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T-Ress's Symphony of Struggle and Success

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Strap yourselves in as we ride the rhythm and flow with the promising star on the rise, T-Ress. Stepping out of the shadows of the 1836 Entertainment Group and the TMP Camp, he splashes the canvas of his life with vibrant music and rap. Prepare to groove along as T-Ress lights up the mic, sharing his unique sound that resonates with his journey and passion. His music is a testament to his trials, tribulations, and triumphs, and is bound to get you nodding along to the beat.

This isn't just another conversation with a rising star. It's an inspiring narrative you'll find woven into his music. Hear about T-Ress’s fascinating journey - from his early beginnings singing Spanish music at two to stepping into a professional studio at 15, and now being a part of a thriving music collective. He unravels his drive, his grind, and the inspiration behind his music, painting a vivid picture of the world of an artist building his career. So tune in, turn up the volume, and lose yourself in the world of T-Ress. You won't want to miss this.

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Speaker 1:

I got Biscotti and Frozen Big Bust. Like I'm Rose Day, I see Wendy's at the domain. Lil' Batty as she home made Ratt my city at the home game. Up and down, I'm gonna go go phrase and the sprint is taking up both legs. Hopping, we swimming, the package be booming. Yeah, we got it, we got it, got it. She picking it, chosen and love at the moment. Yeah, we got it, we got it, got it. They cannot door we doing. You see how we moving. We got it, we got it, got it.

Speaker 1:

Mess with the squad? You try to try to go against us? I highly doubt it. All of my bros, we got it, got it. They off the show we got it, got it. Been on the road. We got it, got it. We cannot go without it. I did Mess with the squad.

Speaker 1:

You try to try to Go against us. I highly doubt it. Been on the road. We got it, got it. We cannot go without it. I did. I feel unexcited. Can't mess with the toxic curvy. Lil' Batty, be all on me Keepin' it spicy. You know that I got it and she need to just call on me. Run up the tab. We runnin' it back, lil' Mamma. Yeah, ball on me need to ride, we need to go from from. Get it shy. Yeah, go to song, song Hoppin'. We zoomin' up have to be boomin'. Yeah, we got it, we got it, got it. She pickin' your treasures and in love with the moment. Yeah, we got it, we got it, got it. They cannot door we doing. You see how we moving. We got it, we got it, got it Mess with the squad.

Speaker 2:

We got it. Mess with the squad. What is up? What's up? Everybody, thank you for clicking that Play Button and thank you for all the live people watchin'. Thank you for clickin' and, of course, tell a friend to tell a friend. But anyways, special guest today, we do have singer, songwriter and recording artist T res coming on represent Tia, the TMP camp and 1836 entertainment. So that's gonna it's gonna be pretty dope, but before we get to that, we're gonna open up with some music. So enjoy way up my T res.

Speaker 3:

You used to serve them joggers, bitch.

Speaker 3:

I'm out of money. Bae's gon' keep it coming. Speakin' fake's no funny. Keep it. Money linein'. Won't do this shit for funnin'. Too much racks to be makin'. Ain't did this shit for nothin'. Way up high racks to the sky? Nigga I'm gon' lie what shit I ain't gon' lie. Way up high racks to the sky? Nigga I'm gon' lie what shit I ain't gon' lie Nigga. Big bae's like I'm hit man she gon' shoot straight bringin' on certain you smoke big gas. Now I'm a big bae's parkas. Do heavy. Nah. Nigga whip flash 220 on a dash two tennis while I'm mad.

Speaker 3:

Niggas be lyin' while I'm speakin' facts Pro-walka, no breaks. I think I'm finna. Crack these hoes be doin' kids shit I do not play no tag Nigga. High though skin that lookin' nice. Ho, bae, my fucker like Mike Goode Tyson, not that white ho Ritchards with big, low light, low red ass. Nigga like 5-4, don't wait, be a squad, nigga. No, I'm bombin' nights. Ho used to serve them joggers, bitch. I'm out of money. Bae's gon' keep it coming. Speakin' fake's no funny. Keep it. Money linein'. Won't do this shit for funnin'. Too much racks to be makin'. Ain't did this shit for nothin'. Wai up high racks to the sky nigga I'm gon' lie. What shit I ain't gon' lie. Wai up high racks to the sky nigga I'm gon' lie. What shit I ain't gon' lie.

