Effective Immediately Live Show w/ Wale❗️Lyric & Album Breakdown, Social Media, Past Dating & MORE❗️

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Yeah, Santa. It ain't y' all motherfucking birthday Santa. Jeannie, you look good, girl. Thank you. What's up, y'? All? Y' all faded. I'm trying to get faded, too. I need a shot. It's on me. [00:00:23] Speaker B: Yeah, come. [00:00:23] Speaker A: Come on. Come in. Come on, Junior. Produced by Junior, by the way. What's up, y'? All? Y' all looking all cute and. My bad. [00:00:38] Speaker C: Go ahead, finish y' all Gina praise. And. [00:00:50] Speaker A: Now I want to know where the. Is the. The rest of the 150 people at. [00:00:58] Speaker C: United, you know, can't flog now got rescheduled. Okay. I'm saying, just, you know, I thought they canceled him. No, it's. It's today. [00:01:06] Speaker A: I'm talking about the. [00:01:07] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. Oh, them tweets. [00:01:12] Speaker A: Tweets. He was talking crazy. [00:01:14] Speaker C: What's up, y', all, man? Thank y' all for coming through, man. I appreciate that. For real. This is our third live show. This is number three. Thank you all for participating. Is anybody whose first time is this? First time. [00:01:31] Speaker D: Oh, okay. [00:01:34] Speaker C: Well, prepare to be wowed by our amazing skills at running a live show. And Gina View is making weird faces at me because she don't like the shit I'll be saying. Make some noise if you watch our show, effective immediately. Yeah, come on. [00:01:56] Speaker A: In the neck, y'. All. The next time somebody walk in, we. [00:01:59] Speaker C: Just all gonna be quiet and just look at them. Everybody just look at them. If you want. If you gotta go, boo boo, down's the time, make it quick, you know what I'm saying? Because y' all run. Y' all walking in front of my camera. But thank y' all for coming through. This is really special to me just because. Not because it's our last live show of the year, which it is, but it's special to me because I was able to get this done. And through a hope and a prayer. And let me tell you how. How good God be cooking. God be God then. And also Gina Views, as of our last show, she didn't have it. But now Gina Views has her own morning show on serious sex scene. [00:02:47] Speaker A: I do. I do. [00:02:50] Speaker C: She has her own morning show. [00:02:51] Speaker D: That's fucking fire. [00:02:53] Speaker C: They don't be putting black women on the radio, you know, So I don't know if niggas know that or not. [00:02:57] Speaker A: They don't really fuck with us for real, huh? They don't really be fucking with black women like that. [00:03:02] Speaker C: They don't fuck with black women. [00:03:03] Speaker A: It recently just became cool to, like, fuck with black women. [00:03:06] Speaker B: I heard. [00:03:06] Speaker C: I saw I saw a couple of things online that said I don't fuck with black women. You? Yeah. I was like, gina, I got my producer. Where's Nay? That's my. That's Nay. That's my producer right now. [00:03:16] Speaker A: Nay is the one who make everything happen. Well, I heard I'm a dyke and hardening niggas. Two things cannot be true at the same time. [00:03:27] Speaker C: But, yeah, we gonna bring the homie up in a second. I know that he just dropped an album, which is super dope. We gonna get into all the discussions. But before. Before we do that, Thanksgiving season is upon us, and it's interesting to me how we jump straight from Halloween to Christmas. Thanksgiving don't get no more love no more. You see that shit? Like, they go from pumpkins to Christmas trees. And it used to be we used to make all kind of racially insensitive shit in school. Like, I made a feather hat with. [00:03:56] Speaker A: Your pumpkin with your hand. [00:03:57] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:03:58] Speaker C: Remember that? [00:03:58] Speaker A: Draw along the lines. [00:03:59] Speaker C: Yeah. Like, nobody care about Thanksgiving no more. [00:04:02] Speaker A: And I'm still not even clear on if Christopher for Columbus really discovered anything. [00:04:08] Speaker C: No, Christopher. Christopher Columbus was the first immigrant. [00:04:12] Speaker A: Okay. [00:04:14] Speaker C: He was the first undocumented. [00:04:18] Speaker A: He don't got his papers. [00:04:19] Speaker C: He ain't got no papers. Where's my phone at? Because I need to be able to communicate with Nate. Is my phone over there? [00:04:29] Speaker A: It might be in your. [00:04:30] Speaker C: Oh, I got it. I got it. [00:04:30] Speaker D: I got it. [00:04:31] Speaker A: It's in his pocket. [00:04:32] Speaker C: I got it. I got it. My bad. I'm looking right now. Okay. But, yeah, Thanksgiving season is upon us, and I want to know about some hookups before we do that. Gina, views. You got a tv? I just. [00:04:46] Speaker A: I didn't buy it, though. I did get a new tv. I think he bought it off the. Off the regular sale, though. It wasn't a Black Friday. So if it's a Black Friday. So I'm gonna have to send the TV and a back buy my. With no coupons. [00:05:07] Speaker C: I want to know about the. So I'm a. I'm a tech nerd, and I really appreciate Black Friday sales. And, like, what should be on sale for Black Friday, though? What do you think? [00:05:16] Speaker A: Taxes for sure. The IRS need to drop a QR code right now because I owe, like, a. [00:05:23] Speaker C: This year. I bet you don't owe more than me. [00:05:25] Speaker A: I don't owe more than you because you got more money than me. [00:05:27] Speaker D: No, no, no. I'm talking about. [00:05:29] Speaker C: I ain't paid him in years. [00:05:30] Speaker A: Oh. I. I ain't paid since I got fired. [00:05:33] Speaker C: Oh. Oh, Yeah, I shouldn't say that. Yeah, PB gonna cut that out. [00:05:38] Speaker A: Can we go to jail for that? [00:05:39] Speaker C: Yeah, niggas. Tax evasion. [00:05:41] Speaker A: Guess what I just found out. Guess what? I. I mean, the IRS can see I'm broke, though. But look, why? I just got a summons in the mail for jury duty, and they said you ignored our last one. Oh, you need to pull up. [00:05:55] Speaker C: No, you can't. [00:05:55] Speaker A: Well, we charging you 1,500, so I gotta go to jury duty December 20th. [00:05:58] Speaker C: Can you imagine Gina views? You walk in the courtroom, right? Just like you walk in the courtroom and you there fighting your baby mama for some shit, right? And she's sitting on the jury. You're fucked. I'm telling you right now, it's over with. But what needs a Black Friday sale for me is. I would say, like, no, okay, wait, hold on. We have a cube, okay. [00:06:26] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, we got a cube for y'. [00:06:27] Speaker C: All. Hold on. We gonna cube, y' all just, you know. I don't know what that mean yet. Just hold on. But what I think needs a Black Friday sale is health insurance. I pay a lot of money for health insurance, bro. Like, a lot of money. Raise your hand if you got an idea of what needs to go on sale for Black Friday. Go ahead and toss her the cube. This is our cube right here. You talking to the microphone in the top. It's a big black circle. You know how to do that? Go ahead. [00:06:50] Speaker A: Mortgage, rent, car notes. [00:06:53] Speaker C: Okay. Damn. [00:06:55] Speaker A: Light bills. Gas bill. [00:06:56] Speaker C: Turn her up, Tony. Turn her up. [00:06:59] Speaker A: Light bills. [00:07:00] Speaker C: Okay, thank you. [00:07:01] Speaker A: All the bills. All the bills to be on Black Friday sales. [00:07:04] Speaker C: Thank you, Mary J. She said, what else? Anybody got something else? Who need to be on Silver Black Friday right here in front of you? Yep, right there. [00:07:15] Speaker B: I think gas deserves to be on self. [00:07:17] Speaker C: A Black Friday. [00:07:19] Speaker B: They continue to increase it, knowing how unaffordable groceries are in la, how unaffordable the lifestyle is. So the least y' all can do is cut us a break on gas. [00:07:28] Speaker C: Okay? Do anybody got a gas plug? Anybody got. You know. You know how you pay. Pay half and they. Yeah. [00:07:36] Speaker A: You talking about when they steal the gas? [00:07:38] Speaker C: No, they. You ain't never had a gas plug where they. [00:07:41] Speaker A: Yeah, when you put the shit in. [00:07:42] Speaker C: No, no. You meet somebody at a gas station, you. You get. You get a honey, but you pay 50. [00:07:49] Speaker A: Yeah, we talking about the same thing. [00:07:51] Speaker C: Yeah. Okay. Okay, what else? [00:07:53] Speaker A: Just for this month. Specifically, child support, because we gotta buy presents, too. How much? Gotta buy presents. Gotta buy presents. How many kids you got? [00:08:04] Speaker C: Two. All Right. All right, so look, keep it a. Keep it a bean, though. Nevermind. We about to get in your business. Throw it back there. Stand up, stand up. Throw it right there. There you go. [00:08:18] Speaker A: Hey, friends. Hi, Gina. I love you. I love you too. So I feel like groceries need to be free to the end of the year because we ain't asked to come here. We gotta eat, so what the fuck. [00:08:28] Speaker D: We supposed to do? [00:08:30] Speaker C: Groceries. That's very wide. Like, you give me something specific. What you buy? [00:08:35] Speaker A: Groceries. I need juice, I need goddamn fruit. I need fish, shrimp, pasta. [00:08:43] Speaker C: You said fish oil. [00:08:45] Speaker A: Fish. [00:08:45] Speaker C: Oh, I thought you said fish oil like that. [00:08:47] Speaker A: Pasta, canned goods, everything. [00:08:50] Speaker C: What you eat out the can? [00:08:53] Speaker A: Refried beans. [00:08:57] Speaker C: All right, who else? [00:08:58] Speaker A: Who else got something low key? [00:09:00] Speaker C: Can you throw it over there? Hey, everybody watch. Pay attention because this shit coming. All right? Throw it that way, throw it that way. [00:09:07] Speaker A: Oh. All right. Shout out to lady on the rock stuff. [00:09:12] Speaker C: Okay, there we. Oh, what's up? Yeah, pass it. Who. Who had the hand up? Oh, right there. Right there. [00:09:17] Speaker A: What's up, yb? [00:09:18] Speaker D: What's happening, Gina? The homie said fig need to be on. Get a little Black Friday sale, right? He said fig. [00:09:25] Speaker C: He said, the blade. [00:09:26] Speaker A: How much it cost? [00:09:27] Speaker C: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. [00:09:29] Speaker A: How much you paying on fig right now? [00:09:33] Speaker C: What'd you say? [00:09:34] Speaker A: How much is a blow job on Sig right now? [00:09:36] Speaker D: I don't know. [00:09:37] Speaker A: Sorry, Sway. [00:09:38] Speaker C: Sway is here. [00:09:39] Speaker A: I'm sorry, Sway. [00:09:41] Speaker C: Sway right here in front of me. [00:09:42] Speaker A: Okay, yeah, my bad. [00:09:46] Speaker C: He said, don't do that. You said. Wait, wait, wait. We not finna just get past that, though. Yeah, you said. You said that. The homie said. Yeah, he right here. Who is that? He tried to put the hood on. [00:10:03] Speaker A: It looked like he actually. [00:10:04] Speaker C: Don't get it twisted. Don't get it. We do have an extra camera. We will put you on YouTube. Like that's cool. [00:10:11] Speaker D: You know what I'm saying? [00:10:12] Speaker C: Okay, who. Anybody got something else? All right, throw it. Oh. What? Oh, hold on. Everybody look up, look up. Oh. [00:10:20] Speaker A: Oh, look. [00:10:22] Speaker C: I told y' all to look up. [00:10:24] Speaker A: He played football in high school. [00:10:25] Speaker C: That's right here. Okay, there you go. [00:10:30] Speaker A: All right, the sale needs to be on. The braids. I need to. I need to come get washed. Blow dry ends, clip hair included. [00:10:36] Speaker C: You said the sale need to be on what? [00:10:37] Speaker A: Box braids. Knotless braids. Goddess braids. All the braids. [00:10:40] Speaker C: What the Is she talking about? [00:10:42] Speaker A: The hair. [00:10:42] Speaker D: What? I got. [00:10:44] Speaker A: The hairdos. The hairdos. [00:10:47] Speaker C: Nautilus braids. [00:10:48] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:10:49] Speaker C: And m. You said mock box. [00:10:51] Speaker A: Braids. [00:10:51] Speaker C: Oh, box. Braids. [00:10:53] Speaker A: Box. Like, you know, do. Do me a favor. Keep that. We gonna switch