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Speaker: On today's episode, it's the Sibling Happy Hour. I'm here with my sis, Jay Andrea. We're gonna be deli -daddling a little bit, then we're gonna be talking about the Grammys, and then we're gonna be asking an important
Speaker: What up, sis? What up, Bretta? I can't call it. I can't call it. I want to first announce before we get started that I was on a podcast. yeah Dr. Matt Salmon, you guys know him from the interview that I did with him a couple of weeks ago. I was on his podcast, Violet Rage. You can find that on Spotify. I'm also going to include the link to the Spotify in the description section of this podcast. We had a very interesting and and an enlightening conversation. And I implore everybody to go and listen to that. We talked about your growth and, and everything. So yeah, good interview and everybody's checking out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, Jay, there's something that's been happening that's been going viral so on the internet. Yeah. And have you seen this Montoya thing?
Speaker: he Yes. are You're talking about, of course, la isla de las tentacion. And you have to say it with the lisp because it's Temptation Island Spain, so you have to say it with the lisp. Yes, I did see it.
Speaker: Okay, so those people out there that haven't seen it. His name is Juan Jose Carlos Montoya. He was involved in the cheating scandal on the show Temptation Island of Spain. His girlfriend Anita Williams, which by the way, Anita Williams.
Speaker: Didn't know that was a Spanish name, but OK. Anita Williams got intimate with another contestant, Manuel, which Montania witnessed live. Montania reacted emotionally, screaming and running towards Williams. Anita explained her actions was revenge because Matoria received a lap dance early on the show and later begged for forgiveness. Now, the reason why I want to talk about this is simply because of the crash out. Because a man crashed.
Speaker: all the way out. He really did. ah Ran about a quarter of a mile, maybe a half mile back to the bungalow. You know, if that was staged, it doesn't matter. It was still hilarious. Yeah, that was hilarious. I mean, it was very, very dramatic, his reaction. is His crash, I was very, very dramatic, very, ah like, telenovela.
Speaker: You know, very much, very much. Yes. My thing was, you know, we're coming up on Valentine's Day. And one of my good friends was like, hey, do you want to go to this like singles bar thing with me on Valentine's Day? yeah yikes And I was like, oh not really. But you know, I ride with my homie. That's what you want to do. You know, we go ahead and do it. And then she picked just picked this pot. And I was like, I feel like my friends, because they're younger, don't realize that I'm older. Yeah, like, yeah, I'm almost 45 years old. So I don't really want to go to a place where there might be 23 year olds. But but anyway, as we get close to this Valentine's Day, and I'm watching this crash out by Montoya, I just think it's in my soul.
Speaker: i one getting no relationship right now. People be cheating. People have no sense of loyalty. And I'm sorry, he got a lap dance. That don't mean that you go ahead and and fornicate with another human being. They were on a cadence. Yes, very much so. ah And my man dropped to his knees. Just crashed out. But it's like,
Speaker: What? I'm sorry. and The fact that they showed it also, I thought, was like, what? OK. That's another thing. They try to, like, pixelate it or nothing. They were something it was hunching right right on television. right Right on television. And my man was sitting there watching it. And I'm thinking to myself, look, I have been in a relationship where I was cheating on.
Speaker: o I didn't go looking for it. I didn't go looking, thinking, like, oh, I think she's cheating on me. Let me go find out and see. That's that's not what I was trying. I happened to find out by a happenstance, OK? And it's still, i did I didn't quite crash out like Montoya did. But I did drop to my knees, faint a little bit, woke up, and beat the dude's ass.
Speaker: Okay, I did do that, because somebody had to feel my pain. But I'm not searching out to try and see somebody cheating on me. I don't get why he kept watching the video. Once they was in the pool, there's another scene that I didn't send to you. But there's another scene. He was playing bongos on her butt in the pool. And I was like, that's enough for me. I don't need to see no more. There was being kissy kissy in the pool. I was like, that's good enough. yeah I don't need to see no more. My man watched it a bit ahead. He watched All of it. And then kicked the laptop over. And what does not get talked about is my man ran a 4240 on the beach. Yes. okay Like the sand didn't slow him down.
Speaker: at all. Not at all. They need to put him, he's the shows in Spain, they need to put him on the track team. He need to be on the Olympic track team and they need to show him this video before each race yeah and just say go. Because my man is the fastest man alive because I have never seen, he ran faster than Apollo Creed did in the beach on Rocky 3. Now, I am, once again, I told y 'all, I'm getting close to 45. Yes. yeah Rocky 3, Rocky and Apollo Creed is running on the beach. Apollo was fast. He wasn't as fast as Montoya. No. Montoya, poor, poor, poor. Montoya, poor, poor. Montoya, I'm here for you. but But I think this is a larger issue. You know, as I said, we were coming up on Valentine's Day. People don't have no loyalty no more.
Speaker: No, they really don't. i mean I think it's like, not only do people not have loyalty, but then you got ghosting culture. so it's like it's It's rough out here to try to date. It's rough. like You got to really, really be comfortable with like rejection and disappointment. like you have to Those have to be your friends because you will end up on a beach.
Speaker: knees on your knees in the sand. Getting up right in the 4240. Yelling. I said my boys the ah that clip and I said I've never wanted to learn how to speak Spanish so badly in my entire life. The way I had that translation app up trying to catch but of my man was screaming at that TV.
Speaker: But, you know, e yes, people don't have any sense of loyalty in the ghosting culture. I remember one time I reconnected with an ex girlfriend. And it had been, I don't know, a couple of years we reconnected, we hanging out, and we started falling into those old traps of We were trauma bonding, right? And a little bit being obsessed with each other. And ah it wasn't right in my spirit, and I knew it. And I was like, we can't continue on with this. And so I remember she texted me one day, and we there's Don Taco was one of my favorite restaurants.
