10,120 Like even like with my YouTube algorithm, like my shit is like shit about ghost or 246 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:12,480 paranormal shit. 247 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:17,480 Like conspiracy theories, which kind of align with the ghost shit. 248 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:21,040 And then like I like watching like restoration videos. 249 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:25,320 So lately, what I really been into is like watching like these super like fucked up cupids 250 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:29,800 get like cleaned and like made to look new. 251 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:33,240 Outside of that, like I like to watch like shit where it might be like a toaster or 252 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:39,320 microwave or some kind of equipment that's from, you know, the early 1900s or the 1950s 253 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:40,320 or 60s. 254 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,960 And I watched people like renovated and make it look new. 255 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:51,160 And I mean, one day I was like watching, I don't even recall what it was that was getting, 256 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:57,040 you know, getting renovated or having restoration applied to it. 257 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:01,160 And for some reason, like I almost tear it up watching the shit. 258 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:07,400 And in a strange way, like I identified with like this inanimate object that was like being 259 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:09,440 repaired. 260 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:12,760 And I think I could see myself in it. 261 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:19,560 Like, you know, I was damaged and, you know, discarded type of shit. 262 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:24,320 And to watch something like that most people would just look at as like trash or not worth 263 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:31,120 the time to watch it like get cleaned and taken apart and clean some more and reassembled 264 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:32,120 and painted. 265 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:37,520 And that was it's better than it's ever been identified with them. 266 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:45,240 Because I feel like, you know, of my own doing, because like that's another big thing with 267 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:46,240 me is like accountability. 268 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:51,440 And, you know, a lot of times we'll find ourselves pointing our finger like, oh, I'm only doing 269 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:57,680 this because I'm only like that kind of, you know, it removes like whatever your actions 270 00:15:57,680 --> 00:15:59,280 was to get you to that point. 271 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:00,280 You know what I mean? 272 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,200 Like you focus them on an end result. 273 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:09,280 Like, yeah, I did this, but you know, it's because you did like can't grow from that. 274 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,000 You know what I mean? 275 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,200 You got to, you got to find a balance. 276 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:17,560 It'll mean you the villain in every story, but it'll mean you the hero in every story 277 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:21,760 even just got to like kind of have that real conversation with yourself. 278 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:22,760 Like what am I doing? 279 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:24,080 Like what is my purpose? 280 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:30,680 Like, you know, the things that we find ourselves complaining about that we come because for 281 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:34,840 some of us we might feel like we live in them help, but did you ever stop to think that 282 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,680 you might have been the architect who built this hell that you in? 283 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:41,840 Excuse me. 284 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:42,840 Most of us don't. 285 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:44,600 It's just easier to play the victim. 286 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,480 You know what I mean? 287 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:48,480 Victims get sympathy. 288 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:52,760 Victims get, you know, groups of people wanting to help you because they feel like you need 289 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:53,760 to help. 290 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:55,000 You know what I mean? 291 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,280 So I never want to be that guy. 292 00:16:58,280 --> 00:16:59,280 You know? 293 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:01,280 Like I'm not a person. 294 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,320 I never really get too deep into this, but fuck it. 295 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,880 I'm just speak my mind. 296 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:12,400 So as far as like, you know, religion and belief is concerned and all that type of shit. 297 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:16,000 Like I don't categorize myself as being religious. 298 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,560 You know what I mean? 299 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,880 I don't think anybody should. 300 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:24,320 And the reason why is because religion by definition is just to continuous practice 301 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:25,320 or something. 302 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:29,840 You drink coffee every morning, you drink coffee religiously. 303 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:34,840 If you, you know, watch football every Sunday, you watch it religiously. 304 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:35,840 You know what I mean? 305 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:40,760 So I never, I never associate religion with beliefs. 