The S.H.I.T.T.S Podcast
The S.H.I.T.T.S Podcast
Inner Peace, Outer Noise
Ever notice how the best artists don’t just make noise—they guard their peace? We bring Teddy into the booth to talk about what it takes to create with intention when the world keeps pulling your focus. He unpacks the shift from reacting to responding, and why that one choice protects your energy, sharpens your decisions, and lets your music breathe.
Teddy’s path reads like a mixtape: born in Germany, raised across military bases, soaking up cultures from Kansas to Alaska to California before dropping anchor in Chicago. That movement shaped an ear that loves variety—family record crates, a grandmother who DJ’d in Chicago, and early moments of discovery that made hip-hop feel both personal and global. We dive into how context unlocks sound, why cadence matters as much as content, and how local scenes forge identity before the world catches on.
We trace the grind from ciphers and hallway battles to a makeshift studio powered by a tape deck, PS2, and MTV Music Generator—then into Magix, Ableton, and Maschine. Along the way, we compare California and Chicago show ecosystems, the role of open mics in building an artist’s voice, and the pride a city takes when its sound travels. We also face the industry head-on: streaming’s reach vs. revenue, the early pioneers who took the heat for brand-building, and whether AI can polish a track yet still miss the human connection that turns songs into moments. We close with life lessons that carry into the studio: a healthy relationship as a place of growth, safety, and accountability—and a few laughs about love, loyalty, and even impossible deodorant.
Pull up for craft, perspective, and a warm invite to Kitty’s Cocktail Lounge Sunday Service in Blue Island. If you’re into live music, community energy, and artists who put heart first, you’ll feel at home. If this conversation moved you, subscribe, rate, and share it with a friend who needs a creative spark. Your support helps the culture grow.
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Yo. What up, y'all? This is your boy, your host, DJ, Monsong the Raw, the dopest DJ that you heard thus far, and the dopest host that you heard thus far. And y'all are now tuned down to the shits podcast where we are either shooting the shit, starting some shit, or picking up what shit left off. Yo, we have a very special guest to the podcast this week, as always, as always. And the reason and the thing that makes this brother so special to the podcast is I feel like this was a situation where the universe put me where I needed to be. So, not to drag it out, but uh I went to my man uh Lyric Versatile Sunday service over at Kitty's Cocktail Lounge. Um, nice vibe, sitting there chilling, listen to the music. And uh and this brother walks in, man, hops on the mic, and they start singing. He had a phenomenal voice. Then he started rhyming. So I'm like, oh, snap, talented, very talented brother. And I was blessed that this brother had a very good personality. So I was able to chop it up with him and talk about some future project stuff. We're not gonna talk about that right now, but also asked him to get on the podcast and he was cool with it. So, with no further ado, I want to introduce the vocalist, the MC, and the producer, my man, Teddy. Y'all give it up for Teddy, y'all.
SPEAKER_01:Hey, how's it going, everyone?
SPEAKER_07:Yes, sir, yes, sir, yes, sir. How you feel, man? I'm pretty good, pretty good. And how about yourself? I'm good, man. I'm good, no complaints, man. Just over here drinking my tea like an old man. Well, uh or or Asian prophet, you know what I'm saying? Not to be, not trying to be racist. Um just vibing, just vibing. So um, on on the podcast, man, we always like to check in with our guests, man. And since you are the guest, this, the phenomenal guest this week, man, I want to ask you, I'm asking you this question. And it seems like when I ask this question, artists they like to talk about the projects they're working on. But when I ask this question, and I say, What are you working on? I'm asking, what are you working on internally, mentally, emotionally? So, what are you working on this week, brother?
SPEAKER_01:Oh, that's always a constant thing. So, pretty much just how to stay consistent, how to block the outer noise, and just really focus on your your inner voice. Being able to like that, yeah, just really being able to tap into that that inner knowing, you know, like that inner voice, that intuition. And uh, pretty much, man, just being mindful, just trying to stay in that moment, staying present.
SPEAKER_07:I like that. I like that. And and it's it's interesting that you say that, man, because I think sometimes when you ask, when you ask people, um are they in tune with themselves, um sometimes people don't know what it means, you know, to really uh have a to really have a good understanding of how you're feminine, you know, to really have a good understanding of what's what's making you happy at the moment, what's making you irritated at the moment, all that kind of stuff, you know, because I think in this in this day and age, we get so focused on the other stuff, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, right.
SPEAKER_01:So go ahead. Yeah, it's definitely one of those things that's important, especially nowadays. It's so much stuff that's going on, and so many different things to react to versus to respond to.
SPEAKER_07:And elaborate on that. Elaborate, you said you said to react to and to respond to, elaborate on that.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, so basically, a lot of the stuff that is on the external, if we let it, it can end up messing with the internal. And a lot of the stuff that's going on, nine times out of ten doesn't really fall fall, it doesn't really fall under something that's under our control. And so we just become reactive. So if we're not careful with that, we start reacting to more stuff, draining ourselves, and then not being able to just like take a step back and respond. It's like, okay, well, this happened, this happened out here, this happened over here, somebody said this, somebody did this, versus being the one that's just reacting to it, like, you know, and uh stepping back and being able to be like, okay, well, all of that happened, but how am I gonna respond to that? Right, you know, how do I choose to move forward knowing this information? And and that really helps out a lot in the long run because no matter what's happening on the outside, you keep your peace and you're able to make better decisions.
