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No School Rule · Hip-Hop Now Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Coming up on this week's episode of Hip Hop Now Podcast,
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  Speaker 1: The Alchemist, Two Chains, and Larry June team up for
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  Speaker 1: a joint album. Rocks and Seante will receive the Grammy's
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  Speaker 1: Lifetime Achievement Award, and rock Cam launches a new finance
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  Speaker 1: app driven by a I Yeah, this is an interesting week,
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  Speaker 1: Grammy Week too. Let's do it. Welcome to hip Hop
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  Speaker 1: right into the business. What up, y'all? I am your
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  Speaker 1: host Vegas and this is hip Hop Now Podcast, a
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  Speaker 1: Big shout out to all the supporters of this podcast.
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  Speaker 1: The goal for the end of twenty twenty five it's
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  Speaker 1: I'm not doing any magic tricks, but you know what
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  Speaker 1: the goal for twenty twenty five was five thousand subscribers
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  Speaker 1: to ten thousand if we hit five thousand, let's say,
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  Speaker 1: But I'm saying, if by the end of February we
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  Speaker 1: hit five thousand subscribers, then I'm just gonna go ahead
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  Speaker 1: and bump the total to ten thousand. Why not they
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  Speaker 1: call me Vegas and bet big? Why not fulltane forever?
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  Speaker 1: If you're watching a video. But yeah, so that's it's
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  Speaker 1: to be all rappers, and it's pretty dope to watch,
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  Speaker 1: right here on the channel tends to do well, you know,
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  Speaker 1: because it's fun to just watch the computer and just
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  Speaker 1: beat each other up. But they rappers and they got
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  Speaker 1: But also on the YouTube channel right now, and those
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  Speaker 1: on the audio side also have it the latest episode
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  Speaker 1: of that Time in Hip Hop featuring my partner in
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  Speaker 1: ron Tony from Into the Dome podcast also right here
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  Speaker 1: on YouTube, and the podcast, if you don't know, is
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  Speaker 1: really about historical moments and albums and figures and films
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  Speaker 1: and stuff like that within hip hop's history. And this
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  Speaker 1: latest episode is about the blog era, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: if you don't know what the blog era is, like, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: what is that. That's a time during the digital age,
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  Speaker 1: the early two thousands twenty tens, where you had mixtape
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  Speaker 1: websites and music discovery on different websites, stuff like that.
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  Speaker 1: Pith also the types of mixtapes that were dropping. Once
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  Speaker 1: upon a time, mixtapes were actually DJ's mixing, and then
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  Speaker 1: it evolved into you know, exclusive records from differ for artists.
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  Speaker 1: But somewhere along the time of the two thousands, really
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  Speaker 1: that blog era, a lot of artists, especially newer artists,
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  Speaker 1: started putting out projects that contain on mixtapes that contained
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  Speaker 1: original beats. And there's a ton of them. Series classic
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  Speaker 1: series of albums anywhere from you being introduced to Drake
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  Speaker 1: which I think is criminally slept on, criminally slept on
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  Speaker 1: so many dope editions And this was before, because I
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  Speaker 1: know a lot of people like what about fab and
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  Speaker 1: the soul tape that was The blog era was over
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  Speaker 1: fan by the time that happened, but the mixtape game
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  Speaker 1: was still somewhat there. But we're really talking about those
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  Speaker 1: early twenty twenty, you know, early twenty tens where it
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  Speaker 1: was popping. So you could check that out right here
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  Speaker 1: on the channel. It's a lot of content, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of history, a lot of context. But we're here to
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  Speaker 1: do something else. Big shout out to hip HOPDX dot com,
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  Speaker 1: Double exl mag and a couple of places where I
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  Speaker 1: get my stories from. Let's get right into the business though,
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  Speaker 1: let me get the hip hop bos Alchemists, two Chains
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  Speaker 1: and Larry June teaming up for a joint album. Now.
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  Speaker 1: I know you may be saying to yourself, who who
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  Speaker 1: and maybe who if you're not really locked in the
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  Speaker 1: hip hop like that, Maybe you know Alchemists, Maybe no
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  Speaker 1: two Chains, maybe you know Larry June. The name of
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  Speaker 1: the album is going to be called Life is Beautiful.
