Bishop Lamont "Just Don't Die": New Album, Chuck D & MC Eiht Features | SWAY’S UNIVERSE

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Oh man, listen.
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That what you just heard that freestyle
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it was two LA juggernauts.
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The one and only Myka 9 from Freestyle
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Fellowship. Rest in peace to peace.
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Also the band who's here with us today.
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You can find this on the SKT Network
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app. Download it now. You can see them
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performing live in our For the Culture
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one presentation. Have the beat. This MC
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right here has been revered for a long
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time man. Not just for his political
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commentary. Not just for his his
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lyricism but because of the work that he
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does
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in the community as well. His The
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Confessional mixtape was one of the ones
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that really set it off for him.
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He's been getting busy. The Layover is
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probably one of the most critically
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acclaimed projects that he put out. He's
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been getting busy ever since. I love him
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for what he stands for. He's not a man
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who's going to be defined by anybody
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else's narrative and he's proven that
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over the years and sometimes when you do
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that you make sacrifices. You know, when
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you stand up for yourself and you stand
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up for what you believe in and you don't
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and you don't follow the status quo.
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Sometimes you can be ostracized right
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from a movement and then you get wise
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and you realize the only true movement
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is your own movement. The only true
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movement is the movement that you carve
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for yourself and he's done just that.
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He's been very precocious in his in his
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pursuit of presenting music. When you
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look at his Instagram you see a lot of
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different pre sentations how he works
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with AI artificial intelligence. Mike I
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know you would enjoy this. Even the way
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the cinematic way that he's been
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promoting this album Just Don't Die
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which features Chuck D, Ice T, MC Eight
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and many more. This is the new album but
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you can't just go buy this album. You
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got to purchase it on his on his
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platform the reivindicated.com.
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The reivindicated.com.
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That's t h e
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r e v i n d i c a t e d.com.
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I want to welcome my brother back on the
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show. We did it in New York. Now we're
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doing it in LA. Give it up for the one
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and only Bishop LAMONT IS BACK.
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FAMILY FAMILY.
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YO, WHO YOU BRING WITH YOU BRO? My
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brother Glitch who helped me design and
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this whole vision like for the mini
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movie for the art design the cards just
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the whole concept the shirts the shows
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that we doing. It's just great having
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somebody like him. I'd say it's like
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Neil Brennan and Dave Chappelle. Okay,
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that's that's who who's Dave?
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Who's Dave? I mean it goes it goes back
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and forth BUT I'M DAVE SOMETIMES.
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I CAN SPEAK PROPER. I CAN BE NEIL.
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YEAH, it's yeah. So and my brother Magic
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Engineer is here. My lady Alex is here
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somewhere. Yeah man. Shout out to my
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mom. And shout out to your mom. You
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brought the whole team with you. No no I
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called I hit you. I was like man when
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you coming up to the show. I know you
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didn't think the turnaround was going to
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be this fast.
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>> Exactly. We talked about that. Thank
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you. No you my brother man. Like you
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know King Tech and I we we like you man.
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When I see you I think of who we were
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you know when we were younger. We didn't
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we went we did a lot of stuff
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independent and people didn't really
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understand our music necessarily being
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from the Bay. It was different from what
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people were accustomed to hearing. We
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were coming from hip hop B boy culture
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and so some of the music reflected that
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and it it it it
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caused us I won't say forced us but it
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in a way forced us to carve our own
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paths. You know what I mean and the
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belief that we had in ourselves the know
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that we had in ourselves. We knew if we
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didn't come through the status quo we
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were going to win anyway and then the
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status quo would come to us and guess
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what happened? They came to us. Right?
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Message right? And when I listen to this
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project Just Don't Die I hear a lot of
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that kind of messaging
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in this project and even with this song
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Sandcastles
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that we just played
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you say some very poignant things in
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this song like when I actually wrote
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down some lyrics.
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Pick a side of where you stand.
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When you're building your life right and
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cuz sandcastles that's what do you say
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cuz sandcastles They do crumble. They do
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crumble man and pick a side to where you
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stand. What side do you stand on?
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Man that's a great question. Shout out
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to Solly Ghost cuz that's him on the
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hook. That's another dope new artist I
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always love to promote new people but
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the concept behind sandcastles is when
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you build it on false foundations the
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waves is going to take that away. So
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it's it's all in vain. So for me it's
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about standing on the principles and
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what you believe in. So what made me
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love hip hop in the first place is what
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I'm going to stay with. Like I was
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telling Horse in the hallway when Common
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did I Used to Love Her I was with him
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100% but I've never stopped loving her.
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So it's about what's right. It's about
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community. It's about being the light in
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the dark. It's about saying what needs
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to be said when most people are
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complicit and afraid to do it. So we
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have to be that that that Abraham
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Lincoln penny. While everybody else is
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looking that direction we're the only
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ones looking that direction. So I have
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to stand on what's right for the people
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and it's just giving them that energy
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especially in the times that we going in
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now. There's not enough hope. There's
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not enough spirit to tell people keep
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going. There's so many artists out there
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that stopped making music and I have to
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show them you have to keep going. So
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with this album at the same time it's a
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celebration of so many artists that got
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crushed by the business. So for me I
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stand on never leave a man or a woman
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behind. Your inspiration your gift is
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through God. It cannot be stopped by
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anything except you. So that's just
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where I stand
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and I hope people feel that and receive
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that. Wow man. You Bishop Lamont man.
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You hear that Heather? No I do and it's
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interesting. Thanks again though for for
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pulling up. It's great to see y'all and
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and happy to have your energy and your
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spirit and your wisdom here. We had a
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caller call in
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about two days ago
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and basically just really stood on after
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a certain age people shouldn't be making
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music especially in hip hop. And it was
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it was really really crazy to hear
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because
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you know
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we're the only ones that do it and I
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hate to keep having to repeat that but
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what is that about because you said you
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we have this gift and we're the only
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ones that stop it. You know and and it's
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true. The industry can crush you. It's
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it's not for the faint of heart at all
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but I do believe now especially we can
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find other ways to still be in in the
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business so to speak.
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>> And on your point right there the reason
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for the design of ages in hip hop is to
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control how far we can go. We need the
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people young and green so they're naive
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so we can take you to the ringer and
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then by the time when you wake up and
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you're wise enough to renegotiate and
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start asking what's this what's that
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they want to get rid of you. That's the
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only reason because every other art form
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when it's not us Johnny Cash can go
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forever. Ever. You see what I'm saying?
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Mick Jagger's still going. You name Bob
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Dylan is still doing stuff. It is only
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in our music because they want to call
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our music the the hip hop game. This is
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not a game. This is our art and this is
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our business. This came from the have
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nots. This came from everything that
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they wanted to oppress. Now they control
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it and try to tell you what's the truth.
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So we have to stay connected to what's
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true. We don't need them anymore. Even
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when I signed back then the labels were
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becoming a a Titanic. It was already
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shifting. That's why they came up with
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Spot-a-Lie. You know what I'm saying?
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This this this
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>> Wait hold on. I'm sorry. I missed I
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didn't know if I heard him correctly
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Heather. I heard him. Well that Since
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you did since you still high off the
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GUMMY YOU ACCIDENTALLY
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WATCHER SPLASH YOU SHOULD BE SHARING.
