 Welcome back to the 85 South Soul, my bad, 85 South Soul. I've been smoking on the Backwoods backstage, you know? We backstage with Backwoods in the lounge. Carlos Miller, I'm Bre Renee, straight from the A. And of course, we got another dope performer that just hit the stage here at one music fest, Smeena. Smeena! What's happening, my boy? Hey, I don't know if y'all noticed, but this is one of the busiest artists in the game. I have booked this guy to come and be on the show 22 times. He got photo shoots, he got flights, he got video shoots, he on tour, he in the studio. He working, man. How does he feel to be over here, man, at one music fest, hitting the stage and blessing the crowd with them hits, man? Shit, I love Atlanta, you feel me? So one music fest called, it's like, my manager just told me the other day that Atlanta like my top streaming city. Come on. And all that, so you feel me? Hold up, we're gonna celebrate everything in Atlanta around here. Everything in Atlanta around here. Man, this is one of them cities that when they like you, they love you, man. So what does that feel like to be at a home away from home and still get the same love and respect as an artist? You know, this shit feels just like St. Louis, bro. Atlanta is just a bigger city, but it's five, bro. It's five, it's black, it's a little different. Like when y'all on foot with you two, you feel me? Yeah. Like niggas can go all around the world and shit, but like you come back to your niggas like and they fuck with you, that's like the highest honor to be straight up. I don't say as an artist, is that important to you for Atlanta to fuck with you and rock with you because it is represented by so many blacks in the culture? Yeah, yeah. Top market? For sure, for sure. What was that? Fable from her. Fable? Yeah, yeah, I love Fable. Everybody do. I don't mean Fable. How could you not love Fable? When you fall in love with Fable, what was that moment for you? When the niggas start singing tatted up like that? He said Barbara, like oh, shit. Bruh, I had him on the show and I asked him who Barbara was. Do you know what Barbara he was talking about? Who? Barbara Bush. Wow. He said he just felt like she'd be tatted up and nobody would know. That's crazy. I'm thinking Barbara is some lady he dealing with. This is an old white lady. I thought it was his grandma name because that's my grandma name. No. That's what I thought. I thought that's the old black lady's grandma name. And you don't know because that's everybody's favorite or why I asked him straight. Who is Barbara? Barbara Bush. No hesitation, man. Man, niggas special, bruh. Really? Legend. Bruh, he is. I don't want to say a man's guy because I don't want to say like, but he is like the image that I think of when I think of Atlanta. He is so Atlanta, bruh. I feel it. I definitely can second it. I feel it. D4L, all of it. Like, real, all of God. Straight up. I love that part of Atlanta. I got a song, one of my biggest songs called Z4L. Z4L. Yeah, because it's like, you know, I love them. I love the type of on me. Man, what's one of your favorite D4L songs, bruh? I mean, my favorite D4L song is Laffy Taffy, probably. Laffy Taffy. You remember the impact that that one had when it came out and it, like, overnight everything was snapped then? Yeah, snap music in general, yeah. I miss snap music. Hey, man, y'all producers start sending snap beats, bruh. All them Atlanta producers, man. Y'all need to bring that snap music shit back, man. The world got the dance shit, man. Y'all need to bring y'all dance shit back. Bring snap music back. Yeah, I think that's going to save the world, bruh. Niggas ain't dancing like, you know what I mean? It made it fun. Snap music going to save the world, bruh. We need to snap music back, bruh, save the world. Now, you know, we had a lot of local snap hits, too. They didn't ever get the credit they deserve. They didn't get outside the city, but it was popping in the clubs in Atlanta. Right, you remember the Get Away Boys? Absolutely. She wanted you. Man, you got to make a snap music playlist so the people that don't know, like the people that, like, you know, the Atlanta, the real Atlanta shit. Like, I don't know. I don't know. I'm from St. Louis. I want to know about the, like, you know what I'm saying? Snap shit. Child, like, when y'all was at the party, this type of shit. You got some new artists that's trying to do that now, like with Duke-Duce. It's more on the crunk side, is that era, but it's still dancing. He wants to specifically snap. And I feel you on that because that music was easy to listen to, the song could be about anything longer than you, because you know what I mean? Kids could listen to it, it was safe for everybody. The kids are the ones who really made it go. Yeah. Oh, God. Are there any other Atlanta artists that you would love to collaborate with or work with? It could be somebody that's not doing nothing now, or, like, an OG in the game, or somebody recent. You put me on the spot. I don't even know where I'm top right now. I ain't going to even hold you. I for sure want to work with Andre 3000 one day. Yeah, that's dope. But that's everybody probably going to say that one. Andre to make some music. Bro, I'm at this point, I will listen to Andre 3000 on a whole album playing that flute. Oh, God. Whatever that instrument is that he walks around out, he got to make an album of that? No, for sure. You got, like, an African flute, like something that would win, or a oboe, or something. Yeah, he's probably about to drop one. Hey, man, social media loves you and your music, bro. What does it feel like to be one of those ones that got handpicked by such a tough crowd? That's shit crazy. I don't know. That's just random, like, because any time I ever go viral for shit, or, like, any time some shit happened, like, I never was, like, trying to go viral, or make a video. Some people make videos, and they go good. Like, I'd just be doing some shit. And it just, I think that shit just kept happening, and the niggas like, oh, this nigga cool for real. