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Listen, man. This guy has one of the most recognizable voices in hip hop history.
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Facts. I'll go on record and say that. I'll go on record and say that he's um I put him
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up. There's certain voices that stand out to me. And Cooty, you could join in this. Ice Cube has one of those voices.
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Chuck D has one of those voices. Turn to hit your mic button right there.
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Right here. Go. Who you say right there? Red one. Yeah. Go. There you go. I think it's okay. because I can't get
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out of here though. Okay, turn your volume up in your headphone right there, son. He's just learning. Julie, I'm sorry. I got this
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amateur next to you, bro. I apologize. It's Heather B. Heather B. Am night swings, you know.
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I'm taking Heather B. Heather B, where you at? Where you at? Wonderful. But it's been a lot of a lot of standout
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voices. You know, MC Light has one of those standout voices. Queen Latifah has
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Snoop has that stand out. Pac Pac always had that stand up. DMX has a stand out
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voice. And I could name a lot more. Common. Common has one of those voices, right? You Chicago guy. So he says that in not
1:12
sure if it was necessary, but we'll roll with it. Always pulling Common out.
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Keep coming in the side pocket, bro. Trust me, anything Chicago eventually common, you know, it apply to anything.
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Well, well, J Electronica. J Electronica. Okay. Okay. That's Magnolia, too. That's
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That's Magnolia. That's Magnolia. Yeah. And you got Juvie, man. Juvie the greatest here, man. Give this man a big
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round of applause. His voice is unmistakable. I don't have one right now.
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Yeah. What happened, bro? You You coming up here sounding after I say all of that, you you know what the hell,
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right? My voice took a L. What? You had a show? I had a show last night and it was
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three, you know, it was the third of three days. Okay. You know, I'm I'm usually not I'm not good after that third day.
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Okay. You know what I'm saying? Um Yeah, it was the hard fest. Okay. The hard festival, right?
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Yeah. I cut up I cut up. You killed them. Nice. You knocked them down. You know, you not I'm old school.
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Yeah. And I got the live band. So, you know, it's it's a different vibe with me. And I I don't I don't rap over my words.
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You rap out loud. You get it? Yeah. Nice. So, three days in a row is usually where you got to be careful, right?
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Yeah. Okay. This is what you learned through decades of touring. Exactly. Right. What do you do in between to
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nurture your voice? Uh, drink a lot of tea. Before the day out, I have my voice all the way back drinking this tea.
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By drinking that tea. What about not talking? Yeah. A lot of that. Not yelling. Okay. Yeah. Just not yelling. Still talk, but
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just not a whole lot. Resting. You got to do all of that, too. You definitely do. I'm I'm giving up the the the
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instructional manual for artists out there. What what else would you tell them to? Because if you don't preserve your voice, that's your that's your
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weapon. Definitely. Definitely. If you if you going to you're trying to pervert preserve your voice,
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definitely stay stay inside. Get get more rest than you normally would get because it's a healing process.
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What about sugar and stuff? Putting that in your cough. You got to get the sugar out yourself. You want to do a lot of honey. Okay.
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Do a lot of honey. A lot of lemon. I don't know. My wife have to tell me about the sugar, but I don't think
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I don't think the sugar help you any kind of No, not at all. I'm glad you brought her up. Give this queen a big round of
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applause, man. Because you guys How many is it? 21 years. H it's Yeah, it's uh 21 years uh in a
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couple weeks. 21 years in a couple of weeks, man. Okay. So, you going to get a lot of game
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today. right now you're learning how to keep your voice well preserved, you know, cuz when when when Juvie came out,
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um this was in the '9s and he still sounds crisp and clear like he
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coming out of a digital studio when he performs. But this is the part of the
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game that people rarely talk about. We talk about, man, if I had my record
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label, my career would have been this. Man, if I had better management, my career would have been this. Man, if I
4:05
could have hooked up with that producer, my career could have been this. But man, can you talk about how important it is
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to have a partner in your life during your career? It's very important. Family is
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everything. But man, my wife always been my rock. Always behind me. And um you know, I I piss her off all
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the time. I'm sure, bro. Her birthday was yesterday, so let me throw that out there, too. Happy birthday to her
4:28
for sure. You might want to get her a gift. Yeah. Well, you know, she just got a big house. She got a house? Yeah. She just got out of house like a
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week ago. But she's still getting but she's still getting she's still getting gifts anyway. Yeah. But uh Yeah, man. Just having that
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support system around me and not just, you know, my my wife, my daughters, my sons, you know, um they they they keep
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they're the backbone. They keep me going. You're a beautiful father, bro. You know, we we've talked about this.
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You know, I take that Yeah. seriously. No, you're an amazing father and you've been that throughout having this amazing
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career. Wait. Somebody phone ringing. Not me. That ain't that me. Hey, you got to get out of here with
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that, bro. You know somebody phone ring. I got to rule with him. What was that? Phone ring. Get out. That was juvie music on his phone ringer
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though. I like that. That he did that on purpose. He's still promoting the new single
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you know. N but I I appreciate that, man, because I I I'm just so surreal. I'm real in
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this game right now, man. I'm talking about real [Â __Â ] Like, I don't even get involved with some of these.
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I know you don't. I know you don't, bro. I know you don't. You don't like the fake [Â __Â ] I don't like it, man. And what's real to
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me is Congratulations. I know you turned 50, too, right? Man, give that a big round of applause in the club, man.
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Welcome, man. We've been waiting. Me, too. You, too, Cy, right? Yeah. Yeah. You just turned
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54. 54. Oh, 54. Okay. So, we've been we've been discussing juvie for years
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now, man. We were like, "When is he going to make it up here?" Right. It's going to be a good addition to the decade. You know,
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I was holding y'all off as long, man. I feel I ain't want Damn, why
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everything starting to hurt? No. Well, you you know cuz you telling yourself that you a new learn, right?