Speaker 2:

What's poppin'.

Speaker 4:

Yeah, it's cool to be back man.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, welcome back to the show. But yeah, for all the people who don't know you out there, go ahead and introduce yourself to the audience real quick.

Speaker 4:

I go by the name of T-Rez. I rep 1836 Entertainment Group. You know what I'm sayin'? Shout out to my homies out there. Tnp Camp we got Point shit Grind AG. Motherfuckin' Kirby. You know who it is? Man Drippy Drew, shit Hitters, bro Hitters.

Speaker 2:

It's right. Yeah, I'm plumbin' through all of them. I'm havin' all of them on the show. I'm sorry, I'm goin' through all of them.

Speaker 4:

It's crazy, man, the whole squad, bro, like it's the talks we've been havin'. It's like a new screw era.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, you guys got some big things poppin' out there and Corpus Christi.

Speaker 4:

For sure, man for sure.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, you got artists on tours goin' on tours and stuff.

Speaker 4:

We've had artists on tours this year, more coming up. I'm not too in the know right now as far as days, but I know it's in the works, so by the end of the year it should be rollin' again.

Speaker 2:

It's gotta be an exciting time for you guys. It's pretty much like just the come up and you're just feelin' it right now.

Speaker 4:

Oh, for sure, man, yeah, for sure, sure yeah.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, it's crazy how life just changes in a blink of an eye and you're just Living the dream.

Speaker 4:

This is shit you work so hard for, you know. I'm saying like I Don't know for any other artists, but it's been to the point where I slept in the studio, man.

Speaker 4:

Right the hunger for it. You know I mean all the emotions, the ups and downs. It's like never giving up shit. You ain't supposed to give up at your, at your dream, whatever it is. You know I mean like Cuz the cuz. The thing that kills me the most is the what ifs If I didn't do it, mm-hmm. So instead of kicking myself in my ass, I Shifted it into gear and got down with with the right team. You know what I mean right, that's it.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I always tell everybody I'm like don't forget the kid with the rolled up socks. It's on my Facebook account, you can read it, yeah, and it's just like it's don't forget that kid. They'll always that always, had the whole world in front of them. You still, you're still him. You know you can't, you can't just let him go just because you're all grown up now.

Speaker 4:

I mean, yeah, nah Straight up.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, you can't forget who you, who you were when you were a kid, because that's when the whole world was in front of you, and it still is. You just don't see it that way anymore when you're an adult, but it's still there.

Speaker 4:

Yeah, nah, straight up, man, that's the deck for drive, though that should be the drive exactly exactly, but yeah, well, look at you started into music.

Speaker 2:

I know you've been at it for for quite a, for quite a minute now.

Speaker 4:

Yeah, you know, in in professional studio since I was 15, okay, 32, you know I'm 32 and shit. So for the most part 18 years, I've been in a professional studio setting. But as far as me singing, I've been singing since I was two. So, yeah, two years old singing Spanish music and then getting into my teens doing the R&B and Then figure it out, you know, my early 20s, probably like 17, 18 years old, when I discovered, like like Gucci main and it was early 2000s, so that's kind of what the fundamentals come from man Like like the air, the air of music I was able to adapt to, from having like older brothers and older sisters and shit like that.

Speaker 2:

Right yeah, what wanted what? What inspired you to get involved in? Like to be an entertainer, to be just in music.

Speaker 4:

I'm being a hundred percent honest, bro. I like the attention. I've always been that kind of person. I remember being like probably like Six or seven years old. I'm in the middle of San Antonio during the think-off yesterday, having April, and I'm dancing with random people and I'm, you know, six, seven years old in a dance floor, dancing with older people and just vibing and I don't know. I like that attention, man.

