June 3, 2025 • 38 mins
Interview with Azad Of Emotional Oranges on The Bootleg Kev Podcast.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Yo, what up.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
I'm Azab from Emotional Oranges. Check me out right here
on the Bootleg CAV Podcast.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
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That's right, let's get into the interview, yo. Bootleg CAV
Podcast special guests in here one half Oranges. The Homie
Azade is here. What are you going buy zod right?
Or is that the old please know? Right?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
We stopped that ten years ago.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, So coming, my first name
Ad is here. Thank you sir, welcome, congrats on the
new project. Thank you. Uh. I don't want to I
know you guys kicked the album off with like a
vibe instrumental that's kind of like, what what is the
name of this fucking album? I don't want to miss?
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Album is called Orange and it means orange in Korean
and Japanese because we made most of the record in
Tokyo and soul Fire.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Why why why? Like, I guess what was the the inspirations?
What was the inspiration to do the whole project out there?
Speaker 2 (01:45):
I mean truthfully, like we just grew up on Japanese
street culture, anime, babe, my bad, yeah, I mean, babe,
all the shit that happened in the two thousand and farrow,
but Korea embraced.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
The lot of our music.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
So for whatever reason, the shit went crazy out there
in twenty twenty right as a pandemic hit. And I
think we're the point in our careers where like you
want to give love to people that are giving it
to Sure, So the Tokyo thing was just like innately,
I've been wanting to make records there since I was young,
and I think Korea it was like more of an
evolved learned love if you will.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Yeah, Korea is such an interesting market because like the
fans are like fans, like they like, you know, even
Tokyo's like that my friends in a group will the
group broke up. There's a group out there called bad
Hop that's like they sold out the Tokyo Dome. Huge group.
But my boy Vingo, they were telling me, just like
the fans out there, they'll buy everything everything if you
got lansols, Like he was showing me some of the
(02:46):
product lines that they're gonna drop and I'm like, really,
like they're buying it. He's like, dude, it's like you
got it. Like the fans in Asia will show up
with their you know, with their with their wallet and
like support for real. Absolutely So yeah, no, that's dope.
But it's like when you guys are in uh, I know,
you told me you have a show coming up in Korea.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Yeah, so we're doing a little like many Asia run.
We're playing Green Room Festival in Tokyo this weekend on Saturday,
May twenty fourth.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
We're kind of like low.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Ki better fly there soon, shit, right, you jump a
whole day ahead. We're going to Shang High for the
first time, never been in China. Some juice stuff for that. Yeah,
and then we got like a low key, like little
co headline slot at Soul Jazz Fest, playing Castpo Dumb,
which is like the biggest stadium out there.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
I'm excited. I mean, I'm more juiced up for the
live band. We can't afford it obviously for these like
one offs, right, but we're putting together like a four
piece for the fall, doing two palladiums in LA, So
you better pull up.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Yeah, that's big, that's dope, that's huge. Yeah. I don't
know anybody who's done back to back palladium shows really.
Usually it's like a one off. Nipsey did one, Roddy
did one. I think Blast might have did too.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
He might have blue the first one out and then
the second one.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Was it might have been like, shit, we need to
do another one.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Far Look we did. We saw that palladium in twenty
twenty three. Yeah, but as you know, like the jump
from Palladium so like and the Greek's not the right
venue for us.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yeah, it's almost like the Palladium, like like you said,
the next jump up is like is it Hollywood Bowl?
Is it Staple Staples? Yeah? Yeah, which is it?
Speaker 2 (04:22):
You know, that'd be a dream for sure. Being an
LA native, I refuse to call it crypto, but yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
I wonder how long they're going to go with the
crypt I guess as long as crypto. I always thought
I thought Crypto was dying and then you know, they
popped back up this last you know, six months. Yo.
So how how did you and you know your your
your member in this group meet because I know you
as a rapper from back in the day, the blog era. Yeah,
(04:49):
I feel like I might have found you on Too
Dope probably boys. Yeah, I don't even know if you
were on two Dope bois yet honestly, maybe really, I
don't know. I think you might have reached out me
on Twitter or something. I don't know. Yeah, you had
a song Spiderweb Spider Webs, which was like a no
doubt flip cold Play cold Play flip. Okay, okay, okay,
(05:10):
yeah shit you got a good memory. Yeah, it's a
long time ago, but uh, you know, obviously you've had
a long journey throughout the music industry. You also were
doing some behind the scenes stuff. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
So I signed a bad production deal, and like, I
don't want to say bad production deal because the people
were genuinely good people, but we wanted different things and
and they were kind of at the cusp of like
the old guard needing radio so on and so forth.
I opened up for people like dot Q, most Deaf.
I got some really good slots before we signed that
(05:41):
like that deal, and you know, for better or for worse,
it didn't work out. But I got to learn how
to do everything else, Like, oh shit, okay, if they're
not going to send my records to radio, let me
hit the people that are putting young artists on.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Let me hit people like Eske and Nation and not
right man, Yes, sir, you know, so yeah, long, what
was your question I was saying, I don't think. I
think I was kind of just laying out your your history.
You had a long history because you went from being
an artist and then you were then you started doing
a lot of behind the scenes shit too.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Yep, executive producing A and r Ing. I got to
learn a lot, and I think one of the main
things I learned is like that fire to make my
own stuff was never going to be you know, quenched
or whatever.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Right helping other artists to being behind the scenes. Yeah,
it's like yea, you you're an artist, so you have
a niche.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
You kept making shit right, you know. So even though,
like all due respect to Zoo, took a lot today,
Dante is one of my best friends, the creator of
the and the producer, one of the one half of
the group. He actually helped produce on a rengie what Energi?
So yeah, we we had a good run over at
the Mind of Virginia's camp that was like twenty fifteen
(06:51):
to twenty eighteen, and then I got back in my like,
you know, my own bag, my own artist.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Shit, what is uh? I guess the the genesis of
this group? When do you guys decide to do this?
Because it is initially you guys were very like secretive
about your identities. I feel like, yeah, it was very
much like what is this emotional oranges? Shit? What the
fuck is in the most orange? No?
Speaker 2 (07:14):
And at the end of twenty fifteen, I started making
demos for EO, and it was basically the entire my
whole singing bag, like the funkier R and B productions
I kind of separated from, like all the AZAD stuff
was Okay, I'm rapping, rapping, struggle rapping, whatever it was.
And then the stuff that was more melodic became EO.
(07:34):
And from twenty fifteen to twenty eighteen, I made like
thirty or forty ideas. Me and my boy Will, my roommate,
and my best friend was dating Valley, and so Valley's
the other half of Emotional Oranges, and she was signed
to I think Benji at Rostrom. Okay, so she had
done shit with like Mac and Wiz and everything like that,
but I think they were trying to maybe turn her
(07:57):
into more of kind of that pop direction, right, and
we really just vibed, Like we wrote our first record
together in thirty minutes. She had kind of heard like
the work that I'd made for EO, and and we
put out Volume one together. So if she jumped on
the first song we put out, motion wasn't featuring her,
and then everything after that we did together. So yeah,
(08:20):
I mean it's been an honor, like she's like the
perfect yin to my yang, I'm more kind of calm
collected on stage.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
She's really an incredible performer.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Yeah, and then I would say, I'm, you know, my
strong suit is more like in the studio, the creative shit.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
Yeah, what would you because because the vibe of emotional
Oranges is so like I would say, unique compared to
like a lot of other stuff in the marketplace, how
would you guys describe I guess the the concoction of
genres that is emotional oranges. It's good question, keV.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
I would say, like my my north Stars would be
like Shahda Gorillas and Daft Punk. Okay, Like in terms
of the R and B shit, I love Basement Era,
you know, Devonte Swing. And then the three females tone
wise that I love were like Janet, Aliyah and Uh
and obviously Shade. So finding that sultry, you know, elegant
(09:17):
gentle voice was always like my that's what I gravitate too, Right,
So I think meeting Valley has been like the perfect concoction.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
For sure. It's like a great marriage of science. You
obviously you were able to kind of go through like
as much of like an industry boot camp as you
could to prepare yourself. I guess maybe without knowing for
this emotional Orange ad venture. What was it about what
you guys did from just the artist to consumer, you know,
(09:49):
relationship that resulted in the success you had with connecting
with fans in a way that you weren't able to
do maybe as a odd right.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Right, Nah, that's a great question. I think you know
you get what you give, and I think I learned
that the hard way. On all the Azad stuff, I
didn't really I wasn't self aware. I couldn't like step
out of myself and look at it like a project, right,
Everything was so personal, and I think with EO, I'm like,
I'm working on a project and so I'm able to
(10:21):
look at it like I'm making shit that I love,
but at the end of the day, like what I
want to wear that, what I want to use that
candle at the crib? Is this vinyl something that when
I step into a shop that I'd want to cop
and not just put so much of myself into it
in the sense of like that I can't step away
and view it from the outside in. That was my
biggest issue.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
As an artist, right.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
I felt like I was I was doing a lot
of things.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Just for myself selfishly and not thinking about the fans
experience or like the consumer.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
You know, when you're young and dumb. I did all
my raps when I was like in my early twenties, right,
And when I made EO, one of the main goals
I had was like, I want people our age, but
then like you know, nineteen twenty year olds and then shit,
my mom, I want my mom to come enjoy a gig.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Right. So were you guys like very was it purposeful
to kind of be as mysterious as possible initially? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (11:11):
I think your anonymity is your protection, right. I think,
like because there was like this era where it was
like the weekend was like super mysterious, and then I
remember twenty four hours for a sec.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Nor yeah, and then everyone was like wait a minute,
we yeah he was that's Royce rizy. But do you like, like,
what was the thought process with that? Because it's people
might think it would be harder to connect with fans
not necessarily having like a a face to connect with
the music, you know what I mean?
