The Mekanix: From Beats to Business
Dr. Stance is turning up the heat this week as she welcomes the legendary production duo, The Mekanix, into the studio! This episode dives deep into the world of music production, where we explore how to turn hustle into a legacy. The Mekanix share their insights on what it takes to stand out in the competitive music scene, emphasizing the importance of being true to oneself and maintaining consistency in your craft. Plus, we engage in some playful banter about the industry, personal growth, and even what it means to be a high-value person in today's world. So grab your headphones and get ready for a fun, enlightening chat that’s all about passion, perseverance, and a little bit of humor along the way!
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Speaker A:What's up?
Speaker A:What's up?
Speaker A:Y' all back with your girl doctor Stance, turning hustle into a legacy.
Speaker A:And I am just extremely lucky.
Speaker A:I just have to say, I have the mechanics here.
Speaker A:Welcome, gentlemen.
Speaker B:Hello.
Speaker C:Hello.
Speaker B:What's up, Doc?
Speaker A:Absolutely.
Speaker A:This is finest.
Speaker A:The finest black man I've seen in a very long time.
Speaker A:Very handsome, by the way.
Speaker A:Both of y'.
Speaker B:All.
Speaker B:Hey, beautiful.
Speaker A:You know how to.
Speaker A:You know.
Speaker B:Thank you.
Speaker B:Beautiful.
Speaker B:Thank you.
Speaker B:Beautiful.
Speaker B:Thank you.
Speaker A:But listen, one, I have to thank you guys for coming.
Speaker A:I know y' all probably came for that Versace, too, of course.
Speaker A:But you had to come just because I'm cute.
Speaker A:I'm just.
Speaker B:Oh, yeah, no, no, We.
Speaker B:We saw that.
Speaker B:We was like, we understand the business, but we understand the business.
Speaker B:It's like, do something different.
Speaker B:Separate yourself.
Speaker B:So I respected it right off the back.
Speaker B:I said, she doing what I heard.
Speaker C:Thanks.
Speaker A:I'm the one and only.
Speaker A:You know, I am a trendsetter.
Speaker A:You know, I've never been a follower.
Speaker A:So for me, you know, and then on top of that, I think you guys deserve it.
Speaker A:Y' all been in the field a long time.
Speaker A:You see my guest that's been here.
Speaker A:Everybody been in the field.
Speaker A:They are legends.
Speaker A:You guys are legends.
Speaker A:That's what my show is about, right?
Speaker A:So at the end of the day, when y' all came and did it and said that y' all be here, I was honored.
Speaker A:Like, oh, shit.
Speaker A:I got the mechanics in the building.
Speaker A:Like, y' all put me on the mat, right?
Speaker B:Thank you.
Speaker A:So I'm just very grateful, but, you know, I'm definitely gonna get into it.
Speaker A:Who in the Is very Racks.
Speaker B:Oh, hollering when I.
Speaker A:That's the question.
Speaker A:I said I was gonna get funny.
Speaker B:Right off the back.
Speaker B:We are very.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:That's crazy.
Speaker A:Who is he?
Speaker B:Barry Rex is.
Speaker B:He's, you know, he come from that cloth of Barry White, you know what I'm saying?
Speaker B:So addicted.
Speaker B:He.
Speaker B:Yeah, he.
Speaker B:He.
Speaker B:He come from that cloth.
Speaker B:And Barry is just, you know, I'm a fan of, like, Eddie Murphy.
Speaker B:I'm a fan of Mark Lawrence.
Speaker B:I'm a fan of just personalities and characters in general.
Speaker B:And it's even, like, with music we put on, you can put on a Persona, and that don't mean that that's really you.
Speaker B:You know what I mean?
Speaker B:So it's like a retreat where I can go somewhere else and live out a different life.
Speaker B:You know what I mean?
Speaker B:So Barry racks is just another Persona.
Speaker B:You know what I'm saying?
Speaker B:And this.
Speaker A:It was funny.
Speaker A:What did you think about it?
Speaker A:I mean, I fucking.
Speaker C:He a damn fool.
Speaker C:He got another one too, on that.
Speaker C:What's the name of the beat of song Get Right.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker B:Oh, you talking about.
Speaker B:Yeah, but that wasn't Barry.
Speaker B:That was.
Speaker C:No, that wasn't Barry.
Speaker C:That's why I said.
Speaker A:Was he in another retreat.
Speaker C:He was a whole nother character.
Speaker C:You gotta check that one out, too.
Speaker C:It was crazy.
Speaker A:Did that to me.
Speaker B:I did.
Speaker C:He went crazy.
Speaker C:You need just get right.
Speaker C:We remade that.
Speaker C:Magma.
Speaker C:Get right.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:Oh, that's my.
Speaker B:I actually, yeah, we redid that.
Speaker B:We turned it into a song called Choosing.
Speaker C:Choosing.
Speaker C:Yeah.
Speaker B:And we did.
Speaker B:We like.
Speaker B:We fans of the 70s.
Speaker B:So.
Speaker A:Okay, how old are you?
Speaker A:I'm 43.
Speaker A:I'm 43.
Speaker B:Young man.
Speaker B:Listen, age is nothing but a number.
Speaker A:So then how old are you?
Speaker B:I don't know.
Speaker B:I mean, it's on Google.
Speaker B:I stopped counting 26.
Speaker B:Yeah, I stopped counting 26 because I feel like you gotta act whatever they say the number is.
Speaker B:And I'll just be like, somebody told.
Speaker A:Me about the baby hairs.
Speaker C:Yeah, the song just came out.
Speaker B:Yeah, we just did a song.
Speaker C:Tell them bro back my age.
Speaker A:How old are you, man?
Speaker C:I'm a. I'm a Ogy.
Speaker A:What's wrong with y'?
Speaker B:All?
Speaker B:Ogyn, I cannot.
Speaker A:You guys look good.
Speaker B:Thank you.
Speaker A:You over 40.
Speaker B:Thank you.
Speaker C:I ain't.
Speaker C:I am.
Speaker B:Thank you, man.
Speaker B:He is 31.
Speaker B:He about to be 31 this year.
Speaker C:I'm 30.
Speaker B:Yeah, he about to be 31.
Speaker A:No, you ain't.
Speaker B:It don't matter.
Speaker A:Well, listen, y' all know I got some questions for.
Speaker C:And I'll see this.
Speaker A:You guys look absolutely stunning.
Speaker B:Thank you.
Speaker A:And some men.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:The finest I've had on show, y'.
Speaker A:All.
Speaker A:I'm gonna have controversy answers, but it's the truth.
Speaker B:No, say that.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:I shouldn't.
Speaker A:Cause y' all ain't saying y' all age.
Speaker A:But no, I wanted to know.
Speaker A:You guys being in the industry for years, you've worked with a lot of artists.
Speaker A:Who is y' all favorite?
Speaker B:We get.
Speaker B:We get hit with that question from time to time.
Speaker C:You just gotta ask that question.
Speaker A:Who is your favorite?
Speaker C:I mean, we got a lot of favorites, but what top one?
Speaker C:Stallard.
Speaker C:Jay Stalin.
Speaker B:That's Lil Bro Jay Stalin.
Speaker C:That's a little brother.
Speaker C:That's who we came into it with, and we locked in.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Who your second?
Speaker C:I ain't got no second.
Speaker C:It's too many of them.
Speaker B:It's too.
Speaker B:Yeah, like our.
Speaker B:So we.
Speaker B:You know what the All Star team is the all star basketball player.
Speaker B:So we literally circled and surrounded by an all star team.