Speaker 2:

I like that attention. You're just all eyes on me type of person. I like that. I'm the same way, bro. I'm saying way we were having we're at like a work get together. It's like a little party or whatever. I work and we're gonna play a cornhole. Never, I play like four games of cornhole in my life and everybody's like I don't want to play because there's too many people watching. I'm like that's the best time to play, that's the best time to do it. Yeah, yeah, action is right at the middle. Let's do it.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, yeah, yeah oh, what kind of singer would you classify yourself as? Like R&B, you know, just kind of little hip hopper.

Speaker 4:

It's. You know that that's something I've been battling with for years, like okay.

Speaker 4:

Exactly what kind of particular artist, because I, like I said, I grew up singing like boys to men and and then you know that's, that's the soulful shit. And then you get like the steady tone from backstreet boys and you just kind of put them all in one pot and yeah, technically it is R&B. So I guess you can consider me an R&B artist, but I think for the most part like the versatility, being able to put it in my rap music and not that it's not being done, it's just it's not being done like me, yeah. So so if I can classify myself as a, it's like I'm declassified.

Speaker 2:

Starting my own category. God damn it.

Speaker 4:

Honestly, like it's whatever the feelings, because I'm going to reggaeton song and then the next thing, you know, I'm doing an R&B song and then I'm doing like a street rap song, like it's whatever. Whatever beat catches my attention is what I'm gonna feel. So you know, the demographic, aiming towards demographics, is like Not having one solid demographic, is having multiple demographics Okay, whether it be like a universal sound or Just having like a solid rap foundation where, bar for bar, you know, somebody can appreciate the bar, somebody can appreciate the love songs, this, that so I don't know, man, I can't put my finger on it.

Speaker 2:

Still, Just yeah this is how you're doing. It's it, yeah, it's. It's amazing because you're like so diverse, like I've heard you in down pat with Drupal M and AB and SOB.

Speaker 2:

I think I was in the two and that, that song that hits hard, you know, and you still have the lit. You slept, like the, the soft lyrics behind it too, that which makes it I'll catch you too, and which makes it stick into people's heads. But then you, then you also have, like you, like you said, the love songs out there, and it's just amazing that you're so diverse and just and just like in your art. It's amazing.

Speaker 4:

Yeah, man, it's, it's. It's a blessing, man, it's a blessing. But also to you know, now I'm able to clear shit up because it's like I'm looked at as one specific thing in the city that I'm in as like, oh, he's the hook dude, he's the guy you can sing, getting for your hooks it. But like I don't just sing you know what I mean Like I don't want to just put myself in a box I'm. I want people to know like I could do a rap verse, I could do Whatever it is that you're looking for. As far as you know, if you want singing, of course I'll kill the singing shit, but don't forget like, hey, man, your boy raps too.

Speaker 2:

Boys got bars too. So shit, shit, yeah. But uh, what has it been like your best performance of your career so far? Like, can you put, like, put like a stamp on it, like the one concert or one gig that you just like crushed it?

Speaker 4:

I feel like, uh man, south by Southwest 2016. Man, I went out there and I Killed a little showcase out there with a good like 300, little 300 crowd. Okay, so good, I got a good reaction, I got to network with people. It just felt like genuine, you know, I mean cuz it wasn't nobody I knew. We all went to Austin. It was a big old deal, like you know, I mean, and I didn't know anybody in the room but Shit, at the end of the performance they they really had like came up to me and really dat me up and Let me know, like, man, you got something, your talented, I mean. I still here to the day, you know. I mean it's like a weird thing cuz, even though I like attention To a certain extent, man, I'm a very like anti social person.

Speaker 4:

I'm a very I'm a hermit. I like chilling by myself and it feels weird when I get approached in public, when people do recognize me, or when they like oh man, you're T-Rez, but you know face, because it's hard, man, I go until this point with the whole Facebook thing or Instagram. I really wasn't like yo, look at me, I'm T-Rez, right, they kind of just fell my lap. Now it's like. So when people do approach me, it's a weird feeling. Bro, it's nice I'm, you can get used to it's.