SPEAKER_07:That makes sense. That makes a lot of sense, and I and I appreciate you saying that, man, because um I feel like a lot of times, especially in our community, uh we do just react. You know what I'm saying? Like, like we're doing we're doing more reacting than responding. And to me, I feel like responding takes more thought. You see what I'm saying? Right. Reacting is just like you said something slick, I just want the I just went with the first thing that came to mind. You see what I'm saying? Like, I threw a motherfucking water bottle at your compared to right, yeah. You know, like compared to responding and being like, Oh, you call my mama, bitch. I need this water, you know what I'm saying? Like, I'm not gonna throw my water bottle at you, you know what I'm saying? But let me try to come up with something very clever about trying and whatever, you know. I don't know, you know what I'm saying?
SPEAKER_01:But just taking a step back, like you know, a lot of that stuff is stuff that they're having problems with on the internal, right? And it's just starting to like come out, and it's coming out like towards you. So now you're having to step back, be like, okay, this person's acting like this. But I know it doesn't have anything to do with me. Like, it might be a lot of stuff that's going on on their internal, like whatever's going on with them on the inside, and this is just how they choose to go ahead and release that or even direct that. It might be misdirected more times than not. But then it's like, okay, well, if I don't add any fuel to this fire, then the flame dies out. I can go ahead and just choose to not respond. You know, now this person's either going to wear themselves out talking to the wall, or pretty much, man, it just ends up being you move on, this person's still stuck with whatever it is that they're dealing with. Or you could look at it from the perspective of compassion, you know, maybe talk to the person. You're gonna have to really discern whether or not that person's in a mental capacity to do that. But you know, there's many different uh ways that you can respond versus just react.
SPEAKER_07:I love that. I love that, and I kind of feel like you should be the person that's drinking the Asian profit tea that I'm drinking right now because you land down some jams on us right now, brother. You know what I'm saying? Yes, sir.
SPEAKER_01:Um it just comes along with being being on this life journey, man, like and learning from many different people and just learning from the experiences.
SPEAKER_07:Yes, sir. Yes, sir. So let me ask you this, man. Where where are you originally from?
SPEAKER_01:Oh man, originally I'm from everywhere. I I had like military parents, so both of them. Uh one was born and raised in Chicago, uh, the other one was born and raised out there in Texas. So they met each other in the military, and um, I was born out in Nuremberg, Germany. Oh, out there in Bavaria. Okay, yeah, so pretty much, man, we bounced around from pretty much wherever they stationed. So we went from Germany to Kansas to Alaska, then to California, and uh from there, from California, we stayed there the most. It was like about 16 years. And uh from from there, man, after that, I moved out here back in uh 2011.
SPEAKER_07:Oh, that's that's awesome because when we were talking, I thought you would, I thought it was just California. I didn't know it was fucking Germany and Kansas and all these other places. That's awesome, man. Um how do you think those different environments shaped the adult you've become to this day?
SPEAKER_01:Man, there was so much diversity. One thing about the military, too, was that when it came to like the racial tensions and all of that kind of stuff, yeah, we really didn't see a whole lot of that. And a lot of the stuff that was happening at that time, because it was like back in the 90s, um, anybody who was really trying to start that, they'd end up squashing that real quick. And I noticed that a lot, especially when I was out there in California when I was living there. You know, anybody tried to start that kind of stuff, it was like everybody was just everybody in that community would end up just stopping that. Like, hey, that's not what we're on, you know. Yeah, fell out with that.
SPEAKER_09:Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:You know, so if the person didn't really get the memo, then they had a problem with not just what they owned, but they also had it with the rest of the community. So yeah, man, we used to just play ball. I used to live out there in the high desert, San Bernardino, Barstow, California.
SPEAKER_07:Okay.
SPEAKER_01:So, you know, shout out to uh Leolani, because you know, Pomona. I was like, dog, somebody came out from Pomona and uh did it big, man. Out there on tour with Deltron and stuff. So that that was really inspiring to me.
SPEAKER_07:Okay.
SPEAKER_01:Um, shout out to Psychedelic as well. You know, um, everybody pretty much just inspired me, especially when I was out there in California.
SPEAKER_07:Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:So many different vibes, so many different perspectives and ways of being creative. For me, when I moved from Alaska down to California, before I had moved there, I had uh heard New Bandre's um Ain't Nothing But a G thing out there in the nurse's office in the third grade.
SPEAKER_07:Wait, hold on the last thing. Hold on. You heard ain't nothing but a G thing in the third grade in the nurse's station. How is that, bro? How?
SPEAKER_01:So at the time they had radio stations and all of that. Okay. You know, they had back then they had radio edits and everything. But yeah, somehow it just ended up being something that landed on the radio station. And at the time I wasn't feeling well, so when I heard it, I'm like, oh, this is dope. Okay. Yeah, yeah, I don't know what this is, you know, because we weren't really exposed to a lot of hip hop in the family. You know, it was mostly like RB or it might be some stuff like Alice and Chains. Well, we weren't really around that one, but I found out my folks had those records, Curtis Blow and Beastie Boys, you know, and stuff like that. So when they had a when we were talking about them having a whole record collection, I mean record collection, almost like 400 and something albums. And they weren't really collectors, you could tell, because Amon mainly, she had all her stuff with the tags, like the little stickers and stuff like that. So I think that just came from the background of my grandmother being a DJ out there in Chicago at the time. Uh serious, bro? Yeah, she was uh she was one with DJ, uh Peggy Ellis. Uh so yeah, man. Uh music was definitely in the family as far as it went. So all of this stuff, all the people that I've met, it just helped me to be well-rounded, but also to see things from many different perspectives.
