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Man, and you know guys, this guy here, he's been on the show before He really don't need an introduction He's one of those guys that, you know, every time he comes here It's a delight, the energy that he brings He always got some new music He's not just out here proclaiming to be an artist He really goes out and he really gives us all When he goes and do all this work He come back with it and we always enjoy just looking over what he has done Incredible body of work This guy, Alston Grant Yes, yes, yes, welcome to Grand World Yes, that's what I like to say But it feels good to be home And mom and dad are here Hey Yeah, you took after your mom Yeah Yeah, but I mean, you know, at the end of the day We still family, we all we got Man, you know, just Things that's been going on, man For me, man, just sitting back watching everything How are we doing so far? We've only been doing this a year and a half now And what do you think about the show as you see us continue to work? I see this show as My career, I feel like we're following each other To a point And it's crazy to see where y'all have came From when I first came here And it's like I don't know when I first came on here Like it was the first form of like legitimate Like pub that I had As an artist, I've always had pub as a basketball player But when I came on here People started taking me serious And just little snippets And To see where y'all have come from there And to see the snippets that have came out In the actual videos from the work y'all have been putting in I'm at this every day music-wise And I feel like y'all are at this every day And it's beautiful to see God putting those things together Wow, you said it man When you mentioned God We need to bail Because without God These things don't happen for me I don't know how other people make it through Not understanding how they're Maneuvering through By the hand of God It's higher power A lot of things happen in your life that I look back at bad situations in my life And I wonder like why did I go through that And then You look on the flip side of it And there's a reason for everything And so I don't know It's beautiful like hard work Is one thing But then hard work and having faith in something That is bigger than you Is all another thing Man, you know Just some of the things that Really Blows my mind man The way the music industry is That it comes off is just crazy How you never know what's going to happen From one day to the next In the industry Oh man, he shot somebody And this is hip hop And then you go over here In this other Climate and it may still be a hip hop But it's a little upscale Oh man, Swiss Beats and Timberland Sewing Triller You know what I'm saying And you just keep seeing all these different levels Of entertainment now And hip hop has become one of those things That has scaled What do you think about it when you see Swiss Beats and It's the same reason that Reality TV is so popular It's drama And it's the same reason that I feel like beefs And stuff happen I mean there are some legitimate beefs out there But there are beefs out there that are Happening They both benefit from that Well do you believe that Swiss Beats and Timberland have a legitimate beef With Triller? No, no I don't, I don't, I mean maybe there's some Legal things that are going on You don't think they were paying them or what was going on? I think that If they were, then okay But like at the end of the day The drama that happens Is unnecessary And it takes away from artists that are trying to Do something I see a lot of times when you look at A lot of these different people who are The big brothers behind the scene They're trying to find a way to Fleece the flock They're looking at ways to try to be creative Enough to keep control of what we do Oh I go there So they're not really trying to To stay relevant? Exactly So basically the Timberland move Or whatever and the Swiss Beats move is Probably them not trying to Conform to what they're trying to get them To conform to So let's create havoc so everybody Pays attention to it and I think that's Bullshit. I think that happens too because They came out during the time like during Covid where people didn't have No other choice but to stay at home and watch These versus battles but now Because people, things have Somewhat opened up and people are Moving on with their lives, I think Now it's, you gotta be more strategic when You put it up, you gotta figure out a way To get the people to tune in And why not just have a beef in the middle of it Right? Yeah I mean With two legends like Timberland and Swiss Beats that's kinda crazy that they Were stooped to that level in my Mind but then you gotta think of How much music is being put out there Right now and like But stooped to what level because So where they're like Where they're arguing with An app, with an app At the end of the day with an app Like that doesn't seem Real in my head so like that's probably Where I stand with it, I mean I don't want to get too far into it but The whole world is kinda fucked right now For being honest. Why do you say that? Because there's A divide between Religion, between Race, between everything And I don't like Where the world's at right now and it scares me For having a kid in this world right now They need $28 million To To kinda say you know what To Make things to where we'll work together Again, you know what I mean? I need some money