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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm Maxwell. I got d or Field President creative director.
Man got to show love to all things both in
your creative Let's start with yeah, how someone who was here,
who was at one point in time voted best dancer
in middle school. To utilize it now, that that creative
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energy inside to yeah, to to to grow and build
one's very own brand. First off, let me first say
welcome man and appreciate meet you this way, dude.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
So it's up, man, thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
You know, I'm glad to be involved especially but you
know with our heart and anything that my former classmate.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Is involved with, you know, Trader shou Madhuez, Travia Thomas.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
But you know she's uh, we've always been great friends
and she's looked offered me in tremendous ways over the years,
and this is another example of us.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
So I definitely appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
Love that man.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Talk about that spirit, the entrepreneurial spirit that started when
you were younger, that that vision to want to be
creative and lead and grow oneself not only a brand
but or a building, but but yourself following what your
your passion is.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Well one I think you know, like when you're creative,
like nobody can make you creative. Nobody can make you
an artist like you know, I think, you know, God
makes you that way.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
And so you know, at a young age, like when.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
I look back, I remember like a lot of things
that I used to do that other kids were not doing,
you know, from storytelling with action figures, you know, things
that I would build and kind of create on my own.
How I could occupy like myself, you know, for hours
on end, either drow and making things and things like
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that were and I didn't need any outside stimulus.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
And so I think all.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Of that, you know, is a part of you know,
having a creative you know, like a creative heart, a
true creat being, a true creative being, you know, I
think that. And then along just having a perspective and wit,
you know, like a lot of people that are funny
are also creative.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
And I think.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Sarcasm and wit and creativity, I think it all goes
in line, you know, Like I mean, I can remember,
like I can remember getting in trouble in middle school
because I was laughing at something that I thought about
that the teacher.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Did, you know, and things like that.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
But you know, it's all like creative, It's all like
creative energy and having a creative spirit, you know, like
kids that talk a lot, you know, and a little
you know what I mean, even at the wrong time.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
You know, they're probably creative in some kind of way.
And that's the way that I always was.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
Wow to know that, to harness that too.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Understand that when was it was it maybe middle school
that you figured this out or was it as you
know what I mean, you grew up and started becoming
you know, high school, college, that that type of stuff
that you knew, Like, yo, man, I got to really
tap into who I am and follow this this thread
and see it all the way through.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
It was all breadcrumbs you know, along the way.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
And I'll give you like one, you know, one example
of like being in elementary school and other teachers getting
me out of my class to come draw something on
the board in their class, you know.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
And so at the time, I was like, man, I
get to get out of math, you know.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
But it was like they were recognizing gifts you know,
within me that you know, I didn't. I didn't see
any type of business down the road, you know what
I mean, or anythings like that. But it's like, Okay,
I knew that I had some ability, and whenever, you know,
it came time to do anything creative or artistic, you know,
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like teachers would always look towards me, and kids would
look towards me as well.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
You know. And so then I remember being in middle
school winning.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Like my first real competition for money, you know, where
like my godfather worked for American Cam Company's name is
Ryan King, worked from American Care Company, and he entered
my logo design that I did for their company, and
it won, you know, And so I think, I don't
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know if I was like seventh or eighth grade, maybe
eighth grade, but like I won like my first logo
design competition. They broke me off with maybe like five
hundred dollars or something like.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
That, but you know, you know, it was things like that,
you know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
It was things like that where people recognized that I
was an artist, you know, and they gave me like
a little bit of opportunity, you know, from Okay, I
did that logo, but then I would also design somebody's
party flyer in high school, and you know, I would
design somebody's T shirt and things like that, so people knew,
you know what I mean, And so then it helped
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reinforce to me that okay, like I'm pretty good.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
At this, you know.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Yeah, I mean yeah, as you said, it reinforced gave
you that confidence to follow, you know what I mean.
