The S.H.I.T.T.S Podcast
The S.H.I.T.T.S Podcast
Behind the Scenes with Robin E: From Music Blogging to Pillow Talk Podcast
Get ready to embark on an engaging journey with music blogger and media personality, Robin E. Born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, she wears her love for the city on her sleeve as she spills the beans on life, music, and the entertainment world. Her dynamism and ability to bring a room to life with her conversations are irresistible, especially as she dives into the vibrant Chicago culture, and its influence on the entertainment industry.
Our guest, Robin, doesn't shy away from the tough questions. How would life look like if you woke up and found yourself 10 years older? The pressure to start a family, the opportunities that unfold with age - Robin takes us through it all. Wondering about the secret behind a successful album? Robin shares her insights on the power of music and the importance of a cohesive theme and polished transitions.
The conversation takes a captivating turn as Robin shares her journey as the host of the Pillow Talk podcast, emphasizing the significance of the 312 Music Awards in recognizing local talent. The importance of building a fan base, not just followers, in the music industry is underlined, echoing a reminder to stay authentic and keep moving forward. Join us for an enlightening conversation, and walk away with a fresh perspective on life, music, relationships, and much more!
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We are now back at the shit's podcast where you're either shooting this shit, throwing some shit, or picking up a shit left off. I'm your host. My song's the ride of coolest cats you heard this far. And this week on the podcast we have a very special guest, and y'all know how I always say it Anybody that come on the podcast is very special, and once again, this, this, this, it applies. Our very special guest to the podcast this week is a music blogger, media personality Actually one podcast of the year last year at the 312 Music Awards and just an all around cool person. So I want y'all put y'all hands together and show some love for the one, the only, robin. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. How you feeling.
Speaker 4:I'm feeling good, feeling good. Thank you for having me. No problem.
Speaker 1:Thanks for coming, all right. So before we go any further, I got to give some mad shout out to the ownership club. Make sure y'all check us out every Sunday 9pm to 11pm on so 106.3 FM. And then, after our check us out, make sure you head over to the after party at the Hottieway at mm Kami City. That's 1245 Burnham Avenue. Hopefully I got that right. It's not right here in my face, but y'all heard me see it before, so don't act like you don't know. All right, and if all my adults out there that's doing adult things, y'all make sure y'all check out. Club infamous at IceLoungenet. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So with that being said, robin, since you are the phenomenal guest this week, I'd like to do a check in how you a week been.
Speaker 4:Man, my week been cool. I actually didn't do it like this week. I was chilling in the house, I took a little break, I was on vacation, so I was chilling Okay.
Speaker 1:So I got to say this, like I got to express I have to express my level of appreciation because I hate it's going to sound real if I can stalk this when I say this Like I watched you on, you know, do your thing like from winning podcast of the year, the forums you hosted. You sat in and just watch you do your thing on Instagram and stuff like that, and I got to say that you doing it like for real, thank you, I commend you on that, straight up.
Speaker 3:Oh.
Speaker 1:I appreciate that. That's my answer to you.
Speaker 4:So that's why I was like I had to get you on.
Speaker 1:You know what I'm saying. I had to get you on my first question is it's going to be kind of funny because of the previous conversation we had when you from. Look, I'm from Joaquin Suburb.
Speaker 4:Look, I'm from Joaquin, though Suburb is Lake County, right out there by Gurney Six Flags Greater man. That's where I'm at.
Speaker 1:All right.
Speaker 4:That's what's up.
Speaker 1:So for those of you who don't know anybody that's affiliated with Chicago or come to Chicago to do any type of business, when you ask where they're from, they feel like they can always say Chicago, because you do business in Chicago, and so you are one of the first people to actually say I'm from the suburb. So it's like that. I appreciate that honesty, real talk. Oh snap, you know I got to let people know.
Speaker 4:I mean, I love Chicago, but I'm like yeah, I ain't going to pretend like I'm from here. I might ask me something. I'm like uh, I don't even know.
Speaker 1:Okay, you know what? I'm glad you said that. So we're going to see how much you know about Chicago. So give me the four sides to Chicago. The four sides Four sides the four sides.
Speaker 4:So at the north side? Damn Is that it South side.
Speaker 3:It's filled already, Look.
Speaker 4:I don't know. Look, I don't know Filled already. No, I don't know the four sides. No.
Speaker 1:So it's up north, out south, out west, over east.
Speaker 3:Over east.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so now you learned something I did.
Speaker 4:You learned something new today. I learned something new. There you go. Thank you, I learned something new.
Speaker 1:So would you consider yourself an extrovert or introvert?
Speaker 4:Oh, definitely extrovert. Why Definitely I love people.
Speaker 1:What makes you love people?
Speaker 4:Well, I've always loved people. I went to school for communications so I've always loved just talking to people, meeting different types of people, having conversations with them, just seeing what they're about, letting them know what I'm about.
Speaker 1:Yeah. Yeah. What has been one of the most interesting things you've learned just from having a random conversation with somebody.
Speaker 4:That's a good question, probably the whole notion behind getting older and how your life really begins after a certain age.
Speaker 1:Then what age does it begin?
Speaker 4:Well, one of the conversations I had was with somebody that was like 35, 36. And they were talking just about how more opportunity comes when you put preparation in and things like that. Better decisions you can make as you get older and stuff. I don't have any kids, so people are always like I just turned 30.