it up real quick. But before we switch it, I want to shout out to my big homie. He's in the building. He is the reason why I am on the radio. Shout out to Sway, the legend. [00:11:06] Speaker C: Radio hall of Famer. Radio hall of Fame. [00:11:16] Speaker A: If y' all find. If y' all find me censoring myself tonight just because he's sitting right there. I don't like cussing in front of Swear. I hate when you watch whole fishing. [00:11:26] Speaker C: There has been. I mean, obviously, we want to celebrate all of the music, but it's been a year since GNX dropped. Legendary. Legendary Run. So Gina views. What's been your favorite GNX moment of the year? It don't have to be from the album. It could be from the tour. It could be niggas hating. [00:11:50] Speaker A: Like, what's my favorite GNX moment would have to be seeing Chike walk on. [00:11:54] Speaker D: That stage at the. At the show at Sofi. [00:11:58] Speaker A: At the Sofi. [00:11:59] Speaker C: Yeah. You were standing on that chair. [00:12:00] Speaker A: Yeah. Remember? I was late, too. I came just to. I was hoping Chike was gonna walk out. Like, that was great. Just obviously, we've been a part of each other's career for a long time, so seeing him make an accomplishment like that was hard. [00:12:12] Speaker C: But then two. [00:12:14] Speaker A: Super Bowl. [00:12:15] Speaker C: Super Bowl. [00:12:17] Speaker A: The nigga dissing a nigga at the Super Bowl. The most watched show. [00:12:22] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:12:22] Speaker A: Of the year. [00:12:23] Speaker C: Yeah. None of them. None of them. Where's. Which I'm this camera. None of them numbers are bots. You know what I'm saying? Them numbers is real from that super bowl. And white people don't play about that apple shit. [00:12:31] Speaker A: What's your favorite moment of gnx? [00:12:33] Speaker C: My favorite moment of GNX was. Was us being at the radio station. This is a fun fact. I don't think people know this. This is the first time we talk about this. The day that GNX dropped, I think people thought that we knew about it or people thought I knew about it. I'm on the album. No, I'm not. We were actually at the radio station, and we were doing Sway's show, and this is just how God works. We were actually doing Sway's show. GNX dropped that morning right after we got off the air with Sway. And then we just went live on YouTube and just did a live reaction for the world. And so if you ever watched our live reaction video, GNX. That was real. [00:13:13] Speaker A: Yeah. Our YouTube was even blocked. He. He's so plugged in. He called YouTube to unblock our. Our account because we had never been live. [00:13:21] Speaker C: We had never went live on YouTube before. You got. I didn't know you needed approval to do that. But real quick, do we have. I'm gonna take, like, two. Anybody got a favorite GNX moment of the year? We're not gonna bite. Just catch the cube. Anybody? [00:13:34] Speaker D: Right here. [00:13:35] Speaker C: Throw it right here. Real quick. Okay. Real gently. Favorite GNX moment of the year. [00:13:41] Speaker D: Go ahead. [00:13:41] Speaker B: Even though I wasn't there, and technically it's not a GNX moment, but the concert at the Forum. [00:13:47] Speaker C: The pop out. [00:13:48] Speaker A: Oh, the pop out. [00:13:49] Speaker C: I fuck with that. [00:13:50] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:13:51] Speaker B: Like, that was such a cultural moment. And I personally work for the news. I work with a lot of white people. And I was trying to explain. I was trying to explain to them the cultural importance of, like, la, like, all the different gangs that was there, like, watching it from Amazon at home, because I did not get a ticket. And the resellers, you know, they just be doing too much. I was like, you know what, Kendrick, I love you, but I'm not doing that. But the moment, the cuzzos. [00:14:22] Speaker A: Like, seeing. [00:14:23] Speaker B: Everybody highlighted, hey, it was a really beautiful moment, at least for la. And if you're from la, you understood that entire cultural moment. [00:14:33] Speaker A: Clown. [00:14:34] Speaker B: Like, I had time to clown in my party when I was 10. I'm 31, so it's, like, to keep seeing how our culture keeps just living on. And I feel like that was very important for him to do because it's bigger than Drake. At the end of the day, it's about us. It's about all of us being together. So that was one of my favorite moments. [00:14:52] Speaker C: Okay, we got one more. Oh, right here. Perfect. [00:14:58] Speaker E: At the time that GNX dropped, I was actually locked up, and I was in the middle of the middle of the country. I'm sorry. It's just a real story. [00:15:05] Speaker C: It's all good. [00:15:07] Speaker E: And I'm around a bunch of people. Like, I'm in the middle of, like, Iowa, Nebraska, a bunch of white people. [00:15:14] Speaker C: So. [00:15:16] Speaker E: So when that GNX dropped, I'm like, bro, y' all don't understand. Like, you ever had, like, you go to duelings or something like that. You go, like, to, like, soul food spot, and it's like, it's good, but your grandma makes some food for you. It was one of those moments. Like, y' all don't even understand this situation. I'm an Eagles fan, too. So, like, the Eagles is in the Super Bowl. I'm in the middle of America where Everybody's a, like, a Kansas City Chiefs fan. I got Kendrick at the Super Bowl. I got my Eagles in the Super Bowl. It was just. That was my favorite moment. Just kind of experience everything at one time. Trying to explain to everybody like, y' all don't even understand this shit is. [00:15:45] Speaker C: Like, that's what's up, bro. I'm glad. I'm glad you here, bro. Welcome. [00:15:49] Speaker A: That's my friend t'. Andre. Shout out to t'. Andre. [00:15:52] Speaker C: Wait, we got one more. Oh, right. Go ahead. Right here. Right here in front. [00:15:58] Speaker A: Desiree. [00:16:00] Speaker C: Go ahead. I think my favorite moment was this. The baseball with the Dodgers. We went all the way to game seven. Oh, yeah. Money bet on it. And then as soon as we won, it was like, they not like us. That's my favorite moment because no matter what's going on, even outside of hip hop, it's still being brought up like. So, yeah, that's my favorite moment. That's what's up. [00:16:26] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:16:27] Speaker C: Thank you, bro. All right, well, we thought we had one more. Okay, real quick, because I want to bring Wale out. Rap album of the year is a conversation right now. Like, album of the year is a thing. People are loving this Wale album. I'm going to let him know how I feel about the album when he come out, but I would love to know what you think as far as best album of the year so far. Well, not even so far. I don't think we don't get any more albums this year. [00:16:53] Speaker A: But for me, favorite is gnx. GNX is my favorite last year. [00:16:59] Speaker C: That was last year. [00:17:00] Speaker A: Oh, this year. Right, right, right. Grammys done. Fuck me up. [00:17:02] Speaker C: Grammys. Fuck me up. [00:17:03] Speaker A: I don't know what cycle we in. Well, this year I'm gonna go. Everything is a lot. [00:17:08] Speaker C: Yeah, Wale for sure. [00:17:10] Speaker A: Yeah, Wale. Everything is a lot. And even let God sort them out. [00:17:13] Speaker C: Let God sort them out. Eclipse album. Anybody got another answer? A different answer album. Let's go back here. Go right here first. Go right here first. [00:17:23] Speaker A: Oh, Cardi Hart. Cardi album. Hard too. [00:17:25] Speaker C: La. Right there. Yep. What you got, bro? Album of the year. [00:17:28] Speaker D: It's like ugly. God does like ugly. [00:17:31] Speaker C: Jid J I D album. [00:17:32] Speaker A: That's a good one. [00:17:33] Speaker C: That's a hard rap. [00:17:34] Speaker A: We got a lot of good albums this year. [00:17:36] Speaker C: Yeah. Act like hip hop ain't. Ain't that, bro. We got some album. Oh, right behind you. Keep going. Yeah, just. There you go. Right there. Boom. Alfredo, too. Freddie Gibbs. Freddie Gibbs. Alchemist. Shout out to alchemist. That's your. I With that. Anybody else? I saw one right there. Yeah, pass my man right there. What you got? [00:17:57] Speaker D: Whatever you gotta be K Camp Kiss 6. [00:18:00] Speaker C: Oh, yes, sir. [00:18:03] Speaker A: We just had him on the show, too. [00:18:05] Speaker C: Be sleep on K camp, bro. [00:18:07] Speaker A: All right, that one's a good one. [00:18:10] Speaker C: Now, whatever you think. Go ahead. Hold on. Pass her to. [00:18:14] Speaker D: Hold on. [00:18:14] Speaker C: Pass. We can't hear you talking to the black part. [00:18:19] Speaker B: I got you. [00:18:20] Speaker C: Oh, there you go. [00:18:20] Speaker D: Okay. [00:18:21] Speaker A: That's my homegirl sister. Shout out to Cornell. [00:18:25] Speaker C: What up, my homegirl sister? [00:18:26] Speaker A: My name is Jelly. I think Mariah the Scientist. [00:18:30] Speaker B: Her album was so, so, so, so. [00:18:32] Speaker A: So, so, so good. Yeah. So if we want to do a. [00:18:35] Speaker B: R B thing, Mariah the Scientist, definitely. [00:18:39] Speaker C: Okay. Mariah the Scientist. Go in the front. Pass to the front. Right there. [00:18:46] Speaker A: Reason. [00:18:46] Speaker C: Everything in my soul ain't a single. Skip on that. [00:18:52] Speaker A: Don't stream it. [00:18:54] Speaker C: Yeah, that's not biased at all. [00:18:56] Speaker A: Shout out to. Shout out to Reason. [00:18:57] Speaker C: Reason Sitting next to the say my though my. All right, go ahead. [00:19:04] Speaker A: I'm have to give it to Chance the Rapper. Starline. Hey, it's some real rap fans in the building. [00:19:10] Speaker C: Low Key West. [00:19:11] Speaker A: Your name Autumn. [00:19:12] Speaker C: Autumn. Chance the Rapper, I think got the best intro of the year, period. Facts, bro. Hold on. All right, here. Go right here. [00:19:22] Speaker B: Since we're talking R and B, I definitely want to say that Tamar Braxton's Heartbreak Retrograde is so good. I just want to get into it. It's really, really good. Like, a lot of times, people focus on the antics and the semantics of things, and sometimes they miss out on a race. Really good album or record. So I did when I thought it out because it's really incredible. [00:19:41] Speaker C: Okay, right behind you. Sorry. [00:19:47] Speaker A: I don't know if this album or mixtape came out, but Gina's mixtape. I'm waiting on you. I got the little snippet. Gina. Yeah. Let's get into. I'm still waiting on that reason first. So I ain't gonna turn to my left. [00:20:00] Speaker C: Oh, right here in front. That's what it's for. It's all good. It can take a beat. [00:20:07] Speaker B: Giveon beloved. Yes. [00:20:11] Speaker C: Shout out to Long Beach. Anybody from Long beach in here? Oh, okay. [00:20:17] Speaker A: That's my friend Sarah. We've been friends since we was in first grade. Oh, how cute. I' ma say kinderman. [00:20:25] Speaker B: Kind of famous. [00:20:26] Speaker A: Man. [00:20:28] Speaker B: I feel like people be sleeping on kids. She wants of the best rap girls right now. She known a lot of the mainstream girls. Quit being honest. [00:20:34] Speaker A: Yes. [00:20:35] Speaker B: So that's what I would say. [00:20:36] Speaker C: Kidder, man. Hard. It's Just hella toxic, though. [00:20:39] Speaker A: Either way. [00:20:40] Speaker C: No, like, I ain't gonna lie. The last two. Kinderman. I'm a grown ass man. Like, I'm really. [00:20:47] Speaker B: He want to turn up, don't it? [00:20:48] Speaker C: No, like. Okay, I'm gonna be honest with you. When I listen to Kingdom man music for me, and I'm like. I consider myself to be light, like, diet successful. I'm still insecure listening to the Kingdom man, because it's like, you ain't. I'm like, damn, bro. Like. Okay, wait, hold on. We got another one. [00:21:12] Speaker A: No, no, no, no, no. We ready. [00:21:13] Speaker C: Oh, we gotta go. [00:21:14] Speaker A: Yeah, we done drugged this out long enough. Could y' all tell we was winging it? [00:21:20] Speaker C: Okay, here we go. Can we do the intro? Oh, okay. [00:21:25] Speaker D: Here we go. [00:21:26] Speaker C: Well, ladies and gentlemen, get on your feet and welcome a. That probably got the album of the year, says the culture Wale. [00:21:36] Speaker D: I'm not