Keep Goiing w/ Balance

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We're good to go. I bet. Oh, man. It's definitely
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been a night. All right. So how's it going? How's
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it going? It's good, bro. Everything's good.
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That's what I'm talking about. I appreciate it.
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Just to let everybody know, welcome to this episode
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of Around the Louvre. And do I even need to give
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this man an introduction? If you haven't heard
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of him, if you haven't heard of his music, videos,
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if you haven't seen him perform? You're missing
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out. But this is no other than balance. What's
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up, y 'all? Of course, man. Thank you for having
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me. Happy to be back once again, bro. We did
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our first episode maybe like three years ago
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now, two years ago. Yeah, just a while ago. Just
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about. And you're still the most top downloaded
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episode. Hell yeah. Oh, we love that. Oh, we
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love that. To this day. So, you know, I tell
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everybody that has seen the podcast, like, you
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know, if it wasn't for you. There wouldn't be
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as many artists on the show And then I would
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have never jumped into that comfort of interviewing
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artists trying to get their story So, you know,
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I tell everybody like, you know, this is the
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man that opened the hallway of opportunities
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and I appreciate everything So, oh, yeah, it's
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always a pleasure man. It's always a pleasure
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I mean I seen what it was from the start and
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like I Really just kind of read people bro. And
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I think I just saw like what you were really
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trying to do and like everything and I'm very
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like Don't know I like to help where I can brother
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and I really can like see You love that as much
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as like I love like me making music or something
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like that, bro Like I'm always gonna help out
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from yes, sir. So let's always there. Let's tell
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people what let's give them a little update about
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your life So how has life been since you've joined
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soul shakedown? Yeah, it's joined soul shakedown
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about Over, yeah, a little over a year now. It
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was last February I had joined. And honestly,
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it's been great. I just been I've been making
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like the best music I've been ever making now.
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I've been getting to work alongside with a lot
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of these cool, cool dudes. Costello, Jacob, Jared,
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all of these dudes. They're so talented and so
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smart. They're geniuses. And I think just getting
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to like see their process, working with them
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like. Don't know even working on their like beats
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like getting their advice their game is like
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I'm a student like I feel I'm a student of all
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of this and I've always like grown up being like
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a student of the game and I don't know just saying
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like all these new maneuvers and ways to like
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Make music or maybe write a certain hook or something
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or like how to go about certain beat or even
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just some like real -life shit like they're always
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there to help me and I'm super appreciative and
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even even like besides them just being here in
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a network like soul shake down like everybody's
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here and everybody's working and like Yeah, just
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finding where it makes sense and like networking
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working with all these people's it's been It's
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been a blessing and a lot of exciting stuff is
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kind of like in the plans. Yes, sir And I'm glad
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to see the growth in you, especially from our
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first episode To there was an episode that we
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did record but it got lost in the files, but
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it's alright You know and to see the growth from
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there to now too like it's it's it's a lot and
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you've changed a lot in a good way and in a positive
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way especially advancing your career. Yes you
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know like you said your your music has changed
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a lot and you can tell the difference people
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people that are true fans people that do pay
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attention to music right especially yours there
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is there is a difference. No there's definitely
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a difference I've been yeah I've been writing
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I feel like I've taken a lot more focus in this
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last year, just really perfecting my writing.
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I've been making a lot more catchier hooks, more,
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I don't know, just notable bars. I've been really
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trying to master the song structure. And I listen
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to a bunch of new music and I grew up as a fan
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of all of my favorite artists and watching interviews,
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watching concerts, just seeing how they work
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and how they make music. I think for the longest
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Jacob actually just recently like was telling
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me this but Like I think for the longest I was
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making like songs kind of more emulating what
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everybody else kind of around was going but now
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it's like reached a point where Me and Kelkin
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have been like working a bunch and like we're
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making It's like you can't really tell what the
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influences are really like anymore. It's like
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very we're like building this It's a unique unique
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sound we're building a sound right now the unique
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sound. Yes, sir. And so, you know, I want to
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as to what has changed in you as an artist overall
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since our first episode we had to now because
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I know there's and we can this this can be broken
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down to especially how you start writing your
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music or how you you know the process of even
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making your music now so I remember I've seen
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you make your own music I've seen it live so
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I know I got to witness that so I know I know
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how that is From now doing it here to like yeah,
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let's let let's let the people on around the
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loop know like let's update them Let's let them
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know. Yeah. Um, I Don't know for a lot of y 'all
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that don't know like I really have like the biggest
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hand in my music I record all my recording myself.
