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#SlumVillage Talks Losing #JDilla and Baatin, #DetroitVsEverybody, Being Conscious/Street + More!
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Apr 26, 2024
Slum Village members T-3 and Young RJ are back. In this interview, they talk to @ChuckCreekmur about their new music and touring. They also discuss the late, great members #JDilla and #Baatin, who both passed away early in the group's history. RJ and T-3 (an original member) talk about it all, Detroit's history, the "no-fly zone," and more like being an offshoot of #atribecalledquest. Subscribe to AllHipHop on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/allhiphoptv?sub_confirmation=1 Check out more of AHH here on social media: https://allhiphop.com https://twitter.com/allhiphopcom https://facebook.com/allhiphopcom https://instagram.com/allhiphopcom Executive Producers: “Grouchy” Greg Watkins and Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur AllHipHop.com, a powerhouse in the Hip-Hop world, was established and brought to life in 1998 by the visionary CEOs "Grouchy" Greg Watkins and Chuck "Jigsaw" Creekmur. Over the years, AllHipHop has solidified its position as an invaluable hub for all things Hip-Hop on the web. With its daily dose of news, exclusive interviews, in-depth reviews, multimedia content, a newly-minted expanding community, and a treasure trove of other engaging material, it has garnered immense praise and a dedicated following. Renowned publications consistently turn to AllHipHop for their news and feature references, attesting to the site's unparalleled accuracy and trustworthiness. Additionally, AllHipHop has fostered strong partnerships with numerous offline print magazines, newspapers, television networks, and radio stations, further cementing its influence and reach in the world of #HipHop. #chuckcreekmur #allhiphoptv #grouchygreg
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What up, dawg? It's your boy T3
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What up, this young guard J? This is Slum Village. Uh-huh. And y'all know where y'all at
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Right here on All Hip Hop. Yeah. It's going down. Check out the new album we got called Fun. Uh-huh
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It's incredible. You ready? Yeah. Let's get it. Let's go. What's going on world
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It's your man Chuck Creakmore, a.k.a. Jigsaw, here at One World Studios. I'm here with none other than a pair of legends, Slum Village
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What's good with y'all? What's going on? Young RJ T3 in the building. Yep
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What's good? We here, baby. We here, baby. Welcome back. Welcome back
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We're in YC. Let's go. Yeah. So first of all, tell me about these new singles y'all got going on
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It's good to hear y'all back. Got some joints. Talk about them. Request is the one I was playing on repeat
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Okay, that's what's up. J, break it down. Request is one of them songs we did in a hotel while we was on tour. Okay. Yeah
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No pop filter, none of that. We just held the mic, made the beat
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You know what I'm saying? Just having a good time. We're early back, you know what I'm saying? Enjoying the weather in LA. Yeah. Yeah
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You know, knocked it out. Yeah, that was all vibes. For real. Your flow is different on that
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. We switched it up on that. Yeah, yeah. For sure
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It was a fun record, man. We had a couple of libations going. Good times. For sure
1:21
Now what moves y'all to still create in this day and age
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That's a good question. I would say, right now we just make the music we don't see in the market
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I like that. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. We want to bring what we don't see, and we want to have fun with it
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The only reason why we still do this music, well, coming out with new music, is because
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we're having fun with it. And without the fun, I think, you know, it's not just a business for us
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You know what I'm saying? It's a passion. It's something to do. We took off seven years before we did a new record
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And we were still touring. We were still making money. But, you know, we decided, you know, we want to just come in the market right now
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That's so interesting, like, to hear you talk like that, because in this new era, you know
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newer era of streaming and algorithms, it feels like you have to be putting something
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like out every week, basically, you know, to keep the algorithm or even your fan base
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just kind of tapped in. I mean, we get them conversations. But for us, we don't
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It's like, yeah, OK, we hear you. But we got to feel it first. Yeah
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You know what I'm saying? I think the fans, especially our fans, can tell when we're trying to force something
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So now that we're in a zone where we're like, let's just create and we're having fun, like
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you said, it's just like, all right, you might get three albums this year. Who knows? Yeah
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Now, you know, it's been seven years, but you still seem to, you know, just love the
