Drink Champs - Episode 327 w/ DJ KHALED

Episode Date: August 19, 2022

N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode, we chop it up with the one and only DJ KHALED!DJ Khaled joins us for another legendary interview! Khaled shares stories about his new album “GOD DID” and working with artists like Drake, Lil Baby, Kodak Black, Lil Durk and many more!Khaled talks to us about his creative process, his journey and what keeps him going after all his success.Lots of great stories that you don’t want to miss!!Remember, when no one believed in us… GOD DID!Make some noise for DJ KHALED!!! 💐💐💐🏆🏆🏆 Listen and subscribe at http://www.drinkchamps.com  Follow Drink Champs: http://www.instagram.com/drinkchamps http://www.twitter.com/drinkchamps http://www.facebook.com/drinkchamps  DJ EFN http://www.crazyhood.com http://www.instagram.com/whoscrazy http://www.twitter.com/djefn http://www.facebook.com/crazyhoodproductions  N.O.R.E. http://www.instagram.com/therealnoreaga http://www.twitter.com/noreagaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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to come through. Welcome to Drink Champs, a production of the Black Effect and iHeartRadio. And it's Drink Champs motherfucking podcast, man. He's a legendary Queens rapper. Hey, hey, it's your boy N.O.R.E. He's a Miami hip-hop pioneer One of his DJ EFN Together, they drink it up with some of the biggest players You know what I mean? In the most professional, unprofessional podcast

And your number one source for drunk facts It's Drink Champs motherfucking podcast Where every day is New Year's Eve It's time for Drink Champs Drink up, motherfucker. What it good be? Hopefully it's what it should be. This is your boy, N-O-R-E.

What up? It's DJ E-F-N. And it's Drink Champs, motherfucker. Yappy yow. Make some noise! And when we talk about a producer's producers, we talk about a mogul. We talk about a legend. We talk about an icon.

We talk about a hit maker. The Quincy Jones of our time. The only person that can work with the Michael Jackson of our time numerous amounts of times. Goats come out the house for him. He's a legend upon legend. Mogul upon mogul. He's got deals with michael jordan yeah that's true michael jordan cosigns his feet good way to put it he's a goddamn legend he's been out here making hits i think this is 13th album yeah and for a lot of people 13 is a bad luck number

he's changing the trajectory hold on hold on no no. No, no, no, no, no, no. You got to get, you know, in the scriptures, in the Bible, it's actually the most beautiful-est number. Oh, OK. We're going to get to that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So in case y'all don't know who the fuck we talking about. Any home team, any home team.

Any home team. Oh, you better believe that. We're talking about one and only, motherfucking DJ Khaled. Make some noise. Now, Khaled, thank you so much! Now Khaled, you got the single out right now. Yeah, so let me pop one too. Yeah, we can't, we gotta get straight to the single.

Yeah, we got to. Stayin' Alive. Stayin' Alive, man, it's such a blessing. First of all, the album's called God Did. Right, because they didn't believe in us. God Did. And this album is made by everybody that believed.

And there's a lot more people that believe. But you know, when it comes down to this album, this particular album is those that believed on another level. And Stayin' Alive is such an important record, not just for me.

Right. First of all, I want to big up Drake. Right. Because Drake did. Drake did. Lil Baby did. Yes, yes. And Drake is my brother,

and Lil Baby's my brother, and the blessing to work with Drake and Lil Baby. Two of the hottest people on the planet right now. Yeah, for sure, but we're true friends. You know what I'm saying? And me and Drake have known each other for so long.

And me and Lil Baby, our relationship's getting bigger and bigger and greater every time. And all of us, we win together. That's the beautiful thing when you win together.

You know what I'm saying? With Drake, besides music, he's my brother brother. And I like what Drake likes. know I'm saying you know winners work with winners right greatness greatness always attract other greatness yes um and I just want to I want to take my time you know just to thank him on this incredible platform Drake I appreciate you little baby I appreciate you

everybody that's on the album I appreciate you. Little Baby, I appreciate you. Everybody that's on the album, I appreciate you, but we're talking about the single. Right. And this single, Stayin' Alive, it's only been out, I don't know when it's coming out, but it's only been out for three days,

three and a half days. Right. And this is the type of record that resonates with everyone. Mm. Mm. You know, it's been crazy times. We out here trying to stay alive. Let's been crazy times. We out here

trying to stay alive. Let's keep it real. We out here dodging all types of shit. It's very true. You know, there's Corona, there's a new theory

and next day this theory. It's always a theory. Right, it's always a theory. But this record is special because this album's called God Did. God Did.

That's right. And the single's called Staying Alive. They don't want us to live. God Did.. Right. They don't want us to live. God did. God did. They don't want us to live, so we stay alive. Right.

And anybody act up, I let another fucking Drake go. And I let a Jay-Z go. And I let a clip of Future go. And I let another clip of Baby go. Anybody act up, I put another anthem upon their fucking head top so fast. I've been doing this shit for 17, 18 years consistently.

I am Summer. Okay? I make songs of the year. You know, they always say Cal will come with his song. No, I'm the year. Right.

All right? No, no, no. My bad. I didn't want to start off like this. No, no, no, I ain't, my bad, I didn't want to start off like this. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I didn't want to, I came in chill, I'm a dream. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You know what I mean? When you invited me, I was like, that's my brother.

You know, I don't do too many interviews. Cause I got my own interview. I say what I want to say anytime I want. Cause I'm going to make sure it's at a high level. It's going to motivate, it's going to high level Right It's gonna motivate It's gonna inspire And it's gonna Motivate that person That felt like

They couldn't make it in life I wanna show them that We can do this shit Right You know I'm one of them people Right You know what I mean When they see Khaled everyday

They be like that man You can hate me You can love me But you gonna fucking respect me Right For sure Ain't nobody work harder than me Cause they not me

Right Period And don't get twisted Right I'm sorry I'm about to go fucking respect me. For sure. Ain't nobody work harder than me because they not me. Right. Period. And don't get twisted. I'm sorry. I'm about to go into a whole lot. No, no, no. We here. We here. The love is so phenomenal.

That's what keeps me going. Right. Like, to have 13 albums and you're EFN 13, that's not regular. No, it's not regular. You know, we win so much,

people think this shit is normal. Right. They think this shit, okay, I'll put another hit. They know it's a regular. You know, we win so much people think this shit is normal They think this shit. Okay, I'll put it out here. They know it's a hit. They know it. They think this shit is normal Right, it's not that's why you can't do it versus you will smoke everybody in first. We got love very I mean, that's facts Anybody's ever asked me that I always said that I'm never backing down on that talk I'm saying but I'm not doing the verse. I got love for burning. I sound clash my whole life Trust me, but you know, I'm not a point right now You know, I'm blessed you bless you bless We all blessed but when it come down to battle and verses all that

I'm more of a fan of it because I used to sound clash my whole life, right and me I'm gonna be real sure I don't know how to do it halfway. Right. Like, it might get, you know what I'm saying? So what they say right now. No, no, no. I'm saying, like, you got to respect my catalog. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Respect the catalog. Like, you know what I'm saying? I respect the question. I respect how you came at it. You know, I get it. And I respect it because I come from that. Like, EFM will tell you, I'm a sound boy. I'm a sound killer.

Right. No, I kill sound. You seen it in Jamaica too. No, I don't think you understand. That's how I play in the game, is killing sound. Nobody's ever gave this shit to me like, oh Cal, here's a door open, yo, we want you to win. Right.

Stop. Good. Hard work. Hard work. Hard work. Hard work. Hard work. Hard work. Hard work. Hard work. Hard work. Hard work.

So, we all got this um, this what was it, a tweet? Or was it an Instagram? No, I believe it was an Instagram from Lenny S saying that he just witnessed the greatest verse of all time. Anybody act up, I'll let the hove go upon their head! Hove did.

How did you get Hov to go to the room? I mean, first of all, you know, Hov, that's like, I'm a fan, such a fan of Hov. Not just in the music. Obviously, the music is, come on, he broke down the door so he could do the shit we doing. a next level fan where, man, this man came from Marcy Projects to where he's at right now as a father, as an entrepreneur, as a mogul,

somebody that you can call for anything and he'll hear you out, somebody you can actually talk to and he's the biggest. Right. All I gotta say is about Hov on my album, Hov did.

Right. And I'm not talking about just Hov did. They didn't believe in us. Hov did. He believed in me. No. Sometimes you got to remind people where Hov did. So, you know what I'm saying?

It's too many bars for me to tell you. Right. It's too many bars for me to tell you it's too many bars for me to tell you Anybody act up. I let the whole go by your head And I take no chalk back And I came to your crib Recently and you told me it's not just Jay on the record. It's other people on this record Yes, it is and I want to keep it like well you're talking about the record with with yeah so you know this this album called god did right so when i say this god did this

it's not just cabinet right this god did right look i don't understand i need you to really and i know we were talking about the single staying alive, how it resonates with everybody. Right. God did his touch of people in a different way. Yeah. Everywhere. How'd you come up with that slogan?

I was sitting one day in my crib. I was on the phone and somebody was telling me something. While they was telling me, I just kept looking at it. You know how you ever look at the phone like you're trying to, like, what's this person saying?

Like, so you have to look at it. Then I was like, let me call you back. And I hung up and I put it down. I had my head down for a minute. I was like real disappointed. I was like, damn, they don't believe in us. And then immediately I was like, God did. Like, that's what God, that's what God said, Cal, keep your head up, keep going, don't stop.

Keep coming upon their head. You know, and that's the power of God You know what I'm saying I don't want to get too deep But God is I love him He's the greatest That ever did it

So that's how the name came And I just started saying it And I didn't realize You know the whole world Was feeling what I was feeling They don't believe in us God You got to remind yourself

You have to lift yourself up you can't wait for the next man to lift you up and if they do man hug them tight right they special right you know what i'm saying so like that's how the name that that's how the name came you're saying like it's special so i had to name the album god did one thing about all your albums um and everything you pretty much involved with you always go back to the dance hall you always like give the dance hall people the roots there there there but you know the bigger you got you could have actually forgot about dance never understand um why do you keep it so it and you always go to Jamaica it's like you go out there to be actually record the record with these

people that's like really this album to On Guard, did have something that is so monumental that the record's incredible, the video's done, just who I got on it all together, it's kind of like impossible. Right. Like real talk.

Right. Like, it's really impossible. And when you hear it and you come from that, they'll be like, I ain't never seen that. Right. You know what i'm saying and

um the wreck is crazy too and i'm very proud of it because you're right i always go and i never forget about my roots because i told you earlier i'm a sound killer right right right i kill sound that's why i don't like you know in life you have to progress and prosper in life. You know that. At one point, you have to say to yourself, you have to grow and progress. Evolve. You don't want me to keep killing sound all day in that level of killing sound. You're going to start looking at me different. Right. So now I just put a pot in your head.

Right. And this album, God Did, it's usually like, my albums usually be like the knockout. Right. I decided to knock out and hold the back of the head like this. Walk about. That's how I come. I ain't got

time to be sound clashing nobody. I got nothing to prove to nobody. I got nothing to prove to nobody. Ain't nobody in this room or any fucking room can question what DJ Khaled What his cloth is I'm special

You protect me I'm just being real Nori If you think about it You never hear me talk bad about somebody I don't tear people down That's not my thing But at the same time I have people that love me so much nori will tell you yes

i don't want to be arguing with somebody i got too much love and them people different so i always make sure i gotta be the guy on the team to be like yo we got love we gotta continue to prosper and progress you know what i'm saying like it's so important like the youth that's listening now we have to at one point in life you gotta you gotta grow and take your shit to the next level little things the way you move the way you eat the way you speak the way you present yourself. It's called being a grown man. You can't be a king and queen and not represent. You know what I'm saying?

So when I say that, I'm just saying this at the end of the day is I got nothing to prove I have love for everybody. If somebody today did DJ Khaled, I love you. I am so blessed. No, I'm blessed. Right, right. God is great. God did.

God did. Cheers to that. Cheers to that. Now, one of my favorite records that, I believe it came out last year, I just listened to it for a whole year, was Sorry, I'm Not Sorry, with Nas and Jay-Z. How was that putting that together? Because we know their history, and we know that they're cool now, but still, to get these two mogul figures,

two icons together. That was more of me, of a fan of loving this shit so much. That record was me being a fan of loving Hov and Nas, and just loving knowing that me being a fan of loving Hov and Nas and just loving knowing that me as a brother can show the world that we're all brothers. You know what I'm saying? Those are brothers. You know that. Those are brothers. But you know at the end of the day

is you know as we grow you might not get to see these guys share their love and their respect for each other. And that was the hip-hop icons, kings, legends. So me as a fan, I felt like, man, I want to make that happen. It was a dream for me. But also, I knew the fans, because I'm a fan too, that they're going to love that. Man, Khaled got Nas and Hov together. Even though we know they're cool. But some people might act like they forget that they're cool because this world got so much

distortion and negativity that record and the bars on that record was all about motivating inspire inspiring people you listen to both of them they were talking talking that that inspiration and motivation talk you'm saying and that's what made me love it even more you saying right? Because uh, um, I believe me and my wife was filming marriage bootcamp We're gonna came out and be because couldn't stop because stop listen to the record I was coming fussing out a spade every day and I was I was just in tune and it was just it was a beautiful moment for me because It was like, you know what their history and then and then you had them both in

the video was how how hard was that i couldn't believe it i couldn't believe it either that's how much of a fan you are no i'm just being honest with you like you know when i was putting my black suit on i'm like i was bugging out i'm like yo we about to really shoot this shit. And it was Hov and Nas. And I was like, man, we really shooting a visual. It just made me say, you know, obviously, thank you, God, but also thank you for my relationship and these kings trusting me. You know, that's what it's about, Nori. You know what I'm saying?

When you're great and you win and you have good energy and, you know, it's about also trust. Right. You know what I'm saying? And when you get a chance to work with great people like that, you have to love each other and trust each other, meaning as in trust my vision. Right.

You know what I'm saying? They ain't got to do that. Right. They ain't got to do none of that. Right. But they knew it was coming from a great place. Right. A great soul and something to give to the people.

Right. Because I'm to the people. Cause I'm for the people, you know what I'm saying? So I felt like me pulling that off, that was like, that goes for me personally, it's legendary for me. You know what I mean? My kids get to see me in the video with Nas and Jay-Z. You know what I'm saying? Make some noise for me.

That's incredible. Make some noise for me. Thank you. Make some noise for me. Man, man, that's awesome. Yo, Norrie, you good though. Let's talk. Man, man. Yo, Nori, you're good, though. You got nice with this shit. Nori's the only nice guy that talks nice

and throws something special in there. Go ahead. I'm with you regardless. Joey Crack's my brother. He's one of my best friends. I'm the godfather of his daughter. Joey Crack is like, that's my brother. We love Joey Crack. Yeah, that's one of my best friends. I'm the godfather of his daughter. Joey Crack is like, that's my brother. We love Joey Crack.

Yeah, that's like, we might not have the same mother, but we're twins. That's my brother, like, talk to him almost every day. You know what I mean, he's at my house, or you know, now he's back in New York, but he's back and forth, so it's like, my love for Joey Cr is is forever but there's nothing he could ever do for me not to love him I love him if he's right he's

more right it don't matter what I'm trying to tell you I stand with him I'm loyal to him that's my brother I ride with him I love him I do anything for him I guess what you do anything for me he got my back yes that's fine because you know that's my we love that's family nori yes it's like joey crack is like right first of all it's a hip-hop legend right but somebody to continue to win non-stop consistently in different levels not just some music we talking about in all right now he doing what's what we call it do we call this media what do we call this which is category he's doing his media journalist he's

doing movies he's doing music he got his his book documentary anything I'm doing that's his anything he doing that's, that's mine. We family. This ain't no joke, ting. Not overnight. I know y'all know, but I guess we talking to the world, right? But take it back. I'll take it back. That's why everybody knows this is no joke, ting.