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YOU SHOULD BE SHARING IF YOU GOT
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GUMMIES.
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I KNOW THOUGH IT WAS I THOUGHT IT WAS A
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BREATH MINT. We went out laughing.
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I wouldn't have this bag and it was just
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He wouldn't have my bag. Yeah yeah yeah
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but you said can you repeat that what
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you just said? Spot-a-Lie.
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All right. Shout out to Spotify but I
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spot a lie and that system is not
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correct and we have to keep calling
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these things out. That's why we're doing
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it direct to consumer. That's why it's
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only on our websites for reivindicated
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or mine www.thebishoplmontproject.com.
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It's
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so important that we have ownership and
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we keep the identity and we keep the
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connection and the information of this
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because remember how hip hop started.
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You had to be down. You had to be down
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with a DJ or MC or a B boy. Somebody had
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to bring you around or [ __ ] was going
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to be on your head. Like who's this
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[ __ ] You had to pay your dues to be
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in. Now just cuz you get on the internet
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you're part of hip hop. No [ __ ] You
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had to pay your dues.
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You had to come in these ciphers and get
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lumped up. You had to come around and
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really prove that you could be down. Now
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anybody can have participation and
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everybody represents where from the
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internet. I can't even tell where
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[ __ ] is from. They're from the
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internet but where are you from really
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in your region or your location in your
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community? So my thing is concentrating
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on that and not what they want in them
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in them in them boardrooms because we
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keep forgetting what hip hop was built
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for and why we do this.
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A lot of us in position of power and I
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and I think the power is
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symbolized or equated to the microphone
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or the camera.
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We measure we antiquate success by
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what's been
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given to us on charts on views on
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streams. What are your thoughts about
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that? I never done that. You can have
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that's like and no offense to Vanilla
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Ice but he outsold all of them. Right?
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And does that make him a hip hop artist?
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Does that make him a dope artist? Well
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I'll tell you this. I loved Vanilla Ice
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for the song he did for Teenage Teenage
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Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 Ninja Rap. That
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[ __ ] was hard. All right all right all
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right okay.
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THAT [ __ ] GOT DOWN. SO SHOUTS OUT FOR
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THAT [ __ ] I'm not even taking shots
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at him but you know what I mean? Like
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yes but see that is what will psych out
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true real [ __ ] artists. You know what
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I'm saying? Like Vanilla Ice can never
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be iller than a Kool Keith. Yeah. You
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understand? A Pharoahe Monch. I'm not
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going to even hear nothing them [ __ ]
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is saying about how I'm a deer but
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that's the way the system can work and
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then our minds will then be tricked by
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this is what success is and then they
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start to define what the artist is
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supposed to look at but these are the
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same people you wouldn't let through the
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front door when music first started.
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Excuse me, you know what I'm saying? We
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had to come through the back entrance.
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We couldn't even use the bathrooms.
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Let's not forget the same hatred and
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racism that's here today still permeates
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these labels still permeates all these
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businesses where we go and they try to
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take all of our blood, sweat, and tears
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turn it into dollars and leave us with
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nothing. Yeah. So it's always important
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to keep giving people that energy. So I
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keep putting up the bat signal. If you
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stop making music, start making music
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again. We don't need them to put our
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[ __ ] out. We don't need them for
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studios. We don't need them for videos
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and that was the true example of showing
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us using AI. Don't be afraid of AI. AI
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is a tool. At the same time we're into
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photography. We're into film. You know
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what I'm saying? We're really developing
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photographs. We're really doing all this
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stuff. Acting, lighting, you name it.
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Editing, sound, foley artist. We do this
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[ __ ] but we're using it all in a
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toolbox. So with that toolbox, use this
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because then you don't need these loans
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from these labels. You don't Man, I
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remember when you can only have a video
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with Hype Williams or Paul Hunter. Now
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you can do it with your iPhone so
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there's nothing to stop you and there's
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a lane for everyone. You just have to
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build it. And that's what I keep telling
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people. Stop chasing awards and
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accolades when it's about what's in your
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heart. If you got that art and you got
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to put it out, put that [ __ ] out and
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watch how you going to feel but get them
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dreams out before you die. Have no
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regrets. That's the best life to live.
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That's all I'm saying. Ah man, you
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saying a lot man. Hollywould a splash. I
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want to I want to have a I want to do uh
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I want to do an experiment. You know,
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this is Shade 45. This is the most
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hip-hop station you you you should have,
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right? And And with that it should be
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the most hip-hop loving audience, right?
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And if you
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give me the headphones down a little
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bit. I hear a little echo in New York.
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If if you
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if you love hip-hop then this is what
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it's about, man. I'm going to purchase
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a Bishop Lamont
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album um at the re-vindicated.com.
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t h e r e v i n d i c
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a t e d.com. The re- The
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re-vindicated.com.
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I want someone tuned in right now, just
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one person.
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Go on that platform right now
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and buy his album.
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Because when you do that, the proceeds
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go directly to him.
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And knowing him, that is also going to
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serve as not only his family but his
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community. Give it out one more time.
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The re- The re-vindicated.com.
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t h e r e v i n d i c a t e d.com. If
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you love the culture, go on right now
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and then after you buy it, I want you to
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call up here 888-742-3345.
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Now we just played the song Sand Castles
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on it. I want to go into the song Music
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to Drive By while people go online and
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buy this project. Where else can he
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Where else can they buy it? The other
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easy to remember website
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Lamontproject.com.
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>> Okay, the Bishop Lamont You know what
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I'm saying? Do that ONE CUZ
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I'M STILL IT WAS BY MISTAKE, BISHOP.
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THE BISHOP Lamontproject.com
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Shade 45 citizens, you know how we do
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it. Let's support this project. It is a
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excellent project, well done,
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well presented, well promoted, well
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marketed quality. The Bishop
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Lamontproject.com.
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On this song you got two juggernauts.
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You got two juggernauts. You got MC
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Eight. Yeah.
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>> And you got Ice-T. You understand?
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>> On one song.
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>> Man, shouts out to the big homies. You
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have no idea to dream. You understand
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what it is. When we talk about ageism
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again,
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MC Eight is showing us the way. Ice-T is
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really showing us the way. Chuck D shows
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us the way. KRS-One shows the way. Doug
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E. Fresh been showing the way. You know
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what I mean? So we're still out here.
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It's just if you have something to
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contribute to the art form. So here I am
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and I get to have two of like my dopest
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favorite influences in all of hip-hop
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especially for the West Coast. Produced
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by my boy Ant Live.
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Ant Live. And we shot the video like
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there's a mini movie. This is like we've
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been working on this for a long time and
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that's why I say we don't have the
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million dollar budgets but this is our
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own interpretation of a cross between
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Moonwalker and Murder Was the Case. You
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know what I'm saying? And we got
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something that's so dope. So the video
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and the the mini movie and to be able to
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shoot with these brothers and what we
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got is is just incredible. Did Did y'all
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come in the studio together? No. Ice-T
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was in New York but MC Eight was here.
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Me and MC Eight got to be in the studio
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but the crazy thing was I'm such a fan
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first. So I He was in the studio with me
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and I had to walk out cuz I kept staring
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at him making him feel weird. I was like
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this is [ __ ] MC Eight. Yeah, straight
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up minutes. You know what I'm saying?
