The Ebro, Laura, Rosenberg Show - 186.) Was Kanye Doing TOO Much?! + Ted Smooth On Remixing & Hip Hop History (9/24/26)

Episode Date: September 24, 2026

Today on Ebro, Laura, and Rosenberg - the team discusses Rosenberg’s Jukebox Is Messing Up Again, Kanye West Attends Donda’s Street Naming Ceremony, Outkast Sues Ovrkast, Lionel Richie Is Taking Some Time Off, Mamdani Secures Money for DoorDash Workers, THEN Ted Smooth Joins the Show and talks about his East Harlem Roots & Repping The Bronx, How Ted Smooth Became the Remix King, Preserving Original NYC Hip-Hop, What Ted Looks for When Judging DJ Battles, Ted Smooth Presents Gifts to the Team and so much more! (9/24/26) Hear more of today's show on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/ELRShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Ebro-Lara Rosenberg shows. Okay, okay. For the next hour, we'll give you the goings, and our thoughts on it. And do you remember? Ted Smooth comes in for a nice convo. It's more like you remember. Ted Smooth, you remember.

You remember. I'm mad. I miss Ted Smooth, you remember. Yeah, but he brought you some gifts. I know. I appreciate the 45s. I took them. Yeah.

I really appreciated that. I haven't heard him yet. My jukebox has been on the, um, my jukebox has been down for like six months. What? Jukebox on the fritz again. Yeah, I believe from the move, something happened. Because, yeah, you know, when you move. Something happened, bro.

Something happened. How many times? You bought that thing for, like, you know, however many thousands of dollars. Nine. And you've gotten it fixed twice. Yeah, is-ish, I got it fixed initially when I first got it, which sucked.

I remember that one. Came. I'm like, oh, my God. I started to try to play it, and I'm like, this show will not play. And it had driven across the country. So got bounced the right. I bounced around.

So a guy comes to look at it that time, and he's like, yeah, I got to take this home. I was like, what? He was like, I can't do this at your house. I got to bring it to my shop. So this thing that I just spent more money on than I've ever spent on anything in my life. How much you just spend to get it fixed that time?

Two more thousand. No, no, no, like another thousand maybe. Another thousand. So we're 10 grand in. 10 grand in, probably. That's what I'm tracking now. That's really what I'm counting. You spent nine and you're spending another

maybe your three in on fix. You mean once this one's done? Yeah, once this one's done, it'll probably be an extra three in. But I've had it over 10 years. So that's not bad. No, I mean, this is a, it is a 1961 machine. This is just like having a car. That is exactly.

So, like, you just have to expect. So he's looking for a piece right now. A, this, I love, fortunately I love the guy fixing it. Like when he comes over and has to spend hours in my house, like, we don't mind him being there. He's just a lovely guy who, like, enjoys old wrestling and likes good music. and like what you wouldn't expect it wants to talk about some hip hop, De La, the roots and you're like, I like this guy.

But I haven't had this thing for a long time. And now Maya's of the age where she would really get like stoked and it hasn't worked the entire time. Another loss from that damn move. Get your shit fixed, man. Try it got to find pieces. You got to go online and search for pieces.

It's all. Laura, do you have a rundown plan for today? Are we just bringing in Ted's move? We never got to a couple stories that I do want to cover. All right. So let's do the rundown right now. it. Yeah, let's do it.

Run down, turn that up. Screen's on glow when she pulled up. Headlines heavy, but we still cut up. Light still flashing. All right, I don't know if you guys saw this, but Kanye West was in attendance earlier this week as his mother was being honored with a street naming ceremony in Chicago. Yeah. So the ceremony was held by the seventh ward, and it took place on the intersection of 78th Street

and South Shore Drive. It is now dedicated to Dr. West's name. for all of her contributions to education and literature. Now here's a video. So as the ultimate of the seventh award is my privilege to unveil the honor of Okay, he said I'm doing it, not you? Her son, Yay's privilege. That's right.

That's right. Lose her. Sorry. Who, Kanye? Yes. Yay. Even in a moment like that, you just effing weird, bro. What about him being like, I'm gonna do it?

Oh, do you say, oh, come on? That's not an oh, come on? Someone else is doing the ceremony. And you stop them and like, no, I'm doing it. That's not weirdo behavior. This is his mom. If you weren't booked to do it and there was another person there was leading the ceremony.

All right, y'all. I think he just wanted to be the one to like, I'm done playing the games. You guys playing a weirdo shit. Shut the fuck up and watch the ceremony and clap like everybody else. Oh my God, Rosenberg. But no, it's weird.

Ebro, stop. I know it's fun to get me all jazzed up here. I get it. It's fun. That's not weird or shit? No, it is. Thank you. Baskin, how about that's weird?

And there was absolutely, listen, in a normal scenario, if he didn't have other big moments where he interrupted people. Then it would be funny. Then it would be cute. Like, yo, let me do that, bro. That's my mom or whatever. Or I thought that's why you guys invited me. But you're factoring in all of the other stuff into your.

Which I can. Don't have me being that. Kanye defender, okay? Him just being like, but you didn't, but like, okay. But listen, but listen. His mom, by the way, is incredibly deserving that. I love that she's getting honored. She should be.

She was a great lady. And I'm glad he was able to attend. Oh, and that's so fantastic. And who were you yelling? Shut the fuck up. Who was that intended for? Hmm. I don't know.

The world. It was like this. It was like, I can feel it all coming in. Oh, God. It wasn't at bad. I didn't feel like it was towards Bascombe specifically. But Bascom, what are you, what are you like your director's? Oh, come on.

You thought that was like a normal? I don't know a bit tough for you to go ahead for that. I do think you guys brought me out here to celebrate my mom. Right. Let me undo the unveiling for myself. And you don't think that would be a conversation you have before. Listen, if you weren't annoyed with Kanye, matter of fact, I think it was weird no matter what. No, I know.

But if you weren't annoyed with him, you're not screaming, shut the fuck up right now. And by the way, I don't even know if you're so much annoyed with Kanye as much as you're annoyed with people acting like. That's normal. Nothing happened. But that's the thing. It's just that everything. It's just that everything has to be a thing. You can't just show up and be fully normal for, it was 10 seconds.

We couldn't make it 10 seconds. I thought he had mental health issues. Maybe he can't show up and be fully. He cannot show up. It's not even for a moment. Maybe that's part of the things he struggled. But either ways, I'm focused on the wrong thing. Great for Don DeWest.

Great lady. Deserving of a wonderful moment. I'm sorry that her son turned out to be so weird and disappointing on so many occasions. But she is a great lady deserving of praise. Well, and, And it should be noted that Kanye has always been like that. He's always been that. That version, he's always been.

He's always been that. That's all since the first photo shoot that we heard about after Through the Wire bus off and he was like, you know, at a vibe photo shoot and the, you know. No, he's, well, because guess what? I understand his love of Trump more. There's a lot of Trump there. He said they both have Dragon Blood. Is Dragon Blood?

should be bitch blood. Like, you need to make everything about yourself. Like, it's carrying yourself like a three-year-old even as an adult. He's always been self-centered. That's just who he is. But like... I'm not surprised by it. But isn't that a real, like, isn't that the most Trumpy thing ever, right?

