September 2, 2023 • 29 mins
Episode 271 - "The Baller Alert Show" Feat: Ferrari Simmons, Su Solo & You Know BT Produced by: Octavia March
Special Guest: Songwriter, Ivory Scott
Topics include: Writing for Madonna, Chris Brown, Beyonce, Starting His Career w/ 20 Placements & More.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Word with me here. You know, b T. It's just
so low shout of O C T.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Color what we see whole game read the boer be
something you can't stand on their own.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
I already know you can't with me because up with
the squad on me, they get at they called me Helo.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
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Speaker 1 (00:32):
I go by the name of Ferrari Simmons. I go
by the name you know BT. With that, I've rescotten
the building. The tallest writer I've ever seen? How tall
are you? About six seven? You gotta be playing? Why
you're not playing basketball?
Speaker 4 (00:47):
I do that too, Okay, what I mean just like
now you're the taller song right I've ever met.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Him? And Don Canada are like super like over six
ft five? How taller? You know?
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Howm damn? Now we appreciate you because.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
We had you came and kicked it with us at
the BT the media. You know, of course we're appreciative
of here if you're coming and pulling up in person.
Now now now we can really get into it.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
You know he writing a lot of people's songs because
you just see his jewelry.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
That's how you can tell a song.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Started making Rose Gold playing Jane presidential?
Speaker 1 (01:27):
What type of dominance that begets? Little begets? It's actually
the City sixtieth edition.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Wise, So you know, you can't just can't get what
he can't just watch and you can't just get that one.
It's what you're saying, No, you can't. He got too
watches on? Yeah, yeah, now what's the other watch? Sir?
Speaker 1 (01:45):
It's a p okay okay, man, it's light though, it's
just like coming outside listen.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
Take you to start writing songs. I think I think
I need to start. That's that Beyonce Sharon start a
new profession.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Yeah for sure, for sure. It took a lot of
work though though it wasn't easy.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
For Let's get into it. You know, tell us a
little bit about yourself, about your background.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Well, I'm a songwriter, you know, as you know y'all
written for people like Ed Sharing, Little Dirk, Young, Blue,
Chris Brown, Madonna, Beyonce. Like I had a lot of
you know, big songs, big records, you know what I'm saying,
And like, you know, just transitioning to being an artist.
Now drop my own projects. But before that, where are
you from? I'm from Chicago, let's start then, Yeah, it's
(02:29):
southside of Chicago. Grew up you know what I'm saying
in the trenches or whatever, sixty six and Hermitage, and
I basically started writing, like I tell this story, you
know what I'm saying a lot of times, like about
like how my dad, like how I learned how to
play piano. But what I don't say a lot is
like basically, like I started writing songs, my dad used
to make me read the dictionary. You know what I'm saying,
Like every instance before I go outside, he used to
(02:50):
make me like learn like twenty words. So like when
it come to write songs, like basically like I can
think of any rhyming word, you know what I'm saying
on the fly. So it's like that helped me get
into like being able to be a good songwriter. Like
you was just saying, like how long it it takes
shit read the dictionary doing that?
Speaker 2 (03:10):
This is at a young age, So when did you
start writing songs?
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Like, well, I started writing songs when I was like ten,
like ten years old. Like first, like for yourself or
for somebody else. It's like it started from it really
started for like writing songs for females and shit like that.
Like I was like writing songs and then I was
like damn, Like I got into the bag of like
writing songs not just for male artists, but then like
I could write a song for a girl too. And
I was just like looking up to people like the
(03:36):
dream Neo, you know what I'm saying. R Kelly, Like
you know what I'm saying, Kanye, like seeing like how
they were able to like get in the scene like
by being behind the scenes. Like I just was like
infatuated with the concept of being a star that nobody knew,
you know what I'm saying. Like, so that's why I
like A what a love really feel at? For real?
Speaker 3 (03:55):
What was that moment that you know struck you to
write your first song?
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Did you could?
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Was you in high school and you had a breakup
or was you with a crew of people who were
musicians and you say I'll be the songwriters?
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Actually, Like I played football, you know what I'm saying,
in high school and I would hope So I played football,
and what I used to do after football practice, I
would on the way home. There was a guy named
Mark Pratt, and he had like a studio in his
basement and basically like he would let the football players
like come over and make music. But like a couple
(04:28):
of weeks in like I was like the last person
down there. Like I used to come down there after
practice every day and just like write songs and like
perfect my craft and like that's that's basically like what
I really fell in love, like cause like coming up,
like it was a real struggle, and like music was
like my escape from reality. You know what I'm saying.
It's what allowed me to be able to have that
outlet when I you know, just needed you know, I
(04:51):
needed a hug sometimes, like on some real shit. And
I feel like music get people, Music gets people through things,
you know what I'm saying. So that's when I really
like fell in love, like doing it for real.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
Yeah, So fast forward and so you started doing your
own music. Yeah, what was your first big placement? Man,
I really had like a bunch of placements at one time.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Like when I did my publishing deal with APG locked
in with hit Maker, I basically had like I probably
had like twenty songs come out like the first like
week like that, I was like getting popping, like it
wasn't even like a one song. And then it was
just like but you got to remember, like before I
had my first placement, I was writing like ten songs
a day every day, you know what I'm saying, like NonStop,
(05:32):
even before I have my.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Deal for people around the town or just for.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Just writing songs. It's building up my catalog. That's why
I always tell like songwriters, like you got to build
up your catalog. If somebody called me for a song
for making right now, I probably got thirty that I
could send them, opposed to me being like all right,
let me go work on something. Sometimes you like catch
a hit in a moment that you just gotta be
ready for. So always believe in like being prepared, like
(05:57):
way ahead. So like I'll building on my catalog, so
nobody particular, just like just penning records. You know what
I'm saying, like sharpening my sword.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
How did you initially get the interest of your publishing company?
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Before Hit Maker, I ain't have no songs out, I
had no place. Like it's insane to get a publishing
deal without a placement at least one, you know, what
I'm saying or even being in the business. But Ray Daniels.
I met Ray Daniels. Yep, I met Ray Daniels for real,
like this. The crazy story about Ray is basically like Ray. Like.
(06:31):
I had a meeting with Ray like before, and he
was like, man, you know what, if you work on
your hooks, you'll be one of the greatest songwriters. This
was like six months before I saw him again. And
that's why I always tell people like, man, listen, if
you get that, no, go back to the drawing board.
Reinvent yourself, get better. You know what I'm saying. Don't
ever think like, oh, they tripping because they don't like
my music. You know what I'm saying. Sometimes you got
(06:53):
to go back. He basically told me, like, work on
your hooks. You are already a worseman. Work on your hooks.
Work on the part that brings people in. Two months later,
I had another meeting with Ray Daniels, sat down for
a set down with him, and I went to his office.
The first day I sat in his office, he wrote
me a check right there for twenty grand At the
time when I was at the time, I was doing
construction for work. You know what, I'm saying. MYNJA was
(07:15):
still coming home writing ten songs a night. I was
doing construction, and like I had like a big opportunity,
you know what I'm saying, to go and like work
for Disney, you know what I'm saying. In Orlando. But
Ray was basically like, man, say no to that job.