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art of it. You know, when you do drop this out, these albums or this album, what can people expect
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Well, this album is called Fun. It's F.U.N. It means F.U. Ninjas
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That's what this album is basically. But so with this album, we're literally having fun with the music and we're kind of talking
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our stuff a little bit. You know what I'm saying? So we're just bringing that, man, and having fun with it, man
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I'm just, I'm excited about it. Every record that we kind of drop, just kind of, you know, I'm excited about it for sure
3:30
What about you? This album is, like he said, it's inspired by disco music. Yeah
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You know what I'm saying? That's why we're keeping it upbeat. You know, the energy, the grooves, you know what I'm saying
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Baseline heavy. You know what I'm saying? Like he said, we just want to have fun and we want to take people on a ride, give them
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an experience versus just having a bunch of random songs that you may have laying on
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a hard drive. That ain't us. Got you. I've noticed this is maybe not a trend, but for me, I put it like this
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For me, I like to listen to a lot of upbeat music. Actually, you know, back in the, not even that back in the day, like just a few years
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ago, it was like slow and real dark. And then when you get older or you get, or even like depressed or something, you like
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man, what's going to wake me up and get me moving? Right
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You know what I'm saying? So I listen to a lot of more upbeat music in general, not just hip hop
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For sure. I mean, you know, that's the trend. And like you were saying, we're going to always do the opposite. Yeah
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You know what I'm saying? That's why the song Request ties in with the fun title. You know what I'm saying
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Because we're going to give you what we want to give you. Yeah. Not what y'all looking for, what y'all got in your playlist already. Right
4:43
Now, you mentioned business. Business has seemed to like take over. Maybe it's not a bad thing
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I'm not saying it's a bad thing, but it does seem like business over the art
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Do you, how do you feel about that? I mean, yes. As a new artist, it's a whole different playground that y'all got to do
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With Slum Village, we're established. So with us, we don't have to do a lot of that
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And if we do some of it, it's extra. But for us, the business is just keeping myself entertained
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How can I entertain myself today? Right, right, right. And still bring some money to the table
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Right, right. You know what I'm saying? That's my business. Yeah. Okay
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What's your sign, by the way? I'm a Scorpio, bro. Okay. What's yours? Cancer. Okay
5:36
All right. I thought maybe there was some Aquarius energy there. Yes. I was about to find out
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Actually, speaking of Aquarius, let's talk about J Dilla a little bit. Yeah
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Talk about his legacy and his impact on the group, especially early on
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You know, like I say all the time, every interview, we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Dilla
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And it's just crazy. We started in the basement, just coming with dope tracks and rhymes
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And it just blossomed. And we knew he was special from day one
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Because everything he did was cold. Yeah. Not everybody would say that
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But no, literally, everything he did was cold. So it was like, we knew. Yeah
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We knew. You know what I'm saying? Even on the production. So he just inspired us, 5'10", myself, just to do great things
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You know what I'm saying? Yeah. And most of our records were made through comedy
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We just cracked jokes all day. We didn't go in the lab. You know what I'm saying
6:33
It was always good vibes. That's why when you listen to Slum Village music, it's always good vibes
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Because it comes from a place of humor and us just having fun, really. Mm-hmm
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Man, I don't want to say, you know, like yeah, everybody knew
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We knew he was dope. You didn't know how far it was going to go. Yeah
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You know, and to see how far he took it. Mm-hmm. You know what I'm saying
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It was unbelievable. It inspired me to say, let me pick up a drum machine. Mm-hmm
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You know what I'm saying? And pursue what I want to do, watching my big brothers record and work on their music. Yeah
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You know what I'm saying? So like you say, without Jay Dilla, Young RJ wouldn't be here in this capacity
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I'd probably be making trap beats or something, doing something completely different. Right