Like, everything Trump says is, I, me, we... Like, any moment that already exists, he has to make it about himself. Like, he was doing it with mom-dye. Do you ever think about why does Trump always have to give... Other presidents did not turn every single event... they appeared at into a press conference about everything about everything. Well, because they didn't think that being president meant that they were actually, you know, a king or some sort of exalted figure.

It's a job. Right. So the job is today you met with the mayor. So after you meet with the mayor, you will speak about what you guys talked about and move on. Trump is into the celebrity of the job. And I'm sure there have been other presidents that are similar, but maybe had more class and conducted themselves. in a better way

where it didn't seem like they were just trying to be a celebrity. He's just trying to be a celebrity. He's the host of the apprentice. I know he's been president twice in the last 10 years. This is a reality show TV host. This is a guy who used to call the paparazzi

to come to his whatever just so he could get coverage in local newspapers. Like that's what this is. You're not giving enough credit to the story. He used to call the tip line and give tips about himself pretending to be someone else.

I can't. Did you hear Donald Trump is going to blah, blah, blah, blah. He would call them. He had a fake name, and they all knew it was him. And he would call him. Did you know that? So he's been an idiot the whole time. He just happened to convince Khan and hustle his way all the way to the most.

And by the way, we also talked about this. He's being used by powerful people who are around him because they're also getting paid. They propped him up so they could all run away with our tax dollars and take advantage. That's what this whole grift is. We're pushing their agenda. Of course. Some people for that. Whatever there are things is.

Some for the money. Some for the agenda. But that's why I get triggered by Yay doing stupid stuff. Because yay, under all of it out, all the other stuff, isn't like an amazing artist. Yeah, but that doesn't mean that he's nothing. But that Trump doesn't have anything worth while. Doesn't mean Kanye's not hustling the celebrity of it all. Doesn't mean that he's not.

I'm just saying why it's irritating. Because I'm like, you don't have to do that because you actually are. are great. Whereas Trump isn't great. It's all of a side. He's a failure at everything. He's not good looking. He's not that bright. He's not that small. There's nothing there that's as a businessman. He failed over and over again and just rip people off. He's a Nepo baby who started at the top and failed his way up. Kanye did amazing things. He never has to prove anything. He could have just let everything speak for itself. And that's what's hard about the desperate need to always have to say to inject yourself into every single one. In this scenario, with the show,

street sign. I think people around here would be like, no, that's my mom's name. I'm pulling the thing off the street sign. I don't want to say. You would do it too. So let me, let me ask you the question. If they invited you out somewhere and it was your loved one's name was on the street sign. And they said no, I would. What? You wouldn't be like, I want to pull the string. Because when you started saying it, did you think maybe? No, I did. The whole time you knew it was going to land on, it's ridiculous? Yeah. Oh, okay. Because at first I was thinking about, I'm like, would anyone do that? I'm like, they invite you to a ceremony. They, they invite you to a ceremony. They say we're going to honor your mom.

And then when they get there, you go, no, I'm going to pull the string. It goes back as an insane thing to do. If you're an adult, he's 50. You have four kids. If you said my kids are all here, they'd like to pull it at the same time. That makes sense.

Talk about that before the ceremony begins. You're out there. The man's doing the intro. Maybe they told him he was going to pull the string. No. And they told me, definitely not. They told me I pull string.

I get ice swing I pull swing All right Moving on So Outcast has been trending But because they are taking A young artist

By the name of Overcast to federal court claiming that he ignored A name changing deal While admitting that people Are getting them confused Now Overcast spells this name O-V-R-K-A-S-T

I got to tell you I've never seen This is the I don't have a lot to say about this Except this is the first outcast thing I've ever seen land badly. Not seeing anyone liking this move.

Now, Outcast's team is claiming that they asked him and that he accepted to change his name to Overcast, O-V-E-R-K-X-S-T as a replacement name, but he delayed the paperwork and... Oh. And nothing has happened. So there was an agreement that they're following up all right. But either way...

But people are accusing Outkast of bullying. They're like, you're bullying this young, young artist. Like, why are you doing this? No one confuses you. That's the question. Well, they're just, I would love to hear what Big Boy and Dre have to say, because there could be just some lawyers. They may not care.

I don't even know. There is a possibility that there are lawyers whom which Outcast owns that I P along with. Because, remember, Outcast is likely also the name. And the spelling of the name, the look of the name, all that is also likely owned by whatever record label and I think it was Sony right that had LaFacee Arista Sony BMG yeah they also

own that name so It may not be them No I believe it's their team but you know Nobody cares about the team they want to know No but that's what I mean is it Dre and Big Boys team Or is this a part of a larger corporation that Also owns the name I believe it's part of a larger corporation

So yeah I would love to hear from Dre and Big Boy Do they care? But let me up I'm asking you guys Is it a legit legitimate claim because most people like this is ridiculous no no one confuses y'all do you agree or disagree but even the artist admitted that he gets confused he did yeah that was part of the audio that's what kicked this up is that he was in an interview saying that people get a few all the time so well then why then why wouldn't you want because i here's the thing i don't really like switching the a for the x as long as he still gets to keep the k right because i wouldn't want someone to change me to a c from a

if you felt like you were no he was going to keep the there's a difference there's a difference I've met Overcast and been playing his music on my Apple Music show for a long time. What's the vibe of Overcast? He's from Oakland originally. Rapper? He's a rapper and a producer too. So he produced like records with Samarasin. He's got a lot of dope.

Like he's, you'd love it. Okay. As just like an underground. He's more of an underground real rap, you know, like. This is kind of great for him then, if I'm being honest. Well, that's where I was going to go. Like this all is going to work out great.

Yeah, it's going to work. This is going to lay great. This is great promo. Hopefully there's no real money. change or it's going to any major setback but yeah that sounds that sounds like a dub for everybody in the end yeah although outcast is now taking a bit of an L because they look like they look like bullies yeah yeah yeah you know but i got to tell you when i've seen his name listed it i'm not saying confused but i certainly see how you could be searching for outcast and you end up hitting over

yeah i do too but also i think he named himself that as paying homage and for you know and that's why he gets into the ownership of the IP and like how it's spelled and all these other things. So I don't, I honestly would love to hear from Big Boy and Dre if they ever have to have an opinion. I will say it does look a lot like Outcast when you see it. Quickly. Your eyes, your eyes see the O and the cast for whatever reason. Of course. In other news, Lionel Richie is taking some time off after going a big heart procedure.