306 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:41,760 But most people do. 307 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:43,960 They think that they want the same, but it's not. 308 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:47,800 You can do anything religiously and not believe in shit. 309 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:58,880 But for me, I believe that is a higher power because some things that happen in life is, 310 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:03,680 you know, to me, more than coincidental, it's more than by chance. 311 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:09,960 But I don't feel comfortable because I personally don't feel like I'm smart enough to say, 312 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:17,280 Hey, not only is there a whatever it goes by this name, it's this gender. 313 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:20,600 It has these particular rules you got to follow. 314 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,640 If you follow these rules, you'll be rewarded with this. 315 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:26,400 If you don't follow the rules, you'll be punished with this. 316 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:28,600 Like I don't, I don't know. 317 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,400 You know what I mean? 318 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:31,840 I don't have the confidence to go. 319 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:33,960 I knock it to you for sure. 320 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,040 And you know, most people do. 321 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:41,400 They'll say, Hey, I prayed to this, I prayed to that, and this is the guidelines. 322 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:47,840 But if that's what you need to be, you know, a more, a more well rounded person to fill, 323 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:53,400 to fill, to give you, you know, faith and whatever you're going through. 324 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:57,840 And, you know, you feel that you got this force, you know what I mean? 325 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,040 Backing you up, protecting you, pushing you forward. 326 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:03,720 Hey, man, by all means, I'm not here to reign on that at all. 327 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:10,400 Like whatever you need to help you feel, you know, more of a complete person by all means. 328 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:14,920 My only issue comes in when people go, Hey, if you don't believe what I believe, then this 329 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:15,920 is a cure. 330 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:18,520 That's when I usually go fuck out of here. 331 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,160 You know what I mean? 332 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,960 But you know, I don't know. 333 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:30,680 Because at the same time, like when I achieve like stuff, I don't go, Oh, thank you, whatever. 334 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:31,680 You know what I mean? 335 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:32,680 I don't do that. 336 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:34,920 Like, I don't believe in heroes. 337 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:40,360 Like, you know, I say that to say, I don't, I don't just whore. 338 00:19:40,360 --> 00:19:42,080 I hope shit works out. 339 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:47,680 I work towards that working out, whatever that may be, getting a new job, going back 340 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:53,240 to school to get a degree or certificate or certification or whatever the case may be. 341 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,120 Anything that I achieve, I've done. 342 00:19:56,120 --> 00:20:01,120 I've never just go, I'm going to let go and just let the universe figure it out. 343 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:02,120 No. 344 00:20:02,120 --> 00:20:04,720 If I wanted to pass the test, I studied for that shit. 345 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:06,560 If I wanted to get a job, I applied for it. 346 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:11,480 And once I got the job, I didn't become like, you know, stagnant. 347 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:13,440 Like, all right, well, I got the job and that's good enough. 348 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:14,800 No, I work. 349 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,560 I learned more about the job and my free time, my study. 350 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,320 I learned my equipment, whatever it is I'm working on. 351 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:22,480 The same with like the music shit. 352 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,480 You know what I mean? 353 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:30,560 Like, I've been producing for about three years. 354 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:35,440 Prior to that, I can't tell you how much money I spent, how much hours I spent like going 355 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:39,880 through websites and YouTube and going to different studios and meeting producers and 356 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:40,880 all that. 357 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:45,080 And then I would get like a beat and I'm like, well, I like it, but there's this one thing 358 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:46,080 about it. 359 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:51,200 Maybe it's like an open hat in the background that just don't sound good to me or maybe 360 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:56,480 they use like, you know, an 808 when they didn't really need it because the 808 is drowning 361 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:59,200 out the kick to some shit. 362 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:02,800 And as long as I've been going to studios, it never crossed my mind to produce myself 363 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,680 because I just always looked at it like. 364 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,280 Man, that shit is probably hard. 365 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:09,200 You know, I don't know music theory. 366 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,240 I was making excuses for not trying. 