Speaker B:And you can't.
Speaker B:They're all like one of ones that you can't find another J Stylin.
Speaker B:You can't find another Keek the Sneak.
Speaker B:You can't find another delinquents, you can't find another loonies.
Speaker B:I was.
Speaker B:I'll keep you here until you blew in the face.
Speaker B:And we're.
Speaker B:You can't find another jacker.
Speaker B:You can't find another Mr. Fab.
Speaker B:You can't find the E40.
Speaker B:You can't find a bill of J.
Speaker B:The list just keeps going.
Speaker B:And we're surrounded by these artists who.
Speaker C:Put no number on it.
Speaker B:They're all amazing.
Speaker A:Hey, y' all didn't been everywhere.
Speaker A:West coast, the South.
Speaker A:I just seen y' all interview with Sway.
Speaker A:Y' all didn't work with everybody.
Speaker B:I mean, but our favorites are the.
Speaker C:Right here.
Speaker B:That's why we ain't left right here.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:My next question.
Speaker A:Do you feel like the industry, like, because it's tough in East Oakland.
Speaker A:Everybody know that.
Speaker A:And I'm sure you guys had to make certain decisions when it comes to just keeping your name good, right?
Speaker A:Like, have you ever felt like you had to be this loyal in the situation?
Speaker A:Like, in regards to any.
Speaker A:Anything, like any, you know, rapper that.
Speaker B:You'Ve worked with, you say disloyal.
Speaker A:Disloyal.
Speaker A:Because, I mean, I'm sure, like, people have come to you guys with things that you probably didn't want to fuck with, you know?
Speaker B:Well, see, loyalty is loyalty and music is music.
Speaker B:They're kind of two different things because music really kind of falls under art and then business and slayers, right?
Speaker B:But loyalty is something that, you know as a man, and we're men, you know what I mean?
Speaker B:We were born into this.
Speaker B:Principles and morals.
Speaker B:It's a code.
Speaker B:You know what I'm saying?
Speaker B:Loyalty is in there.
Speaker B:In there.
Speaker B:You know what I mean?
Speaker B:And so, I mean, you have to be able to separate the two when the time comes, if based on whatever.
Speaker C:The situation is, being disloyal, like in the music business, like you said, you got to make some uncomfortable decisions sometime.
Speaker C:But I wouldn't call that disloyalty.
Speaker A:But, like, what would you call it?
Speaker C:Brotherhood, wise, like, ain't no disloyalty, and.
Speaker A:That'S hard to find.
Speaker A:And how long y' all been knowing each other?
Speaker B:20 plus, man.
Speaker C:20 plus years.
Speaker A:Oh, are you still.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:20 plus kids?
Speaker B:No, I got kids.
Speaker B:He got one.
Speaker B:I have.
Speaker B:I Have four sons.
Speaker A:Really?
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:I make boys.
Speaker B:No, I wish.
Speaker B:Unfortunately, I was married.
Speaker B:Divorced.
Speaker B:I had.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:At least you got married.
Speaker A:You got.
Speaker A:You know, you have some standards.
Speaker A:That's good enough.
Speaker B:I tried, like, 50.
Speaker B:Said I was a. I was a unhappy hostage.
Speaker A:Now, who fault was that?
Speaker B:I mean, I. I added to the.
Speaker B:To the problem, but I ain' to wear the hat alone.
Speaker A:That's true.
Speaker B:You know what I'm saying?
Speaker A:It take two.
Speaker A:And I just.
Speaker A:I always say I just can't stay in no position when I ain't happy.
Speaker A:I don't.
Speaker B:That's a fact.
Speaker A:Who's involved?
Speaker A:Mama, daddy, cousin.
Speaker A:Because if you're not happy, it's just going to, you know, circulate and make everybody else around you unhappy.
Speaker A:Right?
Speaker A:So that's kudos to you.
Speaker A:At least you got your kids.
Speaker A:You done.
Speaker A:Y' all single.
Speaker A:Who's single?
Speaker B:I'm single.
Speaker C:Okay.
Speaker B:I'm single.
Speaker C:I ain't single.
Speaker A:I like it.
Speaker A:Do you know every man I done asked on this show if they single, it's been a stutter.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:The only one that didn't stutter.
Speaker A:Shout out to you, Lord.
Speaker A:Rad was, no, I'm definitely in a relationship.
Speaker A:Like, it was like, he was damn near scared, like, if he didn't say, yeah, and then you was very confident with yours, too, so I appreciate that because everybody else be like, you with her or you're not.
Speaker B:You know, it just be like when these cameras is on.
Speaker B:When the cameras is on.
Speaker B:No, everybody don't feel like they want people in their business like that.
Speaker B:That's all.
Speaker C:Yeah, so much.
Speaker B:You know what I mean?
Speaker A:And I'm not true.
Speaker B:But, yeah, not you.
Speaker A:I. I need exclusive shit.
Speaker A:What's something the world don't know about you?
Speaker A:Starting with you, Mr.
Speaker A:Single.
Speaker B:Mr.
Speaker B:Single.
Speaker B:What the world doesn't know about me, I don't know, bro.
Speaker B:What?
Speaker B:What they don't know, you know.
Speaker B:He know all my secrets.
Speaker B:He know everything.
Speaker A:What they don't know.
Speaker C:It depends on.
Speaker B:What you want to give.
Speaker C:So I'm gonna let you answer that.
Speaker C:You feel me?
Speaker B:What don't they know about me?
Speaker B:I keep it on the surface, I.
Speaker A:Guess, because y' all been around for some years.
Speaker B:You know what I mean?
Speaker B:Yeah, I've been around for years.
Speaker B:What they don't know.
Speaker B:I guess if you know me, you know this.
Speaker B:But if you don't know me, I'm an.
Speaker B:When it.
Speaker B:I'm really an.
Speaker B:When it comes to, like, our business and what we doing, like, I'm very shrewd.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:So you know, and I have to be for, you know, for my reasons.
Speaker A:And they'll run over you.
Speaker A:Definitely try to at least.
Speaker B:Definitely.
Speaker A:Absolutely.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:So, I mean, you know, if.
Speaker B:If you come to me about some business, be on about your business and you know, I with you all day.
Speaker A:What's your sign?
Speaker B:Sagittarius.
Speaker A:Oh, I'm Leo.
Speaker A:We're not all there.
Speaker B:Fire sign.
Speaker A:My mama.
Speaker C:Leo the Virgo.
Speaker A:That's Percy.
Speaker C:Percy.
Speaker C:Yeah.
Speaker A:Brutally honest.
Speaker A:And one thing I love about Virgos, we actually surprisingly compatible with them because they are.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:I'm so.
Speaker B:I'm surrounded.
Speaker B:I'm surrounded by Virgos.
Speaker B:I'm really, really protected by Virgos.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:I'm surrounded by water signs, which, you know, is our worst.
Speaker A:They just too emotional, you know, we tough, you know.
Speaker C:What's all the water signs?
Speaker A:That's the Cancer Pisces.
Speaker A:It's one more I'm missing.
Speaker A:Cancer Pisces.
Speaker A:And it's another one.
Speaker B:Aquarius.
Speaker B:That's not water.
Speaker A:No, that's.
Speaker A:That's air.
Speaker B:That's air.
Speaker A:We compatible with them.
Speaker A:I love me an air sign.
Speaker A:They're very free.
Speaker A:They're in their own world.
Speaker A:They don't pay attention.
Speaker A:We pay attention to everything.
Speaker A:Don't.
Speaker B:Everything?
Speaker A:Like.