good at public speaking, man. [00:21:38] Speaker C: Oh, no, you the best at public speaking. [00:21:40] Speaker D: Ah, man, it's different when it's like this. [00:21:42] Speaker C: This album say different, man. Make some noise for Wale. First and foremost, bro. Thank you for being here. [00:21:54] Speaker D: They said that we can't smoke in here and that. That effect, that affects that. I thought I was gonna have like a calm interview and stuff that, you know, we. You know, the weed just. It levels. Levels the Red Bull out. But it's cool. [00:22:08] Speaker C: I'll be. [00:22:08] Speaker D: All right. [00:22:09] Speaker A: We. We got some warm up games for the audience that we want to play with you and the people in the audience, if that's okay. [00:22:17] Speaker D: Yep. [00:22:18] Speaker A: I need three volunteers. [00:22:21] Speaker C: You can win something. [00:22:23] Speaker D: All right. [00:22:24] Speaker A: All right, start over. Because a lot of y' all raise your hand. All right, she's standing up. [00:22:29] Speaker C: She's standing up. She won't. She going in right here. We need three, Only three. And then him, and then him. [00:22:35] Speaker A: All right, there. Right here with the heart hat. And then him. [00:22:38] Speaker C: All right, where's the cube at? [00:22:40] Speaker A: And then just go over there, stand to the side, and grab the. [00:22:42] Speaker D: All right. For sure. [00:22:43] Speaker C: All right, so go ahead and explain it. [00:22:46] Speaker A: So this game is. Finish the lyric. [00:22:50] Speaker C: Look, she. Yeah, yeah. You want it in on this shit? Hey, niggas freeze up when Wale get here. They was all talking shit. All right, are you ready, bro? Nope. [00:23:05] Speaker A: You the first one. [00:23:06] Speaker C: All right, so I'm gonna play. [00:23:07] Speaker A: Come here. So the camera. Can you please. [00:23:08] Speaker C: Oh, they got to come up here. Yeah, I got it. Where they. Where do they got to stand, P.B. [00:23:13] Speaker A: Stand right. [00:23:15] Speaker C: Come. Come over here. Come up here. Come up. Come over here. Right there. All right. Is he good right here? Damn, he good right here, people. Over More. Come over more. Right there. All right, perfect. All right, so we about to embarrass you in front of W. All right. All right, so you ready? [00:23:36] Speaker A: I'm a cowboy fan, too. [00:23:37] Speaker C: All right, here we go. Hey, pay attention, bro. Here we go. [00:23:48] Speaker D: Turn it up, Turn it up. [00:23:52] Speaker C: Hold on. Here we go. Finish the lyric. [00:24:03] Speaker E: Oh, damn. [00:24:03] Speaker C: You got me. All right. Take your ass, make your ass switch. [00:24:07] Speaker D: Come up here. [00:24:12] Speaker C: You said that? What'd you say? Wait, get your mic. [00:24:14] Speaker D: I didn't hear you. That should have been an easy one. [00:24:17] Speaker C: That was an easy one. [00:24:18] Speaker D: I'm on triple platinum. [00:24:22] Speaker A: I can't hear either. [00:24:23] Speaker C: All right, here we go. Turn it. Turn this up. Okay, I got you. I got you. All right, here we go. [00:24:37] Speaker A: Oh, wait, I didn't hear it. Sit your ass down. [00:24:43] Speaker C: Play it. You want me to play it again? [00:24:45] Speaker D: You didn't hear that? [00:24:46] Speaker C: You want to play it again? [00:24:47] Speaker D: You play it again. [00:24:48] Speaker C: You want to play it again? Did anybody else that way, face that way? [00:24:51] Speaker D: They are. You going give one. You give one more chance. [00:24:53] Speaker A: One more chance. [00:24:55] Speaker D: You give them one more chance. [00:24:57] Speaker A: A new song, too. [00:24:58] Speaker D: Oh, my God. [00:24:58] Speaker A: That's a new. [00:24:59] Speaker C: All right, here we go. Here we go. Here we go. [00:25:02] Speaker A: Quiet, quiet, quiet. I didn't even hear. [00:25:12] Speaker C: All right, come on up. Come on up. Come on up. [00:25:16] Speaker D: Should I just leave? [00:25:17] Speaker A: I'm trying to give y' all some gifts. [00:25:18] Speaker D: I'm about to leave. I know where I'm at. I don't got no love for W. Let it be known there. Let it be known. [00:25:30] Speaker C: All right, here we go. This one. Hold on. Here we go. [00:25:37] Speaker A: Okay. [00:25:45] Speaker B: They just trying to make your work. Can you play it again? [00:25:48] Speaker A: I do know this. [00:25:50] Speaker D: Maybe. Maybe give her less context. Never give her less content. Does that work? [00:25:57] Speaker C: You want me to play it again? [00:25:58] Speaker D: Less context. No, no, no. [00:26:02] Speaker A: Hold on, hold on. All right. Y' all come back. Y' all two come back. [00:26:14] Speaker C: Come back up here, bro. Come back up here. [00:26:16] Speaker A: Y' all two come back. [00:26:17] Speaker C: Come back up here, bro. [00:26:19] Speaker D: That's such a deep cut. That's my only Grammy nominated song. That was a deep cut. [00:26:24] Speaker C: And then she didn't even come back up here. You good? [00:26:27] Speaker D: All right. [00:26:28] Speaker A: No, I got something for you. What you mean, you good? I got bottles up here. Shout out to our sponsors. The building lady trying to. I'm just trying to feed you lights. [00:26:38] Speaker C: There you go. Thank you all. Thank you, bro. [00:26:41] Speaker A: We have one more game. Can you get us? Because I gotta go feed my fish. Okay, I'll Be back. I gotta go feed my fish. But we got one more game. [00:26:58] Speaker C: Me. [00:27:01] Speaker A: So this next game is you have to guess all of the lyrics. I'm sorry, not all the lyrics. You got to guess all eight of Wale albums. Okay, yb, if you can guess it, that bottle is for you. [00:27:16] Speaker C: Face to face. The camera, bro. Can you hand me that? [00:27:21] Speaker D: Sorry. [00:27:23] Speaker C: All right. So you can look. Look up here. Look, while they don't know either. [00:27:28] Speaker D: Yes, I do. [00:27:29] Speaker C: All right, hold on, hold on. All right, go ahead. I got you. I got you. [00:27:34] Speaker D: I'mma go everything. Yeah, I got it. That's how I think. That's how I see everything anyways. [00:27:40] Speaker C: Okay, Go ahead, bro. Yeah. [00:27:41] Speaker D: So top left. Everything is a lot, of course, for Lauren. Wow. That's crazy. [00:27:47] Speaker C: Shine, Ambition, gifted. [00:27:54] Speaker D: Wait, wait, wait. That's attention deficit. [00:27:57] Speaker C: Wait, wait, wait, wait. [00:27:58] Speaker D: You said what? So, Sean, Top right. [00:28:01] Speaker C: You was before your time with that one when. Yeah. [00:28:05] Speaker D: And then this is Album about nothing. This is gifted. [00:28:15] Speaker C: This is ambition and attention deficit. [00:28:19] Speaker D: That's easy. Yeah. [00:28:23] Speaker A: So in honor of all eight albums, This is Wale Appreciation Day. [00:28:33] Speaker D: Thank you so much. [00:28:34] Speaker A: Shout out to my favorite rapper. [00:28:35] Speaker D: Thank you so much. I appreciate. [00:28:37] Speaker A: Make a wish. That's all. Your apples are on the cake. [00:28:48] Speaker C: That's dope, man. Hey, man, while they got eight studio albums, man, and the homie just guessed all of them. That stuff make some noise, though. So. So listen. [00:29:09] Speaker D: Thank you, Gina. [00:29:11] Speaker C: Gina was like, I'm a cake decorator now. I got Wale a cake. But from your perspective, bro, once again, congratulations, bro. Cause I know it's not easy to get out. [00:29:23] Speaker D: Thank you very much. Thank you. [00:29:25] Speaker C: We just had to, you know, get some stuff off real quick. But I do want to dive into this album because I got a little bit of a beef. [00:29:32] Speaker D: Okay. [00:29:33] Speaker C: Okay. So when you came to the radio station. You came to the radio station, and mind you, it was impromptu. You just pulled up and you was like, y' all want to come fuck with y'. [00:29:42] Speaker E: All. [00:29:42] Speaker C: And we. And we rocked out. It was amazing conversation. Did y' all watch our Wally interview? Okay, watch it again. So. So when you came there, I was trying to get you to tell me the name of the album, and you would not give me the name of the album. But the homie was like, he been saying it the whole time he been at the radio station. And then I started going and watching other shit. And you have been saying the name of the fucking album for, like, all summer. Yeah, he's like, you know, everything's a lot. Just, you know, I'm like, and you just went on about your day. Like, you didn't just, like, not do that. Yeah. Which was probably intentional because most of your shit is intentional. For me, I just had to get that off my chest. I was like, I was upset about that. [00:30:23] Speaker D: But I mean, that was get back, though. Like, you know, the summer before used to be on, oh, something's gonna happen tonight. Everybody be like, oh, everybody be by their computer, by their phone, trying to do whenever. When he was going through the back and forth, he was doing that. So I was like, let me, let me. Let me do the same strategy. Since you, like the, you know, long term booking, Right. Let me eat some of that. [00:30:45] Speaker C: Yeah, I appreciate that. But this album, first of all, I think I played Where To Start. I was one of the first people in the country to play Where To Start. [00:30:53] Speaker D: Yeah, I appreciate that too, bro. [00:30:56] Speaker C: So when I first heard the record, I heard the sample and everything, I was like, this is dope. But speaking of where to start, where did you start on this album? Like, where did you. Because I don't know, like, do you start production lyrics? Like, where did you. [00:31:07] Speaker D: It just kept taking concept. It kept taking different forms. But I know, like, you know, like, when the Def Jam deal was done and I had settled in new management, I just started really being in the studio every day. I know, like, blanco and like. And tomorrow Today was like the first two that I was like, all right, this definitely on the album. You know what I'm saying? So I didn't really know, like, direction it was going, but I had an idea. Like, that's why you see, like, a lot of the harmonies of the harmonies I'm doing. That was like, the style that I was using when I first started the album. And I ended the album, like, just really just like going crazy on verses and stuff like that. So it was kind of all over the place. [00:31:45] Speaker C: And then also since 2012, you've been pretty consistent. You drop every year or every year, every two years since you've been dropping records. This is the first album that took, I think, a year longer than what your normal cadence is. Is there a reason for that conceptually, or is that a label thing or. [00:32:01] Speaker D: I mean, I really don't know how to not make, like, albums. Like, I don't know, like, when it's one is I'm always working on music. Like, that's really all I know. I don't really got no hobbies like that. So it's just gonna be like, I'm always gonna be working, you know, What I'm saying, like, even when we was on lockdown, as soon as the studios went back up and like, I made the EP the Imperfect Storm, like, I was outside every day and then going into the studio writing about the day, like, you know what I'm saying? And it's the same thing with this. Like, I just been writing every single day. There's so many songs that y' all might never even hear because I just go work every single day. [00:32:37] Speaker C: She handed them the aux. It's songs that ain't even on the album. Well, don't you say. [00:32:47] Speaker D: They ain't the same. [00:32:47] Speaker A: There's a trend going on on Twitter right now where people are listening to their top 20 Wale albums. [00:32:52] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:32:53] Speaker A: Give us your top five. [00:32:55] Speaker D: I think it's a lot. Five times. It is. I just think it's just. [00:32:58] Speaker A: Is this your favorite? I think I called it early. I said, this is gonna be your best body of work in your career, Wale Williams. [00:33:04] Speaker D: I can't. I can't think of it like that though. Like, it is my favorite because it's my most latest and my most recent thoughts. And I just know how the work starts now. Like. Like, I gotta show. I gotta show every up and coming artist. I gotta show my peers. I