 Welcome to a new rational show and welcome back to the table. I have got some old friends with me today and A new friend today Welcome DJ Stavros. Hey, how's it going? It's going. Well, it's good to see you back here a new face Chara, nice to meet you. Nice to see you and of course Shawanna my old friend I can't tell you how excited I am to be here. We've got a lot of ground to cover this morning And I'm really looking forward to talking to you about it, but Chara Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you have suddenly become a part of these two incredible people I was once with them some years ago and went off and just did my own thing and Went to grow and learn and then I was like, you know what I need to come back home Because I'm looking a little shaky, baby So I was like, let me see. I'm gonna go to the Roxy in Denver and we'll see what happens So now you're really a part of the group again. Yes, sir. Good to hear DJ Stavros, it's so much fun to see you again. I try but you have been all over the country Oh, it's touring touring touring. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. It's a Tour was tour was my idea I really wanted to get to our fans who didn't get the chance to see us in state You know, we do a lot of shows at the Roxy. It's like our second home And we do a lot of shows in state, you know, Pueblo, Colorado Springs But a lot of our newer fans are coming from a little bit out there different states different countries even So we're trying to touch everybody. I know about Pennsylvania Yes, and we could talk again about having to travel across Kansas, but we won't What made you decide to do this incredible tour because you've been all over the place. Yes, yes Well, I took it to her to California once. Yeah, and it was amazing. We went to Hollywood and they Kind of kicked us out of Hollywood We were at a mall and they were like, you can't wear the mask and I was like, well, we have a huge problem If I can't wear my mask, I can't come in this place. They were like exactly And I was like, all right So we stopped in Las Vegas around there, too And they were really welcoming to us good and just because of how great that tour went I wanted my family to go on this tour, you know And this one was just 80 G 80 generations and I wanted to reach our Wu-Tang brothers Which is the most of them stayed in Pennsylvania How well received were you in Pennsylvania? Go on shawana You were there out on stage. You knew what the audience was doing. I did get to do that And you know a little bit just a little bit Um, oh man, it was it was so good to see, you know a few of my fans that were You know been engaged and following me and you know They actually had come out here Before you know and so to see them in their stomping grounds and you know for them to come out and in support it was It was golden. It you know felt Felt like you know, like she was saying like home, you know you I got to I got to know a few of my fans and that was oh, that's nice You know, it was sort of intimate And you know towards the end where I was able to spend a little bit more time and talk with them Okay, okay. That's nice. So you're able to sort of also mingle right with these people and really sort of make a one-on-one Attempt absolutely that'll mean the world to them. It really well There's the saying My violent jay of icp. He says you perform the same for one as you do a thousand right and He would take one juggalo fan over a thousand mainstream artists Any day I agree. Yep, absolutely agree Yep, there's an old saying in theater. There are no There are no small parts. So it doesn't matter, you know, whether you've got one line or a or a soliloquy Yeah, you put the same effort into it absolutely and it shows if you're number two actor and you're bringing that Pale out to spill that water, right man. You'd be the greatest number two actor you can be Totally agreed. Shara. Have you ever toured before? birth of the demons tour the 420 Judah priests tour And then a little bit before that I did a mini tour Um in New Mexico. Oh, okay, and then um, I got to experience just different Fans and some fans. I have our rmb fans and then some of them are just hip-hop They just want to hear me rap just want to see me do my thing most though love when I sing It's something pure that comes out soulful And then now i'm slowly transitioning into pop music and I love it It's it's funny you should say that because I've never heard of anyone transitioning into pop It's always the other way round I know So what is your definition of pop music? My version My definition would be like you just have fun with it, you know It's poppy you get up like a different type of beat that's more like upbeat not too Right not too many beats per minute. And then you just enjoy it And you just make it your own That's the key that's the key to all songs make it your I might be making my own genre. Who knows? Maybe that's what i'm on the road to doing and which wouldn't be a bad thing, right? It really wouldn't right see that's what 80 generations is about though our company very much sticks to Uh getting the artist out and giving them what they need how they feel You know and what their transitions are going to be So because you were doing this big tour Have you learned what not to do? Oh, absolutely because you know you can learn what to do. That's normally easy It's learning what not to do that can be a bit tough. Absolutely What do we learn not to do not to book a tour and not have more stops? Exactly for sure. I think that was number one thing. Yeah the base thing because we We went through so many states and we stated so many states I really think a lot of those we should have performed in And booked those as well. Yes for our route. Yes So if there's anything to do that, so taking a little bit more time a little bit gentler Yes, yes, and also with more rest stops. Oh most definitely. Yes rest is very important A hotel the hotel definitely Sleeping in the car is not where it's at. Yeah. No. No. No hotels are a must hopper here. We come the app Not sponsored even the worst hotel room in