Berry Gordy Checks Smokey Robinson Moment - Episode 102

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what's going on what's going on what is going

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on what's going on what's going on everybody

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not just music podcast world what is going on

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let's talk about something i ran across a video

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the other day of smoky When I say Smokey, I mean

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Smokey Robinson. This is considerably one of

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the most pinnacle songwriters of our history.

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One of the biggest things I'm endeared to was

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he spoke on a time when him and Barry Gordy were

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in the studio. Smokey came to the studio. And

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again, let me say this one more time. Let me

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back up. Let me back up. Let me back up. This

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is on a podcast with Tank. And I forget the other

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guy's name. I think it's Valentine. They sat

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down with Smokey. And one of the biggest things

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that I appreciated about this conversation was

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one. It's rare you get to sit down with somebody

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that is in who has history. It's not just like

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one of those situations where you just get in

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just like any random individual. You know, it's

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more so something that way you can tie into where

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it's something that's believable because, you

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know, they they have done it. But again. they

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asked I'm guessing it was a question that was

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asked you know about the process or whatever

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but he spoke on a time where him and Barry Gordy

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he got to the studio and Barry Gordy noticed

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that Smokey's vibes were off you know it wasn't

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right you know and Barry Gordy is probably one

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of the biggest producers of our time As well.

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This is black history too. He told Smokey that.

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What's wrong? What's going on? Something's up.

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And he called him out on it. Basically he was

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telling him. That he had bad energy. Bad energy.

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And brought that to the studio. He told Smokey.

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He needed to leave. And he told me, you know,

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I mean, you know, you're my friend and I understand

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and I feel you, you know, at the same time, even

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if you do or don't say anything, I feel that

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the vibes are off. And one of the biggest things

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I see, like fast forwarding into 2025, a lot

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of people have gotten to the point where. You

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don't go to studio sessions and you find yourself

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at home. You know, you find yourself recording.

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You know, you might have a studio of your own.

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You're in a room by yourself. But it's one thing

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I want you to remember, especially when it comes

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to your music or your art or whatever it is,

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your content creation and everything to that

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nature. If it if it runs you by yourself. please

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be sure to always find you one person that you

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can pass the ball to and you can let them see

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it or hear it and say this makes sense or this

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doesn't make sense or somebody to at least check

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you for your as they say a vibe check you need

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somebody to have you need Somebody to have your

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back when it comes to a vibe check. You can't

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just leave these little things on the table when

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it comes to putting out content to where somebody

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can hear you and feel you. Take what you say

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into consideration. You just cannot just be basic.

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You have to really bring it to the table. So

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when you sit down in front of a mic, when you

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sit down in front of a camera, when you sit down

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in front of a canvas and it's time to paint or

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whatever it is that you're doing, make sure that

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you're, I mean, if nothing else, if your vibes

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are off, make sure that you find a way to make

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it clear. Bad head space. and bad energy is not

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a place to be creative I don't care how people

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say oh I've created some things when I was really

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mad but even if you were really mad in that moment

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you had to have a point of clarity to be able

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to push out what it is that you needed to push

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out it won't be confused because sometimes people

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can will get confused because there's a line

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where you're trying to put out something That

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makes sense. But are you really making sense

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or are you just really just rattling? Rattling

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off and you're just saying a whole bunch of things.

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You can hear it in music. You can hear it. I

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mean, you can hear it, see it in people's writing.

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When somebody sends you a text. Some people sometimes

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take text messages wrong just by how they perceive

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and how they might have thought it was just by

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just looking at the words. That's why you have

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to be careful when you send text messages sometimes.

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So people won't catch the wrong idea. And there's

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this thing of saying, oh, you said this to me

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and I felt a certain way. No, this is why it's

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good to be in person with people. This is why

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it's good. I'm glad that was a Black History

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Moment to share because, again, you take somebody

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like Smokey Robinson, some of the biggest hits

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he's written out here. But you realize that somebody

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had to check him at some point and tell him something

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at some point to say, hey, you ain't on point,

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bro. Like something ain't right. I'm trying to

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figure it out. You know, we're everything we

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need to be. But at the same time, we have to

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put out stuff that's vibrant, that makes sense,

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you know, that's clear. a song that promotes

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some type of negativity at the same time there's

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a point of clarity there you have to have to

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present it so again before i move into the next

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part you know i'm i'm trying to get to a point

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where i'm starting to like point out points to

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why we create music still and i'm not even talking

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about in the sense of ai i'm talking about like

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real life sit down moments where you're in a

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room in a room that's empty where you can't even

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express anything to anybody you don't get a chance

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to so with the music that I've been creating

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lately especially the ones that I'm about to

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start pointing out in this video you have to

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understand sometimes you have to connect with

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people to get an idea this song was created from

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an idea that somebody else handed to me And I

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went from there and started building this. So

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for what you've been hearing over the past few

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weeks in these pods is the fact that I'm putting

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out energy that was given to me. And I'm just

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taking this and moving it to the next level.

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You feel me? So again, what I'm showing, what

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I'm about to show you is all given from somebody

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else given to me. To create for him in the sense

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of what the energy he needs. So when it all comes

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together, it is understood. This is this has

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to be a story to something so y 'all can understand.

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It's not just like this wasn't just like a basic

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idea. It was given. So let's get into that. What's

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going on real quick? If you're seeing this video.

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video, please. And thank you. I'll see y 'all

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next week. Not Just Music Podcast out.