He's 77 years old. But he was hospitalized when went in for like a heart procedure. and basically he had to cancel his upcoming shows. He had a bunch of shows with Earth, Wind and Fire, and he's taking some time off. But, yeah, I'm just, you know, he's 77 years old, guys. He deserves to take some time off. And I'm glad that it was just like,

they're saying that he's in stable condition and as he's recovering. Okay, because I heard he was in the hospital. I feel like that he left and I feel like he went back. Yeah. So I'm just glad that he's all right. He's, you know, Lionel Richie's, I don't know if you know, big.

Had a great career. I don't know if you know. No. Is that a big hot take? You're going out on the one here? No, I'm stepping all the way out. Go. Go.

Talk to the people, man. No. Lano Richie, Commodores, and then solo Lano Richie. Big deal. No, big out here. But remember, I didn't know all night long like that until, you know, Whiteish Wednesday. Really? No, no, you don't.

I don't remember that. You should check out our show. It was great. We ran for a long time. You know what was that. It was that I didn't know. It was that I literally, when we played it at some point, when Shawnee played it or whatever it was,

I didn't realize it was that maybe until like all night. Yeah, yeah, like it just took a little bit. It took you a second. And I was like, where we going? Where we go? And that's why I was all excited at the wedding. We played it at the wedding because it had just happened a few months earlier.

You don't remember? Anyways. Anyway, that's the rundown. Sorry. Everything I do is not remember. All our friendship. Yeah, chill, man. I pulled a swing.

You don't remember? All night long is about me. Yeah, Kanye, I can't remember every little detail of your life. When you hear all night long, you think of me. Yo, play the, let's see, Mom Donnie got money for the door dashers, for the dashers. Do you guys saw this story earlier this week, clip 15? After analyzing 152 million payments and 110 million hours of work, they arrived at a staggering conclusion. DoorDash had underpaid more than 260,000 delivery workers across New York City

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Oh, they were like, sorry. Yeah, they were, their statement was like, yep, we screwed up and we didn't mean to and we're going to make sure that this gets right. All right. That's the best you can ask for a big corporation, right? mom donnie man he's good at this stuff this holding people to account and there's so many other things like this he needs to keep pursuing but that's this is a good one and you know how you know he's working hard imagine getting on stage to give a speech and you're that sweaty but see i thought it was the other way i thought that was right i thought well see i was going to say i like the early if that was an early morning press conference because it looks i think he just got like he just freshly moosed his hair and it was still like not quite dry and he ran out and didn't I thought it was later in the day.

And he was sweaty. And he's been running around all day and they're like, you got a speech. He's like, I don't care. All right, give me the mic. Yeah, I'm sweaty. Team Mom Donnie, if you're watching, as we need to know, was that early morning, fresh out of the shower, fresh mom, donnie, fresh, just washed his hair? Or was that late in the day, sweaty New York City? Either way, I respect it.

I respect it. It was good. Ted Smooth, representing Harlem. And we're going to talk about his anniversary and all the amazing things Ted Smooth did. wasn't here for the combo but we will see y'all tomorrow morning uh look joining the program right now give it up ted smooth what up what up what up what up what up bro you remember yeah i know i know the uniform i pay attention black black black all around wait is that all right is that all right y'all be blacked out we do right how's it look on how's the show looking how we doing

no listen man so when i walked in i was like i get my chance to like congratulate you i've been thinking about this all morning because it's like a quick curse right yeah it's like you know I'm from own your shit I'm from that always been I got my own everything everything yeah so it's like I know what it is to be your both sides of it the corporate eye or whatever

but this gotta feel better I know you had some amazing moments but this is y'all's y'all y'all own this shit y'all can turn it on turn it off throw it around do whatever y'all want yeah like and it's it's I gotta it takes courage

it takes courage that was that was a corporate clap no no no I'm doing all you I didn't want to clap too hard for myself. It feels weird. It feels weird.

And shout to Rosenberg. He's not here. I wanted Rosenberg to be here, but I just want to congratulate y'all and come in. When I'm looking around, I'm the type, I'm like, I got a gift to y'all something. So I'm kind of looking. I'm getting to see, Doc.

I got a few things. Don't get me started because I got this one thing that blows all of this. And I'll give it. Well, look, here's the family. We're going to talk about how family y'all are. Look, Laura's a art curator. So if it's something that's meaningful, Laura will make sure, A, we keep it in the right space,

and B, it doesn't go missing. I'm going to tell you, damn, you made me feel like when I want to donate my Cadillac to the hip-hop museum. Listen, Ebro, I'm going to give y'all something that's going to shut this, nothing against the Tropicro Quetz. I got the 45 case.

I got that, all this, yeah. I'm going to give y'all something that's going to shut this whole thing. down. Sorry, Jeremy, because it was given to me as a birthday gift. Okay, okay. But we're only, what's that called? We're only putting it on exhibit. We won't own it. It's just for exhibit.

Okay, oh, thank God. Even though. You know what I'm saying? It's part of the... So I can talk about it. So I can talk about it. Because I would feel good about things on these shelves if it was under the guise of like, we're just showing this for a season or something.

You know what I'm saying? Like, it's a real art installation. Eva doesn't want crap on the walls. He doesn't. You, listen. Well, because there's so many shows with stuff on the walls. And I was just trying to, you know, have like a nice clean set. I'm going to bring, I'm going to rent something to y'all. That is going to be the talking piece.

I promise. But look, just now we're on record. I want to give it to y'all. But we're just going to. We're going to rent it. We'll negotiate. We got gifts for y'all laid on. But let's get to the talk.

So, Ted's where you're from the Bronx? No. Come on. Don't start like daddy, bro. Where are you from? East Harlem, man. East Harlem, my bad. East Harlem all day long.

I rock with the Bronx. A lot of people think that. I'm going to give you some. You rep for the BX sometimes, though. BX. Hard body. Yes, yes. I wrapped the B.S.

And, and, well, no. East Harlem. No, I was just going to say a lot of people from East Harlem. And Harlem in general. And the Bronx is. Hold on. Let me be the first one to say. There's problems until there's problems with everyone else.

And then there's unity. Let me be the first one to say it since I was talking to my wife about this. There's this word that y'all, that y'all, okay, okay. Ebo, not too much, that I'm like, you know, they own that word. So the Bronx and East Harlem is a Jace.

Yeah. That's like their favorite word. And I love to use it. Well, and specifically South Bronx and East Harlem. It's right over there, right over the first Avenue Bridge. It's right there. Yeah. When did you really lean into like, I'm going to start owning these remixes? When, when did that what do you mean like actually owning no like I'm gonna make sure that I got I'm in this

lane so this what happened right so um I'm from the mixtape era obviously like I said I'm I'm 40 year anniversary this year right so I've been I've been and I've been DJing before to 40 years before 85 but I've always said 86 rather I always say that your career starts when you get paid yeah so I've been DJing under my brother DJ Ray Double Rue Gebo the pro that's my actual double R. So I've been DJ and I'm saying eight years old, but I don't count those years, but I literally was playing. He'll go to the bathroom.

You'll play the next record, and I play the next record. But when I got paid, my first three-16 was $86. $150, baby. I thought I made it. You know what I'm saying? So I come from that era, the mixtapes, the blends, right? Back in the days, people will literally come to your party because they heard you had a dope mix, right?