Speaker: And she was like, I'm fiending for some queso or some Don Taco. You want to meet up today? And I texted a good friend of mine, and I said, what should I do? I don't think this is a good situation. And my friend said, well, just text her, no, and that you all shouldn't hang out anymore. And I was like, I can't do that. This is this is ah a former girlfriend. Yeah. that I had a semi -serious relationship with in the past. We recanne rekindled whatever it was, reconnecting on a real intense level. I was like, I can't do this in a text message. I thought I should have gone to the restaurant and had a conversation with her. yeah I still feel like that was the best decision. I went to the middle ground and I called her. And I was like, this wasn't the right way to go. But the advice is always,
Speaker: do the least possible work and trauma on yourself. yeah and dis don't Don't pay attention to the other person. Try to alleviate the pressure off of yourself and that's the wrong way yeah to go about handling things. You should definitely have I mean, ah of course, that it depends on the situation, right? The person did you dirty to hell with them. But, you know, in a situation where it's like, OK, you just don't see it going anywhere. It's just you're just not compatible, something like that. You have some compassion for the other person. I mean, it's going to be disappointing, you know, for them regardless. You know, so I have a little compassion for the person. Don't just ghost them. I don't think, you know, if it's somebody you know and somebody you've known into intimately, don't do it over text message.
Speaker: Seriously, being an adult, i and everybody that I'm broken up with.
Speaker: and tell me how you Tell me what's really going on. Everybody that you broke up with. All of them. ah ah i I try my best to do a face -to -face.
Speaker: i I call them up like, Hey, let's meet up. And i I try to do it face to face because this is somebody that I've known you got to have some compassion for people. So I try to do a face to face unless like logistically, I just can't do it. um Because you know, either they're not here, you know, I had dated somebody, long haul trucker. So it wasn't here. So I did do it over the phone. So like, you know, it is what it is. But have some compassion. I don't understand ghosting culture unless you feel like you have a situation where it's unsafe for you and you need to go no contact. Okay. But ghosting just because you're like, man, I don't really like this person. And I'm not going to answer their call. I'm just gonna block them.
Speaker: that you would hate for that to happen to you. Exactly. Because it just leaves you with questions. Exactly. So. I got to bring it up because people are watching the video. Mm -hmm. Probably thinking, what the hell is going on with Jay's hair? Yes. Because you're looking very Queen Latifah, set it off right now.
Speaker: but Yes. So I want everybody to mark this episode. This is the first time I'm debuting. I am starting my lock journey. So right now my locks aren't locks. They're just not. They're just twists and you see they're all thin, but Catch me in a year, y 'all. One whole year. One whole year, you will see gorgeous, beautiful full locks. But in the meantime, I still have like professional commitments. like For an instance, I had two interviews for internships last week. So I went to the beauty supply store. And I walked in. I said, yo, I got an interview in an hour. I just need a quick little shake and go wig.
Speaker: then I could put it on and go. What's that shake and go with? You just shake it, put it on and go. That's it, shake and go. Sort of a lovely Korean woman who runs my beauty supply store. She was like, what about this? This is quick, got a little bang. It's a little bob with a bang, okay? So when I put it on with my glasses, which are big round glasses, and I already look slightly Asian,
Speaker: I look like Edna Mode. I don't know who that is. From The Incredibles. And if anybody... Oh. Yes. a Yeah. The other person that made their superhero outfits.
Speaker: tiny Asian woman, Edna Mode, vibing the glasses. I look exactly like that. as i was on these I was on these interviews looking like Edna Mode, but it is what it is. i'm mean my like It's going to take a while. It's going to be a weird transition period for a while. so I'm going to invest in some better wigs. But in the meantime, I just needed something real quick for this interview. And I ended up looking like Edna Mode. So there you go. Well, sometimes you just need a little shake and go. Well, you know. I need a little shake and go. I'm not going to hate on your journey, because obviously I can't grow locks. Or I probably could. It would just look real yeah crazy. I mean, there there are some brothers out here
Speaker: with some spotty locks. Not spotty locks. Spotty, spotty. And honestly, honestly, fellas, I would encourage y 'all to let it go. It would take, it would take 10 to 15 years off of your look if you just let it go. What, let the hair go? Yeah. Cause if you, if you've got just locks on the back half, nothing, ah Unless you like unless you're like a professional wrestler, or you do something in entertainment where I look kind of crazy, like an actor or something like that, will we like get you roles. Like, okay, I get it. Because Mr. T had that crazy haircut for the longest time. No, that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about your balding, and you're still holding on to your locks or your braids. And it's like,
Speaker: You're not fooling anybody. And honestly, when our our father finally went bald, when you went bald, it took like 10, 15 years off of you. Well, hold on. Now, wait a minute. you When dad finally decided to go bald, or when I decided to go bald, are two different examples. Mine is, I did wait probably a year and a half too long. But because I'm tall... It's a hard decision.
Speaker: ah it well when i made that you know me When I make a decision, this is like, all right, here we go. So I woke up one day and I was like, this is it. And it was the fact that I'm tall and and you can't really see it. yeah I got away with it for so long, but I was walking in the gym one day where they got the cameras that are shooting down at you.
Speaker: And I saw the reflection and one of the dudes at the front desk who I was cool with saw me react. And I was like, that's it. He was like, is that what it is? I was like, that's what it is. Dad had the George Jefferson for the longest time. I don't think my look.
