Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis: The Secret to Their 100+ Hits & Grammys | SWAY’S UNIVERSE

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That was Jimmy Jam speaking about his
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mission in music.
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Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Hey Heather
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B, they you know I was you know Kalani
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wrote some notes for me. Kalani, can you
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read some of the notable accomplishments
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and contributions? They they don't quite
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cover everything, but
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>> Okay. Are you there Kalani?
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>> I'm right here.
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Can you read some of those things if you
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don't mind cuz I do it all the time man
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and you know
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>> feel like reading?
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Is that what you're saying? Because I
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was I'm here I'm dying to hear this
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excuse. So you do it all the time and I
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just think it'd be good to get a younger
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voice to put the spotlight on these
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legends right here. There you go. Lani
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Light, what we talking man? Please just
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give me a few of them. The five-time
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Grammy Award winning, the Emmy
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nominated, the Academy Award nominated,
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the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Rock &
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Roll Hall of Fame,
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tons and tons of hits that they got. We
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talking about Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis,
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THE DYNAMIC DUO.
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THAT'S AMAZING. TERRY, WELCOME BACK TO
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THE SHOW. Jimmy was just here like last
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week.
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Terry, welcome back to the show.
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>> Well, thank you for having me, man. Oh,
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absolutely, man. These guys are back at
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it. They'll be performing at Voltaire,
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the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas. The
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residency is from um the 17th of this
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month to the 26th. We actually got a
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pair of tickets Oh, wow.
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>> But Hits. That's what it's called with
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Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Uh you could
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go to the meet and greet. They'll be
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there in a pair of personalized and
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signed iconic Jam & Lewis sunglasses. As
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many years as I've known these guys,
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they have never offered me the
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sunglasses.
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>> Got to go to the show and try to win
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these tickets.
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>> to cash in with these fools right now,
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man.
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>> They have them on now. Yeah, they look
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so good. These the sunglasses right
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here?
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>> Yeah, these the sunglasses here.
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>> Yeah. Anybody Anybody want me to try
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them on?
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>> Yeah. Yeah, Terry. Thank you, man. Give
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me those. Oh, look at this. Look at
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this. Y'all look related anyway. You
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could be Silk Sonic. Yeah,
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look at that.
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>> Okay. Uh-oh. Oh,
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look at me, man. Look at me, man.
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Uh-huh. Damn it. I Can I do an interview
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with No, I'M JUST
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PRODUCER THIS WAY.
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THEY LOOK NICE, THOUGH.
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>> ON ME, MAN. YO.
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>> Are they available for sale? Yes.
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>> Yes. Where?
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What's our site called, man?
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Flighttime Lifestyle, I think.
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>> Flighttime Lifestyle, yeah, on
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Instagram. Flighttime Lifestyle.
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>> Flighttime Lifestyle. Yes.
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>> Hey, man. Do Jimmy as as embedded as you
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are in the Grammys organization, y'all
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only won five? Yeah.
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>> You can't do nothing about that, bro?
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All these hits you made? You Nah? No.
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No. No. No, five Five is great, though,
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man.
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>> No, five is five is cool. Five is cool
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cuz it, you know, it keeps you still
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hungry for more. It keeps you hungry for
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more, right?
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>> But I think the more telling
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stat, if you will, cuz it's all That's
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all statistical stuff. But I think the
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more telling stat is
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we're the most nominated in the Producer
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of the Year category. We've been
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nominated 11 times Oh, wow.
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Congrats.
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>> category. Our You know, our philosophy
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is and we don't want to be the hottest
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producers, we just want to be warm for a
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long time.
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>> Uh-huh. So, 11 years of nominations to
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me kind of shows that. Y'all ever win
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it?
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We won one. Won one time.
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>> We won the first As a matter of fact,
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the very first year. And that's when you
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Okay, cool.
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>> That's when we won. Yeah. All right. Um
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I'm I'm just curious out of As a matter
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of fact, Heather, you ask this question.
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We was talking about producer producer
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producers
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that they would probably look at and go,
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"Damn, man. These dudes are dope."
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Remember we were having this
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conversation? Who are the producers
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that
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>> actually have a whole system set up for
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them.
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>> Oh, we got a whole system?
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>> Yeah. Yeah, we're going to get that a
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little bit later on because we want your
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honest opinion on some music out here
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and some production candidates and
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writers. Yeah. Yeah,
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absolutely. All right. I want to give
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away the first pair of tickets. How many
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pair of we we have two pairs?
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>> Two. I want to give away the first pair
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of tickets for Jimmy Jam and Terry
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Lewis. We'll come up with a question
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about their career. We'll have them come
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up with a question and have people call
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up. Well, you just asked him if he had
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any connection with the Grammys and how
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come he didn't have more? We don't get
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the first pair?
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It's your show. What are you talking
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about? We got to give these to the
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listeners.
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>> Oh.
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Oh, this is this is some complicated
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going on.
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Yo, Heather, you don't say THAT OUT
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LOUD.
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SORRY. SORRY, JIMMY. SORRY, TERRY.
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THAT'S ALL RIGHT. HE AIN'T FROM FOOL'S
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DAY, BILLY.
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OH, that's my catchphrase. I love the
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middle woman. That's it. Right.
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You get to be the arbiter of good taste.
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Yeah, that's what it is, man.
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Um I'm curious to why now the Voltaire
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the Voltaire the Venetian Resort in Las
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Vegas. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis doing a
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residency that you do not have to do.
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But why are you doing this?
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So, for us we're trying to check things
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off the list of things we haven't done.
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Yeah. And uh this fits neatly into that
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bill. If you think about when we were
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growing up
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uh and we were in Minneapolis, we were
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just a local band.
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And we would play everybody else's hit
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songs. Just we're just musicians. We
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weren't writing and producing. We just
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musicians. We're playing everybody
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else's hit songs. And what that did was
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it taught us
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how to write and produce songs because
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of learning everybody else's songs.
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So now we have a chance to actually go
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out and play hits again as musicians.
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But they're just our songs, you know?
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And so the opportunity to do that is
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something we've always wanted to do and
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just never have had the chance to do it.
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And so we just want to check that off
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the bucket list of things well, we don't
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I won't say what Terry calls it, but I
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call it the bucket list. I call it the
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the list.
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Bucket list? Yeah, yeah. Okay. Yeah,
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yeah. Yeah, cuz I I you know, bucket I'm
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not kicking the bucket.
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>> No, no, no. I get that. All right, the
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fuck-it list. Okay, I Let's do it. All
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right, let's do it. it. Let's do
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it, right?
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>> Um Terry, off mic we were talking about
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being nervous at this stage in our
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lives, right? And um
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and
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we we we're we're we're going after
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these goals now later in our careers,
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and I was telling you that man, I'm I'm
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really nervous about this SKT Network
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platform we just released. And and your
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response to nerves is It's good to be
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nervous. Um but the key to life is being
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comfortable being uncomfortable.