gotta show Bruh. Like, you know, my last two albums, I didn't sell well the first weekend. Like, you know, them both. They both go or not the last one, I was leaving Hornet, but like, wow, that's crazy. Whatever. First week. That's gold now. You know what I'm saying? Shine? They was. They were saying, oh, it was this. That's gold now. So I'm gonna show everybody Talk your great music. I'm gonna show you in the course of the year, that's. That's the plan, like, to really, like, get my hands dirty and just, you know, you know, be like this and push every song. Because I know I made a classic album. So I'm gonna have to show the world, show my. My peers, show the industry for real. [00:33:55] Speaker A: Can we go back to Sabotage? [00:33:58] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:33:58] Speaker A: Is there a story behind you being hoarse? [00:34:02] Speaker D: I mean, I just felt my, my, the texture of my voice that day because I had done a lot of shows and that's when I was touring with the band, so I really had no voice. I wrote it and I was like, just leave it like that. So I just made it like, all right. We just got. I got an art just to bring people closer to the story. [00:34:20] Speaker A: Okay. All right. [00:34:22] Speaker C: Oh, I was gonna ask about for where to start. I Mean, not where to start. Everything is a Lot to me is your best album. And I don't know if that's a. I mean, I know. [00:34:30] Speaker D: I don't know. [00:34:31] Speaker C: Do you take that as a compliment or is. You take that as. [00:34:33] Speaker D: I mean, you gotta get better. Like. Like a lot of people ain't got better since we dropping. Some people regressed. And, I mean, I love it too much. I don't love the business, but I love the game. I love the sport. I love, you know, the art. So I'm always trying to get better. I'm always trying to learn things and do stuff and try stuff a different way. I try to create my own sound on this joint, you know what I'm saying? [00:34:54] Speaker C: The conversations that I've been having with very tough music critics is about this album being your best album ever. Like, this is W's best work. Oh, you want some? [00:35:03] Speaker A: Well, I got another gift. Another gift for you sponsor. [00:35:09] Speaker D: Y' all gave him to the people that didn't even really win. [00:35:11] Speaker A: No, no. [00:35:14] Speaker C: Look. [00:35:14] Speaker A: Look at this. Shout out to Grand Camerino. This for you. This for you. [00:35:21] Speaker D: Congratulations. [00:35:22] Speaker C: They gave you liquor. [00:35:25] Speaker D: John and more sorrow. [00:35:29] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah, this is all his. But, yeah, go ahead and refill. [00:35:35] Speaker A: You don't even need the bartender. [00:35:37] Speaker C: I was gonna say the. I know you're very vocal about your opinions. Like, you be on Twitter and stuff like that. [00:35:43] Speaker D: Somebody gotta do it. We can't all be like, somebody gotta be outside. [00:35:49] Speaker C: You be outside. [00:35:50] Speaker D: I got. I mean, if I. In a perfect world, I'd be like. Like, somewhere. Ducked off and just dropped the songs with the videos and be like, bye. Nah, I got some. I have to do this. So I've taken on this job. I gotta do it. Like, who else gonna do it? It's just crowded out there. [00:36:06] Speaker A: I got. [00:36:06] Speaker D: Yo, I'm here. I'm outside. What? What'd you say? Oh, you ain't like it. [00:36:09] Speaker C: That's cool. [00:36:09] Speaker D: But I'mma still pop my shit. Like, I gotta push my shit, bro. [00:36:14] Speaker C: So what I was gonna ask you about this being your best body of work, is what's the best compliment you received from this album that you think? [00:36:22] Speaker D: I did talk to Robin this morning about something completely different, and she brought up this, the album, and she was like, yo, you gotta focus. Like, you're locked in. Like, they're talking about your album. You gotta lock in. And I'm, like, coming from somebody like her that I. That I revere so much. And I've seen her, like, from, like, almost the beginning, and she seen the Beginning of my career for her to say that. It kind of moved me because the conversation wasn't even about that and she brought it up. It just kind of like, like, damn. Like, it's really reaching and it's like very, very early, you know what I'm saying? [00:36:54] Speaker A: On cliche, you said, I need somebody that hates party on City on fire. You said, somebody told me that we broke up now that now you. [00:37:05] Speaker D: What did you say? [00:37:10] Speaker A: But that's cool. Get your bell run. [00:37:11] Speaker D: I do this shit progressively. You do for the lover, the game more to see others think that you ain't fellow on love and I love the way we jail, but I ain't jealous. [00:37:21] Speaker A: I ain't jealous on love her fault. You said, I met you in a club. I don't expect for you to stop hitting them. [00:37:27] Speaker C: Right. [00:37:27] Speaker A: Has dating women who enjoyed the party or club scene interfere with your relationship with them? [00:37:33] Speaker D: It has, but it's not like, in a typical way, like, if I met you there, you know what I'm saying? You probably gonna be there. Like, I just look at it as a matter of, like, what you doing in life type. Like. Like, we can all go out and party. Like, so a lot of my life I have to be in these places. Like, but what you doing in life? Like, if this is your end all be all and there's no end route, that's. That's a little concerning. But, like, you can have fun all you want, you know what I'm saying? And then some go out to spite, you know what I'm saying? Are we beefing? Like, I'm make this mad like type. So it goes both ways. But I never tried police. No woman, the way she go and whatever. It's just how she move when she go out. [00:38:12] Speaker A: So I have a diss track playlist. I love a good diss track. [00:38:16] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:38:18] Speaker A: Can we classify City on Fire as a diss track? Because you drug old girl. Whoever inspired that, you drugged it. [00:38:26] Speaker D: It's not a diss track, though, because it's like, I'm just really. It's just about like, a fragile ego. Like, I'm the bad guy on that song. Like, I'm. I'm. I'm being condescending. Like, somebody told me that we broke up. Yeah, okay, now you want to fly. Getting paid in a zool. You ain't even. [00:38:41] Speaker A: But that's a dis. [00:38:42] Speaker D: Like, but yeah, but it's. It's my fault. Like, you know what I'm saying? We broke this. [00:38:46] Speaker A: It's over with the spark that we had is headed to your section is crazy. [00:38:53] Speaker D: Her friends is like, yeah, fuck that nigga. Like, and I'm just like at home like with the gamer joint on, like playing mad against a 16 year old cussing me out. Call me the N word. And she's like that, like we up. Like we up city girls, you know. And I'm trying to be like, I ain't tripping, but I'm tripping because everybody's telling me she out having a good time. Yeah, yeah. You know that newness when you be like, it don't matter. Then you start looking at people's socials and be like, damn, she really. [00:39:18] Speaker A: Do you watch from your page or you got a sense? [00:39:21] Speaker D: I stopped. I stopped doing that when I was. This is. This is a story about back in the day. [00:39:26] Speaker C: Back in the day. [00:39:26] Speaker B: What year? [00:39:27] Speaker D: I don't know it. [00:39:29] Speaker C: I don't know. [00:39:30] Speaker D: Some time ago. [00:39:31] Speaker C: I got you. [00:39:32] Speaker A: What is wahala mean? [00:39:34] Speaker D: Does anybody here know what holla means? Big West African term, big problem. Yeah. So it's just like trouble problems, like, you know what I'm saying? Like, why is like that word is your second name. Why your homegirls that don't know nothing about nothing want to know everything. And why is it homegirl birthday like every day last time you went out facts. That's what holla. You know what I'm saying? I make moves into places I don't want to stay. I'm an introvert. I don't want to stay. How you got me out the game. But now you want to play straight shots to the face. What you trying to chase? That'd be what holla. The same punches I'm sending you hot eyes. The same ones laughing at me buying you bottles. I'm quote unquote brothers you had trying to be partners. That's what holla. So that shit we both can be unbothered. You standing on the couch in Hills. I'm watching Martin. Sorry. Tell down here what's up. I got Haha, city's on fire. [00:40:29] Speaker A: Hey, shout out to her. I. I love when my favorite artists get their heart broke. [00:40:35] Speaker C: I got a. I got a different on I think Michael Fredo, you said winter war came back and has changed. I'm afraid this how villains is made. What do you like? Did the what about the business changed you. Everything like changed you as a person. [00:40:50] Speaker D: Yeah, like bruh, I've been through a lot. Like I've been through. Like I probably got. I probably got more record deals. I probably lead the league in the record deals. I've been everywhere. Atlantic, Warner, Interscope, Def Jam, like, you know what I'm saying? So I've seen a lot, yeah, like, we at war. I'm at war with the industry. I've been at war. I ain't never been no media darling, like, you know what I'm saying? You know, and just like Michael Corleone, he went to the war. War. He went to the war and came back. His family's in the. Is in a bit of a vine, like, you know, you got Sonny, he's a hot head. You got Fredo, he incompetent. You know what I'm saying? Like, who gonna be. Who can do it? You know what I'm saying? So that's where I met with that. Like, I want to change. This is how villains is made. When y'. All. When they. When they come for me and we try to act like I'm not this or that or I. I don't. I don't belong in these conversations that turned me into a certain type of, like, oh, so I can get y' all my best, and y' all gonna do this. Oh, I can. I can call the complex and curse them out. But y'. All. But y' all gonna go take it the next mile and post it. Like, that ain't. That ain't. I'm not the first artist to come call a. A publication upset. No, but y' all put that out that, like, okay, okay. Now shit has changed. That's how business is made. You know what I'm saying? And now y' all gotta put me in your office because I did an album with Jerry Seinfeld, so I got the last laugh. But I ain't forget. I ain't forget, though. And that's how Michael went from us being a soldier to, you know, to running a family. That's what I want. That's. That's. I feel like I'm in the transition from being good guy soldier to being like, I'm gonna be one of the guys at the top of this game. By force, by fire. I'm gonna do it. And it starts right here, where everything's a lot. [00:42:27] Speaker A: When you drop Mira on the Benz, we broke it down on the show. We were trying to find a connection from all of the singles that have been released thus far. It was at that time, it was Blanco, where to Start, and Marona B. That, to me, that. The theme of that is self reflection. When did you stop listening to your inner self, man? [00:42:48] Speaker D: I mean, it goes in and out. Like, sometimes I like I forget and sometimes I do. I probably stopped a couple times throughout my. My career. Like, this junk will really, man. Like, I've been doing this for a minute. Like, a lot of people don't make it this far because they really can't take what it do to you. So the first time I probably stopped was probably like, after my debut album when I was sitting in that hotel trying to figure out why nobody in D.C. could find my. You know, I'm like, maybe, am I doing this wrong? Am I doing the right thing? Whatever, you know, it goes in and out. And I got to keep reminding myself, like, a lottish and how far I came. [00:43:27] Speaker C: I happen to speak to one of your fans. You just brought up dc. I happen to speak to one of your fans. What's the name? Chuck. Erica. I talked to Erica about you from D.C. and there's this thing, like, you always been really, I guess, embracing DC culture and that's your home and stuff like that. But is there like, this movement that's trying to like, silence Go go music in D.C. yeah. [00:43:51] Speaker D: I