Speaker: changed because I had been cutting it shorter and shorter and yeah shorter. So when I finally shaved it, everybody was just like, did you change something? they didn't I didn't even notice. yeah Nobody even noticed it. yeah But like when you got the full George Jefferson, you got hair around your sides and back, but not up top. Let it go. And there's a lot of dudes out here struggling to let it go. Let it go. Yes, your head might not be shaped to look great bald.
Speaker: deal with it because it's not going to look great patchy. Yeah. Unless you're going to do the man unit. I mean, you could also do that. There's also, you know, hair transplant. there's ah There's a lot of things, but like, I think because I have grown up with majority of the men in the family being bald, like I'm just used to it and it doesn't it just looks like another version of how a person can look. Like it doesn't, I don't see it as like a deficiency or anything like that. I mean, I don't. I mean, it's, and honestly, I've shaved my head. So it's like, you know, I don't care about no damn hair. Right. Well, actually, just to let you know, in case people out there don't know, men that are bald or are balding, because they have higher levels of testosterone,
Speaker: Just let y 'all know out there. Well, there you go. You think it's the reverse, but the... You think it's because men are, you know, getting weaker, but nah, it's because we're too strong. Them hair follicles fight back. um may answer just I I'm a Google that, but you know. It's true. That's true. I wouldn't lie to you. Okay. I wouldn't lie to you. Okay. You act like you don't believe me, but anyway, you know what I'm saying? Why are you Googling that?
Speaker: We going to get into the Grammys because there's a lot of stuff to get into the Grammys and I'm going to attack you for something that you said last week that I think really needs to be discussed and we're going to get into all of that next.
Speaker: All right, Jay. The 2025 Grammy Awards took place on set on Sunday, February 7 at Crypto Arena in Los Angeles. Beyonce won Album of the Year. Kendrick Lamar won Record of the Year and Song of the Year. And Chappelle Rowan won Best New Artist. I think that's how you say her name. Yes. um I think. Yeah, I think. Like I said, Beyonce won an album of the year for a Cowboy Carter. Kendrick Lamar is not like us won both the record and the song of the year. Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars won best pop duo and group performance for Die with a Smile. What is this person's name? Doji. Doji won best album, best rap album, making her as they ownt making it her the only
Speaker: Only the third woman to achieve this since the category is Inception. And truly, Dolce, I love Dolce. Her lyricism, her her style, everything is amazing. If you have not checked out that album, you're doing yourself a disservice.
Speaker: Yeah, so this was my first introduction to her. And like I was like, let me check this out. And somehow, she had a performance on a tiny desk. And I was like, oh, this is this is dope as hell. like I need to really listen to this. I really need to watch the entire performance that she had at the Grammys. Because supposedly, it was a standard ovation. But I said that I wanted to attack you earlier. OK.
Speaker: and And this is how I'm going to attack you. and on the last one of the One of the episodes, I don't know if it was a YouTube exclusive. I don't know what it was going on because we record so much. But you said, there's no way Not Like Us was going to be played at the Super Bowl halftime show because of the lyrics and everything. And they played Not Like Us as he was walking up on stage. And and first of all, if you Drake,
Speaker: That's got to hurt is the entire audience. I hope he wasn't in attendance. No, he wasn't. He wasn't in attendance. The entire audience is singing the song. And they played the song. And this is on CBS. So he's definitely playing that song at halftime. He is. He is. I was absolutely wrong. like And the fact that the whole crowd, the Grammy audience,
Speaker: yelled out a minor. I said, wow, he he and he showed up in that Canadian tuxedo that all denim outfit. I mean, it's just so so I bet I don't painful.
Speaker: OK, I never knew that was a thing. Yes. Obviously, that's a joke. That's not a real tuxedo. A Canadian tuxedo is meant to be a joke. And and and he and he's still throwing shots at Drake. The thing that was killing me, Beyonce was vibing to the song. Blue was over there dancing. Taylor Swift is singing along. I just found out I guess she got beef with Drake in some regard or something like that. Taylor Swift? Yeah, Taylor Swift.
Speaker: And Taylor Swift, mind you, um let me just say as a shout out, typically not my cup of tea as far as women that I'm attracted to. But on that night, she was holding it down. OK. Yeah, I mean, i think i I don't listen to her music which just because I don't think it's like my demographic. But she's a beautiful girl and and very talented. so yeah um But they they played they ah played the song the entire audience.
Speaker: It's rocking out to a diss track. I have never seen a diss track win song and record of the year. yeah This is ridiculous. Yes, he will be performing this at the halftime awards tonight because we're filming this on Super Bowl Sunday. yeah He will be doing it tonight.
Speaker: And with some of the arguments on our TikTok page, I think it was a lot of people made comments and it was like, my kids are four, seven and eight and sing it. Look, just because your kids sing it doesn't mean that it's okay for the, you know, I mean,
Speaker: ah well the NFL is still recovering over Janet Jackson's nip slip. I mean, you can't just, what the nip slipped yeah years ago you just do what you want. I mean, this is honestly the Superbowl. Isn't it like people watch it globally? Like I feel like, you know, you can't just do anything, but now that it's one song of the year and record of the year, uh,
Speaker: I kind of feel like he's going to do it and and and it. And the thing of it is, I've heard it so much, but damn, I still have not gotten tired of it. No. But you know why? Because it gets you hyped. Yes. It just hates you hyped. Because they not like it. And it's not even like directed towards Drake. like It could just be anyone you could sing that song about. They not like us. Right.
Speaker: You know what I'm saying? We're on some different type of time. They're not like us. like like Wow. Yeah, I was wrong. And I can o admit when I'm wrong, ladies and gentlemen, chances are.