This is the real ting. You know what I'm saying? Like, going back, I've been down with Fat Joe since his very first album. What's the first interaction? I met him at New Music Seminar in New York City. Wow. I had his vinyl album before it came out.

Now, this is Joey Croc with the face like this, with the fatigues on. It's ain't the Joey Croc you know now. Flo-Joe. Yeah, Flo-Joe. So he seen me with the vinyl in front of the hotel at New Music Seminar. He asked me how I got that. You know, I ain't out yet. You know, at that time, you know.

What'd you say? I had the vinyl, it's not out yet. Oh, the vinyl, I'm just saying. You're a test person, you're a test person. Yeah, so I was like, yo, I'm trying to explain to him, like, yo, you know, I got, that's like a promo, like, you know, I get shit early, he looking at me with the face sideways, like,

you know, like, Fat Joe's, all right? So I'm like, yo, this man about to kill me. You know what I'm saying? And we just end up kicking it, and we build our relationship. Then he used to come to Florida, and then we really built our relationship, and he used to let me DJ on tour with him,

like his shows, or, you know, make beats for his album. He'll come in my garage, I'll make beats. You know what I'm saying? He recorded Lean Back in my studio, in my garage, you garage. I'm saying like Too many stories that take I guess 10 Drink champs. It's too many. I'm saying so but um to make it a long story short

From the mud to marble floors And what's so beautiful about is nobody can break that relationship Nobody and that's what I love about it because it lets you know, like, it's pure, man. I'm proud of you for that, too. So wherever you're at, Pat, Joe, you already know. I'm speaking to him today.

My cute brother. I'm speaking to him today, too. But we had Irv Gotti on here recently, right? And a lot of people critique Irv Gotti for saying that he's a producer, but he doesn't really, like, actually produce. No, he produces. Yeah? Oh, yeah. yeah oh yeah okay yeah I seen him produce he produces like

um we all know how to do this but also producing is about have the ear but not as that have the vision and pushing everybody to bring the vision out see what's so beautiful about making music is ideas. And when you have ideas and a vision, sometimes you can have people that are so talented, they play so much instruments and this and that, it's too much. Sometimes you got to simplify it. It takes a producer, there's beat makers and there's producers. Me personally, I come from beat making turned into a producer. Okay. I come from DJing and beat making and turning into a producer. Okay? I come from DJing and beat making and turning into a producer.

You know what I'm saying? And a producer gonna make sure gonna take the vision from the beginning and bring it to light. Right. In so many ways.

Right. Vocal production, comp and vocals, different instruments, arranging the track, who we put on the record, is the AC right in the room? Right.

You know, it's the mic. Everything is too much room, you know, is the bike, everything is too much shit, you know, but me personally, I've been blessed to come up with some great ideas. I've been blessed to collaborate with other great producers. I'm blessed to collaborate with other great artists. But one thing I will say about me, I said it earlier, we win so much, you would think this shit is normal. I tell people every day, and I think I told you before, let me see you do it.

You understand what I'm saying? Nobody can do what Nori do because you special. That's right. That people can be flattered and try to clone you and try to duplicate you. Yeah, it's bad for them. But they know who's the... I'm special. I'm nothing.

Nothing. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Yes, yes. When it come down to making music, one of the greatest that ever did it. Yes. I take no talk back.

If you think I'm going to wait for somebody to bring me a flower or a cake with candles... Right. Oh, but we'll give you your flowers. I'll be waiting for a long... No, no, no. I know you talk back. If you think I'm going to wait for somebody to bring me a flower or a cake with candles. Right. But we'll give you your flowers. I'll be waiting for a long time. No, no, no. I know you got nothing.

The reason why I say that is because I want to let the young world know, too. Don't wait for nobody to give you your props and respect. Every true hustler, every real winner. Man, if you watch their work ethic, they ain't even got time to hear what you're talking about. I work so much. If I told you how my day started today, I got here.

Like, I literally, when you text me, say, you know, when you say I'm running a little late, I was like, thank God, because I still ain't done. I still ain't done doing what I'm doing over here. Right, right, right, yeah. Listen, I'm a hustler. That over here. Right, right, right, yeah. This is real. I'm a hustler.

That's real. Like, again, like, if you don't know that by now, please stay away from me. You see what I'm saying? Like, I protect my energy. You see what I'm saying? Yes, yes, yes.

Nah, this is beautiful. Let's give it to them. Where the flowers at, man? Let's give them flowers. Oh shit, I got flowers. Oh shit, y'all got flowers. This is sick. Nah. Where that at, Mr. Lee I got flowers. This is sick. Where that Mr. Lee?

Oh it's behind the steroids guy. You know Collin we don't know what our show is about. Giving people their flowers while they alive. To your face. Tell you how great you are. You know what I'm saying? And you are special. You are great. Literally flowers. You know I'm saying and you are special you are great This is beautiful man, and you know saying I appreciate that man means a lot to me but I just want everybody

To know out there In the world Like If I listen To The ones that don't want To show love And give us flowers

I would have been Cut my wrist I never ever Took my time To listen to any How can I say Distortion Have I heard it before Of course But if I actually I never ever took my time to listen to any, how can I say, distortion. Have I heard it before?

Of course. Right. But if I actually listened to it and took my time, I would've cut my wrist. So you're saying you don't wake up in the morning and look at comments and get- No, no, no. Comments don't bother me.

You can say whatever you want. That's not even real. You know what I'm saying? I live in a real life. You know what I'm saying? Like, you know what I mean? I don't, I don't, I don't. That's why you never heard me on the.

Because one time I did read your comments when you and your wife was working out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And she said, Kyle, you don't need that shit. I was dying, man. I can't lie. No, no, no. That's a legendary clip. You can do it.

I posted that shit up. I'm like, why I post that shit up? You know what I'm saying? Me and my wife, we're best friends. And it's like, just to show you. I even post that up. That was beautiful. They make me, none of that bothers me.

You know what I'm saying? What I'm trying to say, and the reason why I'm saying this because, you know, this is a new world, Noreen. And this new world moves so fast. Like I literally was working all day on a shoot, right? Right. So I had my phone down for, like, four hours. In that four hours I went on my phone, so much shit happened.

Like, all type of shit. I'm like, wow, what the fuck's going on? I was drained of so much shit happening. What I'm saying is at the end of the day is You got to protect your energy And if you look at every big winner and every hustler You know the story Karis once said it before he said if you look at The person that you look up to and know what the shit they went through to get where they at KRS said that that shit touched me because it's real Like if you think about the trials and tribulations

and how people tearing somebody down, trying to stop them, but the ones that overcome that and became the biggest, now all of a sudden it's all love. Well, guess what? The only way to make it to that level is you got to be focused and don't give a fuck and keep winning.

Because there's always more love than distortion. You know what I'm saying? I'm grateful for all the love, man. I got the best fans in the world. My fans, we have a connection that's just truly unbelievable. My support system is truly unbelievable. Because it seems like, I'm sorry for cutting you off, but it seems like it kind of started from Snapchat,

like with this whole new different- The social media side of it, right. Social media copy. Kyle has already been a legend. He already been doing it before that. But it was like, everyone, to tell you the truth, I'm going to speak honestly, everyone was kind of taking Snapchat as a joke at first, right? And then it was like, you just kept doing it and it was like, you know, fan love and all that.

And then it kind of turned you into a social media giant outside of just making hit records as well. Do you think that that was something that helped out? And that you helped change social media as well? Yeah, yeah, you did. All I'm doing every day is being me. Right. If it's Snapchat, Instagram, if it's Drink Champs,

it's me at dinner, me at my crib. All I know how to do is be me. And what happened with social media is the same way when you post a promo to your show, it brings awareness of the show's greatness if it's good. So every time you post your promo, it's always exciting. Y'all know what y'all doing, and we can't wait to see it. Well, that's the same thing with Khaled. I'm only going to give you greatness.

And that's just me being me. You know what I'm saying? So what happened was before the social media, Khaled been doing his thing. I've been in this game for a long time. I'm blessed. And you've been the same person the whole time. Right. I mean, he knows me.

What did you just say? You've been the same person the whole time. Was the mic on? Let whole time. The whole time. Is the mic on? Let me guess, the mic cut off, right? There's distortion, right? No, we got it. No, we can attest to that.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I know that. And we, like I said, it's always, I'm so grateful for my support and love. But what I'm saying is at the end of the day is when social media, you're supposed to use this to bring awareness to your greatness. To put a smile on somebody's face. It could be a picture.

You might put a smile on somebody's face. Don't use this to tear somebody down. Me, I got to get up every day to take care of my family. I got to take care of my vision. I got to take care of my health. I got to take care of my family. I gotta take care of my vision. I gotta take care of my health. I gotta take care of my future. I gotta make sure my kids is forever. So if I'm gonna take one second of the day

to tear somebody down, that'd be crazy. You see what I'm saying? When I could've used that one second and embraced some love. Don't get it twisted. We all human. Right. I don't want to sound like I'm the perfect fucking.

Nobody is. You know what I'm saying? Like, you know, I've grown. Right. I've learned. I've progressed. I have more experience. I'm always speaking from experience.

Right. You know what I'm saying? Like, I'm telling you, you know, I was blessed to grow. Right. You know what I mean? At one point, you got to take your shit to the next level. Yeah. You know what I'm saying?

Fuck it. I'm talking too much, right? Nah, nah. What are you talking about? Nah, nah, nah. You got to relax on me. What kind of paddock is that? Oh, yeah, this is a special one.

This, um, I ain't trying to stunt. You brought this up. Please stunt. You brought this up. No, no, no, please, please. This is a million on the wrist for sure. For sure. But this is like Rose Ghost Protect factory diamonds.

Okay. I love watches. I love sneakers. I love watches. I collect them. You wore that the night you got your star. Yeah, I actually got it that day. That day? Yeah, I got it that day, so it was special.

Let me be clear, I got it at a retail price, meaning as in, but this is an investment. I don't want to go into that because I feel like I'm starting out. No, no, no reason to that. but this is an investment. I don't want to go into that because I feel like I'm standing on another thing. No, I'm just saying, but at the end of the day, it was a blessing to reward myself, and it's worth something, what I'm trying to say. I rewarded myself, paid 200 with a 200, I forgot what I paid, and it's worth a half.

There's a return on that investment. Of course, I'm going to have my, I got to talk my shit, you know, it's Khaled on Drink Champs, and it's a milli. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, I gotta talk my shit, you know, it's Khaled on Drink Champs and it's a milli. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, no. No, no, listen. And I could have brought the, I could have brought the three milli one.

But I wanted to be, you know, the pinning with the glasses. I kept it, you know what I'm saying, like a vibe. You know what I'm saying? No, but, no, there's nothing wrong with that. You know what I'm saying? I don't want to be on here like, yo, you know what I'm saying? Like, God did the biggest album in the game. Remember, I told you, I promise you.

Anybody act up, I'll let another Drake go. Anybody act up, I'll let a hoe go upon your head on another. Anybody act up, I'll let the 21s go, the babies. No, more. Trust me. Like, this album, God Did, is one of those albums. The album's called God Did, but I want to remind you, this God Did is one of those albums, the album's called God Did, but I want to remind you, this God Did.

Right. So I need you to understand, overstand what I'm saying. Like, it's out of my hands. Like, what's happening on this album is, and I'm excited too because I got to work with a lot of new people. Right. Right. Like, the new, young, you know, God-willing icons.

The Rob Waves. I mean, I work with Rob. I mean, I didn't get a chance to work with him. He was in the studio hanging out. I want to work with him. I want him on my album. He from Miami, right? No, he's from St. Peter, Tampa.

I think St. Peter. Okay, Florida. I'm sure he's in that area, but he's a Florida boy. As a matter of fact, he's got an album coming out. Make sure you get that. I'm a big fan of his right I want to work with him pick him up, but let's talk about the star Congratulations on I was there too that day I was there to celebrate you I felt I felt so honored to appreciate that man I mean yeah, yeah, but how did you feel like um it felt because my queen was there and my kids was there.

Right. You know, I didn't expect to get that. Like, it wasn't something like I was like, you know, for them to honor me, you know what I'm saying, on the music side of things was a super blessing because that's something my kids can see every time, anytime. You know what I'm saying? That's something my fans can see every time, anytime. You know what I'm saying? That's something my fans can see. You know what I mean? So I look at that star. I want that star to represent, you know,

the light from the star to shine on other people because we all stars. You know what I'm saying? And that star meant a lot to me because it was a blessing from God. And I was saying to myself at that time when I got it, I was working blessing from God. And I was saying to myself, at that time when I got it, I was working on God Did. And I'm like, yo, we about to set up the new chapter.

The new chapter of more wins, more blessings, more success. And like I said, this is the 13th album. You know what I'm saying? Like, I got some big, besides music, some big entrepreneurship that I've been working on that's going to come to light this year. You light this year you know saying I got my own sneaker release coming out with Jordan this year you know so all that stuff happening back to back right so it's like what a

way to start off the new chapter right Right. You know what I'm saying? By getting that star. Yeah. It's like, my kids get to see that. Right. And they was there to see it. That's fire. That's legacy. Yeah, it's legacy.

I mean, you know what I'm saying? And Hov and Pup and Joe beside me. Yes, that was fire. Taking a picture by the star with my kids and my queen. That was fire. Come on, bro. Like, when you look at that picture, let me guess, you ain't see it, right? Yeah. You ain't see it?

No, no, no. I'm just saying. Like, when you look at that picture, let me guess, you ain't see it, right? Yeah. You ain't see it? No, no, no, I'm just saying, like, what is this? That was me, Puff, Daddy, Joe, and Hov. And Kevin and his kids getting a star. Hov, Puff, Hov and Puff and Joe beside Calvin while he was getting a star with my kids there and my queen. Come on, bro. I cried that night. And matter of fact, Lil Baby called me that night, too. He's like, yo, we was talking about staying alive. I think Jeezy was there, too.

Jeezy was there. Yeah, a lot of people came. I remember that day because I went back to the hotel. Lil Baby called me, congratulated me on the star, and I really appreciated that. And at the same time, we was talking about staying alive. We were talking about getting this record done.. Man shout out to Drake and Lil Baby again because this record is one of those. What's your biggest record to date you think it is? Is it the Justin

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All I Do Is Win, Wild Thoughts, I'm On One. Wait, hold on, hold on. Let me stop I do is win. Wild thoughts. I'm on one. Hold on, hold on. Let me stop you for a second. We can go right back to that. You said all I do is win and I'm so hood. You and T-Pain made so much great collaborations. I love T-Pain. Why y'all ain't working together no more? I'm down. I'm down to work with him. That's fine. Yeah, I'm definitely down to work with him. I love T-Pain.

What we've made together is nobody can ever duplicate that ever in life. You know, I can't... Let me just think of some records off my head. I'm So Hood, Go Hard, All I Do Is Win. He wrote Out Here Grinding. Oh, shit. You know what I'm saying? And We Takin' Over, too, right?

No, We Takin' Over, that's Akon. Well, I think he wrote The Hook, though. Oh, I don't know if he wrote that one. I wasn't in... You know what I'm saying? And we taking over, too, right? No, we taking over. That's A-Kon. Well, I think he wrote the hook, though. Oh, I don't know if he wrote that one. I wasn't in his, you know, that's their business. Right, right, right. You know what I'm saying? But as far as out here grinding, I know he wrote that for A-Kon to sing on my album. But, you know, records like All I Do, it's so many.

Yeah, that's how it is. It's so many. Yeah. But he's so talented. You know, his melody game. He's from Florida. Yeah. you know what I'm saying? He's special and what we've done together is unbelievable. So I'm forever got love for T-Pain, forever.

That's right, let's give him a round of applause for that. Yeah. But what we were talking about before that. You talking about, let me help you with records. Yes, yes. All I do is win, I'm so good. We taking over. I'm on one for free. Pop star.