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Yeah. It'll be good. It has a lot to do with it. That's crazy. Got to stretch and work out. It hurt before. You just didn't tell
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yourself that. Yeah. No, I'll be right. You know, some weird things been happening. Give me an example like you
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just man my knee just hurt was hurting me for like four days like I ain't hit
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it against nothing or nothing like godamn starting I wonder if I have arthritis
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my wife like go to the doctor I said I go for every damn I've been there I went there last week
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damn I'm falling apart do do you eat chicken
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not not not a lot okay so Deion Cole told me um that he
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stopped eating eating chicken. This dude said, "Dude, your knees hurting." Your His back was hurting. He said, "Dude,
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stop eating chicken." He got my number, man. He called me and tell me, "Hey, Jig,
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nigga." He just told me that story. That's why I'm sharing it. I'm like, he could have text me, "Nigga, put that
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chicken down, [Â __Â ] Put the chicken down." You know I'm from New Orleans, right? You know, you know from You know what's from New Orleans?
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Popeyes, right? You know what I'm saying? Raisin Canes, man. That's a sin. The best food inside
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Chicago, tell you the truth. That's a sin in New Orleans to not eat chicken. I know. It's a sin to not eat chicken in
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New Orleans. It's a sin.
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Did you see you saw what happened when that chicken sandwich came out? Oh my gosh. They were like zombies.
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They were like zombies. The walk of the living dead. It's serious, bro. To go chase that carcass that's
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processed and packaged like it's kind of like on that Boondock show when they had that chicken. Right. Right. It's the same thing.
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Yeah. You got to let go the chicken. Speaking of boondocks, I saw you on there, dog. You look good, dog. That's
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right. That's right. I was hoping you brought that up. I couldn't I couldn't do it.
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That's right. That worked in your favor, boy. I said he's doing it all, huh?
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Yeah, man. Well, you know, Boondoc celebrated 20 years recently and um they just did something at one of the
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conventions. Why they stopped, bro? That's something I never I mean, it was rolling, bro. Yeah, I think it had a lot to do with
8:26
when we said why did Dave Chappelle stop, right? When he had the Dave Chappelle show and he
8:32
went to people, oh, he went to Africa, he did all this stuff, but there was dealings behind the scenes that he
8:38
wasn't that he wasn't line with. So, Aaron McGregor, you know, I said that right. Right. My McGruger
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McGrder um McGrder, I'm sorry. Thank you, Eron McGrder, who's a genius, brilliant man
8:51
who I thank all the time for including me in two seasons of the Boondocks. You
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know, my episodes were the most highly rated.
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Now, we return to Thug Nific.
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Oh my god. I turn that [Â __Â ] on whenever you
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What up? What up, world? This is Sway with my inexplicable head wrap. You know, I got you.
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Hey. Oh [Â __Â ] Your p Why they got your head that tall, bro? Your head tall as [Â __Â ]
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Well, you know, I had a lot on my mind. You had a lot of You had a lot of hair, but damn. I did have a hair back there, too. I had
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the Look at that TP on his head. Yo, I like that they made my my character, you know, muscular, too. I felt like that was pretty accurate.
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I I don't see no You don't see that? Oh, okay. Now, first your knees, now your eyes. Right.
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Your eyes definitely go. Your eyes going to go, bro. Your eyes definitely go. I don't know what you looking at, sweet. You don't know. You don't see that, man.
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Okay. All right. With the muscles in your head. Come on, man. You see that? Look at my knuckle gr. Anyway, you got a strong grip on that mic,
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man. Come on, man. That's you know, town business. All three of your fingers. Yeah, you can see.
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You just complimented this, Julie. Now it's like, what's going on here, man?
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They pulled the picture up. I didn't do that. No, we fair. We No, we f we No, no, no,
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no, no, no, no, man. Hey, uh Juvie, man, we just uh first of all, congratulations on all these milestones.
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21 years married. Uh you finally made it to the 5. I'm going tell you, this is going to be the best decade of your
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life. For sure. I've been watching you for for the past couple of years. It's been a resurgence in the game, right?
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Yeah, man. Yeah. Oh, man. Doesn't it feel like that? It feels good, man. It feels good, man.
10:42
feel like cats from my era starting to get they just do due, you know. Um, a lot of cats, a lot of cats that I feel
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like should get way more, you know, way more attention than they they should. And the younger cats are uh reaching,
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like I said, reaching back. They showing us a lot of love, too. The young cats, I'm not mad at them. Who Who are some of the young cats you
11:01
can speak to that that I mean, look at look at Young Boy. Young Boy dedicated that whole album to me,
11:06
man. You know, what did that feel like? with my with my face tattooed on and stuff
11:11
like that. So, but Young Boy dedicating the whole cuz he's huge, right? You know, and he had he's carved
11:17
his own he got his own his own lane. His own lane, his own economy. But for
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him to dedicate an album to you, Yeah. that must have felt special. It felt special, man. I I've did songs,
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you know, lately with a lot of cats. A lot of cats always come out and support me. I was in Detroit. 42 Doug
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was always came out, did a few songs with me. His dad was my one of my friends. Um um man Russell Russell he's
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my guy he's on my album Ice Vessel you know you know Aake Ali he's my guy is
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dope he's on my album so so you know it's it's it's it's a lot of I think it's a
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lot of that going on right now uh man that must feel good juvie is here man I love the work you do with Lar
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Russo as well yeah that's my that's my bro he the pro I like what he do with the kids man he got it going on
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he got it going on he He do. Now you're the irony in in the same way.
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Well, you know, this man ain't like older than us, but he's somebody who's been kind of obscure because of the
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genre he's in, but he's one of the biggest, most influential pillars to come out of the music scene, and you
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know, currently in New Orleans, I'm talking about Trombone Shorty, ladies and gentlemen.