And it wasn't something that people were ga send you
up or you know, so it was it was the
you were doing the work and you were seeing the
results of your work. And that must have been to
be a creative young person, you know, that that intra
stamp of validation where it's like, wow, I can really
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believe in myself and do what I feel is right
and see these types of things come to fruition and
in that particular case turn out to be a financial gain,
you know.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
But then it's that wasn't necessarily what it was.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
It was just that drive and that validation to that reinforcement,
as you said, to want to move forward. So let's
get to when you know, we're talking about uh Goldfinger
Creative and we're talking about building this particular UH brand.
First off, explain to anybody who's a part of the
podcast listening and watching, what exactly it is that your
creative directive services provide for folks.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Yeah, So with Goldfinger Creative, which I established that as
you know, like my incorporation while I was the creator
director at La Face Records. But it's pretty much much
you know, like a boutique creative business that uh enables
me to scale and tap into all of my skill sets.
And so you know, like from like a from like
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an early on professional career experience period.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
You know, like I worked in fashion as a clothing designer,
you know, and then handled packaging, and then I started
designing retail stores and things like.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
That, you know.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
But then at the same time, you know, like I've done,
I was doing illustrations even during college, you know, for
other publications, I mean advertising agencies that were national you know,
and so like I had a lot of experiences in
back and backgrounders, Like I wanted to come up with
a name that I could encompass all of those type.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Of skill sets in. And I never really wanted to
be about my name and be about me.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
I wanted to think kind of like bigger because I
love working collaboratively at the same time, you know, And
the name that I looked landed on, you know, was Golfing.
And it was two reasons for that. Like one, I
was always kind of like a fond of I was
a big fan of James Bond and things like that.
But you know, I remember like La Reid actually saying
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one time, it's like, yo, you know, you got the
might as touched, you know, and I was like, damn, you.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Know what I mean, And it's exactly I'm hearing that.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Yeah, yeah, he So we gotta be either we're close
to the same age, you like my little brother's age,
but you know, yeah, so you know.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
But but but it's all of that.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
And so like I work with uh, you know, with brands, individuals,
entertainment companies, you know, from designing their branding too, helping
them to design their merchandising and and and maybe helping
them manufacture that advertising campaigns like digital content. And you
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know what I started to appreciate and where I started
to evolve later a little later in my goal Finger,
you know, in the Goldfinger career or period, was that
people were just paying me because of how I think,
you know, and then letting me think about something and
then as symbol a team to execute it.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
And so that's really where the creative direction comes in.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
But from a service standpoint, like I've worked across every
single industry providing and creating every type of assets that
you think of, from print, environmental, mental, digital, web, retrodise,
et cetera.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
Wow, that's really dope. And how long? Like what's the process?
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Like, say someone an artist comes to you and they're thinking, Man,
you know, I want to establish who it is that
I am as a musician, and I want to get started,
and I need the assistance and the help I need
that that might as touched that goal figure can provide
for you. How from start to finish? What's that you
know project? Like, is it a consultation first? Is it
that you're scouring their their their discology and you know
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what I mean, you're finding out the things about them
and you create on your own, you guys, collaborate.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
How does that play out?
Speaker 3 (09:05):
It is everything that you just said, you know, And
sometimelines are shorter, sometimelines longer. But you know, as a
creative director, one of your best qualities needs to be
that you're a good listener, you know, because as an
artist sometimes you can start internalizing the project to the
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point where you start to think it's about you, and
it's not about you.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
It's really about them, you know.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
And so I've tried my best to really listen to
what they're about or what they're think they're about, you know,
and then we peel back the layers and layers and
then we really get down to the crux of it.
And so one, you want to stay authentic to what
the artists or the brand is about. Two, you want
to visually be compelling and competitive in whatever genre or
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category that they're in. And three, you know, best case in,
you take both of those and then you just make
something that's super dope, you know. And so you know,
like I've all, like when I've worked with entertainers and
you know, record labels and things like that, Like I've
always really tried to make the visual look like the music,
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you know, and lift the music up as high as
I can with whatever it is that I'm creating. Sometimes
what you land on doesn't match the music, but the
image could be inspiring or compelling, and it works that
way also, you know, But on a lot of the
projects that I've worked on over the years that have
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really resonated in pop culture, you know, like the artwork
has worked seamlessly with the music and it just matched
up perfect.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
You know.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
What are a couple of those What are some of
those projects that you're most proud of that you and
your team were able to not only create, or maybe
not create, but elevate. You know, it started off somewhere,
but then you were able to come in and add
your expertise and your team was able to wrap yourls
y'all's arms around it and take it to the next level.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
What are some of your faves?