SPEAKER_07:And that I feel like that's um that's awesome to have in your skill set, you know, the ability to uh to appreciate diversity, um, not just in people, but also in music. Because sometimes I think we get uh kind of bogged down into listening to just one type of music. You know what I'm saying? It's just all trap, all rap, all RB, all rock, you know. But when you have people that really can come along and they have a genuine uh love for all types of music, because it resonates like this resonates with them in different ways. I think that's that's a beautiful thing to have, man. It's just something about that that I that I feel uh said something about your soul. You get what I'm saying? Like it's just something in you. Um so would you say that the third grade situation was your introduction to hip-hop? Or do you think like it came on a on a on a more um which word I'm looking for? Impactful moment.
SPEAKER_01:Actually, earlier on, I would say when we were living in Kansas out there, um the main ones we would be listening to was like Will Smith, you know, you'd have Fresh Prince, uh Jeff. And um there was another one that was out there. Uh, what hammer? Hammer at the time. MC Hammer, yeah. Like before, you know, when the 90s started hitting people, it was like, man, you bump MC Hammer around us, you getting stomped out, you know, type of stuff. Yeah. MC Hammer was really one of those uh positive dudes. Ironically enough, with Hammer, the fact that he was doing like a lot of the putting people on and doing the corporate, you know, sponsorships and stuff like that, kind of kind of got killed for that. But you look at it now in 2025, everybody's doing the exact same thing. So it's almost like, you know, so it's almost like, you know, one person has to kind of take the hit in order for people to kind of look at it and be like later on, oh man, you know, we really was on to something. Yeah. You know, for our generation, it was hammered for um people before us. It probably was like Prince, you know, telling people about the streaming and all of that and keeping everything physical and going on tours and things. And now we're kind of looking at that and saying to ourselves, man, you know what? That dude was really right.
SPEAKER_07:Like he was, he was, you know, so sorry to cut you off. Like, I think I definitely feel like Prince was on to something, right? Um, however, it's when it comes to streaming, I think that um it has its pros and its cons, right? Right. So like um, yeah, when everything was upset, um the artist was able, especially like independent artists, so I think these that was selling it out the triangle, you know what I'm saying? So you thinking you're looking at it like if if his if he's if if he was telling the truth about the numbers that he was doing, that's some good money, you know what I'm saying? Because you're making CDs is like at the least 11 bucks, at the least, you know what I'm saying? Right. So if you selling, you know, a hundred CDs in a day, I'm not even gonna try to do fucking math on it, I'm not, but if you sell 100 CDs in it in a day and you're getting 11 bucks off of you bring in decent money and you keep it on that, you're keeping all that, right? Now, the only thing that I think uh wasn't the I guess it depends on your hustle. For you to reach the amount of people that you can reach with streaming, you would have to drive from one city to the next city within the same day. You see what I'm saying? Right to try to, you know, so people can actually get that physical copy. So I think now when it comes to streaming, you have somebody that's in California that can upload their music to one of these platforms and it can be heard in Chicago, Kansas, Germany, Japan, you know, London, Australia. Right, right. It goes it really gets through faster. Right, right. So, but as far as the as far as a monetary game, I don't necessarily think the artists are seeing that. You know what I'm saying? Like, you're not like they're not getting rich off this shit. You see what I'm saying? Right. They're getting they're getting noticed off of it. Um, so I I I think it has its pros and its cons. Um But I do think about the whole concept of changing the culture, right? So when you when you think about the term change the culture, what do you think about? What comes to mind?
SPEAKER_01:Change the culture. Well, usually when you're changing a culture, you're changing either a train of thought or you're changing uh behavior.
SPEAKER_07:I like that. I like that. But I but I do I do think that the train of thought comes before the change of behavior, though. That's what I was saying. Yeah. Um so when you say that, I think about um the first time that I heard Gucci Man on the radio. Right. And before that, I was like, no disrespect to Gucci Man whatsoever. However, before I heard him on the radio, anybody that really sounded in the community that I was in, and the circle that I ran with, anybody that sounded like that on a record, you they clowned them because they sounded like they were slow. You know what I'm saying?
SPEAKER_01:I remember that was the time. Um that was probably around about the time when a lot of the southern uh music was coming out. Not coming out, but really getting notice, notice like that for the trap, the drill, the other stuff in the 2000s. Don't get me wrong, there was like phenomenal artists out there in the South, way before that. Like Scarface, you know, yeah, you'd have Outcast and everybody else that was out. Yeah, but um, when they started doing that old or what have you, it was one of those things that a lot of people were having a hard time getting used to.