You're a songwriter. You belong in his business. Once I
took that check, he let me put my studio in
(07:36):
the room next to his office at the twelve Buildings.
So if you ever been over to that building, it
ain't it ain't sound proof or nothing. Keys was in there.
It was a lot of real, real keys. Yeah, you
know what I'm saying, Like was in that building. He
let me put my studio in the room right next
door to him, so I would be like making song,
got the song, got the song, just putting in that work.
(07:56):
So even after I ended up signing the radar, I
still had to put in that work. It wasn't just
like here here here. I still was putting in that work,
going in there, clocking in, going to work, doing my job,
coming back to the studio. Until one day Ray had
went out to La met with Mike, Karen and was like, yo,
he Actually the crazy thing is he went out there
(08:17):
to show Mike Hearn somebody else. That's why I know,
like you know what I'm saying, God got his hand
on my life because he went out there and he
went to show Mike Carron a whole other artist that
he said. Now Mike Karen said no to He was like,
show me something else, and I was the something else
that he had. So it was like, and Mike Karen,
Mike Karen is the president of APG, he's been he
(08:37):
responsible for like ed Sharon Bruno mar like he a
big deal. What'd you do with the twenty thousand survived?
Everybody asked me that question, like but people think like
twenty thousand. You know what I'm saying today, that ain't
no money if you're handling your business, you know, But
to a kid like might look at it and be like, hey,
I'm about to go do this. Somebody go do that,
(08:59):
and then before you know what, they back like knocking
at their door like, man, you see me another ten thousand.
But but that's how people be blowing their money.
Speaker 4 (09:06):
I asked you that because I realized in the industry,
when people get a check, whether it's a little check
or a big check.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
They quit their job and they think that they made it.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
I like the fact that you got the money and
you said, man, I'm still about to keep going to
work and then coming back doing my music.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Man, you have to like you have to have financial literacy, man.
But that's that's really what you know, most people like
lacking because you got to think like people that do
music most of the time, like they come from a
poverty stricken environment. You know, we're not taught about credit.
We're not talking about the importance of importance of taking
care of your money and handling your business, paying your
bills first and then getting the drip. We weren't taught that.
(09:43):
You know. We taught go get the new ja's you
know what I'm saying, because they dropping, you know, the whip. Yeah.
So it's not taught that in our community. So it's like,
you know, we all of course we made mistakes. I'm
not gonna say I ain't gonna buy something with the
twenty grand What did you bott What did I na? Man?
And I like, I always wanted the ice ice, So
I ain't gonna get no chain or nothing. I went
(10:04):
and I bought a car. I bought a car. I
think I think I took like ten thousand of it
and went and bought a car. It was a nineteen
seventy two Shavy nov Okay, so that was like she
bought some transportation. Yeah, in the classic cars. Yeah. No,
I actually build like muscle cars, you know what I'm saying,
(10:25):
Like I build muscle cars, track race cards all that.
So how'd you get with him? Maker? Mike Carron actually
put me in here make on texts. When I did
my publishing deal, he put me in here, make on texts.
He was like, you know, guaranteed magic. The first night
I went to the studio with Hit, we we went
in the studio, we did like ten songs. It's me
Hit Krashan And we did like ten songs that first night,
(10:49):
and like we probably got like three placements out of
those first ten songs we did. But like, bro, we
basically been locked in every since, Like you know what
I'm saying, Like it been like some real you know,
we're from the same town, so like it being like
some some real brother shit, Like you know what I'm saying,
not just like helping me get into situations, but like
you know, giving me the knowledge, you know what I'm
saying of the game, Like you got somebody that came
(11:10):
from being an artist transitioned into being a producer, changing
his whole you know what I'm saying, identity and that
you can learn a lot from a man and have
done that in his business. It's still successful. Branded himself
for real, for real. So you know what I'm saying.
I was blessed to be, you know, tapping with him
and then like you know, other relationships happen. You know,
just throw me just putting in that work day in
day out, you know what I'm saying, being persistent.
Speaker 5 (11:31):
We'll be right back with more of a Baller Alert Show.
You're listening to a special edition of the Baller Alert Show.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
That what's up? It's your boy, Iris Scott and you've
now tuned into the Baller Alert Show.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
So you signed the radar. Yeah, you got to check
for twenty thousand. You're working, you have purpose, you know
what you want to do? Yeah, when did these twenty
placements come? So?
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Man, it had to be okay? So so I went
I went to La to go to APG, and I
didn't get signed to APG right away, So I went
and I went out there and Mike Karen basically was like,
you know, here's a studio. You know what I'm saying,
show me what you got. He's like, act like you ain't.
You ain't play one song for me. And so I
basically like I had the opportunity to do a session
(12:19):
in the morning, midday, and then at night, but I
took all sessions. I took every session, So I worked
three sessions a day. I was doing like ten songs
a session, going crazy. That's thirty songs a day. And
I was out there for like a month. Wow, mind
you right the day before when I when I went
down there. The day before I went down there, I
broke my foot skateboarding. So I went down there with
a boot, like you know, a little strap up boot
(12:40):
they go on your foot. So I, mind you, I
got a boot. I'm in La probably you know what
I'm saying, Like moving around studio to studio. You know
what I'm saying on crutches with a broke foot and
basically trying to secure my destiny. You know what I'm saying,
because you know, like your moments only only come every
so often. And I knew for sure like this was
this was my moment it to be you know Jordan
(13:01):
at the free throw line. So like I went down there,
broke foot and all I was in the studio Mai
my foot swelling in pain. But I was going through it,
you know what I'm saying, And I did what I
had to do. When I want to skateboard for basically,
bro like I want to do everything, like I don't
want to try whatever for So what songs came out
of it was that the twenty that eventually yeah so
(13:22):
so no, so when I when I went down there,
I wrote those songs and then I those songs just
kind of like started manifesting into like other situations. What
were some of them songs? Trippy read Rich motherfucker that
was a big one with with Polo g Dirk Peru
was one of those songs. We did Baddest in San Francisco.
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I mean that's the record. Yes, that's the year we
did the Baddest. Yeah, Baddest, Yeah, we did that in
San Francisco. But I mean it was just kind of
like all over the place like Madonna, like Beyonce, like
it was just like that's crazy, it's hitting me with
the wave.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
And one time, So mentally, how what's the space here
are you in mentally at this particular moment, because.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Mind you, like people think you getting placements and you
rich instantly, but you ain't getting paid until next year
off any of those hits. So you can be walking
around with records number one and still basically be not
having no brand. So like, I'm in a lifestyle and
I'm around the people that's having the motion, having the money,
and I got the SIU broke, but I'm still broke,
(14:27):
you know what I'm saying. I'm still grinding. I'm still
having to go pick up contracting jobs and build frame
houses on the side while I got records on the radio,
you know, so most of the time, like people might
think like, oh you hot. So of course all your
family's like, oh he rich. You know what I'm saying.
