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Back outside
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After a long break, Back Outside is officially… back outside. It’s been months since the last drop, and this episode is dedicated to everybody who waited, checked in, and kept the energy alive.
ZeTay and Neptvne Blvez jump right into it with real, unfiltered conversation — breaking down Wale’s new album, The Game’s latest release, and all the music moments that had the culture talking. Of course, the latest Trump news slides in too, bringing the usual chaos and comedy that only real‑time reactions can deliver.
No scripts. No forced topics. Just two hosts catching up, talking their talk, and getting back into the groove with the same organic vibe the listeners love
If you’ve been waiting on us… this one’s for you. We’re back outside.
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Transcript
00:00:00
Speaker
Action.
Personal Reset and Return to Podcasting
00:00:02
Speaker
Welcome, y'all. Welcome. Listen, I know y'all upset. I know it's been a while. I know it's it's been a very long while.
00:00:11
Speaker
And I do apologize on behalf of New Faces and Neptune. so it was It was your boy. um We had a little... just had to take a break. It was a reset, man. It was a lot going on. I was moving. I'm moving. I'm still moving.
00:00:28
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stuff around. I ain't moving technically, but I got my dog with me. We still here. We ain't going nowhere. We just been improving. We've been working on our ourselves. We've been, you know, life be lifing. So sometimes you got to take a step back and and look at what you doing and realize what you got and stop overthinking.
00:00:53
Speaker
Like, shit ain't that bad. um i like that intro. That was freestyle. With that being said, though, Neptune, i said Yo. How you doing, bro? Hey, how y'all doing? How you doing? said, hey, how y'all doing? Listen, i that it I am great. I am happy to be here. I've I miss talking.
00:01:14
Speaker
I miss just... We literally just had a whole conversation. We did a fucking podcast before we did this. So, shout out to everyone for tuning in. But just ready to get back to the conversation, man. It's been... This is refreshing, low-key.
00:01:30
Speaker
First podcast in a new space. So... Most definitely. That's a game changer for sure. um Just let it go.
00:01:42
Speaker
For real. What's going on with you, though? It's a blessing.
Balancing Life and Mental Resets
00:01:46
Speaker
What you got going on? You know, is it's a blessing. It's... I've been just trying to... It's a blessing, Pastor.
00:01:56
Speaker
I appreciate it. I feel like you guys speak at a church. You sounded like Bernie Mac on Friday. Well, now that you mention it, on me, nah,
00:02:08
Speaker
Nah, I appreciate being back here with you, bro. It's always love. It's always nice. I've been just cooling, you know, working on music, trying to stay focused, working at at the gig, working at my job and shit, you know, doing what I can for the people closest to me.
00:02:25
Speaker
And, you know, just trying to keep a good head on my shoulder, stay stay locked in, stay in good spirits, most definitely. Yeah. making my next move type shit too. Hopefully it um pans out and everything will be real nice. But you know, all in all, I've been good.
00:02:44
Speaker
That's cool. Like, and that's where I wanted to have that conversation. When I took the step back for a second, I, it was It was just for me personally because I was like, I feel like I was at a point where I didn't know what I was doing or I didn't know what I wanted to do or what I wanted to talk about. Yes, I like, i'm a we artists, you know what both entrepreneurs. We both got jobs. We both have a life. We all got a life.
00:03:12
Speaker
And it's one thing when you're doing it, and you having in these conversations and you know, you're doing the stuff for social media and you not going to say social media. got to, I won't be the one to blame everything on social media, but like we were just having that conversation about how much we depend on it, that we kind of forgot how to like tap into just reading a book. And that was just like, that's the, that's the simplest way I can put it. But, um, just having that conversation,
00:03:45
Speaker
that mental reset for yourself and knowing how to step back and look at things from a, from a godly view. And I ain't trying to say I'm a guy. I'm just saying like, you have to like look over You know what saying? like just look at it, you know Just stand over it and look at everything and don't forget that you in control.
00:04:03
Speaker
So, uh, yeah, bro. I, uh, salute you on keeping that balance and keep doing what you're doing. Yeah. And, We still, you know, I am not, ah I am not the, what am I trying to say here?
00:04:23
Speaker
I am not the, we're not perfect. none Neither one of us is perfect. So don't ever like, be like these dudes on here trying to talk about, trying to give advice. They sound like, you know, yeah, you know what I'm saying?
00:04:36
Speaker
Ain't nobody perfect. I'm not perfect. I'm from the trenches, baby. I'm from the South side, baby. Listen, I'm out in the buries now, but I'm from the South side, you know saying? Like, so I know how to carry myself. And like i said, we not perfect. We going to have fun. We going to talk our shit. We going to give our opinions. You might agree with it. You might not. And if you don't, it's okay.
00:04:58
Speaker
It's okay. We can still come to an understanding. We got we gotta to live with each other, y'all. I can't get rid of you. You can't get rid of me. You know what I'm saying? So that being said, though, man, I appreciate everybody listening. um Let's dive into this ah these conversations, man. I mean, like, it's been its been a good month, a little over a month. Nah, it's been way over a month, but we haven't talked about much, man. We ain't talked about what's going on we got
00:05:31
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We got our president, you know, he out here doing things. We got Illinois doing what
Podcast Direction and Industry Insights
00:05:38
Speaker
it's doing. i mean mean, we got so much to talk about.
00:05:44
Speaker
It's a lot to talk about.
00:05:48
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ah Congratulations to my sister, by the way. um We have a new addition to the family. So, um, You know, shout out my sister. I love you.
00:06:00
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That's dope. Neptune, you still there? Congratulations, man. Congratulations. Yeah, I'm sorry. I had a phone call. I had to get id get rid of oncologist. But no, that's a blessing. It's always a blessing welcome some life, man.
00:06:13
Speaker
And what happens is when I be wanting to do the podcast, he don't answer his phone. And I think it's because I talk a lot. So, like, y'all got to blame that on bro, too. Like, I done called him. I was texting him. like And he be like, man, you know I be tired. I'm like, bro, you know I be tired, too. But, you know, like, I sent you the link. But the main thing that's been really happening, if y'all want to be real with y'all, I forgot how to do what I do. So, me and bro been going at it recently. We had a little disagreement on some stuff. I was like, it was your podcast. Like, he's like, no, it's your. Like, and I'm just like.