Speaker B:Nah.
Speaker A:To a.
Speaker A:To a default.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:So detailed.
Speaker C:I'm like that too.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Virgos are very detail oriented, but they.
Speaker A:Just want to lay it back, be on the surface.
Speaker A:We're gonna call your ass out and we don't let nothing slide.
Speaker A:Respectfully, though.
Speaker B:Right?
Speaker A:You know what I mean?
Speaker A:I gotta call you out on it, but it's respectfully.
Speaker A:I don't know if y' all know anything about me.
Speaker A:Probably not.
Speaker A:But you know I got a PhD in psychology.
Speaker B:No.
Speaker B:We started doing our homework.
Speaker B:For sure.
Speaker A:Well, what did you find?
Speaker A:Honey?
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:That.
Speaker B:You.
Speaker A:What was my grade?
Speaker B:You're the doctor.
Speaker B:I don't know.
Speaker B:Oh, you mean after we found out we're here, ain't we?
Speaker A:That's a. I appreciate that.
Speaker A:But.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:And we listened to a few interviews and it was like, like I. I love your perspective and I love that you not like trying to sugarcoat, you know what I'm saying?
Speaker B:Like, that's super important in this business.
Speaker B:You're going to.
Speaker B:Because you're in front of the cameras.
Speaker C:Everybody ain't going to like it.
Speaker C:That just come with the territory.
Speaker A:They said I'm a little derogatory.
Speaker A:And that's probably true.
Speaker A:You know, I mean, I wrote a whole book from.
Speaker B:Well, that's subjective.
Speaker B:That's not.
Speaker B:That's Somebody's opinion.
Speaker B:That's.
Speaker A:That's how I see it.
Speaker B:That's what I see, what you think.
Speaker A:You know what I mean?
Speaker A:But I.
Speaker A:But I definitely take the feedback and I. I had to keep in mind, you know, we got youth I work with.
Speaker A:You do transitional housing for 50 youth in the bay.
Speaker A:And so I do need to be a little mindful, but I still have to be me.
Speaker A:And what.
Speaker A:And this is actually on me asking y', all, you know, I don't want the whole CEO to overshadow Dr. Stance, if that makes sense, you know.
Speaker B:Well, you just starting out.
Speaker A:I am.
Speaker B:So I think you got.
Speaker B:You got room to shed.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker B:You know what I'm saying?
Speaker B:Like, okay, this works.
Speaker B:This work.
Speaker B:This don't work.
Speaker B:This don't work.
Speaker B:You got room, like, a lot.
Speaker B:Yeah, I think a lot of the.
Speaker B:The world right now is, like, in such a new space when it comes to, like, podcasting and interviews and stuff on the camera.
Speaker B:People are really, really just starting to learn this stuff.
Speaker B:It's going to get better.
Speaker B:It's going to get better.
Speaker B:You know what I mean?
Speaker A:I hope so, because I'm just.
Speaker A:Honestly, I started for mental health.
Speaker A:To me, I think coming on here, telling your story, educating people who you are, what you've done in community, that shit is healing.
Speaker A:You know what I mean?
Speaker A:It's a sense of like, everybody I didn't had on here is like, oh, I feel better.
Speaker A:Or, you know, like, I just had Kamiyah.
Speaker A:She just left.
Speaker A:A lot of people didn't know she was a foster youth.
Speaker B:I didn't know that.
Speaker C:I didn't know that either.
Speaker A:Me neither.
Speaker C:We from the same neighborhood.
Speaker A:See, I did not know that at all.
Speaker A:So it aligned with what I was trying to do in regards to even you guys.
Speaker A:You guys are legends.
Speaker A:Meaning worked with all kind of individuals.
Speaker A:I mean, across damn near the nation.
Speaker B:And like, yeah, we've been fortunate.
Speaker B:God is good.
Speaker C:Yeah.
Speaker A:And I'm not all the way into the rap industry.
Speaker A:I used to be, but now, you know, I was in School for 10 years, so I haven't really been able to be in the streets.
Speaker A:I'm never in the streets, to be honest with you.
Speaker A:This is the most I've ever, like, been out in the world.
Speaker A:How does that make you guys feel?
Speaker A:Like, how do you deal with that?
Speaker A:Because you guys are so on the forefront, like, big time.
Speaker A:Everybody know y'.
Speaker A:All.
Speaker A:You was just in with too short and Sway.
Speaker A:Like, everybody know y'.
Speaker A:All.
Speaker A:How do y' all deal with that shit?
Speaker A:Especially the Negative.
Speaker C:Well, people approaching us and stuff like that.
Speaker A:Yeah, just.
Speaker A:Y' all famous.
Speaker C:It depends on how they come at you.
Speaker C:I mean, you know what I mean?
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker C:You don't be feeling like it all the time.
Speaker C:We know how to keep it short or if we want to.
Speaker C:Or if we want to elaborate and talk.
Speaker B:We.
Speaker C:We know how to navigate that.
Speaker A:So that's a good thing, because I don't.
Speaker A:I'm not prepared for that mentally, because I just want to keep it funky, like, right here in this room.
Speaker A:I ain't trying to do all, you know, all the unnecessary.
Speaker A:I just want to give a platform to people to shine, and hopefully, you know, y' all like my stuff, but.
Speaker B:You got to go outside and go grocery shopping and stuff like that.
Speaker A:So I'm just going to take a couple things and I'm.
Speaker B:Period.
Speaker A:I'm door dashing because it's hard out here.
Speaker A:No.
Speaker B:So, look, so when I used to.
Speaker B:When I started touring for Digital Underground years ago, my first tour, I realized, like, going out with Shock and Mun, that we would touch down in these different cities, get off the plane, right?
Speaker B:And I will watch all these people run up to them, knowing their name has been plastered on posters, on flyers, whatever, you know what I'm saying?
Speaker B:Like, weeks before you get to a city, right?
Speaker B:And it blew my mind that it was like, we come from the streets, you know what I'm saying?
Speaker B:So we're not really super open about just being open to somebody we don't know.
Speaker C:Hella friendly.
Speaker B:Hella friendly, right?
Speaker B:But I was able to watch Shock and Munn really, really be like, they took every opportunity or every time somebody came to them, they would met them with just open arms and was just.
Speaker B:And I had to realize, like, you just got to have that type of energy about yourself.
Speaker B:You can't.
Speaker B:If you putting out a lot of dirt and doing a lot of dog dirt, you're probably gonna get that back.
Speaker B:But if you put not a lot of positivity, I think it's so much easier to walk around and move around in.
Speaker B:In peace, knowing that I'm not putting out negative energy.
Speaker B:So I watched them do it, and I'm like, okay, cool.
Speaker B:I could kind of be more comfortable with just what we call fans or supporters or whatever, people running up and just being, hey, man, what's up with you?
Speaker B:Like, you don't know if a motherfucker got a gun.
Speaker B:You don't know.
Speaker B:You don't.
Speaker B:Just don't know.
Speaker B:But you can't walk around being spooked.
Speaker B:And scared or.
Speaker C:I know how to read energy too.
Speaker C:You tell from motherfucker coming on some.
Speaker C:On some bs, you know what I mean?
Speaker C:Like body language.
Speaker A:And that's what I'm reading, that type of shit.
Speaker A:Like just, you know, I think my concentration is psychology, trauma informed.
Speaker A:So sometimes I hate that I even talk to God.
Speaker A:Lord, I don't want to read this nigga today.
Speaker A:You know how sometimes like, not today, Lord, damn.