Speaker 1:So people are always like hey, come on, Congratulations.
Speaker 4:Kids, thank you, and I'm like no, I'm in my bag right now, I'm in my career right now. But I'm also like getting opportunity to enjoy being an adult and doing things like I couldn't do a couple years ago because I ain't had money or I wasn't stable stuff like that.
Speaker 1:Okay. So if, If you just found out one day that your birthday was wrong and you was actually 10 years older, would it affect you a lot.
Speaker 4:Hell no.
Speaker 1:No, no, would it be any difference?
Speaker 4:I don't know. I mean, I don't know. I think as far as like, I would feel maybe pressure for like a family, cause I do want a family, but other than that that would be lit. I feel like I would be lit as 40.
Speaker 1:Shout out to all my 40-year-olds and. I'll have to have that attention up. Visit icelandgenet, Anyway, that's follow adults anyway. What made you gravitate towards the whole media profession Podcasting, hosting any of?
Speaker 4:that, yeah. So I mean I've always loved, like, the talk show element. Okay, you know, growing up I was definitely one of those kids watching talk shows. You know Ricky Lake and Damn she said Ricky Lake and Jenny Jones. Like I was obsessed with those shows.
Speaker 1:Top three shows In order Well shows in general. But top, top, top show, right, top three talk shows, it's too big, it's too many.
Speaker 4:Yeah, definitely. Well, oprah, old school Oprah. Definitely Fat Oprah I mean, that's fat, oprah Fat.
Speaker 1:Oprah okay.
Speaker 4:I like fake Slim Oprah too. Like when she was interviewing Michael Jackson we had that red shirt on or something like that. I liked that Oprah too. She was a little slim, but Oprah and I liked Montell. Yeah, I liked Montell I liked Montell, I liked the male hosting you know platform and I liked that dynamic. I feel like he was real one. And then who? I'm gonna have to go? Ooh, that's hard. Well, you know what Now? I mean now I would have to say Sherry, sherry, shepard.
Speaker 1:I watched that show a couple of times.
Speaker 4:I thought it was dope, so now I'm gonna put her up there in the top three. I love Sherry. I think she's a great talk show host. She has a good show.
Speaker 1:What do you think makes someone a great talk show host?
Speaker 4:For one. I think you need to have that power to make people feel comfortable. People should be able to sit next to you and not feel some type of negative energy. You know, and I feel like you need to be able to listen.
Speaker 1:That's damn good.
Speaker 4:You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1:You can't just be able to listen. Look, look, I was laughing.
Speaker 3:Look, but be able to listen.
Speaker 4:You know, I feel like people just talk to talk, you know, but they don't talk to listen. So you gotta talk.
Speaker 1:You know what? It's very interesting that you say that, because I always say that to my kids Like, be a good listener, like there's a difference between listening or just waiting for somebody to shut up and actually absorb, and what somebody just said to you.
Speaker 3:Yes.
Speaker 1:And I think a lot of times people don't really don't really pick up on that. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3:Yes.
Speaker 1:And I think and I always say to me the way I judge that is how many times somebody will use but in a conversation, and I always tell people eliminate their word from your conversation, Because when you use the word but that means that you basically didn't hear. Whatever the fuck.
Speaker 1:Somebody just said you know what I'm saying but with all that being said, yo, we gotta take a break real quick. Yo shout out to all my people out there that's having conversations with people who perhaps think and you just absorb in that shit and you just taking it like a trooper. Hey, that's the shit's podcast man. It's the shit.
Speaker 3:It's the shit. I have the cupcakes that you need. I have the cupcakes that you want and all the flavors, any flavor that you can imagine Chocolate chip cookies, any type of sweet treats. That's why seven sweet treats y'all Mobile. If you want to call me, area code 872-225-2680. That's 872-225-2680.
Speaker 5:What up, what up what?
Speaker 1:up. We got now back at the shit's podcast. Well, we are shooting the shit with the phenomenal Robin EM. We just been talking about excuse me, I'm sorry talking about conversations, oprah slam fat, oprah Montell. I'm surprised you didn't say Geraldo Remember.
Speaker 4:Geraldo, I don't think I really watched that.
Speaker 1:Damn. Remember Geraldo with the fat ass mustache.
Speaker 4:No.
Speaker 1:He's put my fucks on blasts like, yeah, geraldo's like the first one. I think I almost got his ass whipped. What has been some of the challenges that you faced just being in this profession?
Speaker 4:So many look, I think, for one. The hardest is just like building a name for yourself, Establishing credibility. That was probably my hardest battle, Especially with me not being from Chicago. I had to like emerge myself into the culture and the people that I needed to know.
Speaker 1:To you. What is the Chicago culture? How would you describe the Chicago culture? You can be as brutally honest as possible.
Speaker 4:Oh, absolutely. Well, I mean, for me it's more so from a social aspect and like a creative community aspect. So I deal with a lot of creative collectives and independent artists and like up and coming branding companies. So to me that community right now is flourishing.
Speaker 1:Yes, I agree.
Speaker 4:I think there's a great connection that's there. People are ready to build with each other, they're ready to expand and partner, and it's a beautiful thing. I think there is still some favoritism and that just happens.
Speaker 1:No shade, no shade, no shade, no shade, though right.
Speaker 4:No shade at all, but I mean that just comes with it, I think. But if anything, that just pushes everybody else to just go a little harder. I agree, you can have favorites, but the talent's gonna speak for itself.