So I'm from that era. And then fast forward. Around 07, when JD and Puff, they kind of, they wasn't doing remixes no more. There was no money. So I'm looking around, and I'm just looking at the game, called one of my good friends, James Cruz. And I was like, hey, like, I want to, I need some energy. I need to spice something up. Like, it's stale right now.

And he was like, I don't know, I don't know. I don't have no advice for you, but whatever you do, just make sure that you're really good at it. And you're kind of the only one that does it. And I wrote around a few days, and I was like, bring these remix. says back. I'm being the blends back. So boom, I took Chris Brown with you. I put um, LL, uh, well, not I'm a little in my room. Why? I always forget the name of that. I need love. I need love. Yeah. I took the bells from that. I took the drums from, um, the bridge is over. The bridge is right. Put that together. Boom. Just put that out. I'm not

put my name on. Ain't nobody going to steal or whatever. Two weeks later. This is mad DJ. Yo, my new, my new shit. And I was like, damn, I got to do something. So I didn't want, Cala was screaming on records and I'm like, I don't really want to do that because it's a little obnoxious. So I was like,

but I got to protect the work. Of course, yeah. The dream, I love your girl, about a year later, which is my favorite remix that I've ever done ever. It's my favorite.

Trust me, when y'all hear it, you're going to be like, wow, that's genius. So I'm like, I, you know what? I'm just going to talk on it. I'm just going to see what people say.

I said, yo, whatever in the intro, nobody cared. Everybody played it. Then come. on nine blame it and then I said it how I said it Ted's from straight face you remember

which is from another record that I produced that 99% of the world still don't know because there was no social media which is no music right Vojah Harlem says it in the intro that's right so when I was looking for the what to say

I'm riding around I'm like you know I'm gonna say that and I said it it worked and here we are I remember I remember you know that like they called the get light right like kind of like the street dance these Harlem light feet movement

and uh that was African American Day parade I remember like oh it was like 07 I was like 06 oh 7 right when the kids was really going on heavy and then yeah out of that was like no music and then boom no music chicken new you know but no music to this day and I was also Jim Jones balling too wasn't around that

No, Jim Jones' bowling came a little after. That's after. But the balling ain't really considered a get light record. No, it ain't. But I just remember the dance started out there at the parade. Yeah, you know, it's to this day, like, I get,

I meet people and, like, teachers and stuff. And they'd be like, yo, we don't fucking like you. And I'm like, the hell did I do? They're like, yo, we can't get the kids to stop dancing in recess because they don't need no music. So recess hits, and they're throwing out, rolling out the basketball

and they're in a circle. for 30 fucking minutes. And it's like, my bad. But a legendary record, man. Yeah, man, it's just what I do, man. Now, you mentioned your anniversary, which was August. Well, the first one was in August, yes. Right.

Summer Stage. Share the Summer Stage story this year. Do we have Ted Smu video? We don't have video. Do we have video of that? I'll send y'all some. Yeah, send you on. I got a few clips.

Yeah. So, so, um, So, yeah, so August 20th, I believe it's August 20th, August 20th, and Marcus Garvey Park, shout to the good folks at Summit Stage. They called me up. They wanted to, you know, get with me through the celebration of my 40th anniversary. So I was like super dope. And then, so we did the planning, you know what I'm saying, have my mayor, Gary C come from Baltimore,

furnished the stage. You ain't never seen nobody put furniture on the stage. Sexy on stage, a little drinky drink. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, my man just created the whole vibe. Yeah, my man dist, live graffiti on the thing. Kind of what I do in the park. Yeah, yes, yes.

Live graffiti, boom, whatever. We got the food in the Caribbean soul, get the food in the back. And I woke up that day and I looked at the weather and it was 90% rain. And I'm like, here we go again. We don't do rainhouse. That's just what I live by. It's worked all this time. I never get rained out.

So. Well, and when you do street parties or block parties or whatever. you know stoop parties in the city you get your permit and that the history of it is that's the day you got you locked in that's it that's what it is and the hustle and try to get a new date doesn't happen good luck and just for the audience ebro ted has been holding that when it comes to community and like getting the community together for his jams they're legendary like legendary too many steaks on a grill like oh my god we do it we do it heavy because you got to give back you know what i'm saying so i'm looking at that's you're looking at

the weather and I'm like yeah I got to because it's summer stage and I could be so gunhole if I want to but they you know summer stage got the the funny iPad like they got it they pay for this weather service that's like in three minutes you're gonna hit thunder oh yeah yeah it's the real deal no it's the real deal so I'm like they might get a little jett of you so I go on line let's listen man if you're if you're a gremlin you better run because it's gonna rain yeah but over than that go get your poncho. We're outside. And I'm like, let me see if that works.

Yo, people, there's a, I'm going to send you these pictures, real. There's a girl to send me the picture. She got the poncho like this with her neck. She was like, just in my nails. I'm going with the poncho in the background. I'm like, yo, this is moving. I get back on like around 3 o'clock again. You know, I'm telling you, y'all.

Yo, Ebro, I kid you not, my brother. Besides my daughter being there, besides my actual brother being there, my wife, my family, just amazing turnout. All the artists, Peter Guns, Greg Nice, Strafe, I mean, Cynthia, T-K-A,

it was like the story of my life but told we're artists. That's kind of the thing. Ralph McDaniels, Rob McDaniel was hosting with the old mic. Yeah, yeah. The video music about it.

I'd say, come on. So I'm like, damn, y'all get there, I walk in and a step. They kind of already know me from doing events, so the staff is almost like, they ain't looking shaking.

like, yeah, we're going to... Right now. Let's ride out. This is like, there's not two speakers. So I'm like, all right, this feels good. So I always get there early. And I make sure sound... There was like, yeah, we...

Let me say, saying, we love when you... Because people will be showing up fucking late. They don't care. I'm like, nah, I got my... I got a film crew there. I got my own staff. I got my own... I'm like, oh, I just feeling good, right?

Five o'clock, sun is down. I'm like, oh, this might, you know, why they be lying sometimes. Some people get there. Some artists get there. I'm hype. Now I'm hype. I'm like, yeah, I'm talking my shit. Thought it was going to rain.

Oh, no, no, no. 5.30. Uh-oh. A little drizzle. Okay, okay. Like, I call it a little drizzle. But Dave was like, it's going down. Like, there is no canceling.

And I didn't see thunder. See thunder, you know. You know summer jam. When the thunder come. You got to get everybody safe. Ebro's the worst guy in the world because he got to pull a plug, right? Because the thunder, I ain't seen no thunder. So I'm confident.

Yeah. Yo, Ebro. Laura, let me tell you something. Oh, and I put the. Donna Summer. I put that video. I say, yo, if Donna could do it, why can't now? I was pulling it. I was pulling Donna did it. I was pulling Donna Summer.

