Joe and Jada - The Real Report - Jacquees reveals why he cut Mario from his album, making up with Trey Songz, making Mood 2, K Camp tour, & King of R&B BACKLASH

Episode Date: August 19, 2026

Jacquees joins Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda on The Real Report to break down his 22-track album Mood 2, why he still stands behind calling himself the King of R&B, and the real story behind his fallout with Mario after Mario questioned his singing. He also discusses clearing the air with Trey Songz, collaborating with Kodak Black, Juvenile, Ty Dolla $ign and Rob49, his Grammy ambitions, singing outside a Kroger before getting discovered, signing with Birdman, naming his all-time R&B top five, and touring with K Camp.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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That was a guy I used to call, like. What Mario do? That guy got on Cam Noon podcast, and they was asking, Cameroon asked him, like, who can sing and who can sing or some dumb shit. Like that. Right. And then, bro was like, bro was like, can Jacquee sing? Can he sang and can he sang?

He was like, I mean, he can't sing. I mean, he can't sing. But that was weird to me. I hit him up as soon as I seen it, but it wasn't like, I'll just let him know how I feel. You know, he let me know how he felt. But I just didn't respect what he was saying.

But that let me know our relationship wasn't how I thought it was anyway. You know what I'm saying? Got you. Got you. It was like, all right, cool. I was probably tripping anyway. All right.

You know, it was just like rapping sometimes. You know, they just be hating. who got this record, who got this versus what, you know, argue. But that really had shocked me, though, no cap. Because bro was on my album, you know what I'm saying? All right, look at that. He was on my album, but not no more because I'm like, he said not no more.

Well, yo. He didn't get stabbed. Right. Shut the fuck the fuck. Brooms, bro. What's that point you get movies with? Oh! Oh, brother.

You, brother. Yeah, my video. I would get me on there. I would get that. I was a little. That's how my fucking. Yeah, yeah, this the boy Uncle murder, aka Led Jet Lennie. And it's your boy Tony Yeo and it's the Rear Report show.

And tell him who you are. Man, it's the king of R&B Jaquise. Yeah, man. Oh, yeah. You heard that. Yeah. And ladies and gentlemen, we was talking, this is my guy right here, legend right here. And he was playing Move Series part two.

And I was like, yes, this is what. music needs, man. You had something for the club. Yeah. You had big features. Yeah. You had stuff for the ladies. I mean, it's like a void and R&B, man.

Talk about the creative process of MOVE series, too. Because the last one was, what, 10 years ago? Yeah, that was 10 years ago, I dropped Move 1 and this move too. Man, the creative process, I've been working on it since then. Like, just trying to get it, you know, get it perfect, honestly. And this just felt right. I probably really like got tight, tight on it, about three years ago,

2003 is when I put in my mind like, all right, we really about to get ready to drop it. And that's when I recorded a lot of the records that you just heard, scrapped a lot of records, but really was just making sure I had a move for every feeling, you know what I'm saying, for everything that it needed to be. So, man, big shout out of everybody

that I was in the studio with, Nash B, Forte Boy, my brothers came major, hitmaker, that came and added the last little sprinkles to it. So yeah, bro, like I got, I got some stuff on that. I'm confident in it, too. You know what I'm saying? It was a long time coming to be able to get here,

but I think it's super special because I was just able to put Mood 1 on streaming platform. So if people never got to experience the music of Mood 1, they'll get to sit with that and then go to move too, you know what I'm saying, and get the whole vibe. I remember when you first started calling yourself

the King of Arm, but you had a little bit of drama behind that, right? A lot. Right. All right. You already know, it was crazy. Yeah, speak on that little bit, man. How was that whole, like, little thing going on?