Speaker 2:

You're like a was it cuz. Sometimes when I the my first time I got approached in public. I was like really shy. I was just like yeah, hi, hey, what's going on?

Speaker 1:

And I was like oh, shit.

Speaker 2:

This is really. This is what's going to happen. Like, once people start seeing me and watch, this is what's going to happen.

Speaker 4:

So I kind of have to wrap your mind around that, that people are gonna recognize you and yeah, and, and the thing too, man, like people were too caught up on like jewelry and Backing bro, you ask anybody that I? Kick it with it really knows me. I don't rock the jewelry, I don't rock the fancy shit. Man, hey look, I'm gonna. I'm gonna slide in Some, some basketball shorts and a shirt I would do with a hat.

Speaker 4:

You feel me like. I'm basic as it comes, so even though the music, kind of you know, bleeds through and makes it seem like I'm some kind of super, whatever the fuck man, I'm the chillest dude, bro. I'm like the most basic dude you can meet.

Speaker 2:

Right.

Speaker 4:

Yeah, exactly, I'll go to your wedding and some flies on some shit like that.

Speaker 2:

I don't think I put pants on since April, cuz I'm the same way. Yeah. I don't shorts and t-shirt until winter, until snow hits.

Speaker 4:

They cold shit, bro. Like the top faction. Shit don't really Amuse me as more man Look like do you have good music? That's how I want to put it out there, like yeah, I may come a certain way, yeah, I may look a certain way, but I did look. I'm gonna let my music speak for itself.

Speaker 2:

Exactly exactly. The actions speak louder than words that Warren Buffett mode man you would know.

Speaker 4:

Warren Buffett got billions of dollars. He telling this fuck.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, they do. Is like wearing like Like Hawaiian t-shirts and shorts all the damn time running around a flip-flops.

Speaker 4:

That part.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, or is that jit? That was Jimmy Buffett with the flip-flops, wasn't it yeah?

Speaker 4:

even that. That man, warren Bucket, that old ass dude, he just he's look, he looks regular. He said he only carries like 500 in his wallet. At a time how you got a billion dollars and you fell humble to carry this 500 and that's really the tip people and be like here, 100 bucks for your service type shit right, yeah, that's just tip money.

Speaker 2:

Yeah we're on with tip money in your pocket, yeah that. Plastic, of milk though, but yeah. But yeah, it's just amazing how like some people are so humble when they have so much. But so maybe because they have so much, it would be so humble. If here's an off-topic question If you were rich as hell let's say you had Warren Buffett money Would you be like that or you'd be all uptight under g5?

Speaker 4:

Nah, man, I'm like the most. The only way you can be able to tell if I made it like that is by what I'm driving Cuz even at that I'm.

Speaker 4:

you know I'm getting like a four bedroom home, something simple, a little 280 grand down here Texas. You know the simple shit four bedroom home, two and a half bath, you know, maybe a pool in the back to a little front yard, chill little backyard. And that's in the car I'm driving, bro, and that's it. Like I ain't, I ain't doing no flexing, that's it for generational wealth, because the whole reason I'm in this shit anyways, you know, your boy got kids on kids, so I'm trying, I'm trying to leave something for them, man, exactly, you know, and even if it ain't even about what I like, cuz I'm telling you, bro, I'm basic, I like my weed, I like my video games and I'm killing, I'm chilling bro.

Speaker 2:

Exactly, yeah, if I had that money, it was like you wouldn't even know it. I'm not gonna tell nobody, I ain't telling none of y'all, none of y'all. I got that. I'm just saying I'm just gonna chill, I'm gonna do my podcast, I'm gonna chill.

Speaker 4:

Yeah, you might notice an increase on smoke, but yeah, some toys might happen. That's that's about it, bro that's how I'm spending my money on some good ass weed and yeah, make some hookahs and some bongs and stuff.

Speaker 2:

We'll see.

Speaker 4:

Some super blunt. I want to put a whole ounce and a half and a blunt or some shit. Man, we have those that are dispensaries. Yeah, there's a whole there's.