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I mix myself. I do all my cover arts I do all
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the creative directing for myself I'm really
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like a one -man band, but I really couldn't do
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without like my producers and like all of my
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friends who help me I like Tito he shoots All
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of my music videos, my reels, he's so talented
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and he's making his steps right now this year.
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I want to give him a moment just so you can even
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shout Tito out. Big shout out to Tito and for
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anybody that has the opportunity to work with
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Tito as an artist or Tito as a videographer,
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he's a phenomenal person. He is a phenomenal
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young man with a lot of talent and I am super
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proud to work with him. Anybody that, like I
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said, anybody you get a chance to work with him.
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It's an opportunity of a lifetime, and don't
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give that up. Super creative. And definitely
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reach out to him. Don't be afraid to tap in with
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Tito. He'll make things right, too. And shit,
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you might even catch me out there with him. You
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never know. Nah, Tito's the goat, bro. You never
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know. He has the eye. And I know he's just going
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to keep going further and further as much as
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he keeps evolving. Yes, sir. But yeah, Tito,
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Kelken, they both play the biggest roles in like...
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who balances, to be honest with you, bro. Kelkin
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right now is really discovering himself, I feel
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like, with music, his beats, and like... Oh,
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he's so unique. He's a fascinating artist to
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me. He's one of my fascinating ones because...
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hearing old Kelkin... Yeah, compared to what
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Kelkin is like right now. And seeing the different
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evolutions and stages of him, too, it's crazy
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because he used to rap really fast, too. Like,
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I'm like 100 miles an hour. Like, yeah, he was
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quick with it, too. And I listened, there was
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a song that he had... with another artist one
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time and I couldn't believe I was like I would
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never expect these two guys to be on the same
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song I was like what the fuck right and it was
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tight though but seeing the evolution of him
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too and and seeing that there's more than just
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being an artist seeing that you know you have
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more talent because I've seen him cook right
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in front of me too and I'm still an eye I talk
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about it to everybody today I'm like quick too
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it is the craziest thing you'll sit there right
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next to you and and within minutes within minutes
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he's done the crazy like what the fuck it's like
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whoa Well, how did you even like come up with
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that like he's so like he's just gonna like go
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so far. Oh, yeah, I Gotta get he probably could
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go even further than like me like he has like
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that ear, bro And I think once people catch on
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just like the same way I'm like once they really
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catch on to all this shit, bro They don't eat
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it up because I think we're really like that
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missing piece that like They just haven't seen
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it and it's only the matter of time. That's all
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that's only the matter of time When I see, you
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know, it's gonna be a matter of time when you
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guys start going on little tours. We're in an
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era of like desaturation right now and everyone's
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doing the same thing and doing too much of the
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same thing. It's like, I think once they pick
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up that, you know, we actually are like a community
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of like people doing something different. Like,
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and it's like, it's the whole San Diego wave
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out here, bro. It's like I've got to learn that
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personally. That's another big thing. Let's stop
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into that. I want to know. Yeah. It's just like,
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cause I've all like growing up high school, I'm
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always like, scene like I had like a little peek
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like through the blinds of like what the SD scene
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is kind of like I've known every kind of like
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here and there what's going on knew who was popping
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knew what everyone was listening to at the parties
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like wasn't going to parties or nothing like
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that but like uh I definitely like was more aware
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of kind of like what was going on but not the
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full picture and I think now that I started working
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here talking to everybody and like meeting people
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was like damn Wish I got on this shit sooner
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cuz it's really a community out here like the
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day go scene is so tight like I thought like
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I used to be not like the biggest like person
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with West Coast and I didn't like get it cuz
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I thought it was all the same and it's like all
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like LA West Coast that we usually hear cuz that's
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true true what's mainstream no true true and
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truthfully like yeah that LA mainstream right
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now it's kind of in a it's in a little like rough
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patch right now because it's like not evolving
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or nothing like that like truthfully, but You
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kind of look at what everyone's doing out here
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like you look at little weirdo and then you look
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at yeah B and then you look at flashy be like
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those are three completely different sounding
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artists but like and they each do unique they're
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each unique in their own right and then they
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can come together and act like oh none of these
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like unique shits like two different for us are
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all working like make the biggest banger. It's
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like I'm glad you brought that up. It's crazy.