I mean, it was, it was crazy. It was a crazy time. Like, you know, but it was something that I don't regret because I realized everybody knew me and that's really what I wanted. Like, I used to go places. I tell people I used to go places and I introduce myself to somebody

or, you know, or really just say what's up and everybody like, who are you? Like, what do you do? You know, so I was like, I know they know who I am because I had a big song. BED was going crazy at the time. I was like,

I know they know who I am and I had a bunch of mixtapes, like mood and stuff. Really, that was out at that time. And, you know, after I said I was King R&B, you know, a bunch of people just was coming from me. I ain't even true. For us, facts, fact. I like how, I like how, like how my name

I always come up with that whenever they mention. Definitely, you know, whenever somebody say King Rock. I mean, it was good marketing. It was good marketing. What you just played, you can feel like that. The records you just played, because with these 22, two songs on an album, I just said, oh, you're trying to get 15 number ones. I know what you're trying to do because we, can we talk us about some of the features

or no? Yeah, for sure. Because I know I heard the joint with Rob 4 or 9, that was crazy. Come and go. The joint with Kodak out of here. A smoke. The label, I would have put that out first. Shout to the label, though.

Yeah. But I would put the Kodak. What label are you on? It's Cash Money Republic. Oh, Cash Money Republic. Okay, okay. Got you. Shout to Cash Money Republic.

I would put the Kodak record out first. Facts. Oh man, that's a strip club anthem. Your joint with hit-maker, I feel like that's definitely one for the ladies. Like, you played me like three joints for the ladies. And I feel like in R&B, I feel like it's more female artists dropping like a Mariah The Scientist. You got snow, you got Summer Walker, you got Cizzer, you got Doja, you got Kalani, you got so many.

And so- Yeah. Now, now with male artists. it just seemed like you got Chris, Trey, we haven't heard nothing from in a while. Right. You know what I'm saying? Givion, Leon Thomas, the weekend,

but the weekend makes records, you know. Right. You know, Usher, you know, now they don't tour stuff. My nigga, Trey songs had some drama too, man, talking about, what was that about this here? Then, you just cut me off. Hold on. You mentioned Trey songs, and I'm at, hold on, man.

We're not doing it, but you can't interrupt me when I'm talking. I just remember that. We got to do this profession. Calm down, brother. So how do you feel? You don't feel like there's a, void like in male hip hop, like a male R&B because like the female R&B like artists or it just like feels like it's more than it's like nobody's dropping.

So when I hear your album, it feels like a breath of fresh air, you know what I'm I mean, I feel like it's a void for probably the type of R&B that I make. You know what I'm saying? Because there's a lot of guys that's out right now. Like you got what, Leon Thomas, like you said, give you a lot of guys. Shout out for Leon Thomas. Got the enjoyment 50. Yeah, and Leon Thomas, he did some work on this album too, a record called Probably

We did some writing on it. Okay, dope. Yeah, shout out to Learne. But I just feel like for what I do, I feel like that's why I felt like, damn, boy, this shit feels good. Like, you know, because it's like, it's different from what they do.

You know what I mean? It's different. Mine is like a little more, it's like contemporary R&B, you know, and it's like, it's just like that classic sound. Right. You know, but I just feel like, I don't know, people dropping, I mean, like I say,

you got Chris just dropped this album. And I was fired. I was my joint. Yeah, he just dropped. I'm coming, though. You know what I'm saying? I'm coming in. Like, you know what I'm saying?

It's going to be crazy. I feel like these 22 songs are going to hit. I feel like it's going to fill the gap for what's missing. You just played eight for us, and I was like, damn. What made you go with 22 records? You want 15 number one hits on the charts? Ain't nobody dropping. I mean, really, it's like, I'm like, I ain't going to hold it.

Like, I ain't going to hold it. I'm like, this feel right. And honestly, when I was playing the album, it didn't even feel like 22 songs. Got you. Like, this perfect because I want to drop a lot of records and it ain't like dragging out. You know, sometimes you hear it's like, damn, this kind of long. It didn't, I'm not losing your attention. So I'm like 22 will be perfect for me.

Got you. Got you. Now, back to that I was saying before he, I cut him off and then he cut me back on. That's right. I just got here, right? But you had a little drama with Tray songs. What was that about, man? Are y'all cool now?