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>> My [ __ ] up childhood
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And then you know Wait, wait, you were
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freaking OUT SAYING THAT? YEAH. OH MAN.
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IT'S YOU. IT'S YOU. AND THEN I FANBOY
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out on Ice-T like yo like you you have
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no idea what this means and so the way
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they showed up for me and how dope they
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are on the song, it just takes you back
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to what made you love hip-hop in the
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first place. Yeah. I hear people say
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give them their flowers like no [ __ ]
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get them a verse. Get them some money.
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Do some shows with them. Show them that
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you really love your heroes. That's the
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[ __ ] like just real talk. When when
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Phife passed, all these people start I'm
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like what y'all wasn't rocking with
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Phife like that when you should have
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asked for verses. Yeah. Praise these
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[ __ ] Praise these gods and these
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goddesses and lift them up the right
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way.
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>> Yeah. Shout out saying enough for me. I
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want to work with these heroes that made
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me want to rhyme. That made me believe.
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That gave me self-esteem. When I had
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nothing else, hip-hop was there. So I
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have to treat it in that regard. So
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having them on this means everything and
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then Ice-T is so active online with me.
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Every time I post, he's there and that's
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another example of someone who started
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in this and has continued the same way
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to support others. It don't take no
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shine from you. It don't take no time
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from you to bless somebody else and
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promote somebody else. We shine, we all
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shine together, we shine brighter. It's
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too much room out here for everybody and
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we move stronger together and this is
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another example of that. And then the
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Chuck D joint, shouts out to Chuck D.
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Uh I had to do a maxi single move. So
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the song is on there but it's a maxi
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single. It's popular. Remember Jodeci
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and De La Soul? We're doing all that fun
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stuff again so there's different
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versions of the songs. So then when you
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deal with Spotify, you can put that out.
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There's so many different versions of
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the same song. Now you can play that
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game too and and and monetize it. You
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know what I'm saying? Multiple ways. So
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but it's just about embracing all the
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dope cats, man and and just showing
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hip-hop that you love it and you keep
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going at it building it up in the way
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that it's supposed to be revered and
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seen. So this is Music to Drive By. Like
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it's visual. It starts at a house party
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in Carson and you going to hear it all
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goes bad but it's it's so dope the way
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we acted it out. It's going to be
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incredible. First person to buy this
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album at the Bishop Lamont project.com.
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Right? You did good, Sway. I did good?
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Yeah.
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>> the Bishop Lamontproject.com
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and call up 888-742-33
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See now this is a call to action. Yeah.
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Cuz we all sit on our couches and say we
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love hip-hop. We get mad at you know, we
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get mad at the screen. Well, if you want
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to You know what I'm saying?
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We all yelling at the screen. Brothers
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to screen on our phone or the screen on
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our TV from our couches. Message. Get
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active, right? And this is how you get
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active cuz any movement requires
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funding. Message. Okay, so let's fund
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this project. The Bishop
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Lamontproject.com.
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The new album is Just Don't Die and
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after you buy it, I want to show you a
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lot of love. Call up the station
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888-742-3345.
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Let me tell you something about Shade
17:56
45. By the way, that's a bomb ass song
17:59
right there, too. I enjoyed that. Hey,
18:01
you a fool with it, too. Yeah. Yo, let
18:04
me Shout out to Ice. Ice-T the whole
18:06
time Heather and Horse spent
18:09
things the holidays with my family up
18:12
north, right? And we got a Airbnb and we
18:15
were in somewhere near Castro Valley and
18:17
we were on a farm.
18:19
Right? I told Heather it was going to be
18:20
a luxury holiday.
18:21
>> Luxury holiday
18:24
What that lady enjoy? Take me on
18:25
holiday. That lady and everybody [ __ ] up
18:27
afterwards. That's what I was in that
18:29
live commercial. Yeah. Jet Blue holiday,
18:31
was it?
18:32
Jet Blue holiday. That's what I GOT FROM
18:34
SWAY.
18:36
BRO, they was waking up to chicken
18:38
roosters crowing.
18:39
>> She crowing, bro. Sheep, goats, goats,
18:41
the whole nine. It was beautiful. You
18:43
said it was beautiful.
18:45
And And the whole time Ice-T and I was
18:47
communicating. Ice-T's my big brother,
18:50
man. Nobody's realer, bro. Like nobody's
18:53
realer. I don't care who you are.
18:55
Message. Ain't nobody realer than Ice-T,
18:57
bro. And Ice-T was hitting me sending me
19:00
music the whole time. Where's Horse at?
19:02
We was listening to Ice-T's music. You
19:05
remember that, Horse? I remember that.
19:07
Yeah, he was sending us music and we
19:10
called him and right? Yeah. And I was
19:12
like yeah, man and it sounded great. I
19:14
loved
19:15
I think Mike News said to me he wanted
19:17
to hear what Ice-T's perspective would
19:19
be like at this stage in his career
19:22
because if they have it their way and
19:24
and they being anybody who says that
19:27
people who come from hip-hop shouldn't
19:29
be making music past a certain age, then
19:31
we miss out on all the wisdom, the
19:33
experience, and the knowledge that
19:35
somebody who's Ice-T's age has had.
19:38
Right. Who going to tell you not to sign
19:40
that deal?
19:41
Right?
19:42
>> Exactly. Who going to tell you? Unless
19:43
somebody that been through it already
19:45
and have experience. Yeah. And look how
19:47
Stevie Wonder still going. All the real
19:49
greats, if If have that time, you look
19:51
at a Davis, you look at a Quincy Jones.
19:53
Keep going at people that continue to
19:54
progress and grow through decades. A Ray
19:57
Charles, a Michael Jackson. It doesn't
19:59
stop until you stop as long as you have
20:00
something to contribute to the art and
20:02
growth and relevance to the times we
20:03
live in.
20:04
>> Bro, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Chaka
20:07
Khan, and Stephanie Mills just ripped on
20:09
tour. We went to go see They're on tour.
20:12
I think the average age was 75 or
20:15
something. They were out I was a
20:16
teenager in there. You give me
20:18
Yeah, EXACTLY. EXACTLY.
20:21
BUT TO YOUR POINT, to your point.
20:23
>> why we have to give the freedom back to
20:24
it and that's why I say again the bat
20:26
signal goes up if you quit, if you pawn
20:28
the equipment, you know, because people
20:30
life be lifing, but you cannot let your
20:32
dreams go and that's what God put there
20:34
for you. Other forces will try to trick
20:36
you out of your gifts and get you out of
20:38
your protective hedge. So, I invite you
20:40
to go after what you dream of. You know
20:42
what I'm saying? Like you're going to
20:44
feel so much better, even more rewarding
20:46
for your family when you got these
20:47
responsibilities. You know, when you're
20:48
parents or whatever your obligations
20:50
are, you're like I got to put this
20:51
first. But if there's no you, you can't
20:53
do it for anybody else. It's the same
20:55
way on the plane when they say you got
20:56
to put the oxygen mask on yourself first
20:58
before the person next to you. So, in
20:59
this way there has to be self-love,
21:01
there has to be awareness, and no matter
21:03
what people say, how you see yourself,
21:06
what intrinsically is in your heart and
21:07
soul, go for that [ __ ] and watch how
21:10
you're going to feel. Watch how you're
21:11
going to feel. Bishop Lamont is here. Uh
21:14
the new project is just on die part one
21:16
lost in the in the in between. Mike
21:18
Muse, you want to jump in? Yeah, I love
21:20
this conversation and Heather B, what
21:22
you just said highlighted to what Bishop
21:23
said earlier to the conversation to
21:25
where you mentioned in terms of who's
21:27
going to teach these artists to say like
21:29
not to sign the contract or be mindful
21:30
of the contract, right? I remember that
21:32
conversation distinctly Sway, that
21:33
that's what you were saying in terms of
21:34
why they don't want these artists to age
21:37
and still stay in the label cuz then
21:38
they can teach um wisdom to those who
21:41
come behind and also too these artists
21:43
will have more empowerment to understand
21:45
contract deals and negotiations better.
