NJMP History Of Recording

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What's going on good people not just needs a

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podcast in a building another day How's everything

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going on that end of the world sir What's happening

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man? What's happening bless bless man? How you

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doing, bro? Good good good. I Have one thing.

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I just want to talk about real quick y 'all It's

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not gonna be long get out the way it is to get

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this off my brain enough out of my out of my

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sight I've seen a couple I've actually heard

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a few audio situations containing and pertaining

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to the situation with how we understand the business

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to be as far as when it becomes independent in

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a very strange way. for those who are coming

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in and for those who are and have been here,

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right? So I wanna ask a question here shortly,

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but I'm gonna just give an example of what I

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mean by this. So you may have a common artist

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who, let's just say I'm 17 years old. I'm just

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not starting music. I got an idea of what I think

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I want to be, you know, just the idea, right?

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I get going, you know, and, you know, I find

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out that first off, I don't understand anything

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about recording music. I don't understand anything

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about mixing and mastering. I don't understand

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any of that, right? Only thing I know is, is

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I've heard a finished product and I know that

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I love the way that it sounds. And I've seen,

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you know, all of these rappers, all of these

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singers, all of these entertainers, you know,

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they look wonderful. You know, they have on these

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nice clothes, these nicer blah, blah, blah, blah.

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Then you have some instances of this where, you

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know, the realness starts to set in when the

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work starts to take place. So you find out and

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you figure out these things that you need to

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get to that. Finished piece it kind of changes

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the course of things right now Now things have

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changed as I say how recording process has changed

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over the years Now it's become slightly easier

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But with that slightly easier, there's one big

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roadblock that gets you in a place Where it can

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be, you know mentally draining and that is the

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business part. But there's a lot of pieces of

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the business part that go along with this. Now,

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this is not gonna be like a one, we ain't talking

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about just one piece of the business part, but

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there's a lot of pieces of the business part

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that, you know, make this a very big picture.

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And these conversations need to be had more.

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And I see that there's a dream and there's also

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a reality. So reality, let me ask you. Reality

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tells you, and then reality has set in with you.

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I asked you a couple of podcasts ago about the

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situation where, you know, do you have a producer

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on hand? Do you have such on hand, blah, blah,

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blah, right? Okay, now we're past that point

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now, right? Now, to be in this music thing, we

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love music or we... Just like it Do you feel

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that the independent artist is Supposed to be

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respected more or do you still rely on? How good

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music really should be is my first question.

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Let me ask that do you do you still feel that

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there's a That you still have to be good at doing

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this now. You just can't be just some Any old

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thing as music or do you feel that this you have

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to be good? I'm gonna give you my I can't speak

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for everybody. I'm gonna give you my take So

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so when I started music I didn't know none of

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like I didn't really know nothing about music

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I was going in all I knew is I knew how to write

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I like but the structuring of the song I had

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to kind of like flow with that learn that on

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my own Like the producer that I worked with,

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beats were nice, but the mixing mastering of

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my songs wasn't that good, but they were still

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good quality. So I had to learn a lot as I went

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on, you know what I'm saying? Like as I grew.

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So I understand that part. A lot of people that

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get into it, artists that get into it, you're

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going to make some mistakes in the beginning.

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You know what I'm saying? Like the best way that

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I learned was trial and error. That was my case.

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I can understand artists that go through that,

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because when you really don't have anybody teaching

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you the game, that's the only way you're going

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to learn is just to do it. And just so happened,

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I remember I told you I was going and having

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fun. It was something I love to do. So when you're

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going in there doing it for fun, you're not really

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thinking about the business for one. You're not

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thinking about after you release that song, the

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work is going to be. Put it had to be put into

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it when you first start out You're not even really

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thinking about the Sun you going in there just

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Recording rapping singing doing your best ability

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and leaving it to the producers not knowing what

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to hear what you need to hear What it should

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sound like this and it that was my case in the

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beginning. Um so one thing that I did I got a

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song called learn song and this was like my change

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with uh pressing blackwell like when I recorded