SPEAKER_07:Yeah, I was one of those people.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, I was like, man, hey, being in high school and hearing hive by juvenile, it kind of threw me off. I'm like, huh? What is he saying? I have no idea, you know. But luckily, I had some people that were out there that were from Louisiana, and they were explaining it to me. So, like, I was lucky to have that kind of reference. Not too many people had that. Right. So then it was sounding crazy, and then for myself, it was like, okay, it sounds crazy, but the way that they're explaining it to me, okay, I I can get this now. It's not as, you know, one way as I thought it would be.
SPEAKER_07:Right, right. The diversity, the diversity, right? There's like, I'm I'm I'm trying to see it from a different lens. You know what I'm saying? To try to get somebody else's perspective on how they're living and what's their reality. You know right. And and I feel like I feel like you still have to appreciate it because a person was able, a person was able to take what was in their head and put it on a on a record. You know what I'm saying? Right. So it's it's one thing to take what you're thinking about and be able to put it on a record and just fucking say it, you know. Um, people out here getting robbed in my neighborhood, people out here, you know, uh, you know, whatever, smoking drugs in my neighborhood. But it's another thing to put it onto a record and to be able to stay within the pocket and to make it rhyme and to make it sound a certain way. So that's why I have appreciation for all artists. You know what I'm saying? It may not be my type of music, but I do have that appreciation for artists because you do have to think about delivery, you do have to think about how many should I should I keep this amount of words in that sentence? Should I say it like this and woo-woo woo, you know, so yeah, I I definitely appreciate it. Oh yeah.
SPEAKER_01:Go ahead. Yeah, it's it's one of those things that makes me think to a lot of artists that are out now, like that are doing different stuff. Yeah, uh, one of the guys, Bruiser Wolf, like his cadence is one of those that's like really unique to him, the way that he does it. But the bars that he puts in and the way that he delivers it, it's like my goodness, bro. Like, you know, you're sitting up here and you're like, man, on the surface, it sounds like, you know, um old school pimping. But you know, something so simple ends up hitting, you know, uh, what is it? Drug addicts remind me of BJs. They play with needles and you know, that kind of stuff. I'm like, bro. You know, losing is dope. You know, it might not be, it might not be everybody's cup of tea as far as it goes with how to deliver and all of the other stuff. But this dude, when you're listening to it, bro, this this is bars. So it's the same way, I'm pretty sure with everything, you know, everybody has their preferences and the way that they uh they resonate with different music and different artists.
SPEAKER_07:Yeah. Um when did you start? Uh when did you get to the point where you say, you know what, what I wanna I wanna make I wanna make this music too. I want to create too.
SPEAKER_01:That was freshman year 2000 over in Barstow High. Oh man, that was when I was seeing a lot of people doing freestyles and they were kicking ciphers and going into battles and stuff like that. But as teens, you don't really know too much about what you're doing, except for the ones who was like really, really into it. Um high school for us, hometown heroes was like hieroglyphics, or you would have like living legends, or you would have say trans this, you know, rhymesayers atmosphere, you know, all of that kind of stuff. So when I'm watching these people in class and they're just rapping and stuff, you know, and they're like, yeah. And I thought to myself, this is easy, like I can do this, right? And they were like, Really, man? Just what's the freestyle being? And I didn't know what a freestyle was, so all I was doing at that point was just like pointing out something and then just start rhyming about it. Oh snap, you know, and um at the time, that's when I started going, okay, I'm gonna see if I can write this and that. At the time, they had a dude uh named Proverb 8.6, Chris Cully. You know, he was basically the best uh rapper in the school, but considered that uh psychedelic, he was also one of those dudes up there with the mercenary crew, and uh then there was uh another cat who actually I was so proud to see later on in life. Who I got into a battle with uh Ronnie, uh Ronnie Driscoll. And uh that was the first time being in a battle and basically falling flat, right? Come to find out full circle years later, he ends up battling human. And I'm like, this is dope. The same cat that came from high school, you know. But uh yeah, I started playing with a tape recorder, a PS2, uh, MTV music generator, and a television set, and that's basically where I just said, you know, I'm gonna start making beats. I still have the tape. So you know, back then, yeah, I still got the tape, man, like right there in the deck. But um yeah, man, and then I started graduating over to Magics, and there was a hip-hop music maker where where basically you learn how to like drag and drop all this other stuff, yeah, and then graduated to Ableton in 2004. And I've been using Ableton since, and then kind of dabbling along with machines, so that's what really made me want to go ahead and get in there, man. Just oh, you can create things, like you can actually make your own music, yeah, you know. So while everybody while everybody else was getting like Xboxes and stuff like that, you know, my main thing was let me go and find myself some studio monitors and learn how to do this. Learn how to you know, um, back when Sam Ash was still open.
SPEAKER_07:So you know Sam's motherfucking Radio Shack.
SPEAKER_01:Radio Shack, man. Radio Shack was one of them where we used to always have this this inside joke when everything's wasn't working over at the uh the bar at a place called Shooters. Anytime the radio uh the music equipment stuff wouldn't work because we would get it from Radio Shack, and we'd be like, shout out to Radio Shack because they were literally right, they were literally right there, like right, probably like not even 500 feet away from the place. So yeah, man.
SPEAKER_07:That's crazy, that's crazy. Um, so now you you say Chicago, we said 2011, right? Right. So what has been the what what have you seen that's the differences between Chicago's music scene and a California music scene?