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And then all everybody out here listens that
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listens like ride for this shit, like ride for
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the local artists, bro. So it's like it's really
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a big community of like everybody. And once I
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think they're they're starting to pick up out
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there in LA, they're starting to pick up this
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shit down here. They're starting. Yes, sir. It's
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starting already. But like, no, I'm glad to see
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that. And, you know, since you brought that up
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when you talk about bringing the mixture of different
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sounds and united them. So I wanna talk about
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that cypher. Let's talk about that cypher. Let's
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talk about that because that was very unique
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and big props to every single one of you guys.
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So my question is, did you guys, were you guys
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all there together or did you guys send in verses
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each and then kind of like, you know, it was,
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I'm kind of curious. Some of it sounded like,
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yeah, it was like, it just flowed too fucking
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perfect and then some of it's like, okay, I can
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tell. So I was kind of curious, like, were you
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guys all there, or was it separate recordings?
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Or did you know what order you were coming in?
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No, not at all. I actually never knew where I
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was going to be. I never heard where my verse
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was going to be three days until the album drop.
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Oh, that's unique. And I recorded that like maybe
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a month or two prior to the album dropping. You
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feel me? Never knew where my placement was until
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like damn near the album drop. It's crazy. It
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flowed in perfectly. I thought it flowed in perfectly
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right after JoJo. I thought it was just right
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there. That was perfect. Hey, shout out my dog
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JoJo too. You've been coming crazy, bro. I'm
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so excited for this next year for you, bro. Yes,
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sir. I'm excited for him, honestly. He's a great
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artist. If you haven't tapped in with our episode
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with me and JoJo too, fade in. Oh, yeah, banger.
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You got to tap in. If not, you're missing out
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and there's more to come. But no, yeah, the story
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with that, damn. I feel like I can't reveal I
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feel like that's a story for Jacob like with
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a lot of this no drum shit He definitely got
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him might get that part too because I definitely
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have has tales to tell about no drums But to
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kind of dumb down like for the cipher It was
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a mixture of like a bunch of us a bunch of them
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recording at a time a bunch of us kind of like
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But the crazy thing is none of it was really
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sent in besides one verse everybody recorded
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the cipher here just at different times That's
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cool. Everybody came in in different moments
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and recorded it. So it's kind of like, okay,
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okay It kind of built over time like as Jacob
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was making the album and the way like what he
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was envisioning was like everybody on the album
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is going to be on one song at the end on a big
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ass cypher and he did it and like nobody out
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here has ever like got all them SD artists out
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here. on a cyphered on one giant track like that.
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That's crazy. It flowed so perfectly too. That's
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the one. That's some iconic shit, bro. I enjoy
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that so much because there's been a lot of cyphers
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I've heard and it just it's like, OK, when is
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it? When is it end? Like, oh, like, I don't know.
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It's just. And it goes back to like the Dago
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conversation because like everybody's so different
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and like you don't get bored of the cypher. Like
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everybody's eight is so different. And that's
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what really makes it so special. And I want to
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talk about your song specifically, too, that
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you have on the track, too, there. You have your
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own song there, so... Yes, I do. Let's talk about
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that. From the name, how did you even come up
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with the name for that? One second. Hold on.
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My bad. No worries. Just so you guys see this,
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this man never stops working. Nah, this is not
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professional. Don't take... Don't fuck with this.