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learn song he actually recorded it because prior

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to that song it was more like a lot of for the

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girl music for the you know i'm saying the swag

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lifestyle that I was living and stuff like that

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but learn song is kind of like a gospel uh positive

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route you know reality route real music which

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with Define me who I am now as an artist and

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entertainer and as a man period, you know I'm

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saying so I say all that to say when you start

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out in this game like you gonna have some trials

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and errors in the beginning know I'm saying but

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my case Experience was the best lesson But like

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you said things have changed and you have people

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more advanced producers more advanced. It's 2026

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I was talking about 2015, 2014, when I was doing,

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you know what I'm saying? So from 2014 to 2026,

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things have changed. You know what I'm saying?

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Music has changed. Producers have changed. So

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it's more help out there now. You know what I'm

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saying? I know we always used to say, because

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I'm a 90s baby, but you always tell me, boy,

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y 'all got it easy. You know what I'm saying?

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Y 'all had it. Y 'all got it easy compared to

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the 90s and the 80s. You know what I'm saying?

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Y 'all, you know what I'm saying? And I'm looking

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at this generation, like, y 'all got way more

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help than we did. Like, you know, them 90s babies,

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you know, and producers that's really understanding

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and wanting to work with you, you know, and the

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whole team. So most of us, I had to, they put

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me out there to swim. You know, first thing.

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And the day it is. See, this is the part, right?

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There's a story behind every artist. And I had

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a talk with my cousin. Maybe, I think we stayed

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on the phone about an hour and 20 minutes. Not

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too long. Not too long before we got going. And

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one thing, we talked about is the artistry as

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a whole, you know? What you just explained to

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me is a very big piece of music. And I felt that

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was important. I felt that was important. That's

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why I started out saying I wanted to use my experience.

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Everybody has an experience with music and that

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in itself is why there's only less than one percentile

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considerably that's considered great at music

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because the detail that is behind it. Now, I

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was basically asking, you have a singer, right?

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Or you have a rapper. You answered this question

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slightly last time, but I'm gonna ask it a little

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differently. How good is music supposed to be

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in your mind, in your feelings, in your opinion?

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What is it about a hit song? What is gonna be

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considered a hit song to you? Because I wanna

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break down the different aspects of why some

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songs actually become hit songs. and why the

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songs that we may feel as artists should be a

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hit song. Because there's different opinions

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that come along. So what is your opinion on the

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song that makes it a hit? Well, OK, for one,

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going back to what I said, I think a lot of...

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I ain't going to say I got a lot of bad songs.

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No, I ain't going to say that. I'll say some

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of the bad songs that I have Made me understand

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a great song that I make now that I in my catalog

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like you can tell the production For example,

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you can tell the slack of production on one song

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that could have been better not saying it's horrible

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But could have been better or the vocals could

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have been louder or this or that, you know I'm

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saying that's that's experience. So that's one

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way I know I got a hit on my hand from experience

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what I know what I've heard from then to now,

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you know what I'm saying? You gotta be a fan

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of your own music. You gotta have an ear for

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your own music. For two, if it's something, be

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your biggest fan. Like if it's something that

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you can sing all the time, you singing it, you

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singing your song all the time, it's a hit. Like

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a lot of my songs... I rap on my single my word

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for word like you you notice like even when I

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perform I don't need no backtracks like take

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that backtrack Oh, I'm a word this out word for

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word like let y 'all feel this cuz I feel it

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So you got to feel your own music when you feel

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it, you know, it's a hit No, I'm saying be a

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fan of your own music You know if you're not

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a fan of it If you ain't rocking with it like

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you singing these other rapper songs or these

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other single song. It ain't a hit most likely

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I'ma just be honest like you got to feel it.