the world is better than these a car seat apart from that Was there anything else that came up that you thought you know what we can learn from this? You know, I I'd say who you're booking for shows Find out if they're not just fans of your music But fans of the process fans of the tour You know if they what we've noticed is if they care and they've put more into it Then it'll show on stage right, you know But if it's something that they're like, oh, we're just kind of doing a favor for someone or We don't really like this guy or this girl or something Then they're going to treat the stage like that another thing I might add Know who your headliners are people come on How many times that I post headlining DJ Davros the beautiful shawana nah, not me I never said in those sentences me. I am learning I want to do a special guest appearance Co-headlining and work my way up to headlining tour because it's a lot of responsibility Is it if something doesn't work falls on you falls on but as a group we collectively handled it Amazingly, I feel that's good. That's good. Was there anyone else With you while you were while you were doing the tour or was it just the three of you? Um, yes, uh, so for our Pueblo stop we had Eilis He's one of our lead Artist he's been with us Three and a half years. Okay Very seasoned um, and The performers that he me and him laid together because we're a group that goes by the names the woo assassins Um, and we killed it man. It was like fire got ignited on stage Oh, so it was awesome so much fun to watch. It was it was amazing star here And he's also a member of any generations. Oh, okay, you know, so he's with the company um and Yeah, he's he also kind of uh, I guess Works the crowd You know a little bit better. You know, so he's very playful You know, he's very uh on and off stage very much in your face You know, and I love it. I love when he's on stage with me. It's amazing learning how to work a crowd Is an art form Also, if the sound system goes out, you have to be in front of your crowd and get off the big stage And I've had to learn to do that for dember Something happened with the sound system. We have no clue what happened and I was like, okay They can't hear me here. I come and then bam. It's just that's what it was the show must go on It asked you absolutely and yeah I remember I was at a Pink Floyd concert in London in at the height of the oil embargo Fiasco back in the 70s at the rainbow theater and halfway through one of their songs Everything went out. Yeah, total total blackout in in the whole of london. I'm not talking the theater. We're talking Wow Just blackness. So the emergency lights come on Nick Mason their drummer was did one of the most professional things I've ever seen on stage. He didn't stop drumming. Yes Yes, he didn't stop drumming. So everything else was quiet except for the drums and he just brought the beat down And he was just doing a nice little sort of riffs in black in the blackness Wow, and then eventually they got their generators fired up and running Lights came back up They made sure everything was working and he took the beat right back to where he was and they continued with the song It's the most professional thing I've ever seen on stage. Absolutely. We we had two moments like that actually Yeah, um doing our Denver stopped Um, there was a club that she the one she's talking about at the sound just wasn't going Um, and it didn't sound right. Then it was lower. Then it got high Then it got low then the mics didn't work Just everything that could imagine that happened happened The first night the first night we were just like how do we improvise very very very good friend of ours named scum um Talked to the owner because they were to the point where they were going to shut down our show And because they they had some noise decimal Something and if they got too high on it then they would have to turn it down Um, nobody was okay with that Um, so what we did was he asked him about it. We moved the whole show inside of the club And man it just blew up from there on out. Yeah, the performances were amazing Okay, now we've talked about the past. I think this is about time to talk about the future There's a new album coming out One lovely night Give us a little bit of a clue about this originally we It was going to be my album. It was going to be my new r&b album. I was going to try this r&b thing for once um, and try to Really get into like she was saying like a pop sound um, so I was trying like a darker pop sound Um, and I loved it. It was it was working out. It was great. It was going to work. Yeah, um, but I saw shawana's growth And I saw our relationship's growth And I felt that it was time that we Got a little lovey-dovey with our fans and our public You know and really expressed ourselves in these songs. You're gonna tell me you've done a 180, aren't you? I did. I did Wow Tell us more. I'm intrigued. Well R&B is not my thing. I've never made a love song in my life The one the one the ones but yeah, I love that one. That's my favorite one We also uh performed us was it one or two songs two songs. It was it was ghost, right? From one lovely night One that I just love is ghost. I can't wait till it drops. I'm gonna play it all the time It is streaming all the time And and that's kind of what we do is During a lot of our sets during a lot of the times that we're doing our shows We try to give the fans another taste Of the next hour and so far man people love one lovely night. Oh, they love the amazing action Like that's one some feedback that we've gotten is that we are very theatrical Yes, that's a very different thing and they they they said they just love our interaction and it's very much improv Oh, I love it. Oh, they they come together. It's like they It they just go like this and it's just like you're just zoned in you're like, what's gonna happen next It's because you know each other so well. There's a lot of parts where um, maybe I would come close to her and we'd be kind of talking to each other And then she would immediately without shadow of a doubt Be, you know talking to