 All right, so, hey guys, so we're in a new segment, Tocca the Town, today we got a special guest, take floor from Canarsie, so tell us a little bit how, like how it is growing up in Canarsie. Like, how was it for you? It was a great experience for me, because like, Canarsie, Canarsie got like different groups of people that, for me, resided on different areas of Canarsie, for me. So we got the 80s, we got the 90s, we got the 100s, for me growing up. I was really cool with everybody, like I was everywhere, 80s, 90s, I was, for me, I was a 90s baby, for me. I grew up in the 90s, in Seville, with everybody. Like, if you lived in Canarsie, you came to Seville, for me, so I feel like it was a great experience, bro. I went to every school out there, elementary school, junior high school, I just didn't go to high school out there, but everybody that grew up there, they know each other, you feel me? So, in the old Mel's TV interview with Pop, they called you Ted Cartier, but now you Ted Fluss, why the switch up in the name? I feel like Cartier was just kinda too long, you feel me? And I was writing it with a K, and I just didn't like, it didn't suit what I really was trying to end. You feel me? Fluss, I actually lived in every part of Canarsie, so that's why I feel like I'm a real representation of Canarsie, you feel me? So, I would change it to that. I felt like it was best. How do you feel about all the artists coming up in Canarsie right now, bro? I feel like we putting it all for a fact, like everybody's really doing what they have to do, you feel me? On all parts, every side, you feel me? Every side of Canarsie doing what they gotta do, you feel me? We got main faces, we got people that's already out, you feel me? Out doing what they gotta do, and they're like, you feel me on, you feel me? So, we really, the face of, you feel me? One of the faces of Brooklyn, you feel me? So, do you feel like y'all are super supportive, or? I feel like it could get better. It could get better with support, but. For the most part? For the most part, but I feel like nowadays you gotta show that you can get shit done on your own so people could respect you for me when you're coming from, once you do that, then you're just gonna be genuine love after that, in a way. Which it shouldn't have to be like that, but. That's New York for you. New York, yeah, yeah. So, what's your earliest memory of music? Like, when did you feel like music was your thing? Cause I ain't gonna frown, I've been rapping before, bro, like pop, you know what I mean? So, I was in there fucking around for a couple of years before me and pop even had that little feature that we had, so. I could say one time when I actually created a freestyle, like three of the bros was there, my son Graham was there, and I made some shit, and I'm like, yeah, I know I got this in my bag. How many years ago was that? This was probably three, four years ago, well, no cat doing it. All right, so when did you like, yeah, I'm gonna take music seriously. Last year, like it's been a full year since I said yeah, I'm gonna take this shit seriously, so I'm gonna do videos like that. So, May 2019, tell you what. Word, it's a word, because I dropped the audio to drill them this month on fucking. All human power? No, not even all, just soundcloud, just soundcloud. I'm like, yo, this shit is doing better than the first video that I put out, which is demon time. I might as well shoot a video for this, you feel me? Yeah. All right, so do you have like a team? Do you work by yourself? Like, how are you being getting shit done? I got a team, you feel me? I got a team that, not a lot of people, but a good group of people that believe in me, but I feel like once I put whatever I wanna do in my head, that's when it's gonna get done. I motivate myself, but the people that surround me, they give me the little energy that I need to let me know that, yo, you could do this, you feel me? That's all I really need at the end of the day. So they definitely play a part in your creative process? Encouragement. Or more sort of business, okay. Encouragement, yeah, you feel me? That's really it, you feel me? Okay, so a lot of people thought like when you got iced out, you were signed. Oh shit. So are you still independent or are you signed? Independent artist, and just the other day I was thinking about like, yo, I need to start putting that out there more, you feel me? Yes, you should put that in your bio. Yeah, bro, okay. I feel like that's probably why certain people would probably not wanna hit me, you feel me? Because they like, yo, this nigga probably in a situation right now, himself, you feel me? But nah, bro, I just be like, I feel like I look at myself as more, so I'ma do more, like you feel me? Okay. People gonna think I'm in a situation right now. You feel getting your ices like you're stamped to accomplishment or just? I've been getting iced out, bro, like you feel me? Before the pandemic, like you feel me? I had one, two Jews, one, two rings and shit like that, but like since the people that I'm around, they really upped it within the year, you feel me? So I'm like, yo. You gotta up it? Hell yeah, I don't need, like I gotta up it, word. Yeah, up it, so how much you dropped? Some shit? Some shit, right. You feel me? Go talk to that boy, Steve. He gonna let you know, you know what I mean? He got the prices up there. Okay, okay, okay. So people love your beat selection when it comes to music. They're like you with the violins, they like you. How do you pick your beats? You have a set producer or? I don't have a set producer. Sometimes I scroll down Instagram and I hear some shit and sometimes I just be running into producers just like in my message requests and I tell them to send me some