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It's something you got to feel in you like oh,

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yeah this that one like when we made panic me

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and you I Knew it was the one I was like all

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this gonna be the hit remember I was in the studio

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saying it I don't care like it's gonna be it

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and I will vibe into it and look what you know

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Perform that song in Africa and everything Africa

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was dealing with it all it round globally so

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you got to be a fan of your own music and I think

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after that, the reception of what, you know,

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what people get from it is what you feel. Firstly,

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I feel and how how you back that record and promote

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that record, because if you believe in that records,

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you're going to promote it to the best ability

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that you can, which will help the audience and

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them love it. You know what I'm saying? And this

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is this is the piece right here where I think

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a lot of underprivileged and maybe inexperienced

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artists have a delusion. Let me give you the

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reason of what he just basically handed down.

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And this is why you can't... Let me make the

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team make sense now. Having a team has to be

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implemented in your independent life in some

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kind of manner. It doesn't, your independency

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of what you're trying to do. And this is like

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basically what I was getting to in the beginning.

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You can crash out easily. You will... get to

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a point where you cannot do it anymore because

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due to all of what is going on and the reason

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why I wanted him to cue to talk about a few things

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was just so you can hear a story of somebody

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that's actually been or has been doing it. So

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there are things and I'm going to be open to

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actually have a few people that I want to actually,

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and this is something that I really should do.

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I really want to ask a couple other individuals

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to come and talk on this too, because I don't

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want these stories to like really not be heard.

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I think we don't hear enough of the background

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of an independent artist. So, let me, let me,

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let me, Can I add this in? Can I add this in?

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A lot of the songs, a lot of my older songs,

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man, a lot of people love my older songs more

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than I love, you know what I'm saying? They'll

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go back and listen to my older songs and be like,

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oh, that's hot. Like the very first song I did

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was a song called First Time. They love that

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song. It's a party song. This can be your first

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time, your first time. Like, you know, first

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song I ever recorded and people love that song,

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man. But when I was going in, I was just having

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fun. And that's what I stated on previous episode

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like you got to have fun doing it too because

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music is is weird man like at one minute that

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song might not be hot then You never know a season

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might come and it just that's the that's what

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they want to hear That's the song type of song

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they want to hear You know I'm saying so I will

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add this in be you be original be organic stop

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trying to do what Everybody else is doing at

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that time stick to who you are and what you believe

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in Because it's gonna be a time and a place for

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everybody everybody got a time and a place for

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everything Long as you play your position is

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and play your role I feel and that's all that's

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what I've done since I started since I got you

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know got into this game of entertainment period

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just remain being Quincy Murdock and Whatever

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came to me came to me was a blessing. You know

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I'm saying And that's how I look at it. Like

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if it was meant for me, I got it. And I'm still

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growing. So it ain't over here. I ain't talking

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like it's over. But yeah, I'm sorry. I wanted

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to add that in. What's going on? It's your boy,

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roads to success is not based on just the music

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alone. I don't think any situation of song is

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promised any glorious road. I mean, you have

00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:42.160
people who are consuming it are the ones who

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really are going to make the song be what it

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is. So as far as. What I see songs, you know,

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to be. You have to take an idea. And. Run it

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in a direction, even if it's not a thing of saying

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like, you know, it will be a hit immediately.

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But the case of every song has its place. If

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it's done correctly, it will have its. Don't

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never take your song to just one individual.

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Never do that. Make sure it touches as many hands

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as possible. Make sure it gets as many yeses

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and nos as possible. Cause see, this is the case

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with music. There are a lot of yeses. There are

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a lot of nos. And honestly, it probably would

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be more nos. than anything. And I'm gonna give

00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:47.940
you an example of what I mean by that. Short

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hand. And we were talking about this to Motown,

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you got people like Berry Gordy, right? Every

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group that Berry Gordy had wasn't a hit. Every

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songwriter that Berry Gordy had possession of

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or hands on with wasn't a hit writer. Every producer,

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I mean, every song that the band created and

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everything was come together and finished, it

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wasn't always a hit. But one thing that he did

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have is the work ethic That's what you cannot

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buy You cannot buy work ethic work ethic. We've

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talked about this many times And it's hard to

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do and it's hard to do it when you don't see

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the results That's another podcast. Don't even,