12:32
Come on, man. Shout out to Trombone for influencing me to start doing my shows with band. Like Joe, if you can do it
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with the band, you do it with me. Why you don't start your own band? Well, why don't people I thought it might have been the cost of having a
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band. Is it more costly when you It is costly. It's a lot of It's a lot of rehearsal. It's a lot of rehearsal.
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It's a lot of timing and and you got to have the right people. They got to, you know, a lot of logistics and getting
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those players to to get to those places. And um yeah, I learned that from being around him. You know, I record at his
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studio all the time. How did y'all meet? He's like a son to me, man. Like, yeah, we've been I, you know, Trombone is like
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historically one of our pillars of New Orleans. So, you know, it was it I seen
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him a thousand times. We just never worked together. When my guy C Smith introduced us,
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the guy who did the uh my my new single, he introduced us and we've been locked in since that since that moment.
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Since that time. Yeah. So when he's in the studio, does he just create on the like what is it
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like creating? He does. He does it all too. He can play drums. He can play all the horns. He can play guitar. He can play every
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instrument. Keyboard. He got And he he not only have it can do it, he have all those instruments at right at hand in
13:44
his studio. The dude is virtuos. Trombone shorty, man. He's like he's as
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popular as any New Orleans art rapper, right? The biggest. Yeah, he's the biggest in the game, man.
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The biggest. Um, I just want to know, did y'all shoot the video for Hot Boy Summer? Yeah, we did. You saw it?
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I didn't see it yet. It's It's here. It's here. It's here. I wasn't in it. Oh, I You looking for
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hot boys. We was showing the high.
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You know what's funny? They shot some of it out here on the West Coast. Damn. I like how you pass it on to they
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like it's they fought I wasn't in it. Yeah, they they passed you up, bro. Christian Strickland. You know,
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I know Christian. I I'm snitching. Yo, but you know, but you before there
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was a hot girl summer, we was hot boys back in the day, man. Now, what has the
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idea of a hot boy evolved? Like profile. What makes a hot boy?
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List them qualifications. A lot of fake hot boys. Hot boy. You know,
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I guess it's me now. Whatever I'm doing, whatever you doing, man. You got me with damn. You about to
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get me busting my head. She in the other room, man. Don't do that.
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No. Okay. So, what make hot boy? You got to have your own, right? You got to have your own. You got to You got to Of course, we still we like
15:08
flashy. We a little flamboyant, you know, like we we like to have show off our uh our outfits, still be fly, stuff like
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that. But as far as as far as uh the the the
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you know the women part and stuff like that like back in the days that's probably gone with me. Yeah. Yeah. Well, that's
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for somebody else to live that. I'm pass I'm going pass the baton on to somebody else. My sons, you know what? Welcome to
15:35
your 50s, dog. But for me, it's more like just riding around and being cool, you know? Like,
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you know, showing them, look, I'm 50, but I'm I'm still flawless. Check him out. Check him out. Y'all youngsters
15:46
doing it wrong. This how you this how you should do it. Grow up a little bit. Grow up a little bit.
15:53
On that note, Jie, it's so good to have you on the show, my dear. Um, you know, I think back at how young you were when
16:00
you came into the game. You know, you was a teen when Being Myself, your debut, was released. And you had so much
16:08
um audacity and so much ambition and you have so much hustle. You're young. you're 19 and you're making these grown
16:15
man moves, but 19 is very much still a kid. And so if you turning 50, what can
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you share is like one thing maybe you had to outgrow or unlearn in order to
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evolve into the man you are? Oh, I had to push my ego aside and
16:35
realize it wasn't all about me. The world don't evolve around me. Like my grandmother, my mom used to say,
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you going to learn, boy. Yeah. And um I I stopped making it about me and start making it about you know
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well me partial but my family and everybody around me and I think that really changed me made me grow up and
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you know once you start having kids that changed everything you know that that that changed everything for me.
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Sure. I want to shout, but but we started the conversation talking about that because um you know when I realized
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you guys were celebrating 21 years, you know, and I just realized throughout that
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the wives or the partners just don't get the credit, you know what I mean? They don't
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they don't get the credit, man. When you when you on the road and Trump drama is happening or
17:23
the label [Â __Â ] or you hit rock bottom and got to pick back up, they don't get the credit,
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man. your wife, my man, your wife is with you through all all I mean everything, you know. Um when somebody
17:35
says something about you on social media, she might be the first one to respond. Um when when when there's something
17:42
going on at home and and she feels like it's it shouldn't be a worry of yours.
17:48
Your focus should be on what it what what it's focused on and you know taking care of the family. She'll make sure
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that that I never hear of it. I never get a word of it. Mh. You know, my wife is just somebody that
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everybody every man needs one. Every every man needs somebody like that. Yeah. And I'm just glad she in my corner, you
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know, it's it's 21 years, but we've been together 30 plus. 30 plus. Yeah. So,
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that's a life partner right there, homie. Yeah. Soulmate. Yeah. And I I feel like, you know, if if cats
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out there want to see what what real black love looks like, you know, it's a picture of me. It's a picture of us in
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somewhere on social media. There you go. Yeah. Look at that. Right.
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I ain't mad at that, man. That's the missing ingredient that folks don't want to talk about. That love quotient
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that helps a successful career, you know, and so I thank you for sharing that. Let's run this back again. Hot Boy
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Summers, the new single featuring BG Queone shorty. We got Juvie up here.
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Juvenile 8887423345. We live on the mic, so anything you say
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got to be truth right now, man. And get it. Whoever want it can get it. Okay.
18:58
Them dominoes. Shout out to Billy Bones. Okay. Shout out to Don Cheetel. Shout out to
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Anthony Anderson. Anthony might be listening, man. I know. But Don said he wanted that smoke.
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I'm kick his ass. I got it out for him. I I I done beat Anthony about 20. We didn't play 20
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games. Anthony never won one. You beat Anthony Anderson 20 games of dominoes.