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Now let me, like, he gets a lot of credit, but I don't hear Slum Village
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as much as I would expect, based on the body of work. How do you feel like Busta, Tribe, you know what I mean
7:37
There's all these other groups. Well, I feel like people going to have their favorites
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You know what I'm saying? They're going to have their favorites. Mm-hmm. We still get plenty of love. Yeah
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But sometimes I do, you know, sometimes people do exclude us out of certain conversations. Mm-hmm
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It was dope that we got, you know, one of the best groups of all times, which, you know
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Of course. I mean, you know, that was love. You know? That was super love
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So, but I just, you know, it is what it is. Yeah
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You know, Dilla has a story. Slum Village has a story. Mm-hmm
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You know what I'm saying? So I understand that people going to tell their favorite Dilla story
8:13
I mean, yeah, Busta Rhymes, he was in the D all the time. Right, right
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Erykah Badu, Contman, they was at the crib. You know what I'm saying
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B-Rock came down. Right. Artist SB-1200. Everybody, you know what I'm saying? Yeah
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You know, it's just classic times, man. Yeah. So I understand everybody is very passionate about Dilla and his legacy. Yeah
8:34
You know? You guys are also, I mean, just, it seems like tragedy strikes with y'all, with Slum
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Village as a group. You know, on your Wikipedia page, it has eras of Slum Village
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And I don't think I've ever seen that on any other group
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You know what I'm saying? Well, I'll say it like this. Here it is, man
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We talking about 20 to 30 years. True. Yeah, true. That's like a family
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You're going to have some family members going to pass away. Yeah
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Situations going, we're talking 30 years. That's a long time. Most people ain't seen the people they went to high school with
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You know what I'm saying? So it's like, it's just life. Yeah
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It's a lot of life that Slum Village has lived. Yeah. A lot of life. Yeah
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You know what I'm saying? And, you know, but we always had our support of our fans. Mm-hmm. Yeah
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And they're holding us down, man. Yeah. Or lifting us up, rather. Right
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You know what I'm saying? So shout out to our fans, man. Yeah, definitely. He keeping it politically correct
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Talk to me. The thing is this. I'm going to shoot straight
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Is we going to exclude Dylan by 10. Dylan said, y'all got it from here. Mm
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Once it got to a certain point. He said, that was my mission, was to get you here. Mm
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Three, you got it. Jay, you know what to do. He trained us what to do. Right
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By 10 was dealing with other things. Yes. Mental illness. Mm-hmm. You know what I'm saying
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There's some people just wasn't appreciative of what was laid down. Right
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The reason we can hold it down in this formation is because I understand what it took to get here. Right
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I watched Dylan. Right. Until it got to a certain point. And then when Dylan left, I was there the whole time. Mm-hmm
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So it's like, for me, I'm appreciative of what the founding members put down
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You know what I'm saying? And we breaking the mold. Right. You know, like you say, first hip hop group to have various formations of a group
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and the sound stay consistent, and the shows are still sold out. Right
10:40
You know, so we breaking the mold. And that's what we want people to understand is that you can keep pushing after it. Yeah
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You know what I'm saying? And to hold a group together, y'all got to have a real brotherhood. Yeah
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It's my brother. Yeah. You know, for real. Yeah. So, you know, I tell him all the time, I'm not here without him. Yeah
10:59
And as long as we, everybody understand their roles, you going to hold a group together. Yeah
11:05
So, you know, that's what it's about. Yeah. For sure. Bartim was a force. Yes
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Talk about him a little bit, like what he was in the group. I mean, he was energy
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He was a ball of energy. He was very unpredictable. He was the Detroit ODB. Right
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Someone's thinking that. Yes. Millions of stories. We have a show and bartenders say, you know what
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I want to go grocery shopping right now. Five minutes before the show. Grocery, whole grocery shopping. Right
11:36
Now, so we had to hire a guy just to follow him around. Right
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To make sure he made it on stage on time. On stage on time. Yeah. But besides that, he was just a beautiful guy