man Money runs the world Yeah But then in society You know a lot of these young kids as they're Growing up, they want to be a celebrity They want to be a star, whether it be a rock star Now it's becoming a YouTuber but it's just to be Popular, be seen They feel like okay if I'm being seen I'm making good money but They don't realize that with all of this Popularity comes a lot of Consequences too because Even like when I'm reading through news right now Because you remember when Bill Cosby, he went To jail for what he did, you know What he did Allegedly did or did Art Kelly, he's gone So it's like even with the rappers They're taking these rappers off the streets Now and you know Not saying that they did Or didn't do anything wrong But I'm looking now and now I'm seeing George Foreman They're now Taking him to court over Over the grills? No This is the part that kills me Over sexual abuse allegations That he so-called did When he was in his 20s What? Okay, so when I'm seeing things like this I'm just like okay Y'all are reaching for all these people That we held at such a high Statue, you know what I mean That you're trying to defame them You're trying to make them look bad George Foreman who He just so happened to be black You understand what I mean He just so happens to be a brother No comment So I'm seeing all of these things And they're defaming all of these celebrities I mean looking like Deshaun Watson The quarterback from Massage parlors There's a lot of situations where that happens I think every situation Is different But it's just being more and more now Every situation Should be handled As that situation Not like it's George Foreman Or Deshaun Watson I think every situation should be handled And I think that's The price of fame sometimes I think that people from your past Who don't want to see you do good things Or they see an opportunity To interject and make money off of you Yeah Because you cut them off Because if you were a nobody George Foreman was a nobody Exactly, that wouldn't even came back up From your 20s There should be a law that you can't do that But there's not That's what's crazy It's not just I don't know Every situation should be handled differently And cancel culture is a real thing It is That happens as well And I don't know The world we live in today Even from like 5 to 10 years ago Isn't the same world that I grew up in And that sound old It's going to change because I remember growing up And my grandparents telling me Oh, it's so dangerous out there People killing people or this and that And I looked at them like, you crazy I'm out here every day, I'm not seeing people that's falling down You know, dead, you know, whatever But now We're doing that to our kids So it's going to be an evolution It's going to always keep happening So anyway So let's get into your music Yeah, please, because the other stuff I was just about to talk about this Artificial intelligence Oh, the rapper? FM Mecca He's the first artificial And he's controlled by a white dude Hold on, I don't know about this So tell me about this, what's going on? Some like gamer who like He creates like BOTS AI, which is artificial intelligence He created a rapper That kind of looks like a crossbreed of like 6'9 and like Young Thug But he has like my complexion almost So this is a machine But they type in like the lyrics And it's combined A whole bunch of like voices From like other artists Does this machine look like a person? No, it looks like a Fortnite character So it's not like a person You know like when you watch the movies Oh yeah, I saw that It's just a character, it's not really like They made it into like a real person And he dropped a song with Gunna You see that? Called Florida Water And the song like Is it hard? They're a whore! They're a whore! I'm not gonna lie, like They're a whore They sound like if you heard it And you didn't know the backstory You'd be like damn, there's a basin But then you look at the backstory And there's some like white kid Who like is a gamer, nerd dude And he's sitting there like And McAdoo says the N word like over and over again And everybody's like what the fuck Like you can't do that These people are wild about this It's a way where he can't say it Out of his mouth personally But he's gonna build this character so he can say Everything he wants to say And he got signed by Capital Records And then he got dropped Two days later Why? Because I mean He was the first artificial intelligence So they just want to sign this as the first The controversy behind it But then why drop him then? That it can't deal with the heat? I guess, I mean, I don't know Like I guess once they dropped Who controlled the artificial intelligence So when they signed him they didn't know who I bet they knew who he did But then when the public found out They didn't want him dealing with the backlash So what did they think was gonna come with it? I don't know Major labels are pretty out there It's just the first of many The first thing with technology With artificial intelligence and all of that The first thing people think about is like Oh, y'all try to get rid of the rappers now So are you just gonna create this and Is that what's gonna start doing all this music? It broke my heart when I first saw it I'm gonna be honest because I work my ass off At making music every day And to think that somebody could just go in there And be like, oh, let me just create this rapper And type in lyrics and I'm like Okay