00:06:48
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It's talk with Neptune. You know, it's talk with... I'm like, oh, shit. So when... When we come, we'll update y'all soon. It's under investigation right now. I ain't gonna lie to y'all. It's under investigation. I took my man to court. This motherfucker think he, like, I don't know what it is, bro. Like, people back cameras, they start buying drones, and their blunts get a little bigger, and they start acting different. He got a car wash the other day, and I'm just like, play boy. So listen.
00:07:21
Speaker
We handle that in court. That's all I'm saying. I'm like, Cam, um um it's cool. You're going to give me my verse? Okay, cool. I'm going just... Don't take a nigga to court? All right.
00:07:34
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Shout out my bro, Neptune, man. Look. Diddy documentary, man. 50 Cent. um the the Just the the trending documentary right now, man. Do you think 50 Petty for this? Do you think 50 Diddy, whatever. Do you think 50 is right about the documentary or is he just kind of overdoing it or like do the truth need to be heard? like What's the... What you think going on here?
00:08:04
Speaker
Well... fifty been known to be petty his whole career and I don't know his whole life. I don't know him before but ever since he been famous and ever since I done known him he's been the way he is.
00:08:19
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And could say Puffy, Diddy, Sean, whoever i could say he would probably have his series for a really long time.
00:08:31
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Maybe friends, maybe not. I don't know. Associates but I know that 50 had a disdain for the man. Did you have to go to the limits of doing what you're doing?
00:08:43
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No, maybe one could say or not, but I'm not 50 and you are who you are and I'm not condoning anything, but, um,
00:08:55
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It's just kind of crazy when all the stuff come to light, you really see how people truly are. And I'm not even talking about just like 50 or Diddy, you know, just like everybody who was involved.
00:09:07
Speaker
And, you know, if you know, you know, or you know who you are. But if you was involved, or you seen or done some stuff and knew some stuff was going on or you was involved or whatever, know,
00:09:20
Speaker
Now, like I said, I'm not even there much religious, but they say God sees all. So, and they got, you got, you got something to say to somebody one day, maybe.
00:09:31
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And you got to speak for yourself, speak on your behalf. And hey, there's some, there's some, some low down stuff that went on. So all I can say is
00:09:43
Speaker
Every information, and my fault for rambling, but every piece of information at 50 is put into one package is already out there. If you did your research or if you look it up, it's already information that's available.
00:09:57
Speaker
Some of it's not with the interviews and what the band, but at the end of the day, I'm i'm not mad at it. ain't mad at it. So you kind of agree with it a little bit, Dan, huh?
00:10:11
Speaker
I just find it interesting that this, this forever beef they got, like, I don't know, like if did he try to play with 50 at some point, but, uh, anyway, any who, man, any who, like, we go, we go. I'm gonna pray for both of them brothers. Uh, I do not like the only thing I don't like about this. And, um,
00:10:41
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I don't like when I see the brothers, you know, it's enough of us going at it already. Um, it sucks that it gotta be, you know, two black men, you know, obviously, you know, that don't respect each other, but, uh, just pray for all the brothers. That's kind of like, you know, going through stuff like that. And, and I, and I hope that one day they find it. And um I know it's not going to happen.
00:11:05
Speaker
i know 50 and, you know, from everything that he do. And, uh, Seeing Puff, I don't think he gonna wanna mess with 50. fifty So, we gonna leave that right there.
00:11:17
Speaker
Yeah, just hopefully let's just leave everything where it is and it doesn't get any more reckless or out of control. What you think about um that new Wale album since we talking about music and let's get into the music a little bit.
00:11:34
Speaker
That Wale, everything is a lot. Everything is a lot. Wale, And Wale has always been, and this is not even on some like some D-Rod. So Wale has always been like a special place in my heart because of like type of music he makes. You know, he's very like, he's very creative. He's very underrated. He's very like underrated to a degree. A lot of people don't give Wale a lot of credit that he deserves in the like rap game.
00:12:04
Speaker
I think he got it on this album though. This album, yes. This album, I'm not gonna lie, it it hit they hit very different areas. like I play it every day.
00:12:15
Speaker
Some R&B-ish, some hip-hop-ish. Yeah, and it's it's in constant rotation, definitely. because He in his bag on this one. And I think it's just a lot of it was there was a lot of build-up to that. Think about the, ah what's the streaming dude name? i always get his name wrong.
00:12:34
Speaker
that incident though that he didn't know who he was and it's like, you know, like, the hell is that? Uh, is that my phone?
00:12:47
Speaker
Yeah, it's my phone. My bad. Um, but he was overlooked so long that, yeah, people didn't, Wale that dude, Wale been that guy, you know what saying? And,
00:13:04
Speaker
I think like, even when he was next to Meek Ross at the time, I still like Wale. I used to always say it. I'm like, I like Wale. That's one of my, you know what I'm saying? He one those artists, but that ah I love that album, man, that album Well put together. i think it definitely put a... It's been a great year for hip-hop. I'm going to say that.
00:13:25
Speaker
I am going to say that. For hip-hop to not be considered, you know, whatever, the top 40 in a long time is cool, whatever, it's still a lot of great music that's being put out. And I do want to a shed light on that because a lot of artists been in their bag this year. And I think it's just a conversation that people have been having about just where music's been.
00:13:47
Speaker
um you got a lot of underground artists too that's kind of, you know, that's doing their things too, but um but I think that conversation itself has made those bigger artists get more into their bags.
00:14:06
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, I agree. I think, I think Wale and a lot of artists too, but like,
00:14:18
Speaker
Wale, him being the type of artist he is, it's not, what's the word? It's not trendy. And like, don't know, like,
00:14:32
Speaker
I feel like a lot of artists, and this is no disrespect, and like I said, I'm not really naming no names, but a lot of people, we was talking earlier, just in general, like a lot of stuff isn't made from scratch.