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He was very giving. He'd give you the clothes off his back. You know what I'm saying
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And he was super duper talented. Sing, make beats. Sing, make beats, rap
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He had a whole album where he was doing like all this acapella
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beatboxing and singing. And it's just, it was endless talent there too as well
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You know, taught me a lot about spirituality as well. You know what I'm saying
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On a whole nother level with metaphysics and all that. You know what I'm saying
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So, you know, that brother was a deep brother for sure. He had a rap talking about green juice in like 99 or 2000 maybe
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Right, right. I was like, what? I mean, I had no clue at that point what that was
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You know what I'm saying? Right, right. Yeah, I didn't process that at all back then. Yeah. Yeah
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Super dope. You know, he missed. Yeah. Every time. You know what I'm saying
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He was the unpredictable curve ball. Yeah. To break up the monotony
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Right, right. For sure. Detroit. Detroit. Where is Detroit right now in hip hop
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Like, as we were saying off camera, Detroit is near and dear to my heart
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But that was a long time ago as far as me going to the car shows or hanging out with Trick Trick or Hex Murder threatening my life
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By the way, he's not on that. He says no more. No, no
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He's a guy now. Yeah. Yeah. But, you know, Proof even. You know, I met Proof
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You know. Where's the city now? And like, will we get another, like, movement like then
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I think there is a movement. Now, Slum Village is not necessarily part of that movement
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But there is a movement. So you got the Young Squad. So that means you got Grizzly
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You got Skilla. You got Babyface Ray. Babyface Ray. And they got a certain, I call it like
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Boldy's from there, too, right? Yeah, Boldy. Boldy. That's my dude. Boldy's on that new wave
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So, yeah. So we got a whole nother squad. They building a whole nother thing that we doing
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So our legacy is different from what theirs is going to be
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You know what I'm saying? So, you know, I like what they doing. You know what I'm saying
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It's way different from what we doing. Yeah. You know what I'm saying
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Or did. And that's what I like about Detroit. We always trying to reinvent ourselves
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And we always doing that. Even back then, Eminem don't sound like Slum Village
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Who don't sound like Big Sean. Who don't sound like. Everybody got their own thing. Yeah
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You know what I'm saying? Which is kind of dope. Yeah, definitely dope. Yeah
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My homegirl, Beba Adams, she's a writer from Detroit. Yeah, we know Beba. You know Beba
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What's up, Beba? Okay, shout out to Beba. She's been trying to get me back for the longest time
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So I got to definitely pull back up. All right. Let us know
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We go grab some food. Yeah, for sure. Okay, bet. Now, let me ask you this
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Did the no-fly zone help or hurt Detroit? It unified Detroit. Okay
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Yeah, that's for sure. That's politically correct. No, I'm kidding. No, I'm kidding
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No, that's the truth. Because before, you had people running in and just come to Detroit making money all the time
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And the whole point of it was, if you're going to come in here and make money with Detroit, break bread
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Put some of our local artists on. Yes. And let us open up
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You know what I'm saying? Don't charge us a fee. You know what I'm saying? To get on the show
15:07
Oh, yeah. I didn't know they were doing that. Yeah, for sure. So that's why it was implemented
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You know? And because of that, you see the new young crop of artists rising from the city of Detroit. Yeah
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And it's just a respect factor. Yeah. I can't just go to LA and just do what I want to do or certain parts of New York or whatever
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You know what I'm saying? It was a respect factor. You know what I'm saying? I think it was needed at that time because Detroit really didn't have a representation
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You know what I'm saying? Right. So, you know, it unified it
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That was then. I don't know how that is now. I don't think that's going on, but I don't know
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Not like it used to be, at least. Yeah. Yeah. You guys, well, as a group, as a legacy, it's hard to pin down Slum Village