Speaker 1:It should speak for itself. Yeah, it should speak for itself. I totally agree with you on that 100%. What do you think are some of your superpowers?
Speaker 4:Ooh, that's a good question. I got a lot. Look, I ain't going to look. Oh good. Superpowers Definitely. I would have to say time management, even though that's like a boring power.
Speaker 1:But you know what, though, I'm sorry to cut you off.
Speaker 1:It's really not, and I think that sometimes I think people underestimate it so much and they don't realize how important that shit is, to be able to manage your time, and I mean because, honestly, that's how you gauge productivity. In my opinion, you get what I'm saying, that when you sit down and you jot shit down and say I bet I got to be here here, it's going to take me this much time to get to this place, I can get this done, get this done, and you actually do that shit. That is a superpower. Go ahead, though.
Speaker 4:No, you're right, though, Definitely basically all of that. Look all of that. What he said. That's basically yeah, I feel like time management is important to me because I do a lot of stuff, so I have to be able to fit it in and make sure I'm giving my all to everything I do.
Speaker 1:OK.
Speaker 4:So that's important. Another power, I would have to say, is resilience.
Speaker 1:Collaborate please.
Speaker 4:As far as just staying consistent, staying on course, not allowing people's opinions to necessarily stop what I'm doing. I like constructive criticism, but I feel like in this industry you have to be resilient if you want respect, if you want exposure, if you want work, if you want money. You know what I'm saying. You have to show people what you made of I agree, Sometimes you got to show them again. They may have seen it the first time you know.
Speaker 1:You got to come back around and show them again, or the second time, you know, right, yeah.
Speaker 4:Definitely.
Speaker 1:Do you think that there is a? Do you think there's a lack of professionalism when it comes to entertainment? Well, when it comes to the entertainment industry, and then really focusing on the Chicago entertainment industry, do you think there's a lack of professionalism?
Speaker 4:I mean, yeah, I think everybody kind of does stuff their own way sometimes.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 4:There's not like a protocol to do anything. You know like certain things that may happen or certain things that come with certain things, but everybody kind of moves a certain way. I feel like, yeah, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1:And to piggyback off what you just said. I agree with that and what I see is I think that sometimes people feel like they look at it as this entertainment and it's not like a factory job or it's not like a job where you work in the office. So it's like I don't have to respect your time, you know what I'm saying. I don't have to respect commitments, shit like that. You know that's? I mean, like I've run into those kind of situations and to me that's just something that I look at and I be like damn, is this the reason why Chicago's entertainment industry is where it's at, compared to you know what? I'm not even going to compare, but it made me think that seriously, like, is this the reason why Chicago's entertainment industry is where it's at?
Speaker 4:And where is it at? Where do you feel like?
Speaker 1:I think it needs a lot of work. I think it needs a lot of work for the simple fact that I think that the shine should be just as bright in Chicago as it is in LA, or as it is in Atlanta or as it is in New York. Or I always tell people, like even Memphis, like Memphis, shit is coming up. You get what I'm saying. I think Chicago should be just as bright and I always ask myself the question why is it not Like for real?
Speaker 4:So you feel like the lack of professionalism is I think that's a part of it Like a big reason.
Speaker 1:I definitely think that's a part of it. I think that if we approach this entertainment business like it was an actual job, I think you would see a different outcome. I definitely feel that way.
Speaker 4:So it's like a hobby right now to a lot of people.
Speaker 1:You get it right on it. Get it right on there. It's like a hobby and think about it. Think how you treat hobbies Well, not you.
Speaker 4:But still though right.
Speaker 1:How do you treat a hobby compared to a profession?
Speaker 4:You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1:Like your job, that you get paid, that you get. You know what I'm saying. You get, I guess, a constant, consistent check benefits for one cable to the fuck. You treat that way different than your hobby. You know what I'm saying. So the question is what do you think it would look like if you treated that hobby the same way you treated that profession?
Speaker 4:Oh yeah, I mean, at that point I think you would see a lot more people live out dreams, you would see a lot more dreams become reality. At that point for sure, damn, definitely.
Speaker 1:You're hitting that shit on the head, joe. You're hitting that shit on the head. Okay, all right. So I always gotta ask, I be asked like serious questions. Then I gotta ask like really serious questions though. Okay, all right. So let's just say you was in a relationship with somebody and you love them, like you really love this person, it's like they're all you think about. And then you find out that you're a bucket boy, like so he be playing the buckets on the side of the road, like on 87, with this shit like that, like playing the buckets, is it going to fit with the relationship?
Speaker 3:Hmm.
Speaker 1:I mean, but he played a bucket really good, like playing like he had bucket and he had throw them off like a thing in the air and catch that bitch Boom.
Speaker 4:I know, I know what all the trees come with the damn buckets. I'm just saying man you know what, Honestly, that would have to depend on how he's living already. Like I'm not going to knock you for living out a dream, but if you cannot support yourself, if you live in kind of bogus right now playing them buckets, yeah, like we going to have to have a conversation at that point.
Speaker 1:So he doesn't need to be a one of the intersections that got a lot of traffic coming through.
Speaker 4:Yeah, like he needs I don't know. However, else he makes some other money and be okay. He got to be okay, but it's like I don't see it. I don't see him making money to live doing the buckets. I would see him doing that Like sometimes.
Speaker 1:But that's a hobby that he treats as a profession and he's serious about it.