Speaker A:You know, I think being from the town, you know, not sure y' all childhood, which I want to know about.
Speaker A:You know, we all.
Speaker A:I feel like we all came up in trauma.
Speaker A:It's just levels to that shit, you know what I'm saying?
Speaker A:I see you took a deep breath.
Speaker B:What that means survival mode.
Speaker B:Survival.
Speaker B:We talk about it all the time because, I mean, you never know what nobody going through.
Speaker B:And we'd be so judgmental to people because of however or whatever the situation be.
Speaker B:But a lot of us just be.
Speaker B:It's just different levels of survival mode.
Speaker B:And somebody in survival mode is not going to give you the best version of themselves, you know what I'm saying?
Speaker B:So you just don't know if somebody just started in survival mode or they've been in survival mode for 20 years, you know what I'm saying?
Speaker B:It's levels to this.
Speaker B:So that's why the Bible says.
Speaker B:What is saying supposed to.
Speaker B:I'm looking for the quote.
Speaker B:Oh, I can't even think of the quote.
Speaker B:But it's.
Speaker B:It's about giving grace, you know, to people.
Speaker B:So, yeah.
Speaker B:Can't be so judgmental.
Speaker A:I'm curious.
Speaker A:What do y' all think about these women?
Speaker A:That's on the ground, Graham, because I know you single, so I'm sure you, you know, you're.
Speaker A:What do they call that?
Speaker A:You're.
Speaker A:I'm not going to say seeking, but you're the predator, right?
Speaker A:As far as the women.
Speaker A:I mean, that's just what it is.
Speaker B:That sound cold?
Speaker A:No, but it's the true men.
Speaker A:You guys see?
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Like, you know, that's what y' all do.
Speaker B:No.
Speaker B:So, okay, so what's the question, cuz?
Speaker B:I don't want these women.
Speaker A:You know, it's.
Speaker A:I got two things for you, cuz.
Speaker A:Men say, I want a natural woman.
Speaker A:And you, you know, Percy, I'm getting on your ass.
Speaker A:Cause I think I was natural on one of my YouTubes where I didn't have on no makeup, no hair, no nothing.
Speaker A:And they was clowning me, right?
Speaker A:But then it's like when we dress up, and then all these women Getting these bbls and shit.
Speaker A:Like, what y' all expect us to do?
Speaker A:Like, because it's like y' all want us to be all bad on your shoulder and shit.
Speaker A:But then when they get the bbls and they overdo it, I mean, it's.
Speaker A:Cause a lot of these men are judging.
Speaker A:They judging the women.
Speaker A:Like, what do you think?
Speaker A:Do you like bbls or you like natural?
Speaker A:Natural, but that's what y' all all be saying.
Speaker B:No, that's true.
Speaker B:I've been speaking every.
Speaker C:Yeah.
Speaker B:Since forever.
Speaker B:Yeah, Forever.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:I feel like I love natural beauty.
Speaker B:Yeah, we do.
Speaker B:We do.
Speaker C:We don't want nothing fake.
Speaker B:Nah.
Speaker A:Hey.
Speaker B:I mean, it's like, you know what you're dealing with.
Speaker B:It's like, I don't want to have.
Speaker C:Not that mature.
Speaker C:Like, how that mature?
Speaker C:10, 15, 20 years down the line.
Speaker C:You probably gotta maintain it.
Speaker C:It costs money.
Speaker C:What if your money ain't right to go back and spend 10, 15, $20,000 to do your maintenance?
Speaker B:Like, we even got a song on our new album called Makeup.
Speaker B:It's the last song on the album.
Speaker B:And it's just talking about not having to peel back the layers of that stuff.
Speaker B:Like, you know what I mean?
Speaker B:Like, I get it.
Speaker B:Women.
Speaker B:I had to learn that women don't put makeup on for us.
Speaker B:They put it on and make them feel good.
Speaker B:So once I had.
Speaker B:Is that bullshit?
Speaker B:That's what I learned from a woman.
Speaker B:And I actually heard it from a two or three different perspectives or I wouldn't have said that, you know what I mean?
Speaker B:From just one person telling me.
Speaker B:But yeah, I was told that women do that for themselves.
Speaker B:They feel better.
Speaker B:Women feel better.
Speaker C:I was getting a haircut or something.
Speaker B:Exactly, I get that.
Speaker B:Exactly.
Speaker A:Don't even wear makeup.
Speaker A:I'm be honest with you.
Speaker A:I'm doing it for the goddamn shit.
Speaker A:Because it just looks pretty on the camera.
Speaker A:Right?
Speaker A:But I'm always been a natural type of woman.
Speaker A:But I think that a lot of women say.
Speaker A:I think we just have this conversation that they do it for themselves.
Speaker A:But then let's say for the women that get their bodies on, the main ones that say, I do this for myself, but your ass is on the gram showing it.
Speaker A:Before you didn't have that ass.
Speaker A:You ain't showing nothing.
Speaker A:You ain't showing that flat ass.
Speaker A:But once you get the ass, who you showing it to?
Speaker A:You get what I'm saying?
Speaker A:So to me, that'd be like if.
Speaker A:Let's just keep it real.
Speaker A:You doing it for these.
Speaker A:For these.
Speaker A:You know what I mean.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:I mean, or to try and attract.
Speaker B:Yeah, it's like.
Speaker B:It's a lure.
Speaker A:Exactly.
Speaker B:To bait somebody in.
Speaker B:Like you said, attention.
Speaker C:Some of them probably just wanted tension.
Speaker C:Some people just like that.
Speaker C:Where they need attention from outside.
Speaker A:Absolutely.
Speaker A:To even feel confident within themselves, which is actually really sad.
Speaker A:I struggle with a lot of my problem.
Speaker C:That's a deep.
Speaker A:Definitely that I don't think only God can fix that one, you know what I mean?
Speaker A:Or therapy, maybe.
Speaker A:Therapy don't even work sometimes, but, you know, I thought that was just a good little topic, you know, shout out to a lot of the strippers.
Speaker A:I'm noticing that's out in this industry now.
Speaker A:They kind of doing a thing, you know, that's another thing.
Speaker A:I think I was talking about how the difference between strippers and prostitutes, like, you know, I was in the game, you know what I mean?
Speaker A:And I think me and Laura Rabb was talking about this on the assumption of what a prostitute is, meaning she's screwing everything that's moving and getting paid or compensated.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:That's totally not true.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker A:I think, unfortunately, that a lot of women that are in the industry are delusional.
Speaker A:And I wanna ask y', all, I say this to say I think they're delusional.
Speaker A:Like, let's say for strippers, if somebody go to the back and ask you to top em off of five bands, you gonna turn that down?
Speaker A:Absolutely not.
Speaker A:Let's just keep it real, right?
Speaker A:So that's considered prostitution.
Speaker A:Do you agree or disagree?
Speaker B:Exchange.
Speaker B:Money exchange for sex is prostitution, period.
Speaker A:But there's so many women that are delusional and feel like they're not prostituting because in the forefront, they're stripping.
Speaker C:What they call it.
Speaker A:That's what I say.
Speaker A:I talk to a couple of strippers, you know what I mean?
Speaker A:I talk to a couple and they are just.
Speaker A:I just.
Speaker A:The delusion just blows my mind because, see, I'm an open book.
Speaker A:I could talk about it, but a lot of women are so in denial.
Speaker A:I ain't gonna say no n. But a couple of them I just recently talked to try to get on the show.
Speaker A:And they like, I, you know, I ain't a hoe, but I'm like, you know what I mean?
Speaker A:You are.