That was what you was at. Central Park, 83. Oh, right. But see, my people knew it was coming to rain. They didn't know it was going to rain Central Park. My people came for war. So I'm like, all right, cool. Bro, that rain stopped coming.

No, side swiping. Rain doing like this. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But the artist of somebody there. I'm like, yo, let's, I had a schedule. I'm like, let's get, come on, DJ Hollywood, let's go now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hollywood did, bro. Yeah. Red alert, let's go now.

Yeah. And we just start checking them off. And I keep looking and more umbrellas. You've never seen no shit like this in your life. I didn't know that the puddle was, you see what you're, yeah, yeah, 10 inches of water. A girl, I was on stage rocking and a girl was like, hey, I looked at her. She pointed, she had the rubber ducky. said, I'm out here.

It was amazing, the most amazing thing you were ever see in New York City. Now, the reason why this is going to be a documentary about that day is because that's New York, bro. The strength, like everything about,

everything about it is like, I got to show what happens. Because when shit happens in the city and you out and about, you got to make it happen. That's just what it is. Now, I didn't know until the next day, my wife was like, yo, babe, the city was shut down. rain in the train like she was showing me I'm like yo for real she was like yeah we was the only thing in

the city happening I was like I got to do a doc I have to do a doc about this day and and it's going down so with that being said whoever missed it now I had an event the next day with Rubin Diaz union in the blocks okay 4,000 people I go to get some food people are running up to me I was there look you know people take they took they're taking pride yeah and being with me on this day day and it was so much fun. So now I got to do it again. Market, I mean, state building. Okay.

On 25th Street. Okay. Outside. For those that don't know what the state building represents, it is like the center of Harlem. Yeah. That's right there. Adam Claym Powell. One to five.

We said seven. Adam Clayne Powell, Hunter and Fifth Street is like a half of football field. Yeah. It's open and full stage. Now, listen, let me shout out the American Cancer Society because they don't want putting it on. Love that. And, you know, I don't want to mess it up. The New York Association of Chapters of Alpha.

Okay. Larry Blackman, they put, they had already going on. Cameo. Cameo. Camio is going to perform. Well, Larry Blackman Jr. Okay. But he does their shows.

Got it. They go ahead to, never, they never performed to Harlem ever. Oh, wow. Pull it up. Pull it up. Apollo nothing? This what we do. This is what we do, man.

We make history in New York, E, bro. Wait, is it cameo from Harlem? Isn't Larry, are they from there? That's a good question. I think so. I think so. Let me look at it. So listen, we're going to start in the morning, like we always do with health and wellness.

Okay. And what does that mean? What does that mean? My man Tim Gray, Tim Gray, he has a thing called a sweat party. I've done a few times where it's a party, but y'all working out. Okay. And he has different kind of instructors, the Afro-B guy. But these guys work, these guys are famous.

And they do yoga. Okay. They do a workout. and then the Afro Bac, he come in and just put you to bed. I love that. So we're doing that 10 to 12 early in the morning, and then they're going to walk from the record park all the way to on 25th while we're doing that.

And then 12 o'clock, test move, chubby chub, technician, the DJ, world tracks, and a few surprises, of course. And then cameo hits the stage at 5 o'clock. At around 5.45, whoever's listening, we are going to have a Guinness World Book of Records, electric slide on 125th street to candy. I'm telling you it's going to stop traffic.

I'm going to tell people, go on the street. You know, I tell people something doing it, they just do it. So this is going to be amazing. I want everybody to come out. It's free, of course. Just dope. Another give back.

And I just feel good. I mean, I feel great. Things are great, you know. Life is great. Family's great. And it's just what I do. So people just got to show up. That's it.

Oh, yeah. Just come on out. Just come on out. Yeah, yeah. No, just show up. It's going to be amazing. It does not say cameo on the internet. It's from Harlem.

It just says New York City. Okay. But, you know, a Jace. New York City players. That's how the cameo thing started. It says, yeah, I didn't know that either. Because they had the Ohio players. They had the New York City players.

Yes. I didn't know that. Oh, my God. This is exciting, Ted. Congratulations. I'm excited, man. Thank you guys for giving me the opportunity to come up here. Of course.

Check out the spy. Of course. Now, as a kid from New York City, grew up in and around New York City. and also been DJing in the community and clubs everything since 86 as you told us talk about because New York City is a very unique place

and now that hip hop has gotten so worldwide right like you have you see a lot of discussion about what is and what ain't a part of original hip hop in New York City who is and who ain't a part of original hip hop in New York City

and even for that matter salsa music and the origins of all of that because growing up in Harlem you saw all of it. Gumbo. Gumbo, man. And you say that because on both sides whether it's salsa music or hip-hop

it was about pulling from all of these different cultures and things that were already happening in communities and creating a new thing. You just defined what hip-hop is. Hip-hop is being creative at the highest level. Why is the highest-

level because you could literally, you know, the mob deep, hit the, hit the, hit the stove and get the, from the stove. You know what I'm saying? Like for shook ones, like, like, like, you can pull from anywhere. And for me, that is, that is, like, what a landscape to have to create. You know, you're a painter. Okay, you can only use paint. You can't use a brick, right? But hip hop, you could pull from anywhere. Somebody talking, a baby crying, Timberland. And, and, you know, and you create something new. So that is, to me, that is what hip hop is. It gives you the freedom to just take whatever you want and make it yours, which is dope, right?

As far as DJing wise, that's my superpower. It's always been my superpower to be able to take this and that and put it together in my way and somehow it's just better than the original. It brings a new excitement to it. The original thing. And, you know, again, coming from an era where there wasn't no internet where, you know, you have a physical record. So it was so crazy back in the days that it's like the people where, yo, yo, you know, Ted got that new Bismarck? Because I got to go somewhere tonight.

He ain't got it. I got to find who got the new Bismarck, rest of peace. And I'm going to that party. So to break that monotony, we had to figure out other ways to make cool stuff that. that wasn't a physical vinyl. So fast forward, you know, you get to like four tracks. You get to like tape players. Like, we was literally taking the tape player.

Well, and for the audience and just break it down for them, you're basically saying once everyone had all the same records, how now am I going to create something new that someone else cannot have because it's my own ingenuity. My own connection. So we use the equipment to do that. A four track is a machine. It's like a tape deck, but it allows you to, you know, tape.

You got side A, side B, that's all you could do. But a four track, it's like side A, B, C, and D. You could do four things at the same time. You're kidding me? You know, my hip-hop junkies remix, my. Remember the time remix that 12 different beats on it. Like, this is in 92 I'm doing this. And that stuff that thing.

And by the way, a lot of people don't even know that those type of things, that's how you get an ice cube jacket for beats. That's how you get a Mary J. Blodge, full stop. The whole hip-hop. That's how you get B-B-D. Turn the corner. Hip-hop, smoothed out on R&B-Tip. That whole concept comes from DJs in New York City.

So being from East Harlem, Harlem, right, Adjase, because I play sports. So I'm from East Harlem, but I play sports in Young Life. That's on the West Side. So the same thing. So, you know, we had to do stuff like that. And I thought that everybody knew how to do that. I'm like, okay, well, if I could do it, that means the DJ.