Speaker 4:Well, he got to treat that as a hobby until it can pay him as a profession. Okay.
Speaker 1:All right, I had to take a break. Hey man, shout out to all my people out there, that's playing the buckets right there. I'm going to say it with them. I'm going to stick in the air. Boom, it's just podcast, it's the sheets.
Speaker 4:This comedian, Marnie P, checking in from the Shits podcast.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we're now back at the Shits podcast, man. Well, we are just shooting the shit, starring some shit and we don't want a problem with the bucket boys. Man, like we're talking, we want no smoke. We don't know what's wrong with the bucket boys. I'll keep on Boom, all right. So we are here chilling with the phenomenal Robin E Media Woman Midwest podcast of the year and your music blogger, right. So let me ask you this first Two artists in your playlist right now.
Speaker 4:Well, I'm an R&B baby, for sure, okay. If I ain't going to hold y'all. I got IZ brothers on heavy rotation La, la, la, la, la, la, la. Okay, Come on.
Speaker 1:Damn, come on vocal. That's the, that's the old, that's the old. Ron IZ, Not the, not the track suit.
Speaker 4:No, not the, not the. Do me Ron.
Speaker 1:No, I'm talking about the, the old Southern pepper beard Ron from the verses. That's the one. So you got Ron IZ. Who else?
Speaker 4:Alex Izly. Actually Damn, what was that? She's a niece of Ron Izly.
Speaker 1:Okay.
Speaker 4:Like soulful, like Neo Soul.
Speaker 1:Oh, that's your thing.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I love Neo Soul, I love Soul R&B, all that. And yeah, Cleo Soul, she's probably in my I'm through her in there anyway, but yeah.
Speaker 1:Okay, what gets you excited about music?
Speaker 4:The way it makes me feel. I love the way music makes me feel. I love the way my mind feels when I hear a song that I enjoy. I like the way you know I feel when I wanna hear it again. You know what I'm saying the way my body feels listening to it.
Speaker 1:Just the way it makes me feel definitely. Okay, kind of like the bucket, wouldn't that be something?
Speaker 3:like that, oh Lord.
Speaker 1:Going back to that, what was? Who was the last artist? Who's the last artist that you got excited about when you heard that was dropping a project?
Speaker 4:Probably Ari Lennox.
Speaker 1:Wow, she's dope.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 1:She's dope. But you did it meet your standards or were you disappointed?
Speaker 4:No, I loved it. I loved when she dropped her debut studio album, she by the Baby. I think it was she by the Baby but, I felt like that didn't get enough love. For sure Shit everybody's rocking it. I was disappointed AF and how the people you know was on it with my girl, but I feel like that was a very solid album. I love the entire album, like the whole thing.
Speaker 1:Okay, what do you? As a music blogger, as someone that sits there and absorbs hours and hours of music, whether it be independent or mainstream, what do you think makes a solid album?
Speaker 4:Mm, I get, I get asked that question a lot. Look for me, I think a solid album for one, it needs to tell some type of story. Every album should have a theme. Yeah, Like it needs to have its own theme. I think that's what makes the album complete. It doesn't have to sound like anything else you've done. It should stand alone. It's a complete album and then I feel like it has to be cohesive. So you know, if you're going to do an intro, then you need to have a follow-up song. I think that elaborates why you did that.
Speaker 3:Why it?
Speaker 4:was purposeful for the intro, or the intro that leads into the first song, that kind of set the tone for at least the next few songs.
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 4:And then you need a transition song, and that can be an experimental song you know what I'm saying or something you're trying, or it could just be you know that creative aspect where you've got the you know plays people do and a little back and forth monologues they do, or whatever. That's your time to kind of shift the feel of the album. Okay, you know. And then at the end you can tie in maybe a foreshadow of what to expect or something else you're trying, or maybe the overall message you're trying to convey. Damn.
Speaker 3:That's like a class Look.
Speaker 1:Professor Robin E Damn Damn. That should be in every studio. It should be right there, laminated in every studio, so everyone fucking should know, because people be having intros that don't have None to do with the fucking song.
Speaker 4:There, you go right there.
Speaker 1:You be like. Your intro was about eating, eating. I don't know it was about bucket boys, but name your motherfucking song is. I robbed the bank Like nigga. How's that go with the fucking song? That's awesome. Speaking of shit. It didn't make sense. We're not. I'm not gonna say it didn't make sense. What's your opinion on Andre 3000's new album?
Speaker 4:Hmm, man Well, I ain't gonna lie, I was a little sad we didn't get to hear.
Speaker 1:Bars.
Speaker 4:Some bars, Definitely. You know he's one of the greatest lyrics since. I think I agree. You know, in rap ever, and I think we were anticipating that.
Speaker 1:I was.
Speaker 4:But that was us putting expectations on him. You know what I'm saying. We don't know what he's been experiencing and everything I don't know. If you watched that interview he did with Complex, what do you say?
Speaker 1:He felt like he didn't have anything to rap about.
Speaker 4:Yeah, you know, I really understood just the whole ideology when you're shifting to a certain point. You know what I'm saying. He's just, he's in a different state. But I was sad, I ain't gonna hold you. I wanted him to say something and you know what?
Speaker 1:I saw that clip about, that I saw the clip right. He made a comment that he said he felt like he has nothing else to rap about. He was like 47 years old. He's like is he gonna rap about colonoscopies and bad eyesight, shit like that? This is what I think.