Speaker 2 (11:42):
Like, yeah, but I feel like textures. I feel like
the world that we built with Brando.
Speaker 1 (11:46):
That's what it feels like. It feels like you guys
built like a universe.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
And to be honest with you, people ask, oh, how
did you pop off in Asia? Like like that wasn't intentional,
Like because we weren't showing ourselves. Everyone could see themselves
in us to some extent. And I think the stories
we were telling it is like we're not out here
making like music is detrimental to people's lives. It's all
rooted in love. And that was the other thing. I
think having the experience of like taking some l's as
(12:13):
a solo artist, I was able to look back and go,
I want to make sure that age is well too,
because you have you had that luxury now, right, Like
I put out my first EO project when I was
twenty nine, right, I just turned thirty six, right, So
I've been in it, you know.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
You know what I'm saying. So it's been a journey.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
It's been a journey. And yeah, damn aging myself up here.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
It happens, it happens. We're all a we're getting there ready.
It's nice, it's nice, it's fine. What what do you
remember when you felt like the the rubber was hitting
the road in terms of you guys, like there was
real traction where you're like, oh, this, this idea, this
that this, because it's a risk, it's a bro.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
We had four songs out, We put up a tour.
Everything blew out.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
L Ray in La.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
I remember there's people coming to the L Ray show
and they actually the best moment ever. Darkest who did
our JV he was the chairman of Island, came to
the Bowery Ballroom in New York and he was like, did.
Speaker 1 (13:10):
You guys pay people to come? That?
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Shit was blown out? We have four songs out, seven
hundred and fifty people singing every word. Wow, And there
was like SoundCloud leaks and shit like that. Obviously, But
our tape came out in twenty nineteen in May. First
one second one came out in like November or December.
We had Coach Hella the following year. Crazy, so that when.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
That's like that happens, do you feel that happening?
Speaker 2 (13:37):
The answer to your question is live the moment that
we played those like Toronto, London, La San France, Chicago,
like when I saw people in real life, not just
the internet shit like commenting right and not just comingto
the show, like knowing the cut cut, the song that
we didn't.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Put out a single, like the random album cut.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
They were buying every piece of merch. I was like,
this is some six shit.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Like this is different. This is different. Yeah, this is
not what I was used to. On the wrap side,
I had to feel good though it felt good. It's
like feels good yeah, Like I mean, dude, I feel
like if any artist like gets to the point where
they can sell out any show, let alone the Palladium,
you know, and have people singing in your shit, it's like,
all right, all this, all this shit that I've been
(14:20):
going through, Like you said, it's been a long journey.
It's like it's gotta be like it was for something,
you know, it's paying off. Yeah. That's dope, man, Congrats
on that. Thank you. You were able to work with
some dope females on this project. Becky g La Legend,
that's my dog man. She is amazing.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
She's blessed us twice now. She was on down in Miami.
Speaker 1 (14:42):
Yeah, she's she's incredible man. Yeah, and she's a professional too.
Hell of a power ranger.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Okay, she was in the power There's no Becky hate
on this side I'm not doing.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
I'm not hating.
Speaker 3 (14:52):
I'm saying she killed it in the Power Ranger. But
she's a great artist, of course. Yeah matter she has
an aura aura. I will say this, there's a few
artists I've met that have like an aura. And when
I met Becky g I was like, you get it,
I get it. Have you met Jesse Jesse Rays?
Speaker 1 (15:06):
Yeah, she's amazing. Oh yeah, I was the Other thing
Jesse Ray is his voice. Want to talk to her.
It sounds like it's very like unique to describe because
you'll have a conversation with her. She has like like
a little raspy voice, you know. Yeah, and it's like, oh,
that sounds like Jesse.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
She to me like that was two That was like
a hail Mary getting them on that record. Yeah, because
I wanted to back in the day even like Destiny
Child shit, where like you would have three females barring out.
I wanted that as the first Everyone's like, why.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Are you going with that five minute song? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Candy Gum was that for me? Like that funky just
talking shit. And I've never seen someone write like Jesse Wright.
She's like hove No, she.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Is a incredible man. Yeah, I think I always kind
of like look at like some of the like, you know,
because I think a lot of people on the hip
hop side like first heard her through like Am or
Big Sean because she's worked with both. Yeah, but I
always like I remember, like like I feel like Eminem
has such a great like ear for like singer songwriter chicks.
(16:09):
You know what I'm saying, Skylar Gray, Yeah, and even
Pink and Shit, yeah you're going back. But Jesse, Jesse
like her. She's incredible, man, she is a special jesse Res.
That's my dog, the Canadian goat man.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
I tried to sign Jesse ten years ago. Really, yeah,
So I think a lot of what ended up, you know,
the culmination of EO was like the relationships that I
built for time. Obviously, me and the team, Like my
manager brit is really close with Becky's camp.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
I'm over playing your guys is shit on my phone? Oops?
That Wrick is crazy? Get me your friend, dude. I
really like the main Squeeze song and vibe.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
You want to tell people what you said off camera
about us? H fake sampling?
Speaker 1 (16:50):
Diddy? Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah. So you guys have
a song track too. It's called that Girl. So when
I played the song, I was like, oh, they flipped
I Need a Girl Part two, And then in my
head I'm thinking, like also kind of a brave flip
in with everything going on, they were like fucking no.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
I saw like multiple fucking fiends on TikTok no.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
So there's a song. It's it's called that Girl.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
Yes, emotional oranges that Girl, Yesmber one, two, three, four five.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
And it has a very similar riff to I Need
a Girl Part two. We played them back to back
and and I stand by my is it a sample? No,
it's not a sample. Okay, isn't a sample.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
But I stand me hemmed up, you're the fucking fed.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
I stand by my mistake. It's an easy mistake to make,
yeah for sure, because if you it's it's a similar
you know, it's a similar riff. Yeah, vibe, it's a
similar vibe. Yeah yeah. And it's called back to General
and it's called that Girl.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
I was telling you the origin story. Yes, I was
listening to Marcus Houston's That Girl, Okay, and that inspired it.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
Shout out to Marcus Huston. Man, it doesn't get enough credit. Yes,
I am x immature. The legend Also, what show was
he on? Oh? The Brandy Show? Was Monique? Or what
the fuck was what was Dan? Brandy? Fuck?
Speaker 2 (18:13):
She had her body at work?
Speaker 1 (18:14):
Is deep? Her body brand? Moesha? She was? He was
on Moosha? Was he? Yeah? Okay he was little the
little little brother dude in that show. Yeah, shout out
to a got your history? You're showing your age, my guy.
We're close eighty nine, eighty eight, eighty seven, eighty seven, okay,
yeah yeah, but yeah. So so if you're listening, if
(18:36):
you listen to the album that it is not a sample.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
It's not a sample. Did not sample Diddy. I would
never do such a thing.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
Especially now, especially now, fair point. What part of La
are you from?
Speaker 2 (18:47):
I grew up on the West Side, so I've lived
everywhere from Venice to Santa Monica to Culver City to
West Hollywood.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
Yea, so the Valley. Now I live in the Valley
and West LA. It feels like so are bro I
refuse like I live in Burbank. So I had to
go to Santa Monica three times last week because I
had I what my tesla. I got into a crash
and I had to.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Oh, this is big ass tesla truck outside.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
So the collision center is in Santa Monica. I don't
feel bad for you, but it's just so far. It's
so far. It's just very far. It is far. It's
like it's your timing. It's yeah. Like I we went
to the beach this past weekend when my kid was
out of school, and I was like, babe, how old
was your kid? He's eleven? Oh damn, yeah, how you've
(19:33):
done all these plaques and you gotta fucking have a
nineteen year old. You have a nineteen year old and
en year old. Yeah you got I got a grown man.
You're fucking full. Yeah, yeah, you do for no nothing.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
My kids are right here.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
They're here, ladies and gentlemen, my kids. Can people, can
people buy these vinyls right now.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
And please do go support that. This is crazy. This
is Juice Volume three, that's still Emo. Look at the
double sided joint.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
That's the back is dope. So you were able to
put these out independently. Yeah, so shout out to Tune.
Shout out to tunjy Man, great guy, that's my brother.
Because you guys had signed with him.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
We had signed with darkas at Island and then when
Tungji came into death Jam he so graciously moved us
over right, and then we just had to think and
we were like, you know what, I think at this point,
it makes sense for us to try this thing indy
and just like follow my sword type shit, because if
we're gonna fail, I want to do it on my
dime and not on somebody else's. Right, and some of
(20:30):
the things that we wanted were I don't fault people
for not seeing it exactly how you see it, right.