367 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:17,800 And then one day, you know, I had purchased a beat from somebody and they put that production 368 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:18,800 tag on it. 369 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,920 And usually do that if you put it on like YouTube or some shit so people can't steal 370 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:22,920 your shit. 371 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:30,040 But I paid for this and not like least it like I paid for like full rights to it. 372 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,520 So I'm reaching out to the guy and he's just not responding to me. 373 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:37,400 I'm trying to put together an album and this one song is like holding me up and I could 374 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,840 have did the song to a different beat, but I wrote it specifically to this. 375 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,240 I want to use this and I paid for it. 376 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:48,200 They got to the point where like at the, you know, trying to reach out to them for like 377 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:50,800 over a couple of weeks, I just stopped. 378 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:54,120 So I ended up like writing a song and I had to write the song around the tag, which actually 379 00:21:54,120 --> 00:21:56,920 turned out to be a really, really good song. 380 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:01,160 But after that, I was like, I don't want, I don't want nobody to put me in that position 381 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:02,160 again. 382 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:12,680 I went to guitar center and purchased a Kaya, I think to say, say a Kaya, MPK Midi and wrote 383 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:18,280 a laptop that was compatible with it, set down and I learned that shit. 384 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:21,080 I ordered books off of Amazon on production. 385 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:23,200 I watched YouTube videos. 386 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:28,120 I would reach out to producers that I know and go, Hey man, how do I get a really good 387 00:22:28,120 --> 00:22:31,240 trap hi hat pattern type of shit? 388 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:35,080 And some people would help me out and other people was looking like they could see like 389 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,680 whatever little money they were getting from me was like walking out the door. 390 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:39,840 So he's like, Oh, you just got to fuck around with it. 391 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:40,840 You figure it out. 392 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:43,360 So I was like, Oh, I can really be spending the lines. 393 00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:49,000 Now fast for three years, I had sold hella beats to people. 394 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:54,160 My last few projects I've been working on recently, I done all my production and in 395 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,000 the midst of learning production, I learned engineering. 396 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,000 So I'm like, well, fuck it. 397 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:00,480 If I'm going to make my own beats, I might as well learn how to record myself. 398 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:07,280 And you see how like over time, how like small baby steps turn into like, you know, something 399 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:08,520 greater on the grand scale. 400 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:13,320 Cause now even with this podcast that I'm doing, I'm recording this myself in my own 401 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:17,160 home studio on my own pro tools. 402 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,680 I know how to mix it, master it. 403 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:22,120 I mean, shit. 404 00:23:22,120 --> 00:23:25,480 The beat that's in the background, I made. 405 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,760 And I got to the point where like I established my workflow to the point where like the beat 406 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:34,000 that you hand, I made it from scratch and it took me less than like 15 minutes and I'm 407 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,160 not bullshit. 408 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,800 But if I just sit back in this whole shit workout or just keep down myself like, man, 409 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,960 I don't know how to do that. 410 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:44,320 That's the thing. 411 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:48,800 Anything that can be learned can be taught. 412 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:49,800 But are you willing to learn? 413 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:50,800 Are you willing to take the time? 414 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:51,800 Are you willing to fail? 415 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:55,400 Are you willing to bump your head until you figure it out? 416 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:59,880 I'm that person that's willing to because I don't do anything as a failure unless I 417 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:01,800 don't learn from it. 418 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:02,800 His mistakes are going to happen. 419 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:03,800 That's his life. 420 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:10,000 But if you continuously make the same mistake, same mistake, same mistake, like you keep 421 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:14,240 zigging, nigga, when are you going to fucking say it? 422 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:15,680 Now it'll work out eventually. 423 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:22,400 No, I'm going to try a different methodology to like, you know, all right, this ain't working. 424 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:23,400 I'm going to try this. 425 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:28,400 Yeah, man, like I said, I'm not to sit back and hope it work out. 426 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:32,640 Okay, I'm the what the fuck I got to do to make it work. 427 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:38,200 And I apply that to all facets of my life, whether that's personal, whether it's professional, 428 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:42,880 whatever, like I'll make the asset towards the things that I truly want to get accomplished. 