Speaker 2:

It's not an ounce and a half, it's like a whole ounce and it's like a you know blunt this long I. Even yeah, it's like I Don't. I've never bought it so I really can't put pinpoint the price, but I'm guessing it's like 80 bucks.

Speaker 4:

Damn like an ounce.

Speaker 2:

It's like an ounce of it, something I don't know. People in the comments out there, if you know how much is already pre-rode, or it's just the wrapping. So no, it's already pre-rolled it was handed to. Comes in like a big-ass to Like a poster would, yeah yeah.

Speaker 4:

Bro, I'm going down. I'm going down there soon, bro, I might just have to go take a whole film crew out there, like, do a whole video with that shit.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, yeah, that's just, it's dope. Like when you see it, Like I would never buy it. Don't be honest, because, let's be honest, what they put in there, it's, it's garbage. There's a reason why it's one blunt and it's 80 bucks, because it's garbage.

Speaker 4:

I mean, you're probably gonna get some feeling with some good man right, yeah.

Speaker 2:

I'm like you might as well just buy you might as well just buy the rap itself and fill it yourself.

Speaker 4:

But, yeah, I think they got wraps down like that. Over here in Corpus man.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I think it was a a Cheech and Chong record. It was like the old vinyl and it came with a big inside the vinyl. You could open the book and it came with a big-ass paper. See, that's what I'm trying to smoke with, bro. It was like this long.

Speaker 4:

Yeah, I'm trying to smoke with teaching Chong one day. You know I'm saying hurry up, hurry up and blow me up everybody so I can get out there and smoke with these dudes before they go. I.

Speaker 2:

Did some hollerin out there, I might. I might have a surprise guest coming up. There's so many people listening speaking of Cheech and Chong, so I'm working on it. Man trying to get Tommy Chong on the show, I'm working on it.

Speaker 4:

That's cool man. I hope you do. I hope you can get them on there.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, but yeah, if you could perform with like any, let's say, any artist, any singer, songwriter, hip-hop artist that you would, that you want, who would that be? Frank Ocean.

Speaker 4:

Frank Ocean.

Speaker 2:

Okay, like any reason.

Speaker 4:

That's my favorite artist period has done. Okay over anybody, like Over Michael Jackson, over over James Brown, like like easy's that for me right, name my daughter, get my daughter a portion of that name. You know what I mean okay. Yeah.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, he's good. Yeah, you don't. You don't hear Frank Ocean a lot, though, when you ask people that you don't hear Frank Ocean a lot, yeah yeah, that's cool. Yeah, that's dope, you know. Side the box on that one.

Speaker 4:

Yeah, genius writer, like His production, whoever does his production. I know he's very, you know, involved in his production, but whoever is behind it is Is a genius. Yeah, how they can go from like the same song be like eight minutes long. Half of the song is one part of the song and then it transitions into a whole new beat. Right, yeah, part painted to the first part of the song. So it's like dude, you're, your mind is too creative, bro, like you're on a whole new level.

Speaker 2:

We're gonna be honest with you I've never listened to Frank Ocean.

Speaker 4:

Man, you'd be surprised, bro, I gotta shoot you some records. Man Like, yeah, I'm like changing shit That'll make you really like Decide. Like wow, man is my favorite artist.

Speaker 1:

Like a true artist like this.

Speaker 4:

Hey, you know, for me it was a young thug for the longest time.

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

Speaker 4:

Yeah, bro, thug was like a big influence in my music, which is why I was able to utilize like the voice and in my rap shit. Okay way up kind of I don't know if you hear it and way up, that's like an influence, and way up. You know what I mean. Yeah.

Speaker 4:

I don't want to like particularly take, take, like, take, take, take from them, mm-hmm. But it's just almost like when you're influenced by somebody, that kind of like it either shows or it doesn't, and if it doesn't, kind of executed it in your own way. But if it shows, then a there's nothing wrong with paying diamonds to Somebody as good as Doug man, right?