I'm not talking about Tunge, I'm saying in general.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
In general for sure. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
So if you want to spend, you know, if you
want to lose one hundred and fifty grand on tour
every tour, azad go do it yourself. Don't rely on
somebody else to.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
Yeah. So you guys were like TUNGI released the old
stuff to you guys to be able to drop vinyls
and all that.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
No, so that we can do. But Tunge and the
Trees kind of allowed us to take the music we
were working on that we were gonna put out through
them and.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Just take run with it.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
That's that's big, yeah, because that's huge.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
A lot of times, you know, I got a couple
of friends who are on Atlantic and then they just
left and they're like, yeah, anything Atlantic paid for they need,
it's theirs or they need it. Yeah, which makes sense yeah,
you know legally. Yeah. I mean if they paid for
it and it's recorded at you know, Atlantic Studios, and
they pay for the track, they pay for the producers
and mixing, Yeah for sure.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
So for us to have these long story short big
shot out to Tunji LaTrece Maria.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Really amazing people. What are the things you've been able
to kind of learn from your previous experiences working with
like an independent label from behind the scenes and apply
it to this group and your guys' uh, you know
indie journey so far. That's a great question.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
It takes a village. Yeah, And I think, like I said,
looking back on the solo shit I did, I didn't
realize how many people it took so incentivizing. You know,
my manager Brittany, making her a proper partner as opposed
to like some commission bullshit. We own the label together.
My best friend brand On, my art director. He has equity.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
The producers.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
The two main producers I work with Child and then
Dante from they working on other projects with them, you know,
our label at this point, I think in twenty twenty
five we're going to help make twenty artists over one
hundred grand a year.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (22:26):
So the fact that we've been able to build these
two labels and provide for other people and lift their
you know shit up, it's been able to help lift
our at ours at the same time. So like Dominique Xavier,
who's going to be playing keys and synth base in
our band. We put out his solo classical record which
(22:46):
is going crazy right now.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
And he's you know, Prince picked him out from Obscurity.
Buddha who's playing bass on our tour, we're doing and
be an experimental record with him right now.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
So it's like, I think what.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
I've learned is how do you Yeah, it's just like
give and take shit, bro, it's regular fucking real life friendship.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Yeah too. And I feel like, you know, like as
an independent artist, you have to kind of make sure
every rock is lifted in terms of like how to
figure out how to monetize the music because there's like
streaming is people get so caught up in like obviously
your guys are stuff streams like crazy, but people get streams,
all right, but you guys do well. We do well. Yeah,
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but you know, like a lot of artists are very
like so wrapped up in gung ho on like playlisting
and nah. And it's like, dude, like it like, if
your eye is on that ball, you're not going to
develop everything that really matters. And that's like your relationship
with fans, like getting good at live, yeah, and your
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live shows.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
I think too many artists are ass live and I
think that's something that like, you can boast all you
want about tickets, but if people come and they see
some booboo, they're never coming back.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
I just saw a show from one of my favorite
rappers who's new. He sold out the Palladium a few
weeks ago.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
Oh shit, hey, don't put him out a much.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
Gonna be a part of this. His live show was
not very well. It was not very good. It was
very amateur. Yeah. I was so dissent because I love
this guy's music. I bought a shirt but Vinyl, you know, damn.
Yeah that's heartbreaking. Yeah it was. It was disappointing. But
he also said on stage, I'm not really good at
(24:29):
this performing ship. So I think he knows he's not good,
but he's trying. Sure. Okay.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
Look I think for me, yes, I'm really lucky. Valley
in my group is incredible live, and I've like understood
how to play my position. I'm more of a role
player live, right, and I think understanding.
Speaker 1 (24:48):
You bring the con vibes. Yeah, I got auld.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
Two step, you know, I can.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
Juice you know. But I think it's just like you're
not singing over your lyrics. It's like if you three
in press play and then like stood on stage for
like half your verse while it just plays.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
Is that what he did?
Speaker 1 (25:03):
Yeah? And I was like damn.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
I was like that's terrible.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
Yeah, No, we don't.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
We don't do the back in track. Bullshit, you better like.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
It was got to come correct. There's another like I
could say this because it's obvious. Are we good turn
turn it this way? Yeah? And then there's like the
live show thing is like so crazy because that works
for some people. Because I saw Playboy Cardi multiple times
recently and he doesn't perform. You show all your emotion
(25:32):
on your face. No, he doesn't perform. The song just
plays okay, and he's just going shit. But like there's
there's fire being lit lit off everywhere.
Speaker 2 (25:44):
He's a boutleg Kev's opinion and he no, no, no,
I'm not saying it's it works for him.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
It's just something about him being there.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
And like, I don't know if I want you to
come to our show like a playboy.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
CARDI shows like an insane it's like an insane listening party.
It's it's just.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
Let's let's switch the subject. He was actually good live.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
Who you good? I know this is like she's huge,
but I think Doja Cat is. Oh, she's incredible, a
fucking alien live, incredible. I saw her. I'm not really
into like pop music. I think she's an amazing MC,
but obviously she's pop, but I had to go see
her tour.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
Wait wait, wait, you're not gonna just grace over like that.
She's an incredible MC. She's pop because she's popular.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
Yeah, but she also is like she kind of got
into the like juice like a Juicy with Tiger and
all those records. There are more pop records where she
was doing more singing.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
But I know you're a radio I know you're a
radio guy.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
No, No, I think I think we need to talk about elite. Elite.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
What is what is our genre to you?
Speaker 1 (26:43):
I think it is uh yeah, I feel like no, no,
I feel like y'all genre is very like That's why
I said it earlier. It's like it's it's unique. I
don't know it's a. It's a it's a culmination of
a lot. Okay, it's kind of it feels like like
like when you said you create your own world. That's
what it feels like too with the music. Okay, Like
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (27:02):
Being kind, but like I really want to be honest.
I want like a black and white answer because I'll
be honest. I think a lot of the playlist ship,
a lot of radio ship the same conversation is happening,
which is like, but it's not R and B.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
But it's not. To me, it's very it's very R
and B esque.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
It has soulful cores, it's knocking drums. I think it's
R and B has funky bass.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
I think it's to me when I listen to your ship,
it's R and B. Okay, it's it's it's R and B.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
All right, Yeah, we're gonna clip this up and send
It's all the programmers that are like it's a.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
Little too po for me, well, they're all full of ship. Yeah.
Fuck radio and I'm on the radio one hundred cities.
But you know, no, But well, you talk about amazing performers,
I think Doja cat Is When I saw her, She's incredible. Yeah.
Her arena tour, she had no outfit changes. It was
just her on stage the whole like you know most times,
like when you're that big, there's changes, and no, she
(27:54):
was just up there rocking it solo. No day.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
It was give me somebody like more at our level?
Speaker 1 (27:59):
Who Who I Love Live? That's just incredible. I'm trying
to think newer Doci. I haven't seen Doci live, so
she's great. I speaks to her live show. I have
not seen her live. Who's Fire? That's like me new?
(28:22):
That's new because I'm thinking most of the guys that
are like new that I've seen live are just okay
and I fuck with them.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
Dejon's Dope Live?
Speaker 1 (28:30):
Have you seen him? Sanfa's Dope Live. I'm trying to
think who I saw that was crazy? Bro I have
is Dope live. I haven't got new, but I haven't
seen a like a newer rapper because I mostly go
to rap shows that like really blew me away in
a long time. Foggy Raw is dope. I don't know
(28:51):
who that is. You gotta check him out, check out
shout Foggy. That's a great name, he's great. Who the
fuck is dope live? I don't know.
Speaker 2 (28:59):
I think Isaiah Falls is dope live.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
Yeah, I've so like I've been to some dope rap shows,
but they're very just like running the mill. I mean,
I didna say rap.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
I said in general, I said, what show who is
dope that you fuck with live? That's a real.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
Question in terms of the new Like the best show
I've been too recently was common in Pete Rock. Yeah
that makes sense. That was amazing. Yeah, that makes sense.
But like, yeah, I mean who else was hard Man?
Yeah of course. Yeah, But we're talking like.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
You can't give you a superstar answer. Give me somebody
like no.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
Shit, sassors fire, no shit, yeah, no ship. I saw
Exhibit with a live band the other night.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
That's crazy, that's crazy.
Speaker 1 (29:43):
That was dope.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Exact I rap for exhibit when he was on Soul
Assassins like thirteen years ago.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
Damn, wherever the fuck that was? That was dope. I
got a photo of him shouts of Soul Assassins. Yeah.
That a Muggs studio is like a ninety second walk
from my front door of my house.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
Who else is tight live? I mean, oh, man, the
West coast right now? Who's coming out the West?
Speaker 1 (30:12):
That's Oh?
Speaker 2 (30:13):
The Sacred Souls is dope live. Okay, check them out.
They're a dope band.
Speaker 1 (30:17):
I think my homegirl Twee is dope live. She's a singer,
she's huge. Oh shit, Yeah, she just sold out her
solo tour. She opened up for LM on tour two okay,
and she opened up for kay Lonnie on tour. Oh.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
K one is dope. You know that is k w N. Yeah,
they're fucking fire. You fugle her?