Speaker: not like us, will be debuting at the Super Bowl. Probably one of the most American things in our society is the Super Bowl. And ah that'll just be another dig at Canadian and - That'll just be another dig at Drake. And man, ah yeah, his only response could ah could only be to just start suing people, because what else you going to do? Like, what else you going to do? Because it has not gone away. It has literally been around now for over a year. Not suing people. Not suing people. That's all. What else was he going to do, Bruce? yeah Because it's it is it's not going nowhere. I wouldn't even want to watch Super Bowl. Actually, me being who I am,
Speaker: If somebody wrote a diss track against me, and it was this good, and it was this big of a hit, I would actually pat myself on the back. Because the reason why this song, I mean, it's a hot song, but another reason why this song is so hot, because he took a shot at a superstar. And this was just, I don't know. ah Literally any other rapper. yeah Honestly, Drake's star power is is a lot of what makes it You're right. it's It's a lot of what makes it so um entertaining. Yes. Because it's like you you really don't think... I mean, even when he had the... Drake had that beef with Pusha T and Pusha T out in his front. Like, we still moved on from it. Yeah, we we absolutely moved on. Plus, there was no...
Speaker: Drake won that beef battle anyway because his songs were better. yeah And he and Kendrick went back and forth, and Kendrick made a lot of songs, just none of them hit like this. yeah So ah you know it was the right moment, the right time, the right artist. And if I was Drake, yeah, I feel a type of way. It's not like it's going to end Drake's career. greg is a Drake is a very talented artist. His next album is probably going to be about everybody going to listen to it. yeah and And if I was him, I would kind of lean into it and be like, hey, that song was dope.
Speaker: like a Yeah, then ah it's like a you can't beat them, join them kind of situation. There's really nothing you could do except you know maybe sample it and record something over it. I don't know. like There's really nothing. But yeah, especially if Drake comes out with another kind of Love A Boy type album with some bops on it. like It'll be on the radio. He'll be fine. He'll go back to selling out shows. It'll be just fine. like dont I'm not worried about Drake, which is also another reason why this is so entertaining to me because we know everybody at the end of the day will be fine, so yeah. yeah What was also dope about the Grammys is a tribute to Quincy Jones. There was a tribute to Quincy Jones who passed away in November at the age of 91, first of all.
Speaker: Life where life but well lived. like He gave us so much work. So much work. Yeah. the the so The tribute was introduced by Will Smith. Will Smith making an appearance back and including performances by Herbie Hancock, Cynthia Rivo, and Stevie Wonder. Wow, yeah. I mean, so was there any takeaways? We're going to expand more.
Speaker: in our YouTube exclusive with two particular topics from the Grammys. And that's Beyonce winning and we have to talk about Kanye and Bianca's outfit or non -outfit. The non -existent, okay, yes.
Speaker: Yeah, the non -existent outfit that that she had. Reports varied regarding whether they were asked to leave the event or not. you know Basically, he said that he did this for a publicity stunt, and we'll get into it later. But Beyonce winning Album of the Year, the best country album. How do you feel about that?
Speaker: oh Well deserved. So here's the thing. ah for Well, for us, Beyonce is always said, it's not a country album, it's a Beyonce album, which is absolutely true. I happen to love Cowboy Carter. um I know it is. ah why I grew up in Lishburg.
Speaker: Virginia. So ah we we used to go to skate land to achy breaky heart, right? like it like i know so I know country music. and And I also know that the history of country music started with Black folk. Right? This country started with Black folks, but that's just saying we don't need to give it back again. there are um and so I think she was embraced by the country community. she had a lot of bit of dolly parton was dolly part i mean The country community, as far as artists, Dolly Parton was on the album, Willie Nelson. A lot of artists were like, welcome, or this album was great, or artists were giving her her props. Did the CMAs? No. Have a lot of country music fans
Speaker: No. But the album was great. And I thought it was, ah it it um it started off as kind of like traditional country and then it kind of transformed through as as you listened to the album more and to more of like the R and &B hip hop, but still very country feel. She had a lot of really great features on there. I think i think she worked really hard on it and it was well deserved.
Speaker: I think some people will argue, well, see, there you go right there. It's not a country album. Um, if anybody has ever listened to country recently, country uses a lot of other forms of music, John and country. Like you got some rap country artists. Nobody ever talks about, yeah you know, kid rock super mega right now, but nobody ever talks about that. He was part of the rack.
Speaker: the Rap Rock yeah Revolution. Him, Lim Biscuit, what's my group? Linkin Park. Linkin Park, right? They were part of this Rock Rap Revolution. Which is not new. I mean, it started with like, you know, the Beastie Boys and and ah Run DMC or like, ah you know, different things, but it's not new. But yeah, yeah.
Speaker: And so the people are like, it's not a country album. And I was like, yeah, well, okay, well, I don't know what you expect country albums to be nowadays because they're a mix of all this stuff. Like one of my - Yeah, a lot of it is a mix of pop. Like I grew up on Faith Hill and Shania Twain. That to me is pop country.
Speaker: you know It's country music, but ah it was also a lot of pop in it. Dolly Parton, ah a lot of her music is pop country. like their Country has always like melded, I think, different sounds and things, but still maintained its The core of it is country. But i haded you know, look, if you making some cabbage, okay? a i'm i'm Because I'm a cabbage connoisseur. You really love cabbage. I love cabbage. I got a thing of cabbage in there right now and I'm going to be making some cabbage later. Now there's a bunch of different ways that you can make cabbage. How I choose to make cabbage is make the bacon.