Speaker A:And it's okay.
Speaker B:She f to move the chains with this show.
Speaker B:You really about the move to change.
Speaker C:With this, have some conversations.
Speaker B:Cause I mean, nah, it's like, so.
Speaker B:So I ain't going to speak about.
Speaker B:About my player partner.
Speaker B:I got a player partner.
Speaker B:I really love how he thinks, but he be speaking about.
Speaker B:About how a lot of bad, what we call bad women.
Speaker B:You can't tell them shit.
Speaker A:They don't like, look wise.
Speaker A:Bad.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Cause they bad.
Speaker B:They think you can't tell them.
Speaker B:You can't say, hey, you shouldn't do that or you shouldn't do this or help, let me help you change this and make this something they think they.
Speaker B:It's like they.
Speaker B:They walk around like they know everything just because they look good.
Speaker B:And that's.
Speaker B:That means there's a lot of you don't know.
Speaker B:And nobody, nobody won't correct you because you're not correctable.
Speaker B:You know what I'm saying?
Speaker B:So it.
Speaker B:You just walk around looking good and inside is really a mess going on.
Speaker B:You know what I mean?
Speaker B:And yeah, you're gonna move the chains with talking about these.
Speaker A:Am I a baddie?
Speaker B:Yeah, you're a baddie for sure.
Speaker B:But you'll come outside, so ain't nobody gonna see you.
Speaker A:Well, I don't even want to be outside though, because like you said, you know how I just said the girls like attention.
Speaker A:I don't like that.
Speaker A:Yeah, I don't like.
Speaker A:I just don't like it.
Speaker A:I, you know, I present myself well.
Speaker A:I don't have ass, titties, all that type of out is, you know, I try to be classy, but no matter what, the attention still going to come.
Speaker A:And I don't know if.
Speaker A:I don't know if it's just me.
Speaker A:I really don't know.
Speaker A:But I personally don't like it.
Speaker A:You know what I mean?
Speaker A:And that's probably why I don't go out like that, because I just don't like it.
Speaker A:I don't.
Speaker A:I'm not a big.
Speaker A:I don't need it.
Speaker C:Yeah.
Speaker A:If come to me on some business, if you want to talk some money, then to pay me all the attention.
Speaker B:I've always felt that like pretty women like y' all really, really got time on your hands.
Speaker B:Because from the time you, I don't know, a young girl, 11, 12, 13 years old, from the time you leave the house to the time you come back in the house, it's some always in your face.
Speaker A:It's not.
Speaker A:It's not.
Speaker B:You know what I'm saying?
Speaker B:I know that does a lot to y' all psychologically.
Speaker A:Absolutely.
Speaker B:You know what I'm saying?
Speaker B:When some in your face every.
Speaker B:You go like you go to the post office, it's a.
Speaker B:In your line.
Speaker B:You get in your car, it's a knocking at you Window.
Speaker B:You drive to the gas station, it's a nigga at the gas station.
Speaker B:You go to your job, it's a nigga at the job.
Speaker B:Getting that, you leave the job and go to the gym.
Speaker B:It's eight there be on your line like everywhere you go.
Speaker B:So I know that after a time frame, after years of that, mentally you got to be up.
Speaker B:I don't want to say I'm just going to leave it.
Speaker A:You kind of shut down.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:What does it do?
Speaker A:You put a guard up like for me.
Speaker A:Because then you think they all after one thing which is wanting to have sex with you.
Speaker A:That's how I feel.
Speaker A:My mother always told me being beautiful was a curse.
Speaker A:And I never understood.
Speaker A:I'm like, why though, mom?
Speaker A:But now as I got older, you know, I found my little way, my look and who I am.
Speaker A:It's definitely a fucking curse.
Speaker A:And I mean it because one, it's two sides to that.
Speaker A:A lot of men are intimidated of me though, which I don't know if I don't even know because of your.
Speaker B:Looks or your mind frame.
Speaker A:I think both.
Speaker B:Well if, if.
Speaker A:Yeah, I think both because I come from the streets, I'm East Oakland all day.
Speaker A:You know, I was a prostitute.
Speaker A:I was a mad damn.
Speaker C:You know, you know, some game goofy they could take advantage of.
Speaker A:And that's why I think they intimidated because they can't take advantage of me.
Speaker B:That's what it is.
Speaker A:That's what it is.
Speaker A:So they.
Speaker B:I can't, I can't find an entry to get.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:You know, so.
Speaker A:And then I'm educated.
Speaker A:So that don't make it.
Speaker A:You would think it'd make it better, but no.
Speaker A:You know, a lot of men say they want a high value.
Speaker A:What is a high value woman to you guys?
Speaker B:A high value woman is somebody who knows their worth but they also know how to.
Speaker B:How can I say this?
Speaker B:They can be, they can be.
Speaker B:They listen, they can be corrected.
Speaker B:They can identify.
Speaker B:They can identify.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Communicate very well emotions and.
Speaker C:Yeah, it's a lot, it's a lot that go in to that.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:And you know you, you see right off the back we didn't say nothing about her looks.
Speaker C:Yeah.
Speaker A:And that's, that's, that's what.
Speaker A:Cuz you can be bad as hell and dumb as rocks and broke.
Speaker B:That's a fact.
Speaker A:Broke I think is the worst.
Speaker A:That's the worst look like being broke is the absolute worst on a beautiful woman.
Speaker A:I think I was just listening to something.
Speaker A:Who was that?
Speaker A:I can't remember.
Speaker A:But on Instagram, the dude was like, if you meet a woman and let's say you want to see where she is in life, if you can't ask her for $10,000.
Speaker A:I don't know if y' all seen that, but you've seen that.
Speaker A:Oh, that.
Speaker A:That was the raw ever.
Speaker A:He said, if you can't ask her for.
Speaker B:It's TK Kirkland.
Speaker A:Exactly.
Speaker B:He actually is on our album.
Speaker B:He did the skits on our new album.
Speaker A:That's exactly who it was.
Speaker B:There's TK Kirkland.
Speaker B:Shout out TK what up, TK to the.
Speaker B:He said, yeah, go ahead.
Speaker A:He said, if you ask a woman, you want to see where she is in life.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:Even though we don't have to put up value because the times are hard.
Speaker A:I. I do get that, right?
Speaker A:Everybody may not have 10,000, but you should, cuz we're in California.
Speaker A:That's just one.
Speaker A:But two.
Speaker A:He said, to see where somebody is in their life, ask A for $10,000 and see if she can give it to you.
Speaker A:And I said, oh my God, that's very.
Speaker A:That's powerful.
Speaker A:Because he said, if she can't, she's useless to you.
Speaker A:And I said, oh my God, thank God, I can give a 10,000.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:And he went.
Speaker B:But he elaborated further too.
Speaker B:Like, he spoke on it like it wasn't just the dollar amount.
Speaker B:It was showing that where you are, where your priorities are.
Speaker B:Like if you taking care of business, if you.
Speaker B:You know what I'm saying?
Speaker B:If you bring value, some value.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:So.
Speaker A:So question is, can I ask you for $10,000?
Speaker A:I'm just playing flip that on the ass.
Speaker B:You single?
Speaker A:I am.
Speaker B:You single?
Speaker B:How long you want me to tell you the truth?
Speaker B:This where we flipped it.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:Lord Rab, he did that for me too.
Speaker A:I ain't gonna even fabricate it.
Speaker A:I actually just divorced him Christmas.
Speaker B:Oh, wow.
Speaker A:I did.
Speaker A:I'm gonna just be 100.