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  Speaker 1: Let's see if there is a release date here. This
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  Speaker 1: is coming from Hip Hop DX. It was a song
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  Speaker 1: was posted on Alchemist's a video actually for a song
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  Speaker 1: called bad Choices was posted on Alchemist's ig. The trio
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  Speaker 1: released the first single, and it's a company video, Bad Choices,
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  Speaker 1: earlier this month, though they didn't reveal that a full
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  Speaker 1: project was on the way, so I think there's probably
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  Speaker 1: like three three songs available. I'm not seeing a date though,
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  Speaker 1: so obviously, if they are releasing this quick, this album
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  Speaker 1: is probably right around the corner. If we're just keeping
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  Speaker 1: a buck, it's probably on the way now. How do
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  Speaker 1: I feel about this personally? How you feel? Comments in
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  Speaker 1: the comments section below. I'm not mad at the combination.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, obviously I like Alchemists. I don't like everything
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  Speaker 1: he produces, but typically I like most of it. Two Chains,
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  Speaker 1: I know when he's asked to step in that hip
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  Speaker 1: hop bag, he shows up, right, he shows up. I
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  Speaker 1: don't care what you feel about his trap music. When
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  Speaker 1: he had the best verse on Daylight Soul's, one of
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  Speaker 1: the songs he was on on their album, I was like, Wow,
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  Speaker 1: that's crazy. Two change Why two change? Garrat he had
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  Speaker 1: a dope song that was on Eminem's last album that
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  Speaker 1: I thought he kind of killed that. So Larry June
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  Speaker 1: is a dude who I'm kind of hit or miss
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  Speaker 1: with I know everybody loves the album he did. I
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  Speaker 1: think it's called The Great Escape with Alchemists, but the
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  Speaker 1: Disinterested Flow it's just doesn't do anything for me. When
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  Speaker 1: I say the Disinterested Flow, I mean Larry June, Body James.
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  Speaker 1: Body James for sure sometimes rock Marciana, right, but he
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  Speaker 1: but he kind of always kind of rapped like that,
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  Speaker 1: and it's more aggressive than those other two, I thanm so's.
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  Speaker 1: It's probably unfair to include him, but Body James and
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  Speaker 1: Larry Junes should be enough now. With Larry June specifically,
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  Speaker 1: even though I wasn't the biggest fan of The Great Escape,
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  Speaker 1: I think that was because Alcami's beats weren't like they
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  Speaker 1: just didn't match with him. I just didn't really care
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  Speaker 1: for it that much. But then Larry June put out
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  Speaker 1: a joint that was more The Beasts were more like
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  Speaker 1: West Coast laid Back Ride two Beats, and then I
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  Speaker 1: was like, Okay, if he does this, I might be
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  Speaker 1: alone for the Ride. Am I anticipating this album? Not really?
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  Speaker 1: If it was canceled tomorrow, I'd be like okay, But
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  Speaker 1: well I listened to it, of course. I mean it's
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  Speaker 1: enough there that I like that, I'm willing to check
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  Speaker 1: it out and I get the feeling. I mean, I've
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  Speaker 1: heard the singles, so it's kind of in that, even
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  Speaker 1: with two chains, it's kind of in that disinterested laying
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  Speaker 1: a little bit. But again, like I said before, listening
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  Speaker 1: to singles nowadays, you just never have an idea of
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  Speaker 1: what the entire album sounds like. Sometimes the songs fit
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  Speaker 1: within the mode or within the sequence of records that
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  Speaker 1: make them sound better, or at least you understand the
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  Speaker 1: context in which it was created to based on where
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  Speaker 1: it lands within the album, if that makes sense. So
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  Speaker 1: I'm not excited, but I'm definitely curious, and I think
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  Speaker 1: coming out of the gate for twenty twenty five, as
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  Speaker 1: far as albums goes go, it's been it's been slow.
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  Speaker 1: So Boston, it's been a little bit slow, which is
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  Speaker 1: not bad. I mean, we're only really hitting February and
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  Speaker 1: things should start to pick up now and you know,
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  Speaker 1: obviously as we head into the spring. So we'll see.