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Probably more than that. I don't even know. Uhoh. He ain't never won a game. You beat Don Cheito.
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He ain't played me yet. Who you play from the Bay? I I It's somebody that I want to play
19:31
from the Bay that's been ducking me. It's a couple of them. Short and E40. Neither one of them ducking you.
19:37
Huh? I saw E4 talking that [Â __Â ] I saw I'm going kick. Nobody from the Bay ducking you.
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Get your chest out. Your chest. You got your chest out. Ain't nobody feeling some kind of way right now. Come on,
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man. Hey, Drew. Hey, Sway was ducking me all this weekend. Was ducking me all this weekend.
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He from the Bay. Damn. You played me. Tell them.
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No, we get it in. Come on, man. Tell them, man. Yeah. No, we got we got dominology. No, tell them. Come on. Tell them what
20:11
I got to tell them, man. Yo, J, we got a whole league. I I know about the domino league. Y'all
20:18
made your own league. You're talking about the real professional domino league that my partner Billy Bones make the dominoes for. I told you if I kicked
20:25
a man who make the dominoes ass. Think about what I'm going to do you. But I just didn't like the way you just belittled our league. You said
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it real league if it ain't the real league. Just dismissed our whole league.
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So what's what's the what's the name of your league? Dominology. Dominology. Dominology.
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Man, you don't want my Y'all got an app, huh? Y'all got an app? No, we I'm not part of Billy. Billy
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Bones. I'm not part of Billy. Okay. Billy, your man Billy Bones. He got an app.
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I say Billlet. Bill. Bill. Billy Bones. Billy. Bill Bones. And he makes Dominoes.
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He makes do he makes some hell of a dominoes, bro. I ain't going to lie. For everybody. Maybe he can make our I think he made something for 40. He
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made They know him. Everybody know him. Gold play gold. Solid gold. However you want them. No, that's how I got mine. I'm just
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wonder I got like 20 sets. You don't want to [Â __Â ] with me with that. That's what we doing. I'm the king. I am the king.
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I'm at a crown, bro. Man. Yo, man. You going to be I can look it in your eyes.
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I'm going to take it on anything else. I can't play basketball. I'm all right playing basketball. I'm all right with
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every dominoes. I mean, I'm from the projects, bro. Don't forget that, man. I'm from the town. I know where you from. I know about the
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town. Okay. I'm just saying. Do y'all do y'all play fives? Do y'all take fives? [Â __Â ] no.
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We need 15 to get on. What? Double six to start. 15 to even get on. 15 to get on.
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Jailhouse style. That's right. Jailhouse style. Okay. That's all. Yeah. You ain't going You ain't going to get that 15.
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Who damn all these years? Three rounds.
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We start with double six. We start with zeros. We could play that way. We could play that. We could play We could play our
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first man to 50 lose. You know about that. First man I not play dominoes. Uh
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we got to put that we got to put that in the rule. But first, so y'all basically move that goal post wherever you need it
22:18
at the time. First person to fit lose. You know how hard it is not to score.
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How hard it is not to score. That's right. You going to be trying not to score,
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man. That's interesting. Yeah. We go two hands when nobody score. Yeah. You ain't going to score cuz I ain't
22:35
going to let you. It's a little different. Not Not you trying not to score. You ain't going to score cuz I ain't going to let you
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score. So don't worry, you won't lose. Yeah. Right.
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You know, you ain't going to make it to 50 juvie. See, we play we play we play whole. We play hole. The person you play play uh
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app play before. So, we all playing defense anyway. I'm not trying to let you play behind me. I'm not let trying
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to let you get [Â __Â ] You starving, homie. I'm telling you. I'm not taking money to make sure you don't get no
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money. I didn't hear that. What was that? I can't hear you. I'm not taking no money to make sure you don't get
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I don't even hear you right now. Starvation. You know what I'm saying? I ain't [Â __Â ] and you ain't [Â __Â ] either.
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Okay, we definitely play that way. We going to get Let's get to it, man. That's down the line. This is actually live on air, but I just wanted to record
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this. All right, so when it plays back one day in the future, you got that [Â __Â ] going
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to run, man. You going to have another hit record. I guarantee you that. As many spins as that going to get. Oh
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yeah. Kenny Coop put all them in the room, but I think I messed up.
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It ain't going to be easy, dog. Um Juvia is here, man. 8887423345.
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We got Michael from Louisiana on the line. Mike, what up, Mike? Hey, Mike. Man, what's happening? What's happening?
23:49
What up, man? We got the legend up in here, family, man. We Hey, I apologize. I'm sorry. I'm
23:54
just excited to be on the mic. Shout out to God. This Michael Mackis Jr. from the real Ratchet City, Streetport,
24:00
Louisiana. What's happening? That's what's up, man. What's happening, man? He from the boat, baby. Yeah, you got to know. We play with them
24:08
boys up there. They serious at all times. They they serious. They serious. They serious.
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What's your domino game like though, Mike? Man, it's whatever y'all want to do with it. I put the spice on the dots and I
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make it real hot. 400°.
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I appreciate the opportunity. Yeah. I like how you threw that 400 at the end. I like
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Come on, man. We ain't nothing but high boy, but we ratchet [Â __Â ] up here. Wait till you get a load of street on top.
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Huh, bro? Look, you came 50. All roads lead the street.
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Streetport. That's right. You got to be great to have a
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hard juvie first, man. Yeah. You know, I'm kind of like the governor. You're the gov. I believe that. I
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believe that, man. I would vote for you. I I I'll you know, I'll work on your cabinet. I'll be a part of your cabinet,
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Junior. And listen, you got the winning formula. You got the winning formula. You've been winning since the '9s.
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That's the winning formula. But [Â __Â ] it what they say. You've been winning since the '9s.