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Sometimes it feels conscious. Sometimes it's like almost neo-soul. Sometimes it's just straight hood
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You know what I mean? Right. How would y'all categorize it? I think it is that our music is the contradiction
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You know what I'm saying? Like, they used to compare us to Tribe, but they used to call us like the street version of Tribe. Right
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You know what I'm saying? So that's a contradiction in itself. Right
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You know, so I think we just like to just blend a lot of stuff together because we grew up listening to everything
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You know what I'm saying? Even with hip hop. Right. It wasn't just East Coast
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I was listening to NWA at the same time Tribe called Quest. Yep
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So that's just where we come from. And even with record digging and all that, that's rock, prog, soul, jazz, whatever
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You know what I'm saying? So I think we just look like that. I don't know
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You got something to add to that? It's just about what we doing when we working on the album. Yeah
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We might be at the titty bar eating chicken wings on that album. Check that out. Next album, we may be in the crib chilling, laid back, relaxed with our ladies
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So it all depends on what mode we in. Yeah. That's what keeps the music honest. Yeah
17:06
Got you. What about the secret? Well, it's not really a secret, but Detroit likes a lot of club and techno music and stuff
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I see a lot of throwback videos. It cracks me up to see it
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Talk about that history. I mean, techno, here's the thing. This how it was Detroit clubs
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You have the regular music, and then somewhere in the middle of the club night, here come the techno. Right
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At midnight. And that's when the ladies come out, booty shaking, and that's when everybody jittin'
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And that's when it get hype. So it's always been implemented every club night since I was a baby
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Now what's jittin'? Tell us what that is. It's a dance that we do where we, you know, a lot of footwork
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Chicago call it footwork, but we call it jittin'. Okay. I seen it
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Yeah, yeah. You see a little bit of your jittin', yeah. On IG, that is
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Yeah, for sure. Yeah, yeah. Is BMF an accurate representation of Detroit
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The show? The show. Yeah, the show. The show, not the actual organization. No. No. Yeah
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You know what I'm saying? Right. But I respect the story. Yeah
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It's about the story. It ain't whether about, it's Detroit, you know what I'm saying
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The movement started in Detroit but went to Atlanta, so you know. Mm-hmm
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I just respect the story, you know what I'm saying? And what they did, how they did it, you know what I'm saying
18:38
So salute to BMF. Salute. You can always salute BMF. For sure
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What do you think? I agree. You know what I'm saying? Yeah
18:47
You know, that little bit that I did, see, yeah. Nah, I think you can't do it
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You really can't do everything, you know what I'm saying? Or tell a whole story
18:57
Yeah, you tell the whole story, it's going to be more people locked up. People missing
19:02
Right, all that. Right. You know what I'm saying? So nah, you know
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But I think it's dope, though. Yeah. I definitely think it's dope. Yeah
19:10
Have y'all ever thought about ghostwriting or doing things like that for artists? Because I feel like, I don't know why I feel like y'all could do that
19:16
Not to say you want to give away your good art or anything. But I guess what I'm maybe thinking is that there's a need for what you're doing
19:25
but in other places, like to influence other artists. Right, right. I mean, we definitely work with new artists and try to implement stuff
19:33
Yeah, we would ghostwrite, you know, with the right project, the right situation
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You know, I started off writing songs and stuff, you know, just for Slum Village
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and just, you know, when singers were being featured, you know what I'm saying
19:47
Writing hooks and stuff like that. So, I mean, yeah, we could do it, but it's just, you know
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There's no shame. Like, ghostwriting is not a thing. That's a job
19:56
That's a whole job. Right. It's about the song, you know what I'm saying? In general, people need to get back to focusing on the song. Right
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I think as rappers, we passed the point of you got to write every last bar that you're doing
20:09
You know what I'm saying? Focus on the song. That way we can keep the genre alive
20:13
Right, right. So, I got a little funny question. Okay, let's go
20:20
So, Benzino wrote a diss to Eminem that he allegedly didn't write in totality
20:26
So, he get a pass for that. I don't know, man. Did he give him the information
20:35
I don't know. It seemed like they gave him a little couple bars, maybe
20:41
When I heard that verse, I was like, he really was trying to..