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Cuz that's the only way you can grow. If
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you're just always solid in how you feel
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about things, then you're never going to
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try anything different. So, you got to
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expand your knowledge. And we're smarter
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than we used to be. So, this is the time
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we should be trying things. Right.
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Right. Cuz you know, when I was young,
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you know, I thought I knew, but I didn't
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know.
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But now I do know a lot of things
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because I've experienced a lot of
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things.
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>> Yeah. And and now I know what I don't
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know to ask somebody that knows. Yes.
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Right. You're better pretending like you
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do know, right?
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>> Exactly. Are you too nervous about this
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residency?
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I I am not nervous about it. Um
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I am selfish about it.
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>> Uh-huh. Um because this is my time. I've
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raised a family.
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And I love to play the bass. I love um I
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love my stage time. Mhm. And I love the
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songs that we created.
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>> Yeah. So,
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I love doing it for me. Yeah. For you.
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You know, it does that's it's a selfish
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thing. Yeah.
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>> In that way because
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I get to do one job for a change. Cuz
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I've been doing a lot of jobs my whole
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life.
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>> Right.
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>> So, you know, you've been dad, husband,
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producer, songwriter,
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>> mentor, all those things.
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>> Yeah, all those things. So, so now, you
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know, a chance to have a little time and
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do what we love to do. Just be a player.
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Yes. Just be a bass player.
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>> you guys someone of your status
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how do you pick the opening I don't want
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to call them opening acts but what made
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you choose Ruben shout out to Ruben
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Studdard who's a citizen of Sway the
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morning and Shanice we love them both.
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What was the decision that came to that?
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Well, if you think about the
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repertoire of songs you kind of go
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across a whole lot of different things.
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So you need people
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you know, if you think about Ruben and
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you think about his past as American
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Idol winner the first American Idol
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winner.
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That was set up where you had to sing a
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lot of different types of songs and you
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had to kill them all you know, and so
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for us we felt like okay, we need
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somebody who can hit some Alexander
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O'Neal
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or some Usher or some Johnny Gill
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or you know, just all the people across
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our you know, our male vocalist spectrum
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so to speak. So
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um he fits that bill perfectly. He's a
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great entertainer and I don't know
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whether if you've seen his his Luther
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show that he does
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>> Oh yeah. which is absolutely amazing.
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Incredible. Yeah. So he's an entertainer
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and he can sing anything, you know, and
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and so that was really important. On the
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female side of things
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kind of the same thing. So you start
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with Shanice Wilson who's a Star Search
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winner. Incredible. Yeah. Kind of so
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that's kind of that same lineage.
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But then you think about the fact of all
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the female people whether it's Sherelle
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whether it's Mary J. Blige whether it's
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you know, Mariah whether it's you know,
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Janet Jackson and Janet is probably the
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toughest person to sing
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but Shanice kills Janet because she was
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always a Janet disciple. So she kills
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all of those songs so beautifully. So
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really that was really the main thing.
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We just needed people who could do it
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all. Mhm. But then the fun thing about
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Vegas is
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you know, we've invited a few friends to
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come along with us.
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>> Okay. Okay. And we always say we you
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never know who's going to show. Uh-huh.
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You never know who's going to show and
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you know, so a lot of people show up and
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uh
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and uh you know, sometimes they're just
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sitting in the audience and we go hand
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them a microphone.
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>> Come on up here and do do some stuff.
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So, it's going to be fun. It's going to
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be It's going to be different every
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every single night. It's going to be
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different, but uh
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but we're going to try to live up to the
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name Nothing But Hits. Love it. I'm
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going to make sure I'm sitting in the
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front row when they pass that mic.
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>> get a mic.
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You know, I'm yeah. Oh, yeah.
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Alexander O'Neal, come on, man.
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What you going to say? Which one?
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Uh did y'all do uh
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uh Sun- No, Sun- Monday No, no, no, Sun-
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Saturday Love? Saturday Love? Yeah.
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Saturday Love? You're a
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Fake.
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>> yeah. Y'all did Fake? Oh, yes. Yeah, I'm
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singing Fake. Wow.
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>> I'll put it like this. If it was
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Alexander O'Neal, let me just let me
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just make this easy for you.
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If it's Alexander O'Neal
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and a hit
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WE DID IT. OKAY.
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>> WOW. JIMMY JAM AND TERRY Lewis is up in
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here. Ow. Don't let YOURSELF FORGET IT.
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WOW.
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>> JANET, YOU BROUGHT UP Janet and I know I
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think we're approaching the 40th
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anniversary in in February, the 40th
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anniversary to Control. Yes. Right? Yes.
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>> Wow. Yeah. Does that does that make
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everybody feel really old?
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>> Not me. Yeah.
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40 years, man. 40 years ago y'all made
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Control. Yeah. What is that
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What What do you rank that in your
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masterpieces? Like
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I've never ranked anything. Okay. It's
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You just love them for what they are.
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Uh-huh. And um you know, kind of been
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built on a forward slash. So, whatever
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came yesterday what they say as John
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McClane would say, "Yesterday's score
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doesn't count today's game." We got to
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That's right.
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>> We got to move forward.
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>> Yes. I know you used to do nice stuff
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for me, but what have you done for me
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lately?
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Yes, sir. Okay. So, we got to we got to
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we got to keep it going. But, it was it
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was a pivotal It was definitely a
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pivotal
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album for a lot of reasons. Mhm. And
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um
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So, I mean, yeah, as as far as ranking
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importance is is very important because
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once again, that was back where you
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know, albums nowadays a lot of times are
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split up amongst a bunch of different
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producers.
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>> Yeah. And we got to do Control from
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start to finish. And really, that was
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the thing with all the Janet records up
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to a certain point. It was, you know,
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Rhythm Nation, the Janet album, Velvet
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Rope, All for You.
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We 100% did those albums, you know? And
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um there's something that was cool about
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that because you could when you were
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making the music, you weren't worrying
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about trying to get a hit record. You
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just tried to make good records.
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And one of them would raise their hand
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and go, "Hey, I'll go first. I'll be the
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first single, you know, type of thing."
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But, it was great to create like that.
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And um so, the Control album and it was,
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you know, that growing up period for
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Janet, you know? Yeah. She was driving
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around Minneapolis in her own, you know,
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in a Chevy Blazer with the Thomas guide
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cuz there was no GPS back in that day.
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She had to get from the hotel to the
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studio. So, literally, her growing up
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part of her growing up was really making
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the album, you know, at that point.
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>> man. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are here.
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Big round of applause when I say their
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name. Performing April 17th to the 26th
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at Voltaire at the Venetian Resort in
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Las Vegas.
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Tracy G and Mike Muse is off in New
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York. I want to chime in. Tracy.