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Decades, baby. I'm I'll be a part of your campaign. Mike, you got a question for Juvie,
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man. Um, I don't have no question. I got nothing but props. Put 400 Degrees in your top
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three rap albums ever. Revisit that [Â __Â ] Come on back with it. Come on back.
25:37
I like that. Yeah. Okay, that's fair. Give that a round of applause. He said revisit it
25:43
and tell them check the numbers if you and they don't believe you. Check the numbers. Check the numbers.
25:48
I bought the album at the store. That was that 90 98. What year did that come out? 98. 98. Right. 98.
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It was for the came out though. That was I know. But my daughter, the reason why
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I knew 98, that was the year that was the most successful year for rap. Yeah. Eminem,
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Eminem, uh, DMX, Outcast. It was like the best. It's the list is
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long. Everybody went platinum. It's kind of It was a wall on the charts. Yeah. 400° was right there at the top.
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Yes, indeed. There you go. My chest out. There you go. Thump that. I ain't mad at you.
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That's the year my my daughter was born. That's how I remember it. Oh, wow. That's how I identify.
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Yeah, man. Hey. Hey, man. I appreciate you, Mike. You one of a kind, brother. a super citizen, man. Thank you. I'll be calling you
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back. I let you preach. All right. How did the reunion, the Hot Boys reunion, how is that experience?
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How would you describe that experience? Yeah, it's been crazy, man. And shout out to my dog Jada Kiss for giving us so
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much love on his podcast cuz he shouted me out and I was like, well, he know I take it serious.
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Yeah. What did he say? He was like, man, that boy Juvie, man. He said, shout out to Cash Money. Then
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he said, man, that boy Juvie, I'm tell like, man. Mhm. I'm telling you just, you know, you know when somebody's saying that, it's like
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saying I I'm I know what I'm doing when I'm on stage. You know, I take that part
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serious. Very serious. You really do though. Like I came I always talk I came to see
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it myself most recently. I saw it back in the day on the Summer Jam stages and all that in the Bay and in LA here, but
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to see you um not too long ago in in Brooklyn, that was the thing. I think Shaheen Reed
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might have been with me too, I think. Yeah, that that was the thing we kept like I was just admiring like who who
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would have thought that Juvie would be rocking a soldout
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New York Brooklyn crowd. Yeah. Back in 98, right? Like when you thought
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of 98 you would have never saw that, right? Necessarily. Now they were singing lyric to lyric
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back to back. But do you rehearse? Yeah, we do. Okay. We do. We do. But some songs some songs
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when we get to certain spots they have requests. So that's why we rehearse a lot of different songs just in case
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somebody say, "Oh man, can can you sing this?" Yeah. Yeah, we can sing it. Come on. D. And then
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sometimes me and me and the band, we just like like uh kind of like Ray Charles, we just make stuff up
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on the spot. Yeah. On the spot. I get my moods where I just want to make a song. Come on, let's just go and just let it ride.
28:27
That's freedom. Um, how does it work now though, decades later when you know
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Wayne, BG, Turk, you y'all get together now? How did y'all rehearse Manny? You
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know, how did y'all rehearse for the tour? Uh, we rehearsed, man, a b a a bunch of times. Again, shout out to Trombone
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Shorty. Okay. Letting us use his spot to rehearse. Okay. So, we we get our share of rehearsal in
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in New Orleans when we we all take breaks. Mhm. Um BG will fly in, you know, stunner fly
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in, everybody will fly in and we'll meet and we'll go rehearse. And um it pretty much works out good for us
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because sometimes to just to freshen everything up, we'll show up to that city a day early so we can rehearse the
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day before and make sure we, you know, everybody's still on point. That's Birdman been cutting up lately on
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stage. At first, you know, at first when you, you know, it's been so long, you getting that rust off,
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but the last few shows, bro, he been in his waking up, they he been in his zone. Um, salute to Birdman, you know, always
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my my relationship, my rapport with him has always been solid and it's just great seeing a people people live
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through their dreams. The thing that always make me go, ah, is when it's the little glitch in the
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program. Now, Turk's not on the tour no more, right? Yeah. You know what I mean? And it's like, ah. So I don't, you know, me, I'm
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one of those people that I try to make everything, you know, I was the one fighting to get him on the tour, right? So I always try to make
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things right. You know what I'm saying? And this one of them situations where it was out of mind control. I ain't have
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nothing to, you know. Yeah. It wasn't on me. If I was there be, people that's that's, you know, booking
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us for the tours, they made a decision. So could y'all had come together say, "Man,
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if y'all don't do this right by him, we won't move." before it's just everybody's their own interest.
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We're so far Yeah. then we're so far into the tour it's like it's kind of like we got to finish what we started
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right now at the beginning. We was doing that in the beginning before we went on to that's why I was doing that. That's
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the reason why he was on the tour, you know? Um but now that we going we moving, we didn't got deposits and all that stuff.
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Half of the people money and the people that went bought the tickets, it's kind of like, you know, do you do you let the fans down? you
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know that you got to make it's it's that little it's it's that little how do they say it you walk in a thin line right you
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don't know what's right and what's wrong my situation I got a new album coming out so I need as much
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expos I need as much as possible so I have to think that way for me yeah um tell us about your solo project
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oh it's the name of the album is called the boiling point and I I look at it as being a like I
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told you a grown-up's album I'm not trying to fit in nowhere do nothing to to fit in what's going on. I'm just
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doing great music, good songs, and stuff that I really liked. I'm I mean, I I I think this is one of my best albums for
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me. You know, I don't made a lot of albums for everybody else, but this one is for me. It's interesting to hear Juvie say, "I'm
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not doing anything trying to fit in or or chase anything." And now that you you
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reached this stage in your life, and this is what your 50s to do. Yeah. Your give a [Â __Â ] factor.
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Yeah. comfortable in my skin. That's what your 50s will do. Cuz think of how many times
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you was making songs because people or you thought that's what the people wanted you to do. Exactly.