21:46
But to Bishop, to you, I'm just curious.
21:49
You're giving a lot of advice and I'm
21:50
just wondering for an artist who has may
21:53
have decided to opt out because they
21:54
felt ageism, right? But they have an
21:57
itch of getting back in. What are some
21:59
tips that you could give them that they
22:01
could reconnect with their audience to
22:03
begin to grow their audience again, to
22:05
reconnect and then to grow?
22:07
I love that. First, if it's got to start
22:09
at home, well, it does have to start at
22:11
home. Um
22:12
get back into your songs and start
22:14
loving hearing your lyrics again or
22:16
hearing your singing voice or hearing
22:17
your beats or whatever it is. And do it
22:20
in front of the mirror as weird as this
22:21
sounds, just the truth. You have to see
22:22
yourself first and really be comfortable
22:24
and love what you see because when you
22:26
see these cats polished on stage, that
22:28
took time and rehearsal. You can see old
22:30
Prince footage. He was throwing that mic
22:31
down, throwing that mic down, but you
22:33
have to do it with repetition. But once
22:35
they start there and you start to feel
22:37
that confidence again and everybody can
22:39
have home set up so there's no struggle
22:42
to get to a studio and start recording
22:44
your music in again and play it for your
22:46
peers and play it for those cats that
22:47
got you into music. And once they're
22:49
giving you that signal like that's the
22:50
one, that's it, move forward with that
22:52
stuff and put it out and don't be afraid
22:54
of being judged because this is art and
22:55
it's subjective. And this is your
22:57
gallery and your gallery's not going to
22:58
have everybody in it, but those that
23:00
come, they were seeking it. So, what you
23:03
are seeking is equally seeking you in
23:05
this universe. I can say that 100% and
23:07
that's the way to start and to remember
23:09
as long as your vocal cords is good,
23:11
your lungs is good. This is not an
23:12
athletic sport where you got to run
23:14
around the stage. A [ __ ] can be still
23:16
and and and kill the illest [ __ ] So,
23:18
it's just about finding what you have to
23:20
say to people because life continues
23:22
until it ends. So, there's a perspective
23:24
and there's a truth and there's a
23:25
journey for everybody. So, that's why I
23:27
say we need as many artists out here
23:29
creating music because [ __ ] politics. If
23:32
it's Republican, Democrat, independent,
23:34
it's all the same bird. This wing, right
23:37
wing, whatever. What's really going to
23:38
make the difference is the music because
23:40
this is what we need to reflect the
23:41
times and to talk to people directly.
23:44
That's what's going to make things
23:45
change. So, again, if you're out there,
23:48
get back to making music. You ain't got
23:49
to be signed to nobody. You signed to
23:51
your [ __ ] self. You don't have to be
23:53
told when it can come out. You can
23:55
choose the beats you want and express
23:56
yourself. It's It's unlimited out here
23:59
and that's why we shouldn't be afraid of
24:01
technology and we shouldn't be afraid of
24:03
what they try to say because that's
24:05
propaganda. Hip hop is not dead, always
24:08
stays alive. That's why they still
24:09
trying to make money off of it. And the
24:11
last thing what you were saying,
24:12
brother, it's so much easier when the
24:14
artists are disposable and then if they
24:16
get killed, they're like Pokémon cards.
24:19
And then we can just collect them
24:20
and yeah, and just use their image and
24:23
their music how we see fit. And so, when
24:25
we have people like ourselves that can
24:27
navigate for these artists coming up,
24:29
they can avoid these pitfalls. We have
24:31
no United Nations for our artists. We
24:32
have no embassies so people can know how
24:35
to navigate this. It's so predatory and
24:37
dangerous for female artists in studios.
24:39
We have to talk about these things and
24:41
be like it has to be better protected.
24:43
But if you're out there, you don't have
24:45
to put up with none of that [ __ ]
24:46
You can just create and see the results
24:49
of it and it's going to feel so good.
24:50
And you have to really in your mind go,
24:52
"What does success look like for me?"
24:53
Stop looking at what they try to show
24:55
you cuz most of the time that's filters
24:57
and that's make-believe and you don't
24:58
know the sacrifices and how much that
25:00
people have chipped away at their own
25:02
souls to get that
25:04
m- material [ __ ] but there's there's
25:07
the soul is gone. So, again, what is
25:09
success? It's making a living off what
25:10
you love doing. You eating. So, from a
25:13
starving artist to artist to a nibbling
25:15
artist to a fully eating artist, take
25:17
the journey, but it's great to live by
25:19
your own principles and your own choices
25:21
as hard as it can get and I'm living
25:23
proof of that. Like you said, being
25:25
ostracized and going against the grain.
25:27
It's going to be everything and there's
25:28
going to be moments of doubt, but when
25:30
you really feel in your heart of hearts
25:32
this is what is meant for you, it will
25:34
be so. Holy water splash. There it is,
25:36
man. H Dub
25:38
A couple of people bought the album was
25:40
on hold, but some of them hung up, but
25:42
if you won't call back, I'll put you on
25:43
now. H Dub from the ATL, you hip hop
25:47
homie.
25:49
Yes, sir. What's up, family? How y'all
25:51
holding up? What up?
25:53
>> man? Did you buy the album?
25:55
Yes, sir. I went and grabbed it, man. I
25:57
was sleeping on family, but just from
25:59
his conversation and the love and the
26:01
energy and the passion, I was like, let
26:03
me let me see what he's talking about. I
26:05
can't wait to to listen to it and dive
26:07
in, but yeah, I had to grab it. Had to.
26:09
Thank you. There it is. Bishop Lamont,
26:11
meet H Dub. Salute.
26:14
What up, man? What up?
26:16
All right. Enjoy the project. Thank you
26:18
for supporting it, the culture, brother,
26:20
for real. You were You were a
26:22
contributor. You ain't just a customer,
26:24
a spectator with an ugly hat on.
26:26
YOU KNOW WHAT? JUST SAYING, MAN. THEY
26:28
ALWAYS DO YOU KNOW on spectators. All
26:30
right, thank you, H Dub. Super citizen.
26:33
My man Pell from Yonkers. What up, Pell?
26:36
What up, family? How y'all living? How
26:38
y'all living? Good. Yeah, man.
26:40
Beautifully, man. How about yourself?
26:43
I'm blessed, man. Had to pull over on
26:45
the road right quick to go ahead and buy
26:46
that album, man. There There you go.