Yeah, yeah, we good. I just seen Trent. Okay, that's good. But we got good a long time ago. Okay, okay. Just brothers, man, out there getting into it, man, really just wilding. And wasn't supposed to be wilding out there either. Got you, got you, got you.

Got you. Got you. Got you. Okay, cool. Longs is no more drama. No, no more drama. All right, cool, cool. We've been around the singers.

Y'all do get crazy. Oh, my God. Do they? That's why I'm asking. You're acting like I'm over here bugging. You know how these singing niggas be? Ta-Coon weekend. You remember Ty Coolew with this, nigger?

You know how many texts I got from this nigga, yo. Big bro. Yo, just that fifth note. It wasn't me, bro. It wasn't me, bro. Yo, not. Listen, that was one of the funniest weekends ever in Houston, though. You know what I'm saying?

Ever, nigger, like, ever. Nah, because you know what it is? Because niggas be thinking because you sing, ooh, yeah, to the bitches that you ain't going to pop off. And niggas is popping off. All the time. They're popping off. I ain't going to front, man.

Hey, man, that's just how shit goes sometime. Yeah, y'all was turned up. The R&B guys was turth up. It was crazy. That shit ain't happened since, huh? No, no, no, I think. Did we have one after that? I'm saying like that?

Oh, no, not like that. No, definitely not like that. No, no. Yeah, it was calm. It was calm. That shit, that was the one. Yeah, that was there. So many of the niggas see me like,

well, I had a good turn with you. What had that Tycoon in Houston? I was like, they don't remember. But for sure. No, no. Time. That's what stuff. It was there.

It was definitely a good time. Definitely. Definitely. But show, man, like, you are you in the studio with people? Or you just want them to send you to music. What's better for you? What's the process? So, honestly, like me and Kodak, we did our record together in the studio.

Bye. Who else? I'm trying to think who else. How was Kodak in the studio, Wild Night? No, no, it was cool, bro. That's a fucking hit. Shout to Kodak. Yeah, that's my .

We talked about that record. That record felt like I haven't heard Kodak like that since the record with Bruno Maw's, him and Gucci. The kid's going to eat that up. Man, I think the world is going to get that one out. And like I said, Caropax. I feel like that's like the perfect strip club void. Yeah.

I feel like that too. I feel like the club needs that. And I feel like I will bump that in the car, but I'm definitely getting the album. What's the process in the studio? You like being in the studio. What was the night like Kodak? Wild Night. Nah, Kodak.

It was cool shit. We got in at the house of hits in Miami. I remember that night. I remember we got down we were hungry here. I remember we ordered McDonald's, that was the best McDonald's I ever had for a real. Y'all n'all. Y'all n'allon. No cavioles.

She was closed for real. They was one of them late nights. But I remember we just got in and that shit was just natural. You know what I'm saying? That's my partner. So it was natural. And Brett Cooley Hill and he's talented, super talented. That's my dog.

I ain't gonna friend. He's sound a little sober on that record, man. No, we was in that big cooler. Oh, yeah, all yeah. He said like he said like he wasn't too like crazy on that one. Yeah, good, good. I mean he has a few vibes. We were just babbling.

Yeah. That sounds good. Who else was on that record? You said again? Nob. Shout to him. Where are you from? from Miami too?

Nah, honestly, I don't know what Nobi from, Kodak. It was Kodak, I did to add him to the record. Kodak had previews some of the record on like, on one of his social media platforms. And then Nobi had, like, took some of the beat and did a version. Kodak was like, bro, we need to put him on the album. We need to put him on his song, bro. He was like, real talk. Like, it don't even need to come out unless he on it.

I was like, bet, bro, let's put him on it. So shout out to Nobi, you know what I. Look at that. That gave him that assist. Another number one hit. So 22 records. Like, what was the process like for you? What was you thinking?