Speaker 1:I think that if you could have made songs about that, it would have been genius. You see what I'm saying, and I just used this example on another episode. I mean, I'm switch you. Biz Marky made a song about picking boogers. You know what I'm saying. They had one fucking rock into it, real shit.
Speaker 1:So I'm a firm believer that you can say anything is just about how you say it. You know, I'm saying, and I think that if Andre 3000 made a song about some really grown grown shit, I Think people were appreciated. You know I'm saying if he really took the time to put the spin on it and shit like that. If you made a song about I got to get up, cut the grass and organize the garage and think of Frankie Beverly could do it. I'm just saying, you know, I just I just think that I think that's where artistry comes in, that you know sense, so, like. So I think you do have older artists that still make that, still have subject matter that pertains to them. Like didn't Jill Scott make the song about? She cleaned up the house and what she says she made it grits, grits, grits, grits and my fucks daughter was dope. We quoted that shit. You see them saying so why can't Andre 3000 make a song about Getting a cold?
Speaker 4:and I speak but he don't want to, though it's the shit dropping, I just think sure that's just what I agree with you, you, you broke that down very nicely, thank you.
Speaker 1:What has been the highest moment you've had in this profession? We're not, well, your highest moment, like you know. Like greatest moment, I should have said greatest mom, sorry, I shouldn't say hi.
Speaker 4:Well, I mean, yeah, definitely winning the 312 awards, I would say that's been a like the greatest milestone for me and my podcasting career, for sure.
Speaker 1:Okay.
Speaker 4:I got awarded in my hometown a few times but to get awarded, you know, in Chicago on that type of platform, it was big for me. Yeah you know um the first it was yeah the first the first one. So it was just, it was just good. It just made me feel like you know I did stuff right. You know, I'm saying I did it the way that I was supposed to do it for me, and that was some good validation for me, not for anybody else, for me, that's good.
Speaker 1:I mean, that's in the end of the day, that's all that matters. Hey, yo, we're gonna come right back, cuz I do want to talk about the pillow talk podcast. We are now chilling with Robin E. Shout out to all my people out there there's this today 100 3000 album and still waiting for some bars to come on, and it been like four days later. It's the shit's podcast. It's the shit.
Speaker 5:What up y'all should boy. My songs derived from the ownership club and the shit's podcast. Just letting y'all know about the hottest after party going on every Sunday at the Hatterway, 1245 Burnham Avenue in Calumet City, illinois. Every Sunday, 10 pm, 2 am.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we're not back at the shit's podcast, but once again we just shooting the shit and starting some shit. And Really we started some shit because we're trying to figure out what a fucking smoke hooker I Mean. I mean like I don't, I don't, I don't get it. You know, I'm saying I don't, I haven't been a hooker smoker, so why you think Nick smoke hooker?
Speaker 4:Man, I don't know they be trying to fit in little too hard with the ladies, like, let the ladies do that. I think they be trying to just fit in, then they end up liking it, they end up liking the vibe. They just I think that's what happened.
Speaker 1:That goes be careful. What you try, you might like. The shit applies to hooker. My nigga, the shit applies to hooker, I'm just.
Speaker 4:I'm just, I just feel like, yeah, they be trying to, you know, vibe with the ladies and you know I'm saying, get a groove on it. They'd like this shit kind of day.
Speaker 1:And it's other things that ladies do and gosh and trash, gash and try that shit. We're starting liking it. All right, let me stop. Pilla talk podcast. Talk about that. Yeah what made you start that? The podcast.
Speaker 4:Well, I always wanted to have my own show. Like I said before, I went to school for a broadcast journalism and stuff in.
Speaker 1:I'm sorry. What do you go to school at?
Speaker 4:I want to SIUC.
Speaker 1:Okay.
Speaker 4:Shout out to Carbondale. So Luke ease, luke ease, so I won't say.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I used to do the news out there, like the campus news and stuff in. I just didn't like the experience, I didn't like what I learned about censorship, things like that, you know. So I always, you know, wanted just my own platform. And I feel like we got lucky during, like the beginning of podcast errors and just how that whole thing rolled out. We could just, you know, we could create our own platform essentially. So that's what I did. I just felt like talking and Elaborating and I just started doing it really, and then it just kind of grew from that point you had.
Speaker 1:You got an episode that really touched me. I should have said that right after I start talking about hookah. You talking about being, you saying you was a bad best friend.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 1:I like that, I like that episode. Yeah um, and I liked it because it was. It sounded like you being vulnerable.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 1:I'm saying you being in towards yourself and it's really taking ownership, but yet and still, you know not not taking away that you on your hustle and it's shit that you got to do. So you may not have the time to be as Present as you were before, and I think that I don't, but I took from the episode was like it's nothing wrong with it, like you took ownership for it, it's nothing wrong with it, like I got shit to do, you know, saying it's like yeah we not on the same timeline?
Speaker 1:I think sometimes when people hear that, they hear in a bad like, in a bad light, but it's like we not on the same timeline. Right now we got shit, we doing shit differently, you know, sam, yes, so I thought that was, I thought that was super dope, um, thank you, look like I got a little heel moment.
Speaker 4:Thank you yeah.
Speaker 1:I thought it was super dope and I, and like that's one of the things that really made me gravitate towards the podcast. I was like it's somebody Like you didn't have a guess. You know, I'm saying it was just, it was just you having that conversation and just I'm saying I thought that she was dope.