Speaker 3 (11:04):
Yeah, I would say one of those projects was definitely
Outcast at Aliens. You know, that's iconic, yes, And you
know the fact that people referred to it as iconic
is what makes me proud because at the time when
we were working on it, we were not thinking about
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making anything iconic that lasted whatever, because because people were
not thinking about ten years down the road, you know,
at that time in the nineties as it relates to
hip hop, we were just thinking then and right there
and now. And you know, at the moment where Big
and Drake came into the Little Face Records office and
said the name of the album, you know, I immediately
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it was like, we got to make a comic book,
you know, And so then we just started assembling all
of the pieces together to make that and that project
was from start to finish, it was just fun, you
know what I mean. It was cool to work with
the group of people that we work with. It was
great to see how enthusiastic Andre and Big Boy were
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about the project, you know, and so that's what made
it dope. But the fact that it impacted pop culture
like it did and it still resonates and people come
up to me and like, man, like, that's what made
me get into photography, and that's what made me fall
in love with rap music. I'm like, man, that was dope,
but that was not the intent. Like the intent was like,
we got to make something cool for Big and Dre,
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you know. That was that was the intent, and it
needs to match the music. I would say second would
probably be Usher's Confessions, and I would say the reason being,
I think the visuals that we created really look like
the way the music is. And you know, in my
opinion and probably millions of others opinion, it was like
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that was one of the best R and B records
ever made, you know, I mean, from start to finish,
just no it, you know. And I think he was
definitely like in a in an artistic and creative sweet
spot at the time. When he did it, you know,
like I loved the visuals for that, and I mean
it came out great. And then I would say another
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one that kind of you know, that I kind of
think about and it might not have got a lot
of critical acclaim, but I would say when I worked
with TI and they did like the Grand Hustle a
Hustle Gang compilation, and what I loved about that and
all of the visuals for that is it was totally
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not hip hop, you know, and the fact that they
went with that direction, you know, and they took my
lead on it.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
You know.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
It was another project that was really fun to make
on a work on because of you know, all of
the research that went in, you know, like I was,
I was getting assets from the National Library Archives of
old Western photos and things like that.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
And when you look at it, it's.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
No way, no way in hell that you think that
that's a hip hop album, you know, but that like
the name of it, the name of the album is
called We Want Smoke, and which basically means, you know,
were ready to battle, were ready to fight for this,
et cetera.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
You know.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
And so the idea that I kind of sold him
mom was let's make it look like old spaghetti Westerns,
you know.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
And so yeah, and so visually, like when you see.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
All of the albums, it looks like, you know, old
John what you know, John Wayne type, I mean old
Westerns man, Yeah, you know. And so we did that
back then, and then I and then I see, you know,
now we see kind of like the resurgence of like
you know, like black people, Westerns, power Boy, Beyonce, Shaboozi,
et cetera.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
And I'm not gonna.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
Say we want my crustle gang, you know, jumped it off.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
But but we did it first.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
But go ahead, we did look back and see the
right dates land and.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
You know exactly we did it first to be able
to create and to inspire, you know.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
And I want to go down that avenue just a
little bit to know that you are a part of
some of these things that have withstood the test of
time that have helped jump off other creatives. You setting
the bar and being that inspiration, whether it be for
other musicians, whether it be just for other creatives. What
does that mean to you and your team to know
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that you've been able to make that impact not only
in pop culture, but in your particular your your particular path,
your particular creative directive.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
You know, uh, a umbrella.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
Man, you know what, I'll be honest, like it definitely
means a lot, Like I appreciate it, like when people
come up to me and say stuff, or you know,
just the conversations with you know, some of the artists
or brands that I work with, and how appreciative they
are for the.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
Creative you know.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
But but honestly, it's like after like the ideas and
things like that, like they come so fast that after
you know, like that is only ten percent of it.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
Like that ten percent is the.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
Most exciting, most high energy part of it. But after that,
the other ninety percent is working just kind of getting
it done. And so you know, sometimes people will come
up and say things to me and it's like I
don't even remember what they're talking about until I ask
them again, because I'm always thinking about next, you know,
and I think and even like a lot of that
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came from, like, you know, me being a former athlete
and plan sports in college, and I was always thinking
about the next play. Like even if I did something good,
I was thinking about the next play.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
I wasn't focused on Like, man, you see that thing
I did. You know, I'm always thinking so and so.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
Now I'm thinking about the next image, the next art
I create, the next brand I work with.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
I'm always thinking next.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
And not that I don't appreciate being in the moment,
but you know, I'm just always focused on what's next.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
And part of that is honestly.