Speaker: in the pot that I'm gonna cook the cabbage in. huh Not take out the bacon. Just add the cabbage and the seasonings. It's still cabbage. With some bacon and some seasonings. That's all country, that's all all music really is, right? You have a base. The base being the cabbage. And you add a little bacon. You add a little onion powder. If you wanna mince garlic, you can mince some garlic or you can use some garlic powder. I personally love to use a little bit of Old Bay.
Speaker: But I ain't obeying everything. Interesting. You do, but that's a very Maryland thing. ah ah you know But ah yeah, i but I thought it was well deserved. I thought the CMAs absolutely snubbed her.
Speaker: What were some other takeaways from the Grammys that that you had? You know, anything specific? I really thought that Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars winning was dope considering the fact that I still haven't watched that movie, but considering the fact that that movie absolutely bombed.
Speaker: movie. Joker two that I believe that song is from Joker two soundtrack. No, I don't think so. You're sure? I'm pretty sure it's not. I think that was just there. ah Well, now I gotta die with a smile. That pretty much seems like that's from Joker two because it was a musical.
Speaker: Oh yeah, it is. Yeah, I know. out Look, see, this is second time. Did you, did you, did you? I, you know, you know good and well, I did not see no damn Joker 2. Not only do I not like DC, even though I think Joker is the best villain, not only do I not like DC, but I also don't like musicals. I only like two musicals. That's the Wiz and Fiddler on the Roof. That's it. But you like Wicked.
Speaker: I never saw Wicked. it I thought you went to go see it oh when you was up here. No, I didn't get a chance to go. ok wow I had had some schoolwork to do, so I still have not seen it. and and the more i think of about like I could easily watch it now from home. You can buy it and rent it or whatever, but I just don't have that kind of time to sit and watch it. I think it's almost like a three -hour movie, so I don't have time to watch it. yeah But again, also, I'm not enthusiastic because I don't like musicals.
Speaker: Well, that they won, they won, and it's a dope song. First of all. I love Die With a Smile. it's Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars don't make bad music. No. You put the two of them together. It's almost like direct and future. Yeah. you Some artists you just put together, like Michael and Stevie, yeah you just put them together. Randy and Monica.
Speaker: Oh, well, oh, okay. The boy is mine. They made one song. It is doesn't matter. That song is still good. Okay. but Some people you could just put together. like well Actually, is there anybody you could put with Lady Gaga or Bruno Mars that they gonna make music and it's not gonna be a hit? No, because lady both Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars are musicians. They're actual music artists.
Speaker: They're not just singers. They're not just entertainers like a ah lot of people are. They are actual musicians. And so when they pair up with somebody, they're going to tap into whatever that person's strength is. So I think, honestly, they can have collabs with literally anyone, and it will turn out great.
Speaker: Now, ladies and gentlemen, if you're watching the video. i'm no I'm looking at your face and I'm wondering why you look so skeptical or suspicious of what I've just said. Because we've had this conversation and I feel like that was a direct shot to the rivalry between Prince and Michael Jackson.
Speaker: Yeah, I mean, Prince and Michael Jackson is Apples and Oranges. We've had this discussion before. It's Apples and Oranges. Prince was a musician. He was a musical artist. Michael Jackson was an entertainer. It was different. It was just different. Michael produced a lot of those albums.
Speaker: I, uh, Quincy Jones did. Yeah. like qui And once again, shout out to Quincy Jones and his tribute because Quincy does not get enough credit for producing off the wall. Thriller. And did he do that? No, he, I thought, no, he stopped doing bad.
Speaker: He did off the wall and Thriller, and he did not do Bad. That's when Michael was like, you're getting too much credit. I don't know why I have to do my voice like that. You're getting too much credit. You're getting too much credit. You're getting too much credit. What were some others? No, actually, Bad was Jackson's third and final collaboration with producer Quincy Jones. So he did, in fact, do the Bad album as well. So back to country Carter.
Speaker: There was somewhat of a backlash yeah but of course that she won. Some critics and fan believed that the win was a form of compensation for past snubs while others raised concerns about the authenticity of Cowboy Cowder as a country album. We've already got into the country album. But let's talk about a compensation for past snubs.
Speaker: Okay. And like we have given lifetime achievement men awards. and fake did like The Grammys could have easily done that. And first of all, that this is her first time, the first time in her over 20 year career where she's won album of the year. ah Why would they kick - Has it been 20 years?
Speaker: Oh, ah Beyonce started at 16. She's over 40. It's actually been longer than that. Damn, I'm getting old. And so the Grammys have not acknowledged her to date. So why pick now and why pick cowboy Carter? I think that doesn't i think that they've already been acute. Kanye jumped up on the stage the and told Taylor Swift he was going to let her finish. But i'm that wasn't the Grammys. I thought that was a musical awards. When Kya jumped, I thought that was the Grammy. I thought she Taylor Swift had won. I thought that That was more of a VMAs. That wasn't a Grammy.
Speaker: Oh, well, anyway, the fact, I mean, like the Grammys has been accused before and honestly every year of snubbing Beyonce. So it doesn't make sense that they would pick randomly this year and particularly cowboy Carter.
Speaker: which has had so much like controversy around it as far as its authenticity as a country album, why they would pick that to be there. Okay, we'll give you one. like That doesn't make sense. The fact of the matter is it was the best album of the year. Also, but everything that you said can be absolutely true.