Like, yo, I'm coming to take over to, to really show people I'm the king of R&B. Real talk, that's really the goal, like, and to get awards. Like, that's my mission. Like, I ain't been awarded yet. Like, I've been nominated for A Heart BET Awards. But I ain't never got awarded. I performed at Soul Train Awards, different stuff like that.

But I want to, like, be awarded. I want to do late night TV. Let me Jaco Cuis at the BETT Awards, man. Let's get my boy Popping, I heart and all that. Yeah, I need some. Grammys, too. Come on, he went to the Grammys too. Yeah, I think this album good enough for a Grammy too.

I think it is too, man. That's what my label is telling me. Great album. Yeah, they'd be like, man, I feel like you can like win a Grammy. So, you know, I keep that in my mind, but not really. You know what I'm saying? Like, if it happened, it happened, but like, just for the start, like, you know, for where I come from. Like, I got to get a BET award because I ain't got one yet.

And I got to get a Grammy, honestly. I know I get one one day, though, because I could see as, it's achievable. Like, I've been seeing my peers, like, you know, the last, the last Gramm's to just pass and see like my friends go get them. So I'm like, okay, I can go get one. Definitely. Definitely, definitely, man. Talk about the record with Juvenile.

That's now on the charge. Shout to Juvenile. You know what I'm saying? Shout out of my big brother, Juvial. Talk about that, man. Shout out to Juvenile. Shout out the hitmaker. One of the greatest.

Definitely. Nashville. Nashville, Hitmaker, Forte Boy, Nuzo. They produced the record. We did this in 2023 in Miami. And I remember we was just, you know, having a good time in the studio, but we wanted to make an uptempo record.

And once we made it, I'm like, man, we gotta get somebody from New Orleans on it. And I'm like, I know I could get Juvie to do it. Like, I know Juvia do a verse, and Juvia did a verse and he killed it. And Juvie was the one that really like put it on my mind to drop it, like, bro. We was out to shoot his video for High Boy Summ off

his last album, boiling point where he just dropped. And he's like, bro, what you doing with the song? I'm like, bro, I'm putting it on the album, but I don't know when I'm gonna drop it. He's like, man, you need to drop it, but that's a hit, bro. We'd be playing it all the time, you know what I'm saying? Definitely hit, what you said, number 26 on the charts?

Yeah, yeah, we-26, baby. Yeah, I think it's probably higher than that right now. Yeah, man, let's go. Whoa, yeah. Oh, man, it's back. Yeah, for sure. It's been a minute since I had a record top 30. It's been like on my own solo since, like, 2019.

Since the King R&B album. So I'm happy for that, you know, blessed, thank God. You know what I'm saying? Shout out to the label. So we're working. And you know, the hitmaker record, what is the stretch? What is it? Well, hitmaker, hitmaker was on that one, too.

That one. And he'll stretch you out with Ty Dallelan. I'm going to stretch you out. Ty Dallan. Talk about that one. That's a, man, that song was crazy how we did.

Me and Ty Dallan had a show. I don't know. I think the show was in Vegas somewhere. Close to Vegas or somewhere on the West. You know, Tau, my dog, I've been working with Tys since I was dropping mixtapes. When I dropped my mixtape with 2017,

Ty Dada Time was on the BED remix with Cuevo. And I remember we had a show, you know, I just went in his dressing room. Like, bro, we need to get in the studio tonight. He was like, I had my engineer set up at the hotel room, just pull up. So I pulled up to his room, me and his engineer, we just got the worker. He had this record that Hitmaker had already had for him, you know what I'm saying?

So that would stretch you out. But it wasn't finished. So he played it out. He was like, this would be hard, you know what I'm saying? So I'm like, bit he threw it all. And I sat right there on the sofa. You know, we had the microphone plugged up and stuff. Sit right there on the sofa and just went to work.