mean. [00:43:52] Speaker C: And has that been persistent throughout your career? [00:43:54] Speaker D: Trying to silence Go Go since, like, back, like, for real, like, long time ago. The, like, Go Go has been like the, the scapegoat for the violence in the city. And maybe some of it has been really because it was kind of like the wild, wild west, but, like, they've been trying to like, you know, shut it down, like, since like maybe like the mid-90s. [00:44:13] Speaker C: Is there a reason for that? [00:44:14] Speaker D: It's violence. Oh, just the violence. Yeah, violence. Like, be so many people, like, you know, like, just unruly. Like, if we was, when we was young, going into the Go gos, like them 18, like, 18 and under joints, like, it was out at 3 in the morning at the Go Go still, like, so it was a lot of stuff going on and like, you know, a lot of beef going on with different neighborhoods that's always at the Go Go. It's going to go down there. [00:44:37] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:44:38] Speaker D: You know what I'm saying? Like, it's so. It was, you know, the city been trying to mute it, and now it's more. More gentrified. Like, so, like, you know, that was the whole thing. Like, some of our, like, like the. One of the places that sell go go CDs and tapes, like, across the street from that junk is like a lot of like, white people walking they Chihuahua, like, and like, the music's too loud. Oh, my goodness. Like, you know what I'm saying? And it's like bruh this is Georgia Ave. We listen to Go Go on the warm days. You could hear playing from the these places. It ain't, it ain't loud to us, you know. So it's. That's. It's always been kind of agenda for Go Go because it's like, it's super black music. It's like super black. Like I just went to one when I was home. I wanted to go see tcb. They had a reunion show, bruh. If I show you footage from this young, you never see nothing like it. You see a like room like this, but like times five. And everybody's dancing, they dance. There's no phone, there's barely phones. They sweat and they dance and it's live play. It's two percussionists, a guitar player, three people on the mic and there's no place like it. It's something completely different. And they've been trying to silence that joint for far back as I can remember. [00:45:47] Speaker A: You were just performing matrimony and you changed the lyrics. You said, I finally been to a wedding and conundrum. You said, a few have came close. How does it feel for you now to attend the wedding knowing that if you have came close before and just seeing people in love and tying a. [00:46:05] Speaker D: Knot, it's crazy because my brother, my brother got married, my little cousin got married. You know what I'm saying? Like while in the process of making this out, like, you know, I go to my brother John, like seeing my mother at the junk. And like a lot of my aunts, they do something to you. And then going all the way to Nigeria, like my cousin John was like a, like a, like a. A24 movie. Like that joint was like outfit changes and everything on the island, you know what I'm saying? So it just did something to me. Like it's like that, that. That marriage thing been kind of hovering over my mind as of late. For real. And that. [00:46:40] Speaker C: What? [00:46:40] Speaker D: Blouse making the album. [00:46:42] Speaker A: So not no more. [00:46:45] Speaker D: Yeah, I think, I think it's. Yeah, for sure. Yeah. [00:46:52] Speaker A: Do you ever think about doing the matrimony part two? [00:46:56] Speaker D: I think people worry about part twos a lot. Like they be some part twos that just be like other titles. Other titles. Or it might be a part two that might be a feature on somebody joint. Like this is the same train of thought that I was thinking there. Like, you know, but part two, like, because even like ambitious girl, like, you know, you got one and you got two. Then I was like, I don't know if I want to like, like number Them, you know what I'm saying? Like, I just want to make them and then, like, people can put it together. [00:47:24] Speaker A: Have you seen the videos on Tick Tock? [00:47:27] Speaker D: What video? What. What's going on? Tick Tock? [00:47:30] Speaker A: Like, what? People proposing, actually walking down the aisle to the video. It's cracking. Matrimony is cracking right now. Yes. [00:47:36] Speaker D: I need, like, a higher. Like a Tick Tock reporter. Like, I need the Tick Tock reports every morning. But I mean, I'm super trying, like, go walk into this, the new phase of these new songs, though. I think that if I. If I subscribe to, like, like, all the old songs as popular as they are, if I subscribe to those, then, like, that's. That's. I'm kind of like, you know. [00:48:02] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:48:02] Speaker D: So, like, no, I got. I got some of the best songs that's going. That's gonna be in my catalog that just came out. So maybe just like, that's kind of like a defense make. I don't really, like, watch none of the old stuff, like, at all. [00:48:15] Speaker A: Oh, I'm nosy. And I'll be on your Twitter. You'll be on the algorithm, though. [00:48:20] Speaker D: Okay, well, somebody. Not enough. [00:48:23] Speaker A: You tweeted. I like, it's about absolute love and the guilt of knowing you're not at your best, but somehow she still sees you. Yeah, you said that's what I like is about. [00:48:33] Speaker D: Like. [00:48:33] Speaker A: Like I is about. Yeah, but I thought that that was the thing. Theme of the Yukon Freestyle. Is it a connection between those two songs that Yukon. [00:48:41] Speaker D: If you really listen to the Yukon joint, it's. It's kind of like the preface to the whole, like, a lot of the album. It's all like, if you really listen to it. That's why I was kind of like. I wanted Def Jam to be like, yo, let me just put on dsps. Justin can have it. Like, it just. It. It just. It was where I was at. Like, I'm saying, this is a little part of me, but, like, man, let me just get this jump produce, because I just. It needs to be in the universe of the album. [00:49:05] Speaker C: You know what I'm saying? [00:49:06] Speaker D: It's. It really, like, is the root to like, like, like, it's. It's. It's. There's a. There's a. There's a marriage there between that joint and Fly Away. Like, there's a certain marriage there. Like, they belong together. It just happens to be. We can't clear it. Yukon people. Yeah, it's. It's. I'm glad you brought that up because it's an important part of it out. [00:49:25] Speaker A: What does it mean when you said, I think Valentine's Day is for beginners? [00:49:29] Speaker D: Like, love when you love hard. Like. Like, you love hard. Like, I gotta wait for this day. These white people made up to love on you like that. [00:49:37] Speaker A: Oh, you do it all throughout the year. [00:49:38] Speaker C: It's performative. [00:49:39] Speaker D: It's like a performative thing. It is. It's performative. It's like, whatever. Like Valentine's Day for beginners. I thank God that you see me 365 out of five times. You five times, too. You know what I'm saying? Like. Like every day. You know what I'm saying? Like, you see me 360. You see five out of five times you five times, two every day. So I think when you say, Valentine's Day is for beginners, I'm letting you listen to note, like, yeah, first of all, like, if you in love, this Valentine should have just. It's theatrical, popping circumstance. Like, bruh, we really in love. I really on you like that. This shit's for beginners. I'm thanking God for you every day. [00:50:18] Speaker A: So Kayla, Nisha can hear y'. [00:50:21] Speaker C: All. [00:50:22] Speaker D: What y' all say? [00:50:23] Speaker C: What y'. [00:50:23] Speaker A: All. Y' all want to mic? [00:50:27] Speaker C: I got a question. Wait. They can't hear. We can't. [00:50:35] Speaker D: But it's just for beginners, though. When people, like, you know, start trying. Trying to plan and do stuff on Valentine's Day, it should be like that for. No, because of Tuesday. [00:50:43] Speaker A: Do you celebrate Valentine's Day? [00:50:45] Speaker D: Yeah, it's just for beginners, though. I still do, but it's like, what can I do? I should have. I should have already done so much. [00:50:56] Speaker C: This is gonna start a whole. Bro, we gotta move on. This is gonna be something, bro, listen. [00:51:02] Speaker D: I tell you, I love you enough. Give you a dozen roses because it's a Tuesday. And I. And I do that. Like, what am I do, like, make do double roses on Valentine's Day. It's just like. No, it's just for beginners. If you look at. If you look at it that way. That's all. [00:51:17] Speaker C: Okay, so look, the cameras can't hear y', all. So when we. When you watch this back, it's gonna look crazy. [00:51:26] Speaker D: Okay, Just subtitles. [00:51:28] Speaker C: Okay. So you also said, go back on the block list. She back on the block list. You active on Twitter a lot. What makes Wale block somebody on the Internet? I really. [00:51:41] Speaker D: I really ain't stopped blocking nobody to this album. This was the one I started doing because I feel like they like, to be like, look who blocked me, y'? [00:51:48] Speaker B: All. [00:51:48] Speaker D: And it's like, that's a good. That's a good thing. But they used to be like, yo, look, y', all, he blocked me. Like, I don't know why this person blocked me. I'm like, because you're annoying. I see your timeline. I could tell. [00:51:58] Speaker C: But how many. [00:52:00] Speaker D: The first time I started blocking, because I'm like. I'm, like, trying to push my album. I know that I gotta, like, do double work to get, like, into the algorithms. I gotta promote my. I gotta spam my. Discovering the early day. Like, somebody pop up and be like, failure. And I'll be like, how? And then. And then they'd be like, yo, oh, my God, you responded to me. You're a loser. Oh, my God, you responded to me. I'll be like, okay, block. Forget it. Forget it. So I've been starting to block that. I just be like. Like, a lot of times, I respond to that. You, man, fuck you. And then it's out my system. Delete it, then. Block. Because it's like, every once in a while, they catch me slipping. But it's like, bro, the audacity, the goal. Like, how could you do that? How could you do that? Like, bro, I represent a nigga. That's if all. Like, I represent a nigga that's really, like, outside pushing his music and believe in his craft. Like, I represent that. Like, you gonna put this down, like, you know what I'm saying? I just be like, the audacity of you niggas. Like, but I just been putting up, like, that block party is jumping right. It'll look like my, like, Coachella, my block party crazy. So when they stop me, like, man. [00:53:08] Speaker C: I don't know why you. Blah. [00:53:09] Speaker D: Oh, yes, you do. I don't be looking at. To block. It'd be like, a direct thing that I don't like. Like, oh, you. You're like, you're out. I didn't do this with him. Cool. So whatever. [00:53:23] Speaker C: Cool. [00:53:23] Speaker D: Like, block, then. Okay. I could be part of your little lore of, like, celebrities that blocked you. Congratulations. My. What the you want? [00:53:30] Speaker A: How many people you think you got, man? [00:53:33] Speaker D: It depends on what time of the day it is. Sometimes, you know, Everybody like, bruh, 40% of this room do the rollover and look at their socials thing in the middle of the night, like, or in the morning. And my man, if I wake up on the wrong side of the bed, even if I read your shit wrong, it might get blocked or accident. [00:53:51] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:53:53] Speaker D: While they got a hit on his hands. And if I read it and I roll over and say, I'm gonna hit Wale with these hands. If I read it like that, that's my bad. You get blocked, though. Like. Like, I don't have it, man. I'm on a mission. I got like 10, 11 months to push this album to show them it goes into the pantheon of great hip hop album. I don't have time for that, man. That's what holler. [00:54:15] Speaker C: So if you read my tweet wrong, I'm blocked. That's. [00:54:18] Speaker D: I do not. Like, I. I look at the sources sometimes, okay? And that's if I wake up like, in the wrong side real quick. Like. But these guys is getting bold, man. Like, just dead