But I see you got the pictures with the celebrities,
they see all that. Yeah, the urt, Yeah for sure,
(14:51):
that's definitely. So what was that? What was that big check?
The biggest? You know, you getting a lot of checks,
he said, the biggest, biggest. I feel like when I
first saw the first check from Peru, that's when I
was a big record. Yeah, when I saw that. When
I saw that that quarter come around, and that's just
(15:12):
a quarter. When I saw that quarter come around, I
was like, and what is a quarter for the audience?
So a quarter is like yo, it's broken up into quarters,
like four quarters like artists songs for years calendar. Yeah, yeah,
you get paid like per quarter.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
So is that spring, summer, fall, and winter?
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Yeah? Basically basically, And so was this.
Speaker 3 (15:32):
In the millions that you're publishing? Check came in?
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Decent it it was good, six figures. It had changed
your life, show for show, seven figures, show it had
changed your life. What'd you go after you after you
got that check? Man? I went went. I went home
to Chicago and brought my moms out here. Bout my
mom's a crab in l A from Chicago, Atlanta, Atlanta. Okay.
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I basically moved like my whole family down here. Okay,
I'm like super like.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
That's actually fivefish because usually yeah, because usually you get
yourself together first and then but you got a family.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
But you gotta think, like I was already still kind
of like making money, like I already had like you
know what I'm saying, like property and stuff like that.
When I first like started so like it wasn't like
I got my publishing deal and I was broke, Like
I basically had to downgrade my life actually to pursue music.
Because when I was doing construction, I was making good money,
you know what I'm talking about it, I was making money.
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I was making an honest living. So like when I
took that twenty thousand, I mean it was basically less
than the salary that I was gonna see like in
the next couple months anyway, So it was really like,
you know, God like humbling me and bringing me back down.
I had to go down to come up for real.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
Especially living in La for sure, and La balling is
different from.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Georgia bottom, that's true.
Speaker 4 (16:49):
But I like you keeping it real, man, because I
don't I don't like this perception on the internet to
where it's like people think just because somebody has a
day job that they're making less money than people that
are popping on social media in his industry, and a
lot of times people don't understand it's like a lot
of these people that have these nine to five jobs
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are making a lot more money than people that you
really think are successful.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
I mean, like I call it the matrix all the time.
You know what I'm saying, Like, the business is an
illusion because it has to be. You know, people, it's
hard for kids to look up to somebody that don't
feel like they got something that they don't have. So like,
you know, it's an illusion that artists have to keep
up of their selves in order to show that, hey,
I'm worthy of you looking up to me. So it's like,
but a man with a regular job, he might be
(17:36):
getting paper. It's just basically about like what you put
your ten thousand hours into. If I put my ten
thousand hours into being a carpenter, I'm gonna get paper
being a carpenter. It don't You don't got to be
Like I was just telling my little brother the other
day play he played football. I was just telling him
the other day. I'm like, you know, football is great,
you know what I'm saying, But you gotta chase something
(17:58):
that is tasting you. You know what I'm saying. I
agree with that. So you know, you don't got to
be a superstar, you know what I'm saying, to have money,
you know, so.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
You writing all these big records, what makes you say,
you know what, I want to be an artist. Is
that something that you initially wanted to do?
Speaker 1 (18:15):
Yeah, I always like looked at myself as an artist
like I just always like looked at it. Like I
was telling you in the beginning. The people that I
looked up to, they were writers like first, so like
I was heavy like yo, yeah, like Neo to Dreams,
Sean Garrett like Rico. Love is so many like that
transition from becoming a songwriter. That was their path and
(18:37):
so like that, I always looked at my path like that,
Like I always like, you know, I'm gonna run it
up as a songwriter, get ht get people to know
my music, and then I'm introduce them to me. That's
a that's a plan. That's not a good plan to.
Speaker 4 (18:50):
Who's some of the people that you that you've been
working with or has it been hard to get you know,
people that you've written for to be like yo, I
want you to jump on my song.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Yeah, I ain't gonna lie. It's been like crazy love.
Like you know a lot of times, like when I
go in with an artist, they be like man, when
you dropping the project, Like most Wow, most artists are
like super like championing me. And that's I mean that
kind of pushed me in a direction because it was like,
you know, seeing people that are successful being artists and
them to look at you and not not just look
(19:20):
at you as a reference singer or like even like
labels like getting my demos and asking me Like it's
before I did my deal with Monarch, it was labels
hitting me saying, Yo, who's who's on the reference? Who's
this singing though? Who who's this guy? Like it's always
been like that, so that I mean, it's meant.
Speaker 4 (19:37):
Yeah, that sounds like with your own music, what's been
like the hardest thing for you to transition from a
songwriter to being your own artist.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
I feel like the only tough thing is like allocating
time when I'm tapping into who I am and where
I'm working with other artists, because like when I when
I'm writing for artists, like if I'm in Madonna moo,
like I'm getting them a dynam I feel like when
I'm writing a song for a artist, it's got to
be true to the artists, gotta be like they did it.
It's got to be like they thought of it. So
(20:08):
I'm so true to it. So if I'm tapping in,
it's just like an actor stepping in to play a role.
You know. It's like when Denzel's being Denzel, he gotta
tap in. It's the same with songwriting. If you want
to be one of the greatest, you know, you gotta
tap into the artists. We're not just writing songs down,
We're you know, creating moments based off, you know, bouncing
off another artist.
Speaker 4 (20:26):
So what mindset did you have to have when you're
writing a song for somebody like you know, Madonna, and
you gotta write a song and you gotta you know,
put this music out like you singing like a female.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
Man, I ain't gonna lie I'm a researcher. Like when
I'm about to go in with the artists, I do
my research. I basically I start they Instagram captions, I
see what they talking about, I see what they interested.
I see. I'm gonna stalk it so that when I
walk into the room, like I can really kind of
like before I'm actually talking to it. Or sometimes I
might not even get in the room with the artists,
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so like I tap in. Man, like I'm not gonna
lie in. I'm not even gonna say that, like it's
all me, you know what I'm saying God, you know
what I'm saying, gives me the power. He puts it
in me to be able to, you know, shape shift
and be a trippy red, be a Madonna, be a
Dirk all at the same time. Like, God, just put
that on my life. You know what I'm saying. For real?
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Question, where are all these songs that do you write
on your phone? Like do you write it down? Because
at this point you got books.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Yeah, you're writing so much music or something. I don't
be honest with you, Like when I first started writing,
like I played piano and I play guitar. When I
first started writing, I would start off writing on the guitar,
so I would be writing down, you know, my songs.
But like in the past, like two years, like I
don't even I ain't wrote nothing down, Like you know
what I'm saying anywhere. It's in your head. It's just
be in my head. Like most of the time, I'll
(21:46):
just write. I'll just write you know what I'm saying,
like you will remember it for sure for sure, Like
I don't. I ain't wrote nothing down in a while,
to be honest.
Speaker 5 (21:55):
We'll be right back. Stay tuned with more of the
Ball or Alert Show. You're listening to a special edition
of the Baller Alert Show.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
Yo, what's up? It's your boy, I res Scott and
you've now tuned into the ball of Alert Show.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
So what is your particular style? Like you you write
for everybody else, but what is your style?