Grease. Staying alive. Wild thoughts. I mean, fucking 13 albums. Each album had at least three or four hits on there. Like, you know what I'm saying? It's too many to name. Like, I'm going to be real with you. I could put out a fucking greatest hits right now.

Easily. Matter of fact, it would have to be a triple CD. It would have to be a triple CD with all my hits. Yo, Nori, I got hits. Like, Nori, I'm going to be real with you. Like, it's too many. Can't, can't, can't, can't. And this might be reaching a little bit.

I don't know on which side. How about Dr. Dre? Oh, no, no. Dr. Dre's the legend. Come on. No, I'm a student. Oh, okay. What were you trying to say?

No, no, no. Don't go. No, no, no, no, no, no. Dr. Dre is a legend. I've never worked with Dre. No, I've always talked about it, and I want to work with Dre. Wow. My inspiration is Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Puff Daddy,

Quincy Jones, and Barry Gordy. When you want to get into the depth of who I studied as a student. Right. Those people, I get on my knees and do this. You know what I'm saying? I don't do that for nobody.

Those are, that's, come on, those are the gods. Right, yeah. Those are the gods. You know what I'm saying? So, you that for nobody those are that's that's come on. Those are the gods Those are the gods I'm saying so, you know, I mean those are the ones reason why I'm doing what I'm doing today Those are the cards. So what would a DJ Khaled and dr. Dre record sound like? man, it's crazy cuz I have um

You know on this album this is God's crazy that you brought that up because... Fuck it, I'm just going to say it. I text him. And I say, yo, Dre, is this your number? No, because I've been talking to him a long time. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, I don't think he hit back to like two weeks. And when he hit back, I caught the COVID. Oh.

So, I didn't notice it for like three weeks because I was fucked up and I was like, you know, unread messages and when you got the COVID, you ain't trying to,

you ain't trying to check your phone, you're just trying to make sure you're good. You know, boom, boom, and I was like, he hit back.

But I didn't want to hit him when I had the COVID because I didn't have the coward energy. Okay. Because I said, if I get a chance to work with him, I got to make sure I can FaceTime him, go to my studio, and be like, check this out.

You know what I'm saying? Right, you wasn't yourself. It's crazy because I have something. But it might be for the next time. It might be for this time. I don't know. I didn't reach. I didn't talk to him.

I reached out. He hit this. I don't know. I didn't reach I didn't I didn't talk to him I reached out he hit back. I caught the covey and then I'm trying to mentally Build my energy up to say let me reach it cuz I he's like he's like that, you know He's the God core so it's like I want to make sure I'm sending him the right one and this was for this album Yeah, I'm still working. I'm like I'm'm coming on August 26th, but you know the rules. Last minute magic is the best. Right. And Hov did. What I'm saying is, so, I'm just telling you a story because Dre's like the god.

Yeah. You know what I'm saying? So I was planning to plan something, to have this idea. You know what I'm saying? Then I'm like, maybe should I wait? You know what I'm saying? I'm patient. Me, I'm patient. Right.

You know what I'm saying? Because I always say to myself, I'm always just getting started. You know what I'm saying? Like I said, I wouldn't make 13 albums if I didn't have that energy to say I'm just getting started. You know what I'm saying? But you know what I mean? Yeah, that's the king. You know what I'm saying? Like I said, I wouldn't make 13 albums if I didn't have that energy to say I'm just getting started. You know what I'm saying? But, you know what I mean? Yeah, that's the king. You know what I'm saying?

Yeah. Shout out to Smitty that's part of his team, I think. Yeah, from Miami, right? Yeah. Nah, I'm trying to picture how it would sound. I'm into it. Straight out of Compton. It's D-R-A.

Another one. Hit it, hit it, hit it, hey. I'm trying to tell you, boy, it's going to be crazy now. You know we ain't going to play. You know that. How long is the process to make an album like this? For me, I love to start recording music in November. My birthday is November 20th.

That's how you start. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Even when I put an album out, I'll be like, I ain't doing another one. You know, we all say that. You're a fourth quarter type of dude. You like to drop in the fourth quarter.

No, no, no. I don't like to drop in the fourth quarter. I like to drop summer. Summer, that's these old days. But what I'm saying, I like to start working. Okay. Every time it starts getting a little cold,

in Miami, it don't really get cold. I got a little breeze here. That's our great weather time. Right, right. That great weather makes me want to go in the studio. I don't know what it is. I start getting the itch, and the ideas start coming. And I always only focus on the beats, the production, the music.

That's the foundation. The sonics and the ideas. I don't think about recording with not one artist. Right. I only focus on the production. Who I'm going to collaborate. What ideas am I going to bring to light? What am I, I put all that together.

Right. And then I start cutting. You see what I'm saying? Because, and that's how my album titles come out too, because it's got to have a certain sound. So when I work with the artists, when they're in the studio, I don't just record artists. They say I got a feature.

I got to make a great song with them. That's in the studio, I don't just record artists, they say I got a feature, I gotta make a great song with them. That's what I do, I make great songs. So I'ma bring the best out of every artist I ever work with. So when I work, this album, I documented a lot of the process. I documented a lot of it.

I said, you know what, I'ma give the fans something special. Not just the album, like, I'ma load them up with shit they've never seen. Because you're the best promoter on the planet. Let's just the album. Like, I'm going to load them up with shit that never seemed. Because you're the best promoter on the planet. Let's just be clear. I mean, you know. No one can promote a college record like you. Like, I kid you not. It's not just a record.

Anything I do. Anything you do, yeah. It's because. I agree. And I put you in this category, too, Nori. And I mean this with respect. And you, too, you've been like. Guys like us, they don't just give it to us.

We got to work extra hard. Yes, yes. You know what I'm saying? So I work all shifts. Yes, yes, yes. I work all shifts. I wake up, I wake up out of my sleep. Right.

And I might just post something to let you know I'm coming upon your head. Yes. To let you know I'm up. Right. I don't hug no pillow, put slob all over it with the pillow with the zippers and flicking wounds all over the face. I don't do that.

You know what I'm saying? I get to it. I work hard, bro. I work hard. Yeah, so we gotta, this is a quick-forwarded game. We play, let's go a quick time with slob. Oh shit, I meant to tell you I don't wanna play this game, but go ahead.

I forgot about this, yo. This certain shit, I ain't with, but go ahead. I meant to tell you I don't want to play this game. I forgot about this show. I ain't with, but go ahead. Yeah, so if you pick both, you gotta take a sip. You gotta take a shot. So if you pick both or neither. Or neither. You gotta pick one and then there's no shot. And if you don't pick nothing, you have to drink?

Right. Bring out the whole bottle! So we're gonna do shots. We're gonna do Ciroc, what you wouldn't do I got Japanese deli on over here This is that is what home said on your record. This is Japanese whiskey. I'm shot. Let's do the whiskey Let's do we doing shots. Okay, okay If we do a Japanese deli on by the way, we do a shot Jamie everything good you ain't stress it, right? I'm not going bad, right? I'm good.

No, no, no. You're good. Everything great. Everything great. We love everybody. Everything great. We love everybody. That's right.

Everybody. E-L-E. Everybody like everybody. That's right. You know what I mean? Let me tell you something, boy. That boy Nori good. So, look, look.

You ready? Yeah. Drake or Wayne? Don't do that. Shots. Shots immediately. Let me get your shot glass ready. Let me tell you.

You're going to take Lil Lil once, though. You ain't got to. Pour that, please. Yeah, yeah. First of all. You can't. First of all, Lil Wayne is my brother. Right.

Drake is my brother. Right. The history with me and Little Wayne is unbelievable. Yes. The history you've made is unbelievable. Yes. So we're taking shots here. The history made with Drake is unbelievable.

I can't do that. I love them both. You love them both. There's no way. No way I would do that. I would never play myself. The Japanese whiskey. Japanese whiskey.

I love y'all brothers. I love y'all. Okay. I like. Go ahead. You might have to drink. Okay. I like... Go ahead. You might have to drink again. You drink it again. By the way, this is Mr. Lee and Hazardous right there.

Telling you good, eh? Colombian and Dominicans. Okay. Fat Joe or Rick Ross? Wow. Got to drink again? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You tripping. No, it's not.

This is not me, this is dope. Don't do that. This is dope. Don't do that. This is not me. Yo, Joe, Ross, you know I ain't gonna fall for no trap. I want them to hear that. Don't edit this shit.

I'm not falling for no trap. You know I, don't do that. You know Joe blood, you know cross, don't do that. Stop it. Give me two of these motherfuckers, cause I don't want to make no me two of these motherfuckers. I won't make no mistakes. Do another one.

Do another one. I don't want to think it's for one person. Give me two. Okay, okay. That was hard. That was hard. That's the first. They got to see this.

Don't be doing no shit like that. I'm going to do a little one. Little one. Little one. Little one. Yeah, it's out of control now. Little one. Let's make it look like a cop. Play it right there. Get it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. This is a good one right here.

You can have this one. E-Class or Ted Lucas? Man, y'all. Man, y'all want politics. You got double home team. I got E-Class, my brother. You know that. Don't do that.

Let's big up E-Class. And then shout out to Ted Lucas. You know what I'm saying? Those are two incredible Miami legends. I love them both, man. Bring out the shot. Let's go. OK.

And by the way, listen. I don't smoke really like that, but one spliff a day, keep the evil away. That's right. Woo! Woo! And we got that candy for you too right here. Hey, and guess what?

You know why? Because you staying alive, man. Salud, salud. Pondi Head Top. Pondi Head Top. Pondi Head Top. Wow. The Runners or the Renegades?

I got love for both of them. You know what I'm saying? I mean, the Runners, I have more history with them. And I respect the Renegades. You know what I'm saying? Young brothers doing their thing. I got love for both of them. And no disrespect to nobody, I have more history with them. Okay. And I respect the renegades, you know what I'm saying? Young brothers doing their thing. I got love for both of them. And no disrespect to nobody, but of course the runners.

I have more history with them. Okay. I used to manage them. You know what I'm saying? Right. And I got love for the renegades. You manage them too. No, no, listen, guys, I love both of y'all,

but I can't keep drinking shots of whiskey when we're fucked up. Don't do that. I got to play chess. I got to be smart. I don't wanna walk out this motherfucking like, yeah, and then he start asking some crazy shit. I gotta choose my back, you know what I'm saying? Hold up, before you go to that one,

let me throw one in there. Okay, go ahead. Mix 96 and 99 Jams. Wow, you gotta fucking take the shot out of that. You know, both of those stations believed in me in so many levels, Mix 96 and 99 Jams. I wouldn't be here

right now if it wasn't for Mix 96 and 99 Jams. Right. You know what I mean? As in like, they helped me not be a secret where people could hear me

and hear my talent and hear my energy. You know what I mean? That's a blessing that they gave me their platform to DJ at and get on that mic and spread that love. And look where I'm at now.

Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cheers. Salud. Salud. Salud. This next one, I'm going to just get my shot ready, too. Got it.

I think this is shot city for everybody. Yeah, I think a lot. They made it real hard for you. That's Mr. Lee. I am fucked up. Mr. Lee. Don't look at me. God did. God's Mr. Lee. Mr. Lee. Mr. Lee. Don't look at me.

God, dude. God, dude. God, dude. They don't believe in us. God, dude. Drink, champs, dude. You better believe it. Oh, man.

You better believe it. They were harder than you, Carly. Pause. Nas or Jay? Come on, Nari. This is them. I'm going to take this shot for you. You can skip this one.

You can do that. Y'all got to do that. boys. Nas or Jay? Come on. This is them. I'm going to take this shot for you. You can skip this one. Come on. Who made this game up? I made it up, but they made the actual questions. I love everybody. Cheers, cheers, cheers. Japanese whiskey. Japanese Deleon. That shit is expensive. Yes, it is. Deleon, sorry. Yes, it is. Let me do the next one and switch it up, though. Okay. It's trick or pit bull? Come on.

Yo, when does the game start? How many questions is it? Nah, it's not as good. It's ridiculous. Because you can keep going. Is there a room? Is there a map? You didn't tell me when we started.

It's an amount of questions. It's got to be a certain amount. Three questions, five questions. How many? I love both of them. Don't do that. I made a record with both of them because Horn of Rays with me, Ross, Chicka P. That shit changed my life. How's the night? Come on.

Okay. This one is future or little baby yo those are my brothers man they are my album yeah let me drop another little baby plan yeah a few futures partner head right let me tell you something about this album. Get the shot. Yeah, yeah, get the shot. Because I can't. I don't want nobody to think I'm like, I love those brothers. These are my brothers. We love your energy, Carla. Keep going.

But let me tell you about this album. It's so important that y'all really hear what I'm saying about this album. This album is called God Did. This is God Did. That's right. So all the greats that I did work with on this album, they didn't just do one.

Right. Oh. You know what I'm saying? So we got another Drake on there somewhere. Don't let me put another six-star on your fire. Man.

Anybody act up, I tell them to do more. That's my brother. I love his energy. But all the greats, everybody's great on the album. They greats. Right. But I'm talking about... Goats. I'm talking about, okay, goats. Thank you. Yes. They's great on the album. They're greats. Right.

But I'm talking about... Goats. I'm talking about... Okay, goats. Thank you. Yes. They ain't just do one. Wow. Okay, shit.

He went too far. Yeah, he went too far. Excuse me. They ain't just do one. We're going to have to get something to eat after this. We're going to take this shit out of it. Because I'm fucked up. You good?

You good. I don't know how I'm going to work after this. You good? You good? You know I don't do this. Yeah, that's okay. I'm fucking with you but but straight out of confidence or not notorious Notorious movie. Yeah, yeah straight out of confident both of them is movies. I love everybody bro Like take a shot, are you serious? Yo, this guy's, who makes these questions up? These guys.

These guys right there. We love everybody. Yes. You want me to get that one? Yeah, cause that Florida shit. Denzel Curry, Kodak Black. I gotta choose my battles, cause I fucked up I'm Trump Yes, yes Kodak Black

And I got love for Denzel Curry Right You know what I'm saying Kodak Black You know what I'm saying First of all It's Florida Both of them

Right You know what I'm saying So, you know Great choice When it comes down to Florida We love each other We support each other And Kodak Black

He's incredible Right You see his growth Every album Every song each other and Kodak Black, he's incredible. You see his growth, every album, every song, and just him as a person. And then not just that, his people's my people. And you know what I mean? And he's just really incredible. Like his music, his lyrics.

Right. What he did on the Kendrick album, crazy. The Kendrick album, for sure, but before the Kendrick album. Right, right, right, for sure. And that album's crazy. Right. But like everything for sure, but before the Kendrick album. Right, right, for sure. And that album is crazy. Right. But like, everything he's done, if you watch everything he's done from the beginning to where he's at, it's unbelievable. Kodak Black is special, and I just love his progress and his, how he just keeps growing

and growing, and he doing his thing. Right. You know what I'm saying? I got love for Kodak. And I got love for Denzel Curry. I don't know him personally. Yeah, he great. But I tell him,

you know what I'm saying? I got to choose. I can't keep drinking. You know what I'm saying? That's honest. You know what I'm saying? We love the honesty. Okay.

Wale or Meek Mill? You know, I love both those brothers. You know, that's MMG. You know what I'm saying? I got a chance to see Meat Mill. I knew Meat Mill before he signed.

Get the shot while we talk. You know what I'm saying? I knew Meat Mill before Ross signed him. You know, I remember doing a show in Philly. It was, like, in the trenches, and Meat pulled up, and I was tearing that place down. That's Meat. I was tearing that place down asked me i was tearing

that place down and me blessed the stage that night too and tore the place down and um that's the first time for me to experience the meek energy right before ross signed him before you know saying well you even probably knew he had a record right you know i got a chance to see the the early make sure everybody know knows I took a shot. We're with you, bro. And when Ross signed him, I was like, man, super dope. And just to see where he's at now from where he started is so inspiring. All the trials and tribulations that he went through and overcome.