26:48
Come on, man. Safety first. Thank you.
26:50
All right. There you go, man.
26:53
Um and we're talking because we want
26:55
everybody to tune in and go to the
26:57
bishoplamontproject.com
27:00
and buy this project. You can't It ain't
27:02
enough. Like you you you Some folks sit
27:05
here and argue back and forth about what
27:07
what's what's needed in hip hop, what
27:09
should be omitted in hip hop and don't
27:11
even live by it, right? They They They
27:14
sit here a a Drake and Kendrick battle
27:16
and think that now they're experts
27:18
because they like one more than the
27:20
other. And then you got people who say
27:22
because of that battle, it ruined hip
27:24
hop. Nah, man. Nah. Nah, y'all [ __ ] What
27:28
What y'all talking about? Y'all ain't
27:30
You ain't connected. That's not us
27:32
talking. That's them talking.
27:33
>> talking, right? It's a whole world.
27:36
>> That's the machine. That's the machine.
27:38
So,
27:39
it it's just like, you know, bombs ain't
27:41
going to destroy the planet Earth. Your
27:44
these critics ain't going to destroy hip
27:45
hop,
27:46
>> Message. right? And so, the fact that
27:48
Pell, you invested, you're a
27:49
contributor, brother. Thank you. You're
27:51
a super citizen, man.
27:52
>> in the morning, man. All right, Big
27:54
Eyes. What up, man? Big Eyes. What up,
27:56
man? Big Eyes.
28:00
You got a horrible phone.
28:04
Just wanted to call in and
28:06
There we go. You know, shout out to
28:08
Bishop. Man, I got put on with dude back
28:10
in maybe '06, man. And dude had
28:14
He Bro, I'm like, who is this dude from
28:16
the West Coast? But life was lifing, you
28:19
know, didn't hear from him for a while,
28:21
but man, good to be re-introduced to
28:23
you, man. Hey, from what I heard in '06
28:26
I just purchased the album. Let me get
28:27
that out the way. Okay. All right. Okay.
28:29
Thank you. All right. Get out the way.
28:32
Uh from what I heard from you and then I
28:34
would subsequently go back and listen to
28:35
the old music I had of you. Yeah, and
28:38
what you just played with the Ice-T Oh,
28:39
yeah. That's right right there, bro.
28:41
That's right.
28:42
>> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. There
28:44
you go. Big Eyes, we appreciate you,
28:46
man, for being a a contributor.
28:48
Uh thank you very much. You were a super
28:50
citizen, brother.
28:51
>> A Sway in the morning. You know,
28:53
this album is really dope. You got a a
28:56
song on on this album that
28:59
I
29:00
you know, I I thought about but never
29:02
really put to words of
29:06
the headphones. Yeah.
29:09
Can I talk about that real quick?
29:11
>> Can you please? He got a song called My
29:12
Headphones on this project.
29:13
>> Produced by AD Empire. Shout out to AD
29:15
Empire. So, a very good blessed
29:18
individual by the name of Dave New York.
29:20
Rest in peace.
29:21
Uh my big brother who really brought me
29:24
into this hip hop [ __ ] at a deeper level
29:25
and really put me on in New York. Um
29:28
Dilla, I had been talking to Dilla off
29:31
and on when I first signed to Aftermath.
29:33
And so, the original idea was going to
29:35
be that Dilla did half the album and Dre
29:37
did the other. Now, when I started
29:38
talking with Dilla, he's answering my
29:40
phone calls, I didn't know how sick he
29:42
was. But he still gave the patience and
29:45
um
29:46
subsequently he died and
29:48
when we went to the wake at Common's
29:50
house
29:51
that's where I met Dave New York. We We
29:53
had known each other through mutual
29:55
friends my bro double O seven and we
29:56
started riding together and doing so
29:58
much dope music but he died from cancer
30:02
a few years back and it just was such
30:04
severe depression that I couldn't even
30:06
get out the bed for like a week. That's
30:08
my brother and so when they sent me this
30:10
beat this was the first thing that I'm
30:12
that I made and wrote and cried writing
30:16
and reciting and so many people that
30:17
died that if I put all the names at the
30:19
end the song would have never ended. So
30:22
this is this is
30:24
this is medicinal music like the way I
30:26
temper the music is for every mood and
30:28
every aspect we might face in life and
30:30
the sequence accordingly. So with my
30:32
headphones at the end of the album it
30:35
closes out the first experience of just
30:37
don't die part one and it's dealing with
30:39
death it's dealing with mortality. It's
30:41
dealing with seeing our parents age and
30:43
knowing the inevitable is there but you
30:45
have to embrace and love every moment
30:47
and you know do your best to get through
30:50
life and that's what my headphones is
30:52
because music saves lives and that's
30:54
what I love about being a part of this
30:56
because it can change people's lives in
30:58
an instant when they listen to it. If
31:00
the frequency is right if the vibration
31:02
is right it can do so much that voting
31:06
or whatever could never do because it
31:08
catches people in that most vulnerable
31:10
moment and then headphones is such a
31:12
private world to protect you from
31:13
whatever else is going on. So this is a
31:15
way for me to arm people. You know what
31:18
I'm saying because a lot of times you
31:19
have to go inside and close out
31:22
everything outside and that's what I had
31:23
to do and so this is just a
31:26
a living meditation with this song and
31:29
what it does.
31:30
So this is my headphones. Lord Sear this
31:33
is for you.
31:35
T Noah XL this is for you. By the Bean
31:38
this is for you. Sapphire Ooh this is
31:41
for you you know what I mean like Wow.
31:44
Yeah. Yeah yeah man. Holy water splash.
31:48
Holy water splash.
31:50
Yeah man.
31:51
I say Lord Sear we going over a little
31:53
bit but we going to go into the Lord
31:55
Sear show after this
31:57
rest in peace our brother man. It's too
31:59
many man. Yeah Kay Slay
32:01
His Marquis birthday was the other day.
32:03
Shout out to
32:04
DM X I mean it's just we could we could
32:07
go on and on man and um
32:10
this is just a sample of this project.
32:12
It's very well executed. Even the album
32:14
cover is interesting to me and I want to
32:17
understand from you what what is
32:20
what is this album cover represent? It's
32:23
like ghost hands wrapping around you or
32:25
spirit spiritual hands wrapping around
32:28
you. You coming out of a some motel next
32:30
to it it's like you
32:31
coming out of a time
32:33
warp or Yeah I love I love I love where
32:36
you going. It's multi-layered
32:38
so the thing you can look at it a lot of
32:41
ways. I like to get nerdy and
32:42
psychological but we carry a lot of
32:44
luggage right? So we start there from
32:46
our past and our pains. The the things
32:49
that we can get caught in in our loops
32:50
right? Cuz our minds can tell us
32:52
terrible things when we have bad
32:53
experiences we have failures we have
32:55
divorce we have all kind of tragedies.