00:14:45
Speaker
Or even if it isn't made from scratch, it's not like taking the time to like put something in the oven. Like if you're cooking, compared to a meal, you're putting something in the oven that takes time to cook and you know the flavors and everything. It's a different type of...
00:15:02
Speaker
preparation compared to just sticking something in the microwave in a couple of minutes or a couple of seconds and then being done. So um it's just, I feel like a lot of things are pre-packaged and microwave and watered down.
00:15:19
Speaker
And a lot of artists who actually take the time to cook, and like really showcase the talents and like the instruments. Because Wale always had the instruments and like the beat selections and all that. Wale's definitely always had that type of shit in his bag. So with this new album, it's very modern, but at the same time, it's is soulful.
00:15:45
Speaker
And I like it. I really like it a lot. I looked i like this Wale album, for real.
00:15:55
Speaker
Damn. Yeah, Wale's album is... a it was It's helping me right now with just the way I'm creating my stuff. um It made me just realize that it's okay to just... It's okay to just be yourself.
00:16:10
Speaker
Like, rap about life. Talk about the things that you actually... You know I'm saying? The album was so relatable for me that it inspired me in a whole different... like way that i can't I can't really explain it because it's it's that much.
00:16:28
Speaker
It means that much to me. like I say Wale album this year did that to me. ah Shit, 2 Chainz and Larry June, they album top of the year. You know what I'm saying? They kicked the year off with a great album. Wiz Khalifa, another artist that had a great album this year.
00:16:49
Speaker
Shit, I'm trying to think. it's ah It's a lot. I actually need to go to my Apple Music, but I'm... um The Game, let me just say that. That's the most recent one I just listened to. Hey, Game snapped. Now, I do want to say that um with the DJ drama stamp, it makes it so official. like He did his thing, bro. like This album sounds like It it it gives mixtape vibes. It's so good, but it's ah it do sound like it was a bunch of roughs.
00:17:18
Speaker
far as just the the way it was recorded, but the way it's flowing though, it's just like, it was, it's a masterpiece. I ain't gonna like, Game never surprised me. Like, Game ain't one of those who can out-rap anybody. Like, i have I've i said that ah plenty of times. Like, Game might not even have like that, he's not as popular as everybody like him to be, but when it comes to rapping, it ain't too many that could, you know, step up to the game. I'm just being real. Like, Game could rap.
00:17:47
Speaker
Yeah. So I would encourage you to definitely to go check out that album, man. Very good album. And the album is called, I should know it right off top. It's a every movie needs a trailer.
00:18:00
Speaker
Like that. Yeah, bro. That's so game, bro. Shout out game, man. and um For real though, um I'm looking forward to just music 2026 like i wonder where i wonder where we go from here like with all this stuff going on in the industry and just the music business like do our recollect will still need it that's the question that's one and one question i wanted to ask because with all this you do your own thing yourself and you got distro kids you got your united ma masters like
00:18:36
Speaker
Is a label still necessary? Not necessarily, no. I feel like it's been fading and fading and fading and it's always good for the exposure.
00:18:47
Speaker
But what about the people that don't got that up front to pay for everything? That's what I'm... That too. Because that's what the label does. You always taking a shot on yourself when you go independent.
00:19:00
Speaker
You always like entrepreneurship. You always taking that shot on yourself when you go independent. I would definitely take a deal still, bro. Because I would need that to get going. It would depend. I would too. But you also always got to be aware your circumstances when signing the deal.
00:19:19
Speaker
You got to always be aware the paperwork of the circumstances. Yeah, you make sure that you get your album, a couple with one to three albums, and get out the door. and Exactly. howte the Percentages.
00:19:30
Speaker
Percentages publishing, all that distribution. need to we need to... If we sit down at the table, we need to talk about M's and B's, potentially, if we get big enough.
00:19:49
Speaker
That's all. Because they might believe in a motherfucker too, and if they believe in me the way that they that I believe in myself, we can go places then.
00:20:03
Speaker
So, like, that... That's true. I'm over here trying to figure out what I want to say because I ramble a lot. But... ah it Yeah, go ahead. Go. You go, yeah.
00:20:18
Speaker
My fault. I was just going to say that I feel like it would just depend on the person and their circumstances.
00:20:26
Speaker
Like, whatever works best for you, if you... um Like you said, if you don't have the up front or the back end and everything like that, maybe going the labor route is good. And especially for the exposure. And like I said, I'm very much not opposed to it, but it would all just depend on what works for me and what works for them. And if we can come to some type of compromise or agreement on paper.
00:20:53
Speaker
And that's all. Yeah. I mean, but a label, the, the, the right label, you know what saying? The one that know how to promote their artists and, that know how to put you in a position. I mean, it's no way just being a person of common sense. I mean, just read the contract. You know, I know it'd be a lot sometime, but that's why it's nice to have people that you trust around you too. Like you said, so be aware of everything. But um I definitely feel like labels I definitely still needed 2025, 2026 and still going forward. I mean, there's a lot of um so lot of benefits of being on the label.
00:21:33
Speaker
Yeah. Most definitely. I definitely wanted to get into the... So we talked about Diddy. We talked about... What did we talk about? We talked about Diddy. We talked about... We ain't talked about no politics. That's what we haven't talked about.
00:21:53
Speaker
No, we haven't. But real quick, real quick. Hey, no. Shut up, Piggy. Shut up, Piggy. Shut up, Piggy. That's what Trump told the reporter. He said, shut up, Piggy. Oh, my God. You ain't hear that shit? You're lying.
00:22:09
Speaker
Oh, hold on. He really said that to a reporter? Before you, bro. Bro. I'm not surprised. I'm about you lying. I'm acting like I'm surprised. President today, he kept busy, he kept his eye on the ball, and he even addressed this situation at a live corporate event. Everyone loves something at McDonald's. is's always something to have.
00:22:29
Speaker
I like the fish. I like it. Shammu Salini likes the fish at McDonald's. Oh, wait, that was from Ronald McFondall's appearance at the McDonald's summit last night. Trump is not a happy little meal right now. Every time he gets asked about Jeffrey Epstein, he loses his mind. Yeah, Jennifer, go ahead, go ahead. Quiet, quiet, piggy.