Speaker 1 (22:19):
My style is like a blend of like all those things,
Like I'm not like when I'm doing a song like
a dirt song, you know, I'm I'm speaking from a
place that I've been before. You know what I'm saying,
Like I've been like in the trenches. You know, when
I'm writing songs that are like country and sharing type
of songs, like I've been in those places, like I
(22:39):
went to school in Iowa. I've been in those environments.
So I'm true to everything. So like when you hear
I Rescott, it's gonna be a blend Like you, I
might have a song that's super R and B, but
then I might have a song on my project with Sukiyana.
Speaker 3 (22:55):
When I say I think, I mean to say like
sound kind of well, like what is your sound like?
When you listen to the Dream record? You know what's
the dream versus if you listen to a Beyonce record?
That he wrote or neo, he has a certain sound
versus if he writes for somebody else, Like do you
have your own sound?
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Yeah? Well, I feel like your sound is described by
the people. You know what I'm saying. When when the
consumer consumes you like that, they gonna take what they
love and then you give them more of that, you
know what I'm saying. But I agree with that. I'm versatile, man,
I'm just like sending out energy. Man, I'm trying to
send a real energy. You know what I'm saying to
people like I feel like whole say. You know what
(23:33):
I'm saying. First I had the ear, Now I got
their heart, you know what I'm saying, Like, I feel
like I want people to fall in love with the
person that I am, not just a tone that I
can do, because a tone of fade out, it'll get old,
you know. But if you're in love with the person,
it's nothing that they can do wrong.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
So what's the new record that you have out? Do
you have an album or is it just singles?
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Yeah? So first, I just recently dropped my single with
my brother Eric Belicher. Just like me, that things crazy,
they're like two million first week, But that was the
first single. Then the next single, We're about to Draw
with me feature in Queen Nije. It's a song called
My Mind, which is a banger. And then following that,
like shortly after that, we're gonna drop the first half
of my project, Ebony. It's called b You know what
(24:13):
I'm saying. Before Ebony, you got a plan? Man?
Speaker 3 (24:16):
You know where's that name come from?
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Well, basically, like it's the contrast to me. You know
what I'm saying. People might see me, they might be like, oh,
here a rapper. All he is, Oh he's an R
and B singer. But it's like I'm the contrast of
what you think. I'm the opposite of what you might
think of me. Are you signed? Yeah, my dad, my
artists deal with my nark okay, And how has that been?
It's been good? Good? You see me? What is that?
Speaker 3 (24:42):
What are some of your lessons that you've learned so
far being being in the industry?
Speaker 1 (24:47):
Man? Honestly, like when you meet good people in the business,
you gotta stay close to him because it's a rare thing.
Like this is a dark world, you know what I'm saying.
So I've just learned like to protect my energy and
also like take care, take here my money. You know
what I'm saying, and be productive. You know your moment
it can go as fast as it come for real,
So when you catch your moment and it's show time,
(25:08):
like stay keep your foot on their neck.
Speaker 4 (25:11):
Who's some of your mentors man? Because you I'm just
listening to you talking. You sounded like a wise man.
Who's some some of the people that mentor you.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
Man, I'm not gonna lie man like man the word
of God like guys me. You know what I'm saying,
Like you know what I'm saying. I don't have a
lot of people in my life that I could really
like look up to, you know what I'm saying. So
I just you know what I'm saying. I look to
God for my answers. You know what I'm saying. And
I'm inspired by like legends, you know what I'm saying.
And I see how they carry theyself. I see how
they moving, you know what I'm saying, Like people like Denzel,
(25:42):
people like Will Smith, you know, people like Kendrick Lamar,
Like you know, I see how they move. You know
what I'm saying, And you know I'm motivated by how
they move and the energy that they bring it to
the earth, and I feel like I gotta bring that energy.
That's just basically how I feel like. It's just like me,
just natural. Yes, some of your friends gonna be mad
at you with the answer though.
Speaker 2 (25:58):
Yeah, before we get about of here, I do wanted
to ask, like, what is the relationship situation like life
look for you because you're doing you're a songwriter and
you're an artist. Do you have time for love life?
Speaker 1 (26:11):
Yeah? I feel like it's I feel like it's two
different worlds. Like I feel like when I go to music,
I'm clocking into the world. I separate my worlds. You
know what I'm saying, Like, I'm not like like I'm
not like I'm giving myself to the world, but I'm
saving a part of myself for who I love. You
know what I'm saying, Like, I ain't giving. Is there
someone that you love for sure? Okay? Are you married
(26:32):
for sure? Okay?
Speaker 3 (26:34):
As long have you been married since the beginning of
your career?
Speaker 1 (26:38):
Okay for music? Because you deflect the nice and smooth right, Yeah,
now we're good.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
So you like keep your private life private.
Speaker 1 (26:50):
It's separate, separate world. Do you have any kids, yeah
for sure. Okay, separate world. Okay, I'm not.
Speaker 3 (26:58):
Pretty young, so I'm like, I.
Speaker 1 (27:04):
Like you want to see Yeah, I mean it's like
how much life have you had to have my wife
and kids and all that, Like you look really young? Okay,
back again, brother, Yeah, any time, I'm excited. Anything else
you got coming up? Projects coming up? I'm building, any
touring I'm gonna be. I'nna be coming out with some
(27:25):
of my homeboys making for show you got.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
We're supposed to do the interview with him Maker, but
then we couldn't get the time.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
Framework. Well we're work it out. That's my brother with
each other all the time for sure. And him Maker
is a good guy. No, for sure, I see him.
He not just champion me like if he if he
with you, he's gonna help you get in a position. It's
a lot of like you know, dark energy that like
people try to put on him, you know what I'm saying,
Like in his business that I see, But I ain't
(27:53):
got nothing but love for Bro for Bro for and
I've seen him like pick people up and put people
in position and get out the way. I'm saying, That's
what it's all about man, have you been performing and
all that? Nah? I haven't. Do you have a show
in mind?
Speaker 5 (28:06):
Like?
Speaker 1 (28:07):
Yeah, I got something I working on you? Nervous you
are you calling anybody? But are you calling anybody for advice?
Speaker 5 (28:14):
Like?
Speaker 3 (28:15):
You know Chris is a dancer. You know he's performing.
Are you going to be doing some choreography?
Speaker 1 (28:19):
I guarantee you this. When IY Scott come out, it's
gonna be something you've never seen before it.
Speaker 3 (28:25):
Well, like, is this gonna be like some Miguel where
you get the piercings in and you hang yourself.
Speaker 1 (28:30):
No, it's gonna be Ivory Scott. Is that your real name? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (28:35):
So that's on your drivers? Like, yeah, that's what?
Speaker 1 (28:38):
Oh that's your real names? Say that? I mean Drew
Hill isn't a real person? Said? You're pulling up?
Speaker 2 (28:48):
Brother?
Speaker 1 (28:50):
I looking forward to this one. So cool.