SPEAKER_01:Oh man, there's some differences there. Um as far as it goes with a lot of the way that things are done show-wise. I remember going to different shows, and what they would do is they would have you sell tickets, and that was the way that uh basically that was your way of being able to rock on stage. Like, okay, if you can sell this many tickets, blah blah on street, then okay, you can get on that one. You know, if you're short, then you pay whatever was short, yeah, you know, that kind of stuff. Um as far as it went going back to open mics and all of that kind of stuff as well. There was always like a waiting list or you know, something you had to write off of. If you really, really wanted to attach your grip, um, there was many different places that you could go to out there in California as well. You know, anywhere from the airliner club back when that was open, you know, rest in peace with the low in theory. Um, that was probably one of my favorites. Um never went to it, but the Project Low Thursdays out there in Lamer Park. That one, if you really, really wanted to test it, it was like the showtime at the Apollo.
SPEAKER_04:Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:Like you couldn't just walk in there and just be on some ignorant BS. Like you had to actually rap. So that was another spot. So there's many different avenues that you could go. Chicago, what I learned is it's uh it's many other opportunities to hit open mics as well. And there's also uh a lot less politicking in certain avenues. Like if they like you, then that's what it is, you know. Like they followed. If it's and I'm learning this too, like every show that I went to um in Chicago, if they rock with you, bro, that's it. Like it don't matter if it's raining, it don't matter if it's um you know snowing, they they showing up. So that was one of the things I could I could appreciate, and that's no disrespect to anybody in California at all, you know, because we also have that too, where it's like we both want to see from each angle, we both want to see that person succeed. So, like if a person is not doing well on the stage or whatever, or they stumble in or what have you, you know, you both you will you'll see both sides of them being like, you know, hey, it's all right, keep going, keep going, you know, that that kind of thing at the open mics. Uh the other thing that I did end up seeing a lot was that there is a certain amount of just being willing to work and cut all the diva stuff out.
SPEAKER_07:Yeah, you know, I love that you said that, bro.
SPEAKER_01:You know, like as far as I'm not going on after that person, or I'm not gonna, you know, I can't do this without getting a upfront amount of this, that, and the third. It's just like dog, if I'm here, I'm ready to work, let's do it, and and that's the cool part about it. And um it's refreshing to see. Yeah.
SPEAKER_07:Um when when you think about the open mic scene, um, how much important, in your opinion, how much importance does it play as far as uh helping that city find an identity and also helping the artist find an identity?
SPEAKER_01:So when the artist ends up finding an identity through the open mics, it's uh one of those things that's a win for the city, because if it's something that they are behind, then that kind of shoves out there into the world something new. Either it's something new or something that we have already, but it has a twist that's interesting. That we're thinking, okay, people might get it, they might not get it, but we're proud of it, right? Right, that part. I love that.
SPEAKER_07:That part, it's ours, right? You see what I'm saying? So when you come here, you know this is this is our shit.
SPEAKER_01:Right. Yeah, and that's the same way it is with Cali. Like, I had left, I hadn't been back in quite some time. So when I heard a lot of the newer stuff that was out there, I'm like, okay, okay, I can see where they're going with this one. It took a minute to adjust, just like it did with the whole like juvenile situation and all. But the lingo ended up upgrading, and the way that they were doing the delivery to certain beats and things like that still had like flavors of like E40 or like the Bay Area, like you know, you keep the sneaks or what have you. But then they ended up having Draco the ruler, you know, rest in peace, and many other different styles, you know. So and it may be polarizing to a certain extent, you know. We we still had ways to get it accessible to people through like Kendrick and many other different people who are doing uh kind of like tributes or or nods, but it's the same way out here in Chicago. Like at the time, drill music was really, really popping, like when I came out. So Chief Keep was really big, and you had like you know, everybody out there. Um, you can't name them all, but you know, of course, you get baby, baby, you know, the list goes on. Same thing, you know. People might not have understood it at the time, but Chicago was really big on that. That was like that's ours. Yeah, then you started seeing people like incorporating all of that over into their stuff, and they're not even from. So, yeah, you know, it's one of those things where yeah, open mics, all of that stuff. You have the potential to do things like that.
SPEAKER_07:Yeah. Um, as a producer, what are your thoughts on AI? Producers recall AI and production.
SPEAKER_01:AI production, gut feeling is one of those where I'm not really a fan of it because it takes some of the thing, the things that are bare minimum that you need. And it just takes it away to where if you're not careful, artists can become very lazy. Not only that, but I noticed with a lot of that stuff, it does come off as like very polished, very well put together, but soulless in in certain aspects. I agree. You know, like there's certain things that humans can do that a machine or prompt cannot do. And one of those things is connect. Oh, that is awesome. You know, like there, you can put a human person can prompt these words, they can have a person do uh have the AI do all the work and write all of these different uh well-put-together songs, but they have to come from somewhere. Right. And that comes from a human being. So, in order for them to be able to do all of this, to be able to connect on a human level, they need humans in order for them to do it. So I don't really see how that works if you want to connect with the artist or connect with the music, and you can't one see them, two, go out to see them live, you know, because we all want to be able to at least see or meet and connect with the person that we connect with art-wise, or whatever it is that they're doing. So unless you're gonna spend multi-million dollars worth trying to pull uh a gorillas out of your hat with projectors and stuff, but you still need you still need artists, you know, you still need people to play the music. So it's like okay, certain things they can do, but there's certain things that humans can do better. I agree, I agree. Okay, good point.