00:22:50
Speaker
He called her piggy. He said, quiet piggy to a reporter, and it barely made the news. If a man spoke like that to a female co-worker in like a workplace harassment training video, you go, ah, that's over the top. Nobody would do that. But if the pilot on Air Force One behaved like the president, he wouldn't be allowed to fly the plane.
00:23:07
Speaker
Oh, my gosh. All right, man, get to what you was, uh, you' the You heard though, right? I heard it now.
00:23:18
Speaker
Quiet, P. That is crazy. What was going to say before that, though? Nah, I'm... That is fucking wild with Trump, but... um I just wanted to say... didn't mean to out of my bag. Nah, nah, nah. You all good. You all good. It's just, um... I had saw something we both had seen it, like, right before we kind of got into it. It was some, like, breaking news going on in Japan over there. They had an earthquake, and I just wanted to... You know, it's potentially tsunami, maybe. Who knows? At the time that we're recording this right now, maybe later developments will come through, but...
00:23:59
Speaker
well we'll We'll see what's going on with that. But I just wanted to say my prayers and our prayers over here at the podcast for all the people involved and all the people with family that's over there.
00:24:11
Speaker
And, you know, you're just hoping that they be safe and find somewhere safe during the um on this endeavor right now. Yeah, so that's, a like you said, definitely breaking news. Yeah.
00:24:25
Speaker
So keep the people of, ah what's that, Japan you said? Yes. Keep the people of ah Japan in your prayers right now. um So it was at er earthquake, just to confirm. It was a 7.6. Let's um let's say, yeah, 7.0. That's not a small earthquake, man. That's a very large earthquake, yes. Not you not it's the largest, but yes, it's nothing to play with.
00:24:50
Speaker
Yeah, so that's kind of. Make sure to do that, change it up.
00:24:56
Speaker
Yeah, that's so...
00:25:06
Speaker
Bro, this is not... And you see how stuff like this just got happen?
00:25:13
Speaker
Damn. Holy shit. but thing just yeah but just we We send our condolences, our prayers, our everything, our hope to the people of Japan.
00:25:28
Speaker
And we just want everybody to find somewhere safe. And we just sending all our shout outs to the people of Japan and just hoping that y'all get through this. That's why y'all need to be grateful, man. Like, count your blessings because we not in that bad of a position when y'all think about it. I mean, it can happen to anybody. can happen to us. so Tragedy can strike anywhere.
00:25:49
Speaker
Anytime, motherfucker. So definitely prayers to Japan, though. Let me get that out the way. So I want to talk about, ah and this is a quick one right here, but my boy DJ Academics and your boy Maino.
00:26:07
Speaker
ah Now, i don't agree with um I don't agree with his opinion on that. like I definitely don't think that he should be the one to... Come on, man. Leave him alone. He's winning head. Not Maino. Who's winning head, was it a Who are you talking about? What's going on?
00:26:27
Speaker
So DJ Academics and Maino pretty much going at it. because ah Who the fuck? Is it Fab that he got on the podcast? They got the podcast together? They be on Jim Podcast? What is it? Jim, Mano, and... Davey.
00:26:44
Speaker
Davey, yeah. And then Fab, right? nice Yeah, yeah, yeah. Fab's not a a a recurring person, is he? Is it Fab?
00:26:55
Speaker
I thought it was just three of them. But it's one it's somebody... It gotta be Fab, but... Damn, now feel like i need to... I know Fab could have possibly been there a couple of times. I'm not sure. know speaking up because academics said something about that it could have been Fab wearing the... I'm looking for it now, but it was about a headband that ah he was wearing for the most part. And he said, like, he's too he' too old to be wearing a headband or something like that.
00:27:28
Speaker
Like...
00:27:30
Speaker
Yeah, it's... I'm trying to find it right now. don't like just misquoting stuff like that. People always... Yeah, he clapped back at an academic about that, pretty much.
00:27:47
Speaker
You know what that screen is? What? I want attention. Pay attention to me. I got something to say about you. Pay attention to me. And I think that's just the time we live in. Like, you kind of like, you got to know when to, you know, bite.
00:28:04
Speaker
It's just like a gloop trap. You know I'm Now you on a trap. It's like a trap. They just, yeah, I got you now. Now you can't, now you're going to say something. And ass ah now, like you said, attention and it's an internet thing.
00:28:15
Speaker
And with the relationship he got with Chicago, maybe I'm a little bit biased when I say this, but academics, you should be the last person saying some shit about somebody and the way they dress or the way they look or the way they act. Okay?
00:28:29
Speaker
So, stop stop talking about people. That's my point. Please, stop talking about people. You're not in a position just because you got money or because you got a platform to talk about people in a negative way like that.
00:28:42
Speaker
Like somebody can't just get on your ass too. You're journalists. You're journalists. That's it. That's all. And that's cool. There's nothing wrong being a journalist. But be prepared when you say some fuck shit, low key, if it ends the budget or somebody take it that way. That's all I'm saying. Because you can't forget where these niggas come from.
00:29:03
Speaker
And i don't know if you come from where they come from, man. That's all I'm saying. Yeah, that's a... Like said, though, I don't... bite the that's what we need like the ogs to kind of like i may know definitely right for checking them though he checked them but same time like it's just a time we living in it and it's easy to get baited into something like that like you said maybe he was just looking for attention at that point but and like you said you can't speak on ah the way he dressed like
00:29:35
Speaker
It's a legend in the game. You know I'm saying? They all OGs in the game. but um You know how much of pie in their gym? Man, come on now. the man and that i So it was a recent conversation about, ah since we talking about all that, it was a recent conversation about... ah I don't know whose show it was on, but they were talking about people celebrating. Oh, Mike Epps. Mike Epps was saying, like, people need to stop celebrating people coming home from jail. Now, I think it's certain... Yeah.