Speaker 3 (16:56):
Because I'm like my add you know, but I'm always
thinking about how could I do something better?
Speaker 2 (17:02):
You know, And I'm never I never feel.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Comfortable and satisfied enough to just like rest on any
of my past excess which is which wild like, I don't.
I don't really think about them too much, you know, Unteel,
it's like an interview. Yeah, I don't think about them
too much. And then you know, through conversations, I start
to remember things that I was a part of that
I had totally forgot about, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
So let me, you know, part.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Of this conversation, be one of the many who are
continuing to give you and your team your flowers, man,
and and you know, let you know that those things
that y'all done at go Finger are amazing, so uh,
thank congrats to you, and more congratulations as we talk
about next.
Speaker 4 (17:47):
Yeah, where's your heart out? Where's your heart at? Now?
What is next? What do you excited?
Speaker 3 (17:52):
Yeah? So I'm really really excited about like this body
of work that I've been working on for like the
last two and a half years, and it's called Cipher,
and you know, it goes back to my roots. You know,
it combines a lot of my lot of my passions
and disciplines, you know, but it was inspired by At first,
it was inspired by the four elements of hip hop,
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you know, but then it started to lend itself into
really just a spirit of competition and you know, through
research and start to get to uh you know, Thacker
geometry and and uh you know scientific shapes and Nikola
Tesla and Egypt you.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
Know, and there's things like that.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
So but like but every time I work on these pieces,
you know, like I'm very very excited, and I haven't
shown them as a collective body of work, so you know,
I'm looking for opportunities and doing my research to do that,
and so that that really has me, uh, extremely excited.
And then I also like wrote a sports docu series
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uh that like right now, like it's in the early
in the early production stage, and I can't really die
too deep into that.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
But I'm definitely.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Excited about that because it's gonna be like a great
uh uh. It's gonna be like one of those things
that will connect and inspire families but also get to
the bottom cruxt of just life and sports and how
any great athlete, you know, like it always gets down
to their environment and their support system.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
You know, good batter and different. So I think it's that.
What else?
Speaker 3 (19:31):
Man? I think those those are like really like the
two things, you know, like I recently yeah, yeah, and
then I recently had like a couple of really cool
things happen, you know, like I just had a piece
that's going to the Legacy Museum and uh in uh Montgomery, Alabama,
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So you know, I'm excited about that, and uh and
then I just had a piece acquired by Fans headquarters
in Orange County, So I'm excited about.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
That, you know.
Speaker 3 (20:04):
But but but yeah, but it's like, until you asked
me this question, I was kind of like, wait, what
am I?
Speaker 2 (20:08):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (20:09):
You know, yeah, because I just think about, like I
just think about like what about to do list looks
like and what I got to kind of knock out.
Speaker 4 (20:15):
You know, It's a lot to look forward to.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
And as as we put a bow on this amazing
conversation getting to know you at more, what is it
that you want to tell maybe other entrepreneurs, other black
entrepreneurs about, you know, I mean staying staying true to
who you are and the success can and will come,
you know, if you are dedicated to what is what's
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feeling right in your heart?