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, man, St. Louis is breaking through, man. Y'all get it? You're the sixth real man. Six? Them broke through it, and really shined the light on the city. And we're seeing that a lot of artists are taking advantage of, you know, St. Louis been in the spotlight. What's the music scene like in St. Louis? Are the artists supporting each other? Are they working with each other? You know, like, because Atlanta we so used to seeing, shit, it's small. We running to people. So everybody fucked with everybody. Yeah, what is St. Louis like in that aspect? I don't, at the very right moment, I don't live in St. Louis. But anytime, like, I'm seeing how, you know, everything coming out, and like, all the new shit and artists that I'm finding out about, it's like, damn, like, it's a different type of nigga every time. You feel me? Like, you got Ceci Red, then you got, like, me. And this is shorty nine, like, Black Iana or something like that. Ceci just did a song with him. Yeah. But there's a lot of artists that's hard. You feel me? Jordan Ward, he from St. Louis, and he an R&B artist, but he hella hard. You feel me? Like, Ceci been cosign on them and shit, you feel me? So I think, I think everybody be in their own world, like, when they make it, like, the people that make it out of the Louvre, be in their own world with them or something, being like, you feel me? Yeah. Because everybody got their own sound, different dynamic and shit like that. So yeah, St. Louis a little different. Now, you know, St. Louis had its own dance movement for the longest, too. Yeah, sure. Give us an update on that. They still hitting it in St. Louis. I mean, nigga from St. Louis, they gonna hit the chicken head, whatever. It ain't the chicken head, it's called the monastery for real. The monastery? It's really the monastery, yeah. That's the club that they start doing it at? Yeah, yeah, you know I know. I been cross that bridge. It really goes, it's the Neenapop, but, you know what I'm saying? All that shit. Shout out to the whole gang. Yeah, whole gang, are you here? Come here, Dirty. Let me acknowledge you. All that. That's what's key is. Like, real shit, that's hard. Like, St. Louis turn, that's why I love this. She be just saying St. Louis shit and that shit be going platinum. You know how I knew she was raised around some old ass ladies. I'm going to tell you how I knew sexy red was raised around some old ass ladies. When she said, my son need a new pappy, that let me know right then. Because young people don't even know what a pappy is. That's the Bernie Mac. Yeah, I the pappy. I the pappy. Man, what you got coming up next, man? What can we look forward to you? Look forward, you know, to in the future, because 23 almost over. Yeah, this shit crazy. It's a wrap. It came and went so fast. So how you closing out the year? How you going to start off the top of 24? But I'm trying to branch out from two other shit outside of music on some business shit. So I've been just on my business man shit, like all those shit I don't want to talk about necessarily right now. But I want to be partnering with companies and making my company go up more too. But musically, I'm going right back to the studio. Obviously, we going to do some more shit, keep going. That's what's up, man. You know how Lois was talking about how social media has showed you so much love even from the beginning and you popping on there. But do you, as a new artist or artist in the game, feel the pressure nowadays to create music for it to pop on social media? Or do you think about the club? Or do you think about where do you come from or draw the inspiration? Like I wanted to pop here or I needed to go there. Or do you just create what you like? Nah, yeah, I'll just be trying to do what I like. But on some real shit, I'm aware that there's certain type of sounds that people like. So I think I'm naturally drawn to shit. Cause I like the shit too. I like the shit everybody like. We are, it's the reason everybody like it. I like the shit too. So I'll be like, I will implement that shit in my own way. And I'm also just like a nigger. So that come off when I'm being artistic and all that shit, you feel me? So, yeah. Bro, I'm gonna call you a bluff and I'm gonna have some snap beats sitting over there to you from some authentic snap producers that I know. Try me. All right, say this. Y'all heard it here first. This is a backwoods backstage lounge exclusive. We about to bring the snap movement back. I saw you over there earlier with them boys from Earth Gang and I know they'll go crazy on some shit. Come on. Oh, look, what's up? But them boys on another level, bro. They came on the show and talk some good shit with me too. That's why we looking forward to getting you on the 85 self show, man. I hear y'all watch this shit all the time, my nigger. But it's only right that we make some history, bro. I said, I was like, y'all remind me, y'all being together. Y'all probably heard this, but like y'all remind me of the King of Comedy. Man, we preach, that's a huge compliment. Cause y'all niggas like together and y'all actually funny. You feel me? It's a determining factor. Right. That's shit. Not actually funny. Yeah, man. Well, look, we really appreciate you stopping through the Backwoods lounge and just keeping us up to speed of what's going on. We got a gang of people watching this right now. If they have not heard of Smino, where would you tell them to start? If you had to give them one song to start with, what would you tell them? I'd say, go listen to Wild Irish Roses. Wild Irish Roses. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, sure. Well, look here, man. We can literally do this all night. We ain't gonna hold you no longer. And we gotta go catch a few performances, too. Oh yeah, you feel me? I'm about to go see Tim's. Man, you're trying to get over here. Oh, you gonna be singing with it, too? I'm about to be signing, bro. All right, bet. See, she might have that Janet Jackson effect where thugs be out here crying. Oh, God. Well, look here, man. We appreciate you stopping through here. 85 South Shield, Backwoods, Backstage Lounge. Brie Renee, straight from the A. I'm out. We out. Hey, man, we outta here.