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>> duh. Jimmy, Terry, always good to have
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you both. Such a pleasure to see y'all
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faces and hear your voices. Um you know,
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right before you guys joined us on air,
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I was doing my Celebrity Wire report and
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I was talking about Brandy's memoir
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where she was mentioning um dating Wanya
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from Boyz II Men and it reminded me that
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you guys worked with Boyz II Men. And as
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generous as you guys are with sharing
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the history, your lived experiences with
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these artists, um I know you guys don't
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have a joint memoir. And I wanted to
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know for you both if it feels important
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to chronicle your experiences beyond the
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professional side and share the personal
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chapters of your life with the public or
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if that's something that you don't feel
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like should live within your your
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legacy.
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In other words, are we writing a book a
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book? Is that the question?
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Yeah.
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That was
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That was some eloquent stuff there going
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on, girl. I love you. I love you, man.
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Do you ever chronicle anything? Oh, man,
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that was good. Y'all writing a book?
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Give it to me like that.
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>> Really it's about do you feel like
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>> No, I feel you.
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>> Yeah, sharing your your private life,
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things that go beyond the studio is
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important for the public to know.
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Our private life is very boring.
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So, I don't know whether anybody would
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even care to hear about it. I will say
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there is a Jam & Lewis documentary
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that's being worked on right now. Mhm.
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>> And so, I think we will chronicle some
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of that. Um but a book, yeah, we've
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actually talked about doing books. Um
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and in our subject matter in our case
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always is partnership because I think
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that's the thing that's unique about
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what we do. I think there's a lot of
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people that make really great music.
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And there's been a lot of great
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partnerships over the years of people
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that have done that. But the fact that
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we're still together after 53 years,
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I think it's pretty important and I
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think there's some stories to be told
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around that, you know. So, that's
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amazing. Maybe we'll maybe we'll
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chronicle something like that.
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>> A lot of marriages don't even hit those
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numbers.
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Right. And y'all never
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stopped working together, right? Never
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never. Wow.
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>> No, we've never had an argument.
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We always make the differentiate well,
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we make the differentiation that
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argument is something you're trying to
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win.
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We do have disagreements, but a
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disagreement is something you're trying
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to solve.
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And that's the difference. Yes. And what
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comes out of it is what's best, not
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what's right or what's wrong. I still
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I'm trying to teach this guy.
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How's it going? Not good.
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I can imagine. I can imagine.
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He always wants to be right, Jimmy. Glad
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you brought that up. Be
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solution-oriented, Heather.
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It's not important to be so right.
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So, for we do argue and fight.
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Well, well, you know what's right with
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That's the thing that people don't
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understand. When you're right, what's
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right now will be wrong in a couple
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seconds. Yeah. So, you know, you got to
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pick what's best at the time that you're
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making the decision.
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Y'all never had a fight?
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No.
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Wow. Because why would I ever want to
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win something and have my partner lose
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at it?
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That doesn't make any sense. We always
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be want to be in a win-win situation, so
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no. We just We disagree. And we'll
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figure out our destination that we're
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trying to get to, and then we'll figure
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out the best way to get there, you know?
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Let's Hey, we're going to Vegas. Okay.
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Well, we going to fly? We going to
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drive? You know, we going to Uber? We
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going to, you know, whatever, you know?
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But we know the destination is Vegas,
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and we're going to try to put on a great
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show, and then we'll figure out the best
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the best way to get there, to make that
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happen.
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So, that's it. I love it. That's the
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book y'all got to write. Like, I've
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never had a fight over my partner, King
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Tech, and we we known each other since
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we was seniors in high school. Never had
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a fight, bro. There you go. I don't even
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think we've had an argument. If we did,
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I don't even recall it. Right. We've
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definitely had disagreements. Right?
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Yeah, but but but that's, you know, once
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again, that's solution-based though.
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You're trying to figure it out, and
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there's nothing wrong with being
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passionate about something. The other
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thing is Terry always talks about this
17:05
is that, you know,
17:07
you have to love what each other loves.
17:09
You know, there might be even with
17:10
certain artists. There's certain artists
17:12
that Terry loves them. I like them.
17:14
They're cool, you know? And I'm there
17:16
Hey, I'm there to help. If you need it.
17:19
But he loves them. And I would never say
17:21
somebody you love don't work with them
17:23
or don't do nothing like that. So that's
17:24
the other thing is you have to be you
17:26
have to love
17:28
for what you have to love what they
17:29
love, what your partners love. And I
17:31
think that's really important. And so
17:32
that's one of the other things that we
17:34
subscribe to. Yeah, like or be
17:36
supportive of what they love, right?
17:38
Absolutely. Exactly what it is. Yeah,
17:39
it's just the support of what they love,
17:41
even if you don't necessarily like it.
17:44
Well, I love it Yeah, you love it for
17:46
him. Yes. That's what he loves, I love
17:48
it for him. Yes, go. That's nice. Go get
17:51
do your thing. I love it. Yeah. Man,
17:53
that's important. We're coming to Vegas,
17:55
man. I was just confused me, man. April
17:57
17th to the 26th at Voltaire the
18:00
Venetian Resort is in Vegas. Get your
18:02
tickets now. Ruben Studdard, Shanice
18:04
Wilson, many more. Jimmy Jam and Terry
18:07
Lewis. They're bringing the hits, y'all.
18:09
Nothing but hits.
18:10
>> Nothing but hits. Nothing but hits. Ow.
18:13
>> The show ain't even long enough for the
18:14
amount of hits they have.
18:15
>> How about that part? No, that's for
18:17
real. That's not even funny. The
18:18
residency ain't long enough. The
18:19
residency ain't long enough for the
18:21
AMOUNT OF HITS THEY GOT.
18:23
WE GOING TO COME BACK. LET'S GIVE AWAY A
18:24
PAIR OF TICKETS.
18:25
>> Let's do it.
18:26
>> Okay. First person to name 10 artists
18:29
they worked with
18:31
and 10 singles those artists had.
18:33
888-742-3345.
18:35
You get a pair of tickets to see Jimmy
18:37
Jam and Terry Lewis. Google. Got them in
18:40
here, man. I you know,
18:42
I brag about certain people I know.
18:44
Yeah.
18:45
These are two of them. Yeah. I I I brag
18:48
about our friendship like it's it's
18:50
deeper than that. You couldn't you they
18:51
couldn't even answer the quiz on the
18:52
friendship I claim we got.
18:56
Look at all that. He said that? Yeah,
18:58
man.
18:59
Spent the night in your basement, Jimmy.
19:03
I'll make up But Jimmy Jam and
19:05
Terry Lewis are here. They'll be
19:07
performing at Voltaire the Venetian
19:08
Resort, Las Vegas. And the residency is
19:11
from 17th from the 17th to the 26th,
19:14
Ruben Studdard, Shanice Wilson. Of
19:15
April.
19:16
>> Of April. And you have to get there
19:18
yourself.
19:19
>> Yes. All we're providing is the tickets.
19:21
>> Mhm. But you have to get there yourself.
19:23
But if you win the tickets, you'll be
19:25
able to participate in the meet and
19:27
greet. That's cool.