32:57
So you can become
32:59
a prisoner of your own past and your own
33:02
hell so I'm breaking free of that
33:03
because the concept from the album
33:05
before was the reformation and at the
33:07
beginning of the album
33:09
we're just leaving the studio finally
33:10
get it done and I get in a bad car
33:12
accident. That's the way the album
33:14
starts and what's unbeknownst to the
33:15
listener if you stay for the ending I'm
33:18
in the ambulance and I start to fade so
33:20
I don't know I've died and I'm lost the
33:22
lost in the in between is when you're
33:24
trapped in that place you can't move
33:25
forward in life because you're still
33:27
carrying all that stuff. So I have to
33:29
escape those demons. I have to escape
33:31
those wrong thoughts and those things in
33:33
my mind. I have to unlearn things. I
33:35
have to heal I have to grow and that's
33:37
what that's a metaphor for. At the same
33:39
time those hands reaching for you are
33:41
the elements in life right right now
33:42
that we're facing because what they try
33:44
to impact you with mentally and
33:46
physically is all to try to take you off
33:48
your square. So we really have to have a
33:50
mental diet on what we receive in every
33:53
which way and so it's a lot of that.
33:55
It's like you cannot succumb to what
33:57
people try to say to you. You know what
33:58
I mean the devil is a lie. You have to
34:00
stay with your moral compass you have to
34:02
stay in a very still place to hear God
34:04
or whatever you believe in. I don't want
34:06
to put anybody in a box that they're not
34:07
a part of agnostic atheist whatever
34:10
we'll just say the universe but the
34:11
universe it doesn't have a limit on the
34:14
budget. So what you ask for is not is
34:16
not far-fetched. What you want to create
34:18
if it's in your heart and you can see it
34:20
is manifested. So it's it's all the
34:21
trials and tribulations of life and so
34:23
you'll see it in the mini movie you'll
34:25
see it in the videos. It has
34:27
supernatural overtones undertones
34:29
because there are spiritual warfare
34:31
there's economic warfare there's
34:33
physical warfare there's a lot of things
34:34
that we're being attacked with and
34:36
bombarded with as a nation as a world
34:38
and so this is a way to tap into the
34:40
spirit you know with the album and with
34:42
the art and then what we're doing
34:44
at the shows but just don't die is a
34:46
mantra again everything is eventual if
34:48
you choose just to keep going forward.
34:50
Suffering is a part of life but you
34:53
don't have to accept it. It is about
34:54
enduring and moving forward. Everything
34:56
is temporary. So that's the energy for
34:59
it. You know what I mean? We can go
35:01
deeper. I didn't even let my man speak
35:02
on it. I'm sorry you got to say
35:03
something about the art cuz he designed
35:05
it but Oh yeah no I mean that was that
35:07
was well said. I mean honestly I I had
35:10
you know I read a book by Robert
35:11
Rodriguez you know and he always said
35:13
utilize what you have around your house.
35:14
You know utilize what you have around
35:16
your house
35:17
and I had my stepfather had this
35:19
suitcase and I tripped over it one day
35:20
and I was like oh [ __ ] I need to use
35:22
that. You know what I mean? So we went
35:24
into it
35:24
>> clumsiness? Yeah from my clumsiness came
35:26
out from pure clumsiness and I loved it
35:29
so we we went into it and the beauty
35:31
part about
35:33
working with Bishop on these covers is
35:35
that coming from a background of
35:36
traditional art and understanding
35:39
his
35:40
ideas and translating them onto what
35:43
you're seeing here you know and doing a
35:45
theme with what's interesting is the
35:47
horror theme cuz his birthday is October
35:49
31st on Halloween.
35:50
So well given that twist and I've always
35:52
found it interesting that
35:54
certain people don't like horror films.
35:56
They'll be like I'm not going to watch
35:57
that right?
35:58
But at the same time they don't have the
36:01
problem watching 187 or Colors or Menace
36:04
to Society. So it's interesting to me
36:06
because it kind of feels like
36:09
we're more safer with grounded violence.
36:11
There seems to be a violence that feels
36:12
like it's not happening here but it's
36:14
becoming something that's the norm
36:17
right? And so it shows that
36:19
it's more creepier I guess to be chased
36:21
through a cornfield by a possessed meat
36:23
butcher that never blinks his eyes
36:24
comparison to a gangbanger who will
36:27
possibly blow your head off. Right.
36:28
>> Right? So when you put those two
36:30
together
36:31
it's an interesting theory and with
36:33
Bishop's album hearing it and hearing
36:35
his explanations and how vivid he is he
36:37
is with detail it makes it that much
36:39
more fun to be like dope I can do this.
36:41
I can do from the ground up we can do
36:42
the artwork I'll do the illustrations
36:45
the t-shirts we'll do the skate decks
36:46
and every and the cool part is we're
36:48
like two kids with this [ __ ] because as
36:50
soon as we we're just like giddy about
36:52
it. You know what I mean? He's like oh
36:52
we could do this. Yes we can. Oh [ __ ]
36:54
let's do it and it's cracking you know
36:56
what I mean? So overall with everything
36:58
I think
37:00
people are starting to realize more and
37:01
more and feel that
37:03
when it comes down naturally to the root
37:05
of hip hop the state that it's in that
37:07
it's it's doing gorgeous as long as you
37:09
>> He said doing gorgeous. As long as you
37:11
see it you know
37:12
He's doing it son. But what we're saying
37:13
is you got some dope [ __ ] and and the
37:15
thing about the violence thing yeah
37:18
because that's an everyday occurrence of
37:20
of having that violence happen. So I
37:22
want to do some dream vivid fantasy
37:25
stuff but I really want to be conscious
37:26
with what people consume. So everything
37:28
is done in a tasteful way. Just like you
37:30
said I can't watch horror movies no more
37:32
but I still love the art form so I got
37:33
to create it in a way where it's all
37:36
inclusive but it's still exciting but
37:38
also it does great justice for the mind
37:40
body and soul. So we're going to shut up
37:42
but yeah yeah. Say your name man.
37:44
My name is Gifted Glitch
37:46
representing Revindicated and I'm very
37:49
thankful to be here you know I mean this
37:51
is
37:51
this is crazy you know I'm I'm I'm so
37:54
thankful for this like straight up if
37:56
tomorrow my rhymes flop my beats don't
37:58
do [ __ ] nothing works anymore I don't
38:00
care because I stayed true to myself
38:03
I stayed I never took no for an answer I
38:06
always kept it original I've always
38:08
loved what I do and it's surrounding me
38:10
with beautiful people and one recognizes
38:12
as a beautiful mind as Bishop Lamont and
38:14
damn it I'm here on the Sway in the
38:18
So cheers to hip hop this is awesome. I
38:20
don't take it for granted. You know what
38:22
I mean? So I'm very proud to be here and
38:24
thank you guys. Wow man we're we're
38:26
we're we're proud to have you man and
38:28
You know thank you. Yeah
38:30
you guys have done
38:31
you've done a
38:32
you've done an excellent job with this
38:34
project and it's available on CD it's
38:38
available on cassette it's available on
38:41
vinyl and you could go to the
38:43
BishopLamontProject.com
38:46
and make sure you purchase this project
38:48
it all goes directly to them.
38:49
>> And all the merch. And your donations go
38:51
to feed a dope MC. There it is. Thank
38:53
you very much. Yeah man hey man it's
38:56
good to have you guys here man. Thank
38:58
you for blessing the airwaves here at
39:00
Shade 45.