But this person can't do shows If he could they could pop him up like the hologram Like Tupac's hologram Yeah, he could pop up That's crazy The future is coming The Jetsons Do you know that cartoon? You're young They're flying around In spaces and stuff So your new album What's the name of the project? Life's a Trip What inspired Which I know what inspired But tell our audience what inspired it What inspired this piece of Like work Was I mean if we're gonna get into it Get into it Everybody goes through things in life And I went through the worst situation possible And life's a trip means like Damn, sometimes things happen in life And you kind of Are like in a Mind frame of like how the fuck Am I going through this And that happened to me And it's about like a situation That I'm going through with my kids mom And the whole album Or project EP whatever They want to call it is based around that And It's very true to my heart And it's very true to what I'm going through And so like I don't want to get too far into it Because I talk about it throughout the EP And I have to Live it every day And I don't want to have to keep reliving it But I do know that like That is a true testimony To what I've gone through In the past year and a half But you say you don't want to keep reliving it But then whenever people do music I know that you do music to get As a therapy to get off the chest But then say you get booked And you have to go and sing these songs Over and over so you're gonna still be reliving it Yeah, reliving it as in a sense of Like I don't want to expand on it too far I want people to I mean Listen to it and relate to it It's pretty black and white so how you I mean if you listen to the song called Life's a Trip off the EP It's Exactly what I'm going through Can you give us a little bit of visual of it Like do you have visuals online? I'm about to drop a few videos from it Pretty soon Not yet but it's The D.A. trying to frame me My B.M. trying to blame me for her Crazy ways You just talking and let's see what you got Alright Life's a trip It's a journey Lies on my name I had to hire an attorney Take me for my kid cause that's the only way To hurt me, paint me like a piece of shit And do me dirty The D.A. trying to frame me My B.M. trying to blame me for her crazy ways I pray the truth will save me I wish that you would save me Before they lock me up for life And put me in a cage When you say it I wish you would save me Who are you talking to? Her Well yeah because It's crazy It's I mean like everybody has Baby Mom drama but like This is taking it to an extreme And at this point like since this Projects came out like the I've been really kind of like running from like the truth But like I mean Why? Because of like I'm scared Like I'm scared like it's I'm facing a lot of shit And my kid is Seven I hadn't seen him since he was six That's another lyric I just wrote the other day And he's old enough to understand And so like I don't know I feel like I'm lost To that situation Did you ever think like when you was up in Chicago And you had to come back And all of this happened that you would still be fighting These battles seven years later? No no no Definitely didn't think this is where I would be But I think the music Like how music saved me Back then I think music saved me now To this day And it's the way I vent It's the way I get my feelings across And so I feel like that's my therapy And It makes it hard to move on from situations Because you're reflecting all the time But it also I mean I feel good after I make a song Like it's There's a reason that my cover art Is like that it's That's that was Based off of the mug shots That I've had in like The situation I'm going through with somebody who I have Shared A baby with I don't know Trials coming up and It's going to be a motherfucker You're not the first person to go through this And you won't be the last This is for some reason An ongoing situation And God knows the truth I could die tomorrow We could all die tomorrow And we're going to have to face somebody when we die And I know for damn sure I am telling the truth 99 problems Like Jay-Z was saying 99 problems but it ain't one That's the first song on the EP Yeah, 99 problems What inspired you to do that And did you get it from Jay-Z? No, that was the first The first night that all this shit transpired How long ago Did the situation started? It started so what are we in? What's the month? We're in August We're out of time But it was last July So 2021 July We had an apartment We had gotten into it at the apartment And the police came and it was crazy And we left there I left there And I went somewhere else And went to the producer where I was working with And I started doing that song And it was like I've been looking for the bright side Staring at the moonlight Yeah And I jump every time And that's based on like That's not even a problem And it's like me being heard Like manipulation And making me act like somebody I'm not And that's kind of where that came from And it's like 99 problems You want me to solve them Like you got these problems that you're facing And you want me to help solve them But I can't So that's kind of where that came from Yeah I've seen that We're at the same label He's got a huge following Like He's an R&B and soul artist And we were in the studio at Music Access And we were getting a final mix on the song And he's like man I love this fucking song And I'm like Bro do the intro and I