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It's professional. It's a star in the making,
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y 'all. Okay. Time Goes Slow, right? That's what
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we're talking about? Sorry, y 'all. Nah, you're
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good. This is the realism of real life. But,
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um, yeah. Actually, I didn't name it Time Goes
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Slow. Jacob named it Time Goes Slow. I had it
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for the longest the risk it was under the risk
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in my files because that's kind of what that
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song represented in me which is kind of like
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funny because that's the last bar of the song
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like I took the risk or something like that the
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whole song I'm really kind of just opening up
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like about honestly just where I'm at right now
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and like how she kind of feel like your storytelling
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has been more creative and it's actually been
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more I've been living where yeah I've been living
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more that's like my best explanation for that,
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I've been living more. And I've been living,
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like this last year I lived so much, like, there's
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a lot more shit to talk about now. So I've been
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seeing that, yeah, and I, you know, for folks
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that have been paying attention to the life of
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Balance here, and you've been, you know, if y
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'all been tracking, this man's been traveling
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from LA to what, Big Bear 2? Where else? You
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kinda been on here and there, man. I've been
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everywhere, bro. You've been seeing kinda everywhere
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now. I've been everywhere, but it's all good,
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it's all blessings, bro, it's like. That's what
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I love to do. This is what we like work for,
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you feel me? No, and you deserve it, man. And
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to see the jump that you made, you know, to better
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your career yourself, like, it's great that you
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actually did it. You know, I'm proud of that
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you actually did it. And it was meant to be.
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It was meant to be. You see how far you've advanced.
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I wouldn't change it for the world, too. And
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for you being one of my first artists on the
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show, too. I tell people the story every single
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time, you know, if it wasn't for balance, and
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I shout you out all the time, because it's the
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truth. I gotta give the flowers where the flowers
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are deserved. Amen, I appreciate it. And keep
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up the great work, keep up the phenomenal work,
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keep being you, and that's what makes you unique,
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is that there's no gimmicks to it. What you see
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is what you guys get. This is who he is. For
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some artists, it's a persona. For some this is
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it's real life and he's one of the real -life
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artists. It's not a You know, it's nice not a
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gimmick. So I give you big props on that too
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and So I and I wanted to ask is there any Music
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videos coming out soon any big videos you got
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coming out soon Yes, but or are you doing a cinematic
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one anytime soon is that ever in the works again
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Yes I think that is all I will say about this
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for right now, because it's still very much in
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the plans. Hey, that's what I'm talking about.
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That's what I'm talking about. The grand answer
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is yes. People definitely need to see that, man.
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They need to see that superstar side of you.
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So I want to ask, too, especially being in this
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industry and meeting all sorts of artists, you
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as an individual, Is it sometimes almost too
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surreal, the moments almost too surreal, too
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good to be true? Do you feel like that sometimes?
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Definitely. I definitely feel like that. And
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how do you soak that in as an artist? Are you
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as an individual? It's a process, bro. It really
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is a process. And I think honestly like the best
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thing that like I think kind of like makes it
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even better is like Like for the most part everybody
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I've been meeting has been like down -to -earth
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people and like they're the coolest people and
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like treat each other with mutual respect and
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like we work like we laugh like we talk like
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is is good like that kind of helps me not feel
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like it's the pressure that kind of gets like
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relieved a little bit, but even like Yeah, you
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do so much in you definitely get a little like
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overwhelmed. You have some of those days. It's
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just like fuck bro, like damn like No, I get
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you. It is what it is. I wanted to ask because
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it's kind of like it's the tough love with like
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doing something you love, you know but the love
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at the end of the day overpowers everything because
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like this is what I was like born to do and I
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want to ask too because this is you know a realistic
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question it's Has there been some sacrifices
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you've had to already make as far as like missing
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events or certain things you couldn't make it
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due to because of you know, being in this industry,
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doing the work, you know, sometimes I understand
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some things are, are able, you know, you're able
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to juggle it out. And sometimes it's just, you
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know, have you, have you had that situation already
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or not yet? If not, God bless you. And if, if
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so, you know, would you share about it? Last
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year, like during the fall, I dropped out of
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school, dropped out of college. So let's talk
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about the, how do you, how do you, how do you
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personally feel about that yourself? It's a it
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was a mixed bag at first I actually did like
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a full month already at like I was trying to
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figure out like finish the rest of my like graphic
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degree I was trying to get and I had to do a
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bunch of gen ed and honestly like I like going
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to Miracose I like going to school and I Don't
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know like this semester for some reason just
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felt different like I was just not like feeling
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happy in the classes like I wasn't enjoying my
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time there like I couldn't like Feel passionate
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about like wanting to be in school and I have
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so much already now going on here and so many
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opportunities and like I feel like right now
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like I'm so young still and like This is like
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what immediate right now is like what I'm working
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towards and like and building and like Seeing
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like all the ways it's like starting to really
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formulate and like actually Like my manifestations
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are kind of starting to come to life a little
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bit. It's like I might need to just make that
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sacrifice so I can start being here every day
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and put my all into this, because what is it
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if you don't put your all into it? No, 100%.