19:28
>> Right? You see Jimmy Jam and Terry
19:29
Lewis. Um what else is it, John? The
19:32
meet and greet?
19:33
>> You get the sunglasses. The sunglasses.
19:35
You get the sunglasses as well. Yep.
19:38
Heather, you look at the lines. The
19:39
question is name 10 artists they work
19:41
with and and and a single from each of
19:43
those artists. What line would you like
19:45
me to take?
19:46
>> I would like you to first take line
19:48
number
19:50
one. One.
19:51
>> Because they're calling from
19:53
Minneapolis. We have Natasha on the
19:55
line. Natasha, what up? Hi, Natasha.
19:59
I love you guys. I'm a first-time
20:00
caller. Yes.
20:02
Hey, WE GOT A FIRST-TIME CALLER.
20:08
WELCOME TO NOTHING BUT HITS.
20:11
I LOVE you guys. Listen to you guys
20:13
every morning.
20:14
We love you, too.
20:15
>> are the greatest to listen to.
20:17
We're passing. Listen to your show
20:19
afterwards.
20:20
Um my question is I'm not going to take
20:22
up too much time cuz I'm at work. But my
20:24
question is um for Jimmy Jam. My dad
20:27
used to live right up the alley from you
20:29
guys right on 40th in Portland. And you
20:32
your mom stayed on the next block.
20:34
And I was wondering
20:36
cuz he always used to tell me stories
20:37
about how he used to come over to your
20:39
house and jam with you. His name was Ray
20:41
Hardeman.
20:43
And
20:44
he did pass away in 2020. But he said he
20:47
always you know, he would come over
20:48
there from time to time and play you
20:49
know, mess around with you guys down in
20:51
the basement. And I just wanted to know
20:52
if that was true or not.
20:54
What what did he play? What
20:55
>> Do you ever Do you remember?
20:57
You know, I'm not sure if he messed
20:58
around with like the drums or something
21:00
like that or Okay.
21:01
>> what not, but he he did say he used to
21:03
come down there. Um and then my uncle
21:05
remembered you guys too.
21:08
And I know you guys where your mom used
21:10
to live probably like the probably third
21:12
corner from the house or something like
21:14
that. Lisa always point out to me on
21:16
41st and Portland.
21:18
Yeah, right on the corner. That's what
21:19
definitely that's the place, for sure.
21:21
What's your uncle's name?
21:23
His name is Willie Hardiman.
21:26
Willie Hardiman. And your dad's name was
21:28
what? Ray? Ray Hardiman.
21:31
Ray Hardiman.
21:32
Wow, well that very well could be cuz I
21:34
definitely messed around in the basement
21:36
all the time. You know, we we shoot we
21:38
grew up in basements. That's we were
21:39
always in the basement rehearsing back
21:41
in the day, so that very well could be
21:42
true. And that was definitely where I
21:44
lived 41st and Portland. That was that
21:46
was my house anyway. See, I should get
21:46
those tickets now because I know some
21:48
history. SO THEY
21:53
WOW, THAT WAS GOOD. NATASHA, HE didn't
21:56
confirm. He said could be.
21:59
And then you didn't name the 10 songs.
22:00
No, he lived there though.
22:04
Natasha, I'm with Natasha. She gets the
22:06
tickets. I'm with Natasha on that one.
22:09
Wait, wait. Can you name any hits
22:11
though?
22:13
Do you know any hits? A lot of hits. You
22:15
Oh, from Janet Jackson, Control album.
22:18
You did Alexander O'Neal.
22:21
All his songs.
22:23
He did some
22:24
stuff with
22:27
At least I know maybe
22:29
Oh God, I'm trying to think off the top
22:31
of my head. What else have you done?
22:33
A lot of stuff. You guys did a lot of
22:34
stuff. Oh, Paula Abdul. Did you guys
22:36
work with Paula Abdul?
22:38
Um, not directly. NO.
22:44
NATASHA, YOU'RE A CITIZEN.
22:50
OKAY,
22:51
LET'S GO WITH NUMBER FIVE.
22:53
>> Line five, Allison is in Connecticut.
22:55
How you doing Allison? Welcome to
22:59
Hey Steve family, I'm well. I'm well.
23:03
How are you?
23:04
>> You get Doing good. Listen, sitting next
23:07
to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, you got
23:08
It's not a bad day at all. Hey, man, I
23:10
can't lose here. Hey, not a bad day in
23:12
Connecticut, either. You got UConn in
23:14
the Final Four, so
23:15
>> Yeah, men and women. Exactly. How about
23:18
that? I know what's up. Yep.
23:20
Yep.
23:21
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, I I just want
23:23
to say that you are like your whole work
23:27
is the soundtrack of my childhood and my
23:31
from Never Too Much, my mom playing that
23:35
when we were cleaning in the house to
23:38
Control to Rhythm Nation um
23:42
to Donell Jones, like
23:45
nothing but bangers and I'm so happy to
23:49
hear
23:52
to hear the um
23:55
just that you still are together. Like
23:57
that is so important and it doesn't go
24:01
unnoticed and it's worth mentioning. I I
24:05
love the fact that you say you don't
24:06
have arguments. You you're not out to
24:09
win. You're just you know, you're
24:11
collaborating and you're with your
24:13
partner, so you you want to bring out
24:15
the best in in each other and it really
24:17
shows through your music, so um Wow.
24:21
Thank you. I am I am forever grateful
24:25
for the work that you put out. And I
24:27
hope to meet you in person. So, Heather
24:33
I picked you, but you picked Donell
24:34
Jones and that's not on the resume.
24:36
>> Yeah, man.
24:37
They never did Donell, but That's on the
24:39
wish list.
24:41
Yeah, we gave some suggestions for
24:43
Donell.
24:43
>> Yeah, we gave some suggestions. No, he's
24:45
not there, Allison.
24:48
Yeah, yeah. Are you kidding me?
24:50
Chat TVT. THEY SAID HERE.
24:53
OH, THEY WRONG.
24:54
YOU GOT TO GET HER OFF THE PHONE. DENIAL
24:57
OKAY.
24:58
YEAH, denial is You a citizen. That's
25:00
right. That's a little scary.
25:03
All right. You a citizen. That's Sway in
25:05
the morning. All right. Listen, Allison
25:07
can still get tickets. She just got to
25:08
buy them. I still got to win them.
25:10
But I love how she got mad at Chat GPT
25:12
though.
25:13
RIGHT. EXACTLY.
25:16
BLESS IT. WHAT NUMBER WHAT NUMBER NINE
25:17
HEATHER? Number two. Number two, where
25:20
he's from. You say it.
25:22
>> Oakland town business. We got Jermaine.
25:24
I know he going to get it right.
25:26
>> Jermaine. Oakland love Jimmy Jam.
25:29
What's going on?
25:31
You got to say these songs Jermaine. I'm
25:33
going to do what y'all asked us to do.
25:35
But first of all, just want to give
25:37
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis their ultimate
25:39
props. You know, it goes without saying.