Speaker 2:

There's yeah, you see, you do see a lot of that, but it it comes with everything, though it like even in sports he comes with that. Like you see this one player copy this player and then it mold it into their own. So you see it everywhere. I don't see how it's, how it's a problem. Comedians you see it a lot with jokes. The repurpose a joke and remold it and then retell it. Right, you see some people getting trouble with it that way. Not so much in music, though. Yeah.

Speaker 4:

Yeah, it's not so much done in music. I think in music is kind of frowned upon.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, yes.

Speaker 4:

But you know, being an artist, there's a different, there's a different vision as far as being an artist and seeing it on our standpoint, like it's just. It's just one song, it may not ever get heard, and that song may translate into the next song and it be, you know, similar but still different. And then you start going in your own direction. You find that's what they mean by finding yourself as an artist. You got to go through these little phases in life where you're taking from certain artists and that's who influences you, and then it's kind of like they all build you into this artist, that now you sound like yourself right.

Speaker 4:

I think that's kind of where I'm at in this, in this point, because I mean, you know, I asked the camp who you think we think I sound like. Do I sound like anybody like now, man?

Speaker 2:

You sound like T res, that's it.

Speaker 4:

That's what it is. You know, 1836 shit right Now.

Speaker 2:

so what was it? What was the feeling of? Like just being signed by like an actual label, like not having an actual worry about the studio time and paying for the music videos, hotel stays during tours and all that?

Speaker 4:

I mean it feels good, bro. It feels like it's a blessing in itself because you work so hard, for I mean you know and I know a lot of people are great there's. It sucks that people are great and Kind of don't get the opportunity I have right now and don't get the opportunity to be signed to a major label or an indie label or anything. So, Like most of it, man is gratefulness. You can wake up and be like man. I signed that piece of paper like I'm legit. Now right, it's the self-doubt gone, pretty much Right right.

Speaker 2:

So I felt when I got my blue check mark, it is yeah, it is in a way, in an accomplishment that I have to pay for monthly. But yeah, it's in a way.

Speaker 4:

But hey, whatever you got to do to make it, man there's no limit when in this in this game.

Speaker 4:

There's no limits to what you got to do to make it like you gotta. You got to be willing to pay to play Mm-hmm. You got to, you know, be willing to sacrifice and that's, that's the advice you got to give the people. You know I'm saying like the sacrifice, leaving your family for a certain amount of time or, you know, doing something you may not think you can do with emotionally or mentally, like All that's about the roof man when you sign them papers and you got to be on the go bro, like there's no more Uh, holding back.

Speaker 4:

It's like either you give it a yaw, your all, you just sign that paper for no reason, like right.

Speaker 2:

That's right. Yeah, if people say just like, don't there's, if you're not making any money doing what you love, then why do you keep doing it if you're not making any money? Because, well, the answer is because you love it and Because this is all building to something like. You don't get paid at the beginning, you get paid Like towards, like the, the peak of your career yeah.

Speaker 2:

Then you get paid for the past, of all the hard work and accomplishments and sacrifice that you got for. That's what you get paid for when it times, when your time comes.

Speaker 4:

Yeah, man, like that's the conversation me and my merch do have. You know, shout out, you know, grab three, six, one the dude. We have those conversations all the time. Like you know, businesses, business, man, this shit, uh, it's not for the week, I know that, for damn shit, but we had those conversations all the time. Man, it's crazy. It's crazy. You touch on that because that's like a that's a daily topic, something you gotta talk about.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, you say it's, it's, it's, it's hard, like when you're doing something that you file it. You're following your heart, you're doing what you want, and then it's hard when you don't see the instant replica. Yeah, you don't see the instant rewards like nowadays, everyone wants to be a good person. It's everyone wants it now and wants it now. Wants it now, wants it now. No one this wants, like you know. Grind it out for five, six, ten, twenty years, they get rewarded.