That's inspiring. I'm going to keep going. And then Wale. Yeah, big on Wale as well. You know what I'm saying? Kool and Dre, fuck with them. Wale hard. You know what I'm saying? So before Ross signed him, Kool and Dre was on, you know,

I think produced one of his first big hits. Oh, wow. With Lady Gaga, right? With Lady Gaga. So I was on Wale early. And then when Ross signed him, I loved him more. Right. You know, that's the family now. You know what I'm saying? So respect is those two brothers.

Okay. Red Alert or Marley Mar? I mean, those are two legends. Yes. You know what I'm saying? I got love for Marley Mar. I love him. He's symphony.

How do you say that word? Symphony. Symphony. Yeah. All the classics he's made, that's a legend. Right. You know what I'm saying? But I have a relationship with Marley Mar. I mean, Red Alert. That's a legend. You know what I'm saying? But I have a relationship with Marley Maul,

I mean, Red Alert. That's my all, you know what I'm saying? So, you know, Red Alert know me from the beginning of my career. So I gotta go Red Alert, but I have super tremendous respect for Marley Maul. I have to go with Red Alert because that's my, I know him. You formed the lineas, you formed that.

Yeah, but now you're just saying, yeah, for sure. You come under that tree, y'all. You're Apple under that tree, I know him. You from the lean years, you from that. Yeah, but not even just that, yeah, yeah, for sure. You come under that tree, y'all. You're Apple under that tree, I understand. For sure, for sure. Circle House or Hit Factory? Circle House. Really? Yeah, for sure.

Damn, I would've told you it was a staple. No, come on, man, Circle House is a staple. I made an album before I put my first album out. And I have an album in Circle House right now on the reels. Like a... A reel? The two inch reel? Yeah, Me, Guru, Wu-Tang, G.R.S.

What? Pick a BB. Pick a BB. It never came out. It never came out. Bad boys. It never came out. They have it all the files

in the reels. That's BB. Wow. You're saying, I have a whole album over there that never came out before I made my first album. Right.

The reason why I'm a little... I used to live over there. I used to produce all, I used to make all my hits in there. But I used to see you in Hit Factory so much, especially around the Cash Money days. That was later. That was later. Cash Money came, but Cash Money started at Circle House, you know that? No, I thought they were- Yeah, yeah.

Circle House, yeah, they started there. Hit Factory came, I mean that's a legendary spot, I'll get twisted. It was Criteria before. Yeah, yeah, but I'm saying Circle House is Miami foundation. Yes, yes, yes. became I mean that's a legendary spot I'll get twisted it was criteria before about saying circle houses Miami found a inner circle the group all that bad boys bad boys you're bigger and bigger biggie BB that's my man family okay all right um where we at yeah Trina or Remy Ma? Yo, relax, buddy. Yo, take a shot, bro. I don't need to hear this right now.

Yeah. Just don't take no shot of EFN's Mama Wanda. Yo, listen, first of all, Trina is my sister. Home team right here. I keep forgetting. I'm sorry. Trina's my sister. Remy's my TS sister.

Right. I don't want no problems with none of those two girls. Give me a bottle that's my sister those are legends don't do that no Jamie I am drunk get a whole pizza ready. Like I'm fucked up. This man's crazy. No, kick off.

Swear to God. You know I don't drink like this. Okay. Funk Flex or DJ Kickapoo? Yo, bro. Come on, man. Why? I never met somebody that loves...

What's this shit called? A fucking... Headlock We love both of them Those are legends Funk Flex is my brother You know Flex Let's talk about Flex for a second

Take a shot though Take a shot I got you Big dog pit bulls Funk Flex is my brother You know I'm so grateful for Funk Flex Because

When the first time I heard of you Was on Funk Messaflex's show That's big That was huge When you did that. And you're from New York. Yes, yes. Flex made me a pit bull.

Yeah. What, 25 years ago? I don't know how long ago. If you was a pit bull, you was that dude. Right, I was a pit bull. You would say that if it was Fat Joe first, it was Flex second. In the people that believed in you in that level. Oh, Flex, you know, Joe Crack is the one that talked to Flex.

He's like, yo, Flex, you got to know this kid Khaled. I'm telling you. Right, right. You know what I'm saying? And Flex, you know, he came to my underground radio show at Mix 96. Right. You know, he officially met me, and, you know, we bonded immediately. So you said Flex did.

Flex did. Flex did. Flex did, but also Kid Capri now. Wow. My relation with Kid Capri is unbelievable. I used to open up for him. I used to sit there in the DJ booth and watch him play. What I love about Kid Capri, he defined DJing to have respect to be as an artist as well Right

And you know the way he was rocking those parties Was unbelievable So both those brothers are legends And they my brothers You know if they call me today I pick up You know what I'm saying We talk

If they need me If I can be there I'll be there I respect those brothers With nothing but respect Right Fire with number respect, right? fine I'm trying to show I'm going to stop that you you say Dungeon family or Wu Tang

That's a rough one I can't I gotta take a shot I can't do it for the coach I got to Wu Tang is legendary Dungeon family's legendary. I'm from the south But I would you like to see that as versus you say you're versus fan. That would be crazy I think that would be that would be that is the versus for me. That's a big one Yeah, that might be the biggest one. That might be the biggest y'all fucking drunk, bro Yeah, you good. You good. We give you your flowers, but you know why I call it. They didn't believe in you But we did. Drink test, dude. Drink test, dude.

I got one. I got a ringer. Luke or Buttafuqua? Don't do that. Give me a shot, man. Y'all fucking drink. Wait, hold up. How many questions is it, bro?

This is over. We almost over. No, we only got 20 left. Yeah. And almost over. No, we only got 20 left. Yeah. And we halfway. Yo, Jay, I am fucked up. We halfway through. OK, go ahead, give the next one, E.

Yo, this is crazy shit. Let's drink on this one right now. I love Butterfuko. Yes. That's family beyond family. Luke, I love Luke. You know what Luke did did yes luke and butterfuko yeah that's why that's that's a big one that's what that is that's why i brought it down

you know luke let me take the shot first yeah shout out to luke shot of butterfuko loop butterfuko put me on mix 96 god bless daddy saw it was uh butterfugo Daddy saw and AJ. Didn't he have like a festival or something? Or that was Al? That's Uncle Al. Uncle Al, okay my bad. Yeah, peace and love. And put me on Mix 96. Right.

You know I'll never forget I came with 25 crates. I took the Miami tri-rail with 25 crates. 25 crates. That's right. 25 crates on the tri-rail um you know it was a secret location back then but i can say it now going straight to biscayne view right one of them tall buildings i was right under you at the other station uh pirate radio 25 crates the elevator all right talent making maybe 20 a week at that time time okay i came to that station and i said

i'm the biggest off rip out the gate i came with my crates i'm not asking i said i'm the biggest let me on the air all right they're looking at me like i'm crazy this is an all caribbean station at time. They look at me like I'm crazy. Good. Butterfucko Daddy Sean was like, you know what? Let him on the air. You know, I made a movie. I made a movie. The whole phone was lighting up.

Who's this kid? This kid's unbelievable. Boom, boom, boom, boom. And from that day on, I was DJing seven days a week on pirate radio. I would sleep on the floor in the pirate radio on the floor that's when you was the arab attack yeah i was arab attack i was i was uh the don dada the don gargan i was so many names right right and i would sleep on the floor when everybody would go out to clubs i would dj on the air because Pirate Radio was just 20. So they kept hearing my voice and me cutting it up and playing all these songs.

And How Can I Be Down came and everybody wanted to go to the convention. I wanted to be on the radio. Because when everybody was going to the convention, they was listening to me on the radio. My name is starting to get on fire. Your family will tell you. Commercial radio wasn't doing what was going on in Pirate. Then I started throwing that part of the tape. So I got too much respect for Butterfooka because that. Yeah, I started throwing my part in the telly.

So I got too much respect for Butterfooka because that was his, you know, him and Daddy Saw and AJ. That was their platform and they put me on it. Then me being on fire over there got me on 99 Jams with Uncle Luke. Well, Uncle Luke called me saying, I want you to be my DJ on the radio show and a co-host. So now I come from the Pirate Radio and go to the big station. I'm doing both at the same time now. I'm on fire in the streets. See, people don't know that.

I'm on fire in Miami streets. EFL will tell you. You know what I'm saying? They blessed me. They used to run a club called Club Cream. That was like, that was their, that was like, you know, yeah, I played there,

but that was like their stomping ground. You know what I'm saying? Like they had, they was tied in with shoes. You know, I played there but that was like they're stomping ground right you know what I'm saying like they had they they was tied in with shoot you know I told you that story where I wanted to book you but they ain't hearing that you know what I'm saying no I'm trying to say you're booking Fat Joe at that time You know, Megan is, that's your guy. And you got, what, what, what? I'm like, I need you, I need you. And A-Vent's like, nah, we got him. We're promoters.

Let's go. He invented it. No, shoot, he invented it. That's why I love this relationship. Right, right, right. How y'all getting money together and how y'all, this is like, that's like me and Joe. That's inspiring and I How y'all getting money together. This is like, that's like me and Joe. Right, right.

That's inspiring, and I respect y'all for that. I wish people would know y'all story a little more. Yeah. Because it's such a deep story. It is. So Luke and Butterfuko, that's like my brothers. Come on. Right.

Okay, yes. Okay, so we moving on. I don't know if I'm talking too much. I'm drinking. No, no, you're good. No, we good. I really know what the fuck's going on. Queen Latifah or MC Lyfe?

Don't do that. Because I got love for MC Lyfe. I got love for Queen Latifah. You know what I'm saying? Queen Latifah. You just got to pick your sides. They both love me, and I love them. Those are legends.

Let's take a shot. Take a shot. All right. We in. I still see them every night. Take a shot. Yes. I love them. I love them.

Those are legends, man. Without MC Lyon, Queen Atifa, come on. Yes, it's true. They broke down all the doors. They are icons. But they broke down all the doors. Come on. I got one. Gunplay or Briscoe?

Man, you know, those are two Miami brothers that I got super love for. You know, obviously Gunplay and Briscoe? Man, you know, those are two Miami brothers that I got super love for. You know, obviously Gunplay and Briscoe. That come from the movement. Right. Right. You know, we got a thing called the Miami movement. You know, we all part of that movement in here.

Right. Oh, shit. I'm drunk. Look at this shit. Don't worry about it. Are you good? So I have to take a shot because I love both of them. Okay.

I love both of them. Briscoe and... I ain't gonna lie. You the first nigga that's politically get you fucked up It's not even being politically it's actually being You're right and those things we don't You can't even play my sense you make sense. Come on brother. We here with you. God did August 26th. That's one thing I'm not, I'm super focused even if I'm drunk.

August 26th. We are over that. All right. We're a quarter done. Wow. Okay. You skipping? Yeah.

Yeah, you want to go? Do we get back into like questions and shows? Yeah, we go. Yeah, yeah. This is a great game, bud. This game is still going on? Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're almost done. We're almost done. Hold on. This game is still going on? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We're almost done.

We're almost done. Hold on, this game is this long for everybody? Yeah, for everybody. I'm gonna be real sure, I've watched the show, I've never seen this game this long. I swear to God, I might have heard two, three of them. No, no, no, no. There's no way it's this long.

It's mad long. So how long is your show, seven hours? Yeah, it could be, it could be. We gave Kanye four of them. Nah, it's too much. Yeah, you're too much. Nah, this shit is too much. No, no, we only got a couple more.

Nah, no, Jay, it's too much. All right, all right, all right. Come on. I'm gonna skip, I'm gonna skip a couple. Nah, it's too much. Yeah, you want a four? Nah, this shit. No, no, we want a couple of cups. Nah, no, Jay, it's too much. Come on. I'm going to skip a couple. Nah, it's not going to show. I'm going to skip a couple. I'm going to skip a couple. We love you so much, Scott. We're going to skip a couple.

We're going to go down. Let's get back to the vibe. Go back to Primo. Go down to Primo. Oh, yeah. OK, we're Primo. OK, OK, start from there. Yeah, I would say start from there.

OK, Primo or Pete Rock? Wow. You know, first of all, let's talk about Primo and Pete Rock. Get a shot. Legends. You know, I got too much respect because as a DJ, you know, I come from DJing. I'm still one of the biggest DJs you could ever.

Right. You still DJ sometimes? Of course he does. of course you know the best that ever did it they say drunk talk you'll still go I'm one of the best that ever did it I say I'm a birthday coming up I didn't say I'm the best he's leaving room I'm one of the best and I got too much respect for the ones before me Like my birthday coming up If I could call Khaled

Khaled would do a set for me DJ talk, EFN speak please Cause you're a DJ EFN please, I don't want to speak First of all, you know me You fucking know me Don't fucking hold back Without them there's no us

No, no, no, I don't want to hear that either I want you to tell them Like you know what you was doing, but she was doing this tell them like you know We need help you like Eddie, talk to him. Eddie, by the way, Eddie, Eddie, before you say something, before you say something, whatever you eat and drink, you haven't aged a minute. God bless you, buddy. No, but God bless you, you haven't aged. I've known these brothers for 27 years.

27 years. We're all from the gutter right here. I'm from Miami-Dade County, 305. This is my home. You're walking and playing with me. I'm from the gutter right here. I'm from Miami-Dade County, 305. This is my home. I've been waiting in the 305 flag forever. And speak. I don't want to see you speak. You speak.

Hardest working DJ. Yes. Hands down. Hands down. No. Hands down. Everything. All the best promotions.

Right. Yes. We was on the streets. Tell her about me on them fucking tables. Oh, the table. I can on the streets with y'all. Tell them about me on them fucking tables. Oh the tables. I can't do what you do, ever. You're nasty.

We're a different madhouse. I'm a sound killer. And, and, you know I'm nice. No, I'm nice. EFF tell them. But hold up, but hold up. I'm nice. Hold up, hold up. Besides nice. I'm nice!

Hold up, hold up. Besides nice. No! Whoop your ass! Besides nice, I witnessed in Jamaica, him doing a legit sound clash in Jamaica. Wow. Murdering it. Wow.

Norey, I've been killing sound my whole life. You want me to keep killing sound? I do. Let me tell you something, what he brought up is crazy because I want you to hear what he said. I come from the mud, which is a beautiful place. No, it is. I actually have more fun in the mud than I have now. I know that sounds crazy.

It does sound crazy. But I'm from the mud to fucking marble floors and limestone. Mm-hmm. All right? And what he's saying is, it goes back to what I was trying to tell you, and we have to let the youth know, you have to progress. You have to grow. So how I kill sound now is by my albums, my anthems singles my body of work that's my new

way of killing sound you don't want me to go back to them days where Calla was was I'm a sound killer good I kill sound these are your original dub plates that's what I'm trying to tell you. I know I don't think you understand. I kill sound. Not like, like, like, no, I kill sound. Like, no, he's not playing. He was this. He was this.

No, he didn't. Am I playing with you? No, no. I kill sound. Like, you can't recover from the type of killing I do. Like, I don't want to just turn into something. I love everybody. Without me being a sound boy,

I wouldn't make who DJ Khaled is today. That's why if you hear my music, now I listen to my music different after I told you I kill sound. Listen to my music different now because I took that talent into my albums. If you notice, all my records have the biggest hooks. When you hear it on the radio, it's always standing out. If it's in a club, if it's a collaboration, it's just unbelievable.

That's how I used to cut dub. That's how I used to kill sound. When I used to be on stage, it's not only having the dub play, it's how you bring it in. It's the talk game. People don't know what dub plays are. Let's pretend that nobody knows what that is. It's like when I got a freestyle for you.