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Right.
Speaker 3 (20:40):
So, I think a couple of things, and I think
it all really goes back to my sports experiences, you know,
like being being an athlete, like it prepared me more
to be an entrepreneur and an artist and actually art school,
did you know? And so I would say, one, it's like,
you really have to understand that nobody owes you money,
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you know, and you have to go and get it,
you know, even if they owe you something like they don't.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
Owe you something, you know.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
And so I say that, and then I also say,
you know, always be committed to give it everything you got.
And if you give it everything you got, God is
gonna make it work out for you. I would say that,
And then I would say, you know, you have to
be tough. You got to be a savage, and you
have to be a gladiator.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
Like, if you're an entrepreneur, know that you're gonna have
ebbs and flows and things like that, and you're gonna
have ups and downs, and so I think it's important
to work with people that you trust, you know, work
with people that are smarter than you. You know, And
it's never just about you, you know what I mean.
It's never that even if you know your individual you know,
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LLC so proprietor, like, it's not about you.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
It's about the service that you can provide.
Speaker 3 (21:54):
And you know, I say do that, and I say,
you know, I tell young people this, you know, this
is this is one of the most important things I'll
tell young people.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
Do what you say you're gonna do. No, just do that.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
Just keep doing that and you're gonna get to where
you need to be.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
But just keep doing what you say you're going to do.
You know.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
Yeah, deal, I gotta say, man, as I click around
here and I'm looking at the amazing projects that they
all been a part of. Here listen, go figure creative
dot Com for those of y'all that that got to
hit the website. I mean, there is so much to
dive into. And yep, there goes usher. Damn man, there
it goes out. Okay, bruh mj Oops, there's Alicia Keys.
Speaker 3 (22:36):
You know what, Hey, this is something else I want
to mention that I talked to another. Another thing that
I'm yeah, I'm proud about is like I work with
Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan as the executive
creative director, and I do a lot of work with them,
and I've done a lot of work with them over
the last.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
Couple of years.
Speaker 3 (22:55):
And what I love about working with them is how
I'm able to make kids eyes light up, you know
with the things that I.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
Create, you know.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
And the president is name is Sean Wilson. He has
a great staff that that's very smart, very nimble, you know,
but they take it past being like an after school
swim gym type project, like they're really turning it into
like an entrepreneurial We're making the next generation of leaders
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type of environment, you know, across all of their clubs.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
And so to be able to.
Speaker 3 (23:34):
Create the visuals for that, you know, like that is
definitely something that I appreciate because I get to tap
into kids, which I love that, you know, kids coaching kids,
mentoring kids, sports, arts and fashion, like it kind of
combines all of them. And then another project that I've
been a part of that's been a pretty big deal,
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Like I co designed a luxury golf collection for paying
with an Atlanta braced brand called the Haidiaki, So that
was a great project as well.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
You know, the thing that that's really special, man, is
that you are not only leading with your skill set,
but you know, uh, whether you recognize it or not,
the fact that you're in these spaces and you are
a successful black man for young black men and women
and brown people of color to look up to into
you know, into and to see that that's you know,
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that's leading so much into what you said that it's
bigger than you know. I mean, it's not about it's
about being there and being that that that visual for
others to follow in their space and by just doing
that part there everything that you just mentioned, it's it's
an amazing responsibility that you don't take lightly and that
your team at all and you go and you you knock.
Speaker 4 (24:48):
The you knock the ball out the park every time
to make sure that you're that person.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
Yeah, not at all, man, Like I didn't I didn't
know like.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
What I was going to do, you know, when I
was leaving, you know, graduating high school. I had no
idea until I met like my first black art director
name was Ken Jones, my first black graphic designer, Mark
Scott Carroll, my first black illustrator, Tony Wade. Like until
I met them, Like, I didn't know, Like when you're
an artist and you're a talented artist in high school,
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everybody was like, You're going to be an architect, and
I was like, damn, like that's my only option, you
know what I mean, Like I didn't know like all
of these other career paths exists until I actually met him.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
Man, It's like you got to see him and.