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  Speaker 1: It is definitely piquing my interest and who knows, maybe
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  Speaker 1: I like it, So we'll see. Rocks and Chantey is
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  Speaker 1: going to receive the Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award now, I
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  Speaker 1: definitely I'm not trying to throw shade at all. Roxy
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  Speaker 1: and Chantey is a pioneer in the ramp games, especially
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  Speaker 1: for female MC's, especially on some battle rap stuff because
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  Speaker 1: that's how she came out the gate as a teenager,
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  Speaker 1: just like yo Utfo and all of that. So even
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  Speaker 1: though I know the Grammys in recent years have gotten
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  Speaker 1: their hip hop, especially for the album probably mainly when
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  Speaker 1: it comes to the Album of the Year, they've gotten it
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  Speaker 1: right in most cases as far as not overlooking the
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  Speaker 1: best of the best, you know, or at least if
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  Speaker 1: you have your top albums of the year right and
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  Speaker 1: you pull up I ordered something from grub Hub, it
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  Speaker 1: is on the way. Uh. If if you have a
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  Speaker 1: top five or best of the Year list, and let's
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  Speaker 1: say the Grammys has five nominations for Album of the Year,
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  Speaker 1: maybe three or all or on your list, and they're
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  Speaker 1: doing they're doing good. And I think they've been doing that.
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  Speaker 1: So this is interesting because I never thought that Roxane
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  Speaker 1: Seante would get this kind of award from the Grammys
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  Speaker 1: because as far as I know, she's not ever been
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  Speaker 1: nominated for a Grammy or one one unless she has
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  Speaker 1: in another capacity that I know of, so let's go
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  Speaker 1: to hip HOPDX dot com. Rok Shan. Shante has been
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  Speaker 1: a pioneer and trailblazer since Roxane's Revenge in nineteen eighty four,
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  Speaker 1: so it should be no surprise that she's making history
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  Speaker 1: yet again, this time as the first solo female rapper
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  Speaker 1: to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy.
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  Speaker 1: The award, given to performers who during their lifetimes have
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  Speaker 1: made creative contributions about standing artistic significance to the field
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  Speaker 1: of recording, will be presented on Saturday, February first. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: I need some more receipts pop figures who had previously
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  Speaker 1: received Donna, Okay, Run, DMC, Public Enemy, Grand Master, Flash
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  Speaker 1: of the series five, Salt and Pepper n W. A. Well,
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  Speaker 1: there you have it. That kind of that explains it
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  Speaker 1: for me now it makes sense. It's it's almost like
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  Speaker 1: we recognizing pioneers in a hip hop game. And I
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  Speaker 1: just said that about Rocks and Seante is not debatable.
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  Speaker 1: She's the blueprint for not all, for most female mcs
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  Speaker 1: because not only was she doing it at an early
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  Speaker 1: time in hip hop, but she was the probably the
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  Speaker 1: first time you know there was any real focus on
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  Speaker 1: a female MC. She's not the first female MC ever,
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  Speaker 1: so oh stop, don't do that. But as far as
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  Speaker 1: being dope like really dope like could probably take on men.
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  Speaker 1: And I know there's probably somebody you know that I
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  Speaker 1: don't know where there's no music or stuff like that,
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  Speaker 1: but just remember this. It doesn't mean that earlier pioneers
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  Speaker 1: who paved a way for her don't deserve recognition. It's
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  Speaker 1: just that this has to do with her being a
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  Speaker 1: professional recording artist. Okay, And I know it's a rabbit hole.
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  Speaker 1: You'd be like, well, wait a minute, M see La
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  Speaker 1: La La La La had an album on Turtle Records
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  Speaker 1: back a man we don't know her Roxane Jonte. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: that's it, so it'll be interesting. I'm interested in seeing
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  Speaker 1: what her speech is but this so we'll see. And lastly,
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  Speaker 1: so apparently rock camp launched a new finance act that
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  Speaker 1: is supposed to be by AI artificial intelligence, and it
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  Speaker 1: allows you to ask questions of rockam with an AI
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  Speaker 1: powered RAH feature, which is interesting. So let's see. This
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  Speaker 1: is also piggybacking off of a hip hop DX article.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think I like this description but I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: read it anyway. Independent urban music artists and creators often
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  Speaker 1: struggle to gain financial stability despite their market impact. Rock
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  Speaker 1: Cam explained with Notes, We're building a community and lifestyle
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  Speaker 1: driven platform that combindes cultural connection, technology, and empowerment to
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  Speaker 1: give them the tools they need to thrive. Notes is
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  Speaker 1: led by rock Kim and longtime associated Divine. The latter
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  Speaker 1: says that the app exists to empower and support artists
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  Speaker 1: and creators in the urban community who have been underserved
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  Speaker 1: and exploited for so long. This is interesting. Let me see,
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  Speaker 1: is there a way to look at how it works.