Internet. There is a thing. Like, it'd be all the. With their AI joint. Call me all type of like, go back to Africa. I'm like, damn, I was born in Bladensburg. Like, I'll go, I'll go. But damn, like, you telling me to go. You sound like them. And you know what I mean when I say them. So I get that. That just block, man. I don't. Yeah, I do the block thing. Thing. I gotta chill with the response thing, but I'm a little bit in my blocker. Like right now, though. [00:54:57] Speaker A: Me and Head had a block versus. I think you beat me. [00:55:00] Speaker C: I beat you? Yeah, Yeah. I don't remember. I think I had 100 and something. People. [00:55:04] Speaker D: We gotta. We gotta do a thing where we gotta. Like. I don't really get the satisfaction from blocking these AI pictures and these anime pics, but I need to see a real. I need to look in their eyes when I press block. I wanna see. I wanna see what you do for a living. Like, it always people that don't put themselves out there. And I'm like, I wanna. Yeah, you block. Cause you're annoying, but I want to, like, look at you. So like, maybe I want to meet a. That I blocked so that way I could be like, let's get it. Why I block you? Show me, and then we can really get it on. Like, like need to do something like that. [00:55:35] Speaker C: That's petty as fuck you. I just meet a. That you blocked. [00:55:39] Speaker D: I want to talk to niggas. Is anybody here blocked? [00:55:43] Speaker C: You blocked? Nah. [00:55:45] Speaker D: You did that quick, man. You got some explain. Oh, yeah. Nope. So I ain't blocked nobody in, okay? I just be wanting to be both. [00:55:56] Speaker C: He blocked you. Okay, well, I can see that. Hold on, hold on, hold on. [00:56:02] Speaker D: I can see that because of the. The earlier. Exchange. [00:56:05] Speaker C: Catch this. [00:56:06] Speaker D: Hold on. [00:56:06] Speaker C: Stop talking. Catch this cube. Here we go now. Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. [00:56:13] Speaker D: I know I was. [00:56:14] Speaker B: Hold on. [00:56:15] Speaker C: Why did Wale block you? [00:56:16] Speaker A: He's a Virgo. [00:56:17] Speaker B: Makes sense. [00:56:18] Speaker A: Okay, I don't think he blocked. [00:56:20] Speaker D: They try to. [00:56:21] Speaker B: Not too much. Okay, I don't know if you necessarily blocked me, but you. I did harass you. [00:56:26] Speaker D: I did. [00:56:27] Speaker A: See, I knew I was like 15 in high school. [00:56:31] Speaker C: Oh, no, we ain't doing that. [00:56:32] Speaker A: No, no. But you posted me on Instagram. [00:56:34] Speaker D: Give me. [00:56:35] Speaker B: You took my tweets and posted on Instagram. And I was so embarrassed. And I was like, oh, my God. And then I think you watched it. [00:56:40] Speaker C: Now, for the record, Tony killed her mic. For the record. For the record. Throw the cube. For the record, Wale never Talked to no 15 year old on Twitter. [00:56:52] Speaker D: Don't put me in. And that seems like that sounds like discernment for me. I think my discernment's been good. It's been steady this whole time. I have a. I've ever blocked nobody without real reason, bro. [00:57:07] Speaker A: I got a random question. Don't ask me how I know this. Why do Snowfall follow you on Instagram? [00:57:13] Speaker D: Snowfall. [00:57:14] Speaker A: The show. [00:57:14] Speaker C: The show follow you on Instagram. [00:57:16] Speaker D: Why does Snowfall follow me on Instagram? [00:57:18] Speaker A: Yeah, like, the show. Yeah. [00:57:21] Speaker D: Because I make good music. I mean, I think a lot of, like. [00:57:30] Speaker C: I mean. What do you mean? [00:57:32] Speaker A: It's a rumor that YG was supposed to be on there, so I was trying to see if you was ever supposed to be on Snowpo. [00:57:36] Speaker C: Oh, gonna be on the show. [00:57:39] Speaker D: He was supposed to do. We talked about him doing Elders, a live video on Ambition Singleton. [00:57:45] Speaker C: Really? [00:57:45] Speaker D: Because he said he saw a lot like, you know, like, a lot like, of how, like, I moved. That was familiar. You know, my team run that time. Like, yo, y' all should do it. And he was down for it. And then, you know, when Dancing started coming to la, I was with him a lot. [00:57:59] Speaker A: I knew it was something there. [00:58:01] Speaker D: So we talked, you know, we talked about some stuff and. Yeah, but, you know, industry happens. [00:58:08] Speaker C: Is there. [00:58:09] Speaker D: And we lost John. God vs so shout out to John Singer. [00:58:12] Speaker C: Is there a Afrobeats album in Wale's future? [00:58:19] Speaker D: I don't know. I think Afrobeats is evolving. And I always. I always pride myself on being ahead of stuff. It's a little watered down because a lot of people be like, I'm gonna do an Afrobeats out. Like, a lot of people be like, that's popping. I'm going to do an after I've heard so many talented artists, just like I'm gonna do Afrobeats album and it's like bruh, you gotta really be of it to do it. Luckily I'm of it. [00:58:45] Speaker C: You know what I'm saying? My. [00:58:46] Speaker D: My father like my family and on those state in Nigeria like it's we heavy out there. Like but I just don't know if I got the like if the juice is worth the squeeze. I know I could make some interesting records and that genre is evolving. It's something I would definitely do. [00:59:05] Speaker C: But what about a collab project like. [00:59:07] Speaker D: With another would have to be the right. [00:59:09] Speaker C: Had to be the right person. [00:59:11] Speaker D: I. I'm constantly evolving as an artist. Like sometimes like if somebody got to see the vision how I see it and we can rock out. But like I'm tough in the studio. Like I'm. I push it. I try different things and a lot of people don't like that. [00:59:25] Speaker A: Can I make a request? [00:59:26] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:59:26] Speaker A: What you and K Camp. [00:59:29] Speaker D: A lot of people been saying that. Yeah. Kk, my man. [00:59:33] Speaker A: The after hour playlist to go crazy. [00:59:35] Speaker D: K Camp like that, like that. Who knows knows. I got a couple little things that I want to do that are not necessarily wale music. It's like a couple things I want to get it like halfway done before I like announce it all the way. But like it's some interesting things that I want to do like that are bigger, not even bigger, they're just completely different. I. I'll say this. It's. It's music that is. That I'm doing like with my friends that some of them are big, some of them are up and coming, but it's like not under the wallet thing. And it's going to be like like funk Funk music. Like remember when I was asking, I had had. I was like, yo, I need some like really, really groovy bass lines and stuff like that because I'm. I'm working on something else. So I'm excited about that. But I won't say too much because somebody gonna steal idea and then they're gonna say I stole it. You know how to shoot go. [01:00:30] Speaker A: How do you decide which pieces of your life to reveal to the world? [01:00:37] Speaker D: The thing is I. Some of the best stuff I wrote, I don't even remember writing it. You know what I'm saying? Like, I don't remember. I just like let go and I'm in that place now where I got the moments. I just let go and I check who I listen to it tomorrow. You Know what I'm saying? I don't really over that. Just be like, this is what saying. This is saying this to me right now. And I put it down, just let go. [01:00:59] Speaker A: Is it ever difficult for you to reminisce on past relationships? [01:01:03] Speaker D: Not relationships, but moments in life? Yeah, like survive. It took a lot out of me. [01:01:09] Speaker C: Survive was hard. [01:01:10] Speaker D: I don't even listen to it. It's a lot like, you know what I'm saying? Like, I. You know. No, like, you know you lost your sister. And I know what. Like, I know that's like. Like, it's like something. Somebody young to. Something that, like, out of your hand, like I'm saying. So I was in like a psychosis, bro. Like when I lost my cousin because he died the day after his first born was born. Literally on his first day back to work. Somebody was driving on the wrong side of the road, hit him. And I was. I was not okay for like, probably like two months. Like, just. But I. You think you okay, you know what I'm saying? You go to the funeral, like, oh, and then we athletic fitness. And I just break down crying. I'm like, for no reason, like, you know what I'm saying? Like, it took a long, long time to get there. And I never mentioned it on those records because it's like, it opens up this can and I really can't. So on this album, like, I'm just gonna do it because it's like, it's time to like, just address it, like, let people know why. You know what I'm saying? So that John was hard. And then like, talking about hearing my man Lil raps at the beginning of that joint, like that. That me up too every time I hear so. But it had to be done because, like, everything, like, if people revere me as somebody that relate to them, like, I gotta show you how I deal with these things too. But that ain't easy. Like, I remember around the time my cousin passed, they had the Fast and Furious song and they was like, yo, you want to do this joint? The see you again joint? [01:02:43] Speaker C: Oh, the Wiz and Charlie. [01:02:44] Speaker D: I said, I can't do it because, like, I know if I'm. I'm gonna write this about and I'm have to do it. I'm gonna be the guy that do this. Like, I'm gonna be. You know what I'm saying? And I wasn't built for that. You know what I'm saying? I still would say no 100 million times. That joint is super whatever. But I, you know, What I mean. And I feel the same way about Survive. I did it because I know I had to get it out, but it's not something that I want, like, play. That's for the people that know where I'm at, though. [01:03:09] Speaker A: I think that that song is a song that I feel like everybody in here could relate to. Was there a specific moment in your life that you realized, like, oh, I have survivor's remorse. [01:03:21] Speaker D: I think that that's. That's. That's it since I got on, because I can't dc, like, nobody thought nobody was gonna make it in rap. So when I'm torn with Jay Z, I'm doing all this stuff. I'm. And all that other stuff, like, coming back. I'm trying to do verses for everybody. I'm trying to put people with people. And I did the jump with French Montana and Chinks and somebody from back around the way. Then I do this. I'm just trying to be. Trying to people please the whole. And you, you know, can't do that. You know, you can't. It's impossible. [01:03:51] Speaker C: And then. [01:03:52] Speaker D: And I tried, though, and it let me know, like, you really can't. Everybody can't go, as much as it hurts. You know what I'm saying? I was showing my man the day I was on, you know, the album release be emotional. And I'm in the car, like, sending my man my text with Nipsey. Like, we had this. I got, like, screenshots of certain people, conversations that like, to go, like, you know what I'm saying? To take me there, like. And it's just like, we've talked about that in extent, like. Like, it was a media person that we both wasn't feeling at the time. And he was like, bro, they don't know what it's like to pay for caskets. They don't know what it's like to go back around the way and give you, like, you know what I'm saying? And, like, to lose him, like, lose my. My young boy. Like, it just was a cacophony of sadness, bro. Like, it's just like, in, like, that feeling, and I'd be in that junk just looking at our text, me and Nip, like, just being like, bruh, I never know. You know what I'm saying? And that's. That's. That survive. That's. That's where it come from. That's the DNA of those conversations is all in these. In the out. Like, what. Like, the betrayal. The. The. The. The. The Trying to be the. The neighborhood Hero. The. The neighborhood haters. When you get to a bigger level, it's all there. You know what I'm saying? [01:05:11] Speaker C: You talk about. You brought up Nipsey. I find everything is a lot similar to Victory Lap because every time I go back to it, I get a new favorite record. And I remember that's how it started with Victory Lap for me. Like, I had a new favorite record. The record I'm