Speaker: Also, if they did, okay. And like, I firmly believe Training Day. I was just about to say that. Yeah, the Oscar for Denzel and Training Day was, you know, the Academy saying, you deserve this. Because that was not, look, Training Day is a good movie. it it's it i don't they I don't even think it's a great movie. It's a really good movie. And he did a cool, he was cool in there, but that's because you've never seen Denzel act.
Speaker: that way before. His greatest performance, and and once again, I don't have the list of the other movies, was Malcolm X, okay? Because you forget that it's Denzel, he embodied yeah Malcolm X. yeah And that movie is far more superior than... Train of the Day is a good movie. It's a good... And not only is it a good movie, a lot of people don't know this, that whole King Kong scene, that entire scene,
Speaker: was improvised by him on the spot. He got so deeply into character that that entire scene, all of the dialogue, everything, he improvised. And he he went to, was it John Singleton?
Speaker: No, it was Antoine Fuqua. Antoine Fuqua? Yeah, yeah. Okay. And said, I hope you got that because I don't know where that came from. like that He was in his bag like in that movie. So i I do think that was a great performance and you should have got Best Actor for it, but has he done better movies or had better performances in the past?
Speaker: Yeah, yeah. And he should have won for those. So if it is a consolation, okay, but the thing of it is, the work still speaks for itself regardless. Yeah. So with that comparison, with Country Carter, was there a moment in this album where she was just like in her bag that's yeah similar in comparison to Denzel and that scene? I still listen to Country Carter.
Speaker: Well, you are, okay, you are a Beyonce fan. No, I'm not in the beehive. I don't know. You watched that super well that's Super Bowl. I mean, do I like, do I love Beyonce? Yes. Am I like, and have I ever paid to go to one of her concerts? No, I went as a gift.
Speaker: when I went to go see the Renaissance tour in Vegas, that was a gift. I wasn't going to pay the money. like I like it, but I don't like it that much. like okay you know yeah is ah yeah But Cowboy Carter, I just loved it. It it gave me it so much nostalgia for when I did listen to country music. and so like And it was just a good album, and it was very much her. like It was her album. It was her sound. It was her version and interpretation of country. And if you don't think she country... I mean, the girl is from Texas. She is a country girl. Yeah, she is a country girl. You just listen to her talk and hear that country Houston accent. Yes, good Beyonce is a country girl. She listens to country music. She knows her history.
Speaker: with it. The album is great. um um There's almost no skips and she deserved to win and she's deserved to win in the past and that is just what it is. So, you know, critics, critics, what do y 'all honestly, who cares?
Speaker: because she still walked away with an arm full of Grammys as she does every single year. She probably don't even have a place for all of them. They probably just go in a box and go in her attic because she's got too many Grammys and too much money and she's too rich and too famous and too beautiful. And do you think she cares about you? Hell no. Well, we're going to get more and then Beyonce discussions, especially talking about the racial dynamics of some of the backlash in our YouTube exclusive. But there is one final thing that I want to bring up.
Speaker: about the Grammys that broke my heart. And that's babyface getting snubbed. So, well yes, well, well, snout. Well, babyface was doing an interview. And they cut the interviewers basically cut him off when they saw Chappelle Rowan. And he was just like, oh Okay, y 'all want to go talk to her? Okay, cool. They like the end the interviewers cut off babyface and the in the middle of the interview, its baby, like, they, let me ask you a question. Yeah.
Speaker: Okay, go ahead and ask. I can see your face already, ladies and gentlemen. If you've been listening to it, my sister's making a face, which means this question, I know what this question is. Go ahead. If you know, was that? Yes, yes. They were of a certain persuasion. Yes. And were they also young? Yes.
Speaker: Okay, then they don't understand the significance of Babyface. If you understood the significance of Babyface, you would understand that he's in the same category as Quincy Jones.
Speaker: in that he has written and produced for literally everyone. It's always a hit. like Babyface had four decades. So for them to cut off Babyface mid statement to talk to Chappelle Rowan. Chappelle Rowan. She won Best New Artist. I don't even know who that is. i but well yeah i mean i don't know who it is either new damhire with no main face She looks interesting. i
Speaker: i don't ah She's one of the best new artists. That's what I remember. And I'm sure her music is fantastic. but You know, it's Babyface. And so I just, yeah, that's unacceptable, highly unacceptable. Y 'all want to know how good Babyface is? I'm going to explain it to everybody who knows anything about R and &B, this particular group. Babyface was the reason behind, I mean, it was Michael Bivens, discovered him. But Babyface is the reason behind all other boys to men hits. Yeah.
Speaker: When boys to men decided they didn't want to use babyface no more because they could write their own material. That's when you ain't heard about boys to men no more. Yeah, their hits babyface. Yeah, you ain't heard about him no more. No babyface. That's it. That's it right there. That's literally what it is. That's literally what it is. yeah I mean, someone in love, John B. Yep.
Speaker: Yeah, all ah TLC. So I creep. ni get Digging on you. Come on now. And I mean, he's been doing this. I don't know if he's still. This is the 80s. I mean, I don't know if he got no more hits.
Speaker: I haven't heard, and I don't know if he's still making hits. I don't know, because he just did a tiny desk, and it was amazing. Well, I mean, yeah. OK, but i I don't think anything is recent. That's what I'm trying to say. He might be retired. I don't know what he's doing. But I'm telling you, in the late 80s and early 90s, it was all Quincy i mean quincy Jones, babyface. Well, it was Quincy, too. It was Quincy, too. But if you heard a ballad,
Speaker: And it don't matter who it was from. um If you heard a ballad, it was Babyface. It was Babyface. there We only got a few people like the Babyface, Quincy Joneses, and the Smokey Robinsons. These are iconic people who are responsible for hits throughout generations. You're interviewing them. late Look.