The only difference is I would tell you to kill sound. I would say, what, what, what? I would be like, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, instead of what, what, what, what, what I would be like kill kill kill kill kill kill kill instead of what what what what what? Wow, it's called kill sound I'm a sound boy. I'm a sound gone. I am a sound legend. Well, I am a sound king I take no talk back to your history ask anyone ask the streets I'll see the trenches they know me the streets know the trenches, they know me. The streets know my fucking name.

Let's make some noise for that. And we're still drinking for that. Let's drink for that. I don't think you understand that. I gotta go back to this. I can't fucking talk. This is smooshy. Y'all got me on some Japanese whiskey.

Like, Japanese De Leon. Japanese De Leon, dude. Uh-oh. I love everybody. You know that. So we established Primo Pete Rock. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We love everybody. So we established Primo Pete Rock. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The next one is Illmatic or Doggy Style.

Wow, come on. Those two albums are probably two of the top five biggest albums ever. Oh, thank you so much. A pizza to get this liquor on. Now you a real one Maybe he made himself Wow Question

Doggy style Maddox two of my favorite albums Wow probably two of my top five Albums ever created in life Illmatic was like I couldn't believe what I was hearing Right Especially as a DJ And as a producer

A young producer I couldn't believe the shit I was hearing Right And then the lyrics And the way it resonated with me Then I heard Doggy Style I was like oh my fucking god Right When I heard Doggy Style, I was like, oh my fucking God, man.

When I heard Doggy Style, I was like, I never heard an album with a sound. Dr. Dre did the whole album. So that's when I, the creation of the sound of a whole album. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do.

You didn't like the sit for us? Hop and Scott. You know, that's about all. You know, those anthems on that one. It was cinematic. It was so, Doggy Sound and Illmatic was like my two top five albums of all time.

Yes, it's up there with me too. No, for sure. And I love Snoop Dogg. I love Nas. You know that. Yes. Can I divert from from quick time real quick who what um where do you think defined your musical taste

New Orleans Orlando Miami you know I used to live in North Carolina too so that's a part of your trajectory yeah but I'm a Florida boy I mean I was like my whole I was raised in Florida right right but my parents you know my inspiration come from my parents okay my mom and dad you know what I love about my mom and dad they work seven days a week they never took one day off they still found time to raise me and my brother and my sister and show us so much love and let us know how how beautiful God is and that hard work is so important right so I got to watch them every single day work. Selling clothes out their trunk.

They used to put the little, what's that little pouch in front of you? The fanny pack? The fanny pack with the money? They used to put it on me when I was five years old. That's how they would sell clothes in the flea market. I would put it in my pocket. But I was raised seeing this shit. Wow.

So they were my inspiration of taking care of us and still providing for us. Right. When I seen that at 10 years old, I remember at around 10 years old, I started saying, man, this is unbelievable. At 10 years old, you're in New Orleans. No, no, no. I was born in New Orleans, but I immediately went to Florida. Because didn't you work in a record store? No, but in the middle of Florida, I used to go back and forth to New Orleans.

Okay, okay, okay. So I would move back for a year or two years or three years and come back to Florida. Got it, got it. You know what I'm saying? So I used to work at Odyssey Records where Lil Wayne got signed. Right, right. Birdman met Lil Wayne while I was working at Odyssey Records. Lil Wayne said that thing on Dream Champs.

He talked about it. Yes, yes. So I was the DJ at Odyssey Records. Yeah. And Lil Wayne used to come in all the time. That's incredible. And Birdman used to come with an old Benz. Back in the day, it was a new Benz.

But the old Benz, him and Slim used to come with CDs and tapes. And I'd be behind the desk DJing, and we'd drop a CD and tape before they had the deal. So they drop the CDs and tapes I would put them in the rack and it would sell out in 30 minutes and I would call Burban and I'm like yo it's sold out and the owner of the record store was called Gary from Odyssey so they would pull back up and I would tell them to bring more CDs and tapes and I would tell them like yo record companies are calling up asking me if this shit is real and I'm like it's selling out in 20-30 minutes like the minute I put it on the record sold out and at that time it was BG

it was BG and um Juvenile BG and then Juvenile and then Wayne got signed. Right. So I was blessed to see that and I used to record, I used to make beats in Master P's studio. This man trying to fuck us up. I never seen a show like this. The show can't help you. Give it to the crowd. I've never seen a show like this. Give it to the crowd. Give it to the crowd, Boris. Give it to the crowd. Give it to the crowd, Boris.

Turn it all the way. Boris, he said turn it all the way. He said turn it the way. He said turn it the way. It's good. It's good. It's good. It's good.

It's good. It's good. It's good. It's good. It's good. It's good. It's good. It's good. It's good. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, I always like I thought he was just trying to smoke a cigarette. Damn, bro, what the fuck you put in that shit? Nah, man, come on. Is that gumbo? Nah, I'm fucked up, man.

No, no, Jame, I'm fucking cool, bro. Look at me. That's all we're gonna know. Yeah, man. That was L. That was L, my brand new one. We be putting, we got this machine, but we be putting mints in there. Jesus Christmas.

This our first time putting gumbo in there. Fuck. And it was not a good decision. Oh, that's gumbo in the water. In the water. We be putting mints in there. Holy shit, that gumbo changed the trajectory. That changed everything.

Gumbo changed everything on that one. I was coughing from here. Come on, man. I don't even smoke. Come on. You're the biggest in the game. Absolutely. We want to give you your flowers, your pizza, your love. We even love Chef Melissa.

Yeah, I love her too. Yes, because that's how big you are. We actually know. But there was a footage at one point of you trying. They tried to get you to go on this elevator shit downstairs. And you was like, no way. You said, I'm the father of a shit. Are you talking about in Mexico?

It was like a bridge going over like an open mountain or some shit. You know, me, I ain't playing with my life. It is like, there's certain things that you have to go through in life, and it might be out of your control when you got to deal with it at that moment. Right. But I'm on vacation. The band told me he wanted me to ride a four-wheeler through a bridge that looked like it's hanging by a string you did some calculations right you saw my yo go through I'm like yo listen bro like I'm on vacation bro I'm

not trying to do no shit like this you know the queen want a four-wheeler the team want a four-wheeler I ain't asked to go across a fucking canyon that's 100 feet in the sky i'm not doing that i was explaining to him like yo i'm the father of asad now i'm the father of asad and along that's right so i'm telling myself why would i do this tell me i'm trying to explain to myself why would i do this so of course it's not me being scared It's called being smart Yeah smart yes You know what I'm saying And

I wouldn't have gotten that I know people enjoy that clip Right But it's a real life lesson If you think about it Right You know what I'm saying People sometimes do the cool

Thinking it's the cool thing And not knowing Being doing the smart thing Is better than doing Right The thinking the cool thing Right Cause the smart thing is better than doing the thinking the cool thing. Right. Because the cool thing is called being smart.

Right. Being safe. Yes. Being blessed. Being alive. Being alive. Staying alive. Protecting your blessings.

Yes. Knowing I'm fucked up. I'm going to take a shot to that. I'm going to take a shot to that. I'm taking a shot to that. I'm taking a shot. I never seen no shit like this in my life. You want to take a shot to that? No, no, no. I'm going to take a shot for you though, Kyle.

We've got no more Quick Time Slaps. We can get off. Get off the Quick Time Slap. We done. The last one? Oh, yeah. The last one. The last one is legit.

The last one. We've got to do this one. It's not a trick question, but everyone thinks it's a trick question. It's a trick question. It's a trick question. yeah, the last one. Oh, the last one. The last one is legit. Oh, the last one. We got to do this one. It's not a trick question, but everyone thinks it's a trick question. Loyalty or respect?

Let me take my glasses off. I would say both, but I want to break down respect and loyalty. Loyalty, and Joel Santana said something beautiful on here. Yes. Where he said, you know, you got to know the definition of loyalty or stupidity, right? Right, right, right. You know, you can't fall for being stupidity. Right.

You know, and people try throwing the loyalty for you to do something stupidity. Right. So we're not with that. Now, if you're loyal to somebody that's real and loyal respects back, loyalty is called, really, I call it a family ting. Right. You know, being family and only way you can have loyalty and be a family is to have respect. Yes. Right.

Without the respect, you can't have loyalty. It's hand in hand. So you can't have no dumbness trying to be cool, be in loyalty, and ruin your whole life. Now, if you have respect and you have loyalty, it's going to level out perfect because it wouldn't be no stupidity. Right. You know what I'm saying? So you need both. Right.

We need a drink. Yeah, we need a drink. It's'm saying? So you need both. Right. We need a drink. We need a drink. It's the last shot. We need a drink. We need both. Come on, Kyle. Here's the last shot. You have that last one.

The last one. Come on. It's part of your head top. That's part of the question sheet? Yeah, yeah. It's part of your head top. It's the last one. It's the last one.

It's a choose one? Yeah, it's the last one. You know what we call this last shot? Part of your head top. Part of your head top. Part of your this last job? Pun your head top. Pun your head top. Pun your head top. Pun your head top.

DJ Khaled. Pun your head top. DJ Khaled. DJ Khaled. DJ Khaled. DJ Khaled. Quirk it. Now we back to the regular interview.

Can we talk about the album? Let's talk about the album. I'm ready. Let's go. Let's go. God did. You know I've been saying I'm so fucked up. God did.

God did. No, it's crazy. I never see that shit on your head. So you say you were working up to the very last inch. But how many tracks do we have right now for God? I mean, right now, you know, we in the last minute magic hour. So I don't know when this interview's coming out. Right. But today, we're in the last minute magic hour. They asked me to turn in the album in, actually, by Friday.

We say a day to Sylvia Rome and- Who's day? That day, the family. Not day, not day. Business day. The business family. The other day. The other day.

Shout out to Epic Records. Shout out to Epic. Am I talking right? I'm fucked up. No, we just- Shout out to Epic Records. We can't confuse the days. We the best music.

Shout out to Roc Nation, the family. Yes, Roc Nation. Want me to turn in the album now. The album's coming out August 26th. So I'm working on it, but there's some last minute magic that's happening and it just rumbles. Right. You know, like I said, this album is called God Did

and this is God Did. I'm telling you, man. Like, I'm not just, first of all, my track record speaks for itself. Right. Yes. This album, God's always had his hands on all my albums,

but this God did. And it's setting up the new chapter and it's just beyond special. This last minute magic is unbelievable. Not even just the last minute magic, the whole process has been unbelievable. Everybody even just the last minute magic the whole process Has been unbelievable everybody I work with gave me their a game and We're so dope with you know to get Texas people on the text or a phone call like yo Excited they're excited about what we recorded. I

Am drunk, so I don't know how I'm sounding No, Jamie. I really don't know how I'm sounding. No Jamie I really don't. So you're gonna have to get with Nori. Call the whole team. Cause I don't know if I'm sounding right. We gotta give him the hangover. I find out the final edit cause I really don't.

I swear to God I don't know what I'm saying. I'm fucked up. No it's always real talk but I don't understand like, it's like I'm floating. You're the best and this is the best. Look, you need to get this. The hangover pill. It worked right out.

Banga-da. You're good. We're going to give that to you. We'll give banga-da. Let's go. It worked right out. You're back to normal. Yeah, we got his whole bag.

You're back to normal. And then we got your whole bag. Then eat another slice of pizza. Yeah, look. There you go. Whole care package. We got a whole care package for you. Let's go. Let's go.

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Point your head top. He's focused. He's focused. He's focused. So, let me ask you, let me ask you. What do you like more? Making the record or performing the record? Making the record.

And I love performing the record too. But, making the record, but when you perform the record and see the response to energy, it goes back to making the record. You know, making the record is like, you know, when I make records, I don't ask nobody if you like it or don't like it. I don't, I don't accept no opinions. I think that's the key to my success. That I never accepted anybody's opinion. Even if it was good. Elaborate.

What do you mean by that? How are you getting the opinion to start with? I'm going to be real sure. A lot of people don't hear my music. Because you don't want any opinions. I don't let people hear my music until it comes out. And if you heard it, it's because you were recording with me. Right. That's what I'm saying. You're not trying to get an opinion. No, no, no. I don't ask for an my music until it come out. If you heard it, it's because you was recording with me. Right.

That's what I'm saying. You're not trying to get an opinion. No, no, no. I don't ask for an opinion or anything like that. This God did. Not just this album, but my whole process of making music. I love making music. I breathe, sleep, eat hip hop.

You know what I'm saying? It's my life. You know, I consider me as a father. I consider me a hip-hop dad, too. Right. That's how much I represent hip-hop. Right. You know what I'm saying?

I'm one of the flag holders. Right. So when I make my music, that's why I'm so consistent, EFN, Nori. I'm trying to put an album out every year or every year and a half because that means I'm ahead of the time. Right. Those people that take years off, they got to figure it out. Right.

They got to catch up. I'm ahead of the time. I am the sound. I am the wave. I am the sauce. Right. I am the anthem. Right.

Right. I'm the one that you come for hits for. I'm the one that you want to get a record on. Talk that talk. I'm the one that you come for hits for I'm the one that you want to get a record on I'm the one So that's why I put an album out every year I don't write I don't want to take I'm not stopping

And not just in music Like I got so many businesses about to open But let's talk about the Jordans. How about you talk about the Jordans? I mean, the Jordan release is coming out this year. We're about to announce

the date. I will say on this, Drink Champs, it's two Jordans that's coming out as official release. Because we sold like six. And the other two

will be friends and family. But yes, I have like a hundred. Right. You know what I'm saying? I'm not going to lie to you. Right. You know what I'm saying, I'm not gonna lie to you. What? I don't wanna sound like I might. Like I don't wanna keep, if you don't let me go back,

I don't wanna do this. You got a Jordan deal. That's crazy. God, that's crazy. That's crazy, that's crazy. God, real shit, real shit, that's crazy. M-Train did like. That's crazy, that's crazy.

Let me tell you something about it. Did you boogie a have leather Oh no my leather Went over budget On another level Okay The details on the shoe When it comes out Is

Is beyond amazing Wow Man I'm so grateful For that relationship With Reggie Reggie Reggie and MJ did Yes

Yes My relationship With both of them Is just special My loyalty To both of them is special. Still in the meeting. Still in the meeting. It was a dream of mine as a kid.

And I always said I was going to get a Jordan deal, and I didn't stop until I got it. Right. And even other people were trying to offer me deals. I said, I can't because my fans know that I wear Jordans and not just that. If I did that deal, it don't even make sense. Right. Because I really don't love that. No disrespect. No disrespect.

Even if it was a number behind it, a money bag, whatever. That's authenticity. Jordan, he's my inspiration. He's one of the guys I look up to. You know what I'm saying? I told you Barry Gordy, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Pup Daddy you know shout out Joe Crack and then as far as like Michael Jordan

he's also one of my inspirations too to do what I'm doing today so for him to give me my deal Reggie and MJ you know officially gave me my deal man it was a blessing not only did I get my deal my son had his own Jordanordan line wow that's

amazing like come on man like that's fire look at god that's great look at god god did god did yeah i'm on that japanese whiskey whatever you call it japanese delio look at god did that's one thing i know i'm focused god. I'm By the way, it's not like you just got Jordans because you could have you could have you could have had a pair Jordan But you like them. This is pretty this is beautiful that you got I remember my first time seeing that was at the home of the walk of fame and Yeah, and and you warm and I was just like, those is really, really, really dope sneakers. Not just because you got a deal with Jordan,

but you designed this? Yeah, so me, the Jordan team, and the We The Best team. We The Best and Jordan. That's why y'all was in the meeting. Still in the meeting? Still in the meeting.

We designed it together. You know one thing about me, teamwork will make a dream work. Make a dream work. I was selling Kiko, I was telling Jamie. Is Kitko here? Yeah, Kitko's here. Shout out to Kitko, DJ Nasty, shout out to Nasty.

I was telling Mox, I was telling Ivan, I was telling everybody on my team. Their title, I changed their title this week. What? Head of Everything. Instead of like Head of Marketing, Head of This, Head of BP, Head of Everything. When you work with Calvin and We the Best in the head of BP, head of everything. When you work with Calvin and We The Best in the Family, you're head of everything. That's what we doing here.