on this week is you and Shaboozi. Lonely. Oh, my God, that shit hard, fool. Like, I'm from la, bro. You know, so soon, so. But, like, I want to know about that process because you and Shaboozi is an interesting pairing that I didn't know I needed, so can you talk about that? [01:05:45] Speaker D: I was. [01:05:46] Speaker C: Man. [01:05:47] Speaker D: I remember it was one day we just had a bass player in the studio, and, like, when I got one or two instruments just riffing, I turned in. I don't know who I be thinking I am. I'd be turning into somebody. I always write some crazy something when there's, like, a bass playing something. So that day we had a bass plan, and it was just building, building, building, building. So that song, we had it. And I remember, like, Shaboozi would be in the other room some days, and he would hear that joke, and, like, he never asked to get on it, but he kept, like, he was making clues that he wanted to with the joint. And what did he say? [01:06:25] Speaker C: Like, he was being passive about it. Like, oh, that's just something hard. [01:06:28] Speaker D: Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it's like. But at the same time, he's blowing up. Like, I'm saying, like, not cr. It's still. Still is going there. And one day I was like, man, it. Let's just do it. Jump on it. It's just unfortunate because, like, the country wave kind of hit, but that I wrote that. You know how this should go. I wrote that way, way, way, way long time ago. Yeah, but no, it came out good, though. Like, he came he with it a little bit and came another day and just knocked it out. And, you know, I'm. I'm glad they with it because it was definitely, like, outside the box for sure. [01:07:03] Speaker A: What about Flyaway, where that was. [01:07:06] Speaker D: That's special. What about it? [01:07:08] Speaker A: Why is it special? [01:07:09] Speaker D: I mean, you. You said, what about Flyway? What's the question? Don't y' all use my response as a question. Nah, get in your. [01:07:16] Speaker C: Don't try to use my responses to question. Now you cooking. [01:07:21] Speaker A: Don't do that. [01:07:22] Speaker D: Yeah, yeah. [01:07:23] Speaker A: The process of it, making it Even, like, the way I don't. It don't. Is. Is it alive? She's singing live. [01:07:31] Speaker D: Oh, so. So you got the. You got the artistic side of Megan Oraca. Yeah, you got the word part. Which one you want? [01:07:37] Speaker A: The artistic side of Megan. [01:07:38] Speaker D: So my man D. Wu, he had to beat. And I just was like, this sound tight. Like, this really tight. Like, I just. And then they. They. They kept trying to get me to get, like, a big name to sing it, or they just trying to get. They try to get somebody to sing it. But I was like, I like how it feel like sampling it off YouTube because the girl sounds more vulnerable. I don't need a C800 to somebody singing with a great. But the girl has a great tone, great voice anyways. But, like, I need it like that I need to drop. Goes from nice snares, real crisp everything. And it goes, you know, like, almost distorted. And, like, it drops off. And I. And that was intentional because I want people to know, like, she's as vulnerable as she can be. And I'm telling. And I'm telling her, like, I can't. I know this ain't gonna work. This is. This is our farewell. You know what I'm saying? So I'm kind of like the bad guy, but I'm also the realist in that. Joan. So I wanted it. It was very intentional to leave it like that. Even though it dropped like it vibes and then it drops at the hook. A lot of the music enthusiasts was like, don't do it like that. Like, you can fix it up. We try. I tried it their way, and I tried it the way it was. And I went against a lot of, like, people that I trust. Even Rance, I remember, he was like, it's all for a little bit. I think. I know it is. I know it's all. But I'm like, just. My gut was like, just leave it alone. People gonna get it. They gonna get it. And I'm glad I'm not seeing people saying, what. What's up with the hook? They. With it. [01:09:14] Speaker C: I was gonna say we got 10 more minutes. [01:09:16] Speaker D: And the. The creative side was. I honestly think that was one of the most, like, most layered verses I got on the album because, like, maybe around, like, apologies, obviously, goodbye for you. So as I try, As I travel around this thingless world. I know, like, right when I said it, when I said, as I travel around this thingless world, the shrooms kicked in. [01:09:41] Speaker C: It was kicking in. [01:09:42] Speaker D: And I don't know. I don't know If y' all know about the. Like that, like, it just took me into the depths of my feelings. And even just like, it's the feeling of like, yo, like, damn, I fuck with you, you fuck with me, and it's good. But I know this shit is taking over my world, which I know that you can't handle. You know what I'm saying? You know, my apologies. Obviously a goodbye for you. As hard as I travel around this thankless world. No. Alone is where I always be. Getting close to you was my last resort. Resort like resort. But now, now I'm back to living out this dream like in my luggage. Not probably because my tattoos they might knew the artist cars you leave my truth with yours is not the same. The honeymoon stage stage. Honeymoon stage is a horror play. I assume it made you. I assume it made you act this way. When the snooze, cool, we act this way. Don't assume soon that that can't change. We confuse the vibe of trauma bonding. Then we use that vibe to hide the pain. So I'm free. Going back to the, like, why we fell in love, why we started liking each other. Like, what happened was like, yo, I was hurt, she was hurt. It was convenient and it was. And now I realize, like, bruh, I'm only gonna hold you back if I try to hold you. You know what I'm saying? As much as I don't want to, you gotta fly, you know, Gotta fly away. [01:11:04] Speaker A: It reminded me too, of a jagged ass. Say goodbye. [01:11:10] Speaker D: Thank you. [01:11:11] Speaker C: You know what? This is my last. What you just did is me and Gina talk about this on the radio. I think rappers are gonna start doing what you doing with the. With the memes and breaking down the bars. [01:11:22] Speaker D: Yeah. [01:11:23] Speaker C: Because a lot of be going over. [01:11:25] Speaker D: Head, but a lot of people don't need to do that because they don't have you get it already. [01:11:30] Speaker C: No, bro, I know a lot of. [01:11:31] Speaker D: People be like, yo, I go wet. Like, I'm Steph. Like, we know. We know who the Steph Curry is. Like, no, I'm just saying, like, no. [01:11:41] Speaker C: Like, that was Shade. [01:11:42] Speaker D: No, I'm not shading nobody. I'm just saying a lot of people don't need it. Devin is expensive, bro. That. It could cost a lot of money, bro. Like, bro, not. But I don't think everybody. [01:11:51] Speaker C: I mean, I just appreciate it from a consumer standpoint because I miss, like, she come in the radio station and tell me what the is going on. [01:11:58] Speaker D: You need to see the one that they did. They did one I did. I Did a little freestyle for the raising. Ramon Jones, like probably like2017. They did one of the most vicious. Me and Devin did a lot of jump. But you know, the jumps, you might really, really, really be like, okay, okay, one of them jumps. But I'm glad that, that, that it's. It's connecting this time. What people don't know is like, we was doing it on the last album, but I had one foot in, one foot out with Warner Bros. So, like, you know, you know, but we going to get it right if I can. Somebody. Somebody want more money. Gonna steal my. My editor soon. But yeah, let's enjoy while we can download it with all that. [01:12:37] Speaker A: I hate that. You gotta go. I got like 50 more question. [01:12:40] Speaker D: Go ahead, let's do one more. Let's do. Let's do. Let's try get as many as we can. [01:12:44] Speaker C: Well, we gotta. I want to do Q A too, real quick. We're gonna do two questions. Go ahead. [01:12:48] Speaker A: You said your love language is solitude on power and problems. What does that mean? [01:12:56] Speaker D: Somebody that's like, somebody who spends time in LA and really got tapped into, like, understand how things are. Like, I realized, like, I don't know how to be. Like, I don't know how I can. I don't. I don't know if I could find community. So it's just safer that I be by myself. I had to see friends get killed on Instagram. I had to see backdoor shit go down with myself. I got to see a lot. Like, I just think that, you know, at one point, like, at the beginning of this process project, real, real beginning. I want to go see. I was talking to this girl and I went to go see her and I went on her block at the car, I went on her block to get. To pick her up, and I saw is that. It can't be. Like, am I tripping? No, you good? [01:13:52] Speaker C: You good? [01:13:53] Speaker D: Okay. All right. [01:13:53] Speaker C: We. [01:13:53] Speaker D: Right. But now I just went around here just like, you know, I'm in there or whatever. And then I was like, oh, it's one of them joints. All right, cool. [01:14:00] Speaker A: You went to the jungles? [01:14:01] Speaker C: I went. [01:14:02] Speaker D: It was. This wasn't out in la. [01:14:03] Speaker C: Oh, this is not in la. [01:14:04] Speaker D: Completely different city. Not. [01:14:06] Speaker A: You said la, then the block. [01:14:08] Speaker D: Yeah, it's a block. I just was pulling up. [01:14:10] Speaker A: We trying to figure out which one of these. [01:14:13] Speaker D: It was just a moment that I had when I realized, like, I was like, yo, like, yo, all due respect, like, I don't. [01:14:20] Speaker C: I don't. [01:14:20] Speaker D: I don't like the way this joint feel like. I'm like, yo, I circled it twice. Niggas is looking like, yo. Like who? Like, I'm like, respect. Like, you can't wait. You can't wait. I said, oh, that's why I don't. [01:14:31] Speaker A: It's somebody. You was at that cul de sac. [01:14:32] Speaker D: That's what I did. It was like, bro, I had to think, like, yo, yo, what are you doing, like, right now? You know what I'm saying? Like, it just. It just. You know, it just kind of like, let me know. Like, I can't do that. I can't. No, I can't. I can't do that. No, that's not a very. [01:14:48] Speaker C: Like, I don't know if you know, but your name is Wale. You're a famous rapper. [01:14:51] Speaker D: And then. But. But the point I was getting to is I got cussed out for being you. Can't wait. [01:14:59] Speaker C: That's. [01:14:59] Speaker D: Oh, you think you, too. [01:15:01] Speaker A: Never trust her. [01:15:03] Speaker D: I know. I know, but that's out of here. That was just a moment where I had to realize, like, okay, like, people don't really get it, or they just like. Yeah, like that just kind of. All right, I'm cool. [01:15:14] Speaker A: My last thing. [01:15:16] Speaker D: Solitude. [01:15:17] Speaker C: The win. [01:15:18] Speaker A: Who, if anyone, would you share a versus stage with? [01:15:25] Speaker D: I don't think. I don't know if that format is for me. [01:15:27] Speaker C: I don't. [01:15:28] Speaker D: I don't know if it is for me. I don't know if you can switch. There's never even winners, for. It's just all, like, in people's mind, like. [01:15:37] Speaker C: Like, who. [01:15:38] Speaker D: Who's won a versus? I mean, we know who's one, but who's anybody officially won it? [01:15:42] Speaker A: Cast. [01:15:44] Speaker D: Huh? [01:15:45] Speaker C: The locks. [01:15:46] Speaker D: That's just, like, public, like. But there's no, like, official winner. [01:15:48] Speaker C: There's no official chance. [01:15:49] Speaker D: Yeah. So it's like. I don't know if that format is for. [01:15:52] Speaker A: Okay, well, in the fairy tale J. Cole, Big Sean. [01:15:59] Speaker D: I don't know. I don't know if that format's for me or any of them guys, but J. Cole probably beats everybody, right? [01:16:06] Speaker A: I don't think J. Cole beats Wale, bro. [01:16:08] Speaker D: I don't know. I'm not gonna touch that one, cuz. Every time. Every time. [01:16:13] Speaker C: All right, Tony. [01:16:14] Speaker D: I'm g. Just say Cole. Nobody. I can't get in nobody business. [01:16:17] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. [01:16:18] Speaker D: Everybody do their