Speaker: Y 'all know jen I love Gen Z. I love Gen Z. I love younger millennials, because I love their their aggression and and and their ideology on life. But also, y 'all know everything. Y 'all need to do a little bit of research. Sometimes, respect your elders, because your elders is the reason why y 'all are here, because your parents probably listen to the music when you used to be in conceived. Yeah. Chances are. Chances are.
Speaker: All right. You listen to the Don't Be Cruel album, Bobby Brown, every single song on air. Babyface. I thought that was Teddy Riley, but OK, Babyface. Well, no, it was a compilation. But Roni. I mean, that sounds about right. That's Babyface. Yeah. All right, to transition out of the Grammys. Mm -hmm. Speaking of Quincy Jones. Yeah.
Speaker: A question that didn't get asked during the 200th episode that ah that a listener brought up to me. We're going to ask in the next segment and we're going to get into that next.
Speaker: All right, Jay, so you know we did the 200th episode, answered a lot of questions, got pretty good feedback from it. A lot of people were happy that that that we were open and engaging and answered their questions. but ah And and the the the mass hysteria of all of the questions that I was getting, I forgot one.
Speaker: And a listener said, you didn't answer my question. And I was like, well, there's a lot of questions I didn't answer. But I told this particular listener, I was like, oh, yeah, that is a good question. And the question was, if you could bring back anybody or people throughout history back now to current time, who would it be and why? So I've got a list of people that I would like to bring back. OK.
Speaker: But i mean what about you? No, let me hear it. Because I need time. You already got your list. I need time to think about it. OK. Well, that's what the rundown for. But that's OK. I know you're busy right now. I did not have time. I did not have time. OK. So people that I would bring back, there's two people that I would bring back. And and because I think history doesn't look at them properly. OK. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. Too many of Martin Luther King's quotes get brought up and used by the wrong people. And misquoted. Misquoted or they truncate the quote and don't keep going because he says something very important after that, like about the white moderate. You know what I'm saying? That your silence is louder than anything, like he keeps going.
Speaker: you know, give the whole quote, um, because he, he was a civilly disobedient pariah to the, to the white community at the time. And they, they was killed. They were both, they were both murdered. So let's not act like people loved Malcolm X and Martin Luther King in their day. And and and so that's one reason why I would bring back Martin.
Speaker: The reason why I bring back Malcolm is because a lot of times I feel like he's misunderstood. yeah And this is what I mean. A lot of people focus on the early part of his Nation of Islam movement yeah and don't focus on the part when he came back from Mecca. And that's both white and black people.
Speaker: yeah And I think like they need to understand once he took himself out of the, I don't know what the proper word is, the, the.
Speaker: I don't know. The grip of the ah honorable Elijah Muhammad. You could say that or just like when you are in a space and you can't see anything else around you, the blind spot of white supremacy during that time in America and thinking that because this is what you experience, this is all it is. And so therefore it must be us against them. And then go into Mecca.
Speaker: and and sharing prayer and food and conversation with all different types of people and saying, no, no, no, no. This isn't a complete disease of the world. It's a disease specifically that has to do with America. There are other areas where this is happening as well, but I don't need to hate the the white race because of solely because of what's happened in the country.
Speaker: There are people out there that can also be allies and look different from me. Yeah. And he denied those allies before the trip to Mecca. And when he came back, it was a coalition. It was, let's get all people who want to better the world. Let's get us all together because we can all make a difference in our own communities. But we must start together. And so those are two people specifically that I would bring back. I'd also bring back George Washington. For what?
Speaker: OK, because once again, history looks at him as the first president, the founding father. And don't get me wrong, he did a lot of things right by establishing the fact that the presidency was not a monarchy and that was not bestowed upon you into your death, that you do a job and then you're there for a while and then you leave. There were some important elements. But also.
Speaker: He wasn't that great of a guy sometimes. and He and was a slave -owning. Right. And and now one of a one of the worst ones. Like, it was really, you know, if you go and take it to a large plantation. Right. So I think that by bringing back these historical people especially now when people are not getting proper history lessons and learning what the truth is, would open people's eyes and maybe, maybe, just maybe, if they were open for it, could change some people's hearts and minds and maybe yeah make a little bit of progress. So those would be my picks. And then of course, Bernie Mac, but I mean, that's personal. Yeah, that's just that's just personal. hair yeah That's just personal. So what about you? are The laughs, yeah.
Speaker: you know but I think that's a really good question, a very interesting one. and The truth is, I don't know that there is anybody that I would bring back um because part part of it is the legacy that they left behind. so Then bringing them back and then asking some detailed questions, you might find out some things.
Speaker: You're like, you ain't. You know what I'm saying? You're like, fine. I suppose you don't really want to. So as part of it is like, no, your impact was this legacy that we created around you. Uh -huh. And to bring you back and ask you some tough questions might ruin that. But then we created a false legacy.
Speaker: You know me, I like telling people about themselves. I want the truth to come out. Yeah, but it doesn't matter though, does it? Because what is important is the impact of their legacy. So if the impact of their legacy results in people pushing for more diversity, equity and inclusion in our society, then it doesn't matter if it's not, I mean Mahatma Gandhi wasn't always great
Speaker: No, in the beginning, no, he had to change. He had to change and evolve. But what's important is the legacy that we created around them. Okay. Well, I for sure. But I bring back parents. I knew. I knew.