wrote the intro for him And he was like wow And he went in there and just killed the intro He's got such a good voice And so yeah that song And the people from my label They really believe in that song And I think that song will be a song that Like could be pretty special Too much I'm trying to go to Yeah I was going to ask a question Some about the other song? No But go ahead Too much is about like Hitting rock bottom Right after I got out of jail And shaking back from that The hook is from and the person who produced that Produced my Dougie Way back in the day Lil Will His producer named Keys And he played this like drum loop And I was like damn Let me see what I could do So I went and got on the computer and started like How I make beats is like I'll look for samples within that key Or like close to that BPM And I heard this like crazy saxophone sound And that's how it starts And then it drops into a beat Like if you listen to that beat and then you go listen to my Dougie They sound similar And so I just kind of like I don't know like that song came together crazy And everybody likes that song How does it start? It's a I hit rock bottom I was down bad Had a shake back From mistakes that I made Where my drink at And then it's like Too much There's like six hooks in that song Which is crazy Like I've gotten a lot better at making Hooks out of my songs And transitioning them And I'm blessed to have people that I work with So it's been fun You're musically growing Yeah and it's stressful sometimes But like it's also beautiful But you see like God had to put you through a lot of things Because one thing I realized about musicians A lot of times they have to go through a lot of stuff To really produce because You really write a lot of things that you go through Or something that somebody close to you Is going through that's affected you Because people relate to pain People relate because that's what most people go through And when you're talking about pain What is the darkest Moment in your life That you've been through right now Since this whole ordeal started And how did you overcome it? I think so I've been arrested like twice Over this predicament And the first time I was more like in shock And I was like dang Like what? And then the second time Was the lowest And it was because The person who was Like causing me to be arrested Was still talking to me that day And that wasn't your kid's mom? It was, no that's what it was So basically Suburban warfare is what I call it It was basically just Like it guided you into that Wow You see where you're coming from? It makes sense When I say suburban warfare We're going through a family custody battle And I wasn't It's not like I was winning the family custody battle But I had my rights as a dad And fuck it I wasn't going to talk about this shit I was going up And it was like Everything was good My son was happy He got to be with his dad He knew when he was going to see his dad He didn't like That was beautiful to me Because we had created a toxic situation For him for so long trying to make it work And then all of a sudden We go through that situation Where nine and a half problems is based around The apartment we were living at And at that point on Her parents got involved My parents got involved Families were involved And that's why I say suburban warfare And we were trying to make it work for a while And she came to my house one night And we got into it really bad And she recorded me Yelling at her cussing at her Being mean And somehow I got slipped into a whole other situation And that's when all these charges started Coming along Recording an argument Recording an argument That shouldn't Unless there was physical altercation It was an argument about me not giving her phone back And So it's almost like you're holding her hostage Yes, it's what they're trying to paint it as And then the recording gets cut off And there's certain situations Like certain things But she was using a phone to record you Apple watch, Apple watch You can record an Apple watch And so like I The next day after this fight happened It was a typical fight for me and her It was a normal fight And she I guess Some shit happened with the family law thing And then her parents heard that And then the recording I'm saying stuff that I'm not proud of But it's a typical fight that we had And I never thought that it would come back into this So we're not fighting for my life Right And I hadn't seen my kid in A year But you know sometimes God let you hit those bumps in the road I wouldn't have nothing to talk about It's going to be something Where he's going to pull you through We believe in that he's going to pull you through I appreciate that, I really do We're rooting for you That you and your son will be put back together I think it's something A horrible thing for you not to be the senior son In a year It made me appreciate him A lot more I mean not like I didn't appreciate him before But like, man They always say you don't ever know what you have until you lose it But The good thing is that it's going to make you stronger It's going to build you up In a way where He's going to look at you even better You know what I mean? And the thing that bothers me throughout this whole situation That I'm trying to touch on In this EP And even more music that I've been making Is not me, not my feelings My son thinks I am He thinks I'm as big as Travis Scott or Drake And he don't get to see me Or communicate with