SPEAKER_07:Um really appreciate you making a point about they can't connect. Humans connect, you know. Um so speaking on the whole aspect connections, right? Kind of it's kind of switching gears, kind of. Um what is your definition of a healthy relationship? Any type of relationship? What's your definition of a healthy relationship?
SPEAKER_01:Uh healthy relationship, something where both parties are both parties are able to grow. Oh, oh, wow, man. I love that. I love that. It's like that's one of the things. Um one of those things where both of them are able to be safe around each other or feel safe around each other. Yeah, the ability to correct another person in a way where it's not coming from malicious intent, but coming from the desire to see that person be better. Oh, I love that. I love it, I love that response, bro. You know, that and being able to be able to patch things up even through misunderstandings. Because, you know, sometimes we might deliver a message that we feel like a person may need, and it's just not wrapped up in in the boat or wrapped up in the way that we would like to say it. And they might say it and it's just like reckless all over the place, and the other person ends up hurt. Being able to come back and be like, you know, hey, it wasn't from a uh malicious place. This is what I really meant about this and that and the third. But I can understand that you felt, you know, uh hurt by the way that I said it, this and the third. And just being able to patch that up, you know, because if it's a strong enough relationship and a healthy relationship, then that's not gonna be something that ends up uh ending it. Right. You know, and that that right there ends up being a good thing. Uh holding another person accountable, holding each other accountable as well. You know, you're sometimes people feel like, you know, the definition, and everybody's definition is different, but they feel like, hey, if I'm totally 100% in the wrong, you should definitely roll with me. Uh you know, so sometimes people have that idea, and it's like, no, um, I'm not gonna help you go and bury the body if you decide to do X, Y, and Z. You know, this is right, this is a true crime, or the first 48. So, but right, you know, so it's really just one of those things, you know. You want them to really be the best that they can be for themselves while at the same time helping you and basically you helping each other to grow to be better people. I love that. I love that.
SPEAKER_07:Um, who is your most influential family member?
SPEAKER_01:Oh man, before she passed, uh, my mother, most influential family member, definitely. She was like my best friend, like she was the one that always kept my hand on strike. Um, as far as it went, she was one that was also into the things I was into. So she would play Madden and end up beating the brakes off me by like 40.60 points. Or I'll be up there playing 2K with her, and you know, I'll get some in, and then sometimes she'll come back, and it's like, I'm looking at a 60-point deficit, and the referee, y'all, y'all understand this one. Believe in yourself, believe in yourself. You know, that that part of the game. So, you know, when you're getting whooped by your mama so bad in 2K that even the coach is trying to, you know, help you out. But yeah, so um, she was into music, so anything that I was into, she was checking in on it. I remember when uh she first let me go ahead and watch Eight Mile. And she was like, all right, you know, I'm gonna let you go ahead and watch that and stuff. But even then she started liking M and M, you know, you might not have liked everything, but you know, she started liking that. Yeah. And uh that's where I really got a chance to start uh introducing her to some new stuff as well. So like everything from AC alone and Project Flow to like, you know, certain aspects. She she didn't even know at the time that uh DJ Jazzy Jeff was still making music. Get the fuck out of you. Yeah, because you know, when um DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince had, you know, they broke up and all of that stuff. A lot of people just ended up going elsewhere and what have you. So when the return of the magnificent uh series ended up coming back, that's when I was able to go ahead and show her some of that. Yeah. That's dope.
SPEAKER_07:That's that's phenomenal, man. That's um I I I think it's I think it's uh it's a beautiful thing to have to come across a person in your life that you feel like, like you said, we truly connect with. You know what I'm saying? Like you like a person that hates you, you know, because everybody don't get everybody. Because everybody ain't meant to get everybody. You see what I'm saying? Um, so I think it's a blessing to come across those people, and then I'm and maybe make sure you rest in peace, then I'm glad that you know your mom had that effect on you. Um so speaking of connecting with people, I got a dame question for you, right? Maybe a hard one. Um, you got somebody that you are I'm setting, I'm I'm painting the picture right. You have that person that you have that person that you connect with, right? You love them, you like being around them, you know. As they say, y'all finish each y'all finish each other's sentences and all that type of stuff, right? Right. Here's the one thing no matter how much they shower or what type of deodorant they use, they will always be musty. Can you stay with them?
SPEAKER_01:You know, there's there's probably some kind of deodorant in this universe that's strong enough to help, hopefully. What if it's not?
SPEAKER_04:What I'm saying, what if it's not?
SPEAKER_01:What if it's not, you know, but if you love that person, man, despite them being musty, I think that's a beautiful thing. Because you're seeing you're showing you're showing that you can love this person for who they are and not what they smell like. And um, yeah, that's that's a tough one to be in, but yeah, man, hats off to you. Hats off to you, definitely, man. You are a real one. Right. I mean I mean, you can take it to kind of conventions and they'll blend in just fine.