Speaker A:I divorced his ass Christmas because like I said, I tried everything.
Speaker A:The counseling, it just didn't work for me.
Speaker A:So I just had to remove myself immediately.
Speaker A:He was Muslim, I'm Christian.
Speaker B:I didn't know you was gonna really go that deep.
Speaker B:No, I thought you just say yes or no, but now we getting.
Speaker B:We're getting a story.
Speaker A:You asked the question.
Speaker A:I'm gonna tell you, yes, I divorced his ass on Christmas.
Speaker A:And then now, you know, I'm open it.
Speaker A:That's just where I'm at with it.
Speaker A:You know what I mean?
Speaker B:So that's brand new.
Speaker B:Christmas is literally I say that's old to me.
Speaker A:It might be brand new to y', all, but it's old to me.
Speaker A:Shit, you know what I mean?
Speaker A:I'm the type, you know, us fire.
Speaker B:Sign people move on way before they.
Speaker B:Yeah, maybe might walk out the door.
Speaker A:That's where I was with it, you know?
Speaker A:And I kind of should have left longer or sooner, but, you know, I think sometimes I'm kind of like you.
Speaker A:Like sometimes you don't wanna hurt people, you know what I mean?
Speaker A:But if you checked out, you checked out.
Speaker B:You hurt yourself at that point if you stay.
Speaker A:So that's just kind of where I was with it.
Speaker A:But I do got an 18 year old.
Speaker A:She in college, thank God.
Speaker A:So, yeah, I'm single, you know what I mean?
Speaker A:I'm doing my thing.
Speaker A:This is a new platform.
Speaker A:I'm out there and it's just.
Speaker A:This is just everything is new for me.
Speaker A:You know what I mean?
Speaker A:But it ain't new for y'.
Speaker A:All.
Speaker A:You've been out here.
Speaker A:But one thing I will say, I did research on y' all too.
Speaker A:I didn't hear not one negative thing about y'.
Speaker A:All.
Speaker B:That's what's up.
Speaker A:Not one negative thing.
Speaker A:Everybody praises you guys.
Speaker B:Thank you.
Speaker A:Like facts and that.
Speaker A:That shows a lot.
Speaker B:Yeah, we're not perfect.
Speaker C:We try to hold oursel accountable and, you know, we.
Speaker C:We loyal to each other.
Speaker A:That's what matters.
Speaker A:Keep our word and absolutely, cuz y' all showed up.
Speaker A:Not like when I say I appreciate that, because one, I think y' all gonna give me a.
Speaker A:Without y' all even knowing, like, you know what I mean?
Speaker B:Like, I mean, it's supposed to be.
Speaker B:You said it.
Speaker B:Use usage.
Speaker B:We're all here to be used.
Speaker B:You know what I mean?
Speaker B:It's just.
Speaker B:Don't misuse me.
Speaker A:That's it.
Speaker B:You know what I'm saying?
Speaker B:And people, sometimes that's all that might be on their.
Speaker B:On their mind or in their.
Speaker B:Their agenda is to finesse or get what they want out of the situation.
Speaker B:And we've always been fair and respectable type.
Speaker B:Type of guys within business and not in business.
Speaker B:You know what I mean?
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:So we carry that well.
Speaker A:That's what keeps.
Speaker A:I think your business is being true to who you are as a person before business.
Speaker A:Because that's what brings business.
Speaker A:Right?
Speaker A:Because you are honest.
Speaker A:You guys keep it 100.
Speaker A:And I feel like y' all put a lot of niggas on the map.
Speaker A:You guys have actually.
Speaker A:Y' all like the Natalie Nuns around this motherfucker.
Speaker B:I wouldn't say we put people on the map.
Speaker B:Like, music is like.
Speaker B:Okay, when we look at the equation of a song, music is just half of it.
Speaker B:The other half is the people or the vocalist.
Speaker C:Lyrics.
Speaker B:Lyrics.
Speaker B:Or whoever gets on the record.
Speaker B:So it takes.
Speaker B:It's one hand washing the other, and both hands wash the face.
Speaker A:That's fact.
Speaker B:You know what I'm saying?
Speaker B:So it's not.
Speaker B:People say that to us sometimes y' all put these on.
Speaker B:Put them on.
Speaker C:Yeah, but I think we don't want to take that credit.
Speaker B:Yeah, we can't take that credit.
Speaker C:I mean, we helping each other.
Speaker C:We both helping each other.
Speaker C:I mean, it might be some instances where that might be true, but we ain't, you know, we ain't gonna run with that.
Speaker A:You guys are adorable.
Speaker A:Very modest, man.
Speaker B:We just be.
Speaker B:Just trying to be modest.
Speaker A:See, you can be vulnerable, honey.
Speaker A:I think we were just.
Speaker A:I'm with you.
Speaker A:You can be, you know, vulnerable.
Speaker A:And what was we just talking about before these cameras lit about men.
Speaker A:Oh, being emotional or vulnerable.
Speaker A:I don't think nothing's wrong with that.
Speaker B:But we talking about business.
Speaker B:Even in business, though, sometimes, so.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:But I mean, everybody don't get these conversations in business.
Speaker B:It's cut and dry.
Speaker B:Right to the point.
Speaker B:What are we doing, what we not doing?
Speaker B:These are guidelines.
Speaker B:These are the boundaries.
Speaker B:And you know what I mean, so.
Speaker A:Well, I think you guys are doing amazing.
Speaker A:I think that y' all moving, too.
Speaker A:Like, I'm seeing y'.
Speaker A:All.
Speaker A:I'm watching y' all everywhere now.
Speaker A:Everybody like the mechanics, you know?
Speaker A:And then.
Speaker A:Who is that?
Speaker A:I think that was Mike Epps for the Jay Stallon song that went viral.
Speaker A:I think I posted about five.
Speaker B:Shout out, Mike.
Speaker A:That's a hitter.
Speaker A:Jay Stalin.
Speaker A:I think he coming next month, too.
Speaker A:Good.
Speaker B:I talked to him this morning.
Speaker A:Really?
Speaker B:We had a conversation about you.
Speaker B:Yeah, because I did see the text.
Speaker B:I saw the.
Speaker B:The message you sent about it.
Speaker B:I just buzzed him in that we was doing it.
Speaker B:Doing it today.
Speaker B:He.
Speaker B:I think he on a plane right now or he in Seattle.
Speaker A:Yeah, I like he moving, but we.
Speaker B:Talked about you, so for sure, you on the radar.
Speaker A:Well, guess what?
Speaker A:I wanted to thank you guys for coming.
Speaker A:You already know.
Speaker A:You already know what's coming.
Speaker A:Look under your seat.
Speaker A:You know what it is?
Speaker A:The.
Speaker B:The.
Speaker B:The.
Speaker A:The moment.
Speaker A:The moment.
Speaker A:Can you grab yours?
Speaker B:Oh, man.
Speaker A:You know it.
Speaker A:You know what it is.
Speaker A:You know, I got to give it to you, period from the doc herself, man.
Speaker A:And from the book.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:You gotta have a book, too.
Speaker A:I'M so they said I'm a trendsetter, man.
Speaker A:That's what they said from the mechanics, man.
Speaker A:And my setup is beautiful, man.
Speaker B:Thank you, sweetheart.
Speaker A:Of course.
Speaker B:Thank you.
Speaker A:Well, y', all kings and I think waking up is luxury.
Speaker B:Let me put mine on right now, period.
Speaker B:I'm gonna wear this to all fab week.
Speaker A:Don't even say that, because I will come in mine at all.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:I'll put on the red one.