And that's not the case. Clearly that's not the case. Well, everybody can't hear the same things. They're not going to hear the same things. And they're also not going to see the connection. Right. Between things. We see it all the time to this day.

Look, right now, I'm just done in the city. Yeah. Big record in the city, right? I don't know the dude. Everybody's calling me because they kind of know, like, if Ted, Remich, record, that's a stamp. That means that it's going. So I'm like, you know, I'm from the Lumi D days from the straight from when I own my own

label. That's right. And don't mess on my marketing plan with a remix. Let me live. Right? So I always, if you notice, I never step ahead of a, or you wait a few months. I got to, because they got a plan. If they got some money behind it, here I come with the free joint.

And then I'm, I'm kicking their spins. Right. BDS. You know, learn that game. You know, whatever. Blame it. Yeah. whatever.

Right. That's not the conversation. So listen. So then, yeah, so everybody's calling me and I'm like, all right, let me cook it, but I'm going to let it breathe a little bit. Well, and some of that, too, is the sociologist and you that's going to go out and study how people are bouncing and what the movement of the record is so you even know how to remix it the right way to figure out the bounce. It's a science.

Yeah. So, shout to my man Stan Lomax. He called me. I haven't spoken to stand in a minute, Nike, you know, all that. And he's like, yo, this is this record, whatever? And I'm like, are you calling me? So I told him, I said, yeah, I'm on it, whatever. But, and I told him, I was like,

he sounds a little like Craig Mack to me. That's obvious. So I'm like, I got a little folder in my head of like things that haven't been used in a long time. And that's what I pick from. I don't pick from a record that came out last month. No, no, no. No.

I got the little folder. And there's got to, but there's got to be some, wow. There's got to be a wow factor. there's also got to be some time of like nostalgia of like emotion giving away my secret, go ahead

no, but I think these are I think it's useful right? Because if we're trying to do a good job at preserving the great things about hip hop while there's kind of these

staples, remixes and ways to pull from the past and put beats under things, I mean, hell, you know, juicy, that breakbeat, that M2 made juicy is a staple. It's crazy. Forever for life. When B.I.G rhymed on it, a new generation just learned what that thing, what that was. And you didn't want to record it.

Right. That part. But I'm just saying it bridges generation. So there is value in what you're doing so that people can remember. This guy ran to office in my head. This guy. You remember? That's the whole point of making sure people remember.

Yo, this guy's too good. These guys, I know he was good, but you got it. Yeah. That is, in other words, there's a science to what I do at least. But there really is a science to it. And what people don't understand is when you check those boxes off, it's those things are happening in your brain and you don't even know it. Right. And that's when I got him.

You dig it up saying? So he gave me Craig Mack a little bit. The tempo is 93. So that's right in there I'm listening to the cadence I'm listening to the cadence It's a don't know Dun da dump

Dun better It's a no brainer So I'm looking around I'm like all Everybody just used God using this guy using that You know what Everybody's doing

Before somebody goes Oh let me just smack Let me smack flavor In year because of the tempo Not because of the reason I want to do it Because it's just the same tempo and beat me to a great idea

Nah it's coming out tomorrow You have something saying so, but there's also, and maybe not even doing it right. Well, they, well, they, yeah, I go all the way. Yeah. I, you know, you know, let me tell you something, bro. I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm the first one. Wait, hang on.

I'm playing flavoring you. You don't have headphones, though. I'm right, easy, easy, easy, though. We don't want to get pulled. Right, yeah, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, but there's also, I wanted to point out. Calculating route to avoid seeing poverty, turn left to bypass the unhoused youth sleeping on the street, then keep right to skip by the lines of people waiting for food. Steer clear of the crowded shelter turning people away, then take the next exit.

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which is Diwali rhythm. Yes. But chopped in a different way in a different pocket. You want a little story? And I've never, I've never talked about this. Okay, so what happened was I just did some DJ shit. That was a blend. That was a blend so I can play.

You know, I'm damn. Jamaican, right? So the Duolie rhythm is on fire, and I'm like, I got to get in. I got to get this is how I got a hot, putting on on Uchiwali, put, whatever's hot, jump on it, I'm playing the club, I'm 2,000 people, 5 nights

a week. So, we already had a remix recorded to an R&B, and I'm there, I flip the record, the instrumental is the worst instrumental ever, and I'm like these guys. So I'm like, well, I already got the idea, let me just take that clap. lesson to people

I should have known it's just dumb instead of me going in the booth and going and sampling my own clap I took the clap for the record I had to give them 50% my publishing which I'm still mad

from the dualy rhythm from our record because I put the need on a record and I knew that but I was just in a I didn't know it was going to be it was just a record I was going to play in the juggle

so boom I got an NPC to 2000 XL which could display it's the actual piece so I take the clap and I'm like, I lay it out. Clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack. I just remake it to my ear.

Boom. I'm like, guys, it's moving. Doon, doom, doom, doom, do. Oh, oh, it's moving. My engineer air walks saying, what's going on? I said, this is done. I said, just in the baseline, simple. Dun, dun, dun.

That's it. This is flying. The same night. Rumba. On a Monday. I get there like 10 o'clock Let me see how it sounds Because that was my platform

To see if a record was going to work or not I played that shit The bartender Busboy Castle I was like oh shit One in the morning I test my records when it's time

Yeah At that time we already had a hit record Going already Ready to go That Jay Z Simp Juan confirmed that Jay-Z threw the Blackberry that he would do a verse on it.

Blackberry. If I gave him $750,000 and I had a meeting with Doug Morris, which was... So that really confirmed that that record was a hit. I said, I'm going to kill that record with this record. I knew it. It was out of here. So again, coming from the DJ shit,

I just wanted something that nobody had, and it ended up turning a time. You know what I'm saying? So that's been my approach. So as a producer, I mean, I ain't going to say one name, but I mean, that's kind of what everybody's doing. Old sample, put some drums on it, and that was the hottest thing.

I've been doing this. You know what I'm saying? And I'm going to, I come bearing gifts, and you probably already got it, but you know, y'all going to get the USB. Okay. My whole life on it. Every mixtape, it's the most powerful.

I don't think I have that. You're going to have it now. It's my entire career, every mixtape, my voice is different on these mixtapes. They sound like a kid. And every remix I've ever done in my life is on this USB. Y'all getting bags. You know, like, you know, I'm saying?

But it's good study material, too. Like, if you, I mean, hell, people should DM you and get it. I don't know if people could buy it. I don't know, whatever. But as far as the understanding of DJ culture from New York City, remix culture, and even just like if you want to, if you have a young kid in your life, who's a like young producer or wants to have like just stuff to listen to and learn about

because I don't you know I know in my house with Issa she's 12 like she's not she could pick out samples already like I could play I could play Debarge I could play a number of things she'd be like oh that's biggie that's this that's that because for years I'll quiz her who's that singing right there oh that's Whitney who's got right out of shot A oh that's Bob that you know I mean she knows boojubon time record she's gonna steal the USB She's going to steal it. But it just helps, but it just helps them preserve this thing for future generations so that we have individuals who give a fuck about how this happened.