SPEAKER_07:I mean, so it's not gonna be I love to ask that question, man, because um um like like you know it's humor, but also man, you gotta think about that, man. Like really, you gotta think about it, like what if you have that person, it's like, but it's just this one thing. Just this one thing that they can't even help it. You see what I'm saying? Right. What do you do? You know, right. Um I wanna I I wanna say this much, man, um, before before we wrap up. Uh what I said at the beginning, I I I authentic authentically meant it. I really appreciate meeting you, bro. You know what I'm saying? Sitting there in Kitty's, at Kitty's cocktail lounge, um, and then here you start singing. It's like my my head just lifted up. I'm like, oh, what the fuck? You know what I'm saying? And it was dope. It was dope. And uh, and then I didn't want to speak on uh the project that we got coming up, so I don't want to put that out there just yet. I want to bust people over the head with it, man. Um, but I appreciate your craft, man, and I appreciate the conversation, the conversation that we had coming home from the studio. I appreciated that too. Um, so uh let the people know what you got coming up and what they can look forward to.
SPEAKER_01:Man, we got another one actually happening. Uh Sunday service at Kitty's out there in Blue Island uh from 5 to 10. We have pizza. Uh we have good drinks, good bartenders, good vibes, Johnny Hafden, everybody that's there, Tom Boss, Jay Will, and Valerie. I mean, butter, man, lyric. We just gotta have a ball, man, straight up. It's dope. Peachy, can't forget PG. PG Boss.
SPEAKER_07:Yeah, so it really is a dope time, bro. It is it's a fucking phenomenal time. Like, for people that's really into live music and that energy of live music, they need to come check out Sunday service at Kitty's Cocktail Lounge. Uh, I wanna let me put the the address out there so people will know. Uh January 4th, first one of the year. Oh, that's oh, that's gonna be the first one? First one of the year, January 4th. Hold on for one second. Okay, hold on, hold on.
SPEAKER_09:Oh, oh, okay.
SPEAKER_07:Hold on, I just wanna get so yeah, it's a kitty's cocktail lounge, 2146 Vermont Street in Blue Island. And what time do y'all kick it off, bro?
SPEAKER_01:Uh, they kick it off from five o'clock. We end it off at 10 o'clock.
SPEAKER_09:Okay.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, so anybody who uh loves to jam, man, feel free. Um, if you play an instrument, feel free to come on out, jam with us. If you sing, hey, come on out, jam with us. It's pretty much, man. No need to be nervous, just go out there and have some fun. Uh, personally, for me, singing in the shower really came in handy, so man.
SPEAKER_07:Yo, and and I recorded that motherfucking bear down song you was doing, bro. Oh, yeah. Hey, hey, listen, listen to me, bro. I'm not gonna say, I'm not gonna even say if. I'm gonna say when the bears go to the fucking super bowl, we gotta put that shit out. Well, you gotta put that shit out. That is fucking dope. That is dope. That is dope. I'm telling you, man, everything falls into place, man. That that's that's my my my honest belief. Everything falls into place, and I'm telling you, that song is gonna be dope. Um, thank you for being on the podcast, man. Real talk. Um, I'm looking forward to what we got coming up. Uh looking forward to what y'all got coming up at Kitty's for Sunday service. Dope. City gonna be in for. I honestly believe it. Real talk. Yes, sir. Uh, anything you want to leave the people with before we get up out of here?
SPEAKER_01:Oh man, hey, most definitely, man. Everybody take care of each other. Um, pretty much spread the love. As uh one one artist said, AC Loney said, love life, let it love you back, you know.
SPEAKER_07:Yes, sir. Yes, sir. That's all we can do, man. That's that's that's what we should be doing, man. That's what we should be doing. All right, bro. I'm gonna get up with you, man. Have a good day, and uh be smooth, man. Hey, definitely. Thank you for having me. No problem, man. Peace. Hold on, hold on. Yes, sir. That was my man, Teddy. And like I said, y'all, I don't I don't want to speak too much on this, but we got something coming up in the works. It's a love, it's it's it's it's a lovely project. It's a lovely project. That's all I'm gonna say. But that's for now. We're gonna get into the DJ mix um of the podcast. Like I always tell people, DJs, if you want your 10 to 12 minute mix play on the Shist Podcast, you can email it to DJMonsTerra at gmail.com. Uh, make sure you put your name in your mix, let the people know who you are. Uh, you can put in there where you're from, all the type of stuff. But just make sure that it's dope. All right? So we're gonna get into it, y'all. That is this is the mix.
SPEAKER_12:What a glass clap with gold starble, not fast with me, but within the bottle, like a dark bit of old bit of largo within the dust, got the cargo for bottle with waiting.
SPEAKER_11:We here to win. Yellows, I'm not the light for the party, I'm responding to the paws, that align with the laws. We mentality is testing away. Literally, that's the win is me and all four, so they say that I'ma go, but that I go ignore, cause the goat can be slaughtered and cooked up and hurry and ate up in a hurry, and that I can afford, but never ignored that me called something from the Quran and maybe about Corinthians but take a like that group you correct for one, and either way, knocking down by the dungeon while it is. They understand the wealth is the biggest going down and stuff.
SPEAKER_06:We are wall, we can tell, I excel, then the bell.
SPEAKER_02:The mic is contacted, I attract clientele. My mic check is life or death, breathing a sniper's breath. I exhale the yellow smoke or food of three.
SPEAKER_07:DJ my souls to ride a couple. DJ you are the fire.