Speaker B:I'm gonna wear my all fab week.
Speaker B:I'm gonna pull up with my robe and a toothbrush in my mouth.
Speaker B:Like, gonna play with, like, ghost face and Raekwon.
Speaker A:That's Barry right here, y'.
Speaker A:All.
Speaker A:That's Barry.
Speaker A:Y' all gotta check this, man.
Speaker B:That's it.
Speaker C:The character.
Speaker C:I.
Speaker B:Do you think I thought I wasn't when I was.
Speaker A:Hey, I need you to.
Speaker A:I would actually love that.
Speaker A:And shoot a video.
Speaker A:Make sure you shout me out.
Speaker A:I need to see less.
Speaker B:I'm gonna be your video.
Speaker A:If be.
Speaker B:It could say less.
Speaker A:I'll be the video vixen.
Speaker A:And I'm gonna wear the multi color.
Speaker B:You know what I'm gonna write?
Speaker B:We're gonna write something out.
Speaker B:Because you know what?
Speaker B:Fun fact, right?
Speaker B:And thank you for the book, too.
Speaker A:Yes, please.
Speaker A:Whenever y' all get a chance.
Speaker A:It's audio, you know, and you just learn me.
Speaker A:You know my struggles, what I've been through.
Speaker B:No, Fun fact.
Speaker B:That video, the bear addicted.
Speaker C:Yeah.
Speaker B:The clothes that I had on, right?
Speaker B:So I put on a.
Speaker B:It's called.
Speaker B:I don't know if it's called a fat suit or whatever it is.
Speaker B:So I put a fat suit on.
Speaker B:I had to find clothes to wear.
Speaker B:And I was gifted.
Speaker B:What's Rihanna's clothing line called?
Speaker B:Fenty.
Speaker B:Fenty.
Speaker B:I was gifted a pajama sweat.
Speaker B:I mean, pajama pajamas.
Speaker A:Fenty pajamas.
Speaker B:Fenty pajamas.
Speaker B:And they were oversized.
Speaker B:So in the video, that's What I got on is a whole pajama suit.
Speaker B:It looked like it's.
Speaker B:It's fly, though, man.
Speaker B:Pajamas.
Speaker A:I gotta look at that again.
Speaker A:I swore that was a suit.
Speaker B:This is right along the lines.
Speaker B:We're gonna put this on.
Speaker B:We're gonna put this to use.
Speaker A:And I think I have a cigar over there.
Speaker A:I'll give y' all the.
Speaker A:It's a.
Speaker A:What's her name?
Speaker A:Dj.
Speaker A:Quick.
Speaker A:Keyshe.
Speaker B:Keyshay.
Speaker B:That's the homegirl.
Speaker A:Yeah, she started that.
Speaker A:You know, she having that event for her cigar lounge.
Speaker A:Is it two Percy or one?
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker A:Fuck.
Speaker A:It's only one.
Speaker A:I'm Gonna two, let's go.
Speaker A:I got the last two for y'.
Speaker B:All.
Speaker B:Thank you.
Speaker A:DJ Quicksign C, like, signed with her to do quick sticks, they call them.
Speaker A:Yeah, ain't that dope?
Speaker A:Super dope.
Speaker A:So y' all take that shout out to my girl Kishay.
Speaker A:Yeah, she gotta.
Speaker B:We be celebratory.
Speaker B:We, you know, I love it, I love it.
Speaker A:Ain't that cute?
Speaker A:Yeah, I'm very proud of her first black owned cigar, like, online lounge.
Speaker A:So I was like, I'm gonna shout out, sis.
Speaker A:You know, I actually don't know her from a candle pain, but shout out Kishay.
Speaker B:Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Speaker B:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker A:Now, last question.
Speaker A:If y'.
Speaker A:All.
Speaker A:Cause y' all know I with my foster youth, and that's just the main thing that I really started this platform is to get figures like y' all legends like y' all on my platform to actually tell the kids, like.
Speaker A:Cause y' all got kids, right?
Speaker A:So if you can tell the kids one dreams do come true, how would you tell them to achieve that?
Speaker A:Like, what is the first steps you'll tell them in regards to following your dreams?
Speaker C:Work hard, work hard, stay consistent.
Speaker C:Be yourself.
Speaker C:Come with your own style.
Speaker C:Flavor and consistency is everything.
Speaker A:Everything.
Speaker C:That's how you gonna achieve it right there.
Speaker C:Staying consistent.
Speaker A:That's facts.
Speaker B:Yeah, I mean, I think it's super dope when you're able to find or your passions early.
Speaker B:The earlier you find them, you can really lock in on them before life get a hold and you got to start paying bills or got kids or you know what I mean?
Speaker B:So it's super advantageous to.
Speaker B:Advantageous to get attached to your passions as a kid if you find it.
Speaker B:I mean, you know, I think now a lot more adults are being more focused on trying to present opportunities to kids at younger ages.
Speaker B:Like, I seen a kid this morning on Instagram, they showed this guy was showing his son playing golf when he had just started, maybe maybe one years old.
Speaker B:I like that.
Speaker B:He barely could stand and he was swinging.
Speaker B:And they showed him by at like 3, and they showed him at like 5.
Speaker A:I like that.
Speaker B:Now he knocking stuff into the hole.
Speaker B:And I'm like, yeah, see, that's what it takes.
Speaker B:It takes start early, you know, and if you start early, like, like Twee said, consistency is the key.
Speaker B:No matter what you doing, keep doing it.
Speaker B:You keep doing it.
Speaker B:You keep doing it and you get better and better and you find new ways to do an old thing and keep finding new ways to do an old thing and you get better and better and better.
Speaker A:So when you take me on a.
Speaker B:Date, when you're ready.
Speaker A:I'm so funny, huh?
Speaker B:You serious?
Speaker A:I am dead ass.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker B:She went over here winking at me.
Speaker B:I'm just saying, listen, right?
Speaker B:You're gonna.
Speaker A:Okay, listen.
Speaker A:Oh, the people gonna be like, oh, Lord, I forgot.
Speaker A:We is on camera.
Speaker A:You gonna give me intro.
Speaker A:They gonna come.
Speaker A:The women's gonna come.
Speaker B:You got one of these?
Speaker A:I got every color.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:We're gonna have a roll party.
Speaker A:Every color.
Speaker A:No, for real.
Speaker A:I got every color.
Speaker B:Definitely a roll.
Speaker B:Like, do a road party.
Speaker B:Everybody.
Speaker B:Everybody that you.
Speaker B:Everybody that you interviewed.
Speaker A:I. I thought about that.
Speaker A:It's that one dude that actually does that.
Speaker A:I didn't want to be no cosplay party.
Speaker C:Oh, for real.
Speaker A:You know what I'm talking about.
Speaker A:It's the dude that be wearing.
Speaker A:I think he'd be podcasting.
Speaker A:He wear the Versace robe on his.
Speaker C:I'm like, yeah, he'd be wearing glasses.
Speaker A:Exactly.
Speaker A:Little young Mac.
Speaker A:I don't know his name either, but he'd be wearing.
Speaker B:No, but I'm saying it's a theme.
Speaker B:Like, do a theme party.
Speaker B:You know, these we used to do when we was kids, they used to do, like.
Speaker B:Oh, yeah, pajama jams.
Speaker A:Okay, well, we gotta say that.
Speaker A:Y' all know I got a biggie.
Speaker B:You could kick it off.
Speaker B:You in the lane by yourself.
Speaker B:Ain't nobody even in that lane.
Speaker A:I got an event event coming February 13th.