We're not like these other people. You know, head of BP, head of marketing, head of this, senior or vice or, you know, intern, head of everything! That's what happens at We The Best. Head of every fucking thing. I think Boris, you're head of everything.

You know what I'm saying? You know, because the thing is that I noticed with my team, my team is so focused if they have to turn into somebody else's responsibility,

they do it that quick. Right, right. It's fire. Like if it have to turn into somebody else's responsibility, they do it that quick. Right, right. It's fire. Like, if it's, like, marketing or if it's, like, whatever, management, everybody jump into that mode. We got to get it done. There's no excuse of being great. If you want to be great, you got to put in the work, period. You know what I mean?

And my team is my family. Like, the way we work at we the best is a family thing and um i love my my brothers and sisters on my team like what they do for me yeah you know i mean they they live my life yeah and i live their life and i'm saying to myself man i'm honored to have friends like that so that they don, I don't like using the word work for me. They the family. I mean, they go back. I mean, shout out to Patty, shout out to Kitko,

like as far as we know. Yeah, Patty, everybody. My circle is the same circle you met 27 years ago. Right. Same with Crazy Hood, same thing with us.

Yeah, same with y'all. I know I was with your man the other night. I bust his video, he was shooting a video for him. Oh, Garcia. Yeah, yeah. You know what was with your man the other night. At Busta's video, he was shooting a video for him. Oh, Garcia. Yeah, yeah. Know what I'm saying?

Like, I fucked up, right? No, no, you good. You good. You holding it down. That's family, bro. You holding it down. You good. We got you, dog.

I need water. I'm not going to lie to you. I don't know if this is healthy. No, no, no. But you're only doing it tonight and it's done. You're only tonight. Then you balance it tomorrow. You know I'm trying to finish my album.

Because you know why? You're going to drink rain juice tomorrow. God, dude. God, dude. You know, I think, I don't want to say this, but it helps take the pain away a little. A little. A little. A little.

It helps the release. Because at Summer Jam last year, was it last year or the year before that? Which Summer Jam? Where? They seen that Elliot Wilson pushed you off at one point. Pushed him off? At Summer Jam? Yeah, at Summer Jam.

Pushed him off? He pissed you off. Oh, pissed. We were walking through the hallways and you were... Oh, you know about that? Yeah, I do. How do you know about that? That's crazy.

That was a while ago. Shout out to Elliot Wilson. That's our brother. Right. But he didn't believe in you. I wouldn't say he didn't believe in me. You know, I'm doing an interview with him. Rap Radar?

He asked me to do Rap Radar. Elliot Wilson's my brother. I love Elliot Wilson. But it's crazy how you brought that up because... No, it was a moment. No, no, no. One thing about me, I'm so pure that if I'm disappointed in you if I see you yes I can't be fake with you I just can't

cuz you know I represent love and like you know that you know that I've been through we do I've been through so much shit in my life like no if I ever put a documentary if I tell you like the in-depth stories of my life like you look at me different you know forget just the music and the success and the blessings I'm talking about the shit I've been through trust me and I know you've probably been through the same shit I've been through no no, no, no, no. Me and Elliot are good. Actually, I'm about to do a show. Rap Radar.

It's Rap Radar. It's the same show, but I think a new platform. They're bringing it back. Yeah, they're bringing it back. So I'm doing it. But yeah, we did have a running, what do you call it, running in the hallway. It was in Brooklyn Barclays Center. In Barclays, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I forgot what he didn't believe in me.

I mean, whoa. Oh yeah, you know you're my brother. I'm drunk. This was then, this was then. Not now, this is then. You're right. I didn't believe you. It's quick, I had to think about it.

He really, I thought, whoa, I'ma say this, in his defense, I thought he didn't believe in me. No. God did Yeah, what was that shit you used to do Brian be done. No, no, you should do the big show. Um The way we interview the artists those rap radar, no, I know that but it was a special one We do it. Oh, I know what you talking about it was sponsored by crown crown crown crown

yeah the crown of that time oh thank you to I am the fucking crown. Like, you know what I'm saying? I was beyond confused. We got another illustration. We love you brother. We love you. So, again, me being pure and me being honest, when I seen him, we had passionate. Love. It's love. Yeah, passionate love. But you had to express yourself.

I had to express myself. Passionate love. It's crazy. I'm about to do this interview. I'm about to do it soon. And he's a beautiful person. You know what I mean? He reps the culture like y'all rep the culture.

Him and B-Dot. B-Dot as well. Yeah, both of them. Beautiful people. Beautiful people. We need them both outside. Yeah, beautiful people. And at that time,

I thought he didn't believe in me. But maybe I had to put in more work and I didn't even know it. You know what I'm saying? Maybe. Because I was confused. I can't even lie to you. But I'm such a good guy.

Wait, how long have you been doing this? I use the word maybe. This was like when Tidal did the Barkley Center. They did aclays center they did a show remember they did a show in the barclays center title did a barclays center show it was a show it was in brooklyn it was a show oh and i bumped into him backstage that was that crazy long ago that was a while ago it was like um i would say before, I probably at that time,

I probably had like, I Wish You Would Out. Okay. Theraflu and all that type of records. Before the pandemic, so basically. Yeah, maybe Go Hard Era. I don't know. I don't remember,

but it was damn near 10 years ago. I can tell you that. Right, okay, okay. So it's just like we, I don't know how to be fake, Nori. Right, I respect that. You know, I don't know how to be fake nori, right? You know, I don't be fake. So if I you never heard me tear somebody I'm gonna pull you this side I'm gonna call you on the ash you step in the room. What's how it talk?

Or sit at the table. That's what's so beautiful about this table You you instead of bullshit, you know people out there listening right now You can get to the ask somebody come to the table right let's talk right we don't have to like each other we don't have to dislike each other we don't have to do nothing right but we got to respect each other absolutely and if you can get in a room and have that discussion of respect after that let's move on right it's on you how you want to move on right i came to you i addressed our situation let's have respect right because you know we're not with no other stuff i'm not gangster i'm not none of that i represent love but at the same time i'm a man yeah my man so at that time he

was doing the crown and he didn't give me the crown and i had the crown hanging on me every day right so i was like fucking confused. You don't see the fucking crown? And then I got the crown and sold out the crown. People hanging out, 10,000 people outside trying to get in the crown. They didn't love. They didn't believe in us.

God, dude. God, dude. You know what I'm saying? Like, no. I love this energy. I'm sorry. Slime pizza's not weighing up. Oh, my god. I love this energy, man.

So how? First off, let's talk about Wild Thoughts for a second. Because at the time, not only did you have Rihanna, but you had, like, Bryson Tiller. And at that time, I swear to god, he wasn't working. He wasn't working with no other artist. So how the hell did you get... First of all,

Rihanna, I love you so much. Today I actually did a Fenty X Fenty Savage shoot. I said it right? Savage X Fenty. I did a shoot today. Wow. Like on my model and shit.

Wow. So we redid. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. I just got... Before I came here, I just did it. I'm not making this up. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's why we did the time we did, right?

Before I came here, I was shooting a big, fancy shoot for Rihanna. That's fine. Want me to lie to you? Right. Rihanna did. She been did. So, no, so Rihanna is Rihanna. So Bryce and Tiller. Shout out to Bryce and Tiller because we made a record. Me, Rihanna, Bryce and Tiller and shout out Party Next Door. I produced the record. Party Next Door was part of, you know, some of the ideas, not some of the ideas, writing some of the record.

Riri jumped on it. Thank God. Dream come true. And I put Bryson Tiller on it. And Riri loved the record. We got a hit. I'll never forget. Riri changed the pitch of the record.

I sent her, so she changed the pitch to make it her. You know, when you're a great artist, you make records your own. And she's an icon. She's a great artist. So she put her passion to it and pitched the record up. That's crazy. Which was genius. It's crazy, though, that she did that to your record. I already had Bryce Attila on it.

So I had to call Bryce Attila like yo, there's a good news We read vocals is in Great news You ready hear this shit good so I'm gonna buy some tell me la I don't have ice until his house in LA I Play in the. I go to Bryce Attila's house in LA. I play in the record. We all excited. I need you to cut your vocals over because now the music's pitched up. So you got to cut your vocals over.

Even me, I had to change my shit. You know? I said, no problem. I leave. I'm calling Bryce Attila. My album come out like in two weeks. Yo bro, I need you to pitch, I mean I need you to cut the vocals over so, you know Rihanna's vocals is in the air now, right?

Everybody excited. He not picking up his phone. No, Bryce is my brother. Right. You know I think he's- Rich DeBarber put him on too, right? Yeah, shout out to Rich DeBarber. He had an album coming out

Surprise album coming out At the same time Okay So he not picking up my phone I need this done I got fucking Rihanna vocals You got Rihanna vocals It's in

The biggest record of my One of my biggest records Of my career He not picking up the phone I jump in my car I drive to his house He has a gate I'm flashing my lights Hon I drive to his house. He has a gate.

I'm flashing my lights, honking my horns, sending texts. Nobody's replying. You think I'm playing with this shit? One thing about me, anybody know me, I don't play no games. Eventually, shot to Rich the barber, he comes outside. Bryson comes out, they open the gate. I was already climbing the gate Think I'm playing it

I asked them Call them When you put the show out call them get their version get their version might be more intense They come outside I See your bro. I need the record. I need you to cut your vocals. I got to drop this record next week. He did it. He was excited to do it.

I was just confused. Meaning as in, can you pick up your phone? Even Rich DeBarber, that's my brother. They were dropping a surprise album they said break it to them was like the hardest artist to to get out at that time like it was yeah he's still special right he's still incredible but at that time it was like though the rise you know I'm drunk, right? Right, right. I don't know if I'm, I don't know. No, you're good, you're good.

You sound sober, you're sober. The rise of a new star, but very fucking potent. Right, right. Like his shows, people, Rihanna went to his show, Justin Bieber went to his show. Stars was coming out to his show. Right, right. You know, it's what I do. You know what I'm saying? I knew that energy and I was a fan. I'm still a fan. I make music to a show. Right. Right. You know, it's what I do. You know what I'm saying?

I knew that energy and I was a fan. I'm still a fan. I make music to this day. You heard the record with him and Puff? Yes, incredible. It's fantastic. Fucking incredible. Shout out to my brother Puff Daddy.

Yeah, shout out to Puff Daddy. So, I just needed him to re-cut his vocals. For the Rihanna record. That's all I needed. He re-cutted them, but of course, you know, people don't, when you make albums, you know, deadlines are real. Right. Right.

They're real. When you say an album date like August 26, God did come out, what, you think I'm lying? It's coming out August 26. Right, right. I need the fucking vocals already. What are we doing? Let me mix it.

Let me master it. Let me get this shit on the album right so it's a special story because i knew how big the record was before it even came out and when my gut tells me something it's like the holy grail if i I tell you my gut telling me something, just know we're going to win big. Because God did. Yeah, God did. So Wild Thoughts,

shout out to Rihanna and Bryson Tiller and Party Next Door. One of my biggest records, one of my favorite records, and a very special story behind it. You know what I'm saying? Right. God damn, let's make some noise for that.

Now, this is one of the things I... Do you go to Dubai, or you don't... I haven't been to Dubai yet, but... Not yet at all? No, I just started flying, like... Well, I knew that, that you weren't flying, right? My son is five years old. He's about to turn six.

So I've been flying for five years now. I stopped flying for like damn near 20 years. Wow, what happened? Yeah, what convinced you to fly to start with? The privates is what it did? I fly now. I fly now. The privates did.

For sure. Delta Airlines ain't believe in you? We had a terrible private experience on our side. I went to go shoot the video for Grammy believe in you? We had a terrible private experience on our side. When I was, I went to go shoot the video for Grammy Family in LA. Me, Kanye,

John Legend, Consequence. And I think it was like BT Awards at the same time. We was all out there. Joe, me, my queen.

We was all out there. Excited. My first album. Listen, it was called Listen. And I had Kanye West at his, like, where you can't get Kanye West, it's impossible. He blessed me with a Grammy family. So we shot the video in LA. Incredible record, right. He paid for the video, by the way, too. Right. So we shot the video in LA. Incredible record. Right. He paid for the video, by the way, too.

Wow. You know what I'm saying? Like, it was crazy because, you know, you heard me, I don't know if you remember this story, but I was signing a cotch

and cotch was like, yo, Kanye, you want this, that, and that, and that. How are we going to pay for this? You know, I'm broke then. Right. And I think he heard wind of that

and like, yo, I'm paying for the video. So thank you, Kanye. I appreciate that. Shout out to Kanye. That's dope. So thank you Kanye, I appreciate that. Wow, shout out to Kanye. That's dope. Wow. We didn't know that. So the flight on the way back from LA to Miami,

so we on the plane, it's me and my queen. Commercial or this is private? Commercial. I'm broke. Okay. We take off. One of them big jets take off and they're like 20 minutes in the flight that motherfucker went. Please don't let my wife know.

Like a big drop. We went through this recently. Like a big drop. She did that with the plane. But it wasn't like turbulence when the whole plane said, ah. The whole plane did it. It wasn't like it's me. The whole plane did it wasn't like it's me So I'm bugging now, I don't like flying period I'm bugging out. I'm having a panic panic attack. I'm shaking. I'm

Bugging now. What is this? You remember? American only around the day my girl. She got her feet up in the sky like you know I'm the headrest what's not bothering her drinking wine laughing I'll tell her I go chill so I called the stewardess and I started holding her hand like please help me and actually Joe was on that flying Joe turn around like. But Joe wasn't flying for a while either. Yeah, as I said, we twins. We brothers, for real. He looking at me like I feel you.

Like y'all cares. He checking on me as a brother. But I know he like bugging too. So we 20 minutes to the flight. You know, LA to Miami is like five hours. Yeah, five hours, yeah. I just kept thinking, we're only 20 minutes in. You mean I got another four hours and blah blah blah to go through i'm having a panic attack i'm holding the fucking store this

like please man please what do you want to do about me i'm gonna keep it real it's not being soft i'm scared shitless you You know what I'm saying? And then my queen, she, you know I love my queen. You know that. She's so cool. But she pissing me off.

She laughing, drinking. Yo, you're soft. You know, all type of shit. I'm like, yo, ma,

stop. For real, I can't take this shit anymore. Like, one thing about me, I'm going to yo, ma, stop. For real, I can't take this shit anymore. Like, one thing about me, I'm going to be honest and pure. So we finally land. I'll never forget. Even when we land, it was, you know how Miami rains once in a while? Even when we land, we had to circle the airport until we land.

It was unbelievable. I've never seen a five-hour flight like this. Un-fucking-believable. We we land. It was unbelievable. I never seen a five-hour flight like this. Un-fucking-believable. We finally land. When I land, AFN, I promise you, I kiss the ground. I kiss the ground. I said, I'm never flying again. So now, remember, my first album just came out.

I'm on fire. Like, you got to go here, here, here. I'm like, yo, listen, I'm not flying. He was on a tour bus at that time. So they know they gave me the tour bus to do an east coast run from Miami you know Miami Tampa St. Pete then went to Alabama Atlanta Tallahassee you know the whole east coast Virginia you know DC Philly New York they gave me a nice tour bus. It was actually nice. I said, why am I flying? This is amazing. I mean, curry goat.