me and then we're going back and forth walking back and forth You know and then in sync and then she would turn and then I would turn and we would walk the exact same, you know Uh numbers and steps And people do they think we've choreographed this whole thing We don't practice a day in our life. Yeah, so this is literally improv in music. Yes Making our own lean a theatrical hip-hop and I'll be yeah. Yeah, that takes some doing. Yeah That really does take some doing we call it a controversial hip-hop I like it. Yeah. Yeah, this I have got to see Oh, trust me about a shadow of a doubt. Maybe we can get you to a show now Is there anything else you'd like to say about the new album? Oh, man The art and the the art's so different It's it's something I've never tried before. Mm-hmm. Um, it's uh the new thing out right now is AI Um, and that's on all the apps and everyone's phones and everything like that to turn you into like a character We used a lot of that um, and between that and our own Faces and emotions and stuff. I think the art for this surpasses Anything I've done before excellent, you know for sure And I love the way it's coming out Our new studio that we're working with the pajama room Uh, amazing. He is an amazing, uh engineer. Yes, and I cannot wait for him to do the rest of this album. Yeah It's funny because there is a show called the pajama game. Oh, yeah, there is a lot. It's a very old one I believe you have something To show us. I do. I believe you also need a pen. I do. It's kind of a magic thing um, why I say magic because it was Magic for sharer to come on board with us You didn't even know how it happened. I think the universe has brought us all together. Absolutely and since the universe does It has to be I feel we should only do our job. Um, it's been about what a week since you've been with us back with us Well, since couple couple week plus tour couple weeks. Yeah We've been talking about it. Well, we haven't done the official So the official thing we need to do is get her actually signed on paper With her contract. Yep Right there and right now And she's read it. So oh, I'm sure she Oh, yeah I hope she bloody has Surprised that how many artists do not read the paper? If your signature is going on a piece of paper, it is rather important to know exactly what your signature is going on Right whilst she's finishing the paperwork. Do you miss your modeling? Oh, yeah, I do. I have to be honest. I miss a lot. Um, I didn't even realize how much I missed it until this year I've only done one photo shoot I've done no runway shows. I've produced no fashion series. I have strictly been focused on My final transition into recording arts But it's not like you've given up something for nothing and that's important It's so important and I've grown and you know, I'm getting in magazines and things like that and now it's You know learning What sounds like can produce or not produce right, you know, if I sound good as a pop artist Shara, it looks like you are now officially a part of the team Congratulations. Thank you. I think I think you're gonna have an absolute Wonderful life with these two and we've been friends for we've been friends for years before I even started. Yeah. Yes Yeah, and actually I'm um four years sober. I don't do any of the other stuff I'm completely just ready to have my career and see where it takes me And I'm on a life's journey. I have a song called let this go. It's out on all platforms It's doing really really well excellent music video will be filmed next month with pat anthony At switchboard studios and then i'm working on more So we'll see sweet sweet sweet closing words Any generations is the place to be right That's that's it man. You know what my company started off is this little thing And I needed music for the tiniest thing and now we've turned into and gotten some of the greatest artists on earth and We're next Shara closing words I feel elated. I feel blessed. I feel like i'm home. It's my family. I have a biological family, obviously But this is my family in the world that actually understands me That Which sometimes you know, it does happen your real family doesn't they really don't understand exactly why you're doing something They don't know that not at all Especially especially in what you guys do for a living and I love it I I want to do this until I'm no longer here anymore Tell my very last breath. I know that's exactly what these two would say shwana left you till last Closing words darling, you know, I would just say to people Don't give up. I don't care Who tells you you can't I don't care if your brain tells you you can't don't give up because To I don't know if I would say quote a great man, but paraphrase a great man steve harvey He was homeless in his car when he got that call and You know, how many people gave up on him family friends everybody and you know, I've I've been there Don't give up If you don't you have a dream it's there for a reason follow it Even if this isn't successful now, I don't believe that so don't get me wrong You tried Right. We did that's what's important is trying Absolutely 100% greed because it's no good Taking your terminal breath going. Ah, phony. I had I would rather experience it now than to wish What could have been years later It's so nice to see you all back at the table. It really is and and it's so nice to see shahra Joining the table for the very first time and hopefully I'm going to see the three of you Back here sometime in the near future Absolutely because I would really like to know, you know, what happens with one lonely night. Yes Okay, because it sounds like you're really trying something different But it's going to be very very successful Thank you It's so good to hear that you're willing to give stuff a chance and give stuff a try. Oh, yeah It really is important Anyway guys once again, thank you so much for being here. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you so much for joining us at the table for another rational show I'm Nigel abes your host once again. Thank you for joining me here at the table signing off for now Goodbye