You know what I'm saying? That nigga was knocked out the whole time. Yeah, that nigga was dead sleep. That's what. You know, the only thing with hitmakers, I don't know, I don't want murder to think I'm glazing. When you know, when you hit hit maker, people think, but the beat is real, he'd be having hard beats.

Nah, the shit be hard. But niggas sometimes, niggas think you glazing. When you hit maker in the, in the beginning, hit, they just start bopping their head because he hypnotize you with that shit. But that shit is crazy, bro. Thank you, bro. Yeah, I knew that was once.

So shout out to Ty, because Tait, like, he threw that on the table for me. So I'm like, shit, shout out to bit, bro. Because I ain't even, hit, I didn't play that for him. Right. Yeah, Ty did. So I'm like, I bet. But shout out of both of them.

They're my dogs, though. Show for sure. No, that's what's up, man. That's what's up, man. I see you had a collab project with Dage Loaf. Yep. How was that, man? That was super lit.

Working with Dage is, it's super dope. Our projects be going crazy. Our fans love it. Facts, facts, facts. Shown for Dage Loaf, man. You got more than one project together? Yeah, yeah, we dropped our mixtape in 2017. That's where at the club came from.

And like, you belong to somebody else, all those popular records. And then, 2000, 24? Last year, yeah, we dropped Focal Friends Zone 2. on too. Got you. And we went on tour so lot every day. You know what I'm saying? We went crazy.

That was fire. Yeah, we got some stuff in the can too. Fire, fire. Yeah, some crazy records. That might do another project together? I'm sure. Like, I think what we do can continue. Got you.

That's dope. So you live in the studio, man? I got a studio at the career, man. I built a studio in Miami, FYB recording studio. If y'all niggas, every in Miami, y'all need to come to my studio. Definitely, man. Yeah, yeah. I got the photo, shoot shit, all that.

Anybody out there watching you and me, Miami book, F-R-B Recording Studio, man, we're in Miami, Florida. Definitely. Do you think it's a problem when you got too many hit records, when everybody gets confused, like, on what to pick? Like, it's like, oh, I like this one, or this person might like that one.

Well, it's like this, like, I think that's hard in the beginning for show, but then it's like, now, it'll be easy tonight, like, through the week, because we're going to throw the album out, and people are going to be, we're going to see the streams, and we're going to see what everybody like. And so we're going to have our favorites, but we're going to have to gravitate to everybody rock

with it. Yeah. Don't have to. Big facts. That's how I go nowadays. Man, they see what the streams and the YouTube, what people really fillings and they go with that one nowadays. That's how it go now.

I mean, he played, what you played is, eight records? I love all of them. Rob 49, the chiropractor, stretch. Stretch you out? Yeah, stretch you out. Yeah, I got videos and all that's coming too, though. I got a short film that we just shot over the weekend. And I just dropped the trailer today.

So that's like super crazy. I wrote it directed by my boy B. Pace and myself. It's crazy, bro. Like I can't wait for everybody to see it. And the album is the soundtrack. And then of course I got videos coming to the records on the album. You know, probably going to drop one during the week, this week, you know, for all the fans to see.

You already got video shot for the project? Yeah, I already got video shot. The can is loaded. Got you, got you. It's loaded. I stay working. That's all I do. Shit, I want to hit the rest of the project.

to the fucking album, man. Yeah, he eight tracks and them six was old crazy. Man, come on, man. It's up there. What's up with Rob 4'9 in the studio? He always come with a verse. Well, we ain't, me and Rob may make our song together, but Rob was in the studio during the process of move, too.

Like, we was working at the same spot in Miami. So that's really how I really even got the idea to put Rob on it. I'm like, I be saying this, I know that's my nigga too. Like, I'm like, I know Rob would do a verse for me. That's my dog for real. And I just sent it to him and brother, like, Quill, I got you. And he sent that shit.

back and it was super hard. I was like, he ain't got to do none of us. That's it. That's perfect. So shout out to Ralph O'Nan. That's my daughter. That nigga hard too. He wanted the code as like the newest rappers.