Speaker 4:

You know, look at me. For 18 years I've been at this shit. Do I get frustrated with it? Fuck yeah, you know what I mean. Like, but you don't walk into this shit thinking like, oh man, I can't do it, I'm gonna, I'm gonna give up at a certain point because I mean, that's, that's where, if you've done this long enough Enough as an artist, you know that they're like man, I just want to walk away from this and ain't doing that to for me, I've been doing it too long. But like what if you just needed two more shovel full? You know what I mean. You just needed to dig that shovel down in the dirt two more times, throw it over your back and treasure chest is right there. You know what I'm saying. Like you could be that close in life and and you complain so much about what you don't have. But it takes a little bit more work than yesterday.

Speaker 4:

Right you know I mean. So I think you know anybody can get anywhere if you just have that consistency and work. So, I'm sorry, go ahead. No, I think that's why the label fucks with who they fuck with. You know what I mean. Like it's a doggy dog world. Who's gonna make the good music? Who's gonna be able to be self-sufficient and really like stand on their own? And I mean they fuck with who they fuck with for a reason you know I mean right, you gotta have, you gotta have that want to the one.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, so even if you're not, even if you don't get paid for it, you're like you, would you still do it? Yes, of course, of course I love it, so why not?

Speaker 4:

Yeah, man, doing it this long without getting paid you know why quit now right exactly but yeah uh.

Speaker 2:

So I had a question, I lined up and now I'm all, I'm all high and shit. But what, what is your, what is your opinion about how like hip-hop is going nowadays? Like little nizags and all these NBA, like NBA young boy Is that his name? Yeah, NBA young boy and yeah when all these, all these new artists is breaking the stream. It's not like to me. It sounds like all they want to do is be little Wayne in the sense Music like I.

Speaker 4:

You know, I have conversations like this too with the homies like Mm-hmm.

Speaker 4:

The shit ain't like it used to be. I used to listen to Wayne because the shitty would say right, metaphors, you know, wordplay, all that, all the gene, poetic shit, almost in a sense poetic shit, where you could really like, really pick apart what he's saying and it almost make you like say, fuck man, I could have said that shit or I could have thought of to say that. But yeah, man, look when he was on some other shit. Nowadays you ask somebody what they like about the song, it's like man, the beats good.

Speaker 2:

Mm-hmm.

Speaker 4:

Yeah, but but do you hear what that man saying? But even at that, you can't these days, because nine times out of ten the content ain't nothing. But yeah, okay.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, or.

Speaker 4:

Like what? What are you basing? What are you basing music off of nowadays? So I don't know, man, it's going in a downhill Direction for me when. I was like yo hip-hop is dead. Yeah, like there was a reason he said that shit, cuz he saw what he saw, what it was turning into.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, like it's, I don't know it's like mainstream, I would. I would go as far as saying mainstream hip-hop is, I don't say dead, but it's on its way, and I think independent hip-hop is picking it up.

Speaker 4:

I hope so, man. Yeah cuz, I see I.

Speaker 2:

Have a bunch of independent artists on my playlist that I'd rather listen to than Nowadays. People like artists nowadays.

Speaker 4:

Definitely, man. There's like there was like a ease out of Dallas, pat run out of Dallas. You know local, local people outside hood, them in San Antonio, like Underground shit that you would never hear on the radio because how gutter it is. But man, it just kind of brings back that old-school Gutter but in a new, modern way where you can understand them. They're speaking about some real shit.

Speaker 2:

Mm-hmm.

Speaker 4:

I like that kind of music. I like that kind of shit right now, you know I mean so. So I tend to make music like that and it may not be what people expect for me to make. That's why I'm saying, like what's on my album is is Is a lot different than what people are used to, because now I'm able to do this shit I want to do. Now I'm not saying I'm not gonna incorporate like my singing shit in the album, but but there's definitely gonna be like a twist.

Speaker 2:

Oh, so you're like you're leaning towards the hip-hop scene, or yeah, man.

Speaker 4:

So like the album is called two, the album is called two tone. Me being from San Antonio, you know tone and then you know to tone. As far as paint job, it's like two different colors, two different sides of the spectrum. You got the rap rest and then you got the R&B res. So there's gonna be the R&B records, there's gonna be the hip-hop records and Everything in between. Man, it's just gonna be crazy. It's gonna be crazy man.