00:19:37.829 --> 00:19:40.490
don't even, I already had, don't, don't, don't,

00:19:40.490 --> 00:19:44.630
don't. I say that'd be another time. You can't,

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you can't, you can't. The position of, the position

00:19:49.890 --> 00:19:53.730
of what you get to is you can work yourself into

00:19:53.730 --> 00:19:56.470
a point where you get to failure and you feel

00:19:56.470 --> 00:19:59.920
like you're a failure, but. understanding when

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:02.640
you get to that point is a whole different conversation

00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:06.440
that we gotta have. But as of today, understanding

00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:10.460
that that part where you're feeling like, oh

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:12.539
yeah, yeah, this is it, this the one. That's

00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:16.420
what you're supposed to feel. But there's a point

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in there though, where pieces of it, like he

00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:23.960
just said, where the no's come in and the ones

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that are like, okay, well. No, you know, yeah,

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we don't understand this. We don't understand

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that music. That part. I'm dealt with it. That's

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the part. That's the part. That's the parts that

00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:40.400
can considerably tear everything apart. But we'll

00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:42.740
talk about that next time. Now, knowing knowing

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what we're talking about, I'm just basically

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:51.960
giving pieces of the what is going on with music

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and. how history took it in. You mean, look at

00:20:55.049 --> 00:20:57.809
all these producers from our history. You know,

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Prince, not every song Prince made was a hit.

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Not every song that Teddy Riley was dealing with

00:21:03.670 --> 00:21:07.049
with artists was a hit. Not all of these, you

00:21:07.049 --> 00:21:10.089
know, Tank, let's even bring, you talking about

00:21:10.089 --> 00:21:12.710
Tank. Not every song that Art Kelly had was a

00:21:12.710 --> 00:21:14.990
hit. Come on, let's get, let's get even more

00:21:14.990 --> 00:21:18.230
modern. You got people, producers now putting

00:21:18.230 --> 00:21:21.250
out music. Metro Boomer, not every song he puts

00:21:21.250 --> 00:21:24.230
out as a hit. 21 Savage, I mean he's the rapper

00:21:24.230 --> 00:21:26.890
but not every song he puts out is a hit. Zay

00:21:26.890 --> 00:21:29.650
Tovin, not every song he's gonna put out is a

00:21:29.650 --> 00:21:33.109
hit. My boy Future. Future. Future. Not every

00:21:33.109 --> 00:21:35.210
song. That's my boy though. Future. But look

00:21:35.210 --> 00:21:38.250
at the work ethic. They keep going. That's what

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I'm saying. The work ethic that these fools got.

00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:45.220
is undeniable. They don't get paid to keep going.

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They get paid to do shows. They get paid from

00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:51.099
royalties. Yeah, but they don't get paid for

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:54.319
the work ethic. The work ethic? Man, look, the

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:57.660
biggest part of this, what we have to understand.

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Motivational, man. You have to have work. Ethic

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:05.980
it will not just drop in your lap. So if you're

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:09.940
in if you're in the position right now and You're

00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:11.619
like thinking like yeah, man. I'm ready to get

00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:13.279
going this music ready to go with this music

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Remember don't come in this for likes don't come

00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:18.480
in this for money Don't come in this for any

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:20.519
other if you're not coming in this for the love

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:22.559
of it And I'm gonna be honest to this is something

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:26.380
else my cousin said the music will know when

00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:30.430
you're not genuine the music will know when you're

00:22:30.430 --> 00:22:33.230
not genuine. Meaning the music is not going to

00:22:33.230 --> 00:22:36.009
reward you if the music ain't coming from a genuine