Yeah, he definitely wanted the calls. He did that shit for real too. We'd be in the club. That nigga might just take the microphone and just start freestyling. Yeah. The thing with him is, he makes his own hit records and he gets like he always has a crazy feature.

So like the feature with you and him was definitely another crazy one. Yeah. You know. And that's going to hit people left field too. like down. Jack Cleese and Rod for that? Man, you got some hits on, man.

I want to hear the other, I guess. We got like 12 more to listen to, man. That's why I like to listen to the music before we even come out. Yeah, nah. It make the interview way better. Now we got something to talk about. An I-Heart Radio experience with Cameron Wickome.

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plane before without his family. It was so pure. Listen to Joy 101 with Hoda Kotby on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. We really know what's going. How you started singing, though? That's a question I always wanted to ask you. Uh, shit, I wanted to be a rap at first. You know what I said? Yeah, hey, yeah, I used to look up to the hot boys. We got no rap videos out there, nothing, man. No, no, no, I ain't got no, no, I got some rap songs, though, that I really dropped.

Like, when I signed this shit, like, you know, me and Birdman be putting out, like, rap albums. Shout up to Birdman. Big facts, be shot out the, uh. But now, how I got started singing, bro, I found out who Michael Jackson was, like, everybody else, like, who tried to do this shit, you know. This lady named Miss Jeanette. She really gave me an ABC record. That was my boy, Mun, his mama, and, um, um, um, I got him. And from there, I remember my auntie Red and my mama them used to always play like The Temptations and the Jackson Five and stuff like that.

And then I got in a talent show when we moved to Decatur. You know what I got in a talent show in my school and I won. And I was nine. I was nine years. I was in the fourth grade. And that's when everybody started knowing me like, oh, Jaquite the singer. I went in middle school, started winning all the shit. High school started winning. And then I got, you know, discovered for real. And then I was singing in my hood, honestly. I used to sing in front of the crook.

I used to, this guy named Rick, I used to work in a barbershop. He used to take me to the beauty salon, take me down there to sing. And then when he went with me, I was just stand in front of the Kroger and just sing and stuff. Dude name is exquisite, seen me. And he was like, I'm, I'm going to introduce you to somebody to get you in the studio. I'm like, damn, real? He's like, yeah, like, I had these guys at the barbershop that was trying to take

me to the studio at first, you know what I'm saying? So you never took no singing lessons or nothing? You just. No, I'm just straight off the porch. And he introduced me to this guy named Dexley. We came down from Chicago. We made a demo tape three songs. Me and my niggas Joe, shout out to Joe.

We had a song called Girl in my life that was popping in the hood. We was like eighth grade. Shit was popping up. You feel of me? You feel good. No, shit was lit because they had to cater, everybody in the hood knew it.

Like to this day, like, they still know that shit. We was young. And he came down and then he introduced me to my guy Orlando Grine. And then Orlando introduced me to Block. And so I was with Block and T when I was 15. That was my first situation. And I left from there.

Then I started fucking with Fly at TiG. And then after I left from Fly, I got with Birdman. You know, that's where I felt my home at when I was 19, 20, signed a stunner. And then shit, here we are. I was dropping mixtapes all through that. I dropped my first mixtape when I was really dropped my first real mixtape for real. When I was 16, it was called Roundup Aplaus. Before that I dropped some shit called I am Jaquoise.

It was just like remixes the shit. We give you that motivation at a young age like that to be grinding and hustling and being a businessman at that age, man. I was trying to get it. I'm like, man. We're gonna get out of hood. Like, we had to buy my mama all type of shit. Like, you know what I'm saying? My sisters, I'm like, I could make it come true.

You know, watching the Jackson's like the American dream. You'd be like, man, I could do this shit. Like, you feel what I'm saying? Like, I could really do this shit. And that's just what I used to think. Like, I know I could make it. I used to tell everybody when we used to go in the stores in the hood. Back when we was young, I should be like, bro,

I bet when we go in here, somebody know me. I'm like, I bet somebody know me. We had gone to stove, motherfucker, and be like, ain't you, Jacqueeis? Like, who sing? And this before anything, my name was just ringing, like, for that singer shit. But this back in the day, like, before social media. You know what I'm saying?