20:45
He did a little something, something. Yeah. He really trying to do a little something. Yeah
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You know, I was like, whoo. I knew he had some help, because I could just tell. Yeah
20:56
You ain't just come out the attic and did... Not the attic
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You ain't just coming out the attic, writing some heat. Right, right
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Close to some heat as you can get. Yeah. You know what I'm saying
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I respect that he tried to step into the arena with Eminem. Everybody knows he bar level, but Eminem is up there. Yeah
21:17
What he gave him was just a jab. You know what I'm saying? Em just threw a jab. Right
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And was like, I'm done with it. I'm not coming back no more. You keep rapping till your lungs fall out. Right
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I'm not doing no more. But he did have some, Benzino had some lines in there that I was like, oh, okay
21:33
I'm like, oh, it's kind of different. I'm good. Definitely. Now, how do you address in the live show, you know, Tainted is the big one
21:44
How do y'all perform these legacy songs? Well, we do a lot of legacy songs, and we do a lot of, well, we do like five or six new songs
21:54
So we just sprinkle it all. And we break our show up in like segments. Okay
21:59
And we got a whole love section, just for the legacy. Okay. Because we got a lot of those records. Yeah
22:04
And then other records we keep for keeping up the pace and the tempo. And then, you know, we got it down to a science, but because we've been just doing it so long, you know what I'm saying
22:11
So, you know, we just try to keep it live. All the way live
22:15
For sure. Okay. Okay. So let's talk hip hop a little bit in general
22:20
How do y'all feel about it? Like as a culture, you know, we were still kind of celebrating 50 years. Right
22:26
We've seen a lot of love from like unlikely places. You know, I think we forced their hand on some of that
22:32
For sure. And then we have just a whole new, like a really new generation that's completely like almost ignorant of the beginnings
22:43
Like the golden era is like 30 years ago, basically. Right. Of hip hop. Yeah
22:51
That's not that long ago. Right. The thing is, for me, whatever you grow up on is what you're going to consider the golden era. Right
23:02
You know, the thing is, now, let's keep it creative. Let's keep variety
23:08
I think we have more variety in what I would call the golden era. Okay
23:15
You had NWA, Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Twista, Bone Thugs
23:22
All of them was different. Scarface didn't sound like nobody. Yeah. So I think that's what we're missing is a little more variety of originality
23:31
But you know, hip hop's still here. Yeah, definitely. And guess what
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Hip hop has fed a lot of us. You know what I'm saying? And if it wasn't for hip hop, we wouldn't have a lot of opportunities
23:42
Can it be better? Yes. It's a lot of areas like health care, which is really, really needed at this point
23:51
You know what I'm saying? The older I get, the more I realize health is definitely a big part of it. Yeah
23:58
And the crazy thing is there are movements like that right now
24:02
Curtis Blow and Chuck D are working on an initiative like that. Right
24:07
I don't know exactly where they are right now. Scarface and somebody else, Nas, gave them a bunch of money for that purpose, too, I believe
24:17
Yeah, that was dope. Yeah. That was dope. Yeah, so I mean, there's some stuff out there
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But yeah, we definitely got to work on that. For sure. Yeah
24:25
So what's next for y'all? Next, working on this album. We're about to drop this album
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For sure. So Fun is coming. Anybody going to be on it
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Yeah, we got some features. OK. Who you got? Come on. Give me an exclusive
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No, we got Bodhi. OK. We got Cordae. OK. You know what I'm saying
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We got all the features coming in. OK. So we got at least some surprises. That's good. OK
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Yeah, you too. Yeah, you got two for sure. That's some good ones, though. I love Cordae, too, by the way
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Cordae is one of the new era dudes. I don't think he gets enough respect, honestly
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No, and he's super cool. He's super cool. He's super humble, man. Yeah
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You know, it was a pleasure to work with him. You know? It wasn't Hollywood. None of that
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You know what I'm saying? So shout out to Cordae, man. Shout out to Bodhi
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That's my brother. Yeah. Also shout out to Larry June. That's my brother
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Larry June? Yeah, Larry June is dope, too. Larry June. I just did a playlist of 100 songs
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It was like my own personal birthday playlist. And yeah, Larry's on there. OK. Fire