00:30:02
Speaker
I think it's certain... i agree with him a lot on that, um by the way. That whole podcast is pretty good, but um I agree with him on that to a certain extent because what did the person go in jail for? Because what if it was something that they ain't even do? like Yeah, it depends. It depends. Now, I think he was talking about, like, people who actually out here committing crimes and shit, and they go to jail and shit, they come home, off of you you know, getting them of their flout. Now, I do agree with that. yo You don't celebrate no shit like that, but at same time, people are all in their feelings about it. But right is right, is wrong, is wrong. Like,
00:30:40
Speaker
Common sense is common sense. And that's just what we had as people, though. You know what I'm saying? We... don't even want to... Oh, I know I'm to get some slander for this. It's... We celebrate the ignorant shit.
00:30:54
Speaker
and then get mad when motherfuckers trying to check us on some shit while we celebrating the shit. You know what I'm saying? And then we try to speak politically correct about some shit, but then they be like, well, how could you be like this and you support that?
00:31:09
Speaker
And I'm like, yeah. So... um Go ahead. You could... Because I kind of rambled. I told you I'm rambling. But... um Yeah, how you feel about that? You all good, brother.
00:31:23
Speaker
I just feel like... And nowadays, everybody... We in the day and age where a lot of times... And I don't even mean to be like... when i'm It's crazy what I'm about say. I was going to say...
00:31:34
Speaker
we in a day and age where everybody's so sensitive and getting their feelings hurt. And I was going to say, I don't mean to hurt nobody's feelings. And that just goes to show you how precautionary we are of everything. Like, it's like, don't know, just like today, we just are, it's a much more cautious, that everybody's afraid to make the wrong move or make the next step. And it's like some people just, they limit themselves and,
00:32:04
Speaker
I feel like the powers that be or who I am, not the almighty or anything like that. i'm just saying that the people who have run the world, they don't mind what us wanting to be limited or cautious or precautionary.
00:32:19
Speaker
And I just, I feel like people should just step out their shell more and don't be afraid to speak their minds or tell each other how they feel or don't be so,
00:32:33
Speaker
withholding or afraid to not be accepted by others. And just also, but with that being said, also accept others so that they can feel comfortable to step out and feel the need to speak.
00:32:48
Speaker
Because how you do things definitely make a difference on other people, whether other people want to accept it or not. Just because you do what you're doing...
00:32:59
Speaker
Oh, shit. Well, I know what that is. um We gonna... Well, I'm gonna just pick back up from what bro was talking about. ah I know y'all like, what the hell was that? um I'll let him explain that when he comes back. I ain't gonna... It ain't nothing too crazy. It's just a little joke, but... um Just building off of what he was saying, we're just talking about just the celebration of people coming home from jail and pretty much you know like celebrating the bullshit and ah glorifying the bullshit. So that's pretty much we're going That's what he was saying. I know what happened already. It's cool. i was I picked it up a little bit. Yeah.
00:33:44
Speaker
That's it. um That was just a ah quick one. I didn't want to go too deep into that. But that was just like something I had thought about. I'm like, oh, that happened. um So another thing that's happening right now is um ah yeah I was talking about Trump, man. um So we got the wars and um with the with the the growing and, you know, the growing.
Geopolitical and Political Discussions
00:34:07
Speaker
just tension in Venezuela right now with, you know, Trump doing what he doing. Um, they say he bombing boats, stealing, killing innocent people.
00:34:19
Speaker
Um, have you even, uh, researched any of that? You've been following any of that stuff or you just kind of, nah, I wasn't even aware that we were in a war.
00:34:30
Speaker
Not at war, but he's pretty much people are confused on why, And they are in Venezuela. Like, why do they want it so much? Like people saying it's not because of the drugs, because if you want to be real, they say the drugs is coming from Columbia and you got more drugs coming through. I think they say you got more drugs coming through like Mexico than Venezuela, you know, like fentanyl and stuff or through China. They say China um got fentanyl coming through. So that's not the real issue. They say the issue is that, um, Venezuela has a bunch of oil.
00:35:04
Speaker
You know what I'm saying? And that's pretty much what the United States trying to you know, gangster. They pretty much that's that's what they're saying. They saying like the United States is trying gangster them and to get in their oil and stuff. And they're pretty much forcing their government out. Like they're trying to get they're trying to get them to surrender. And.
00:35:23
Speaker
leave or they gonna pretty much lock them up and um now they've been threatening to do like land strikes now they've been doing like the on the water and shit but now they actually threatening land strikes i have not checked anything this morning so something could have happened ah updates could have been you know had so i'm not sure whenever this dropped when y'all gonna hit us but uh yeah where do you stand on that i mean i'm personally I'm really confused as far as just like, why do we spend so much money on stuff like this? I get protecting like America and all this stuff, America first, but as much as we promote this America first stuff, y'all do not, it's not America first.
00:36:08
Speaker
We just had a whole government shutdown for I don't know how long, one of the longest, the one of the longest shutdown in the history. But all this stuff that goes on, you got all these starving people, we got all this crisis that these tragedies just happened in our own home.
00:36:28
Speaker
And we still put so we're so invested into these other countries like it's a and that's what a billionaire game come in. at That's why all this other this other language we can't even talk because we're not in that conversation. But um,
00:36:46
Speaker
how do you feel about just the whole America investing money into these other countries instead of they're at home? You know what saying? Like, it's, it's ridiculous, man. It's, it's sad.
00:37:02
Speaker
I feel like, America is doing what they always have been doing for the most part. Not always, but like to the grits, just being in my business. But like at the same time, like we've done so much to help other people.
00:37:22
Speaker
by going there and like accepting people and just everything across the board. But we've done so much to neglect the people that are here, that are doing so alive, that are doing so much, whether it be the lower class, the middle class, whatever.
00:37:40
Speaker
And it's just kind of like, It's frustrating. It's very frustrating because it creates animosity amongst people to be like, why them and not me? Why them and not me? And it's like, of course, a lot of them are in a messed up situation and that's what the story is a lot of times. But then you also, when your situation gets worse and worse, it just kind of makes it hard for you when when your options begin to run out. And it's just like a lot of people aren't in a position
00:38:13
Speaker
to, you know, you know how the economy is. you A lot of people aren't in a position provide or the provider the ways you can provide is to get less and less and gets cut down a little bit less, more and more.
00:38:28
Speaker
It's like, so, it just It's hard when you want a little piece of something and you look and you see that the government can't even do its job right. and the They always fight.