00:22:36.009 --> 00:22:38.049
place. So if you're looking to just jump in this

00:22:38.049 --> 00:22:40.869
for the music and for the fame, guess what? The

00:22:40.869 --> 00:22:42.630
music is going to beat you up before you even

00:22:42.630 --> 00:22:44.789
get to that point. Excuse my language. That's

00:22:44.789 --> 00:22:46.690
why I always tell you, I stay my ass out the

00:22:46.690 --> 00:22:51.230
studio until I'm ready. Listen, I stay my ass

00:22:51.230 --> 00:22:53.789
out the studio until I'm ready. Because like

00:22:53.789 --> 00:22:56.470
I say, I don't believe, like you say, work ethic,

00:22:56.509 --> 00:22:59.529
yeah. Mm -hmm. We want to push that have a strong

00:22:59.529 --> 00:23:02.950
work ethic, but have a good quality mindset to

00:23:02.950 --> 00:23:06.430
know that you want just put Just anything out

00:23:06.430 --> 00:23:09.029
there like have a work ethic. I had a quality

00:23:09.029 --> 00:23:11.509
behind it, too You know I'm saying don't go in

00:23:11.509 --> 00:23:14.410
there half -stepping go in there thinking. Nah,

00:23:14.509 --> 00:23:16.589
this is it That's how I've always felt about

00:23:16.589 --> 00:23:20.029
all my songs like Hey, it might not been it to

00:23:20.029 --> 00:23:22.109
them, but it was it to me. You know I'm saying

00:23:22.109 --> 00:23:25.369
this was it. Hey, that's how you got feel and

00:23:25.369 --> 00:23:28.069
you don't feel that fit how that feeling You

00:23:28.069 --> 00:23:29.710
slacking. You ain't doing something right. Strike

00:23:29.710 --> 00:23:34.269
while the iron is hot. Again, don't do it off

00:23:34.269 --> 00:23:38.029
of just your ego. Strike when the iron is hot.

00:23:38.069 --> 00:23:41.069
That's basically when you do it. Don't be a dummy.

00:23:41.450 --> 00:23:44.190
Again, don't be a dummy to none of this. The

00:23:44.190 --> 00:23:46.410
music will beat you every single time. The music

00:23:46.410 --> 00:23:50.029
is going to win. We'll never be able to conquer

00:23:50.029 --> 00:23:53.650
music. So the only thing we can do is conquer

00:23:53.650 --> 00:23:57.069
the things that it takes to create it. And get

00:23:57.069 --> 00:24:00.069
it to the people but the music is still going

00:24:00.069 --> 00:24:03.269
to be the the one who wins in the end So basically

00:24:03.269 --> 00:24:06.049
it again if it ain't if it's trash like you said

00:24:06.049 --> 00:24:08.890
in the beginning if your music if you know You'll

00:24:08.890 --> 00:24:10.829
know the difference between trash and you'll

00:24:10.829 --> 00:24:13.920
know the difference between good as you're starting

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:17.140
to process music and listen to it and, you know,

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:19.240
sit around and let me say this, it ain't, it

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:21.200
ain't, it ain't necessary gotta be trash. It

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:23.420
could be just, it could be a slight off. It could

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:27.819
be slightly off. Yeah. Yeah. You would know you,

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:29.900
that's why I said you, you might've had some

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:32.700
great songs. Like you say it might have been

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:34.900
something out on your end like production or

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:37.119
something like, you know You might the beat could

00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:39.799
have been a little this or that This could have

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:42.539
been turned up a little nicer this and that like

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:45.519
it was still a nice song But it's still when

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:48.619
you get that great song you gonna know the difference

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:50.799
You know I'm saying when you get that we get

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:53.720
that hit and that's what I was saying I don't

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:56.819
feel like I have a bad song. I have some songs

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:59.759
that could have been better But I don't feel

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:02.619
like they're horrible songs, you know I'm saying

00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:05.180
not on my end because I came with it all the

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:08.240
time And that's what you want to do as an artist

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:11.720
leave it all on the field We don't leave nothing

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:14.920
behind leave it all in the studio in this turn

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:17.859
Leave it all in the studio and lead a studio

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:21.900
knowing you did your part as an artist Can't

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:24.559
control what everybody else do you did your part

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:26.940
and that's all you can do. You know I'm saying

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:30.119
But still have that ear man, you know and be

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:33.420
involved in your music also and tell these producers

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:35.680
what you want And you know saying that's what

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:38.220
I that's what I do now back then I didn't do

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:40.640
that now I do it, you know I'm saying when I

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:44.180
got advanced, but yeah, I'm sorry man. We could

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:48.680
talk all day about this man. I'm sorry man. We

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:55.039
Remember to get help don't ever That's what the

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:58.839
leading part to being great is getting help,

00:25:58.920 --> 00:26:01.380
and you're not going to be great by yourself.