Speaker 3 (28:52):
Well, before get out of here, we got a pep
talk with I Scott is.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
Your boy, Ivy Scott? Man? Let your people, man, take
care of people, Keep your people close to you, man,
love who love you? You know what I'm saying to keep you?
Also a stream on new singles, just like
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Speaker 2 (00:07):
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Speaker 3 (00:11):
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
I already know you can't with me because up with
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Speaker 1 (00:32):
I go by the name of Ferrari Simmons. I go
by the name you know BT. With that, I've rescotten
the building. The tallest writer I've ever seen? How tall
are you? About six seven? You gotta be playing? Why
you're not playing basketball?
Speaker 4 (00:47):
I do that too, Okay, what I mean just like
now you're the taller song right I've ever met.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Him? And Don Canada are like super like over six
ft five? How taller? You know?
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Howm damn? Now we appreciate you because.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
We had you came and kicked it with us at
the BT the media. You know, of course we're appreciative
of here if you're coming and pulling up in person.
Now now now we can really get into it.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
You know he writing a lot of people's songs because
you just see his jewelry.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
That's how you can tell a song.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Started making Rose Gold playing Jane presidential?
Speaker 1 (01:27):
What type of dominance that begets? Little begets? It's actually
the City sixtieth edition.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Wise, So you know, you can't just can't get what
he can't just watch and you can't just get that one.
It's what you're saying, No, you can't. He got too
watches on? Yeah, yeah, now what's the other watch? Sir?
Speaker 1 (01:45):
It's a p okay okay, man, it's light though, it's
just like coming outside listen.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
Take you to start writing songs. I think I think
I need to start. That's that Beyonce Sharon start a
new profession.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Yeah for sure, for sure. It took a lot of
work though though it wasn't easy.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
For Let's get into it. You know, tell us a
little bit about yourself, about your background.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Well, I'm a songwriter, you know, as you know y'all
written for people like Ed Sharing, Little Dirk, Young, Blue,
Chris Brown, Madonna, Beyonce. Like I had a lot of
you know, big songs, big records, you know what I'm saying,
And like, you know, just transitioning to being an artist.
Now drop my own projects. But before that, where are
you from? I'm from Chicago, let's start then, Yeah, it's
(02:29):
southside of Chicago. Grew up you know what I'm saying
in the trenches or whatever, sixty six and Hermitage, and
I basically started writing, like I tell this story, you
know what I'm saying a lot of times, like about
like how my dad, like how I learned how to
play piano. But what I don't say a lot is
like basically, like I started writing songs, my dad used
to make me read the dictionary. You know what I'm saying,
Like every instance before I go outside, he used to
(02:50):
make me like learn like twenty words. So like when
it come to write songs, like basically like I can
think of any rhyming word, you know what I'm saying
on the fly. So it's like that helped me get
into like being able to be a good songwriter. Like
you was just saying, like how long it it takes
shit read the dictionary doing that?
Speaker 2 (03:10):
This is at a young age, So when did you
start writing songs?
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Like, well, I started writing songs when I was like ten,
like ten years old. Like first, like for yourself or
for somebody else. It's like it started from it really
started for like writing songs for females and shit like that.
Like I was like writing songs and then I was
like damn, Like I got into the bag of like
writing songs not just for male artists, but then like
I could write a song for a girl too. And
I was just like looking up to people like the
(03:36):
dream Neo, you know what I'm saying. R Kelly, Like
you know what I'm saying, Kanye, like seeing like how
they were able to like get in the scene like
by being behind the scenes. Like I just was like
infatuated with the concept of being a star that nobody knew,
you know what I'm saying. Like, so that's why I
like A what a love really feel at? For real?
Speaker 3 (03:55):
What was that moment that you know struck you to
write your first song?
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Did you could?
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Was you in high school and you had a breakup
or was you with a crew of people who were
musicians and you say I'll be the songwriters?
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Actually, Like I played football, you know what I'm saying,
in high school and I would hope So I played football,
and what I used to do after football practice, I
would on the way home. There was a guy named
Mark Pratt, and he had like a studio in his
basement and basically like he would let the football players
like come over and make music. But like a couple
(04:28):
of weeks in like I was like the last person
down there. Like I used to come down there after
practice every day and just like write songs and like
perfect my craft and like that's that's basically like what
I really fell in love, like cause like coming up,
like it was a real struggle, and like music was
like my escape from reality. You know what I'm saying.
It's what allowed me to be able to have that
outlet when I you know, just needed you know, I
(04:51):
needed a hug sometimes, like on some real shit. And
I feel like music get people, Music gets people through things,
you know what I'm saying. So that's when I really
like fell in love, like doing it for real.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
Yeah, So fast forward and so you started doing your
own music. Yeah, what was your first big placement? Man,
I really had like a bunch of placements at one time.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Like when I did my publishing deal with APG locked
in with hit Maker, I basically had like I probably
had like twenty songs come out like the first like
week like that, I was like getting popping, like it
wasn't even like a one song. And then it was
just like but you got to remember, like before I
had my first placement, I was writing like ten songs
a day every day, you know what I'm saying, like NonStop,
(05:32):
even before I have my.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Deal for people around the town or just for.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Just writing songs. It's building up my catalog. That's why
I always tell like songwriters, like you got to build
up your catalog. If somebody called me for a song
for making right now, I probably got thirty that I
could send them, opposed to me being like all right,
let me go work on something. Sometimes you like catch
a hit in a moment that you just gotta be
ready for. So always believe in like being prepared, like
(05:57):
way ahead. So like I'll building on my catalog, so
nobody particular, just like just penning records. You know what
I'm saying, like sharpening my sword.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
How did you initially get the interest of your publishing company?
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Before Hit Maker, I ain't have no songs out, I
had no place. Like it's insane to get a publishing
deal without a placement at least one, you know, what
I'm saying or even being in the business. But Ray Daniels.
I met Ray Daniels. Yep, I met Ray Daniels for real,
like this. The crazy story about Ray is basically like Ray. Like.
(06:31):
I had a meeting with Ray like before, and he
was like, man, you know what, if you work on
your hooks, you'll be one of the greatest songwriters. This
was like six months before I saw him again. And
that's why I always tell people like, man, listen, if
you get that, no, go back to the drawing board.
Reinvent yourself, get better. You know what I'm saying. Don't
ever think like, oh, they tripping because they don't like
my music. You know what I'm saying. Sometimes you got
(06:53):
to go back. He basically told me, like, work on
your hooks. You are already a worseman. Work on your hooks.
Work on the part that brings people in. Two months later,
I had another meeting with Ray Daniels, sat down for
a set down with him, and I went to his office.
The first day I sat in his office, he wrote
me a check right there for twenty grand At the
time when I was at the time, I was doing
construction for work. You know what, I'm saying. MYNJA was
(07:15):
still coming home writing ten songs a night. I was
doing construction, and like I had like a big opportunity,
you know what I'm saying, to go and like work
for Disney, you know what I'm saying. In Orlando. But
Ray was basically like, man, say no to that job.
You're a songwriter. You belong in his business. Once I
took that check, he let me put my studio in
(07:36):
the room next to his office at the twelve Buildings.