Speaker A:I'm gonna send y' all information.
Speaker A:I've been posting it, but it's for the foster youth.
Speaker A:I got Kamiyah, I got little Kayla, and what's that guy?
Speaker A:Adrian Marcel.
Speaker A:So they'll be there.
Speaker A:Like, I got a bunch of vendors that'll be there, and hopefully, like, at least 30, 40 of my kids will be there.
Speaker A:So you guys are more than welcome to.
Speaker B:What's the age?
Speaker B:The age?
Speaker A:18 to 21.
Speaker A:So they youngsters, you know what I mean?
Speaker A:I'll be giving out Versace robes.
Speaker A:I'mma give.
Speaker A:I know y' all know, man, you got a part.
Speaker C:You got a partnership with them or something.
Speaker B:I need one wife.
Speaker A:I'm paying for these young people to.
Speaker C:Sponsor you or something.
Speaker A:Okay?
Speaker A:They do.
Speaker A:They do need to, but my guy, King Melly, I know y' all know Shout Out.
Speaker B:He made Shout Out.
Speaker B:Melly, that's our guy.
Speaker B:He done.
Speaker B:He done done a few things for us, period.
Speaker B:Oh, that's my little person done for us.
Speaker A:Yeah, this him right here.
Speaker A:You feel me?
Speaker B:Shout out to King Mel.
Speaker C:Melly.
Speaker B:Dope.
Speaker A:What he going to do, though, for me is come to the event.
Speaker A:I'm letting the kids have a talent show.
Speaker A:And so the first place I'm going, get him a custom coat, a Versace Rose.
Speaker A:Second place and ain't that dope?
Speaker A:And then a Gucci something, you know, something on the line of just luxury.
Speaker A:Because my business is called Be with Luxurious Fostering.
Speaker A:And BE with stands for Building with Intentional Transformation.
Speaker B:Okay, so say it again.
Speaker A:Building with Intentional Transformation.
Speaker B:I heard that.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:Be with everywhere.
Speaker A:If you see BW I T. That's me.
Speaker A:All my companies, I was gonna ask.
Speaker B:You what it meant.
Speaker B:Everybody, thank you for.
Speaker A:Yeah, yeah, right.
Speaker A:So I think the kids need to hear that.
Speaker A:You know what I mean?
Speaker B:I think you should make sure you say it a whole lot more, too.
Speaker A:I try.
Speaker A:I try to.
Speaker A:I try.
Speaker B:Even like Tupac, the Thug Life thing, the T H U G L I F E. The hate you gave little infants fucks everyone.
Speaker A:Like, God never knew that.
Speaker B:You never knew that?
Speaker A:No.
Speaker B:Yeah, that's what.
Speaker C:I wrote it a couple times.
Speaker C:I don't know.
Speaker C:I don't know what it means.
Speaker C:Just look.
Speaker A:Say it again.
Speaker A:So the people.
Speaker B:The hate you gave little infants fucks everybody or everyone?
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Thug Life is to say that's what America does.
Speaker B:America puts all this hate in us, and then we grow up, and this is what we're dealing with.
Speaker B:Survival mode.
Speaker B:We're dealing with a lot of people that got a lot of trauma, hate, whatever inside them.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:That's what Pac was on.
Speaker B:That's what Thug Life meant.
Speaker A:Damn.
Speaker A:And I'm.
Speaker A:I'm reincarnating that shit because I'm trying to give to the youth.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:So say it again, B W Be with.
Speaker A:Building with intentional transformation.
Speaker B:Intentional transformation.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:All last year.
Speaker B:Our whole year last year was dedicated to intention, period.
Speaker B:And execution.
Speaker B:Being intentional and execution.
Speaker A:So don't speak a lot to be about it.
Speaker A:Like, that's my thing.
Speaker A:Like, you can ask Percy.
Speaker A:I met him at the damn studio.
Speaker A:I didn't know him from a can of paint.
Speaker A:And I was just amazed by the podcast and think.
Speaker A:I said, fuck this shit.
Speaker A:I'm finna create one for my foster you.
Speaker A:Cause, you know, every month I bring a kid on here and talk and tell their story.
Speaker A:And I was.
Speaker A:I tapped him on the shoulder.
Speaker A:I said, excuse me, sir.
Speaker A:I'm gonna build a podcast studio.
Speaker A:Give me less than 30 days.
Speaker A:I called that nigga.
Speaker A:What, Percy.
Speaker A:Three weeks.
Speaker A:And he came.
Speaker A:He was like, damn, she did it.
Speaker A:I absolutely did.
Speaker C:And it's the YouTube.
Speaker C:You got a YouTube channel?
Speaker A:I do.
Speaker A:It's turning Hustle in a legacy.
Speaker A:Turning Hustle and my website, like, it's.
Speaker A:It's all done up.
Speaker A:I literally just got it.
Speaker A:Like, it's.
Speaker A:It's on point.
Speaker A:Because branding is everything, right?
Speaker A:I know y' all can agree.
Speaker A:That's why I was like, percy, we need these roads.
Speaker A:We gotta look like money dipped in Chanel.
Speaker A:You know what I mean?
Speaker A:So I know we go back and forth on, you know, he know I'm fancy.
Speaker B:Perception is everything.
Speaker A:His perception is everything.
Speaker A:That's how I was able to attract y'.
Speaker A:All.
Speaker A:If I was looking crazy on my Instagram, y' all be like, yeah, we probably gonna sit on that platform.
Speaker A:You see what I'm saying?
Speaker A:Not like that, but it's not.
Speaker B:That's a fact.
Speaker B:That's a fact.
Speaker B:People don't want.
Speaker A:It's everything quality, period.
Speaker A:And I'm about quality because, like I said, your brand, the mechanics, is everything.
Speaker A:Y' all brand is dope, too, though.
Speaker B:Thank you.
Speaker A:Everybody know y'.
Speaker A:All.
Speaker A:But listen, y' all want to shout out and say anything that y' all else y' all would tell these kids what.
Speaker A:What to tell them.
Speaker C:Our new album under the hood, too.
Speaker A:I need it.
Speaker C:It's out right now on Even Biz.
Speaker C:It'll be on the DSP soon.
Speaker C:We ran into a little hiccup with it with a clearance, but we in the process of getting it clear now, so it should be on DSPs probably by the time this interview come out, period.
Speaker A:And I'm waiting on my date, so I will talk later.
Speaker A:But I want to thank y' all for tuning in to turn y' all hustle into a legacy with the Mechanics.
Speaker B:Shout out.
Speaker B:And before we go, I would love to just say we tip our hat and commend you for the work that you've done or.
Speaker B:And that you're doing with the children.
Speaker B:Because I feel like a lot of the.
Speaker B:The narratives that go out for kids nowadays, they're never in the space to actually receive the message.
Speaker B:So we be talking as adults.
Speaker B:Yeah, the youngsters need this, and the youngsters need the dad.
Speaker B:And I want to help the youngsters, and I want to help the youngsters, but when we talking, it's only in a circle of adults.
Speaker B:So for you to be actually connected to the children, I know that your message is reaching the children.
Speaker B:You know what I mean?
Speaker B:Keep going.
Speaker A:I thank you.
Speaker A:Well, I love y' all just so much already.
Speaker A:And we like seeing, especially us.
Speaker A:I'M just.
Speaker A:Oh, my God, the camera.
Speaker A:They're gonna kill me.
Speaker A:The people.
Speaker A:Nah, we'll holler, y'.
Speaker A:All.
Speaker A:Thank y'.
Speaker A:All.