00:38:43
Speaker
Man. And just when you think that something is going to go your way, it don't. It's like, it's it's so childish. like it's It's bad because it's embarrassing, number one.
00:38:58
Speaker
We're supposed to be like one of the most powerful, and that's going to change really soon. I feel like that's going to be announced in the next... If it's not the end of the year, it's going to the end of next year. But China is going to be the most powerful country in the you in the world. Watch.
00:39:12
Speaker
um And it's always been United States, but we're ran by seniors, and I'm not trying to be disrespectful. I will be a senior one day.
00:39:22
Speaker
I'm not trying to be disrespectful, but i am sick of... All these politicians being old as who God knows who. And we had to blame ourselves. and we had to We had to blame ourselves at some point, but we questioned the state of the United States, not even just the United States. not not Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right. I'm right. The United States, we question all of this stuff. we question We question so much stuff, bro. and But we never, nobody never puts like an ah the common sense about age on it. Like, okay, like, yeah, Texas is this high because we got this 80-year-old running, the not this, I'm just,
00:40:04
Speaker
I don't get it. It should be ah should be restrictions on this, man. Like, what's going on here? Like, I'm so confused. It definitely should. I don't get it. Even with Biden, and bro, like, it was so many signs. People looking like, y'all just letting this man just do anything but, like,
00:40:27
Speaker
it's It's sad. I don't get it. And that's what I was saying. like it's a rich It's a rich man game. It's a white man game. It's all that stuff. Money. It's all that shit. But it's happening right in front of us. You see like Trump doing it. I mean, like he might not... He's such a puppet too that he don't realize it, but it's it's not... Let's just say like i'm not I'm not for either side. I'm not for the Republicans or the Democrats. I think they both, I think we need a whole new system when it comes to just the government because number one, is is too um it's it's over with. Like, because they run everything. They got all the money. Everything is tied up between the individuals. They they want to talk about Nancy Pelosi and all that stuff, cool, whatever. But Trump just made over $100 billion, dollars bro.
00:41:19
Speaker
Like, the his name, like, the the family has generated billions of dollars, bro. because Since he's been in White House. When has it ever been known for a president to just generate so much money?
00:41:33
Speaker
And he's finna get, like, a hundred-some million from... um Somebody supposed be getting Trump a hundred million for something, bro. But they... It just... a They doing it in everybody's face now. like Because everybody's like, ah no president supposed to do this. And like, hey, it ain't it ain't no, um this ain't the race no more. This motherfucker in the office and he doing it.
00:41:55
Speaker
He's doing everything that y'all say that he can't do. He is doing it. Bro, you see that um he built a fucking, what'd he say?
00:42:06
Speaker
What is that called? A ballroom for the White House, bro. The ballroom is bigger than the White House. They said it looked tacky on the outside, too. I seen a picture of it. It looks really tacky.
00:42:18
Speaker
It's because they still fixing it, but I mean, like, it probably do look bogus as hell, but it's just look at what he's doing. Like, they said he couldn't do any of this stuff, and look what he doing.
00:42:30
Speaker
The most. He doing the most. That's what he doing. Next it's going to be bogus. I'm telling y'all now, like, Project 2025 is still in effect. Like, nobody's thinking about it, but it's still in effect. Like,
00:42:42
Speaker
Now, i do I do feel like Trump is very sick. He still got two more years. If he make it. I'm just being honest. I'm not wishing death on nobody. He look bad, bro. The man barely could walk. He talking about Biden.
00:42:59
Speaker
That one for falling asleep, too. sir He said anything just so he can get the check. He don't care about none of that shit no more. think he apologize and everything to Joe Biden.
00:43:12
Speaker
Maybe he did, maybe he didn't. I don't know, but Trump ch cho is a piece of work. He is, man. Well, the thing is, like like I said, he's... We need a whole reset when it comes to the government, and and it's so much money involved with so many families, and like they they people, obviously, but um it's ah it's a tough situation, man, but it's embarrassing, though, just to see all the stuff going on. Yeah.
00:43:41
Speaker
Even with Ice, like, he he he started so much shit. Like, the next person who's going to have to come behind that, ooh, he going to make sure that he changed some stuff before, you know. But I wasn't trying to get too political with it. i just I just know, like, oh, this is not looking good.
00:44:05
Speaker
oh We still to, you know, when we get older, i mean, we got to we got, the thing is people got start stepping up now and start educating themselves on what's really going on. And, you know, like,
00:44:18
Speaker
ah Because we really don't know why like what taxes taxes should be explained. like as far as like You know how they send us like mail with our bills and stuff? You should send me money.
00:44:30
Speaker
You should send me a breakdown of where each penny goes far as taxes. Because shit, now that everybody's talking about federal tax income, let's have that conversation. But...
00:44:43
Speaker
ah they They were saying too that that's a bad idea though because that's going to take away from a lot of like, you know, businesses that, and I can see that too. Like you can't just rip away federal income now. You can change the percentage on some of this stuff. The percentage is way too high.
00:44:59
Speaker
Like, I'm sorry. Like, you should be able to walk home with at least 75%, 80, fuck it, of your paycheck. There's no way in hell that I'm okay with paying a 25% tax. That's cool.
00:45:14
Speaker
I'm just saying, like, check-wise. Like, if it's going to be like that, that's cool. But... What you think the breakdown is now? Because I ain't never even really did it because i I think I don't want to upset myself that much. like I know it's some bullshit, you know what as we really did the math.
00:45:28
Speaker
I know. I know when you do this, let you do some overtime. Let you some overtime me you look at that motherfucker like, bro, my shit's supposed be fairer than this. Fuck the overtime. Think about your shit now.
00:45:42
Speaker
and that How much taxes has just come out your check? think tax is 500, bro. man my time is like yeah honey it bro maybe be It was was i had saw and i was like you're taking and ah male when I tell you, I think it was like, like you said, 500, like damn there, 700 or something like that. And I'm just like,
00:46:12
Speaker
What y'all doing? Y'all doing this every twice a... How many times y'all gonna do this? How many times y'all gonna this? And then they give us a raise, but then like it's like the more taxes goes up, you don't even see it. don't let And then the food and shit go up. Food, all that shit go up, man. Food is still happening to this day. It just balances out equals out, and then it might go a little bit down.