Speaker 4:So kudos to you all. Thank you so much for that. Look, I'm gonna tip to that too, cause damn, that was a hard episode to do.
Speaker 1:What are some of the challenges that you face with doing the podcast?
Speaker 4:I mean now definitely, I think, inspiration, to be honest. Really. Recently. That's something that I've been struggling with. Tip to be vulnerable, look, but I finished my season. This season four I just did, which was great, but there's been an influx of podcasts and just all these different platforms and people are just rotating the same information. It's just over saturated. You know what I'm saying. It's just at an all time high. So I find myself having moments where it's like, damn, I don't wanna talk about none of that shit.
Speaker 1:I feel you. Oh, man, I feel you.
Speaker 4:I don't wanna talk about that and the people who have been following me since the beginning they know I thrive off positivity. I don't celebrity gossip. I may speak on an issue and relate that to a dynamic that's relevant to us. But I don't gossip. I don't have a gossip segment. I don't just trash talk people every day. I just don't do that and I'm fortunate enough to build a platform that just doesn't do that.
Speaker 3:That's good, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 4:But it's just really for me nowadays finding inspiration. So I'm happy you mentioned that episode because for me that was one of my highest episodes for season four and I didn't have a guest on the show, so it's just like trying to get back to that type of mindset and just wanting to talk about things I feel are relevant.
Speaker 1:That's super dope, very dope. I think that you mentioned it. Not wanting to talk about the same things that everybody talk about is very important. However, I gotta ask this question what are your thoughts on the list that people came out with for places not to go? On a date I got it.
Speaker 4:Oh, that list so fugezy, that list so fugezy Okay so let me take some. A lot of the women was playing. Y'all was playing 10 years ago. Y'all holds was at Cheese K Factory.
Speaker 5:And Red Lobster.
Speaker 4:And Red Lobster and.
Speaker 5:Olive Garden.
Speaker 4:And Olive Garden. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 5:Like and.
Speaker 4:Friday's with and Friday 10 years ago this is we talked about 2013.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 4:You know what I'm saying. So to me I feel like that was a list that was for like 22 and under or some shit like that, but if you were older, I mean, that's them though because, it's the lifestyle. You understand that it's the lifestyle for them, but I feel like when you were a certain age. Come on now.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 4:You done been to them places a few times.
Speaker 1:How you gonna front on a Cheddar Bay biscuits, texas Roe.
Speaker 4:House and shit like that come on.
Speaker 1:I will front on a Cheddar Bay biscuits.
Speaker 4:I will fuck up some Cheddar Bay biscuits.
Speaker 5:And Olive Garden got the breast sticks with the salad and the dip Get the man, but I also feel like too.
Speaker 4:If you are older women, if you're not willing to compromise on that, are you going to cook for this man? God damn it. You know what I'm saying, and that's. I feel, like that's like the other side of the shoe. Okay, I don't want to go here. But if he said I'm a buy groceries, is you gonna cook?
Speaker 1:And smoke.
Speaker 4:hookah with the niggas and smoke hookah with the and let him bring his drums, and let him bring his drums over.
Speaker 1:Boom, I'm saying straight up hey, I'm glad you said that, because I I read the fucking list and I'm like this is all my fuck spots.
Speaker 4:I wasn't feeling the list I'm not gonna hold, I'm not. I'm not feeling the list. That shit was crazy. But like I said to me, I think it's a younger list that was made by somebody who was younger, who's just trying to, you know, create a viral stir, which is what they did. But for the older women to bandwagon Right, I don't know about that.
Speaker 5:Exactly, I don't know about that, like y'all, 45 years and still going to the Cheddar Bay biscuits the hot ones too.
Speaker 1:They be like you want some more biscuits.
Speaker 5:I should do oh man, I'm not judging fish.
Speaker 1:No we can take them to judge a fish that's the late night spot, anybody can go there.
Speaker 4:Yeah that's it.
Speaker 1:All right, so I check this out, all right. So if you were a drug, if Robin E was a drug and she said hope I ain't hook her.
Speaker 4:Oh, we gon' give him some hooker y'all. I think he wants some.
Speaker 1:If Robin E was a drug, what would be the benefits and what would be the side effects?
Speaker 4:Oh, okay, I like this question.
Speaker 1:Yeah, thank you.
Speaker 4:So if Robin was a drug?
Speaker 1:What would be the benefits? What would you? What would you do? Good for the person who took it.
Speaker 4:I would be good for your immune system. Okay, you feel me Good for your heart. Ha, hold on. You know what I'm saying. We got to make sure that cholesterol bottom things your heart pumping good, like you know. We need that. Okay, I would also like to give you euphoria feeling. So when you take me, not only are you healthy but you are in a state of euphoria.
Speaker 3:Okay, that sounds really sad too. I want you to feel good.
Speaker 4:I want you to feel relaxed all through your body, from your head to your feet.
Speaker 1:Like listening to the Andre 3000 album.
Speaker 4:Okay, but better though, but a little better though.
Speaker 1:And what would be the side effects?
Speaker 4:A little more relaxed, the side effects would be probably addiction. I think you would get addicted to that drug. So I would take with caution.