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This is freedom. You got a band, right? Yep. Band is on the album.
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Yeah. Um and man, I got I got I did I did, you know, do my due diligence and put Cash
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Money is on there the entire So, I do have everybody on the album. Yeah. But I think I did a project that I like. The
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fans gonna love it. If they love me, they gonna love it. All right, cool. Um, and I love that you put Cash Money on the album.
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Um, is there going to be a Hot Boys reunion album produced by Manny Fresh?
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I cannot guarantee that. But I can guarantee you Manny Fresh is doing the beats for me on he's all over my new
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project. But I can't guarantee you that. I wish. Yeah, you do wish. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, man. I would love to hear that, bro.
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What I mean, but it got to be everybody. It don't work. It don't work separate.
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Yeah. Oh, man. When y'all all together though, bro, like, [Â __Â ] the cameras, [Â __Â ] the drama. When y'all all got
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together, what that feel like, man? What's that? It's crazy, man. I had I told like when you saw me the last time, I told you I
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had to take a step back and just watch and you know, tears coming out my like, man, this is what this is what, you
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know, 25 years of being away from each other happen. You know, this is what it looks like when you when you have a
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reunion. Yeah. You know, it's kind of like going back and with your best friends from high school. You know what I'm saying? And
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it's it's a feeling that I wish everybody could have an experience like that to go back and be with the people
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that they started off with. I love that, man. Sometimes when I go back to New York now, cuz I've been
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relocated in LA, I I'll get together with my friends. As a matter of fact, last time I was there, I was with our
33:26
good friend Kenny Cool, uh, Citizen Chance, and we was at Cy's house, and
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I had to come back for a day just to get in their ass at Domino's, man. I made a special trip for that. I went back. So,
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I get what you mean. You saw you circle back. I get that, man. I'm into that, too, right? You know, so
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with the I can relate to it, though. I'm just saying I can relate to it, man. Let's go to the phone lines. 888742
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3345 Jay, what up Jay? Hey Jay, too early for this.
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Jay, you there? What up Jay? You in Wisconsin? Yo, what up? What up? What up? How you
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doing? What? Good. Good, man. Go for it. Yes, I am here. I'm here. I just wanted
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to touch on what you were saying, Sway, about like people that are making these moves and get on the road and they don't
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recognize our significant others or our spouses uh as the backbone behind what
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it is that's really happening cuz that's the person you sit down and shoot your
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ideals to before you bring it to the public. you know, this is the person that we chilling with and and and we going
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through all of our ideals and every future plan and and you said it, they don't get their recognition. So, you
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know, I I just want to recognize all the significant others and them special
34:46
women or men that's out there that's supporting, you know, the people that's moving forward. And Juvie, I wanted to
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tell you, man, what you just said about linking back up with with Manny and seeing the people from your past that
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helped you start what it is you're you're accomplishing, that's a powerful feeling, you know, to
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be able to go back and talk to those people because it's like nothing ever you never miss a beat.
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Them people have always been in your life. They help support you. And when you come back together, whether it's
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two, three, five years, you never miss a beat. You can sit down, have a game of dominoes, bust that ass, whatever it is.
35:21
Uh, Sway, I I want to hear more about your dominology.
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You know what I'm saying? Everybody the whole world can get this right here. I don't even like talking
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about, but the way juvie looking at me like dude texting me Ryan Rosales. Was he talking right now? Oh, he
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listening. What's his name? Ryan Rosales. Hey Ryan, where you at? You come up here too. You can get service.
35:48
You can get service. He He in Arizona. So, okay. Take a trip. You know,
35:53
it'll be worth the experience. Ryan, you have a great story to tell. I'm going take your picture for Hold on.
35:59
We doing something, Jay. And while we live on air, you ready? You can do a video, too, if you want to. Yeah.
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All right. Do a video, man. Talking [Â __Â ] to Yo, we we Hey, Ron. Hey. Hey. Is he doing it right now? I got it.
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Okay. Hey, Ron. Ron. You definitely gonna run after this game, Ron. Run.
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Run. Whatever. I don't know. It's a threeletter word. Does that start with R, ends with N. All right.
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This Swiggity right here. My domino name is Swiggity. All right. So, we're in the domino world
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is Swiggity. Good to know, man. Okay, Ron, come get this service, man. Everybody got something they got to
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offer. My style is like Mayweather's in the ring. Do you ever see him lose, Ryan? If you beat him, if you if you
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win, if you beat him, he got to give you a set of a fresh set with your name on it. Something flying flossy.
36:46
Yo, Ron to do that. Yeah, he'll do that. Okay, Ron. All gold. Solid gold, Ron. Not goldplated. Not
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goldplated, dog. Not goldplated, dog. We good with bars, son. All right.
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I got one thing for you. Come back like I'm talking to Ron. Go ahead. Go for it.
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He got it, bro. Oh, for sure. Hey, no. I just wanted to say, man, like I really I salute you and
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give you them flowers, man. Because like in 98, 400 degrees, all of that was like
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things that my life was based off of when I started my first business. Like that was my go-to music. I had a stereo
37:22
shop, autocustomizing. Um, actually, I got a picture of you and my brother-in-law when you was in
37:28
Florida with Cuckoo Cow. And uh, you know, this is like 2013,
37:34
2014. Like old old. Yes. Yes. Cool. You know what I'm saying?
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Yeah. Yes. So, uh you was with my brother-in-law, my nephew's dad, Rockstar,
37:45
and um he's down in Florida. Yeah. He had a chance, you know, he did he just did like 11 years in the joint. So, you
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know, the the dominoes and and push-ups, you know, is a big thing for us. Yeah. And we when you lose, what's our
37:59
rule? What uh which one? The push-up rule. Push-up. Oh, yeah. If you don't get out your uh first house, that's 50. If you
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get out your second house, 25. If you don't get out your second house, 25. You trash.