So if you ever been over to that building, it
ain't it ain't sound proof or nothing. Keys was in there.
It was a lot of real, real keys. Yeah, you
know what I'm saying, Like was in that building. He
let me put my studio in the room right next
door to him, so I would be like making song,
got the song, got the song, just putting in that work.
(07:56):
So even after I ended up signing the radar, I
still had to put in that work. It wasn't just
like here here here. I still was putting in that work,
going in there, clocking in, going to work, doing my job,
coming back to the studio. Until one day Ray had
went out to La met with Mike, Karen and was like, yo,
he Actually the crazy thing is he went out there
(08:17):
to show Mike Hearn somebody else. That's why I know,
like you know what I'm saying, God got his hand
on my life because he went out there and he
went to show Mike Carron a whole other artist that
he said. Now Mike Karen said no to He was like,
show me something else, and I was the something else
that he had. So it was like, and Mike Karen,
Mike Karen is the president of APG, he's been he
(08:37):
responsible for like ed Sharon Bruno mar like he a
big deal. What'd you do with the twenty thousand survived?
Everybody asked me that question, like but people think like
twenty thousand. You know what I'm saying today, that ain't
no money if you're handling your business, you know, But
to a kid like might look at it and be like, hey,
I'm about to go do this. Somebody go do that,
(08:59):
and then before you know what, they back like knocking
at their door like, man, you see me another ten thousand.
But but that's how people be blowing their money.
Speaker 4 (09:06):
I asked you that because I realized in the industry,
when people get a check, whether it's a little check
or a big check.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
They quit their job and they think that they made it.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
I like the fact that you got the money and
you said, man, I'm still about to keep going to
work and then coming back doing my music.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Man, you have to like you have to have financial literacy, man.
But that's that's really what you know, most people like
lacking because you got to think like people that do
music most of the time, like they come from a
poverty stricken environment. You know, we're not taught about credit.
We're not talking about the importance of importance of taking
care of your money and handling your business, paying your
bills first and then getting the drip. We weren't taught that.
(09:43):
You know. We taught go get the new ja's you
know what I'm saying, because they dropping, you know, the whip. Yeah.
So it's not taught that in our community. So it's like,
you know, we all of course we made mistakes. I'm
not gonna say I ain't gonna buy something with the
twenty grand What did you bott What did I na? Man?
And I like, I always wanted the ice ice, So
I ain't gonna get no chain or nothing. I went
(10:04):
and I bought a car. I bought a car. I
think I think I took like ten thousand of it
and went and bought a car. It was a nineteen
seventy two Shavy nov Okay, so that was like she
bought some transportation. Yeah, in the classic cars. Yeah. No,
I actually build like muscle cars, you know what I'm saying,
(10:25):
Like I build muscle cars, track race cards all that.
So how'd you get with him? Maker? Mike Carron actually
put me in here make on texts. When I did
my publishing deal, he put me in here, make on texts.
He was like, you know, guaranteed magic. The first night
I went to the studio with Hit, we we went
in the studio, we did like ten songs. It's me
Hit Krashan And we did like ten songs that first night,
(10:49):
and like we probably got like three placements out of
those first ten songs we did. But like, bro, we
basically been locked in every since, Like you know what
I'm saying, Like it been like some real you know,
we're from the same town, so like it being like
some some real brother shit, Like you know what I'm saying,
not just like helping me get into situations, but like
you know, giving me the knowledge, you know what I'm
saying of the game, Like you got somebody that came
(11:10):
from being an artist transitioned into being a producer, changing
his whole you know what I'm saying, identity and that
you can learn a lot from a man and have
done that in his business. It's still successful. Branded himself
for real, for real. So you know what I'm saying.
I was blessed to be, you know, tapping with him
and then like you know, other relationships happen. You know,
just throw me just putting in that work day in
day out, you know what I'm saying, being persistent.
Speaker 5 (11:31):
We'll be right back with more of a Baller Alert Show.
You're listening to a special edition of the Baller Alert Show.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
That what's up? It's your boy, Iris Scott and you've
now tuned into the Baller Alert Show.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
So you signed the radar. Yeah, you got to check
for twenty thousand. You're working, you have purpose, you know
what you want to do? Yeah, when did these twenty
placements come? So?
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Man, it had to be okay? So so I went
I went to La to go to APG, and I
didn't get signed to APG right away, So I went
and I went out there and Mike Karen basically was like,
you know, here's a studio. You know what I'm saying,
show me what you got. He's like, act like you ain't.
You ain't play one song for me. And so I
basically like I had the opportunity to do a session
(12:19):
in the morning, midday, and then at night, but I
took all sessions. I took every session, So I worked
three sessions a day. I was doing like ten songs
a session, going crazy. That's thirty songs a day. And
I was out there for like a month. Wow, mind
you right the day before when I when I went
down there. The day before I went down there, I
broke my foot skateboarding. So I went down there with
a boot, like you know, a little strap up boot
(12:40):
they go on your foot. So I, mind you, I
got a boot. I'm in La probably you know what
I'm saying, Like moving around studio to studio. You know
what I'm saying on crutches with a broke foot and
basically trying to secure my destiny. You know what I'm saying,
because you know, like your moments only only come every
so often. And I knew for sure like this was
this was my moment it to be you know Jordan
(13:01):
at the free throw line. So like I went down there,
broke foot and all I was in the studio Mai
my foot swelling in pain. But I was going through it,
you know what I'm saying, And I did what I
had to do. When I want to skateboard for basically,
bro like I want to do everything, like I don't
want to try whatever for So what songs came out
of it was that the twenty that eventually yeah so
(13:22):
so no, so when I when I went down there,
I wrote those songs and then I those songs just
kind of like started manifesting into like other situations. What
were some of them songs? Trippy read Rich motherfucker that
was a big one with with Polo g Dirk Peru
was one of those songs. We did Baddest in San Francisco.
(13:45):
I mean that's the record. Yes, that's the year we
did the Baddest. Yeah, Baddest, Yeah, we did that in
San Francisco. But I mean it was just kind of
like all over the place like Madonna, like Beyonce, like
it was just like that's crazy, it's hitting me with
the wave.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
And one time, So mentally, how what's the space here
are you in mentally at this particular moment, because.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Mind you, like people think you getting placements and you
rich instantly, but you ain't getting paid until next year
off any of those hits. So you can be walking
around with records number one and still basically be not
having no brand. So like, I'm in a lifestyle and
I'm around the people that's having the motion, having the money,
and I got the SIU broke, but I'm still broke,
(14:27):
you know what I'm saying. I'm still grinding. I'm still
having to go pick up contracting jobs and build frame
houses on the side while I got records on the radio,
you know, so most of the time, like people might
think like, oh you hot. So of course all your
family's like, oh he rich. You know what I'm saying.
But I see you got the pictures with the celebrities,
they see all that. Yeah, the urt, Yeah for sure,
(14:51):
that's definitely. So what was that? What was that big check?