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That's dope. Yeah, he got a song called Art Talk. It's just dope. It's just chilling. Yes. Yes
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You always want to jump in the ride listening to Larry June. For sure. Yeah. Yeah
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So, what's yours? I don't know if you want to do this together or individually
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Top five dead or alive. That's all right. We talking hip hop
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Because this is hip hop. Well, yeah. Let's do hip hop. We can go back and forth
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Name one. All right. We doing individual. If you want to do 10, you can
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But it's something individual. We doing individual groups. Well, it's generally individual
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But we could do five individuals and five groups. I could do. Yeah
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Let's do that. Black Thought. OK. Yeah, Black Thought, definitely. LL Cool J, man. OK
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Don't get enough. Fair enough. Nas. Nas, OK. I would say Pharrell Munch, man
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You know, he's definitely up there for me. OK. That's getting hard, man
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Yeah, Paul. I mean, you got to go Jay Z. Jay Z, OK
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He up there. OK. Yeah, you got to give him. Jigga Man, yeah
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I'm with you on that one. Yeah. We agree on that. OK, close it up. Last
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You know what? I'm going to go Biggie, man. I'm just going to go Biggie
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Only because I front sometimes. We had these debates because he didn't have enough albums
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Right, right, right, right. But you got to look at all the albums he wrote
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Lil' Kim. Junior Mafia. OK. You can add it to his catalog
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Each joint. Life After Death is two albums. You know what I'm saying
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So that's two separate bodies of work. OK. I did put him in the list
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I did put him in the list. Then you got Puff's album, too. Right, right. You know what I'm saying
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He put it down. So I'll go with that. I'm going to give you all one more because Big is in the
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we kind of put him on the Mount Rushmore. Him, Pac, and you know. You know what I'm saying
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So get one more. OK, one more. LL, Black Thought, I don't know
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Jack, Jack. I don't know, man. I'm just kind of stuck. You're right
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You did say that a lot, but I'm going to say, I don't know, man
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Is Rakim up here? Rakim is definitely a GOAT. Yeah, definitely. Is he top five
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He changed how people rap. He did. He did. He definitely did
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OK, yeah. You can put that there. Rakim, yeah. For sure, Rakim
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All right. I'll have it. All right, so let's talk groups. OutKast. Oh
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Wu-Tang, the greatest group of all times. OK. Period. Oh, OK. Hip-Hop
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I'm going to have to. Just collaborations with duos. Yeah. Oh, OK. OK
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When he gets in here, we're going to talk to him. Yeah, for sure. For sure
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For sure. All right. All right. Any last words? Any, do you want to rap or something
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Like, y'all got any bars maybe? I don't know. I'm in the bar bag today
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Oh, man. Come on. Crystal said she was going to do that, but nah, no bars
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Oh, man. I will say this, man. Look for new music. We always here creating. Tour
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We doing a tour. Yeah, we going to be in Europe for two months. OK
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You know what I'm saying? So that's the next run we doing. That's the next run. And then we might drop another album on top of the fun. OK
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And then hit the States. OK. OK. We working, man. Sounds good, Will
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Next time I have the bars. All right, well, you know, the booth is right there. You know what I'm saying? Right there. Yeah
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Whenever you ready, we're going to do that. All right, let's do it. All right, thank you. Appreciate y'all
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Yes, yes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
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