25:42
But here we go.
25:43
Janet Jackson, When I Think of You.
25:46
Yolanda Adams, Open My Heart.
25:49
Sounds of Blackness.
25:52
Optimistic.
25:54
Yes. I Sure You Remind Me.
25:57
Mhm. The Human League, Human.
26:00
I'm Only Human. Human.
26:04
One of my favorite Boyz II Men on bended
26:07
knee.
26:08
Okay. Karyn White after I'm sorry, Karyn
26:11
White, Romantic.
26:13
Yep. You guys had George Michael,
26:16
Monkey.
26:18
Yep.
26:19
My favorite group of all time, New
26:21
Edition. That whole Heartbreak album.
26:24
Let's go.
26:26
Where where we at right there? How many
26:28
is that?
26:29
You need one more.
26:29
>> That's nine. That's nine. That's nine.
26:31
That's nine. Let's go. The last one you
26:34
guys did, Mariah Carey, Thank God I
26:36
Found You.
26:37
There you go. Oh, wow. We got a winner.
26:40
We got a winner winner winner winner.
26:44
And Jam and
26:45
thank y'all. And Jam and Lewis, just to
26:47
prove me as a bonus, you guys also did
26:50
Tender Love by Force M.D.'s,
26:52
Yes. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. No way. Here we
26:54
go. Here I lay all alone.
26:57
>> give him a mic for that. Tossing and
27:00
turning.
27:01
And I didn't even name Alexandra O'Neal,
27:03
SOS band. Next time I come Jermaine,
27:05
hold up. Jermaine, Jermaine, hold on.
27:07
Hold on. He had a moment, Jermaine. Go
27:08
ahead and say that, Jimmy.
27:09
>> No, I said I should have brought my
27:10
keyboard. Next time I come, I'll bring
27:12
I'll bring my keyboard and we we'll do a
27:13
little tender love.
27:15
He going to change your voice,
27:17
AUTO-TUNED.
27:20
T-PAIN IT. JIMMY, I done sang from
27:22
Melanie for Fiona to Gladys Knight to uh
27:27
Cynthia uh uh Eriqa Badu, Patti LaBelle.
27:30
Patti LaBelle.
27:32
And they've all complimented me. Even
27:34
Faith Evans has said they they
27:36
compliment complimented me. Okay, two
27:38
things you're wrong about.
27:39
>> What? Tell us. Faith says she
27:41
appreciated you trying.
27:45
THAT'S A COMPLIMENT. THAT'S A
27:46
COMPLIMENT, RIGHT? And Melanie, the
27:48
verdict is still out. Did they need to
27:49
hear it? Cuz Melanie just looked at you.
27:52
So, I don't know if that was a
27:53
compliment.
27:53
>> Play it for me, Torch. Hold on. One
27:55
second.
27:55
>> know if she
27:56
>> Hold on. Let's see. Okay. Torch, you got
27:58
that? Uh play it for Jimmy and Terry and
28:00
then and then maybe if they hear the
28:01
potential The keyboard and stuff.
28:03
>> bring the keyboard back.
28:05
>> Okay. Um but yeah, you know, I'm not a
28:06
professional.
28:10
No, you even got Terry. And I got
28:12
comfortable with not sounding great a
28:13
long time ago.
28:14
>> Right. Right? And so, I just follow the
28:17
energy. Now, It's the feel. It's the
28:19
feel. It's the feel. Oh, I never heard
28:21
of this before
28:22
performance.
28:25
THIS IS HOW YOU GREET THE AUDIENCE
28:27
BEFORE YOU'RE PERFORMING? YEAH, that's
28:28
how I greet them, man. It's about the
28:29
feel. It's about the feel. You got it,
28:32
Torch? You ain't got it?
28:33
>> Yeah, so if they're crying, you don't
28:34
know why they're crying. You don't know
28:35
why they're crying. I don't even care.
28:37
But you know what's interesting when he
28:38
named those artists? Yeah. When he named
28:42
Mary J. I mean, not Mary J., but but
28:44
Mary J. Y'all Y'all work with Mary J.
28:46
Yeah. Uh he named Mariah Carey.
28:49
He named New Edition. Yolanda Adams.
28:52
Yolanda Adams, but
28:54
all of these artists well New Edition
28:56
and Mariah Carey right now we're voting
28:59
for these artists that you produced to
29:01
be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of
29:03
Fame.
29:03
>> Mary's already there.
29:05
>> Yeah.
29:06
Mary's already there. That has to be
29:08
gratifying for you all to help people
29:10
reach those goals, right T? Oh,
29:12
absolutely.
29:13
Well,
29:14
actually they helped us help them.
29:17
You know, just by
29:19
being in our orbit.
29:21
All we do man is we just make music.
29:25
And we don't necessarily think about it
29:27
like we make hits. We just want to
29:29
service whoever we're working with and
29:32
help them achieve their goals. So. I
29:34
feel like that's a learnable moment.
29:36
Like you ain't preaching to anybody, but
29:38
I I feel like artists who are tuned in
29:39
right now, producers and you know,
29:42
singers, rappers
29:43
they stress themselves out a lot about
29:46
making that hit, making that song,
29:48
making that record and you seeing two of
29:49
the most successful people in the music
29:52
business saying we don't we just make
29:54
music. They become hits, right?
29:56
>> Well, yeah everybody makes hits. It's
29:59
as Jam says it's a team sport.
30:01
>> Right. So, you know, we just create the
30:03
music that we like. We're usually fans
30:06
of the artists that we work with.
30:08
And so we say, "Okay, where did they
30:09
miss last time? What do we feel like
30:11
they should have had?" Then we try to
30:12
create that. I love it. Jimmy Jam and
30:14
Terry Lewis are here. We're talking
30:16
about the residency April the 17th
30:19
through the 26th at the Venetian
30:22
Resort in Las Vegas. Get your tickets.
30:25
Y'all are coming opening weekend, right?
30:27
>> opening weekend. We just said Okay,
30:28
perfect. Okay, good. We're opening
30:29
night. Okay, yeah 17th.
30:31
>> 17th. Mark it down. 17th. Is that a
30:33
Saturday? That's a Friday. It's a
30:35
Friday. So, it's a Friday Friday
30:37
Saturday. Yes, we do.
30:39
Mike News, you planning on going?
30:41
Oh, yeah. I'm definitely going to be
30:43
there. I'm so excited to support Jimmy
30:45
Jam and Terry Lewis all day long.
30:47
>> Oh, yeah, Mike. What's up, bro?
30:49
>> The question I have for you gentlemen,
30:51
and speaking of the residencies, we just
30:53
heard our caller list off an incredible
30:55
song list of your discography. How are
30:58
you guys thinking about the song list
31:01
and and the set list? Like how are you
31:03
thinking about how you're going to
31:04
curate that? You don't have to tell us
31:07
the order. You don't have to tell me the
31:08
song you're going to tell me who you're
31:10
opening with, what song you're opening
31:11
with, but how are you thinking about the
31:13
curation?