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100 % true. And I give you props for being open
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about that, because not everybody is comfortable
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with sharing that. And you putting yourself in
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such a vulnerable position, I give you props.
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It's nothing bad with you taking a break from
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school from from dropping out. There's you can
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always go You can always go back and I was doing
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about it But for you like you have so much going
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on right now that you have this is the prime
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time and And that's fine and just to let everybody
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know not schools not for everybody. It's okay
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If it is do your thing, you know, you can do
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it in semesters. You don't have to do it all
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at once And it's chapters in life, that's what
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it is. I never was a person who hated school.
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I grew up loving going to school. I love going
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to school socializing, bro. Honestly, the sociability
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of school is what we miss from school, for real.
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Yes, sir. Spending the whole day with your friends,
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talking, being on bullshit, bro. That's really
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what we miss from school. Maybe more or less
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the people, but the people or whatever. It was
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more just getting to talk to the homies and shit,
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for real. good eight hours of fun right there.
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That's what I'm talking about. Nah, literally
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like, yeah, maybe we're just going to homework
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and shit and being like, ah, like, bruh, it was
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like, you can't get that shit back now. Like,
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we're not as social. We're not just going to
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places and talking to people all day, so. And
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I'm glad you opened up about that. And, you know,
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that's showing everybody that this is, you know,
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like I said, a genuine, real artist. He's a normal
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human being like you and I at the end of the
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day. And something, you know, I wanted to talk
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about. Real quick too, bro, I'm gonna get rich
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and I probably still go back to school, bro.
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You see all them artists still going back to
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school. It's never too late to get the degree,
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bro. Like I said, I was going for my graphic
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degree. So like, bro, I do graphics every day
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still. I wanna tap in with that a little bit.
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So your graphics has definitely advanced so much
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since the first, like, Early on covers you did
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like I've been paying attention to it and you
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you man if you guys haven't tapped in with his
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Instagram page Yeah, it's um Galleria job balance.
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It's a Portuguese for like gallery by balance.
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Mm -hmm or something. I'm pretty sure I am half
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Brazilian. I am Brazilian and my Portuguese a
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little shaky. So it's a little high so Yeah,
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I've been I graphic design I make cover arts
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flyers do everything bro And honestly like even
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a big part of like getting to know everybody
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here working with everybody here I'm like it's
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cool getting to do everybody's graphics and like
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it's more or less even doing a graphics But like
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I love having like I love the creative vision
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I like thrive for that live for like the creative
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vision bro like you guys if you want to oh, yeah
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Yeah, you can you can actually I'm done with
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the previous Let me check on real quick. You're
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good Cuz God forbid we're not rolling. Oh, yeah,
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we're good Oh, man, that looks great. Yeah, that
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looks great. But, um, yeah, it's like even more
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or less like, it's cool, like doing the covers,
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but like getting to do this, like creative shit,
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like inputting, like vision, like my creative
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vision and like, and seeing it like translate
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to everybody too. And like they're fucking with
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it. It's like, hell yeah, bro. That's that's
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what I really like. That's what I love. I do
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it. I like. That's what I strive for in my music.
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All the albums are like, it's all creatively
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driven. Like each album is a story. Like it's
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a different world. I love just making worlds.