00:46:41
Speaker
Just a half a point. I know I'm in a, like, we and we we can't be, like, i agree we're not in ah in the worst position because I know people that got it worse than we do. But, like, at the same time, though, like, it's, um, it it shows me personally that that's why it's okay to, like, be an entrepreneur because, like, when stuff start happening, like,
00:47:06
Speaker
when shit just start crashing and these jobs not making they money, like, and they start cutting you and shit, because ain't nobody having these conversations because they scared to have them. But Amazon just fired a whole bunch of people. Um, the same with, um not, uh, not, it wasn't Amazon. They weren't the top ones to do it. I give them that. But, um, what's the other one?
00:47:29
Speaker
Not FedEx, but, um, Was it UPS? I think UPS laid off a bunch of people, bro, and invested into like AI. um a lot of these jobs are going to start getting sliced. I hate to say it like that, bro. It's too much technology invested into now. like The Trump administration already already fucking... what how much did they Did you see how much they invested in AI? Yeah.
00:47:59
Speaker
Nah, how much is it? know it's probably over a billion. It's over a billion. Some billions for choice. could be a trillion. A couple of A T is crazy. Mm-hmm.
00:48:14
Speaker
Trillion is wicked.
00:48:18
Speaker
When there's people out here fucked up like this. A trillion is wicked.
00:48:23
Speaker
I'm about to look it up right now because I need to see it for myself. Okey dokey.
00:48:33
Speaker
Okay, that's
00:48:40
Speaker
a... I'm sorry, I'm reading, but... 92 billion. ninety Okay, Trump announces 92 plus billion in AI.
00:48:51
Speaker
Energy powerhouse investments, bro. Too fucking much money. Damn, it's a lot of people that's. So you got a couple partners. i ain't going name all them, but Blackstone president, Google president, First Energy CEO.
00:49:11
Speaker
Weston House CEO, Core Weave CEO. like It's so many people that's invested in this. And it's it's pretty much like a a big deal. They say it's in a historic investment.
00:49:27
Speaker
Even though
00:49:31
Speaker
it's it's everywhere. I mean, shit.
00:49:38
Speaker
Anywho. Educate y'all selves though, man. um Make sure y'all looking at all this stuff. um Don't be so thumbed down by your timeline and what's going on. Actually go to these news networks. Find yoll find the the news network that you like, number one. cause i ain't It's so much news out here that ah you got one person saying this. It's fine. That's the beauty of the internet. You can go find what you need to find and you can do your research and do your digging, but Educate y'all salesman. It's real time to start a business. I'm telling y'all, man, get out there and just have a passion for this shit.
00:50:17
Speaker
Whatever you passionate it about, go do it. You know what I'm saying? I know that I'm kind of jumping everywhere, but I just feel like I have to say something about this because we talk about like, think about like you said, the the government shut down.
00:50:33
Speaker
People were struggling, you know I'm saying? Ain't it still like a thing with Snap? Like, i don't know people even getting all their stuff still. Yeah, yeah. Snap's still fucked up out here. And then like, you know, for the people that need it, that's not cool. you know what saying? You got people out here that need it, but...
00:50:51
Speaker
It needs to be a better... I think like Snap needs to do better, or the government, whoever is in control of that. We need to do better at promoting better food. I do agree with them on that point, though, bro. like All that food dying, that artificial like flavors and stuff, that ain't cool.
00:51:07
Speaker
um it's It's a lot of stuff that we starting to pay attention to now, which I love, that we catching it now because as we get older and you know life still goes on, we need to know these things.
00:51:22
Speaker
And you don't want to be sitting back like, oh, I wish i would've we would have known this. ah You know, like... make the changes now and do what we got to do. But, uh, I think we could promote healthier foods though, when it comes to this now stuff. Cause they still feed us bullshit, bro. Like all that shit that, yeah, bro, that's bullshit. Like when you start looking to all that food and shit, all them chemicals and shit is, it's not, it's, it's not natural, bro. Like where, what, why is it? And we why is it, why do we have that type of stuff? And we have natural shit out here. wow And we got stuff that we can, that can benefit us, but they rather give us the,
00:51:59
Speaker
cheap shit the the you know what saying now that's the question that's the conversation people are not having because all that shit controls us like people not even thinking about the food that you eat it's controlling you to a point the mind the parasite all that shit the parasite listen that's a man that's another conversation that we're gonna have have another day but like these foods and stuff man what you put in your body like It's controlling,
Health, Purpose, and Motivation
00:52:25
Speaker
you know what saying? Like even me being a coffee drinker, I recently, bro, I've been in my vitamins.
00:52:30
Speaker
I've been in my vitamins for about, man, I don't say about a good good month. Like on some consistency. And I noticed the difference, bro, but it's winging me off coffee, bro.
00:52:42
Speaker
Like coffee done it like a cigarette.
00:52:46
Speaker
On some real shit. So, ah but... I'm getting them vitamins, you know what saying? It's, it's, it's, it's like a light bulb almost. It's like, it's, it's, it's telling me like, nah, don't need it. Like I don't got that urge and shit for the coffee no more like that. I still drink my one coffee, but if I used to have a coffee every day, like I'm talking about like a cup of three, like now I'm just like, right, I'm cool. Like I don't need that. I'd rather drink some water or some shit Give me a little slushy, whatever. i don't know, but take care of your body though, man. Um, I eventually be on my way to the gym with you, hopefully, you know, one of these days I talk about it, but I am doing the first part and that's making sure that I watch what I eat.
00:53:29
Speaker
I still kind of you know, I still kind of do whatever I want to do, even though I know I'm not supposed to, but, you know, I'm working on it. Yeah, you get that. You know, you know what you need to do and the best way to do it is whenever you're ready to take that step after, you know.
00:53:46
Speaker
Motherfuckers gonna be ready. That could be anybody though. Anybody, yeah. Anybody. Just take the step, what saying? Because one thing I don't like about like, I don't like when people talk about like what they can't do.