Speaker 1:Damn, y'all heard it here first. Amen, we got to take a break real quick, Amen. Shout out to all my people out there that's still going to rare lobster. And get into Cheddar Bay biscuits and the Caesar salad. Damn, With ultimate feasts. All right, y'all. It's the Cheddar's podcast. It's the chuuuutes. For all erotic needs and adult needs, hit up Cole Pleschus, C-O-L-E Pleschuscom. That's W-W-W-C-O-L-E Pleschuscom. It's the chuuutes. We're now back at the Chuuutes podcast and we out here chilling with Robin E and man. Listen y'all. It's been a very informative night.
Speaker 1:You know, what I'm saying, just learning things. She was a drug. You know, she would make you a fork. She would also cause addiction. You know that's a whole nother star, All right, so I got a question. So I got to ask the serious questions and shit I have to. It's important to the listeners. Do you think that people with big noses are better or worse at 69?
Speaker 4:What type of serious question? Okay, I mean they better. You gon' fuck that nose a little bit too, so more power to you, shit.
Speaker 3:More to ride on.
Speaker 1:She said you gon' fucking shoot out that nose man, keep that big nose.
Speaker 4:okay, Don't get rid of it. I ain't gon' fucking shoot out. Wow, Nose mouth, it's all getting fucked.
Speaker 1:Damn, let me off. What can Robin E and the Pelo Talk podcast or anything that you put your hands on? What can that do for Chicago? How can that help Chicago?
Speaker 4:I feel like Pelo Talk podcast can help Chicago with just exposure and showing the support of quality and standard media. I think going to your point you know what I'm saying. Pelo Talk is a platform that has been around for a while because it has a certain repertoire that people like and people know. You know, the biggest source of my clientele is word of mouth. I get all my guests from other people that came on my show that told somebody else to come on my show. And then people find me.
Speaker 1:Have you ever been the victim of negative Pelo Talkin'?
Speaker 4:Ooh yeah, absolutely, absolutely, but you know it comes with it.
Speaker 1:No pun intended.
Speaker 4:It comes with it. You got to have some haters. You know what I'm saying. Definitely that's when you know you're moving right.
Speaker 1:That's a sound bite. Ok, that's a sound bite.
Speaker 4:Mark that, mark that, that's a sound bite.
Speaker 1:That's what you're moving around, so you got to do this real quick. What thing got? Yeah, all right, y'all. This is the game portion of the show, and this week's contestant is Robin E Media Woman of the Midwest, a world-winning podcast host, music blogger, bucket Boy Acceptor. The name of the game is First of All, it's not hard to do. Matter of fact, it's too easy to do All right.
Speaker 1:So this game is called First of All. So, basically, all you're doing is I'm gonna give you a minute. Try to see how many you can answer in a minute. Ooh roomer, it's going straight off the door. You know what I'm saying, being as honest as possible as possible. That's the key term.
Speaker 4:right there, let's get it you know, some things you just can't really admit to. Type of question.
Speaker 1:All right, hold on, hold on, hold on you ready.
Speaker 4:I'm ready.
Speaker 1:I bet Quickest way to get fired.
Speaker 4:Sleep on a job.
Speaker 1:Quickest way to get hired.
Speaker 4:Good references.
Speaker 1:Quickest way to get famous.
Speaker 4:Do something viral.
Speaker 1:Quickest way to get robbed.
Speaker 4:Post your location.
Speaker 1:Fuck, quickest way to get some hit.
Speaker 4:Ask.
Speaker 1:Quickest way to get in shape.
Speaker 4:Work the fuck out.
Speaker 1:Quickest way to be misunderstood.
Speaker 4:You.
Speaker 1:Damn Quickest way to go viral.
Speaker 4:Yeah, do something nasty.
Speaker 1:Quickest way to start a business.
Speaker 4:Create a quick book. It's not on Instagram. There we go.
Speaker 1:Quickest way to get your ass whooped.
Speaker 4:Ooh, spit on somebody Damn.
Speaker 1:Quickest way to steal from Target.
Speaker 4:Snatch and run.
Speaker 5:Hey man listen.
Speaker 1:Y'all heard it first. You ain't got some money. You account man just snatching around bro, straight up. Hey y'all, that is first of all, and you only hear that on the shit's podcast. Hey y'all, we'll take a break, we'll come right back. What's phenomenal, robin E. Hey y'all, let's snatch the shit and go.
Speaker 2:Right. And what is it? It's all about the shit. Either you the shit or you not. And when you the shit, you got the ism. You got the realism whatever other words you want to use and you put ism on it, you the shit of that, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:we are now back at the shit's podcast and we are in here chilling with the phenomenal Robin E and man y'all she just killed. First of all, I think people don't, I think people don't. I think people underestimate the nastiness of spitting on somebody. Like that's easy for you Like it's so easy for you to get your ass whooped. What?
Speaker 4:That's automatic ass whooping. There's no talking after that. There's no negotiating the ass whooped.
Speaker 1:Like you didn't fix your lips to puck up like in this, spit on them.
Speaker 4:And don't let it hit the side of your mouth. Don't let it hit your mouth, it's just warm, and it's just globby and shit.
Speaker 1:Like I don't know what you just ate. You know like all right Shit, so okay. So, speaking of the 312 Music Awards, because it's coming back up next year, what are you anticipating and what are you looking forward to? Well, that's the same thing, I'm sorry, same fucking thing.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I mean I'm just excited to see new nominations. I probably will do maybe a little red carpet or something. I'm just, you know, get a vibe for the people that's there and let them know what it means. But I'm just excited that it's another year doing it. You know, I think like a lot of Chicago talent does get overlooked and there's so many.