The biggest? You know, you getting a lot of checks,
he said, the biggest, biggest. I feel like when I
first saw the first check from Peru, that's when I
was a big record. Yeah, when I saw that. When
I saw that that quarter come around, and that's just
(15:12):
a quarter. When I saw that quarter come around, I
was like, and what is a quarter for the audience?
So a quarter is like yo, it's broken up into quarters,
like four quarters like artists songs for years calendar. Yeah, yeah,
you get paid like per quarter.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
So is that spring, summer, fall, and winter?
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Yeah? Basically basically, And so was this.
Speaker 3 (15:32):
In the millions that you're publishing? Check came in?
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Decent it it was good, six figures. It had changed
your life, show for show, seven figures, show it had
changed your life. What'd you go after you after you
got that check? Man? I went went. I went home
to Chicago and brought my moms out here. Bout my
mom's a crab in l A from Chicago, Atlanta, Atlanta. Okay.
(15:56):
I basically moved like my whole family down here. Okay,
I'm like super like.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
That's actually fivefish because usually yeah, because usually you get
yourself together first and then but you got a family.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
But you gotta think, like I was already still kind
of like making money, like I already had like you
know what I'm saying, like property and stuff like that.
When I first like started so like it wasn't like
I got my publishing deal and I was broke, Like
I basically had to downgrade my life actually to pursue music.
Because when I was doing construction, I was making good money,
you know what I'm talking about it, I was making money.
(16:27):
I was making an honest living. So like when I
took that twenty thousand, I mean it was basically less
than the salary that I was gonna see like in
the next couple months anyway, So it was really like,
you know, God like humbling me and bringing me back down.
I had to go down to come up for real.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
Especially living in La for sure, and La balling is
different from.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Georgia bottom, that's true.
Speaker 4 (16:49):
But I like you keeping it real, man, because I
don't I don't like this perception on the internet to
where it's like people think just because somebody has a
day job that they're making less money than people that
are popping on social media in his industry, and a
lot of times people don't understand it's like a lot
of these people that have these nine to five jobs
(17:10):
are making a lot more money than people that you
really think are successful.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
I mean, like I call it the matrix all the time.
You know what I'm saying, Like, the business is an
illusion because it has to be. You know, people, it's
hard for kids to look up to somebody that don't
feel like they got something that they don't have. So like,
you know, it's an illusion that artists have to keep
up of their selves in order to show that, hey,
I'm worthy of you looking up to me. So it's like,
but a man with a regular job, he might be
(17:36):
getting paper. It's just basically about like what you put
your ten thousand hours into. If I put my ten
thousand hours into being a carpenter, I'm gonna get paper
being a carpenter. It don't You don't got to be
Like I was just telling my little brother the other
day play he played football. I was just telling him
the other day. I'm like, you know, football is great,
you know what I'm saying, But you gotta chase something
(17:58):
that is tasting you. You know what I'm saying. I
agree with that. So you know, you don't got to
be a superstar, you know what I'm saying, to have money,
you know, so.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
You writing all these big records, what makes you say,
you know what, I want to be an artist. Is
that something that you initially wanted to do?
Speaker 1 (18:15):
Yeah, I always like looked at myself as an artist
like I just always like looked at it. Like I
was telling you in the beginning. The people that I
looked up to, they were writers like first, so like
I was heavy like yo, yeah, like Neo to Dreams,
Sean Garrett like Rico. Love is so many like that
transition from becoming a songwriter. That was their path and
(18:37):
so like that, I always looked at my path like that,
Like I always like, you know, I'm gonna run it
up as a songwriter, get ht get people to know
my music, and then I'm introduce them to me. That's
a that's a plan. That's not a good plan to.
Speaker 4 (18:50):
Who's some of the people that you that you've been
working with or has it been hard to get you know,
people that you've written for to be like yo, I
want you to jump on my song.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Yeah, I ain't gonna lie. It's been like crazy love.
Like you know a lot of times, like when I
go in with an artist, they be like man, when
you dropping the project, Like most Wow, most artists are
like super like championing me. And that's I mean that
kind of pushed me in a direction because it was like,
you know, seeing people that are successful being artists and
them to look at you and not not just look
(19:20):
at you as a reference singer or like even like
labels like getting my demos and asking me Like it's
before I did my deal with Monarch, it was labels
hitting me saying, Yo, who's who's on the reference? Who's
this singing though? Who who's this guy? Like it's always
been like that, so that I mean, it's meant.
Speaker 4 (19:37):
Yeah, that sounds like with your own music, what's been
like the hardest thing for you to transition from a
songwriter to being your own artist.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
I feel like the only tough thing is like allocating
time when I'm tapping into who I am and where
I'm working with other artists, because like when I when
I'm writing for artists, like if I'm in Madonna moo,
like I'm getting them a dynam I feel like when
I'm writing a song for a artist, it's got to
be true to the artists, gotta be like they did it.
It's got to be like they thought of it. So
(20:08):
I'm so true to it. So if I'm tapping in,
it's just like an actor stepping in to play a role.
You know. It's like when Denzel's being Denzel, he gotta
tap in. It's the same with songwriting. If you want
to be one of the greatest, you know, you gotta
tap into the artists. We're not just writing songs down,
We're you know, creating moments based off, you know, bouncing
off another artist.
Speaker 4 (20:26):
So what mindset did you have to have when you're
writing a song for somebody like you know, Madonna, and
you gotta write a song and you gotta you know,
put this music out like you singing like a female.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
Man, I ain't gonna lie I'm a researcher. Like when
I'm about to go in with the artists, I do
my research. I basically I start they Instagram captions, I
see what they talking about, I see what they interested.
I see. I'm gonna stalk it so that when I
walk into the room, like I can really kind of
like before I'm actually talking to it. Or sometimes I
might not even get in the room with the artists,
(20:58):
so like I tap in. Man, like I'm not gonna
lie in. I'm not even gonna say that, like it's
all me, you know what I'm saying God, you know
what I'm saying, gives me the power. He puts it
in me to be able to, you know, shape shift
and be a trippy red, be a Madonna, be a
Dirk all at the same time. Like, God, just put
that on my life. You know what I'm saying. For real?
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Question, where are all these songs that do you write
on your phone? Like do you write it down? Because
at this point you got books.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
Yeah, you're writing so much music or something. I don't
be honest with you, Like when I first started writing,
like I played piano and I play guitar. When I
first started writing, I would start off writing on the guitar,
so I would be writing down, you know, my songs.
But like in the past, like two years, like I
don't even I ain't wrote nothing down, Like you know
what I'm saying anywhere. It's in your head. It's just
be in my head. Like most of the time, I'll
(21:46):
just write. I'll just write you know what I'm saying,
like you will remember it for sure for sure, Like
I don't. I ain't wrote nothing down in a while,
to be honest.
Speaker 5 (21:55):
We'll be right back. Stay tuned with more of the
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Speaker 1 (22:09):
Yo, what's up? It's your boy, I res Scott and
you've now tuned into the ball of Alert Show.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
So what is your particular style? Like you you write
for everybody else, but what is your style?