I'm chilling. I'm bobbing to music. I'm on a tour bus. So I was like, I'm never flying again. So I didn't fly for like 15 years. Ended up buying my own tour bus. I had a tour bus that blew up on fire. That caught on fire

on the side of the highway. Blew up on all my jewelry, all my sneakers, all my clothes because I lived on the road at that time. I had like seven doubles of clothes,

seven doubles of sneakers. I still remember that. Yeah, all that blew up. And I kept doing the bus. The bus beat me up. Like, I couldn't, I used to do Miami and L.A. back to back like every week

My driver would fly. I'm gonna drive two days straight to stop for gas only to get to Miami to LA 15 years So I used to do a gig the gig would only pay for the gas The bus at night in the hotel room so I was just doing gigs just to get my name I'm just a do them so to get my name out there. Just to do them. Yeah, just to do them. So, to get my name out there. That's wild. That's crazy. It wasn't even enough money to pay for the hotel

rooms. But that gas is very expensive. You just gotta put it out there. The gas for the bus is crazy. The bus business is no disrespect when I say this, it's crap. Like, it's a whole nother, you go go it's a lot of money right so my son was born Assad I'll never forget my biggest

blessing came to my life my son was born I'm like I love this boy so much. And I was in L.A. I had to do the Billboard Awards. And my son was just born like maybe one month or two months, maybe. One month or two months. Right. And I flew him in to meet me in L.A. to do the Billboard Awards. I wanted to be with my queen and my son. And while he

was in the air I was like yo I can't believe that I'm scared of flying I got my son in the sky and I'm not with him yep so when he landed I said yo never again I'm gonna overcome my fear and start flying again and the blessing it was my career took off I could afford a private my saying to go get private because a private will break you but I fly private I'm being real with you I just gotta work extra harder so I only fly certain type of jets am I gonna lie to you I don't fly them skinny little tubes that you see out there My shit's being, my shit's, my shit's hope dead.

My shit is draped dead. My shit's special now. It costs. No, I'm just being honest. It costs a lot of money. I don't like this habit. I'm honest, too. I do not like this habit.

So I started flying ever since my son was born. After he took his first flight or two, I was like, I refuse not to fly. And my son can fly in the air, and I put him in the air, I gotta put me in the air. Absolutely, yeah. And I overcome my fear. So don't get twisted. When that shit shake, I'm on the fucking ground holding a fucking chair. I'm scared shitless to this day. But

I gotta do what I gotta do. And I can't believe it only takes two hours to get to a place or five hours to get to a place compared to 24 hours. Right, right, right. Thank God. God did. You think your kids could ever fly commercial?

I won't let them. Okay. My wife, my queen, she wants to let them. Right. She don't ever want me to book private jet, she wants me to go regular. But don't you got your own school for your kids? But I refuse to let them.

I won't let them and you don't you get your own school for your kids yeah we you know when the pandemic came we we built our own school your homeschooling yeah we homeschooled but it was it was but it was the whole community went to the house of school when the pandemic was deep in the pandemic you created a school yeah and then now you know we back to normal and um i mean well we kind of back yeah we're not all the way back so but at that time yeah you know, we're back to normal. And, I mean, well, we kind of back to normal. Yeah, we're not all the way back to normal. You know what I'm saying?

But at that time, yeah, you know what I'm saying? I made sure that he was around education, but also around other greatness, you know, other kids and kings and queens. It's important for our kids to be around each other. Yeah, you're building social skills, right. You know, support, you know what I mean? The same way it's important for us to be around, you know, greatness. Right. You know what I mean? So that was important. Yeah, that's beautiful, right. You know, support. You know what I mean? The same way it's important for us to be around, you know, greatness. Right.

You know what I mean? So that was important. That's beautiful, man. Let's make some noise for that. So 13 albums. What are we going to do? What are we going to do after this? Is this...

I mean, the way my album starts, there's nothing you can do about it. Is that where we're starting it off with? The way my album starts, there's nothing you can do about it. There's nothing you can do about it. Is that where we starting it off with? The way my album starts there's nothing you can do about it. There's nothing you can do about it. Like you know like track one and two after that like like it's it's probably head time. You don't ever ever have to quit. It's remember I'm a fan. Not only am I one of the the guys in the that's doing it big, I'm a fan. So know when I make my music, I'm making it as a fan too. Not just because I'm good at what I do, but I'm making it because I love this shit.

This is my biggest album. It's the biggest. Biggest. And the minute I stop saying that, I won't make no more albums again. I always say it's my biggest album That's important Because it is Right At that time

Right This is my biggest Right This guy did so When will you know it's not the biggest album? When I just lose the passion for it And I haven't lost the passion for it Because

I told you earlier I eat, sleep, breathe hip hop Is it about making the biggest records or having the biggest artists? It's about making the best song the biggest song. I mean don't think I'm sounding like cocky when I say this but like I can work with anybody and make a great song that's the blessing I got as a producer but I'm blessed also work with anybody and make a great song. That's the blessing I got as a producer. But I'm blessed to also work with the greats to make and continue to make great songs for my catalog and their catalog.

You know what I'm saying? You know, I tell people all the time, it's not about the feature you get. It's about what you get out of them. Out of the feature. And the song, how big it is you're saying so i i focus on the song right you're saying and sometimes you get blessed because of the excitement of the relationship and the passion of what we do together you get blessed for they be as passionate as i am and that's when like you make records like Stayin' Alive. And when Drake blesses you,

I like what Drake like. You know, I don't question Drake. If he says the hi-hat needed to be this loud, I love it. You're in. I love it. How about Bad Bunny?

You got a record with Bad Bunny? I worked with Bad Bunny before. I have vocals with Bad Bunny. You know, Bad Bunny originally was on You Stay. Remember that? You Stay, You Stay. I have the vocals right now.

Really? He was originally on You Stay. Is that what you're going to do? You're going to do a little bit of reggaeton? I mean, I don't mind doing it. One day I want to make a whole Spanish album. That's right. You speak Spanish.

Yeah, me sabe español, me sabe árabe, me sabe everything. I got to win. Vamos a hablar ahora mismo Spanish Me sabe espanol Me sabe arabi Me sabe everything I gotta win Vamos a hablar ahora mismo Me sabe todo He said El no sabe todo Me arabi Me american arabi

Me sabe espanol Me sabe todo I'm a hustler Right Like you know I was raised My mom speaks Every language

Listen I don't wanna get too deep Cause y'all gonna think I'm crazy Let me ask you something Real quick real quick Seriously I was raised, my mom speaks every language. Listen, I don't want to get too deep. Y'all going to think I'm crazy. Let me answer something real quick, real quick. Mom is being real. Hold on, Khaled, Khaled, serious question. A DJ is following in your footsteps. They want to do what you do.

How is an artist like yourself compiling these projects how is it that you make the money someone might say well if you're not the artist that's getting the publishing off of the verses how are you making your money on the projects i mean well me i'm a producer um i come from djing and i'm an artist right so anytime if i say another one, or DJ Cavill, we the best. That's publishing. Automatically. Right. You can't single beat.

When Lil Jon used to say, yeah. Publisher. Publisher. Take that, take that. But not even just that. I'm a producer. Right. But there's some records where I'm just, if I'm blessed, I'm an artist on it because they

came to the table with some greatness. Right. You know what I'm saying? So every record has a different story. You know what I'm an artist on it because they came to the table with some greatness right you'll say so every record has a different story you're saying one thing I won't do is um how can I say like what I won't do is people send me records all the time but it has to make sense of what i'm doing i'm not a shine freak when i say shop freak i'm a i want to be great like when when i say god did when the album come out you're going to understand what god did is the sound of god did the minute it starts to the end you're going to hear a callous sound at that time right if you notice my records always have a anthematic sound.

Right? You know what I'm saying? But there's times where... It's a big sound. So when I'm fully hands-on you know. I feel like that's the dub play background. Right. You know when I'm fully hands-on and then you know when I'm blessed

and I'm grateful to be able to collaborate. Because that's what it's about making music, it's about collaboration. Not just artists, but everybody in that room contributes, from the engineer down to the producer, down to the artist, down to everything in that room is a collaboration and we know you love everybody right but has there ever been a time where an artist didn't give you their all and you had to ask them to give you your all

I mean I got so much respect for the people I work with if I feel like it ain't right I'm pretty good at if I'm in it ain't right, I'm pretty good at, if I'm in the room with the person, I'm pretty good at getting it right. Because for instance, when Shine first came home, it seemed like Shine was off.

But it seemed like Shine right now. Right now he got the Shine voice. When Shine first came home, he didn't have the Shine voice. And it's crazy That me and Sean Was talking about that Right Because when he was Golfers

That's so long That's so long Of course He didn't use his voice Yeah Right Of course So when you think about it

You're like It's true He didn't use his voice Yeah Imagine being in that situation You're not going to be Talking to everybody Yeah

Right You're going to be Keeping to yourself And you're going to be Staying alive Yeah Staying alive He come home everybody. You want me to keep it to yourself and you're going to be staying alive. Yeah. Yes, staying alive. He come home.

What a blessing. What an inspiration Sean is. Like, if you think about his story. It's incredible. The man on scene. The man, the man,

the story. I can't wait to see a documentary on this guy. Right. So, he was in the studio the other day cutting dub play for me. And I'm like, yo, that voice is back. And you got Barrington and Levy on it?

Y'all redid the record, right? Yeah, I did a dub play with me, Boojoo, Shine. Oh, it's a dub play? It's a dub play. Oh, I thought you redid the record. No, no, no, me, Boojoo, Shine, and Barrington on the dub. That's crazy, though. You know, I still cut dub play.

That's crazy. I cut dub play just because I'm just so true to it, so pure to it. And I want my kids to have all my dubs when they grow up. I just love this shit. That's an NFT by itself. I love dub play. I still cut dub. I still cut dub.

I'm a sound killer. No, that's dope. That's dope. If we ain't established anything, we know that you a sound killer. No, no, no, because I come from that. So I'm never going to be shy to say where I come from. I come from sound. I'm a sound boy.

You know what I'm saying? Nobody can question that. What is your most proudest accomplishment besides your kids? We know that. My kids, for sure. I mean, music-wise. Lior told me a story one day. Lior asked me he said he said if i cut you what would you bleed and i said blood and then leo said ask me the same thing and i actually want the same

thing and leo i said if i cut you leo what you would bleed he said sucker mc then he asked me again he said so what do you bleed if i cut you and i said super done so if i if i was to cut dj collett right now what record would would would dj collett bleed i would i wouldn't i would just one i wouldn't i wouldn't even make it a record is it an album no i wouldn't even make it an album it's just like i would have to praise god you know what i'm Like, if I had to be cut and bleed, you're gonna see this God did. And it's not about the album. God did his album, yeah, but, you know,

God did his real thing to me. They ain't believe in us, Nori. Nah, it breaks my fucking heart. No, no, look at me, look at me. It breaks my heart. No, no, it breaks my heart. at me. It breaks my heart. No, no, it breaks, yo, it breaks my heart. Right. To have to see people that I know that, or, or, or, or, what do you call them, they or a hater?

Right. You ain't believe in us. Right. Yeah. You mean even now you don't believe in us? Right. You're breaking my fucking heart. But let's just be clear, Kyle.

So it would be God did. If you see me bleed, just know God did. God did. But let's just be clear So it would be God did If you see me bleed Just know God did God did But let's be clear You're a very Very Very successful person

Like You know we always feel People when we come up I think Floyd Mayweather Was probably the only person That pulled up With 18 cars Right

Like And when people But you pulled up You got the Two million dollar Maybach that pulls up for it. Excuse me. Then we make I think you don't have a few out there But it's like for but it's not about the number I don't want to make you look crazy out there. I apologize. You all saw London. Two world's voices. Stretch fandom. Stretch.

Not the one that you get in the store, the dealership, the one that you have to order. The stretch. The one that your knees ain't on your neck. You know, my shit is like. No, no, there's two of them. There's a fandom, and your knees is on your neck, and there's one that's like mine. It's a vibe. No, I'm just telling you the truth.

Yeah, go ahead. I'm sorry. So, with all this success, what keeps you going? And I've also been to your house plenty of times, and I'm going to be honest, you have probably one of the best houses

I've ever seen in my life. When I go to your house, I put the thing on, even if you tell me not to. You know, the things on your toes. You When I go to your house, I put the thing on, even if you tell me not to. You know, the things on your toes. You know how to do that. I put it on,

I mean, I try not to make a mess at all. No, no, no, because I got my own stone. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, we have little things for your footies. Oh, yeah, yeah.

You know how to do that. We just have that as a case. No, no, no. By the way, I never want to make a mess because I don't want to be the guy that makes a mess at the beautiful man.

No, no, no. So how do you keep going after all this success all this like most people get comfortable and they stop and they'll not even stop they'll just I'll tell you exactly comfortable and they don't work as hard after that how do you keep still to that passion God believes in you yes not only do you show him how grateful you are You better fucking go harder And harder Because that man Believe in you

The other day My engineer called me He was talking about Yeah Juan I love Juan But Juan's special Right I called Juan

The man talking like He on Drink Champs drunk Like he's talking crazy He know we gotta turn the album in I'm gonna take a shot for Juan Yeah The man talking like I'm like yo bro We gotta turn the album in And I'm going to take a shot for Juan. Yeah, the man talking like, I'm like, yo, bro, we got to turn the album in.

And he's trying to tell me some, I love Juan. You know, that's my engineer, my family. He's telling me like some type of excuse. Right. I had to yell on the phone and say, this God did, man. Are you fucking serious? You mean God believe in us and you playing with this shit? These motherfuckers don't believe in us and God did.

Get your shit together. Go fucking even harder because he believed. That's the shit I'm on. I tell everybody on my team. Fucking God believe in us. Excuse my language. These people, you better fucking go harder. That's what I tell my team

And I tell me Yo Nori Let me tell you something This ain't no joke team No joke team You don't see no blink And no nothing in my eyes As much as I drink

Japanese whiskey All that When it come down to the G.O.D God dude It's no joke team No joke team I'm only here because of him That's right

I'm only great because of him I'm only great because of him He believe in us Not just me He believe in all of us We gotta acknowledge that And when you know that You're only gonna do better Because you know better

And you're gonna go even harder And you're not gonna worry about all that other weird shit You're gonna fucking go hard. God damn it, man. Yo, really quick, though. Side look. I wanna dedicate this shot to a mutual friend of mine and Khaled's that passed away, Roll Up, that believes in both of us.

Man, Roll Up, man. Flavor Nation. Yeah, Flavor Station, man. God bless. Roll Up passed away. He passed away a while ago, man. Flavor Nation. Flavor Station, man. God bless. Roll up passed away. He passed away a while ago. A long time ago. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

He passed away a while ago. You know, EFN, you know, Nora, you know, EFN. You know, I get excited to get on the show, especially, you know, knowing you're a legend. You know that. But also your partner, EFN, he's a legend. He's a legend. Appreciate that. He's definitely a Miami legend.

I know that for a fact. Super Miami legend. And it's so beautiful to be around somebody I really know. He's a legend. He's a legend. Appreciate that. He's definitely a Miami legend. I know that for a fact. Super Miami legend. And it's so beautiful to be around somebody I really know. Yes, he knows. You know, oh, DJ Khaled, I know these brothers too. I really know. Yes, yeah.

You know what I'm saying? Like, this real talk. I actually know before all, before me and you, man, all that, they know. Right, right. So it's, you know, when he brings up Roll Up, that was a brother of ours that was so pure to the hip-hop game and loved us so much that would would do anything for us that

would sponsor all our parties invested in every every one of all our parties would put up a bag up for us to see us win you know to be out there passing out flyers with us to have a clothing store you know i mean god bless him man you know if you look at one of my old videos me doing my peter piper back in the back he was beside me it was me craze and roll up you know i mean zulu nation all right yeah you know what i'm saying so like when he brings his name up i just got to give him his flowers because absolutely that's our brother you know what i'm saying yeah that's our brother you know that yeah he's a real one my brother i'm getting goosebumps right now what are you drinking is that a spritzer Yeah, it's our brother, you know that? Yeah, he's a real one. My brother. I'm getting goosebumps right now.

Connors, what are you drinking? Is that a spritzer? What is that called? This one is actually Casamigo. I'm going to take you to a pizza. We did bring the spritzers, though. I've been on this lately. So I'm on my Deleon.