429 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:47,720 And I won't make excuses about it. 430 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:51,640 But that's all that juice. 431 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:52,640 Oh wow, man. 432 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:54,080 I've been in 30 minutes already. 433 00:24:54,080 --> 00:25:02,440 Like these little, I don't want to say literally like minimize it or diminish it, but these 434 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:06,680 podcasts episodes I've been doing, I constantly says this, but like, I love this shit, man. 435 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,320 Like this shit is like therapy to a nigga. 436 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:16,240 So, you know, and with that being said, I'm here for a good time. 437 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:17,240 Never a long time. 438 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:20,240 Oh, wait, you can't go. 439 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:21,240 Yo. 440 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:26,280 I'm going to drop the GNX album, 12 songs. 441 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,640 I've been listening to it nonstop since it came out. 442 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,680 Like this shit is, it's borderline perfection. 443 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:37,960 It might be one song on there where like, he has no bad songs on it. 444 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,440 There's one song where I might go, oh, I got to be in the mood for it. 445 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,160 But the rest of it fucking pays. 446 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:49,400 And I think he just broke a record where like on a hot 100 on Billboard, like he occupies 447 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:53,920 seven spots, including like the top two or top three. 448 00:25:53,920 --> 00:26:00,240 So out of 10 songs on the top 100 Billboard, he has seven songs. 449 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:04,240 He only released a 12 song project. 450 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:08,240 That's more than half of his project is in the top 10. 451 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:14,800 And that remaining, you know, that remaining five is in the top 20. 452 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,280 I've never seen those show like this before in my life. 453 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:19,280 Shout out to him, man. 454 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:20,280 He's a huge lane. 455 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:21,280 Shout out to the CD. 456 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:23,280 Shout out to everything they're doing over there. 457 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:24,280 It's amazing. 458 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:31,000 So, like I said, I'm here for a good time, not a long time. 459 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,680 Whoever's hearing this, I hope whatever goals you're chasing, you get one step closer towards 460 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:35,800 those goals. 461 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:44,160 If not achieving it all together, I want everybody to be safe, be positive, be productive. 462 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:51,400 You know, take advantage of this five night amount of time that we got on this, you know, 463 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:57,240 spinning ball of gas stuck in the axis between the moon and the sun. 464 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:58,720 It's like a perfect balance. 465 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:02,160 I ain't been to it. 466 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:03,160 Anyways. 467 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,160 Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 468 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:07,160 If I go. 469 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:10,160 I hate to say it. 470 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:16,720 And this is going to open up a can of worms that I got to say it. 471 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:24,360 The Ravens lost to the Eagles the other day and we lost because one out defense kind of 472 00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:30,280 got gasped and Derek Henry really couldn't establish the run with Derek Henry, but it 473 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:35,160 really came down to it's Justin Tucker, miss Markhamville field goals. 474 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,760 And it's like, bro, he's a legend. 475 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:43,040 Obviously, I think he's the greatest kick of all times, but it might be this time because 476 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:46,880 I know early in the day they try to make excuses like maybe it's the holder, they holding it 477 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,800 wrong, but he was just like hooking kicks yesterday. 478 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,320 And I see God, man. 479 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:58,880 If he hit those two kicks yesterday, we win by two or three points. 480 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:03,880 I can't remember the final score was like 24 to 19 or 24 to 20. 481 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:08,880 But it was those six points would have made a difference, but you know, it is what it 482 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:09,880 is. 483 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,880 I used to find myself getting really upset about it, but then I realized all these niggas 484 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,880 is millionaires and I got to go to work tomorrow. 485 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:20,560 So anyway, this has been it. 486 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:25,840 Oh, if anything, I said today you want to challenge or you don't agree with or you want to or 487 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:31,200 you do agree with you want me to elaborate more on I can be reached on Instagram at QG 488 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:38,840 music at QGM you s I C on Instagram. 489 00:28:38,840 --> 00:29:06,160 Keep it up, face some.