Hate It Or Love It: Darrell Talks Black Gold EP & Film

In this compelling episode of Hate It Or Love It, Darrell Reese Jr. and Steven Almeida dive into the creative journey behind the Black Gold EP and film. The conversation highlights the significance of the Black Dollar and its role in empowering the Black community, touching on the vision of building a modern Black Wall Street.

Darrell shares insights into the artistic process, the inspiration behind the project, and the collaborative efforts that brought it to life. The duo explores the critical role of effective communication and goal alignment within a team to ensure a project’s success. Whether you’re an artist, entrepreneur, or community advocate, this episode will inspire you to think bigger and create with purpose.

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Episode Transcript

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The culture, yeah, we hold a grip on us, take a toll.

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They don't know the system.
They just don't want us to know about it.
And things like this.
So he talked about the black dollar in his record.
So something clicked right there.
Like something clicked right there.
I was just like, let's build this whole EP about the black dollar.
Like let's get someone on the intro of this record.
Let's get someone on the outro of this record talking about the black

(00:24):
dollar, talking about black Wall Street.
Let's talk about how the black dollar controls the black community and things
like that and how it runs through certain systems.
Let's keep it more so talking about the older black Wall Street, while also
talking about and building a new black Wall Street and how, like how we talked

(00:46):
about earlier, how be the change that you want to see and no matter who's the
president, you still have to try to affect change in your community in a positive
way, so controlling the dollar and how it flows through the community and where it
goes and things like that, digitally and physically.
Like let's bring that idea into this world.

(01:07):
Let's bring that idea into this film, into this album and things like that.
So I got my grandfather on the intro to Black Gold and then I got him on the outro.
Oh yeah, I got him on the outro record, the black dollar, the epilogue.
So like let's tell this story and then let's have these records in between with
graces and the gospel, like these two records about redemption, these two

(01:30):
records about faith, these two records about triumph and let's all have it
coexist in this one ep and let's package it as that and let's promote it as that.
And if you listen to the beginning and end, you will see the story of the black
dollar, you will see the story of the building of modern day black Wall Street,
as well as talking about the older model of black Wall Street and that coexists

(01:54):
with the film, like the album is a soundtrack to the film and with the album
coming out sometime next year, like we want to give you this ep because like
again, it's all in the same space and with the foundation being the, literally
the foundation of what we're building, it all makes sense as far as like, okay,

(02:18):
let's dictate these records and how it sounds and let's make it sound like the
film, like let's have these instruments, let's have these elements in the film
as well and like the way Zevin was rapping, like I thought it was some of the
most beautiful piece of art that I've ever heard and having this play to the
world was everything, like everything to us and however the people perceive it,

(02:42):
that's how they perceive it.
But I want you to understand this, like it was also a very, very
beautiful piece, like it was also like just to the people, like it was so much
thought process, it was so much going back and forth as far as ideas and the
process of this project and again, to finally see it out, to finally see it

(03:03):
release, I talked about this a few weeks ago on a record, on the EP Drop, like
man, it was like a weight lifted off my shoulder because I've been listening to
these records for maybe-
For a long time, shit.
Like three years, like Gracious was the oldest record that we recorded and that
was like three years ago, like three, four years ago and to finally see it have a

(03:25):
home and people gravitate to it, man, it means everything to us and this is just
the beginning, like this is just third installment, like all these, the first
two, the first three installments all coexist in this black gold EP and man,
like we still got more work to do as far as records wise for next year, like we

(03:48):
got this film that we putting out next year and that we finishing up this year
and like I said, it all coexists in the same space and truly a beautiful thing
to see, man.