I'm on my Lobos. Lobos, yeah. I'm on my Balan. And Mav Carter. I'm on my Ace. I'm on a bunch of vibes. But I went this vibe today because, what was the other night?

Jamie was in the studio, and I was like, yo, this is like a vibe. It's hitting me. It's a little cranberry a little star fruit You know saying so chef Melissa put in one of these little vibes for me You know saying don't know at the crib She got it with fucking pineapple hanging out with a fucking tree coming on the side With a hot rag to wash your face off. You know, shit smell like milk. You know, they believe in us.

God did. It's Jeff Melissa, dude. Yo, you better believe it. It's Jeff Melissa, dude. Man, I can't wait for you to hear this whole verse. This whole verse, yes, because I ain't going to lie to you. I ain't hear him talk like that since. And we can't say who he on the record with now?

No, I don't want to because. No, we don't have to. You know, it's going to start, you know, it's going to be the start off my album. Oh, this is the first record. That's why you said. There's a thing that comes in, which is unbelievable, that comes in, that brings it in. Yeah, it's the start. It's the start of the album and um

Can we say how many other people's on the record what the goal is the other goats on oh, yeah all go That's all go. Yeah, it's kept play with this shit He can't play with this shit. You're saying um, I Pinched myself every time I hear it So so if I say a name time I hear it. So if I say a name... Don't even do that. I know it's Drink Champs. I know it's like...

But like, really, this is a gift to the world. It's a gift to the world. So let's just let the world get it. Yeah, they gotta get it. They gotta get it. Because it's unbelievable. And like I said,

the big goats, they came... Not once, but twice. It's unbelievable And then like Like I said The big goats Are outside They came Not once but twice Yeah some of them came twice Right It's really unbelievable man Like it's unbelievable God bless you

God bless you Uh uh uh Let's give some applause Is DJ Khaled happy? Yeah I am. I've probably been the happiest I've ever been in my life. And I would have to give the credit to God, my kids, and my queen. If I was down, all I have to do is see my kids. I'm very happy because of all the accomplishments I have conquered throughout my career.

I'm very happy of my growth. I'm very happy with my patience. I'm very happy with me controlling my emotions. I'm very happy with my decisions. I'm very happy, Nori, because I'd be disrespectful to say I'm not. Because we have life. We're blessed. We're blessed.

We're blessed. Is it, am I human? Yes. Do we go through hard times? Do we go through depression? Do we go through vibes? Of course we do. Right.

But it's how we deal with it. Yeah. And I'm proud how we deal with it. And I'm proud of how I deal with things. But I'm super excited and super proud of just all the accomplishments that we've done. Because everything I'm doing and everything I've done, they said I couldn't do. Like literally told me I could not do none of this shit. I have accomplished. So I'm very proud of that.

I know that's from God's blessing. And now I got my kids. So now I'm a superhero. Like I know that's from God's blessing and now I got my kids so now I'm a superhero like I like I got special powers now so I'm like I've been going hard now my kids is here I'm like I'm like yeah not just beautiful like unstoppable you see what I'm saying I'm gonna make sure that everybody good. You know what I'm saying? Then I got a beautiful team around me. Yes.

You know, my circle tight, man. I keep it tight. You know what I'm saying? So I got nothing but good vibes around me. You know what I'm saying? Kitko, Patty, Jamie. Chris Smokes. Chris Smokes, Ivan, my queen, my kids, Lenny S, you know, Courtney, Latrice.

It's so many of us, Natalie, I don't want to go into all the names. I don't want to forget nobody. But my team is the definition of teamwork making dream work. And I want everybody out there from a new artist or producer or anything that you try to do in life as an entrepreneur, it take to have a good team with you. Yeah, you could do it yourself. Because, you know, I tell my team all the time,

they'll tell you, I'm not shy about this. I'm going to get it done regardless. That's what keeps them strong. And then they, then they, then they, I'm drunk, get it done regardless. That's what keeps them strong. And then they, I'm drunk, but then they get even greater. I watched the greatness come out of them even more. And I watched them do things on their special projects where they're turning to different type of bosses. And I'm like, I love that. And I know that this energy we got is special.

You know what I'm saying? Let's make some noise for that. Yeah, it's special. Taking a shot, you said? No, no, no. We back on regular drinks. Holy moly, yo Kyle, I can't thank you enough, man.

Yo, let me just tell you something, man. Your energy is beautiful. We believe in you, even when they didn't that's right we're here for you um uh you're not only um a dj icon you're not only a producer icon you're just an icon in general uh the things that you continue to do and continue to monkey for And continue to produce records And records and hits after hits And classic albums after classic albums

I want to tell you to your face You're appreciated Thank you brother You are special Thank you brother You are cloth talk Thank you You are an icon

And we appreciate you In case you didn't know that We want to tell you face to face. We want to give you flowers, you know what I mean, to your face because we haven't seen nobody do that. Like when I said earlier, you're the Quincy Jones. Of this generation. Of this generation. I appreciate that.

You know what I'm saying? I heard you say that. I'm a student. Yeah, but let me give you your flowers. No, no, I appreciate that and and I want to be clear because you know I know when it wait wait when people say stuff like that you know that's such a big name right but I know what you say and I really really beyond you you that you saying that gonna make me go even harder you know what the analogy is is

like Quincy was the only one who could work with Michael Jackson. Right. You got Michael Jackson in both versions. You got Hove at your expense. And you got fucking Drake anytime you want. That's beautiful. I'm very grateful for my brother. That's beautiful, bro.

Beyond grateful. Anybody act up, I let a Hove go. I let another Drake go too. And I got it You give me turnt up because I got it for real another drink, of course another by himself You're nori this DJ cow this

It breaks my heart of you question me. Don't do this. I love you. I'm not questioning you. No, no, no. Please don't do this to me. We don't want to break your heart. Don't do this to me. We don't want to keep your heart together. Man, it's so crazy that I was thinking when you brought his name up, it's like I'm just thinking about no new friends.

Right. Like it's crazy how many records we got together. When it was going over some of them, a new one popped up in my head just now. It's such a blessing, man. You have the goats that work with you. Beyond grateful. Beyond thankful. He know that.

And I make sure I show it too. That's family. Both of them. Do we still spell Canada? D-R-A-K-E. I like what Drake like. I ain't playing with this shit. Oh, my God.

I love this shit. I ain't playing with this shit. You know what? I say things that people want to say or afraid to say or insecure to say. I like what Drake like. You know? Think I'm fucking crazy? Like, no, people...

Let me tell you something. When you get an opportunity to work with a Hove or a Drake, it's like, not only do we like what they like, get things that we can have a discussion of what we like. Right. You have the opportunity. You understand what I'm saying? There's a reason why...

I'm going to go ahead and take another shot. Yeah, yeah, take a shot, because I'm not. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You understand what I'm saying? There's a reason why. I'm going to just go ahead and take another shot. Yeah, yeah, take a shot because I'm not. You're rocking and rolling? Because I like. Who's joining me on this one? I'm focused on it. I like Winaz. This ain't that same, that game.

I like Winaz. You want a shot? I like Winaz and Hope. They like Japanese whiskey. So I like it too. No, I love it. I love it, but I can't do all that. All that shit falling out, all that type of shit.

Get his mama Juana. You know, you got to. These guys are special. Like, you know, first of all, Jay-Z, with Jay-Z, we wouldn't be doing nothing we'd be doing if it wasn't for Jay-Z. Right. That's the truth. So how did this record happen when you got him for this? Did you call him?

Because... I came to see him to play on my album. Okay, this is when you're out in Roc Nation. I went to go see Ho. I always go see Ho, even if it's not for a record or nothing. I just go see my brother for his blessings,

for energy. And you drink Ace of Spades. I always let him pick my album covers too. Oh, wow. Word? Yeah. I show him like two options

and I let him pick out of those options. Right. Always. I can't wait for you to see this cover. Yeah. But so I went to go see Ho and I was blessed for him to put me in his schedule. I played in my album and he picked the record. He said I played in my album. You know, obviously I knew like I would love to get you on this one, but there were so many other ones I wanted to get him on,

but I knew this particular one, there's nothing we could do about it. I don't even have to ask you. Just the love of music. It's the one. That's going to inspire you to rap. You got to remember, music is a powerful thing. Absolutely.

Now, you can ask somebody to get on all you want, but if the music speaks to you, it's nothing to talk about. Wait, but this is the exception to the rule that you don't want opinion. You don't show the music. Yeah, but I'm playing on my whole album. So it's the exception to the rule. Right. No, no, no.

I'm asking for an opinion. I'm playing on my whole album, but I'm also telling him, you do know I need you. Right. So I'm pointing to the one I need. Right. But he, so let me just skip real quick. At the end of me playing my whole album, he told me I made my best album. What?

This one. Hov said I made my best album. Wow. He proud of me. Wow. He said, you really did your thing, and this is your biggest album. Wow. That's what he told me. Wow. You really did your thing. And this is your biggest album. Wow. That's what he told me.

Right. The record that he's on, I can't even lie to you. Can I tell you the truth? Please. Don't lie to me. You know, the album comes out August 26th. Ho, you know you're my brother. I'm not saying nothing wrong.

You know, he asked for four records. To be on four? After I played him an album. To be on four of them? No, no, no, I didn't say to be on four. He told me to send him four records. I sent him four. He already did a record.

When I sent him the four, he did the record that you're hearing the rumbles about. Right, and he wanted four more? Which is... He wanted three more which is he wanted three more unbelievable did remember i told you yes remember i told you and i'm not taking no talk back you see me blink yet not at all okay no no no i don't want it i don't want to i want other people to say what I want to say. That's how big it is. I'm going to let other people say it.

Well, Lenny S. made it clear. Guru made it clear, too. Guru, yes. And there's other people that heard that. People are flying into my house to hear this. People flying in probably wear hoes. When I was leaving your house, I was hearing Juan mixing a little bit.

I was being very noisy. It's unbelievable. It's unbelievable. What I'm saying is I gave him four records because he requested four records. I didn't say he's on four records. So far he's on. So that's the one and there's three more.

I said he requested four records. He got on three more. When he said send four records, I sent him four records. Okay. One of them came back. The album comes out August 26th. Last Minute Magic. I don't...

You got lots of records. When you work with Hov and you work with... You don't ask questions. You don't ask questions. You like what Hov likes. I love it! You love what Hov likes. You know what I'm saying?

So, like... When the verse came back, first of all, I'll be real with you. And, cause it's my record, I don't want any, it's unbelievable. So Lenny heard it first, or? Lenny and Guru obviously heard it immediately. Right.

You know that FaceTime picture that I posted up with me and Guru and Lenny? That's me actually hearing the record and I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Right. Yo he's talking that now just it's whole but he's talking okay let me help you out describe the situation for us hold did and when i say hold it that is you're gonna know what whole did it's it's big. It's not only big.

I'm not going to say what I want to say because I'm going to let other people say it. It's one of his best verses. No, no, no. He got too many best verses. We're not going to go there.

But I hear you. I hear you. I hear you. I'm not going there because I don't want to start this rumble. Like, y'all can't have that. When he's talking about ghosts like this, you got to be careful. Is it unbelievable? Is it incredible? Is it?

Yes, it's. The definition of the best, right? Am I crazy or what? Like like so you're saying the right thing i'm just saying this but this is this is more than you expect i remember i told you i don't want to go too deep into it because i want you to get the album august 26 and you're going to understand oh i know what he's saying yes it's definitely in in its and made his catalog like to like if you put a greatest hits out You're gonna put it on there. Yeah, like it's gonna be one of us a big deal I'm gonna y'all say it. I'm gonna y'all say it. Let's establish this on the album right now. We got holes

fully vocals are in We got in we got Drake vocals are in. We got Drake. Vocals are in. Vocals with an S. Are we establishing one vocal, two vocal, three vocal? S. You don't understand English? In Spanish, too. Mutual. Mas.

Jay-Z's suit? Mas. Jay-Z's? No, no, no. Don't try. I'm drunk. Now you're trying to establish it. I told you he did a verse which is unbelievable.

Yes, it's classic. And then Drake's plurals. Yes, it's incredible. Yes, it's everything you heard. The rumbles is out there. Right. It's unbelievable. I pinched myself.

I pinched myself. I listened to it on the way here. I'm going to listen to it on the way back. I'm going to listen to it on the way back. I'm going to listen to it again because it's unbelievable. So we got Jay-Z. We got Lil Baby. We got Drake. We said Drake's.

We got Drake's with an S. And anybody act up will get more. That's my brother. First of all, we can't let Drake connect. It's something special. It's my brother. First of all, we can't drink connect. You know, it's come on. It's something special. It's always special. What's the first one? I'm on one. What's the first one was fed up, fed up. He did like, uh, eight bars on that. It was like, you know, everybody on it. My first time working with him. Um, and then the second one was, yeah, I'm on one. And that's when

the whole shit shifted and changed my life. That's a crazy record. And I'm forever grateful. You know what I'm saying? That's my brother, man. Me and him are really like, we connected.

You know what I'm saying? Right. Family. Not just him, his whole team. Right. We the best OVO. Big up Chubbs. Yeah, Chubbs. Shout out to Chubbs. Future the Prince I'm saying? Family. Not just him, his whole team. We the best OVO. Big up Chubbs. Yeah, Chubbs. Shout out to Chubbs.

Future the Prince. Future the Prince family. Bring them all up. Bring them all up. Right there. Damn. Damn. I ain't gonna lie to you. You gave us everything we needed. And then some. We didn't have to go into no bag that we didn't want to. We didn't have to go to no negative bag. We went straight positive.

There's no negative bag. There's nothing negative over to. We didn't have to go to no negative bag. We went straight positive. Yeah, I mean, you know. There's no negative bag. There's no negative bag. I mean, there's nothing negative over here. We blessed. And like we started off the interview, we love everybody. Yes.

You know. Yes. You can say anything. We love everybody. Right. You know what I'm saying? That's so important. I think we all need to say that.

Yes. You know what I'm saying? This is, you know, right now this world is, you can either get caught up in it or you can help it. Right. That's true. And I want to be one of those guys that can help the world.

I'm a father. I got kids. I want my kids to grow up with love around them. So I have to be an example of it. I can't just preach about it and not show it. That's the type of person I am. So I encourage everybody to love more. Don't take shit too serious.

Protect each other. Protect our brothers and sisters. Protect our art. Support each other. There's no reason our show support each other there's no reason to tear nobody down there's no reason to hate nobody right it's just for what you're wasting your time man use that time to to win more to love more um learn to forgive if it's able to have forgiveness right and if it's not don't make it into nothing else. Lock away.

Keep it moving. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? I'm not a preacher, but I'm talking from a man of experience. I'm talking about life, and I'm talking as a father, too. You know what I'm saying? April 26th, we on the head top. No, August 26th. August 26 August 20 I say April

We only had time cha-cha that's if you're gonna sip college don't count. Oh, yeah, I'm sorry. I'm drunk Yeah, but listen college we got count. I'm sorry. I'm drunk. He don't sip. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But listen, Kyle. We appreciate you so much. We thankful. August 26th, we going to be out there. We going to take it back to street team. Yeah, we doing that. Shout out to Shampoo.

I'm not going to call Shampoo after this because I'm going to. I need him to be part of it. YVS. Yeah, he always part of all my campaigns. Shout out Shampoo, man. But I was having a meeting with my We The Best Epic team, and I was like, yo, I want to take it back to the grassroots. You know, the pandemic's over.

Let's have, I kept bringing Shampoo's name up. Let's get back to that. I love that shit. Freaky. That's the era we all came up in. You got to show people that you work for your shit. Right. You know what I'm saying?

You know, some of these people won't even post their own shit up. Right. Not me. I'm putting pressure on you. Right. I'ma put that pressure on you, but I'ma put pressure of greatness. We done. We just gotta do bitches and promo.

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