me And that's what fucks me up And breaks my heart Like what do you tell him? Like I know I've told him I'm a way of making music But that's not true And so like Nobody should be in this situation And like I've been running From confronting it head on For so long but like I'm so close to this Court date that at this point That's why when this came out I'm like fuck it Like I have to You have to face it because then It also prepares you for that court case You know what I mean? And I totally understand because there's so many Men out here who are not holding up to the Responsibility Not trying to take care of their kids They want me to be a deadbeat Right and here you are a man who Want to be a part of your child's life So I commend you for that Don't give up the fight Everything does happen for a reason Put it all in God's hands And know that No matter what outcome is It's his purpose and know that It's a reason you're going through what you need to go through I couldn't agree more Oh man She hit her right on the head Every more You know you just Like I said Life is predestined The steps of a good man The word says ordered by the Lord See you got that That's something that you got to understand That's a book It's been written I believe it's in Psalms People that are familiar with you They definitely like that But it also says Have I hidden that word that I might not see So you have to take the word And harness it inside So that you'll be able to understand Which way you should go And you're going to get there It's tough But it takes dying daily That's the most important thing That you die daily Basically forgetting about The thing that Paul says One thing that I do I forget those things And I press toward the mark Of those things which are before me You have to forget about what happened And you have to move toward The greatness that God has for you But until you start to do that You can get caught up looking back The word of God says No man take hold of a plow And look back without running into something So you have to be very very careful On how you maneuver in life When it comes down to focusing on God That's the most important thing And I think that's what he's wanting to do He's always looking to get our attention And make us focus more on him So I just say continue that That venture right there And I think everything else will work itself out Because the words they seek you first The kingdom of God and its righteousness All of his righteousness And all these other things will be added So you have to understand that God knows what he's doing in this Whole scenario that you Can't figure out because you stand On one side of a room And you look through a peak hole in life But God stands on the other side and sees the whole room That's amazing That's amazing I totally agree with you That's made me Give me a lot of peace That's what it's all about Because I wrote this EP For I want to let go of that situation I want to be done with it I don't want to talk about it anymore I don't want to live in that situation Everyday it's hell It is hell That's my hell I found God through it That's a blessing Y'all remember Last few times I came on here I didn't know what God was I thought I was God That's a problem The Bible says you are God It says that it will That comes from Psalms as well I mean it in a whole different way You really thought you were God You were excommunicating the real God out No, you're just a little G You're not the big G But at the end of the day That little G in you makes you somebody That you should be proud of who you are I agree I found a purpose throughout this I can't wait for the next EP Because this EP is so personal That it kind of hurts But it's good that you put it all in your music Because it's almost like a journal People write journals when they go through things But then just like you say You wanted to put it on Wax and forget about it But once you finish This chapter of your life You'll be able to use What you have done to help others And you're gonna end up always repeating it And talking about it It's a foundation It's the foundation When that song pops off I mean, I got some hits That I've been laying on When that song pops off I want people to know who I am So they have something to go follow And like, oh, this is who he is I didn't notice your social media on your Instagram You're not putting a lot out there No, I've been very Part of it is because of this case And part of it is because of Me finding myself through my music My label gets on to me all the time About not posting content daily But people want... Okay People, as in like you As in the person who is doing it Want to put off this perfect person Out there For everybody, so you're saying you're trying to find yourself But people want to see the evolution Through your social media No, I agree, and I also think that like The imperfect, perfect, everything They want to see that They want to see the growth I'm working on it, but I'm also dealing with real life Like on a daily basis to where it's like I'm not going to sit here and post A selfie when I'm like sitting here On the phone with my Lawyers and my... There's just a lot going on And I honestly forget And I don't Have the most confidence when it comes to Me as a person Where I'm at in my life And so I struggle with that too But I've gotten a lot better Being around people who truly believe in me That could change everything You see even just that statement that you