31:15
Well, the phrase would be if it feels
31:17
good, do it. Mhm. Mhm.
31:20
Yeah. Yeah, some songs are hit songs,
31:22
but they're not necessarily songs that
31:24
transition or lend themselves to
31:26
performance and wanting to play it. I
31:29
like to play the fun songs. Yeah. Mhm.
31:31
So,
31:32
some of the fun songs are not
31:34
necessarily the biggest hit songs.
31:36
So,
31:37
I go somewhere in between that, but we
31:39
got to play the hits. Got to play the
31:41
hits.
31:41
>> Got to play the hits.
31:42
>> But I But you know, it's funny because
31:43
as I was listening to
31:45
you know, the caller
31:46
you know, go down that rundown, I would
31:49
say probably nine out of the 10 things
31:52
that they mentioned we probably are
31:53
doing. Oh. And a lot of it is And a lot
31:56
of it is feedback, you know, from cuz
31:58
we're getting feedback from the fans
31:59
have been everywhere we go. They're
32:01
like, I know y'all going to do this. I
32:02
know y'all going to do that. So, we
32:04
appreciate that absolutely cuz that
32:06
helps inform what we're going to do.
32:08
We're going to switch it up every night,
32:09
too. I think we'll do a few different
32:10
things every night. But the cool thing I
32:13
think we're going to do with this show
32:14
that I think it's going to be different,
32:15
at least in our minds, is we're going to
32:17
try to make what we like to call the
32:19
informed listening experience.
32:21
>> Mhm. So, if you think about my analogy
32:23
is always like a chef's table at a
32:25
restaurant. And if you have a certain,
32:28
you know, let's say somebody makes
32:29
really good greens, okay? And you go,
32:32
man, there's something about these
32:33
greens that I really like.
32:35
And then you actually watch him make the
32:37
greens. And at one point, you see him
32:39
put a little oregano or something in
32:41
there, and you go, "Oh, oregano. I love
32:43
oregano. That's what makes these greens
32:45
so different." Okay? That's kind of the
32:47
experience we want to do with the songs.
32:49
Where not only will you hear the songs,
32:52
but you'll hear the story behind the
32:53
songs.
32:54
>> Oh, wow.
32:54
>> And so, now every time you hear Saturday
32:57
Love or Just Be Good to Me or any of
32:58
those songs, you'll go,
33:00
"Now I know why I like this song so
33:02
much."
33:02
>> Yeah.
33:02
>> You know? Because you you go, "Oh, I
33:04
love this song. I love this song. I
33:05
don't know why I love this song so
33:06
much." Well, when you leave, you'll know
33:08
why you love the song so much. So,
33:09
that's one of the things we're going to
33:10
try to mix in the storytelling with it,
33:13
and even the creative process of being
33:15
in the studio and what that's like and
33:17
how to grow a song from,
33:19
let's say, just a piece of a sample,
33:21
Mhm. but have it grow into, you know,
33:23
Sly and the Family Stone Thank You
33:25
growing into Rhythm Nation. Wow.
33:27
>> And showing that process and that type
33:29
of thing. So, it's it's going to be
33:30
something different, I think, than what
33:31
anybody's tried to do.
33:33
That's amazing, man. Jimmy Jimmy Jam and
33:35
Terry Lewis.
33:36
Tours, go ahead and play it, man. That
33:38
pull pull pull up that clip, so maybe I
33:40
they'll pull me on stage.
33:41
>> for opening night. Get it ready. Yeah,
33:43
you got the clip. Melanie Fiona Tours.
33:58
Are you going to stand up to try to sing
34:00
it?
34:01
And he grabs the tea. Here we go. Here
34:03
we go.
34:04
And it kills me. I do it in different
34:07
keys. I really
34:09
love you. So much.
34:12
So so so much I want to hold you.
34:19
It's the passion for me.
34:20
You like, come on. You see
34:22
You see what I mean? She said it's the
34:23
passion, fellas. Did you hear her say
34:26
that? Yeah, I know why the tears came.
34:28
OH MY GOD.
34:31
I AM DEFINITELY CRYING behind these
34:32
glasses right now. Oh man.
34:34
>> I know what you mean. my whole day. You
34:36
just made my whole day. Yeah. Oh my god.
34:40
I do it in different keys. That's No, I
34:42
know. I love that.
34:44
Oh my god. I'm glad I touched y'all
34:46
hearts, man.
34:48
Man, that's crazy. Y'all shouldn't even
34:49
get this reaction.
34:51
Yeah,
34:52
you did it in every key. I love that.
34:54
Yeah, me too. He's versatile.
34:55
>> Thank you, Jimmy. Hey, mark that torch.
34:58
Keri and Jimmy sing.
35:01
Versatile. You only TAKE HIS CERTAIN
35:03
PARTS OUT. YOU LIKE A HEAD You
35:05
clickbait. Oh my god. He's saying He's
35:08
singing every key.
35:10
I sing in every key. Every at THE SAME
35:12
TIME.
35:16
I DON'T TWO CAN'T HANDLE ME.
35:19
What What one key can't handle
35:24
Wow.
35:25
>> Thank you, fellas. I appreciate that,
35:26
man. Thank you. Now, I know what they
35:28
saying now.
35:29
On that note.
35:31
On every note. On every note. Handle
35:34
Handle him that mic and shut your old
35:35
restaurant.
35:37
KEEP A NOTEBOOK ON PURPOSE.
35:40
ALL RIGHT. Um But you're very
35:41
passionate. I love that.
35:43
Committed. Committed. Yeah, committed.
35:45
Now, I know in the studio with you guys,
35:47
y'all can make ME WRITE. WELL.
35:51
NOT A LOST CAUSE. WE FELL SO AT ONE
35:53
POINT, BUT we're musicians, not
35:55
magicians.
35:57
I'M DONE. ALL RIGHT, ENOUGH OF THAT,
35:59
MAN. ALL RIGHT, let's go. PICK ANOTHER
36:00
WINNER, HOMIE.
36:02
PICK ANOTHER WINNER. I'M JUST GOING TO
36:04
GIVE THE tickets away at this point,
36:05
man.
36:06
We got Bobby from ATL on the line, man.
36:08
What up, Bobby? Hey, Bobby. Give them
36:10
away. Give them away. Yeah. Hey, Bobby.
36:13
Bobby, we already know you know. Yeah.
36:16
I was going to But do you If you want to
36:18
name a song from them that you
36:19
especially like, Bobby?
36:22
Uh
36:23
how about Blue Is the Mood on Blue Magic
36:26
Trails they did with my cousin tripping.
36:29
Oh, yeah. Okay. Okay. Yeah, I like that.
36:32
Yeah, yeah, you done. Absolutely. I love
36:34
it. I love that.
36:35
Hey Bobby, YOU'RE A WINNER.