Speaker 1 (30:39):
Yeah? Yeah, I don't know, man, I feel like I
mostly go to like grimy rap shows.
Speaker 2 (30:44):
You don't struck me as a grimmy rap guy anymore.
Speaker 1 (30:46):
I still am buddy. Really, it's just to get in
my car and it's just fucking bar or it's the
it's like one of these nights by the Eagles, you
know what I mean. It's like I got I got
like my fucking an old seventies rock playlist, or it's
like melt your face off hip hop.
Speaker 2 (31:06):
It's wait, So, how did you hear about EO? Did
Roy sent it two?
Speaker 1 (31:09):
Initially? You just saw it on the blogs. I saw
it on the blogs initially. I feel like, I don't
remember when I connected that you were in the group,
but I think I might have hit you. You did hit me,
But it wasn't like I didn't know Rory was managing
you guys till wait later. So I didn't realize that
Rory was a part of your guys' team until after
(31:30):
I already had heard of you guys, and I think
someone I think maybe the label serviced the record. Really
think it's a label, okay, And and somehow I figured out.
I was like, oh shit, I think maybe you had
posted it on my Instagram song yeah, And I was like,
oh oh shit, what I think that's what happened. How
did you guys link with Rory? I DM?
Speaker 2 (31:50):
He wants to say he heard it himself, but I
DM Rory the record and and we ended up linking
in person. He still didn't know it was me. He
thought I was just like, he's like the label or something. Yeah,
And then I think when he found out and he
just like fucked with the whole team. He was like, Yo,
I'm downe to help. However, at the time him and
Maul were still fucking with Joe right, and we also
(32:13):
talked about like how I could be helpful for him
because he had the concept for the album at the
time for his project.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
His project is Dope Too, and he's working on another
one right. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (32:20):
That we're putting out a Masago Freddie record Fire.
Speaker 1 (32:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (32:24):
I'm sure I was sending it to you soon, but
I sent him the mix back this morning.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
Dope. Yeah. Shout to Freddy Man. That record is incredible.
Freddy is a dope. Are you a coffee guy? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (32:37):
So I need some reciprocity. I needs you to be
on my show. It's called Extra Hot Coffee.
Speaker 1 (32:42):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (32:43):
Every city we tore in, Okay, this is like a
shameless play.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
I gotta do it.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
Every city we tore in, I check out the three
best coffee shops and I'll go with somebody from the city.
So like Ari Shafir was here on My Favorite Comedians.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
Shout out to Ari Man. I love that guy. So
we took him out.
Speaker 2 (32:57):
Becky, we did ngle We did three best coffee shops
in Englewood. You're not from here.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
So maybe I'll bring you to Phoenix.
Speaker 2 (33:03):
Bring you to Phoenix, go to the Van Buren Show,
and take you out for some coffee.
Speaker 1 (33:07):
Let's do it. What makes good coffee?
Speaker 2 (33:11):
I think it depends on what you like. For me,
my drink is the extra hot oat flat white. And
I used to be a barista and people like to
tell me, don't burn the milk.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
Don't. I wanted to.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
I wanted to sit right in my gut if I
haven't taken a shit yet. I want that coffee to
kind of activate like a laxative. Oh yeah it does, right, yes,
So for me, I like it like one fifty five,
just get cut right through. Temperature is one thing, So temperature,
I would.
Speaker 1 (33:36):
Say the bean.
Speaker 2 (33:37):
For me, it's like I prefer a lighter roast personally,
like a Colombian will be ideal.
Speaker 1 (33:43):
Okay. I enjoy shitty coffee, like I can go to
seven eleven and make a coffee that I fucking love
your filth. You put a whole bunch of creamer and shit.
No no, no, no no no. I could drink it.
I could drink the Brazilian at seven eleven by itself
black if I'm full, fully out you know, but uh,
ketode out. But I also love I like to go
(34:05):
to a diner and when they just keep filling the
cup up, you like that, just that cheap, just that,
and then nah, that's so good now, is it? Nah?
I feel like there's coffee snobs though this is a
real thing.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
I would say I'm definitely snob ish, yeah, ish, because
like I fuck with Starbucks.
Speaker 1 (34:24):
No, you don't. I mean I don't. I don't. I
don't want to go. I'm not doing this, by the way,
By the way, by the way, I don't fuck with
Starbucks because we don't align on some things. You know
what I was gonna say. With that being said, in general,
as a consumer in my life, I've enjoyed some Starbucks.
Speaker 2 (34:40):
How many cups of coffee do you have a day?
keV oh Man?
Speaker 1 (34:43):
Honestly, on on Mondays and Wednesdays, we meet to record
my radio show, but first we go to breakfast at
Magnolia Grill.
Speaker 2 (34:50):
You're just out in your whole shit that everyone's gonna
pull up every struggle round and our waiter probably pours
seven to eight.
Speaker 1 (34:57):
Cups while we're sitting there for you, for the whole squad,
for me in a mug, like a mug like this.
Speaker 2 (35:02):
Wait, do you like the way that smells? By the way,
it smells amazing fantastic? Right, Oh yeah, this ship is
a vibe. I will take this to the office.
Speaker 1 (35:10):
You see that mass is great. You guys have your
own candles? Come on, man, are these for sale? Yes?
Speaker 2 (35:15):
Okay, I will say I think that probably those are
probably sold out, the bonified ones, but the body and
soult ones you can still.
Speaker 1 (35:21):
This smells ridiculous, amazing. Yeah, I would say I'm not
a coffee I'm a coffee and I enjoy coffee.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
I don't think the shells for you, but you can go.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
I want to go, well do, but but I love coffee.
I drink a lot of coffee.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
Okay, So let's say you're not Keto. What's your order
when you're going iced camel? Na, the shell is not
for you. You like milkshakes, you don't like coffee.
Speaker 1 (35:45):
You know, an iced camel macchiato that's a milkshake, or
an ice just black coffee? Okay, I just do strake colebrew.
Speaker 2 (35:53):
You know who Joe Manganello is, the actor Sophia Vergara. Yeah, yeah, okay,
so we just said episode with him because he has
a movie coming out called Noonah's Okay with Nat last.
Speaker 1 (36:04):
Week it's out. It's out. I just saw it.
Speaker 2 (36:06):
It's out, okay, So Joe Maganela, let me fix this.
Joe Maganilo and Vince Vaughn just dropped Nonah's. I have
not watched it yet, but it came out last week.
Speaker 1 (36:14):
Yeah, it's our Netflix share. I heard it's amazing.
Speaker 2 (36:16):
So we did an episode in Venice, and Joe is
a he's a coffee connoisseur as well, but he likes
to try the specials at each coffee shop. So I
ended up getting this one at Little Lunch that had
like a dragon's egg in it, and it was.
Speaker 1 (36:31):
You talk to me about milkshakes. It was you're getting
happy meal. Yeah, but it's that's fucking filth.
Speaker 2 (36:38):
And for me, if I'm doing coffee, I want to
maintain the the clarity of it.
Speaker 1 (36:43):
So I enjoy when I have like a black coffee,
I enjoy it not being great, if that makes sense.
Like I like to slow burn on the other It's like, what.
Speaker 2 (36:56):
What was your first experience having coffee?
Speaker 1 (36:58):
Fuck? Uh a milkshake? Yeah, there you go.
Speaker 2 (37:03):
I feel like you be the kind of person that
they go to Phils. You know what Phill's coffee shop is.
Speaker 1 (37:06):
Yeah, I know Phils. They do like the mint moheato.
I like the commission here in Burbank is okay. There's
a place called Black Elephant Coffee. That's good. Okay, So
would you see your episode in Burbank? You can take
us to your local spots. I'm a Bourbank guy, let
me know. Fair enough, fair enough? All right? So, look,
the album is out, albums out. You can the pre
order for the vinyls up. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (37:25):
Actually, yeah, how'd you know? Probably your research? Yeah, yeah,
the pre order for or ng is up.
Speaker 1 (37:31):
Now.
Speaker 2 (37:31):
The tour tickets are on sale, well, they will be
by the Times comes out.
Speaker 1 (37:35):
When's the tour kickoff in the US?
Speaker 2 (37:37):
September tenth? Okay, so, and the LA shows are October.
Speaker 1 (37:40):
Ninth and October tenth. Yeah, that's big. I expect you
to be there. Kef I will be at one of
those two, if not both, first night, second night, you
tell me man, Yeah, and then uh yeah the Asian
runs this weekend.
Speaker 2 (37:53):
Yeah, I leave tomorrow night. So this was a last
minute thing. Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
Don't get kept in China. That's all I'm gonna say.
Stay up, don't don't fuck around with that president. That motherfucker.
Don't play. I'm just saying. I'm just saying, don't get
kept dog.
Speaker 2 (38:07):
What did I do now?
Speaker 1 (38:08):
I don't know. I don't know ship this. They might
be like, we're gonna tear a few motherfucker you leave
it ship anyway. I appreciate you pulling up man emotional oranges. Uh,
you guys are incredible. Next time, bring uh bring bring
the other half please of course, and I'll bring Roar
to bring. He's actually an orange. Personal appreciates you. Thank you,
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Boom
Yo, what up.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
I'm Azab from Emotional Oranges. Check me out right here
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
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That's right, let's get into the interview, yo. Bootleg CAV
Podcast special guests in here one half Oranges. The Homie
Azade is here. What are you going buy zod right?