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Like that's just crazy. And I enjoy it, you know,
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from being, you know, as a, as a fan, as a listener,
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because I do, I do listen to your music. I am
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a fan of your music and I play it loud and proud.
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Like there's no, yeah, trust me, you'll catch
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me playing your music from time to time. There's
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nothing wrong with that. And I tell everybody
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you know support your local support your friends
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support your artists like it's there ain't nothing
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wrong with it with blasting the song out loud
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shit ain't hard ain't hard, so Let's see there
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was something I did want to tap in with and I
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lost train of that thought on that one, but Let's
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see so we spoke about the the update on your
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live. So let's get in a little bit about the
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The creative process when it comes to doing you
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like you're you're you know your videos your
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content. Mm -hmm. So How do you get this inspiration?
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Where do you get these ideas from? Because you've
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been getting a little creative with your videos
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man. I'll tell you that Well, you haven't been
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getting creative. Oh, yeah, I've always been
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creative with my videos I love like I think like
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one of the most important aspects of being an
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artist for real and like what I think most people
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don't like recognize or like choose to like go
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after is like That I don't know it's just like
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is the creative direction is like making your
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like artistry and like your music like bring
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it to life and visuals and like what does that
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look like and feel like is like that's how I
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listen to music at least and like how I watch
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music videos and see like what world are you
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building around this song like I think that's
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like the most important thing like sure you can
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be like running good videos are still cool like
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I still do running good videos I still like it's
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cool watching them watching a video they're just
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posted up outside like gas station just like
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going crazy brick wall like cool hotel room it's
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like yeah let's turn every i've seen a couple
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videos like that i've seen a bunch of videos
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like that but like bro like do some different
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shit be creative think outside the box like make
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a movie bro like you can do so much and it's
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like it it doubles in the music when you like
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Build your world already in the music and you
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just do a video for it in that world. It's like
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you're just building upon like who you are like
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one of my biggest like inspirations is Like the
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weekend Don's Oliver Trav Like they all specialize
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like I feel like every time they drop an album
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It's like well, that's a new era of them. Like
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they have a different style. They look different
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like they build this whole like Aesthetic and
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like visual presence of like what that album
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looks and feels like true and it's like That
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is what's like what music is missing I feel like
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especially like locally because I don't think
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anyone wants to take that extra step but I've
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always been a creative kid growing up so like
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That shit just kind of comes natural to me and
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I just like I love creating it and I love like
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spending the time building it and then when I
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put it out and see how it translates and how
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much people really fuck with it, like, it's so
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dope. It's so dope. It's amazing. No, that's
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awesome. So, and I want to ask too, like, what
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are some new artists you got to work with that
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you maybe thought you never had a chance to work
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with, or you just like, I don't know, it never
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was in your mind that you might cross paths with
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them. Who are some? If any. Hmm. Unless you know
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you were like, you know, one day I definitely
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will run into him and that's okay to say that
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too There's nothing wrong with that either And
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I know there's a good handful too because There's
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been a good handful. Let me let me ask for the
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when you guys did the studio time with Jojo and
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I saw that clip Yeah, how was that especially
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was you Jojo Kelkin? Mm -hmm I heard you're like,
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oh, you need to run the bag. He's like, fuck.
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Which had me dying. Shit. He was making music.
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He was making some music. He was recording some
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shit, and you know, he was making some shit.
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I don't know how to answer these questions right
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now, to be honest with you. No, it's OK. Nah,
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it's all right, man. But I've been working with
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a lot of dope artists. I've been working with
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a lot of cool people. I recently been doing,
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like, live sound with Iman, Iman Soleil. He's
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super talented, super tough, bro. I really, like,
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look at him for a lot of, like, inspo motivation
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right now because he comes from a similar like
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bag for me and seeing him also like transition
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from like doing some more shit like Locally building
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that and kind of like transitioning it with his
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own sound in his own creative direction like
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that's just so like inspiring and Yeah, he's
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one of those people that I really fuck with I
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really fuck with them We're really fucking with
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yabby out here. Yeah be super tough like sir
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He's so like versatile with what he does like
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he can do anything and like he works so quick
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And yeah, JoJo. JoJo, he's, fuck, I fucking love
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JoJo, bro. He's one of the best people to work
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with, bro. He's so charismatic. He's very charismatic.