SPEAKER_02:The food up to the four, turn the face up. Not stories by each of us. Analyze, drop a true L. And L from the L's cool of the will. You feel it like grill, it ain't hard to tell. I keep the skill like she killed, holds a fill. Vocabulary's built, I'm ill. Platformatic, I'm free free to slam it like I cheat. Jam like a tech with correct techniques. So analyze me, surprise me, but can't magmatize me. I'll leave a froze like heroin in your nose. Not to flap well, it ain't hard to tell.
SPEAKER_10:Yeah, yeah. Got the Grizzly Lock from the Stizzy, pop a clizzy 160 down a one Wizzy trunk. On the cruise through the avenue, while my labels are five models of us, lose my labels that's on the UI lost the hub cabbage back to the shack. Came back in the watch that is taking dabby face, baby cabbage, baby yellows. Uh bird cherry reddish face, shot the dealer. For the squealers with a vest for the killers, nothing less, cause it's filler in the beat. Oh mama goes on the face when I'm on the one beat. I just love the pants. I'm trying to live. Almost came home with the Grammy. I see bringing home three for the family. Somebody stop me with that. Uptown, uptown. You know you're feeling that true. Uncle you can dance to nigga give me a look. Take your glance in the mouth with yours. But both hands in the mouth with yours and drink me like you're supposed to walk. I'm loving pop, I ain't even baby to make scores just laugh in the spot. What are you saying name up again? And I know you can win. I'm a military school. It's gonna be black. Go that way. It's gonna be my life.
SPEAKER_06:But it's so right.
SPEAKER_09:Come on. Sricker than your average. Pop a twist, cabbage off and stink. Let's don't make kids think. Shout out to BIG Detroit players.
unknown:It's a head right, diggy there, a night. Papa been smooth since days are under rose. Never lose, never choose two.
SPEAKER_09:Bruce, cruise, who do something to us?
SPEAKER_03:The dopest DJ you heard thus far.
SPEAKER_09:I squeeze three and your cherry and three bang every MC easily. Take that recently, frighten ain't saying nothing. So I just stick my peaks.
unknown:Come on.
SPEAKER_05:Sometimes the word is hypnotized.
SPEAKER_07:I would say shout out to bad boys, but all that crazy shit going on.
SPEAKER_05:That's why the gold can you sound like it's a good thing.
SPEAKER_07:Still hip hop.
SPEAKER_05:That's just why the gold and your soul.
SPEAKER_09:I put off and why on to DK and Y. Miami DC, preferred Versailles G. Off in the hoodie border with Mosquito. Every cutie with the booty board of coochie. Meaning who's really the shit. Rod, beta, Frank White, push me sticks on the maxes. LX, four and a half.
unknown:Bulletproof glass tip called gangsters packs. Gone blast, squeeze first, ask questions last.
SPEAKER_09:That's how most of these so-called gangsters pass. Rap about you on the frogs. Give some bras, menage toirs, sex and expensive cars. Still leave you on the papers. Condo paid for, no call payments. At my arrayman, no for the cleaning. Your daughter's tired up in the Brooklyn basement. Fix it, not guilty. That's how I say too. Thank you. Richard and Richcoming.
SPEAKER_05:We eat, we get we need to sleep. Sometimes the day is hip and tie.
unknown:Uh-huh. Sometimes your words are sleeping.
SPEAKER_08:Girls, rub on your city. Yeah, I said it rub on your city. New York City gritty committee, pity the food that acts kitty in the midst of the calm, the witty. I want to own DJ Mons to Rob. Coming straight from Chicago. Without the goal, we so wrapped around the world. But when I'm in the body out there supporting shit podcasts, the boom control the game like individuals think it then speaks like a way to block shots. Get the fuck up. Simon says, get the fuck up. Put your hands to the sky. Let's get your beef, you put him in the mausoleum and shut up the time barnett. Somebody even say to someone. What is Bryce talking about now? Whether you're riding a train or a Lexus, this is for either all roleies, it's my access.
SPEAKER_07:You holdin' up the wall and you're missing the city. Um DJ I'm making to get a feature on the podcast. Uh I want to give people the opportunity to get things to heard, people to be saying, voices to be heard. So um email DJ Marshall Gmail.com. Um yeah. And um the um first of all, shout out to my man Teddy for coming through and being on the podcast. Uh shout out to the Teddy Chicago for always supporting his podcast, shout out to the pick markets, um, my man Decker Durch, Mr. Mitchell, Andreas Haley, Wright, Gil Gordon, uh my man, shout out to the network crew, shout out to my man RG. Uh shout out to the family, shout out to Comedian Time Barnett, support always, support, shout out to Bryce Barnett, um, no podcast, yeah. Make sure I check out his podcast, which Brian's talking about now. Also check out two B's and the fans on Firefox, uh on streaming on streaming platforms as well. Um, with this, uh, make fans not followers. Followers to get you cloud, make fans to get you work. Uh do something that you believe in. Do something that gets you out of the bed in the morning, do something that you're passionate about, have a passion, have a goal. Whether your goal is to I don't know, build a fucking burn house, have a have a have a passion, have a have a goal, you know. And um repassion it, repassion it, reproduction, uh be purposeful. Okay. Um you gotta make sure I figured out the park, all three phones, uh Apple PowerChead, man. Um, you know,