36:38
WHAT WE GOING TO NAME GO GO GO GO NAME
36:39
THEM? NAME THEM. What What you got, bro?
36:41
Well, no, I was I was Okay, well, I was
36:43
going to name
36:44
Anytime, any place, bad girl, I think
36:47
got a man at home, brain, Wow. Okay.
36:50
everything I miss at home, never knew
36:52
love like this, encore, can you say my
36:55
name, and tell me you still care.
36:57
Wow, nothing but hits. Nothing but hits.
37:00
But I was going to pay And he And then
37:01
they were all different than the one
37:03
than the first.
37:03
>> Yeah, than the first Jermaine said.
37:05
I'm I should be writing this down. We
37:07
got to do all those songs, man. I think
37:09
most of them are hits.
37:09
>> get you the audio. Yeah, we'll get it.
37:10
Hey, let's get him the audio. DB, you
37:12
can get him the audio, right? Bobby,
37:13
hold on. Congratulations. You just got
37:15
to get there, but we'll see you at the
37:17
Voltaire at Venetian Resort. Yeah, you
37:20
won, bro. You won. We got a pair of
37:22
tickets for I was going I'm going to pay
37:23
it forward to the woman from Minneapolis
37:25
to let her get the tickets. Oh, that's
37:27
nice. She gone. Nah, man, you ain't You
37:30
don't get to do that.
37:31
You don't want them, that's cool.
37:34
Wow, you're blocking somebody's
37:36
blessing. Somebody was trying to do
37:38
something nice. This is how he is.
37:40
That's This is how we fight.
37:42
Don't be that guy, Sway.
37:44
Don't be that guy, right? All right,
37:46
okay. Whatever you want, Bobby. All
37:47
right, fine. But she gone. Maybe give it
37:50
to the next She's not on the line
37:51
anymore. Allison, he's talking about
37:53
Allison?
37:53
>> Yeah, she might be calling him back.
37:55
She'll call back. Allison, call back. If
37:57
you I'mma put Bobby on hold, and Allison
37:59
call back. He's going to give you his
38:01
tickets.
38:03
Allison from Connecticut. We'll remember
38:05
the number. There's all kind of All kind
38:06
of All kind of
38:06
>> from Minneapolis.
38:07
>> Well, she's from Minneapolis. Oh, the
38:08
woman from Minneapolis. Yes.
38:11
Cuz she said Donnell uh
38:13
Yeah, she said she got a couple of
38:14
wrong. She got a few wrong. Okay, if she
38:17
calls back, I will
38:18
>> Minneapolis, so we got to give her love.
38:19
We got to Kahlani, watch the lines, all
38:21
right? And Bobby, stay on hold. Thank
38:23
you, brother.
38:23
>> Yeah. Heather. Sway.
38:25
>> You mentioned earlier something we were
38:26
going to do with the
38:27
>> were having a conversation, Sway and I
38:28
off the mic, and just having this fun
38:30
pretend conversation that I'm sure you
38:32
guys saw online with the versus that's
38:34
happening, and who would go up against
38:37
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Obviously,
38:39
everybody was talking about Babyface and
38:41
how crazy that would look. So, we put
38:42
together an imaginary, you know, bag
38:45
here, and we want each of you to pick
38:47
your top five. So, you pick a name, you
38:49
pick a name, and you tell us who would
38:51
win in this a songwriting producing
38:54
contest.
38:55
>> their hand in the mystery sack.
38:56
>> mystery sack.
38:57
>> Let's go, Torch. Okay.
39:00
Go ahead and reach in.
39:02
>> Dig deep. Dig deep.
39:05
Put your hands into Sway's sack.
39:08
>> That sounds gross.
39:09
It's Sway's mystery sack on Shade 45.
39:17
Okay, we'll do your top five. So, Terry,
39:20
you pick a name, Jimmy, you pick a name,
39:22
and let us know who would win in your
39:24
opinion in that contest. Pick one name
39:26
each.
39:27
And you can open it up and we'll read
39:29
it. One name one name each. I think
39:31
Terry took just took two.
39:32
>> That's okay. I'll just I'll put it back
39:34
there.
39:34
>> Okay. Oh, is it okay?
39:36
Who did you get, Jimmy? I got Neo.
39:39
Who did you get, uh,
39:41
Terry? Seven no Yeah, cuz they stick
39:43
together. Okay.
39:44
>> Neo versus
39:45
Marvin Gaye. Oh, well. Oh, sorry.
39:49
SORRY, NEO.
39:52
NOW, I I LOVE YOU, NEO. LOVE YOU,
39:54
BROTHER. I KNEW YOU WHEN YOU WERE
39:55
SHAFER.
39:58
OKAY. And I love you, but Marvin, man,
40:01
nobody Who actually My favorite album of
40:04
all time.
40:04
>> How spooky is that? Didn't he pass away
40:06
today in 1984?
40:08
I think April 1st. I think
40:10
>> I I remember as a kid, I thought it was
40:12
an April Fools' joke, but it was in '84.
40:14
Somebody can correct me, but if that's
40:16
true, that's scary.
40:18
>> That you would pick his name. Second
40:19
round.
40:20
>> Somebody looked that up. Somebody looked
40:21
that that up. If I remember that, I'm a
40:23
little weird. Okay. Okay. April 2nd. All
40:26
right.
40:27
No, no. April 1st.
40:28
>> April He was born April 2nd, yeah, and
40:30
passed away April 1st. Wow.
40:31
>> Passed away April 1st. Wow.
40:32
>> Same day. Jeez. Damn. He put his name in
40:35
that bag.
40:37
Y'ALL AIN'T GOING TO FORGIVE ME.
40:39
>> GOING TO FORGIVE ME. Round two.
40:41
>> the way, by the way, really quick, when
40:43
we came into Sirius today,
40:45
um The Originals was playing, which
40:46
Marvin Gaye actually wrote for them.
40:49
Yeah. A Motown group original. Wow.
40:50
Yeah. When we walked in, we were like
40:52
going, "Wait, who did that song?" Oh,
40:53
wait, Marvin Gaye did that. Yeah, for
40:55
real. Yeah. Maybe I didn't know that.
40:57
So, yeah. So, Marvin Marvin is with us.
40:59
Love that brother. Okay.
41:01
>> Okay. Well, speaking of it, we'll keep
41:02
it in the Motown family. I got Norman
41:04
Whitfield. Wow. Yep. But, he cannot
41:09
compare TO SMOKEY ROBINSON. OH, WOW,
41:12
MAN. Smokey Robinson. That's it. That's
41:14
it. Yo, Terry. You can tell he's like,
41:16
"Nope."
41:18
Terry's a man. That's crazy. Ironically,
41:21
Smokey does a show here. Soul Train.
41:24
>> Yes. Soul Train.
41:25
>> Absolutely. And I bump into Smokey
41:27
coming like it looked like he's riding a
41:29
motorcycle or something. And he comes in
41:31
every to work. Yeah. Smokey comes to
41:34
work. Yeah.