Or is that the old please know? Right?
Speaker 2 (01:07):
We stopped that ten years ago.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, So coming, my first name
Ad is here. Thank you sir, welcome, congrats on the
new project. Thank you. Uh. I don't want to I
know you guys kicked the album off with like a
vibe instrumental that's kind of like, what what is the
name of this fucking album? I don't want to miss?
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Album is called Orange and it means orange in Korean
and Japanese because we made most of the record in
Tokyo and soul Fire.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Why why why? Like, I guess what was the the inspirations?
What was the inspiration to do the whole project out there?
Speaker 2 (01:45):
I mean truthfully, like we just grew up on Japanese
street culture, anime, babe, my bad, yeah, I mean, babe,
all the shit that happened in the two thousand and farrow,
but Korea embraced.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
The lot of our music.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
So for whatever reason, the shit went crazy out there
in twenty twenty right as a pandemic hit. And I
think we're the point in our careers where like you
want to give love to people that are giving it
to Sure, So the Tokyo thing was just like innately,
I've been wanting to make records there since I was young,
and I think Korea it was like more of an
evolved learned love if you will.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Yeah, Korea is such an interesting market because like the
fans are like fans, like they like, you know, even
Tokyo's like that my friends in a group will the
group broke up. There's a group out there called bad
Hop that's like they sold out the Tokyo Dome. Huge group.
But my boy Vingo, they were telling me, just like
the fans out there, they'll buy everything everything if you
got lansols, Like he was showing me some of the
(02:46):
product lines that they're gonna drop and I'm like, really,
like they're buying it. He's like, dude, it's like you
got it. Like the fans in Asia will show up
with their you know, with their with their wallet and
like support for real. Absolutely So yeah, no, that's dope.
But it's like when you guys are in uh, I know,
you told me you have a show coming up in Korea.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Yeah, so we're doing a little like many Asia run.
We're playing Green Room Festival in Tokyo this weekend on Saturday,
May twenty fourth.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
We're kind of like low.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Ki better fly there soon, shit, right, you jump a
whole day ahead. We're going to Shang High for the
first time, never been in China. Some juice stuff for that. Yeah,
and then we got like a low key, like little
co headline slot at Soul Jazz Fest, playing Castpo Dumb,
which is like the biggest stadium out there.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
I'm excited. I mean, I'm more juiced up for the
live band. We can't afford it obviously for these like
one offs, right, but we're putting together like a four
piece for the fall, doing two palladiums in LA, So
you better pull up.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Yeah, that's big, that's dope, that's huge. Yeah. I don't
know anybody who's done back to back palladium shows really.
Usually it's like a one off. Nipsey did one, Roddy
did one. I think Blast might have did too.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
He might have blue the first one out and then
the second one.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Was it might have been like, shit, we need to
do another one.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Far Look we did. We saw that palladium in twenty
twenty three. Yeah, but as you know, like the jump
from Palladium so like and the Greek's not the right
venue for us.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yeah, it's almost like the Palladium, like like you said,
the next jump up is like is it Hollywood Bowl?
Is it Staple Staples? Yeah? Yeah, which is it?
Speaker 2 (04:22):
You know, that'd be a dream for sure. Being an
LA native, I refuse to call it crypto, but yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
I wonder how long they're going to go with the
crypt I guess as long as crypto. I always thought
I thought Crypto was dying and then you know, they
popped back up this last you know, six months. Yo.
So how how did you and you know your your
your member in this group meet because I know you
as a rapper from back in the day, the blog era. Yeah,
(04:49):
I feel like I might have found you on Too
Dope probably boys. Yeah, I don't even know if you
were on two Dope bois yet honestly, maybe really, I
don't know. I think you might have reached out me
on Twitter or something. I don't know. Yeah, you had
a song Spiderweb Spider Webs, which was like a no
doubt flip cold Play cold Play flip. Okay, okay, okay,
(05:10):
yeah shit you got a good memory. Yeah, it's a
long time ago, but uh, you know, obviously you've had
a long journey throughout the music industry. You also were
doing some behind the scenes stuff. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
So I signed a bad production deal, and like, I
don't want to say bad production deal because the people
were genuinely good people, but we wanted different things and
and they were kind of at the cusp of like
the old guard needing radio so on and so forth.
I opened up for people like dot Q, most Deaf.
I got some really good slots before we signed that
(05:41):
like that deal, and you know, for better or for worse,
it didn't work out. But I got to learn how
to do everything else, Like, oh shit, okay, if they're
not going to send my records to radio, let me
hit the people that are putting young artists on.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Let me hit people like Eske and Nation and not
right man, Yes, sir, you know, so yeah, long, what
was your question I was saying, I don't think. I
think I was kind of just laying out your your history.
You had a long history because you went from being
an artist and then you were then you started doing
a lot of behind the scenes shit too.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Yep, executive producing A and r Ing. I got to
learn a lot, and I think one of the main
things I learned is like that fire to make my
own stuff was never going to be you know, quenched
or whatever.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Right helping other artists to being behind the scenes. Yeah,
it's like yea, you you're an artist, so you have
a niche.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
You kept making shit right, you know. So even though,
like all due respect to Zoo, took a lot today,
Dante is one of my best friends, the creator of
the and the producer, one of the one half of
the group. He actually helped produce on a rengie what Energi?
So yeah, we we had a good run over at
the Mind of Virginia's camp that was like twenty fifteen
(06:51):
to twenty eighteen, and then I got back in my like,
you know, my own bag, my own artist.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Shit, what is uh? I guess the the genesis of
this group? When do you guys decide to do this?
Because it is initially you guys were very like secretive
about your identities. I feel like, yeah, it was very
much like what is this emotional oranges? Shit? What the
fuck is in the most orange? No?
Speaker 2 (07:14):
And at the end of twenty fifteen, I started making
demos for EO, and it was basically the entire my
whole singing bag, like the funkier R and B productions
I kind of separated from, like all the AZAD stuff
was Okay, I'm rapping, rapping, struggle rapping, whatever it was.
And then the stuff that was more melodic became EO.
(07:34):
And from twenty fifteen to twenty eighteen, I made like
thirty or forty ideas. Me and my boy Will, my roommate,
and my best friend was dating Valley, and so Valley's
the other half of Emotional Oranges, and she was signed
to I think Benji at Rostrom. Okay, so she had
done shit with like Mac and Wiz and everything like that,
but I think they were trying to maybe turn her
(07:57):
into more of kind of that pop direction, right, and
we really just vibed, Like we wrote our first record
together in thirty minutes. She had kind of heard like
the work that I'd made for EO, and and we
put out Volume one together. So if she jumped on
the first song we put out, motion wasn't featuring her,
and then everything after that we did together. So yeah,
(08:20):
I mean it's been an honor, like she's like the
perfect yin to my yang, I'm more kind of calm
collected on stage.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
She's really an incredible performer.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Yeah, and then I would say, I'm, you know, my
strong suit is more like in the studio, the creative shit.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
Yeah, what would you because because the vibe of emotional
Oranges is so like I would say, unique compared to
like a lot of other stuff in the marketplace, how
would you guys describe I guess the the concoction of
genres that is emotional oranges. It's good question, keV.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
I would say, like my my north Stars would be
like Shahda Gorillas and Daft Punk. Okay, Like in terms
of the R and B shit, I love Basement Era,
you know, Devonte Swing. And then the three females tone
wise that I love were like Janet, Aliyah and Uh
and obviously Shade. So finding that sultry, you know, elegant
(09:17):
gentle voice was always like my that's what I gravitate too, Right,
So I think meeting Valley has been like the perfect concoction.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
For sure. It's like a great marriage of science. You
obviously you were able to kind of go through like
as much of like an industry boot camp as you
could to prepare yourself. I guess maybe without knowing for
this emotional Orange ad venture. What was it about what
you guys did from just the artist to consumer, you know,
(09:49):
relationship that resulted in the success you had with connecting
with fans in a way that you weren't able to
do maybe as a odd right.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Right, Nah, that's a great question. I think you know
you get what you give, and I think I learned
that the hard way. On all the Azad stuff, I
didn't really I wasn't self aware. I couldn't like step
out of myself and look at it like a project, right,
Everything was so personal, and I think with EO, I'm like,
I'm working on a project and so I'm able to
(10:21):
look at it like I'm making shit that I love,
but at the end of the day, like what I
want to wear that, what I want to use that
candle at the crib? Is this vinyl something that when
I step into a shop that I'd want to cop
and not just put so much of myself into it
in the sense of like that I can't step away
and view it from the outside in. That was my
biggest issue.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
As an artist, right.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
I felt like I was I was doing a lot
of things.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Just for myself selfishly and not thinking about the fans
experience or like the consumer.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
You know, when you're young and dumb. I did all
my raps when I was like in my early twenties, right,
And when I made EO, one of the main goals
I had was like, I want people our age, but
then like you know, nineteen twenty year olds and then shit,
my mom, I want my mom to come enjoy a gig.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Right. So were you guys like very was it purposeful
to kind of be as mysterious as possible initially? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (11:11):
I think your anonymity is your protection, right. I think,
like because there was like this era where it was
like the weekend was like super mysterious, and then I
remember twenty four hours for a sec.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Nor yeah, and then everyone was like wait a minute,
we yeah he was that's Royce rizy. But do you like, like,
what was the thought process with that? Because it's people
might think it would be harder to connect with fans
not necessarily having like a a face to connect with
the music, you know what I mean?