Speaker: I knew it, I knew it. I freaking knew it. See, this is the reason why I wanted to put in a rundown, don't talk about Prince or Bernie Mac, because we already talked about it in the last episode, but I knew that you was going to say Prince. I knew it. And then the question I was going to ask after you just gave that long speech about you wouldn't bring anybody back because of their legacy. And I was like, you wouldn't even bring Prince back? And then before I could even get it out, yeah, I bring Prince back. Because you already know.
Speaker: yeah I mean, there were certain people that I would love to talk to. Good question. If you could have a dinner party. Yeah. Who would you invite to your dinner party? Oh man. All of the best and brilliant black minds. Like I would have James Baldwin there and Maya Angelou and I, Jesus, who like I would have like, I would have like just, uh, and I would just ask them,
Speaker: what they thought about where we are right now in comparison to where we were when they were alive and where can we go from here and what can we do. I would bring back all of those great social thinkers and change agents and and philosophers and and all of it. Yeah.
Speaker: Okay, so this is where me and you differ. I definitely would have some of them there. my would Mine would be expanded. and okay right I would have people like you know my main man, Lyndon Baines Johnson. yes yes got to have I got to have him. I would also have Albert Einstein. Yeah, like I wouldn't keep it to just the US. I wouldn't keep it to death. I would have Confucius.
Speaker: Okay. You know, like I would have, like I would, I would expect, I want all of the great thinkers of our time, Socrates, like I would have all these people and be like, what can we do to fix this?
Speaker: yeah And I know that's a big question, but y 'all got big brains. So like, What can we do to fix this? And then, of course, you know, living people, you would have Neil deGrasse Tyson. Yeah, I mean, again, everybody knows that's my that's my number one interview ah for for this moment in time. I want to talk you look to Neil deGrasse Tyson. I think he's so cool. I would also have, you know, people who are alive at this dinner party. Like, and this is going to sound crazy.
Speaker: But this dinner party has got to be a mix of thinkers and people that bring levity. Yeah. So, of course, Bernie Mac, but also Charles Barkley. I am fascinated. He is hilarious. Charles Barkley's mind, the way it works, is very interesting.
Speaker: And so I would just want, I just want to pick his brain like, okay, what'd you think? Of course I have Barack. Got to have Barack and Michelle there. Barack and Michelle have got to be there, yeah. Who else would I have there? You know who I want to, I want to get the real raw down from? Ellis.
Speaker: Yeah, man. you know when like Because I got questions. I got a lot of questions. know I got a lot of questions with Elvis. you know I got questions with Harry Truman, like everybody that was a part of dropping the bomb. Yeah. you know I have questions like, OK, what was your thought process? Was there yeah no other options? Did i think of you know The impact. Like the true devastation that it would cause. And if you had known before, because nobody had ever done this before, if you had known before that, would you have still done it? Yes. Right? Like there there are so many questions yeah that I would have just from people that were important at at different moments in history. You know, I got to talk to my man, Mr. Cocaine.
Speaker: Are you talking about Pablo Escobar? Or Manuel Noriega? Who are you talking about? I wasn't talking about Pablo, but that's another person I got to bring in. like I'm just curious, right? I'll bring in Lucky Luciano, but no, Mr. Cocaine? yeah wantll talk about No. The godfather of psychology?
Speaker: Come on, the Godfather was in politics. Oh, oh. Oh, god. Freud. Yes. He was on cocaine? That makes sense. Yeah, no, of course he was on cocaine. Everybody was on cocaine back then. It was in all the medicine. Well, that's what the Colombian president is talking about. He just want to legalize cocaine. It's like the only reason why people don't like cocaine is because y 'all abuse it. Cocaine is good. I was like, I don't know if it's good, but OK. I don't believe it was bad. I'm too scared to try it. I might like it too. But, you know, that's a very different question from who would I bring back to whoop their ass. That's the long list. I don't want to get onto that list. You know what? We'll get into that list in After Hours Unsensored, so that way we can be free and cuss and talk about everything that we want to talk about. But on that note, Jay, what do you want to lead the people with? Fly Eagles fly.
Speaker: Oh, Lord, here we go. fly i fly I'm actually going to root for the Eagles. I like Patrick Mahone, but I don't like the people surrounding him. So because of that, I'm going to root for Nino Brown. So because of that, I'm going to root for Nino Brown.
Speaker: Who is Nino Brown? And they're going to be talking about Jaylen. Yes, Jaylen. How is Jaylen Nino Brown? Explain. With the large hoop earrings and the goatee. So Quan Barkley wears a hoop earring? What's the problem? But he ain't carrying himself with the goatee and everything, and then with the Kango hat on, and and just the way he'd be rocking. He's a very old man.
Speaker: Yeah. He's very 90s. Well, you know, the 90s came back, that aesthetic. I think it came back. I think we passed it by now. No, I feel like it's still, it's morphing into something else, but it's still very and like the base of fashion right now. It's still very 90s in my opinion. There's a lot of baggy clothes and things like that. Like the aesthetic today is still very 90s in my opinion. But cool thing about Jalen Hurts, his entire team, black women.
Speaker: agent, manager, lawyer, all of it, black women, so that's very cool. I think Saquon Barkley is absolutely amazing as a running back. and you know We got a lot of secret weapons too, I think. I think AJ Brown hasn't gotten as much shine as he deserves, so we're going to see. and um this is our This is our comeback story after I lost two years ago. so to the Chiefs. will Fly Eagles, fly. And I will be watching while I am working in my schoolwork. I'll be watching as I'm editing all of this content that we record. And I'm going to be rooting for the Eagles. But that damn Patrick Mahomes, he's afraid of real good. His throw is jailing. He ain't as good as Patrick Mahomes. And on that note, ladies and gentlemen, stays to same thank you for listening. Thank you for
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