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All domino. But if you don't score at all, there's 100 push-ups. Yeah. You don't score at all.
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If you really play push, if you really play dominoes, you got some muscle to you. That's how it be.
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You know, you see my friend, I appreciate you, brother. I mean, if you if you're that good, you don't have no muscles.
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No push-ups. Sometimes I don't have no muscles. You got the muscle. The show muscle ain't
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got no muscle. What you talking about, sweet? Hey, I love I love y'all. I love y'all. That's why you're so beautiful. That's
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what you do. But I but I do I do want to talk before I get off of here. You know, uh Terry
38:51
from LA and Sways Universe West Coast. You know, we we definitely building and trying to put some things out there. So,
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I wanted to put that in the forefront. But I love y'all, brother. And I love you, too, man. Thank you for being a
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part of the tribe too, Jay. You a super citizen, man. Yeah. All right, man. This could go on for
39:08
days right now. Hey, real quick. When he was saying recognize, you know, we got to recognize Slim. What's up with Slim? How you
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doing? Slim the dawn. Slim the dawn. Slim just chilling. Slim is he did it the best, man.
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Slim did it the best, man. I talked to him one time, Juvie. I was in the studio down there. I think I was talking with
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Wayne, but Slim happened to be in the studio. So he's like, "Man, can I I was like, man, can I ask you some questions?"
39:31
And when the dude said, "Yeah, I felt like I was about to interview Obama." Yeah. He don't he don't do that many
39:37
interviews, but he coolest, man. Slim. Nothing bothers Slim. Yeah. Nothing bothers him. It's very seldom
39:44
you see him frowned up or mad about something, he he always have a solution or he look for solutions to to whatever the problem
39:51
is. That's what I call him for too. Most of the time I call him for solution, right? even if he don't
39:56
have anything to do with it, you know, he always give me good great advice. Y'all great, man. All of y'all as
40:02
individuals um are outstanding people to me, right? And I met I haven't really
40:08
sat and talked with Turk and BJ, excuse me, BG, not since he's been home, have I
40:13
spoken to him um years prior, but um but everybody else I've been y'all always I
40:19
like New Orleans, man. I like the environment, man. And um Thank you, bro. Congratulations to you, man. Give it up
40:25
for my man Juvie. I'm going to go ahead, man, cuz I'm feeling a little tight right now. Anything else you want to say, man? Boiling Point is the name of
40:32
the album. Boiling Point is the name of the album. You got D1 on that thing? I got D1 on there, man. Fresh all over
40:39
there. London on the beat. London on the track. Oh man, that song he did for me is amazing. I can't This
40:44
my little rea song. Okay. Um Oh, man. I got Lenny Kravis playing the guitar on one of them.
40:49
Wow. I got I got of course, you know, Trumbo and Shorty. Uhhuh. Um, the only person that I don't
40:55
have on my album that I wish I had time to get on that is John Batis because that's the little
41:02
brother. You know, he was Tiny Desk. He part of my Tiny Des. So, I I I don't have him on it, but we
41:08
definitely got we definitely got songs that he sent me to to to do for him. So, that's coming later.
41:14
Wow. But, I got, you know, my son. I think one of the best songs on my album is the son the song with my son.
41:20
Uhhuh. What's it called? Uh, we haven't gave it a solid name yet. Okay.
41:26
I I want to let me know. Yeah. But for but right now I'm just call it Juvie and his son right now.
41:32
Okay. That has a ring to it. Y put a lot of thought behind that. The song is great. He killing me on it.
41:37
Of course. What y'all rapping about? Is it like a father? No, it's not. It's not a father son.
41:43
It's a vibe song. It's kind of like a a poetry setting song. If I played it to you, you'll see what I'm talking about.
41:48
But it's it's kind of like a vibe song. You want to play it? just make a piece on the speaker.
41:53
Just why not? What's your son name? Young Jew. Young Jew. Young Jew.
41:59
Yes, sir. Y not to be confused with a YN.
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Oh my gosh. You could not help yourself.
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He shot another one at me. Oh my gosh. Swag.
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I'm here all day. You see that feels good, man. Oh, that feel crazy right
42:22
there. Straight from the phone. Love it. Yo, that was He sound good, bro.
42:28
Thank you, brother. Thank you, brother. Let me tell y'all something. If you got kids, Cooty has an amazing daughter, you
42:34
know, in Ivy is amazing, man. And I've watched his daughter grow uh from when she was a
42:40
little Todd to now. She killing it and got her own style. But one of our biggest fears as parents is if our kid
42:47
turned out whack or something. And so, Yo
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man, he's good. Congratulations, man. I know what you're talking about.
42:58
Yo, he's dope. Especially with rap. If you got a whack, son. A n
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get his dominoes in. Ivy get our dominoes in. I can play too. Nah, he don't play no
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man. He don't play no domino. Got to get n he ain't tired of messing up. That's just, you know, get him in there. He He
43:15
He'll pick up on it. That's an amazing song. His dad didn't cause so many domino bodies to nobody want to try.
43:21
Really? I got some songs, bro. Yeah. I I gotta let you I got to let you What? You got to play a couple of them.
43:28
You want to do it now? Yeah. On air? On air? I don't give a damn. I got three minutes left.
43:34
All right. What you going to pick? Let's play one. Let's pick one. He can send it to you. I'mma send it to you.
43:39
All right. Wow. Let's send you an email. I'mma send you my favorite song, man. We doing this [Â __Â ] I want that
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other one, too. Right. Crazy. Give me a few more minutes. Just a few more minutes. Watch when watch when you hear this
43:52
other one. Okay. Tell them show them where you can send it. John, you can put this. I can play off the phone. Oh, you can play. Oh, he can plug the
43:58
phone up and play it. Oh, okay. Okay. Go ahead. All right. Okay. I'll be right back.
44:03
Okay. Great. Hold on, man. This is great. Juvie is here, man. Yeah. What kind of iPhone is that?