just made Even Doing a video Of you just saying that And then putting it out there So many people will gravitate to it just because it's real Especially you putting at the end of it That I'm getting better I'm working on me every day So it's not like you're just In this place and it's like I'm never going to get better The one thing that I can always attest to The realality of videos You can't see your son right now But if you put these things out And do stuff like you're doing here now You can always reflect back to it and show them That you always was thinking about it But if you don't do the things that you need to do To show these steps Then a lot of times it gets covered up With myths that somebody else may have said So you gotta make sure That you don't just focus Man You're right I'm working this is what I do That's why we are the dopest podcast In the whole south Maybe even in the world In the world We dope because we care And I think people that's what they keep trying to figure out Why is this guy Why does Mr. Maker and ECO and Money Mosing them Why are they doing 10,000 new subscribers a month Organically Why are they doing over a million views a month Why it's because we're really In here caring about people We're really in here trying to figure out ways to help people When you see a hot boy west on here You see a hot boy And she probably asked you to pray for him But I'm being honest with you When you see these people on here This is therapy bro And that's why when I came on here I was like telling myself I even told her I was like I'm not going to talk about the situation That I'm going through But I'm like man You just move to it And that's my What you're going through But those videos that I'm talking about Just to elaborate on what he said You could do a video and title it Different segments Letters to my son Letters to Knox And just do different How you feel everyday Just say it That's real I think she just gave me the idea to help me blow up That's crazy People going to relate I guarantee you there's so many men out there Who are missing their sons or daughters Having somebody else raise their child When they really trying to get their life together To you know do that And it's not even like my life wasn't even Like that's the craziest thing It's like I have people who are in my life That I would call friends Who don't give a fuck about their kid And it's their dead beats That's how I call it Man like I would give my right leg Whatever to spend a day with my kid Right now That hurts The absolute truth man Is you have to stay Prayed up That's where you get your power from Yeah we here with Austin Austin Grant is in the building man We definitely love this guy Every time he shows up man he shows us All type of information that He's trying to get them careers To where they need to be This guy's having a great time doing it Austin is Ricky how is Ricky Is he still your manager What's going on with that Me and Ricky are locked in We're trying to figure out this next step You said the other work Of body That you have coming out When will that be released Probably in the next month or so Yes I plan on pushing Until they fucking hear me Honestly I'm tired of You put a beat on right now I'm the best artist in Dallas In Texas at all I'm true to who I am And I don't give a fuck How anybody feels about it Because that's what I do I wake up every day and I treat this shit like religion And at the end of the day that's just who I am And you throw a beat on now Any beat I'm gonna body that bitch I don't care At the end of the day I have a real good heart When it comes to who I am as a person But when it comes to my craft You're gonna have to show me That you're better than me My question is I don't know anybody that Actually did this But I'm just assuming So when you're going up You're moving up to the court case And it can go anyway And I wish that Hope it stays this way But I would think that a lot of people Would be like staying in the studio Doing a lot of work just in case So I have all of this to put out While I'm gone My bedroom is in my studio So you're working on a lot of body work So that just in case You have something for years It's not just in case My court case goes like I was doing this shit Before the court case came about It's my therapy I mean it's the same way I treated basketball When I was younger I'm at the gym before anybody else And I'm the last one to leave the gym It's the same work ethic I don't think this court case is gonna go left And again God's told me it's not going to So I mean at the end of the day Whatever happens happens And I'm cool with whatever But I also know that Yes there's gonna be a body of work For people to be listening to While I'm wherever I do this because I need to do it When is the court case? It keeps getting pushed back But it'll probably be in October and November We'll definitely have to follow up with you And call you and be like how did it go Or I'll be calling y'all Collect No Not the same Not the same? Oh that's a flexing song Just talk about it You better watch your bitch bro Diamond's on me dancing There's a disco Like that song right there is a banger We sampled an old ass song I forgot which one Man can you play that song? That's my favorite song on there Because it's positive And then Houston to LA is about a stripper But the first three songs are about this situation And then the last two are like Man let's do better Well I'm glad that you