41:34
>> Which is crazy.
41:35
>> Which is crazy.
41:36
>> it.
41:36
>> He said, "Hey, Swizz, I got to go do my
41:37
show, man." Right. You know.
41:40
Smokey Smokey is amazing. Incredible.
41:42
Round three. Round three. Round three.
41:44
Okay. One one name each. Yep. What's
41:47
some good names in here? We're doing
41:48
three rounds, right? Good names.
41:50
Okay, we got one more round. Okay.
41:52
All right. Terry picked. Let's see.
41:55
>> Jimmy go first. I like what Terry got.
41:57
Second.
41:59
>> Okay. Oh.
42:01
>> to beat. I got a I got a friend of mine
42:03
here. I can't open it, though. Is this a
42:05
post-it note? Yes.
42:08
I answered. Budget, though. All right.
42:10
Too much glue. But, I can I can read it
42:11
cuz I can slip it over. I have Brian
42:13
Michael Cox.
42:15
>> Wow. All right. So he's a he's a good
42:17
friend of mine. Shout out to Brian. Cox,
42:19
what's up, baby? Yep. He's going to be
42:21
at the residency, by the way. He just he
42:23
literally he literally hit me. He
42:24
actually sent me a screenshot of his
42:26
ticket. And he said, "I'll be there."
42:28
That's dope.
42:28
>> So B B B Cox will be there. Yeah.
42:30
Well, mine is someone that set the mood
42:33
for a generation.
42:35
Uh with Shaft, the soundtrack, Isaac
42:37
Hayes.
42:38
>> Oh. Isaac Hayes.
42:41
Can't beat that. Sorry, Brian.
42:43
Brian will Brian will see you at the
42:45
residency.
42:47
We'll see you at the residency. By the
42:48
way, can I say something about Isaac
42:49
Hayes real quick? Yeah.
42:50
>> Uh and and talking about books,
42:53
uh memoirs. So Isaac Hayes uh
42:56
uh had a writing partner
42:58
uh
42:59
Oh my god, his name just went out of my
43:00
mind. I'm having a senior moment. Isaac
43:03
Hayes and um
43:05
they wrote Soul Man, they wrote every
43:07
damn song back in the back in the Stax
43:09
days. Uh David Porter. Okay. So David
43:13
Porter has a book coming out about his
43:16
life and about his writings uh of
43:19
writing all these great hit songs for
43:20
Stax. And I actually did the forward for
43:23
the book. Oh. So it's coming out I
43:25
believe in I believe in April or May. I
43:28
think maybe May or June. I think the
43:29
book is coming out. So so check that
43:31
out. So but he was him and David Porter
43:34
and Isaac Hayes were writing partners
43:36
and wrote
43:37
>> all that great Stax music from back in
43:39
the Amazing stuff. And you hear David
43:41
Porter samples all over records like
43:44
well
43:45
Mariah Carey records particularly. So
43:47
you know how that goes. That's a bad
43:49
man. Bad man. Bad man. Jimmy Jam and
43:51
Terry Lewis.
43:52
>> is a great I'd love to know what that
43:53
is. No, it's okay. We don't need to do
43:54
anything. We don't know I'm about to see
43:56
what else is in here, man. There's some
43:57
good ones in here. I know you have to go
44:00
but that was amazing right there. Give
44:02
them a big round of applause. Okay,
44:04
before you go though, we got Bobby back
44:07
on the line.
44:08
>> Hey, Bobby. Bobby from Atlanta and we
44:10
got Natasha from Minneapolis. Natasha's
44:14
on the line. Natasha, you there?
44:16
I'm here.
44:18
Bobby, you there?
44:19
>> I'm here.
44:21
What would you like to say to Natasha,
44:23
Bobby?
44:24
I was going to pay it forward and give
44:26
you the tickets. You know, you're from
44:27
Minneapolis and what not, so I'm going
44:29
to let you get those tickets.
44:30
Bless your heart, Bobby. Thank you so
44:32
much. I appreciate that. You just don't
44:34
know what you did. That made my day.
44:38
No problem. And Sway was trying to block
44:40
it.
44:41
>> Should we save Sway?
44:49
You didn't get the answers right.
44:52
Now you telling somebody they ain't GOT
44:53
THE ANSWERS.
45:03
THAT'S WHY WE FIGHT, JIMMY.
45:05
NATASHA, hold on the line. You'll be
45:07
going to see Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
45:09
at the Voltaire and Citizens. You can
45:12
go, TOO. BUY THE tickets while you can.
45:14
It's at the Venetian Resort, April 17th
45:17
through the 26th.
45:18
Lonnie, you can put them on hold and
45:20
take care of my Bobby. Thank you. You're
45:21
very generous.
45:22
>> Beautiful. God bless you, bro.
45:25
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, I love you.
45:27
You guys are timeless. I don't know if
45:29
you realize there are a bunch of people
45:31
on TikTok that are doing this
45:35
this dance resurgence to Sheryl Lynn's
45:38
Encore. Yes. Have you seen this? Yes.
45:41
It's It's going crazy, right?
45:43
>> it. You love it? Well, I mean, we And,
45:45
you know, TikTok is interesting, too,
45:46
because, you know, listen, people can
45:48
feel it and they can do their own thing.
45:50
But, yeah. But, once again, it clues us
45:52
in on the kind of songs that we need to
45:54
do. Yes.
45:55
but hit. So, we had the what, 20 songs
45:57
today that the listeners talked about.
46:00
And, of course, we got the Encore and
46:01
all that stuff. So, you know, we we
46:02
going to have some definitely some fun
46:04
and y'all are coming out opening week
46:05
with us. And we going to make sure we
46:06
got a mic
46:08
for you.
46:10
We going to after what I heard we going
46:12
to let you howl brother.
46:14
I didn't know we going to put some
46:15
comedy we going to put some comedy in
46:16
our show. It's going to be wonderful. At
46:19
least I'll BE IN KEY.
46:26
AT THE SAME TIME.
46:30
Yeah man but hey man I love you guys. I
46:32
can't wait to see the show. Shout out to
46:34
those people doing the dance challenge
46:36
too right?
46:37
You love say say what up to them
46:39
all the Tik Tokers doing the dance. No
46:41
we we we love it. Thank y'all for
46:43
keeping our songs alive and as we said
46:45
it's a team sport. We want to thank Sway
46:48
in the morning and Sirius XM for playing
46:51
what it is that we make cuz otherwise
46:53
it's just a song. It becomes a hit when
46:56
y'all play it. So it's a team sport so
46:57
we appreciate y'all for the all the
46:59
support over the
47:00
I want I want my flight time jacket man.
47:03
I can't believe this is
47:07
You want to wear all black that day
47:09
We can do it. Let's go.
47:14
There you go.
47:15
Let's get it. That's right. From the
47:17
darkness comes the light. Come on man.
47:20
There it
47:22
I love it. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
47:24
give them a round of applause.

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