So that's how I got here. I was outside the hard way. Like, always were rappers, too. Like, like, one of my OGs caught me, they didn't have to make me, like, I already knew that, but he just put it in my head like, man, you know, niggas came up with rappers and shit. Like, so the mentality is like that. Like, so when you say the king R&B shit, that's really all the nigger know is how to step out and be the best. Like, you know what I'm saying?

Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, you know what I'm saying? nothing. Like, I don't know that mentality. So that's really how I came up. I'm like a singer, but I got like, I think like a rap on some rap shit, like the way I move and the way I bring my business. You were rolling with Berman in them forever. Yeah, here, yeah. I still with them from them from way back when I was around, but I remember you rolling with him and all that. Yeah, yeah. And I'm still with Stunner, like to this day. So here yeah. See, here I am.

My man, so he was in the eighth grade with a hit record. I don't know you feel good. Yeah, yeah. It's hard to stay humble when you're, you're still. humble when you blow up like that though yeah yeah I mean you got to like you feel me like I thought I was gonna meet stunner and get signed to cash money without when I was in the 12th grade though I had met him when I was a senior high school at a patchwork you feel me right down there met him and shit I thought I was gonna get signed in but then shit what else 2012 two years later that's when I signed so yeah yeah so who you consider real singing because I seen Mario had um he's

he he yeah I see he now and that's my like I'm trying to figure out my, like, I don't, I don't really understand why he did that. You know what I'm saying? That was a nigga I used to call. What Mario do? That nigga got on Cam Noon podcast and they was asking, Cam Noon asked him, like, who can sing and who can sang or some dumbass shit like that. Right.

And then, bro was like, bro was like, can Jacqui sing or can he sang and can he sang and he was like, I mean, he can sing. I mean, he can't sing. But that was weird to me, you know what I'm saying? That's like one of your partners going over there like, hey man, yeah, you can rap. He can rap. I mean, he can rap. But I mean, nigg can rap.

You'd be like, And you and him was cool before that. Yeah, it was cool. I always called them, you know what I'm saying, for shit, like real shit, like, real life shit. You know what I'm saying? Talk to bro about shit. So I just felt like it was, like, weird. Like, I would never do no shit like that.

Like, I'm always putting my people up, like, when the camera's on me, even when they're not. You know what I'm saying? So I got that type of integrity, though. You know what I'm saying? But I had to realize that everybody ain't cut like me. You know what I'm saying? So it's all good. Like, no disrespect.

No, you just, you come from the ground, man. You was in the streets and you came out. Y'all didn't speak since, though, after that. I hit him up as soon as I seen it, but it wasn't like, I'll just let him know how I feel. You know, he let me know how he feel, but I just didn't respect what he was saying. But that let me know, our relationship wasn't how I thought it was anyway.

You know what I'm saying? Got you. Got you. It was like, cool. I was probably tripping anyway. All right, got you know. It's just like rapper sometimes. You know, they just be, hey, who got this record,

who got this, versus what, you know, argue. But that really had shocked me, though, no cap. Because bro was on my album. You know what I'm saying? All right. Look at that. on my album, but not no more because I'm like, fuck it. Niggins said, not no more.

Well, yo, he should have been on this album. I'll tell you that. I take it the conversation and really go too well when you and him spoke. Nah. All right, copy. But it ain't no smoking. Of course, of course, no. Of course, not, but it just ain't go well.

Not no smoke murder, but I listen it to this album. He ain't on it. He ain't on it. He ain't on it. Because this album is crazy, bro. Yeah, thank you. It sounds like you got a point to prove. You got music for every kind of move.