didn't put your whole album By situation I didn't want to do that That whole situation that they want to do From start to end I had Those some bangers in there If you play like not the same in Houston to LA I want to talk about these songs I'll play them but I want to talk about it I want to hear where Austin Man was at When he done It was I was Probably Fresh out the club Not the same was probably recorded After a good night at the club And I was feeling myself And it's like I don't know I go through I'm a Gemini too So I go through stages Everyday like I feel like really up And I feel really down That's when I think my big album is going to be called Bipolar Gemini I was just about to say Some people say that's bipolar Yeah no it's Bipolar Gemini Are you bipolar? No but I mean Gemini Bipolar is the same shit It's been diagnosed But it's kind of like I'm hot and cold And I feel myself some days and some days I don't But I'm honest with it And you're going to get that So I don't know not the same Is about me being That guy I'm not like you That you change everyday Evolve Yeah it's not that deep it's more like You better watch your bitch bro I thought it was a disco Like that You know you one of those guys That you put this body of work together And bam you know And you believe in what you're doing You get your heart to it so you know it's a go This one This Houston TLA Why Houston? You in Dallas That was written Like Houston's a big city for Dancers I'm not going to call them strippers And it's like About a girl that I was talking to way back When and she was always Traveling and it's like She don't want to dance no more She want to be a model or an actress Okay Like it's more of like that She don't want to dance no more She want to be a model or an actress Yeah I had to make him come with it Don't blame him But she can't let go cause she know That's how I go down She a dancer by tonight But a student by the day They pay for a flight She go from Houston to LA Mmm That's cool I fell in love with a stripper That shit right there We got to listen though I don't want to give them all of it Don't give them all of it Like if that song right there It's pretty fire Man that's dope man that you would even How does it take you like to write a song It's usually off the top that's why it's hard for me to remember Is I'm freestyle and a lot of this shit And I do it every day And uh I don't know I don't really go back and listen to them Like that I just kinda I'm jaded by the songs that get dropped Really? I'm listening to songs in my notes That I just made So like it's uh I'm just Keep moving keep moving Next song next song next song Next shot like it's the same thing Same thing So I look at like I said these Different artists in Dallas and I'm trying to figure out Where do you feel Dallas music is as a whole Yeah you got Post Malone But then after that You know you got a lot of different things Lost I think Dallas music is lost I think that uh I think that it starts with like the executives I think it's And it just funnels down to the artists And I think uh Post Malone left Dallas You don't rap Dallas like that He was from Great Vine Meals right? He don't rap it like that But when does he ever It's like people think That people like have to leave Dallas to blow up Which I don't believe in that But it's like I mean name another artist that has Recently I mean you got like the yellow BZ mode 3 beef But besides that Nobody's really doing numbers out in Dallas Like that So it's uh I don't know it's lost It's lost I think so How do we find it? I think there's so much talent here And I think that it's not being Funneled the right way So how do we get to where we need to be With the music in the Dallas market Kind of grand world You think you can solve all the issues It's based on me as an artist and as a producer And as a songwriter I think that uh I don't know that's my plans for this shit Who would you like to work with? I mean could you work with anybody? No just anybody Anybody that I mean should I got beats for anybody And I got lyrics for anybody And I just like to be in the studio with people Again who would you like To work with? I like uh I like the Hot Boy West Oh you like to work with? That would be dope But like it's more of like My beats and how I'm a Structure a song for them Is fire Like in Erica Banks Or like a female artist I've been writing for a female artist I mean like when I I get nasty when I'm writing for a female Artist because that's what's gaining the Attention When Nicki Minaj, Cardi B And it's all cadence based It's all based on a cadence And how much they believe in themselves When they're talking And uh that's kind of like where I'm at with that But I like I like working with all kinds Of artists should I work with anybody I mean they believe in themselves So where do you See yourself in the next year? Oh the next year So we got to speak positivity No I mean only positivity We got to talk about ourselves Definitely Touring And Creating a movement Some kind of movement And really Being able to touch people's lives And help people And also working with a lot of artists Because I've developed My own production And recording the way I record people And makes people And I believe in that More than anything more than me as an artist I believe in that like What I could do as a producer And as a sound designer almost And how I can incorporate different sounds Into this and that And uh so I think I could change