44:10
I don't even know what kind of iPhone he got. That's when money stop talking. It's just there.
44:15
I don't even know what kind of iPhone I got, man.
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Money with a Tracy. That's it. That's a lot of troubles, man. Stop it.
44:26
I got to know the little I got to know my phone. You know, you know it's different, man. Man, Juvie said, "We
44:32
going to do a quick listening party." So, you guys are in for a treat. You about to hear something you ain't never heard before.
44:37
Tell him come on with that wire. Come on. Come on. Where you at? Uh, it's classic time. He got it. He going to come. I'm going
44:42
to take this quick call. Vice versa is on the line from Missouri. Go ahead, Vice. Vice
44:53
on there. Excellent. Talk to us. Hey, I just got some uh I'm calling from
44:58
Springfield, Missouri, by the way, but I'm actually born and raised in Boy, Wisconsin. So, that was crazy. The last
45:05
Yeah, man. My uh my question is what advice do you got to older artists that's breakthrough like that got uh
45:11
that got the found the fan base the potential and all that like what would be your advice on them coming up?
45:17
Older artists. Yeah. Say that again. Yeah. Older artist like artist that's
45:23
older. You know the young generation taking over but in all actuality the older generation know what we're doing.
45:29
You know what I'm saying? So I talk more about stuff that mean something than just what what people want to bop to. You can bop to it. And
45:36
I'm gonna be saying some stuff that you need to hear. A older artist trying to break through. Yeah.
45:42
Older artist trying to that that doesn't have the foundation, right? I know, man. That's so hard. That's so
45:47
hard. Okay. You got a fan base. I do got Well, you got your fan base. I think you
45:52
should supply your fan base and let them create that chain reaction that you need. You just need that one record,
45:58
bro. That's what it sounds like. Like a lot of older artists be so focused on being a lyricist and being an MC and
46:04
being the best at that instead of focusing on making the best song. You know, it's not about the best rapper.
46:10
It's about who can make the best song. Let's let's be honest. You know what I'm saying? That's the best rapper part is is is that's what
46:17
rappers that's how we see see each other amongst our peers. But the the the the
46:23
consumer, the people that's actually going out there and buying the records and doing, you know, purchasing the the
46:28
music, they don't care about none of that. They they looking for the best song. I know when I'm at a party, I want to hear the best song. I don't care
46:34
about the best rapper. Doesn't matter. Make the best song. Vice versa. Focus. Change your focus on making the
46:41
best. Yeah. There you go. That's the game, man. You got it from the man himself. You a citizen.
46:46
All right. What you going to play for us, man? Huh? Here we go. Right here. We got what's that called? The name of this song is called Never Go
46:53
Broke Again. Produced by London on the track. Okay, here we go. A man, we got a hit record.
47:00
Yes, we do record. I love it. Exclusive. Said he going to add my ad libs.
47:05
Yeah, I'm going add that to her. It works out. It works out. That sound a good swing, man.
47:11
That was excellent. Hey, man. What you think? I felt that [Â __Â ] Yo, for real,
47:17
for me, your music has always been um my voice. You don't kill my headphones.
47:24
That's okay, man. You don't even know what kind of phone you got, so you got money to pay for it.
47:31
It's all right, Julie. You got money. Um, that's dope. It's like you said, it's like a daily
47:37
affirmation. It is. I'm all on vibration right now, homie. I don't if you you could have a hit record, but if it got dark
47:45
a ne a derogatory vibration on it. Yeah. I ain't I can't even process it. Like
47:50
food you don't like. Yeah. Right. This is a high vibration like the music you making with with your son as well.
47:56
What's that one called? Uh the one with my this this one was called Never Go Broke Again. So far the one with my son is called Hot of the
48:03
Hottest. Okay. I see I got that title out of him earlier. said he didn't have a title, but you see how that
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he forgot who he rocking with right over here, man. You smooth dog. You were smooth for that.
48:15
I'll be on boondock. You know what I really love about this music, Juvie? Is I feel like you are
48:22
able to express your maturity without sacrificing bounce.
48:27
You know what I mean? Without sacrificing the energy. Like you don't have to shed your personality to prove
48:33
that you have evolved. So, I'm a thousand% with it. I love it. It's a
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hit. Thank you, love. I appreciate it. Absolutely. Absolutely. That's easy. He said that so much better than I've been trying to say the whole interview.
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He said he wrapped that up with a little Yeah. I was I've been trying to tell him
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that the whole damn interview. Right. University. I'm a graduate. Man, you did well. Straight A's. That's
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a banging ass song. I can't wait to hear the whole album. Maybe we could do something in our downstairs studio. We
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got a full live production studio in this building. We done had everybody from Pearl Jam. We don't have live band
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musicians. Uh um live musicians playing the band. It's some of the biggest groups I've played with.
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What you want to do something with me and my band? Yeah. With you and your band. And then maybe we can go through a couple of the songs.
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I'm all for it. Make it like like do like a listening party. Like a listening party. Come on till September, right?
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I would love to do that. We we could plan it for that. September 8th through the 13th will be
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in Vegas broadcasting. Okay. Um, but anytime maybe afterwards, let's plan a listening party. We'll have
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listeners come. The whole [Â __Â ] Let's do it. Okay. Let's do it. My man Juvie, man. Boiling point is the name of the album. Love you, brother.
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You family, man. You We've been doing this for a long time, man. Come on, man. I noticed you got nervous when your
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hands got a little, you know, murky. So, when you after talking dominoes, but sweating. My hands were sweating and
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everything. I wonder. It's all right, man. It's good. It's good. He got me. He got me. Yeah, man. But uh give it up for Juvie,
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man. This is amazing. Uh Hot Boy Summer is here. It's here, man. The songs, the music
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sounds amazing, bro. And and thank you for your commentary. Thank you, brother. We appreciate you. We give it up for Jubie.