39:02
This is the home of hip hop. Shout out
39:04
to Paul
39:05
who who's always just you know just
39:09
just always supportive in how we do our
39:11
creative here at Shade 45 and you know
39:14
Bishop Lamont man
39:16
good to see you brother. Man good to be
39:18
seen. I got to shout out Rev. I got to
39:20
shout out Revmatic. I see you over
39:23
there.
39:23
>> What what's that?
39:24
Rev Revmatic. What's that? What what's
39:26
what? You know where you at right now?
39:29
You're in the VALLEY OF THE HYENAS SON.
39:31
Come on man.
39:33
What we going to do with this beat right
39:34
here man? We we're going to do
39:36
everything.
39:37
Shout out shout outs out to Sky. What up
39:39
to Sky. Here we go. Shout out to Crooked
39:41
I. Rectify the whole situation and here
39:44
we go. Electrify everything that you see
39:46
when we start to flow. Redmatic, hit it.
39:48
Then the static begins. Kinetic energy,
39:50
we flow. How many minds must we bend?
39:52
Transcend through the time and then step
39:54
on the wind. The air bender. Depend on
39:56
what you talking. I remember. We got the
39:58
things that you can't do from here to
39:59
December. Across all that. Burn them
40:01
down to small little embers. Now, we go
40:03
even deeper with the future with the
40:05
things we flow. The loochie with the
40:06
[ __ ] we spit, okay. We can go on even
40:08
harder than that. Let me show you the
40:10
format. Don't give a [ __ ] about it.
40:12
Flatten them all like a doormat. And we
40:14
can go beyond that. All blocks down.
40:16
Heather B. My kind of [ __ ] You pull
40:18
the trigger. But it's all from the
40:19
verbal. You don't want this stuff. Then
40:21
we enjoy like it's herbal. Huff and
40:23
puff. Knock the houses down. Here's the
40:25
big bad wolf. You getting clowned.
40:26
Circus Vargas. Regardless, don't give a
40:28
[ __ ] You not the hardest. Y'all just
40:29
easy targets. Bullseye is on your back.
40:32
This off the top of the head. Now, go
40:33
and try react. They be spitting written,
40:35
please. That's forbidden. We on the
40:37
thing that we be doing, okay. That's
40:39
enough.
40:40
BISHOP LAMONTE, I LOVE YOU CAN SWITCH
40:42
THE BEAT IF YOU WANT, SON. Dial on. Dial
40:44
on.
40:45
Put them down. Iron. Iron.
40:48
1 2 3. Here we go. Come on. S H O to the
40:51
P. Okay, even more thermal. Hit them
40:53
with it. Burn right through your
40:55
thermal. I guess they trying to do like
40:56
we do with this thermal now. Show you
40:58
what it all's about when we start to
41:00
freestyle. Meanwhile, getting into
41:01
condition. This is that rendition when
41:03
we flow. And let me show you how we move
41:05
into position with the most spectacular.
41:07
Y'all just some actors and we hitting
41:09
you. The sun hits you. Move like you
41:10
Dracula. Evaporate. Man, that rap is
41:13
great. Show you what it is. Knock them
41:15
all down. Disintegrate. Backflip. You
41:17
ain't saying [ __ ] Abandon ship. I'm on
41:19
that A-rab. Hit you with the [ __ ] like
41:20
Captain Ahab. Okay, wait. We can get
41:23
even dirtier. Move to the ground with
41:25
jujitsu. Flip you. Hold up the shitsu.
41:27
You just a little dog. I'm Doberman. And
41:29
I'm over them. You [ __ ] around and
41:30
flowing. Whoa. We with them shows and
41:32
men. I'mma stop there. All right there.
41:35
I'm always be asking you to freestyle
41:36
with me. Of course, you like, "Nah, son.
41:38
I ain't doing nothing."
41:39
>> Yeah, I'm already at work. [ __ ] [ __ ]
41:41
WALK AROUND LIKE THEY RUGGED.
41:43
[ __ ] [ __ ] WALK AROUND LIKE THEY
41:44
RUGGED.
41:46
THERE'S ONLY 5 YEARS LEFT.
41:48
SO, I'M JUST SAYING, BUT YEAH. We got to
41:50
get something in. Yeah. Yeah. Let's get
41:52
it. Family rap. Family rap. What beat
41:54
you want? I mean
41:56
My kind of [ __ ]
41:57
But we can keep going.
41:59
Yeah. Yeah. Check. Check. 1 2 3. You you
42:01
trying to ask him to play my kind of
42:03
[ __ ] beats so me and him can freestyle
42:04
together?
42:05
>> Yeah. No, I'm saying No, he him. WE
42:08
TRYING TO START. I'MMA RIDE. I'MMA RIDE.
42:10
All right. All right. All right. All
42:10
right. All right. You got that, Red? You
42:12
got that?
42:14
All right. Y'all trying to test Red's
42:16
skills.
42:18
Moving all around.
42:19
>> at work. I know you. More remarkable
42:21
sound. I already know him. We we hold
42:23
the West down.
42:24
>> Hold the West down. More of this. Don't
42:26
need the crown. No. No. Serve imperial.
42:28
Scratch off the cereal. More material.
42:31
Milky like the cereal. Okay. Serial
42:33
killer the iller Godzilla to hit you on
42:35
the ground and move around the earth and
42:36
let you hear the more remarkable sound.
42:39
This is only what I do as a practice. We
42:41
ain't got time for none of these cats
42:42
that's moving backwards. We're for the
42:44
culture. It's so damn ultra. Like MK
42:47
Ultra. Uh, put the pedal to the metal.
42:49
[ __ ] these pedals. You J. Edgar Hoover
42:51
is stilettos. Now, watch the way
42:53
COINTELPRO. That's just how it go. Off
42:56
the top, you know it's switch it up.
42:57
Redmatic, we going even harder. Ain't
42:59
nothing that can stop this. Throughout
43:01
the metropolis, this is how we flowing.
43:03
We remain on top of this.
43:05
I like that pause. Now, he's jaws in the
43:07
water. Don't [ __ ] around and flow. Hide
43:09
your daughter. Hide your mama. We
43:11
coming. They raping everybody out here.
43:13
Kids and everybody. Old the nation's
43:15
[ __ ] up. It's shotty. Hit them. Knock
43:16
them back. Ain't got no time for how
43:18
they try to interact with all that whack
43:20
[ __ ] They say it's fresh. Matter fact,
43:21
none of that even works. It's to the
43:23
death. This is what we doing.
43:25
Disciplining with the breath. What's
43:26
left? Rocking like a meth in the cabin.
43:28
Show them what it's all about. Sikao.
43:30
Ow. And do the style like you never
43:32
seen. The mental goes even iller. It's
43:34
something for you. This is just the
43:36
skill what I'm built with. Just real
43:38
[ __ ] Hold up. Yeah. There you go. Yeah.
43:39
Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. Yo. I was going to have
43:41
you going to these politicians. I'm just
43:42
saying we going to keep going. YO, WE
43:43
GOING FOR THE POLITICIANS. TALK TO THESE
43:45
POLITICIANS. What you see in the world
43:46
today, man?