Speaker 3 (25:29):
You got to see yourself and them as a young
person to really get the to really get the fact
that you could do it too, you know. And so
seeing these guys and having these guys as mentors, man
made a tremendous impact on me. I mean I had
other people that like in high school and things that
made great impacts on me as well, like my art teacher,
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Miss Strimster, from my journalism teacher, Miss Stoler, but like
these three men, Man, just seeing the level of.
Speaker 2 (25:58):
The work that they did, how they went about it.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
And then them just having conversations with me made a
huge impact.
Speaker 4 (26:05):
That's what this is about. That's what this conversation is about.
You know what I mean. It's bigger than me, It's
bigger than you.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
It's it's the opportunity for somebody to listen to here,
to watch and know that it is absolutely possible.
Speaker 4 (26:15):
Before I let you go out.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
Of our Black Bis Bribe Building Black Bis podcast, Uh,
we got to talk music one time, and I'm thinking
that these artists that you that we've mentioned in the conversation,
that you have worked with, if you were to build
your own playlist on our iHeart app, you know what
I mean, if we're you know, people that that you're
trying to catch a vibe to. You know what I mean,
maybe that you've either worked with or you haven't worked with,
and you want to at some million time, who would
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be on your Who would be on your playlist right now?
Speaker 3 (26:40):
Dale oh Man, So, I mean Michael Jackson, France, Lous
Things Outcast, Ei, Uh Usher, Damn Beyonce, Jay z U,
Public Enemy, Friar call Quest, Uh, Keena, Marie Rick, James
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h Man Uh.
Speaker 4 (27:10):
I mean and there's more. I mean something in the background.
Speaker 3 (27:12):
Yeah, yeah, I mean Marvin Yeah, Marvin Yeah, Marvin Gay,
Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Tears for Fears. Like I think
about all of the stuff that I grew up on Chicago,
uh level forty two. Man, what are some other like
I might have to throw like some Rick James in there.
(27:34):
Uh shit, Like those are like the ones that's really
like you know that that when I hear oh, Michael Franks,
I mean, you know, Steely Steely, Dan like things that.
Speaker 2 (27:46):
I listened to and it just made me feel a
certain type of way.
Speaker 3 (27:50):
Man. Uh.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
But like all all of all of those, all of
that music man, uh, it's extremely inspired.
Speaker 3 (27:57):
Man. I mean it's like they the songs and the
music that they do, I mean it becomes so visual,
you know.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
Uh, And it's like when I can see the music,
you know, it just makes me dream and it makes
me create.
Speaker 4 (28:12):
That's what it's about. Man.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
Let's go ahead and drop the actual factions right here,
so we can make sure that everybody knows how exactly
defined what Goldfinger can do where y'all are at. If
it's social media, if it's website, let them have it.
Speaker 3 (28:25):
So like My goldfinger website is Goldfingercreative dot com. Uh,
we got a cool e commerce site if you want
to get some you know, some dope merch limited editions
and that's Goldfingershop dot com.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
And then you can find my fine.
Speaker 3 (28:41):
Art at deal Warfield dot com and you can follow
me on any of my socials and it's just at
deal Warfield.
Speaker 4 (28:50):
You gotta see some follows come along.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
Man. I gotta say, really, I don't even trip. Don't
even trip, man, it's about to happen. Don't even worry
about it. This conversation was meant to happen today. And
I really truly appreciate you opening up your heart, opening
up your energy, and open up that creative spirit that
you have for others to tap into and find their
own within themselves. So hopefully again following your footsteps is
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at the case, or just to find their path to
be secure enough in following who it is that they
are to succeed. That's what this Building Black Bizz podcast
is all about.
Speaker 4 (29:25):
So d L Man appreciate you.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
Listen. I'm glad to be here. I'm glad you guys
are having me in and hope somebody benefits from this conversation.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
It'll happen, man, and you stay blessed. You to make
your butt back up here to New York City. At
some point in time we'll have a dance.
Speaker 4 (29:40):
Off, doc.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
You know, I mean a man. My knees won't take it. Man,