Speaker 4:You know there's so many awards in Chicago that go on. Now I didn't even it's so many. So you know, sometimes people that are working don't really get the recognition because they're in a smaller collective. So I'm just happy that you know 312 is taking the time to let people really get there shine.
Speaker 1:Shout out to the 312 Music Awards. Shout out. Excuse me. That's that teetop, that's that teetop. Wasn't the hookah. So let everybody know where they can find you at and what you got coming up yeah.
Speaker 4:So right now I'm just in my blogging bag. Like I mentioned before, I'm a music writer, so I write for hiphopvibecom and they're an amazing site. You know we're an amazing site in marijuana, yahoo and MSN and things like that. So I'm trying to actually get an editor position with them and I really just want to be a bigger resource for people to just grow. I feel like I kind of get a better idea to kind of go into what you were saying as far as creating a repertoire and a platform. In a certain way we go about things. I want to be one of those gatekeeper type of people. I know what to do with the power I feel like.
Speaker 1:And I believe you do.
Speaker 4:Yeah, you know what I'm saying. I feel like that's where my future is headed. I will do another season next year. I don't know what the season will look like, to be honest but, I definitely will. But yeah, I'm trying to just really up my writing and become another again gateway for people to get exposure in other places. Also, write for for show magazine, so they're affiliated with you know, for shooters and things like that. So I write for for show magazine they're.
Speaker 5:Detroit based.
Speaker 4:So shout out to them. And I also write for digital buzz now, which is a Chicago platform hip hop dose and unsigned music blogs. So I just want to tap in with people and let people know like there's people here. You know saying right where you live that can get you that repertoire that you need. You know saying you got to get out your box and just you know connect. But of course you can follow me on Instagram, robin E 93 or pillow talk podcast, on all platforms. It's a little purple sign girl with locks. That'd be me, robbie.
Speaker 1:I'm a forget about it. I got to do. The segment in this segment is called. So what you saying so?
Speaker 1:like these segments this one goes out to people that say things like why don't you reach out to this person, why don't you call this person and check in with them? And why don't you call these relatives and you ain't talked to them in a long time? Let me explain this to you. The cell phone works just like the regular landline phone. You can receive calls and you can also make them. So it's it goes. It goes both ways. Like like Robin, some of it's when I was, some people hit. So what I'm trying to say is this If neither, if both parties are not reaching out to each other to talk to them, the sad reality is this Neither one of them want to talk to each other.
Speaker 1:Sorry, you know I'm saying don't shoot the messenger, but don't just blame one party for that. You see them saying it's a difference. It's a difference if you are calling the person, they not answering, or if you send in a text message and they not responding. But if you know that you're not reaching out to this person as well, how are you just going to blame the other person? That's not fair. Just call it what it is. Maybe you both have lost interest in each other.
Speaker 1:And the sad reality is, sometimes you do lose interest in family members, sometimes you do lose interest in people that you grew up with and with friends, with it happens, it's nothing really to get.
Speaker 1:It's no reason to become so upset with somebody or try to place blame on somebody. But you got to take ownership. You got to take ownership in the pride that you played in it as well. So I don't feel like you have to be at a certain hierarchy in the family or whatever to have to reach out to somebody to check in on somebody. Grandmothers can check in on you, grandfathers can check in on you, aunties can check in on you, neesis can check in on I mean, the phone goes both ways. So think about that when you start to say that somebody's not reaching out Because you can reach out to, and what's stopping you from reaching out to that person and checking in on them? But that's just my spirit, that's just what I'm saying. So what you saying? All right, and on that note, we're going to get up out of here Y'all.
Speaker 1:I would like to thank my very special guest, robin E, for stopping through. I'm a true fan of what you do. Real talk. We're actually pillow talk. Shout out to my man, deckard Durris. Shout out to Wish. Hey man, this nigga's hilarious Real talk. He's discoed me on. He says sperm retention, seeming retention.
Speaker 4:Seeming retention.
Speaker 1:It's crazy that he's schooled me on it, because that sounds so fucked up right now. So I'm going to do some research on that and shit, the next podcast might be about that, because they ain't no holding back. That was a joke.
Speaker 4:Playin' it loose Exactly.
Speaker 1:Hey, I want to leave y'all with this. Make fans not followers. Followers to get you clout, but fans to get you work. Do something to get you out of bed in the morning. Be patient, be positive, be passionate. Realize that the only thing that happens overnight is dreaming and slobbing. And then babies Shout out to the family. Shout out to the one and the only, deckard Durris, because, like I tell you, none of this would be possible without Deckard Durris. The studio, the sound, the videos, none of it would be possible without Deckard Durris. Shout out to the family Joey Bryce, jaylen, crystal, smoke Dog. Shout out to my brother, my mother.
Speaker 1:Y'all can find the shit's podcast on Spotify, apple Podcasts, any way. You get your podcast that. You can find it. You can also head up to the YouTube channel, the Shit's Podcast, and also check me out on Solano 6.3, every Sunday, 9 pm to 11 pm. And if you try to get out and kick it, come over to the Hottoway in Cayman City and, like I said, I'm going to holler at y'all later. We in them streets. Hold on, because I almost did the wrong motherfucking music. I did. Hold on, I'm ready. We out here.