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:04.519
So you better learn, and if nothing else, again,

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:07.619
to learn business. There's nothing wrong with

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:09.640
learning business, because the more you learn

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:14.299
business, the better off an artist or brand you

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:16.940
will be. Because in the case of, there's a lot

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:20.599
that comes along with it that a lot of y 'all

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:22.079
that's been doing it for years and years, and

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:24.519
y 'all still haven't learned. I'm just being

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:27.619
honest. I'm watching I see but a lot of y 'all

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:31.460
still don't take it Serious enough and can I

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.980
say something? I'm sorry, bro. You keep bringing

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:35.480
up point broke before I met the wine burrito.

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:41.319
I was a SoundCloud audio Mac uploader When I

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:43.559
met the one first thing he told me y 'all wanna

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:46.460
know get your website when I got that website,

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:49.980
bro That autumn songs went on my website for

00:26:50.509 --> 00:26:52.930
Tune Corps was hit up. You know, I'm saying let

00:26:52.930 --> 00:26:56.849
me get some streams off this I became more business

00:26:56.849 --> 00:26:59.369
minded when I got with the one, you know I'm

00:26:59.369 --> 00:27:01.869
saying not saying I wasn't back there But I became

00:27:01.869 --> 00:27:04.470
more on my game and that's what the wine means

00:27:04.470 --> 00:27:07.309
by he always said every episode Get the help,

00:27:07.329 --> 00:27:11.190
you know and and God sent the right people For

00:27:11.190 --> 00:27:14.029
you at the right time, you know I'm saying so

00:27:14.029 --> 00:27:15.809
yeah, I just wanted to end it with that. I'm

00:27:15.809 --> 00:27:23.109
sorry, man Get your help, make an impact off

00:27:23.109 --> 00:27:26.269
of the help that you get. Learn from the help

00:27:26.269 --> 00:27:29.190
that you get because you don't wanna, you know,

00:27:29.549 --> 00:27:32.390
there are pieces to a puzzle that, you know,

00:27:32.609 --> 00:27:37.289
sometimes I think the puzzle can come to a close

00:27:37.289 --> 00:27:40.750
at times, but knowing the puzzle and knowing

00:27:40.750 --> 00:27:43.269
the plan and knowing how you want it built and

00:27:43.269 --> 00:27:46.500
everything. Make sure that it is a thing that

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:49.819
you find and find it in your own way. Don't just

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:51.980
say, don't just take everything that we're saying.

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:54.759
These are just pieces to the puzzle again. These

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:57.579
are pieces. So your puzzle into your picture

00:27:57.579 --> 00:28:00.420
and what it's going to take to, you know, those

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:01.759
stepping stones that is going to take for you

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:04.039
to get there, they're all available, all out

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:06.480
here. And remember, just because you're not,

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:08.859
you know, mainstream does not mean that you won't

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:11.240
have a hit. You can have a hit song and it's

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:13.240
not mainstream. The thing is, is understanding

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:15.940
in your heart what it's going to take for that

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:18.519
song to get to what you want it to be. And again,

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:21.200
it's not just about just mainstream. There are

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:24.440
bigger and better things than understanding music,

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:27.140
than just understanding just mainstream. But

00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:29.519
then we'll talk about that and more and more

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:31.920
next week. So you'll hear a couple of podcasts

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:34.759
in between this, maybe one podcast in between

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:37.500
this that won't pertain to that. but the one

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:41.519
coming next Thursday will probably make sense

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:46.079
of this in a short time. So till next time. All

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:48.500
right, individuals, we love y 'all. Peace. Love.