Speaker 2 (11:42):
Like, yeah, but I feel like textures. I feel like
the world that we built with Brando.
Speaker 1 (11:46):
That's what it feels like. It feels like you guys
built like a universe.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
And to be honest with you, people ask, oh, how
did you pop off in Asia? Like like that wasn't intentional,
Like because we weren't showing ourselves. Everyone could see themselves
in us to some extent. And I think the stories
we were telling it is like we're not out here
making like music is detrimental to people's lives. It's all
rooted in love. And that was the other thing. I
think having the experience of like taking some l's as
(12:13):
a solo artist, I was able to look back and go,
I want to make sure that age is well too,
because you have you had that luxury now, right, Like
I put out my first EO project when I was
twenty nine, right, I just turned thirty six, right, So
I've been in it, you know.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
You know what I'm saying. So it's been a journey.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
It's been a journey. And yeah, damn aging myself up here.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
It happens, it happens. We're all a we're getting there ready.
It's nice, it's nice, it's fine. What what do you
remember when you felt like the the rubber was hitting
the road in terms of you guys, like there was
real traction where you're like, oh, this, this idea, this
that this, because it's a risk, it's a bro.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
We had four songs out, We put up a tour.
Everything blew out.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
L Ray in La.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
I remember there's people coming to the L Ray show
and they actually the best moment ever. Darkest who did
our JV he was the chairman of Island, came to
the Bowery Ballroom in New York and he was like, did.
Speaker 1 (13:10):
You guys pay people to come? That?
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Shit was blown out? We have four songs out, seven
hundred and fifty people singing every word. Wow, And there
was like SoundCloud leaks and shit like that. Obviously, But
our tape came out in twenty nineteen in May. First
one second one came out in like November or December.
We had Coach Hella the following year. Crazy, so that when.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
That's like that happens, do you feel that happening?
Speaker 2 (13:37):
The answer to your question is live the moment that
we played those like Toronto, London, La San France, Chicago,
like when I saw people in real life, not just
the internet shit like commenting right and not just comingto
the show, like knowing the cut cut, the song that
we didn't.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Put out a single, like the random album cut.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
They were buying every piece of merch. I was like,
this is some six shit.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Like this is different. This is different. Yeah, this is
not what I was used to. On the wrap side,
I had to feel good though it felt good. It's
like feels good yeah, Like I mean, dude, I feel
like if any artist like gets to the point where
they can sell out any show, let alone the Palladium,
you know, and have people singing in your shit, it's like,
all right, all this, all this shit that I've been
(14:20):
going through, Like you said, it's been a long journey.
It's like it's gotta be like it was for something,
you know, it's paying off. Yeah. That's dope, man, Congrats
on that. Thank you. You were able to work with
some dope females on this project. Becky g La Legend,
that's my dog man. She is amazing.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
She's blessed us twice now. She was on down in Miami.
Speaker 1 (14:42):
Yeah, she's she's incredible man. Yeah, and she's a professional too.
Hell of a power ranger.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Okay, she was in the power There's no Becky hate
on this side I'm not doing.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
I'm not hating.
Speaker 3 (14:52):
I'm saying she killed it in the Power Ranger. But
she's a great artist, of course. Yeah matter she has
an aura aura. I will say this, there's a few
artists I've met that have like an aura. And when
I met Becky g I was like, you get it,
I get it. Have you met Jesse Jesse Rays?
Speaker 1 (15:06):
Yeah, she's amazing. Oh yeah, I was the Other thing
Jesse Ray is his voice. Want to talk to her.
It sounds like it's very like unique to describe because
you'll have a conversation with her. She has like like
a little raspy voice, you know. Yeah, and it's like, oh,
that sounds like Jesse.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
She to me like that was two That was like
a hail Mary getting them on that record. Yeah, because
I wanted to back in the day even like Destiny
Child shit, where like you would have three females barring out.
I wanted that as the first Everyone's like, why.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Are you going with that five minute song? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Candy Gum was that for me? Like that funky just
talking shit. And I've never seen someone write like Jesse Wright.
She's like hove No, she.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Is a incredible man. Yeah, I think I always kind
of like look at like some of the like, you know,
because I think a lot of people on the hip
hop side like first heard her through like Am or
Big Sean because she's worked with both. Yeah, but I
always like I remember, like like I feel like Eminem
has such a great like ear for like singer songwriter chicks.
(16:09):
You know what I'm saying, Skylar Gray, Yeah, and even
Pink and Shit, yeah you're going back. But Jesse, Jesse
like her. She's incredible, man, she is a special jesse Res.
That's my dog, the Canadian goat man.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
I tried to sign Jesse ten years ago. Really, yeah,
So I think a lot of what ended up, you know,
the culmination of EO was like the relationships that I
built for time. Obviously, me and the team, Like my
manager brit is really close with Becky's camp.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
I'm over playing your guys is shit on my phone? Oops?
That Wrick is crazy? Get me your friend, dude. I
really like the main Squeeze song and vibe.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
You want to tell people what you said off camera
about us? H fake sampling?
Speaker 1 (16:50):
Diddy? Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah. So you guys have
a song track too. It's called that Girl. So when
I played the song, I was like, oh, they flipped
I Need a Girl Part two, And then in my
head I'm thinking, like also kind of a brave flip
in with everything going on, they were like fucking no.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
I saw like multiple fucking fiends on TikTok no.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
So there's a song. It's it's called that Girl.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
Yes, emotional oranges that Girl, Yesmber one, two, three, four five.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
And it has a very similar riff to I Need
a Girl Part two. We played them back to back
and and I stand by my is it a sample? No,
it's not a sample. Okay, isn't a sample.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
But I stand me hemmed up, you're the fucking fed.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
I stand by my mistake. It's an easy mistake to make,
yeah for sure, because if you it's it's a similar
you know, it's a similar riff. Yeah, vibe, it's a
similar vibe. Yeah yeah. And it's called back to General
and it's called that Girl.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
I was telling you the origin story. Yes, I was
listening to Marcus Houston's That Girl, Okay, and that inspired it.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
Shout out to Marcus Huston. Man, it doesn't get enough credit. Yes,
I am x immature. The legend Also, what show was
he on? Oh? The Brandy Show? Was Monique? Or what
the fuck was what was Dan? Brandy? Fuck?
Speaker 2 (18:13):
She had her body at work?
Speaker 1 (18:14):
Is deep? Her body brand? Moesha? She was? He was
on Moosha? Was he? Yeah? Okay he was little the
little little brother dude in that show. Yeah, shout out
to a got your history? You're showing your age, my guy.
We're close eighty nine, eighty eight, eighty seven, eighty seven, okay,
yeah yeah, but yeah. So so if you're listening, if
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you listen to the album that it is not a sample.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
It's not a sample. Did not sample Diddy. I would
never do such a thing.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
Especially now, especially now, fair point. What part of La
are you from?
Speaker 2 (18:47):
I grew up on the West Side, so I've lived
everywhere from Venice to Santa Monica to Culver City to
West Hollywood.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
Yea, so the Valley. Now I live in the Valley
and West LA. It feels like so are bro I
refuse like I live in Burbank. So I had to
go to Santa Monica three times last week because I
had I what my tesla. I got into a crash
and I had to.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Oh, this is big ass tesla truck outside.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
So the collision center is in Santa Monica. I don't
feel bad for you, but it's just so far. It's
so far. It's just very far. It is far. It's
like it's your timing. It's yeah. Like I we went
to the beach this past weekend when my kid was
out of school, and I was like, babe, how old
was your kid? He's eleven? Oh damn, yeah, how you've
(19:33):
done all these plaques and you gotta fucking have a
nineteen year old. You have a nineteen year old and
en year old. Yeah you got I got a grown man.
You're fucking full. Yeah, yeah, you do for no nothing.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
My kids are right here.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
They're here, ladies and gentlemen, my kids. Can people, can
people buy these vinyls right now.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
And please do go support that. This is crazy. This
is Juice Volume three, that's still Emo. Look at the
double sided joint.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
That's the back is dope. So you were able to
put these out independently. Yeah, so shout out to Tune.
Shout out to tunjy Man, great guy, that's my brother.
Because you guys had signed with him.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
We had signed with darkas at Island and then when
Tungji came into death Jam he so graciously moved us
over right, and then we just had to think and
we were like, you know what, I think at this point,
it makes sense for us to try this thing indy
and just like follow my sword type shit, because if
we're gonna fail, I want to do it on my
dime and not on somebody else's. Right, and some of
(20:30):
the things that we wanted were I don't fault people
for not seeing it exactly how you see it, right.