Speaker 1 (22:19):
My style is like a blend of like all those things,
Like I'm not like when I'm doing a song like
a dirt song, you know, I'm I'm speaking from a
place that I've been before. You know what I'm saying,
Like I've been like in the trenches. You know, when
I'm writing songs that are like country and sharing type
of songs, like I've been in those places, like I
(22:39):
went to school in Iowa. I've been in those environments.
So I'm true to everything. So like when you hear
I Rescott, it's gonna be a blend Like you, I
might have a song that's super R and B, but
then I might have a song on my project with Sukiyana.
Speaker 3 (22:55):
When I say I think, I mean to say like
sound kind of well, like what is your sound like?
When you listen to the Dream record? You know what's
the dream versus if you listen to a Beyonce record?
That he wrote or neo, he has a certain sound
versus if he writes for somebody else, Like do you
have your own sound?
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Yeah? Well, I feel like your sound is described by
the people. You know what I'm saying. When when the
consumer consumes you like that, they gonna take what they
love and then you give them more of that, you
know what I'm saying. But I agree with that. I'm versatile, man,
I'm just like sending out energy. Man, I'm trying to
send a real energy. You know what I'm saying to
people like I feel like whole say. You know what
(23:33):
I'm saying. First I had the ear, Now I got
their heart, you know what I'm saying, Like, I feel
like I want people to fall in love with the
person that I am, not just a tone that I
can do, because a tone of fade out, it'll get old,
you know. But if you're in love with the person,
it's nothing that they can do wrong.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
So what's the new record that you have out? Do
you have an album or is it just singles?
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Yeah? So first, I just recently dropped my single with
my brother Eric Belicher. Just like me, that things crazy,
they're like two million first week, But that was the
first single. Then the next single, We're about to Draw
with me feature in Queen Nije. It's a song called
My Mind, which is a banger. And then following that,
like shortly after that, we're gonna drop the first half
of my project, Ebony. It's called b You know what
(24:13):
I'm saying. Before Ebony, you got a plan? Man?
Speaker 3 (24:16):
You know where's that name come from?
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Well, basically, like it's the contrast to me. You know
what I'm saying. People might see me, they might be like, oh,
here a rapper. All he is, Oh he's an R
and B singer. But it's like I'm the contrast of
what you think. I'm the opposite of what you might
think of me. Are you signed? Yeah, my dad, my
artists deal with my nark okay, And how has that been?
It's been good? Good? You see me? What is that?
Speaker 3 (24:42):
What are some of your lessons that you've learned so
far being being in the industry?
Speaker 1 (24:47):
Man? Honestly, like when you meet good people in the business,
you gotta stay close to him because it's a rare thing.
Like this is a dark world, you know what I'm saying.
So I've just learned like to protect my energy and
also like take care, take here my money. You know
what I'm saying, and be productive. You know your moment
it can go as fast as it come for real,
So when you catch your moment and it's show time,
(25:08):
like stay keep your foot on their neck.
Speaker 4 (25:11):
Who's some of your mentors man? Because you I'm just
listening to you talking. You sounded like a wise man.
Who's some some of the people that mentor you.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
Man, I'm not gonna lie man like man the word
of God like guys me. You know what I'm saying,
Like you know what I'm saying. I don't have a
lot of people in my life that I could really
like look up to, you know what I'm saying. So
I just you know what I'm saying. I look to
God for my answers. You know what I'm saying. And
I'm inspired by like legends, you know what I'm saying.
And I see how they carry theyself. I see how
they moving, you know what I'm saying, Like people like Denzel,
(25:42):
people like Will Smith, you know, people like Kendrick Lamar,
Like you know, I see how they move. You know
what I'm saying, And you know I'm motivated by how
they move and the energy that they bring it to
the earth, and I feel like I gotta bring that energy.
That's just basically how I feel like. It's just like me,
just natural. Yes, some of your friends gonna be mad
at you with the answer though.
Speaker 2 (25:58):
Yeah, before we get about of here, I do wanted
to ask, like, what is the relationship situation like life
look for you because you're doing you're a songwriter and
you're an artist. Do you have time for love life?
Speaker 1 (26:11):
Yeah? I feel like it's I feel like it's two
different worlds. Like I feel like when I go to music,
I'm clocking into the world. I separate my worlds. You
know what I'm saying, Like, I'm not like like I'm
not like I'm giving myself to the world, but I'm
saving a part of myself for who I love. You
know what I'm saying, Like, I ain't giving. Is there
someone that you love for sure? Okay? Are you married
(26:32):
for sure? Okay?
Speaker 3 (26:34):
As long have you been married since the beginning of
your career?
Speaker 1 (26:38):
Okay for music? Because you deflect the nice and smooth right, Yeah,
now we're good.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
So you like keep your private life private.
Speaker 1 (26:50):
It's separate, separate world. Do you have any kids, yeah
for sure. Okay, separate world. Okay, I'm not.
Speaker 3 (26:58):
Pretty young, so I'm like, I.
Speaker 1 (27:04):
Like you want to see Yeah, I mean it's like
how much life have you had to have my wife
and kids and all that, Like you look really young? Okay,
back again, brother, Yeah, any time, I'm excited. Anything else
you got coming up? Projects coming up? I'm building, any
touring I'm gonna be. I'nna be coming out with some
(27:25):
of my homeboys making for show you got.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
We're supposed to do the interview with him Maker, but
then we couldn't get the time.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
Framework. Well we're work it out. That's my brother with
each other all the time for sure. And him Maker
is a good guy. No, for sure, I see him.
He not just champion me like if he if he
with you, he's gonna help you get in a position. It's
a lot of like you know, dark energy that like
people try to put on him, you know what I'm saying,
Like in his business that I see, But I ain't
(27:53):
got nothing but love for Bro for Bro for and
I've seen him like pick people up and put people
in position and get out the way. I'm saying, That's
what it's all about man, have you been performing and
all that? Nah? I haven't. Do you have a show
in mind?
Speaker 5 (28:06):
Like?
Speaker 1 (28:07):
Yeah, I got something I working on you? Nervous you
are you calling anybody? But are you calling anybody for advice?
Speaker 5 (28:14):
Like?
Speaker 3 (28:15):
You know Chris is a dancer. You know he's performing.
Are you going to be doing some choreography?
Speaker 1 (28:19):
I guarantee you this. When IY Scott come out, it's
gonna be something you've never seen before it.
Speaker 3 (28:25):
Well, like, is this gonna be like some Miguel where
you get the piercings in and you hang yourself.
Speaker 1 (28:30):
No, it's gonna be Ivory Scott. Is that your real name? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (28:35):
So that's on your drivers? Like, yeah, that's what?
Speaker 1 (28:38):
Oh that's your real names? Say that? I mean Drew
Hill isn't a real person? Said? You're pulling up?
Speaker 2 (28:48):
Brother?
Speaker 1 (28:50):
I looking forward to this one. So cool.
Speaker 3 (28:52):
Well, before get out of here, we got a pep
talk with I Scott is.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
Your boy, Ivy Scott? Man? Let your people, man, take
care of people, Keep your people close to you, man,
love who love you? You know what I'm saying to keep you?
Also a stream on new singles, just like
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