Because it's hip hop history and it's really, really important that you continue to put this out. I think a lot of people also get caught up and like, no, I did that everyone should know. But there's a whole generation that does not. And people forget. And then, Ted, we've discussed it on the show. Have they been recently like scrubbing like all the hip hop journalism? And my wife.

So they, no one is going to know the origins. And this is why it's important that you do this. Listen, I created my own platform, right? The remix hub.com, right? That is the official. And the only place, your people's call, you know. And I'm like, we'll get the catalog over there. But right now, I need it to be right over here.

And that's where you can shop safely. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Do your thing. But look, look at what's happening. A few years ago, years ago, I started. I put the Apple team on you. I was like, we need that whole, we still, we still, we still, we still talking.

I need that whole on Apple music where people could just get up in there. Shout to the Manana. You know what Manana means? Apple, right? Okay, cool. Yeah. So, listen, I, uh, I know a little bit of Espanio. So look at, look at what's happening now, right?

And I'm not going to say, I would like to say, I'm going to say it. When I started my blend for blend battles, right, which, which that wasn't even a thing, um, with like the dopest, I wanted the blenders to be the DJs that competed in that, to be like, oh, these, I'm scared of these guys. And we, and I'm bringing Blin for Blin back guys. I'm bringing it back. They don't mean. This morning.

Oh, when are you going to bring it back? Um, I started this platform and it was just like, we had face offs. Like, it was like real like TV. And it just launched this whole culture of blending and the DJs just, these guys are doing amazing now. And then that tapped into the mashups and transatlons. and transitions. When I was judging these battles

and somebody do some dope stuff, it's this document. I'd be like, transition! I'll call it out what they just did. And now, I mean, y'all see, I own a thing. Everything is transition. Everything is looping.

And what do you think that came? I'm saying it because it's documented. What do you think that came from? That's me. That's young. And then recognizing as an elder in the game that I can still push that culture. So I love it

I love seeing other people progress and be creative bro. It can't just be me Well but we're also What I hear you saying too is we're at a time in the In the evolution of the thing where We have to do good work Creating moments

For people to gather, celebrate the music But also creating moments for the creatives Whether that's DJs, producers, rappers artists, whatever So that they can create with each other and, you know, steel, sharp and steel, create a space where you can get people together.

You know what I mean? Because that's how the viewer gets to tune in and learn about this craftsmanship, which I think is important. To touch on what Laura, I kind of laugh as you were saying it. You know, there are people that come up to me to this day and they'd be like, yo, you DJ? Yeah. And I'm like,

I can't blame them. Because they, you know, they just, what they see, they see. And it's like, wait a minute, you didn't see me on the next parade. No, no. with 10 legendary artists on the Nickper in the front, on the float. No, they didn't see that, right? You didn't see me at the garden. You didn't see me at the balcony.

No. Okay, cool. And then I just got to keep going. Or maybe they did, but when they saw it, they didn't understand what was happening. You just got to keep going. You can never think that people know what you're doing. My daughter doesn't know that I was on every day

at 3 o'clock for the last 10 years on Apple Music. She thought I just did rap life review this whole time. Oh, God. Yeah. Just the other day, I was like, I got to go on in 3. She was like, to do what? I was like, I do a show live every, the Ebro show.

She was like, that's live every day at three. I was like, but then I thought, I never told her. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I just, you know. You think that everybody's algorithm is the same. No, it's not. No, it's not.

The algorithm is, you know, the, wait, I have on some hip-hop history nerd. Oh, talk to me, nice. Talk to me, that. So, okay, shot to DJ Ross One. I don't know if you guys follow him, but, you know, he has the rap tease book, right? But he's been doing this series lately on Instagram

that I love, and he's going back, and this is all. super nostalgic of legendary New York City nightclubs. Like, he's touching on Dancateria, like the whole thing. I didn't want you to give me the segue, Lord. I want you to give me the segue, man. Okay, all right. We're going to get to that.

We're going to get to that. We're going to get to that. We're going to get to that. See, ooh, this match is perfectly. No, yeah, yeah. This match is perfectly. Let me see. Is this a T-shirt for Sam?

Sound factory. Yeah, you're getting that. You're getting the bags and everything. Look at that. Yeah. But if somebody's seeing this. Oh, yeah. the remix hub.com.

Oh my God. So let me explain to you. That is my picture when I did my communion at 12 years old, right? And I really had curls like that. Okay. Right?

So on my 40th anniversary, I did an event at Bari Electric called 45s for my 40th. The DJs had to play 45s. And shot to my girl, Erica, at the time, my, she worked with us,

not my girlfriend. She's super creative. So she took that picture, if you see my lives, it's behind me and my studio. She made a four-foot version of that. and use actual records as my hair.

So I had that at the party. Yeah. So it's always been to my student, and one day we did a party called Classico, shout to my man, John, John, and we were trying to come over the logo. So I was like, yo, let me put records, and if you read the clubs, those are all clubs that I did.

Midwest, S.O., Funhouse, talk about it, club, quasi-modo. You're coming, oh, come on. You're talking a different talk. Yes. Sound factory, home base, foxes, devil. On that. Yo, devil's-ness.

My question to you is like, how much, I know you like collectibles. I'm just curious to know what kind of collectibles you have from all these legendary clubs. And what is probably your most prized possession? I've seen people who have stops VIP tickets from Studio 54. Like, I've seen, and I love the old school flyers, but I'm just curious. Like, I know you have. I haven't been that good at stealing things from places, right? Because that's kind of what you have to do.

but the people, the people all the time, they send me old flies, and I'd be like, yo, Warsaw. Like, they, you know, so I, I've collected that through other people and I got it in my phone and a folder, but it's so much stuff. Like this, I mean, dare I say, I should dock, you know, there's so many docs that I should do.

But, I mean, the history is just. Or maybe, maybe that's a part of a pop-up. Yeah. Maybe that's a part of a pop-up where, you know what I like that? Yeah. Where you get, because look, All over the city right now, especially, you know, I guess, unfortunately, there's real estate. Just, what is I called?

Real estate. What am I trying to say? Like places where stores. Yeah, store and stuff. It's empty. Yeah, yeah, retail. That's what I'm trying. Retail spaces that are empty where, especially in.

Rented for one day. And East Harlem, you rent it for a day, maybe even a couple of weeks. You get a sponsor on it. You know what I'm saying? Whatever, whatever. And people could come in there. Maybe Apple. Maybe Apple.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday. You know what I'm saying? They pop in. It's a little evening. You know what just messed up right now. because he's telling us the launch of the Tets Move Apple collab that's coming up where the catalog goes in and we cut a ribbon. You know what I'm saying?