Yeah. You know what I'm saying? That's why I'm glad we turned on that speaker. You know what I'm saying? And you started playing them records, man. Real talk. I knew how to pop it off too. I'm like, let me.

Let me play this shit first. Block them in, that chiropractic shit. You know, come on, chiropractic shit. I already know what it is, man. You got a bright future. Thank you, brother. And you've been in this business for a long time. Definitely a legend.

Thank you, bro. I appreciate that for that. But you know what I got to ask you? What? Who is your top five all time? Army? R&B. Do Michael Jackson count?

Of course, man. Of course, man. Michael Jackson number one. Of course. That's on my list. Michael Jackson number one. Mm-hmm. Chris Brown for show.

Mm. Definitely. C.B. Yeah, and I'm going off the people who inspired me. You know what I'm saying? R. Kelly. All right. I ain't like that.

I'm gonna go to Usher. You know what I'm saying? In my last one, like Donnell Jones. Mm. That's a good line up. What about you, murder? Who you got?

I wouldn't know right now. It's hard. Pause. What's your top five? It's Leon New York. I wouldn't know if you don't know. Don't follow me. You always ready for these.

Now, top five is kind of hard with R&B because I know how he feel. Like, it could be like a top 20, top 30. Because you got to think, like I said, back then you had guys making songs like that was more according to women and stuff like that, like David Hollister, for instance. You know what that is? Yeah. You remember that song, One Woman Man? You probably had to sing it. Sing that shit, yeah?

I forgot how it goes again. You know it, man. He's saying he's a one woman man. Like, he's, like, ready to settle down. The music back then was like more like towards the women. Like, it was more according to them. Like, it was more like, I love you now. And them songs really, you don't really hear a lot of male artists making, them type of songs. You know what I'm saying? Probably because like, I said this before, I was like, probably because all the women

making it feel like that. Hmm. That's something too. Like, do the woman make you feel like that? It make you feel of love. Yeah. Mm. I feel like it's different now.

Yeah, and that's why to me your album is a breath of fresh air, not glazing, because there you know, no glazing, you're glazing. Like glazing anybody. It's a breath of fresh air. Why? Because like I said, Think about it.

Years ago, you had so many R&B male artists out. Like, you know what I'm saying? You, Chris, Marion, Mario, who else? The list goes on and on. And now it's like, nobody's really dropping like that. So when I had 22 songs you got on the album, and you got all that, it's like a breath of fresh year. So always was your top five, bro.

And you do with us. I don't know what you're talking about. You threw us a right. You know, we went from my brother, top five. I got a top 20. You didn't want to answer. You were everywhere. Nah, because you never want to answer you.

He gave this top five, you never want to answer your top five. I always get my top five. What you got? He'd be politically correct sometimes and sometimes he's not. I don't want to understand. Nah, I appreciate that too, man. Stop smoking on the show so we get more ad money. The ad money is rolling there.

Don't worry about me smoking. You just mad I ain't passed my blood to you. Don't worry about me smoking. Don't worry about me smoking. Don't worry about me smoking. We're doing basking laughing right after this, right? Hey, ain't we doing basking laughing right after this? Shut up.

Don't worry. We're editing. But yo, man, I'm excited about this album, bro. Yes, sir. What's next after the touring? Because you know all these hit records. What are you prepared for? Well, me and K. Count, we getting ready to go on tour.

It's called The Us Over Them tour. Oh, shit. Shout out to K. Yeah. Shout out to my brother K.kamp. That's start August 17th in Phoenix. Tickets on LiveNation.com. Woo, Live Nation, money, baby.

Yeah, it's going to be crazy. Shout to Live Nation. Big facts. So that's what's next for real. Just goddamn. And that's why we don't. I need this album out now. Definitely do, man.

So it's dropping tonight. Tonight, 12 a.m. July 31st. By time this, by time this come out, the album gonna be out in stores and we need you to turn your numbers back up at that time. Turn the numbers up, man. More two out now, for sure. You know what I'm saying? My boy, Jockees in the building.

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