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  Speaker 1: Notes exist to connect artists with lenders and creditors while
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  Speaker 1: educating them about money. But its most notable feature is
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  Speaker 1: as Rack, which the company describes as an AI voice assistant,
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  Speaker 1: an agent in the iconic voice of Rokkim. Purpose Rockim
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  Speaker 1: purpose built for independent urban maybe purposely built for independent
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  Speaker 1: urban music artists and creators. So the Rockim side of
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  Speaker 1: it is obviously he agrees with what this is and
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  Speaker 1: how it could help independent artists from urban backgrounds, according
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  Speaker 1: to them, and one of the features is that you
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  Speaker 1: know you if you have questions AI Artificial intelligence Skynet
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  Speaker 1: rock m will answer them. I have one question for
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  Speaker 1: AI rock Cam. How do I get paid in full?
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  Speaker 1: I probably wouldn't do that or say that, but I
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  Speaker 1: will say this. I think I think it's good man.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's to me. Let me just
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  Speaker 1: say this before I ended off. This is to me.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm not knocking anybody's hustle, but to me, this
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  Speaker 1: is ten times better. Then Hey, y'all, let's collaborate. Pay
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  Speaker 1: me for a feature. Now, some people will pay for
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  Speaker 1: a feature, and in some cases, you know, the rappers
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  Speaker 1: show up right like I think sky Zoo does it,
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  Speaker 1: but he never sounds disconnected from the artists, so to speak,
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  Speaker 1: like some artists to it. Some artists will hit you
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  Speaker 1: with the bitcoin, you know, if check out my bigcoin
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  Speaker 1: my crypto currency thing, you know, and what's the other
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  Speaker 1: one that I can't remember now with the art, the
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  Speaker 1: AI art, you know, there's plenty of rappers that hit
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  Speaker 1: you with that. To me, all useless, right, all useless?
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  Speaker 1: All yo, I'm putting the album together. Everybody come on
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  Speaker 1: and then it's like some mixtape that they barely even
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  Speaker 1: promote or whatever, but everybody had to pay to be featured.
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  Speaker 1: I get it, but this can also be looking that
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  Speaker 1: like that because of you know, credit and stuff like that,
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  Speaker 1: But it also offers an opportunity for you to learn right,
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  Speaker 1: and financial literacy doesn't only play urban artists. It plagues
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  Speaker 1: ghettos because you don't grow up with parents who are
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  Speaker 1: typically financially literate right to a degree that could help you. Right.
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  Speaker 1: There's certain things where my mother used to be like,
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  Speaker 1: don't get a credit card. That was her telling me,
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  Speaker 1: That was her educating me, but she never really was
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  Speaker 1: saying why and going deep with it. So I think
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  Speaker 1: this is an example, and I'm just using myself as
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  Speaker 1: an example. Obviously my mother wasn't that bad finances, but
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  Speaker 1: most people struggle, you know what I'm saying, because of
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  Speaker 1: you know, looking at credit as an option or whatever
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  Speaker 1: it may be. And so I look at something like
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  Speaker 1: this with this app being a tool that can help
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  Speaker 1: those who want it, right. I guess it's just like
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  Speaker 1: with the crypto and bitcoin stuff. If you want it
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  Speaker 1: and your favorite rapper is offering it, you know, then
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  Speaker 1: you're gonna go for it. But I think this is
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  Speaker 1: just a little bit more helpful because is knowledge to
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  Speaker 1: be learned now I haven't looked at the asks, so
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if you have to sign up, do something,
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  Speaker 1: buy something, invest something before you can use AI rock
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  Speaker 1: him and ask some questions, you know, like he's a
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  Speaker 1: part of a package when you sign up, or if
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  Speaker 1: you can go in there and ask him some basic
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  Speaker 1: questions before you sign up. So I'm not sure. I'm
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  Speaker 1: personally not interested, but it doesn't mean that it's a
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  Speaker 1: bad thing for you. And I think it's dope for
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  Speaker 1: Rock Him to do something like this, especially at this
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  Speaker 1: point in his career when he can really just be
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  Speaker 1: concerned about himself. So what do you think? Are you
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  Speaker 1: going to sign up for rock ems AI at you
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  Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, to be financially literate if you're
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  Speaker 1: not already, you know, are you looking forward to an alchemist?
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