00:54:01
Speaker
Nah, facts. You got energy to tell me what you can't do, then you can do it, you know? um I heard something and we can close out. I know it's getting kind of like late. We got 30 shifters. I hope y'all know that.
00:54:18
Speaker
so Yeah. We crashing right now. i apologize. but all nighters What was finna touch on? I forgot already. that see you that's that's that's what ah I know you wanted to say something about finding purpose.
00:54:33
Speaker
Oh yeah, finding your purpose. Knowing your purpose and life and knowing what's for you and not being afraid to just gravitate towards that. like It took me so long to realize like it's OK to be myself. It's OK to be authentic. It's OK to just make music the way I do. It's OK to just stand out the way I do. like i I'm OK with being me. Once you're OK with being who you are, everything works out.
00:55:00
Speaker
And I'm just saying that because now it's like every day is a new one for me. Working third shift, cool. like but like the, it's still like a night and day thing. Like I'm still another person, not another person, but it's like, I, I wake up, not wake up down. Cause I worked there shit, but it's like, I, I still got that drive to want more.
00:55:23
Speaker
i know what I'm going for, for my purpose. Like I know my purpose is helping people. Like I love helping people, but I know I don't have the resources. I got the, I got the talking, I could talk somebody ear off about whatever. But when you don't got the resources to kind of do the things that you want to do, you got to create those opportunities. So right now, um you know people like, what a podcast, why y'all ain't been uploading y'all just went MIA.
00:55:51
Speaker
oh We want this to be bigger than what it is we have a ah We're big passion about this. like I have advertisers, sponsors, I'm sorry, that I want to you know eventually add on here. I got people that I want to bring on here and I want to be able to help people grow mentally the way I've been able to grow. like So when you're able to be that type of example, that's when life just... It feels good. you know i was saying that to say like ever since I shifted towards that and being about that lifestyle, like my whole...
00:56:25
Speaker
life is different now. Like, I feel good about everything I'm doing. So, find purpose. Just find your purpose. You know, it could be anything. And, you know, don't be so hard on yourself. it's It's okay. We all got things that we got to work on, that we got to be better about. And um I could tell y'all right now, Neptune is like dozing off a little bit. That's why he let me just talk. But I'm going drink some water. I'm running out of like talking breath right now, but... yeah Hello?
00:56:58
Speaker
Hello? my God. I nah, he just called that shit properly. I was listening, definitely, but um I am kind of... Like he said, we third shifted, so my energy is dying down. I just finished my relaxation method after I got off of work, so now... And um and um and i trust me, bro, I'm there with you. Like, I'm um about to do the same thing. i do want to... ah Do you got anything that you want to add on to that? ah Yeah, yeah. I was going to say um it's very important to have purpose and find your purpose because you get however many years you have on this planet and it's limited and it's not given, it's not guaranteed. lot of people probably who aren't here anymore would wish that they had the time or more time or the time that you have if they're older whatever, vice versa. My point is that
00:57:55
Speaker
you have to make use of the time that you have now. And it's cool to have fun and it's cool to do everything that it is to be young, to be old, to be human, to be whatever, but to have purpose, whether that be your occupation, your hobby, art, kids, whatever, and just having purpose in this life is literally one of the most beautiful things about being human.
00:58:23
Speaker
It makes, it makes, it makes being human and enjoying life different from letting life pass you.
00:58:35
Speaker
And I'm yeah kind of just going to like, the last thing I'm going kind of say is just like, I'm kind of alluding to a song. writing a song right now. I was starting this morning. Actually, it's fun.
00:58:47
Speaker
Uh, It's something about how if you like blink twice, like how Ferris Bueller said, if you blink, life moves fast, and if you blink, then it might pass you by, you might miss it.
00:58:57
Speaker
So is just just keep that in mind. like The more you think, the more you blink, the more you not do what you're passionate about or what you think might be your purpose or finding your purpose, just...
00:59:16
Speaker
It's okay to have time and find purpose, but just don't don't lose the time that you have because it's not given, it's not guaranteed. Damn.
00:59:28
Speaker
And and and that's that's a big one. You know, like, when you're young, and now i wouldn't say you're young because for some younger people, it clicks in, like, you get it early, but that purpose is very important. Without purpose, I mean, what you got?
00:59:45
Speaker
Like, what do you got? You know what saying? Like, and, um, when you find that purpose though, man, you stand true to yourself. Um, you know, so I, um, I pretty much, I agree with everything he said. He agree with everything I said. It has been an honor to just get back on here. We have, we didn't touch on a lot of things. And I know that, uh,
01:00:08
Speaker
with us getting back into the thing today is, this is earlier in the week. So we're going to, this is going to me a week for show. So you might be hitting this on Wednesday. So we're going We're going to do our best to see y'all next Wednesday for sure. Yes.
01:00:23
Speaker
So with that being said, Neptune, you already know what it is. I appreciate you, man, sticking it out. um You know, just it's a roller coaster with me. You already know, pause, but we, I be, our nigga, you know, I be all over the place. Like, don't even know why he listens. i don't know how he listens. But i told y'all, like, I've been trying to do it for a couple weeks.
01:00:44
Speaker
a couple weeks now, and this motherfucker, he don't answer the call. So I'm telling y'all, he be getting and he's like, ah, this nigga, don't want hear this today. So if Neptune answers the phone next week, we will be back with another conversation because my boy be tired from what he say, but I think he just gets tired of hearing your boy talk, which is fine. I am very overwhelmed, and I know that. Oh, my gosh. He said, wow. Oh, my gosh. With that being said, though, man, I do got a little something do want to leave y'all with.
01:01:16
Speaker
I did have it wrote down. I'm going to end every podcast. Oh, wait. Let me stop talking. I might have lost it. I might have lost it. Will he find it?
01:01:28
Speaker
Will he find it? Yes, I will. So, that being said, remember your story matters. Keep shining, keep growing, and hold on, let's do that over because I ain't like that. I say remember your story matters. Keep shining, keep growing.
01:01:45
Speaker
We don't just talk. We spark moments until the next time. Keep making noise with purpose. I'm Zite. That's Neptune, and we signing out.
01:01:55
Speaker
See y'all next Wednesday. See y'all.