I'm not talking about Tunge, I'm saying in general.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
In general for sure. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
So if you want to spend, you know, if you
want to lose one hundred and fifty grand on tour
every tour, azad go do it yourself. Don't rely on
somebody else to.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
Yeah. So you guys were like TUNGI released the old
stuff to you guys to be able to drop vinyls
and all that.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
No, so that we can do. But Tunge and the
Trees kind of allowed us to take the music we
were working on that we were gonna put out through
them and.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Just take run with it.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
That's that's big, yeah, because that's huge.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
A lot of times, you know, I got a couple
of friends who are on Atlantic and then they just
left and they're like, yeah, anything Atlantic paid for they need,
it's theirs or they need it. Yeah, which makes sense yeah,
you know legally. Yeah. I mean if they paid for
it and it's recorded at you know, Atlantic Studios, and
they pay for the track, they pay for the producers
and mixing, Yeah for sure.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
So for us to have these long story short big
shot out to Tunji LaTrece Maria.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Really amazing people. What are the things you've been able
to kind of learn from your previous experiences working with
like an independent label from behind the scenes and apply
it to this group and your guys' uh, you know
indie journey so far. That's a great question.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
It takes a village. Yeah, And I think, like I said,
looking back on the solo shit I did, I didn't
realize how many people it took so incentivizing. You know,
my manager Brittany, making her a proper partner as opposed
to like some commission bullshit. We own the label together.
My best friend brand On, my art director. He has equity.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
The producers.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
The two main producers I work with Child and then
Dante from they working on other projects with them, you know,
our label at this point, I think in twenty twenty
five we're going to help make twenty artists over one
hundred grand a year.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (22:26):
So the fact that we've been able to build these
two labels and provide for other people and lift their
you know shit up, it's been able to help lift
our at ours at the same time. So like Dominique Xavier,
who's going to be playing keys and synth base in
our band. We put out his solo classical record which
(22:46):
is going crazy right now.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
And he's you know, Prince picked him out from Obscurity.
Buddha who's playing bass on our tour, we're doing and
be an experimental record with him right now.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
So it's like, I think what.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
I've learned is how do you Yeah, it's just like
give and take shit, bro, it's regular fucking real life friendship.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Yeah too. And I feel like, you know, like as
an independent artist, you have to kind of make sure
every rock is lifted in terms of like how to
figure out how to monetize the music because there's like
streaming is people get so caught up in like obviously
your guys are stuff streams like crazy, but people get streams,
all right, but you guys do well. We do well. Yeah,
(23:29):
but you know, like a lot of artists are very
like so wrapped up in gung ho on like playlisting
and nah. And it's like, dude, like it like, if
your eye is on that ball, you're not going to
develop everything that really matters. And that's like your relationship
with fans, like getting good at live, yeah, and your
(23:49):
live shows.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
I think too many artists are ass live and I
think that's something that like, you can boast all you
want about tickets, but if people come and they see
some booboo, they're never coming back.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
I just saw a show from one of my favorite
rappers who's new. He sold out the Palladium a few
weeks ago.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
Oh shit, hey, don't put him out a much.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
Gonna be a part of this. His live show was
not very well. It was not very good. It was
very amateur. Yeah. I was so dissent because I love
this guy's music. I bought a shirt but Vinyl, you know, damn.
Yeah that's heartbreaking. Yeah it was. It was disappointing. But
he also said on stage, I'm not really good at
(24:29):
this performing ship. So I think he knows he's not good,
but he's trying. Sure. Okay.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
Look I think for me, yes, I'm really lucky. Valley
in my group is incredible live, and I've like understood
how to play my position. I'm more of a role
player live, right, and I think understanding.
Speaker 1 (24:48):
You bring the con vibes. Yeah, I got auld.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
Two step, you know, I can.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
Juice you know. But I think it's just like you're
not singing over your lyrics. It's like if you three
in press play and then like stood on stage for
like half your verse while it just plays.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
Is that what he did?
Speaker 1 (25:03):
Yeah? And I was like damn.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
I was like that's terrible.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
Yeah, No, we don't.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
We don't do the back in track. Bullshit, you better like.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
It was got to come correct. There's another like I
could say this because it's obvious. Are we good turn
turn it this way? Yeah? And then there's like the
live show thing is like so crazy because that works
for some people. Because I saw Playboy Cardi multiple times
recently and he doesn't perform. You show all your emotion
(25:32):
on your face. No, he doesn't perform. The song just
plays okay, and he's just going shit. But like there's
there's fire being lit lit off everywhere.
Speaker 2 (25:44):
He's a boutleg Kev's opinion and he no, no, no,
I'm not saying it's it works for him.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
It's just something about him being there.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
And like, I don't know if I want you to
come to our show like a playboy.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
CARDI shows like an insane it's like an insane listening party.
It's it's just.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
Let's let's switch the subject. He was actually good live.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
Who you good? I know this is like she's huge,
but I think Doja Cat is. Oh, she's incredible, a
fucking alien live, incredible. I saw her. I'm not really
into like pop music. I think she's an amazing MC,
but obviously she's pop, but I had to go see
her tour.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
Wait wait, wait, you're not gonna just grace over like that.
She's an incredible MC. She's pop because she's popular.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
Yeah, but she also is like she kind of got
into the like juice like a Juicy with Tiger and
all those records. There are more pop records where she
was doing more singing.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
But I know you're a radio I know you're a
radio guy.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
No, No, I think I think we need to talk about elite. Elite.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
What is what is our genre to you?
Speaker 1 (26:43):
I think it is uh yeah, I feel like no, no,
I feel like y'all genre is very like That's why
I said it earlier. It's like it's it's unique. I
don't know it's a. It's a it's a culmination of
a lot. Okay, it's kind of it feels like like
like when you said you create your own world. That's
what it feels like too with the music. Okay, Like
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (27:02):
Being kind, but like I really want to be honest.
I want like a black and white answer because I'll
be honest. I think a lot of the playlist ship,
a lot of radio ship the same conversation is happening,
which is like, but it's not R and B.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
But it's not. To me, it's very it's very R
and B esque.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
It has soulful cores, it's knocking drums. I think it's
R and B has funky bass.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
I think it's to me when I listen to your ship,
it's R and B. Okay, it's it's it's R and B.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
All right, Yeah, we're gonna clip this up and send
It's all the programmers that are like it's a.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
Little too po for me, well, they're all full of ship. Yeah.
Fuck radio and I'm on the radio one hundred cities.
But you know, no, But well, you talk about amazing performers,
I think Doja cat Is When I saw her, She's incredible. Yeah.
Her arena tour, she had no outfit changes. It was
just her on stage the whole like you know most times,
like when you're that big, there's changes, and no, she
(27:54):
was just up there rocking it solo. No day.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
It was give me somebody like more at our level?
Speaker 1 (27:59):
Who Who I Love Live? That's just incredible. I'm trying
to think newer Doci. I haven't seen Doci live, so
she's great. I speaks to her live show. I have
not seen her live. Who's Fire? That's like me new?
(28:22):
That's new because I'm thinking most of the guys that
are like new that I've seen live are just okay
and I fuck with them.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
Dejon's Dope Live?
Speaker 1 (28:30):
Have you seen him? Sanfa's Dope Live. I'm trying to
think who I saw that was crazy? Bro I have
is Dope live. I haven't got new, but I haven't
seen a like a newer rapper because I mostly go
to rap shows that like really blew me away in
a long time. Foggy Raw is dope. I don't know
(28:51):
who that is. You gotta check him out, check out
shout Foggy. That's a great name, he's great. Who the
fuck is dope live? I don't know.
Speaker 2 (28:59):
I think Isaiah Falls is dope live.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
Yeah, I've so like I've been to some dope rap shows,
but they're very just like running the mill. I mean,
I didna say rap.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
I said in general, I said, what show who is
dope that you fuck with live? That's a real.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
Question in terms of the new Like the best show
I've been too recently was common in Pete Rock. Yeah
that makes sense. That was amazing. Yeah, that makes sense.
But like, yeah, I mean who else was hard Man?
Yeah of course. Yeah, But we're talking like.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
You can't give you a superstar answer. Give me somebody
like no.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
Shit, sassors fire, no shit, yeah, no ship. I saw
Exhibit with a live band the other night.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
That's crazy, that's crazy.
Speaker 1 (29:43):
That was dope.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Exact I rap for exhibit when he was on Soul
Assassins like thirteen years ago.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
Damn, wherever the fuck that was? That was dope. I
got a photo of him shouts of Soul Assassins. Yeah.
That a Muggs studio is like a ninety second walk
from my front door of my house.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
Who else is tight live? I mean, oh, man, the
West coast right now? Who's coming out the West?
Speaker 1 (30:12):
That's Oh?
Speaker 2 (30:13):
The Sacred Souls is dope live. Okay, check them out.
They're a dope band.
Speaker 1 (30:17):
I think my homegirl Twee is dope live. She's a singer,
she's huge. Oh shit, Yeah, she just sold out her
solo tour. She opened up for LM on tour two okay,
and she opened up for kay Lonnie on tour. Oh.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
K one is dope. You know that is k w N. Yeah,
they're fucking fire. You fugle her?