Boom-Bow. So, but no, but I think this is, um, listen, I'll say it again. We have to keep in mind that if we don't tell the story either A, someone else is going to tell it and you're going to be mad at it telling it wrong, or B, it's not going to be told at all and it's going to be forgotten forever. And you're going to do it on a platform that belongs to you, at least try. Because even though we don't own any of this, but you need some kind of ownership

because again, it's all being scrubbed and history's gone. Like Ralph McDaniels, shout to a video music box and Ralph McDaniels, he's done a phenomenal job at archiving, his digital stuff, and then if you want to go back and license from Ralph McDaniels for different things, you could do that.

Ebro, have you been to Ralph's crib? No. Been to the base? No, but I've heard. Brother, you will fucking faint. It's to think that he only in that place

is things that you can't find nowhere and think about this he has stuff that you can't find nowhere in the world that is mind-blowing and it's like he's a sucker oh look at this you know

I'm sure to you yeah yeah hey y'all hey y'all that video and I'm like you gotta stop because VHS shout to Ralph I love Ralph man I love Ralph, man. He is great. He's the greatest. Listen, Ted Smooth, once again, what's the date up there at 7th and at the, at the... Saturday, Saturday, September 26th, we kick off at 10 a.m. It's the Test Smooth 40th anniversary. Free concert.

By the way, that's this Saturday. Just Saturday. And we don't talk about the weather, so we're looking good, though. This Saturday, we got... I'm gonna go, Ye, but look at the goddamn... This Saturday, we have, my brother, my brother Chubby Chubb, we'll hit. the stage. My brother technician and the DJ going to hit the stage. My man will tracks going to hit the stage. And at 5 o'clock people for the first time ever in Harlem, I'm telling you right now, cameo is going to hit that stage. Full band, full sound system. And we're going to have a record-breaking Guinness World Burger Records electric slide around 540. Okay. That candy going to hit that candy going to start playing live. I've never seen it live. And the traffic is going to stop. I'm gonna tell people go in the street

and stop the traffic. We need the whole thing. I'm blessed. People gonna get out the car. I was gonna say, yeah, people are gonna get out of the car. You know, Laura, I tell people, when I tell people to do someone on that mic, they do it. They just do it. I touch the people. I just have that connection, my brother. Well, look, the weather's looking good.

We could. Clouds, but otherwise good. Yeah, we get to go, brother. We get to go. And thank you for everybody. That's the black, my man. It's gonna be, it's gonna be special. I'm excited again. I'm excited again. And congratulations to you.

You continue to put on for the community. And that should be noted. You continue to do it. You do it selflessly. You support everyone, local vendors. You uplift so many people. So congratulations. Ted Small.

And Laura still got the same phone number. I love that about him. I was like, you know, she called me. I respect people to keep the same number for a long time. Same number. I had the same number since 98. Yes. And you ain't about to run me off my number.

number. I'm just not picking up. Or I'm gonna just be like, yo, stop calling my phone, man. I don't fuck with you. Right, right. You know, you're not running me off my number. So listen, hey, Rosenberg, sorry you wasn't here. You know what I'm saying? I'm gonna leave these things for you and when you come back again for something else. We're gonna, um, we're gonna holler. But you know, he's big 45 guy. I got the things for him. No, no, no, I'm saying. So the next time you do an event, that's 45 specific. Get the guy Rosenberg in the building. Let me tell you something. What it says there. Mob deeper. Oh my gosh. I'm giving them two.

This 45 right here? Yeah. It's five, it's when I, and I'm going to say it again, when I discovered what the shook one sample is and I broke it down. You probably heard DJ's play this. Everybody got this.

Yeah. I only sold this in Japan when it first came out. This is like part of the last 12 that I got left. He's going to lose his mind. Then he's going to turn it around. Let me ask you, ooh, Lottie Bodies.

And he's going to hear a lotti-dadi flip that's like crazy. So, Rosenberg. Love that. So wait. Not you my brother. You said that I, and multiple times this conversation,

I feel like you've had to make sure that you are giving credit, taking credit. Are people trying to play with you? They've been playing. Pause. They've been playing on me forever. But it comes with the territory. I had a conversation over there. Come with the territory.

You're going to get the kid in, you know. Wherever. Down south. Yo, yo, yo. I did that. You didn't see it? No. We got the same records, like, you know what I mean?

So it's going to happen. Everybody has, people hit the lotto every now and then. You know what I'm saying? So if we go shopping, at some point we're going to put together the same combo. Yeah. Just black. It's going to be black. So I know the thing.

Right? But listen, and I threw myself what I was going to say. But anyway. That's a beautiful girl. It happens. Though, this gift is crazy. No, Rosemary will be hype. And I'm not going to be boogey and sign it.

But yeah, no, just. These are pieces. Sign it. Yeah, I think you should. These are pieces. Can I sign it so that Rosenberg can be like, yo, did I really need Ted Smooth's autograph? And then later on in life, he'll be like, wow, man,

I got Ted Smooth's autograph. The dope bag, that's all year. That's not, that's not beach. That's for jazz. Oh. It's a bag. Yeah. Look, jazz.

Jazz, Ted Smooth came through for you. That's everyday shopping. You know what I'm saying? Put the baby stuff in here. And you know the ladies, because you know what ladies like? A good bag. A good bag. Yo, the drawer.

The drawer at home is. So Laura, Laura, got the hoodie. Laura, got it. No, no, let me show it. for the babies, for the babies. My weakness is the kids. Come on. Come on.

What better? What better? What better jacket? The vinyl head denim? The vinyl baby for the baby. Now, you might have to give me that one. No, I got that. I didn't think you was going to be.

You know. That's too small for Kinzer. And I got you. And I didn't know. I don't know. I don't know Rosenberg's baby size. So I'm going to get that info. Yeah.

Kenzer don't want that one, right? Yeah, she does. Chill out. We will give Teddy the info. I mean, this is. This is a large. This is for Rosenberg. He's not his.

Oh, so yeah. Come off that. But I got you. I got your size. I'll hit you. Hey, man, you're not here. He's lucky I'm not taking these 45. God damn.

Oh, so look, in the bag, in the bag, in the pocket of the bag. Just take it real quick. It's going to be like a little keychain that looks like a cassette. Yeah, I got it. This is dope. So this is what I did. I did a blend. Oh, and the dope baby head button.

So that thing, you tap it on your phone. Okay. And it's going to give you a blend project that I did right to your phone. Okay. Me and Todd Buggy, we did a blend project. That's crazy. Yeah. So you tapped that to your phone and it pops up right there.

Come on, we're on technology, but this is what we're doing. I love it. You see what I'm doing? That's what you're doing, man. Yeah, no, thank you guys. This is amazing. Yo, man, love. Y'all remember September 26th, that's this Saturday.

Go. State Building, Harlem. The last time somebody touched that stage, there wasn't internet. There wasn't no internet. The fact that we got the state building should tell you what time we're moving on. There you go. This is amazing. Come on out, man.

Come on out, man. That is. Giving up 10 school, one time. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Don't call it a podcast.

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