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He's very genuine, too. He's down to earth. But
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damn, he cannot miss, bro. He's so good, bro.
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That's one thing that A1 Beans mentioned, too,
00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:07.859
when I did the interview with A1 Beans is like,
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man, JoJo went in there and just, like, he hears
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a beat or he'll cook, and he'll cook quick. I'm
00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:15.759
like, okay, okay. And hearing that too, like,
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that's awesome, man. And I'm proud of, you know,
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see the growth in his music too, and just see
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the growth in everybody that I've got the chance
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to interview. It's been a blessing. And I, like
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I said, I wouldn't trade it for the world. And
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I appreciate, you know, this opportunity, this
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time of yours too, because I know time is precious
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and we all got things going on today. I know,
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I know. Of course, I'm so happy to do this interview.
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I feel like we need to talk about this for like...
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Wow, we need to talk for a while. It was definitely
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a well -needed episode. I tell people, this isn't
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the only time you're gonna see this man. You'll
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see him many more episodes. So, just to let you
00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:56.640
guys know, you can tap in at, let's give him
00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:59.460
your Instagram. Yeah, dylanisbalance, D -Y -L
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-A -N -I -S -B -A -L -A -N -C -E. And I'll put
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it here so you guys can check it out too. And
00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:09.960
also, check out his music. He's on Apple, Spotify.
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YouTube, you're on everything. You're on all
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the platforms. You can actually play music. Any
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platform, just look up Balance. On Apple Music,
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I'm the third balance now. So we're kind of moving
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up the ranks a little bit. There we go. I used
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to be ninth or something. So there we go. Top
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three now. So you can just go to artists, and
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you'll see my little face. We'll be good. There
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we go. And yeah. You know what? This year, I'm
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really ambitious. I'm really excited, really
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motivated, really hungry. And honestly, I really
00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:39.180
believe in myself right now. And I feel like...
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I just have, like, everything in my corner right
00:29:42.809 --> 00:29:45.170
now and I'm about to just, like, go stupid. Yes,
00:29:45.309 --> 00:29:47.789
sir. Yes, you are. They're about to, like, question,
00:29:47.789 --> 00:29:50.130
like, how the fuck it's happening, but there's
00:29:50.130 --> 00:29:52.210
gonna be no explanation but, like, that I earned
00:29:52.210 --> 00:29:54.890
it. You feel me? Yes, sir. And I tell everybody
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that I meet. If you haven't had a chance to listen
00:29:56.750 --> 00:29:58.569
to Balance or even get to meet you in person,
00:29:59.089 --> 00:30:00.930
it's an opportunity of a lifetime. It's an honor
00:30:00.930 --> 00:30:02.369
and privilege, and I tell everybody that, too.
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Come say what's up. I'm a cool dude. I'm a funny
00:30:04.369 --> 00:30:07.859
guy. and we can chop it up. Yes, sir. So don't
00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:10.460
forget, reach out, too, if you have any inquiries
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based on studio time, whether you need any graphic
00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:15.579
design. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. We had this whole
00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:17.660
shakedown, too. Let's not forget to mention we're
00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:20.079
in this whole shakedown. And you know, if you
00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:22.359
want, come get the sauce. You already know. I
00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:24.519
love helping other artists, too, build. I've
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been helping some artists right now build their
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catalog, build their artistry, build their creative
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direction. And it's like we were close people,
00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:34.460
so like. It's all family over here, so. It's
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happening for Shelly. Let's get some work in.
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Yes, sir. Thank you guys for tuning in on this
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amazing episode of Around the Loop, and we'll
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catch you all in the next episode. A shout out
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to my boy Gio right here, bro. He's been going
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crazy and excited for him for this next year,
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too, to just take over. You feel me? It's all
00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:52.980
in our favor right now. North County. Thank you
00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:55.119
so much, man. Of course. Thank you. Not even
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North County, Oceanside. Yes, sir. That's a wrap.