music And Maybe not next year but the year after Like you know what I'm saying like it's just Always moving forward Set it in stone and work towards it You'll accomplish it So what's your top three artists of all time That are alive any genre let me see if it's changed Uh Drake Okay number one Number two Elvis Okay number three did you watch the Elvis Movie? No not yet But my grandma Me and my girl listen to the uh Doja Cat just put out a song And it was on the Elvis movie I think Yeah yeah it was And she remakes like it ain't nothing And I used to press that Button on my grandma's telephone she had a phone And you press the button and it would play that song And I used to get in trouble I used to spank me because I just boom boom boom And uh I think so I like Drake Elvis And then who Let me see oh my god I love Lil Wayne So he's number three I mean from my Like of ringing This is your number three I don't know I probably say Kurt Cobain I love Kurt Cobain That's the first Kurt Cobain Nirvana like that whole era of music Like Sad boy shit like he just He was different And uh yeah Man we're gonna definitely listen to some music I just was sitting over here trying to figure out Um you know we're gonna vibe out A lot of this we can't play that's why I don't like doing it Play what? Like the music cause It be it be Flag Even my music? Why would it not? You hadn't put it out yet? I have music that I have put out Do you put it out like on Apple and all that? Well I don't my label does What the hell is going to happen Austin? You think they just gonna say oh that's Boss talk I mean they should Are you ready? Sound like the one moves on there Yeah she's on there That's fire right She sounded real refreshing Like she really was having a good time One take Wow So um you know This music is something that It don't get old You just have to keep working You have to keep producing And you don't lose until you quit You know what I mean There's a lot of different things I could apply that to a lot of different things man So man I mean how can people get a hold To you if they trying to reach out to you Um Austin Grand underscore official On Instagram And then uh yeah Just follow my Instagram and then you can get through All my links and then uh my new EP Just drop just type in Austin Grand On Apple Music Spotify SoundCloud Title whatever YouTube And besides that uh Just stay tuned got a lot Got a lot coming and I appreciate Uh boss talk radio Woo boss talk 101 where the boss is talking Where the boss is talking Thank y'all and I appreciate it I'm a boss I make those big moves He keep on talking don't want issues I tell my last bitch I don't miss you I'm a bad motherfucker yeah Back in high school then hit no class motherfucker I was faded off That gas getting high yeah yeah Let's touch the sky Went to court But I never testified I've been fighting for my life 9 to 5 I can't do it Was more touched than Tapping in this music My last bitch said boy you put me through it My bad My fault Okay okay I'm known to get a poppin on around the city Yeah that's where the mouth I'm a wild white boy from the dirty fucking south What you heard about me is probably true Fuck that bitch and started acting brand new I'm in her hair shampoo Bitch I'm really like that I'm in between a beat High hat yeah Said she love me but I don't believe it Ice my neck I'm on a wave I got em sea sick I might hit your bitch for the week Rockstar Bitch called me Mick Jagger Smoking on good gas I probably feel you a laughter But I ghosted on that bitch You should nickname me Casper Oh my god baby why you trying to get to me Why you trying to get to me I got hits for weeks Hits for days I'm not in gangs but I affiliate New jewelry on me Yeah that's custom made Yeah Bad bitch by me that's like every day Yeah I left my last bitch And yesterday I turned the page Shawty say she love me But I know that she lying Why the fuck she calling My phone keep on crying Bitch I bought you though Snow diamonds I see you shining Yeah Hey I'm known to get a check And spend it quick Yeah Chasing cats never chase a bitch Tick tock Diamonds on me dancing Think I'm handsome Uh oh In a ghost you're a phantom No Danny Shawty put up in a dress Wearing no panties She get nasty she get freaky for the boy Mind a mission time to search And destroy Cut us white boys since the one In front of Troy Eight mile Man yeah I know how to get him see We do that at the end man it's gonna be dope man We gonna be live man that's Austin Graham man He always come through man bless the platform man At the end of the day man we love you brother I love y'all I appreciate y'all If it's anything you ever need from us we always here We just a phone call or a drive away So all you have to do is just holler at us Man you gotta Yeah man and one you know if it's anything That we can do that's what we here for Exactly We love you brother and we know that everything's Gonna work itself out all things work together For the good for them that are called That love God and that are called according to His purpose I think I'm caught I think we're all called to it Exactly and I appreciate y'all But do we love God that was the most important Part of it you know what I mean All things work together for the good for them That love God and that are called according to His purpose so thank you so much Can I get an amen miss? Amen boss talk We're only the bosses talk and Mr. Maker How is your boy man it's a unique hustle Thank you