thing. And I don't know if that format is for me. [01:16:21] Speaker C: All right, we got. [01:16:22] Speaker D: But if the DJs did it and I'm not. Nobody's there. Then it's. Then it's cool, but I. [01:16:26] Speaker A: Okay, what's the verses you would like to see? [01:16:31] Speaker D: I don't know. Madonna and, like. [01:16:37] Speaker A: Playing with me. [01:16:37] Speaker C: I don't know. [01:16:38] Speaker D: I don't know. [01:16:39] Speaker C: All right, look, real quick, we're gonna take two questions about the album. So if you have two, like, thought out questions, don't ask no dumb. [01:16:46] Speaker D: Everybody in this junk, right? I know a lot of y' all gonna probably lie, but listen, if everybody in here just kissed that album on itunes, like, it's gonna juice my LA joints up. [01:16:57] Speaker A: Turn around my la. [01:16:59] Speaker D: Oh, yeah. See, Uncle Je. You going. But you won't guilt them. No, because it's like that's been there the whole time. The money. The money ain't the thing. It's the. It's the this, the. It's the. What's I'm trying to say. You know what it means? Something like, we need to reach. We need algorithms and all of that. [01:17:15] Speaker A: Like, promise us a LA show. [01:17:16] Speaker D: Huh? [01:17:17] Speaker A: Promise us a LA show. [01:17:19] Speaker D: Y' all always get to LA shows. But I'm trying to make my. I'm trying to have my biggest LA show of my career. That's what I want. [01:17:24] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:17:24] Speaker D: I don't want no, like. Like, no 25 is cool, but I want like 6,000. Like, I want that. I got a. I got a two hours worth of hits. Like, so. Yeah. So we gotta get these. We gotta get these up. [01:17:38] Speaker A: The only way they gonna agree is if you let me introduce you. [01:17:41] Speaker D: Yeah. At the LA N, we going, yo, if we do. If we do a real LA show, we. We got to make that theatrical. We gonna have that on the dirt. I could do a G on it to. I can get to the wallet. They got to see all that. I need. [01:17:57] Speaker C: I need. [01:17:57] Speaker D: You know what I want? I don't. The money ain't, bro. I want to do the thing. [01:18:01] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:18:01] Speaker D: Like I was saying, like I was telling one of the. The DJs at another radio station. I said, bro, I want my. I want my. What's your phone number be to be played on the radio in la. That's for me as a. From DC A that love Pop. I want. I want to hear my voice, your phone on the radio, like, while I'm driving Melrose, like, for. For my life, for my dad play. [01:18:23] Speaker A: You all the time. You should listen to the show. [01:18:25] Speaker D: But that's. That's. That's. That's. It's not. I want the low. [01:18:28] Speaker C: I want. Oh, you want local. I want the. [01:18:29] Speaker D: It's. It's. For that reason. [01:18:30] Speaker C: I Feel you, but I know you. [01:18:31] Speaker D: Ain'T playing what your phone. But I'm just saying, you ain't playing freestyle, but you can. This is your chance to make it right. But I wanted. She set you up for that. But yeah, I want. I want. I want them to play in. In the mix. Like, yo, yeah, this D.C. guy who studied Pockets, the whole life, Scarface, all of them. I want to hear my freestyle on the airwaves. I want the people that don't even be on the net to hear that, Joe, because it means something to me. The culture be. This culture means something to me. You know what I'm saying? That's why I rap on them freestyles that I do. And that's the why I choose the beats and the samples that I do. Because I really care about this shit. [01:19:05] Speaker C: Before we take the question, the two questions, I do want to say this, and I'll give you your props. Me and Gina talked about this behind your back. This is the most active Seen you since. I think you've been putting out albums. Like, I've never seen you this active on the timeline. Never seen you this active rapping. Like, you dropping freestyles. You're completely engulfed in this. [01:19:23] Speaker A: Did I influence. [01:19:23] Speaker D: I was doing it. I was doing it because, I mean, I've been doing it, but, like, my reach wasn't what it could have or should have been. Like, I was just in a situation that it probably couldn't have done that. Like, we, you know, Sherry Bryant, Dallas, they probably got a lot going on. Like now. Right now, it's like I'm by myself. So it's like it looked probably like it's more. You know what I'm saying? But I've been going this hard for a long time. [01:19:47] Speaker A: It had nothing to do with me standing on the chair yelling. [01:19:49] Speaker D: Nah, we do a little bit that jump. I see it enough to get. I get sized off that. [01:19:55] Speaker C: All right, two about everything is a lot. His hand was first right there in the back, and then it was one more person over here. I think it was you with the. Her right here with the glasses after this, and that's all we could do. Go ahead, bro. Hey, quick, quick. All right. Thank you. [01:20:09] Speaker D: Yeah. So I'm belly. You talk about losing friends. You talk about you lost friends because they couldn't see the back door. Does success have a price? And what if you pay? Success has a price. Yeah. I think that anybody that been doing as long as six, seven years is. Is Got some scars like that just change. Rewiring their mental Makeup. I'm definitely not as extroverted as I used to be when I first came in again game. I'm a little bit more cynical, maybe a little pessimistic at times. And I don't like, like meetings. Like I don't want to grab a bite. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, I don't want to do that. That's not my style. So yeah, it comes with a price because I know that I'm a little bit like a party pooper when it comes to that. Like, I'm not trying to grab a bite and talk about what made could be something like managers is for that and I love them for the that. But that's the biggest thing. I don't. I don't do the small no more. [01:21:03] Speaker C: Right here. [01:21:03] Speaker D: Or the fake kicking it when. [01:21:05] Speaker A: Can I have one of them? [01:21:06] Speaker C: Right here. [01:21:06] Speaker A: Can I have one of them that you just tooked? [01:21:08] Speaker D: What? [01:21:09] Speaker A: One of them? [01:21:10] Speaker C: She asked for a chain. That's crazy. You gonna give it to her? No. I was about to say I know where she from. That was a dirty match. I was surprised make sure that she. [01:21:20] Speaker D: Was still on my neck. [01:21:22] Speaker C: Okay, sorry, go ahead. Last one. [01:21:24] Speaker B: Okay, so my question real quick. [01:21:26] Speaker A: The earth thing is a lot. [01:21:28] Speaker D: You from home? [01:21:29] Speaker B: Uptown. [01:21:30] Speaker D: Yeah. There you go. [01:21:32] Speaker A: The Nike boots. Family and friends, huh? No, general release. [01:21:35] Speaker B: Everything is a lot. I need a size 7. [01:21:41] Speaker D: It's gonna be tricky, I tell you that. Like, you know, we open with the best for night. Like we open for the best with them. [01:21:47] Speaker A: Okay. [01:21:48] Speaker D: I would love to. I would love the really like, you know, but we, we fighting a good fight to see that everybody can get them. You know what I'm saying? We looking at January. [01:21:58] Speaker C: Oh, announcement. [01:22:00] Speaker D: Okay, looking at January. But where honey at? Can I get a confirmation any. [01:22:04] Speaker C: Right there. [01:22:06] Speaker D: Do I was month. You said it's what, 27. [01:22:12] Speaker E: The 20 year anniversary of the Nike. [01:22:14] Speaker D: Boost record is in 2020. [01:22:15] Speaker C: 2027. [01:22:16] Speaker D: So just. Oh. Oh. So. So you're doing it like gta. I got it. Basically, yeah. Keep hitting the can down the road. Okay. All right. Well, just know that I. I'm trying to make sure that I push this out all the way for 10 months. So I don't really know too much about the jump, but I hope y' all gonna help me push this for 10 months. Like for real. Y'. All. Y' all know that. Y' all know the songs. But listen, I'm trying to come back to LA and do a different version venue and do a big end do my catalog with this New album, so I'm gonna need all of y' all for that, too. By the way. I ain't. Not to guilt y', all, but I just had a little. Can we get some, like, a couple more questions, though? [01:22:51] Speaker C: Oh, you want. Okay, we can do two more. We do two. We got time right here. And then we'll go her. [01:22:58] Speaker A: I do want a chain, though. [01:23:02] Speaker C: Go ahead. [01:23:03] Speaker D: His bars fake. [01:23:06] Speaker E: My question was. So when I was looking at. When I listened to the album, like, damn, like, talking to the people that I was talking to. This is one of our favorite albums. And we think about, like, the Grammys are coming up right now. And so you wouldn't be eligible for this Grammy. You'd be ready. Eligible for next Grammys. When you drop a project like this, do you think that, like, you think about when you drop it as opposed, like, to getting the Grammy? Does the Grammy mean anything to you? Because, like everybody said, this is one of the ones. [01:23:29] Speaker D: Yeah, that's what I'm. I could do. Besides me, I ain't gonna be up here in line. Like, that was one of the goals when I started doing it. It means something to me, and I know it's about to come up. And I know I got about 10 months to give to go for mine. And I don't just want one. I don't want one category. I want Blanco go. Go version. I want some spoken word stuff I'm going to do from the album. I want. I want. I want to be all over the jump because I know what I did. So, yeah, it do mean something to me. Whatever. Because I. I've been doing this for a long time. I got one nomination. I think that. That, you know, to me, I know a lot of y', all, like, who cares? But I care. Cause that ain't no. No metrics in this. For real, like. Like, ain't no real. Like, you know what I'm saying? I care. I want a couple of them joints to be honest. Yeah. [01:24:15] Speaker C: Thank you, bro. That was one more. It was her right there. Who? Some. It was somebody over here. Was a woman. Oh, her right here in green. Do. Talking to the black part. [01:24:31] Speaker A: Okay. [01:24:31] Speaker E: This part. [01:24:32] Speaker D: Okay. [01:24:33] Speaker A: So the question I have. So I know you said earlier that you weren't looking into, like, an Afro Beats project, but I feel like tomorrow today kind of gave that little vibe. [01:24:44] Speaker D: So that's crazy that. Because when we did it, I ain't even think Afrobeat. I just heard the beat, just did what I did to him. It's cr. I mean, it's Interesting because the. It is the Afrobeat producer that made it, and I never thought of it like it. I think I hear music completely different than most of y' all hear it. But that's interesting. Did y'. [01:25:04] Speaker A: All. [01:25:04] Speaker D: Did you think Afrobeats when you. [01:25:06] Speaker C: Yeah, I did. [01:25:07] Speaker A: I thought clinking. [01:25:08] Speaker C: That's why I asked that question. But go. [01:25:11] Speaker D: That started with us freestyling the studio, like, it's just. And because it. Because what. What I feel like what I did with it don't feel like an Afrobeat, like, you know what I'm saying? The harmonies and stuff. But that's interesting. [01:25:23] Speaker C: Go ahead. Last one, bro. [01:25:26] Speaker A: I consider you a hot spitter. [01:25:28] Speaker C: So I just want to know how. [01:25:29] Speaker A: You balance between making a great song and actually just spitting melodically and also just. [01:25:36] Speaker D: That's why I had to give the James joint. What's your phone number on Facebook? Damage control. All these jumps I'm trying to get off because I know my album. I'm not. I ain't about to. This ain't a display of how nice I am. This is like, there's some stuff. But you. You know, you still gonna get it, though. You got. I get it out. Get it all out. It's all out there. You gotta go find it. It's all out there, though. That's why I get so mad when people be like, yo, we need to hear this. I'm like, yo, it's there and it's free. Go get it, man. [01:26:06] Speaker A: It's time to go. [01:26:07] Speaker C: Hey, listen, man, y' all make some noise for Wale, bro. [01:26:12] Speaker B: Sa.