43:47
>> nerds. You don't deserve the money that
43:49
you get. You talking about you going to
43:51
give a [ __ ] How can somebody that never
43:53
live where I'm at going to tell me about
43:54
what I need? And they ain't trying to go
43:56
through the combat. If you want war, put
43:58
your kids in there first. We put that
44:00
[ __ ] on pay-per-view. Y'all can go for
44:01
the verse. All this war and all this
44:03
stupid [ __ ] talking. Let them little old
44:05
Mr. Burns looking [ __ ] fight for
44:06
themselves. Yeah. Let's get our wealth
44:08
back. Relax on that bull [ __ ] Now, we
44:11
on it. Got to move with a full clip.
44:13
Like it's gangsta. A group home. This is
44:15
just what I'm writing. Some dope
44:17
insightful poems. And I'mma stop there.
44:19
>> All right there. Hold up, man. HOLD UP.
44:20
SON. SON.
44:23
HEY, YO. BISHOP LAMONTE, I DON'T THINK
44:24
THEY KNOW some of the dopest MCs in LA
44:27
history to come off the top of the head.
44:29
Can you name some of them for them, man?
44:31
Oh, man.
44:33
Off the top. Corrupt. Corrupt. My
44:35
favorite. Corrupt. Corrupt. Come on.
44:37
Famous. I remember was on Yaki Street.
44:40
Watching them and watch how we speak.
44:41
When we do what we do. Tell down the
44:43
street with more lava. Molten lava. How
44:45
can we do what we do? You can't move
44:47
like we move. We destroy your crew. I
44:48
love what I heard when these cats was
44:50
busting. I remember when Tech N9ne came
44:52
on with verse. This discussion. So many
44:54
dope cats. Michael Myers. Ras Kass. All
44:57
the cats that I admire. Crooked I. They
44:59
say it enough. The dope vibes are heard.
45:01
And now we here giving them every word.
45:03
Swerve. This the nicest [ __ ] you going
45:05
to hear. It go even farther. Persevere
45:07
onto a new frontier. Love it. Can't
45:09
believe it. Leave it alone. Rest in
45:12
peace to Nate Dogg. Love that song. You
45:14
know what I mean? There you go. Yo. Yo.
45:15
He off the top. Dial on. DIAL ON. OFF
45:17
THE TOP. LIKE YOU. HE OFF THE TOP. I see
45:19
the bad head. You know what I mean?
45:21
Respect. Mike, give him a topic. Throw
45:23
him off. THROW ME OFF, SON. GIVE HIM A
45:25
TOPIC, MIKE.
45:26
>> MY CELSIUS IS GOING TO KEEP ME ON. GO
45:27
AHEAD. TRY IT. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE,
45:29
BABY.
45:30
Artificial intelligence. Skynet.
45:32
Give a [ __ ] You still ain't fly yet.
45:34
It's me. I remember from Terminator 1
45:36
and Terminator 2. Watch John Connor. We
45:38
got to stop it, but cool. I need to use
45:40
this for my commercial when I'm on my
45:41
album. What the outcome is going to be,
45:43
I really doubt them will be able to stop
45:45
us cuz God's force is unstoppable. And
45:47
this is what we doing. And I'm
45:49
unconquerable. There you go.
45:51
Next subject. You got You got something
45:53
for him, ASB? You got a topic for him?
45:56
LA.
45:57
LA. LA. [ __ ] can't drive out here.
46:00
Uh-huh. It take forever like a year to
46:02
get down the street cuz traffic get so
46:04
severe. And people be walking around
46:06
like everybody's a star. Shut the [ __ ]
46:08
up. Them some whack ass bars. You ain't
46:10
paid your dues. Everybody's a model.
46:13
Piss you off. Want to hit a [ __ ]
46:14
with a bottle. But I'mma remain not
46:16
violent. I'mma stay silent. That's it.
46:19
That's all I got. Bishop Lamonte, LADIES
46:21
AND GENTLEMEN.
46:25
THAT BOY GOOD.
46:27
YEAH, MAN. I LOVE IT, MAN.
46:29
>> Thank you, Celsius. There you go, man.
46:31
And thanks. Salute to your whole crew
46:33
that's here, too, man. Shout them out
46:35
real quick, man.
46:36
>> Uh, I got to say thank you to Gifted
46:38
Glitch because we made this dream come
46:39
true. Man, you did that, kid. My brother
46:42
Magic. Um, everybody on this album. Um,
46:45
I'm just grateful everybody listening.
46:47
Thank you. Absolutely, brother. The best
46:48
is yet to come. Um, that's it. I'm just
46:51
grateful, man. God is good. It's good to
46:52
be here. Next time we going to get you
46:54
cuz it's my dream. We got to do a song.
46:56
Like just to And you do that live.
46:57
>> AND [ __ ] [ __ ] WALK AROUND LIKE THEY
46:59
RUGGED.
47:01
WELL, YOU LET HER FINISH that sentence.
47:02
What were you going to say after? No, we
47:03
can do it in the studio. We'll go in the
47:04
studio together. Yeah, I ain't Listen, I
47:07
ain't doing your your Chrissy D. I ain't
47:09
never heard It's not [ __ ] I miss
47:11
you doing your thing. You have no idea
47:14
how dope you are and impactful. Even
47:17
then what it meant. And the way you was
47:18
rocking on the subway. The do. The whole
47:21
get down. Thank you.
47:22
>> What was it? 54th precinct?
47:25
Yeah, 54th precinct. You know WHAT I'M
47:26
SAYING? WILDING.
47:28
SO, BUT BUT THAT'S THE FUN. NO, WE'LL
47:30
GET IN THE studio for sure. No, we'll
47:32
get in the studio. Not freestyling here
47:34
with I'm already You know how
47:38
I need some of that gummy. I need I need
47:39
SOME OF THAT. LET ME GET SOME OF THAT.
47:42
UM, LISTEN, MAN. I HEY, I love you. I
47:45
love you. You my brother. And wherever
47:48
I'm at, you have a home because I know
47:50
wherever you are, I have a home. Yes,
47:52
sir. All right. Let's Let's do this
47:53
thing together. We've been doing this
47:55
for years. Uh, King Tech and I got the
47:57
ultimate respect Shout out to King Tech.
48:00
Thank you for showing up to our 4 the
48:02
Culture 1. That was a
48:05
what they call it? A proof of concept
48:06
for us. You know, when we did that. And
48:09
we did all of that. That's all us.
48:11
That's all out of pocket. Same with 4
48:13
the Culture 2. And we got a 4 the
48:15
Culture 3 coming August 22nd. August
48:18
22nd. Okay.
48:19
>> right? In LA? In LA. Dope. Okay.
48:22
>> In LA. I'm there. Okay.
48:25
Um, and I want to say thank you, man.
48:26
I'm I'm trying to say it as, you know,
48:28
as best as I can, man. I appreciate you.
48:30
I respect your artistry. I respect who
48:33
you are as a human being, as a man, as a
48:35
father,
48:37
as a a colleague. All of those things,
48:40
brother. Keep going, man. And And man,
48:42
you know, the way your physique is
48:44
remind me of myself. When? What era?
48:46
What era was that? Man, you know, what
48:49
era? What you talking about, man? Now.
48:50
What you talking about? I mean, uh, back
48:52
in the day.
48:52
>> Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
48:55
Give it up for Bishop Lamonte. That's
48:57
for Redmatic.

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