Speaker 2:

Oh nice, so yeah. So I was just gonna ask you about your future plans, but it looks like we're dabbling into it. Yeah, so are you gonna put out like a whole record or you just gonna go with like EPs from for a little bit?

Speaker 4:

You know I, my whole thing is I'm doing album shit. You know I mean like like in in that album, I'm gonna sit down with the label, pick out what exactly. You know what's, what songs they want me to use as singles, what the people are reacting to. You know what I mean. So, right, get the snippets together, get the album together. I mean it's, it's a progress right now. You know I mean I got shit at a, several different studios being worked on, several different producers I'm working with. So it feels good, man, it feels good, finally an actual project. But this, this whole project, is to Lay a foundation down, to let people know like I'm, that I'm versatile. Don't box me in. Don't say I'm a singer. Don't say I'm a hook man. Yes, I'm that, but I'm more than that, right.

Speaker 4:

So you got more stuff up my sleeve, oh yeah you know, even if, even if I can get into some movies or I'm down for the acting- man, oh, you want to act.

Speaker 2:

you I've been, I've been thinking about get dabbling and acting like maybe like go In and as as an extra, just to see what it's like.

Speaker 4:

Hey, that's, that's. You know this music, shit, you gotta have a character. You gotta have a character, man, and and I play that, like. So any any kind of acting gigs or whatever, bro, like I'm open for it, I'm open for that shit.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, see, yeah see, hey, talent agencies. If you're watching you know me T res, hook us up.

Speaker 4:

We're ready, We'll do like a whole fucking movie type deal yeah that's right, that's right Well.

Speaker 2:

I'm sorry skin hutch or something. Yeah, man remake who? Yeah, there we go. Tommy Chong was white, though. Right yeah, he's a white dude. I think he's white dude Because when he watched a movie you think that he was he was like, yeah, like a fan of your something. But yeah, but he's not, he's a what that's really hair improves.

Speaker 4:

The sun, bro, the sun them been hot.

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

Speaker 4:

They're tan that white man to look like a Mexican.

Speaker 2:

Hey, you know what she's really didn't make, didn't help any, but still, yeah, we're like the first ten years of my life. I was convinced yeah, yeah. But hey, yeah, that's time, we'll do you this time we'll get to it. Sure, bro, for sure. But yeah, um, anyways, before we go, um, do you want to wish a happy birthday?

Speaker 4:

Man, Thank you bro.

Speaker 2:

Take his T? Res's birthday. He's wanted to come chill with me on his birthday. I said, why not, let's do it yeah man, it's all over there, bro.

Speaker 4:

Yeah, I appreciate you for having me again. Man, this was for hey, not a problem.

Speaker 2:

Um, if you have anything to plug or if you want to like any social links that you want people to go follow, yeah, go ahead and spin it out. Now's the time to do it. That's a bad man.

Speaker 4:

Amen, check it out, it's your boy T res. 1836 camp in the building. Look, man, prepare for 10 peas album. Prepare for my boy. Point my boy drippy drool's album. There's someone shit to look forward to, bro. So Albums coming on the way as well. Two tone, it's your boy res. Go get the merch. Go highlight your boy Christian as grad 361. And you know, fuck with me, man, she boy. Then I appreciate you, bro.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, not a problem. Thank you for coming on. I do appreciate you and everyone. All his links are in the description below. If you want to go check him out on Spotify, instagram, facebook I think I threw I even threw his YouTube in there, so go ahead and click those links below everyone and thank you to you guys for coming on appreciate you bro.

Speaker 2:

And that's it, everybody. Thank you for watching live, thank you for clicking that play button if you're not watching live and and leave comment, share all that good stuff. We are taking a couple of weeks off. I gotta read books and guests Gotta get something going. I am trying to get a big, a big guest on for you guys. I mean this is why I've been trying to get, I've been taking little breaks, I'm trying to get bigger guests on, trying to evolve the show and get bigger and bigger and bigger. We're trying, I'm working, I'm working my ass off trying to get it. But yeah, I do promise you guys we're gonna be taking a couple weeks off.

Speaker 2:

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