Speaker 1 (30:39):
Yeah? Yeah, I don't know, man, I feel like I
mostly go to like grimy rap shows.
Speaker 2 (30:44):
You don't struck me as a grimmy rap guy anymore.
Speaker 1 (30:46):
I still am buddy. Really, it's just to get in
my car and it's just fucking bar or it's the
it's like one of these nights by the Eagles, you
know what I mean. It's like I got I got
like my fucking an old seventies rock playlist, or it's
like melt your face off hip hop.
Speaker 2 (31:06):
It's wait, So, how did you hear about EO? Did
Roy sent it two?
Speaker 1 (31:09):
Initially? You just saw it on the blogs. I saw
it on the blogs initially. I feel like, I don't
remember when I connected that you were in the group,
but I think I might have hit you. You did hit me,
But it wasn't like I didn't know Rory was managing
you guys till wait later. So I didn't realize that
Rory was a part of your guys' team until after
(31:30):
I already had heard of you guys, and I think
someone I think maybe the label serviced the record. Really
think it's a label, okay, And and somehow I figured out.
I was like, oh shit, I think maybe you had
posted it on my Instagram song yeah, And I was like,
oh oh shit, what I think that's what happened. How
did you guys link with Rory? I DM?
Speaker 2 (31:50):
He wants to say he heard it himself, but I
DM Rory the record and and we ended up linking
in person. He still didn't know it was me. He
thought I was just like, he's like the label or something. Yeah,
And then I think when he found out and he
just like fucked with the whole team. He was like, Yo,
I'm downe to help. However, at the time him and
Maul were still fucking with Joe right, and we also
(32:13):
talked about like how I could be helpful for him
because he had the concept for the album at the
time for his project.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
His project is Dope Too, and he's working on another
one right. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (32:20):
That we're putting out a Masago Freddie record Fire.
Speaker 1 (32:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (32:24):
I'm sure I was sending it to you soon, but
I sent him the mix back this morning.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
Dope. Yeah. Shout to Freddy Man. That record is incredible.
Freddy is a dope. Are you a coffee guy? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (32:37):
So I need some reciprocity. I needs you to be
on my show. It's called Extra Hot Coffee.
Speaker 1 (32:42):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (32:43):
Every city we tore in, Okay, this is like a
shameless play.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
I gotta do it.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
Every city we tore in, I check out the three
best coffee shops and I'll go with somebody from the city.
So like Ari Shafir was here on My Favorite Comedians.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
Shout out to Ari Man. I love that guy. So
we took him out.
Speaker 2 (32:57):
Becky, we did ngle We did three best coffee shops
in Englewood. You're not from here.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
So maybe I'll bring you to Phoenix.
Speaker 2 (33:03):
Bring you to Phoenix, go to the Van Buren Show,
and take you out for some coffee.
Speaker 1 (33:07):
Let's do it. What makes good coffee?
Speaker 2 (33:11):
I think it depends on what you like. For me,
my drink is the extra hot oat flat white. And
I used to be a barista and people like to
tell me, don't burn the milk.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
Don't. I wanted to.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
I wanted to sit right in my gut if I
haven't taken a shit yet. I want that coffee to
kind of activate like a laxative. Oh yeah it does, right, yes,
So for me, I like it like one fifty five,
just get cut right through. Temperature is one thing, So temperature,
I would.
Speaker 1 (33:36):
Say the bean.
Speaker 2 (33:37):
For me, it's like I prefer a lighter roast personally,
like a Colombian will be ideal.
Speaker 1 (33:43):
Okay. I enjoy shitty coffee, like I can go to
seven eleven and make a coffee that I fucking love
your filth. You put a whole bunch of creamer and shit.
No no, no, no no no. I could drink it.
I could drink the Brazilian at seven eleven by itself
black if I'm full, fully out you know, but uh,
ketode out. But I also love I like to go
(34:05):
to a diner and when they just keep filling the
cup up, you like that, just that cheap, just that,
and then nah, that's so good now, is it? Nah?
I feel like there's coffee snobs though this is a
real thing.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
I would say I'm definitely snob ish, yeah, ish, because
like I fuck with Starbucks.
Speaker 1 (34:24):
No, you don't. I mean I don't. I don't. I
don't want to go. I'm not doing this, by the way,
By the way, by the way, I don't fuck with
Starbucks because we don't align on some things. You know
what I was gonna say. With that being said, in general,
as a consumer in my life, I've enjoyed some Starbucks.
Speaker 2 (34:40):
How many cups of coffee do you have a day?
keV oh Man?
Speaker 1 (34:43):
Honestly, on on Mondays and Wednesdays, we meet to record
my radio show, but first we go to breakfast at
Magnolia Grill.
Speaker 2 (34:50):
You're just out in your whole shit that everyone's gonna
pull up every struggle round and our waiter probably pours
seven to eight.
Speaker 1 (34:57):
Cups while we're sitting there for you, for the whole squad,
for me in a mug, like a mug like this.
Speaker 2 (35:02):
Wait, do you like the way that smells? By the way,
it smells amazing fantastic? Right, Oh yeah, this ship is
a vibe. I will take this to the office.
Speaker 1 (35:10):
You see that mass is great. You guys have your
own candles? Come on, man, are these for sale? Yes?
Speaker 2 (35:15):
Okay, I will say I think that probably those are
probably sold out, the bonified ones, but the body and
soult ones you can still.
Speaker 1 (35:21):
This smells ridiculous, amazing. Yeah, I would say I'm not
a coffee I'm a coffee and I enjoy coffee.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
I don't think the shells for you, but you can go.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
I want to go, well do, but but I love coffee.
I drink a lot of coffee.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
Okay, So let's say you're not Keto. What's your order
when you're going iced camel? Na, the shell is not
for you. You like milkshakes, you don't like coffee.
Speaker 1 (35:45):
You know, an iced camel macchiato that's a milkshake, or
an ice just black coffee? Okay, I just do strake colebrew.
Speaker 2 (35:53):
You know who Joe Manganello is, the actor Sophia Vergara. Yeah, yeah, okay,
so we just said episode with him because he has
a movie coming out called Noonah's Okay with Nat last.
Speaker 1 (36:04):
Week it's out. It's out. I just saw it.
Speaker 2 (36:06):
It's out, okay, So Joe Maganela, let me fix this.
Joe Maganilo and Vince Vaughn just dropped Nonah's. I have
not watched it yet, but it came out last week.
Speaker 1 (36:14):
Yeah, it's our Netflix share. I heard it's amazing.
Speaker 2 (36:16):
So we did an episode in Venice, and Joe is
a he's a coffee connoisseur as well, but he likes
to try the specials at each coffee shop. So I
ended up getting this one at Little Lunch that had
like a dragon's egg in it, and it was.
Speaker 1 (36:31):
You talk to me about milkshakes. It was you're getting
happy meal. Yeah, but it's that's fucking filth.
Speaker 2 (36:38):
And for me, if I'm doing coffee, I want to
maintain the the clarity of it.
Speaker 1 (36:43):
So I enjoy when I have like a black coffee,
I enjoy it not being great, if that makes sense.
Like I like to slow burn on the other It's like, what.
Speaker 2 (36:56):
What was your first experience having coffee?
Speaker 1 (36:58):
Fuck? Uh a milkshake? Yeah, there you go.
Speaker 2 (37:03):
I feel like you be the kind of person that
they go to Phils. You know what Phill's coffee shop is.
Speaker 1 (37:06):
Yeah, I know Phils. They do like the mint moheato.
I like the commission here in Burbank is okay. There's
a place called Black Elephant Coffee. That's good. Okay, So
would you see your episode in Burbank? You can take
us to your local spots. I'm a Bourbank guy, let
me know. Fair enough, fair enough? All right? So, look,
the album is out, albums out. You can the pre
order for the vinyls up. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (37:25):
Actually, yeah, how'd you know? Probably your research? Yeah, yeah,
the pre order for or ng is up.
Speaker 1 (37:31):
Now.
Speaker 2 (37:31):
The tour tickets are on sale, well, they will be
by the Times comes out.
Speaker 1 (37:35):
When's the tour kickoff in the US?
Speaker 2 (37:37):
September tenth? Okay, so, and the LA shows are October.
Speaker 1 (37:40):
Ninth and October tenth. Yeah, that's big. I expect you
to be there. Kef I will be at one of
those two, if not both, first night, second night, you
tell me man, Yeah, and then uh yeah the Asian
runs this weekend.
Speaker 2 (37:53):
Yeah, I leave tomorrow night. So this was a last
minute thing. Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
Don't get kept in China. That's all I'm gonna say.
Stay up, don't don't fuck around with that president. That motherfucker.
Don't play. I'm just saying. I'm just saying, don't get
kept dog.
Speaker 2 (38:07):
What did I do now?
Speaker 1 (38:08):
I don't know. I don't know ship this. They might
be like, we're gonna tear a few motherfucker you leave
it ship anyway. I appreciate you pulling up man emotional oranges. Uh,
you guys are incredible. Next time, bring uh bring bring
the other half please of course, and I'll bring Roar
to bring. He's actually an orange. Personal appreciates you. Thank you,
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