shit. Like sometimes if you send some shit to my email, I'm not gonna see it. I'd rather you send it to my number. And you feel me? And the people that I actually be running across, they live in Germany and fucking friends and shit like that. And they're young, 17, 16, you feel me? So I really be fucking with the young kids cause they got a better ear at what's going on to me, in my opinion. So that's what I'm fucking with. So you got a collab with OP. How'd that come about? I was about to happen. Like OP, he's a big face in Canalsi, especially for me growing up. Like for me, I was in Canalsi, I've been seeing OP doing his thing for me. He actually hit me up on the one on like, yo bro, I got some shit already made. Like I feel like, actually he hit up my son Nas, my son A1. He like, yo, I got some shit already made. Like who you feel like could really put some shit on this that's gonna sound nice. And my son like, yo, take got it. Like take got it right now. You should put them on that shit. I went in the studio, I fucking freestyle that shit. And it sound like we made that shit together, people say. So yeah, so it was, so you were quite a different time then. Yeah, he already had it made and we went to the studio together. Okay. So everybody want to know when you and Quelle gone drop something. Me and Quelle got some heat that not a lot of people know about. It's one song that's actually leaked on YouTube that people really feel me fucking with. We got other shit, but we're gonna create new shit. And for me, it's gonna come out this summer. I feel like we're gonna drop a video this summer. So how do you feel like when people leak your songs, you feel like you gotta do a MOVA or are you happy that it's out? Or like, well, you're not happy, but. That's a big one. That's a big question because I feel like when people leak the songs. Does that kill the momentum? Like what do you think? It's a good and a bad flex because when people leak the song, that actually means they really want it, you feel me? And they really want to hear it. So once they hear it, they actually want to support it. Once people leak your song, they want to support it at the end of the day. But now when people leak it, it could be a bad thing because now they already know it. It's not really as exciting. So now you have to put something different on it. So when the song do get leaked, you do try to like go back and change some stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I will try to change some. All right, because I was saying a lot of artists do do that. Yeah, yeah. So any other collabs you working on? I'm with collaborating with people that has a face right now, you feel me? That's really putting off their part of the community, you feel me? Like I haven't really been collaborating with nobody at the moment, but I'm looking forward to it, you feel me? It should be a good summer to do that too. Anybody on your bucket list, like main stream wise to like collaborate? Me and my son Jay Guapo gonna get some shit. Who I could say, me and Dusty gonna get some shit for a fact, that's home team right there. Yeah. I mean like bigger, like main stream wise. Main stream. Who you see yourself working with right now in the game? In the game, believe it or not, I wanna fuck with my son Ty, dollar sign. Yeah. Okay, that's the first time I heard somebody say that. Yeah, I'll fuck with his music. People like a boogie like, I really wanna transfer into that R&B vibe because I could do anything like, you feel me, anything I put my mind to, so in that room right there. So what's your nationality? I'm paying a million in Jamaican, you feel me? Okay. Word. Definitely good, tell y'all a little accent. Yeah. The people in the window, when they dropping a project? I've been working on the project for a couple months and now it should come out in like July. I'm gonna try to speed it up for people because they really, you feel me? They really wanna, but I wanna make sure it's the right songs too but July should be coming out for a fact. So sometime this summer for sure. Word. How do you feel about everybody saying like couldn't I see all this sound like quote unquote pop smoke or just people often comparing you guys like, what do you have to say about that? Probably the beats because you know, the beats is from UK and my son really done a lot of beats out there, you feel me? Or it could be the wordplay, you feel me? But I don't think it's a bad thing to say. Like my son is a legend. He controls all the shit that's coming towards Nausea. Like all the hype, you feel me? So it's not too bad, you feel me? We could sound like bro, you feel me? As long as we put it in our own way, you feel me? It's gonna pay off, you feel me? What's some advice you would give to upcoming New York artists like right now? Within New York, I would tell you to stay focused. These people out here, they would really try to tell you to stop what you're doing and go back to getting the nine to five or something like that. I would say like, yo, keep focused and don't let nobody take you off of what you're trying to do. Like if this is what you wanna do, no matter how long it takes, bro, do what you gotta do for a fact. That's what I want. Because in New York, I feel like it's not as easy as everywhere else. Like you really have to be really tough skin to really be out here doing what you wanna do for a fact. For sure. So what's something that's on your bucket list, something you wanna accomplish as an artist, especially being from New York? Right now, I wanna change up the way I'm doing my videos in a way like my sound is coming out, if you feel me? Because I wanna be able to touch people's ears that don't really like drill, if you feel me? I wanna change up the videos and the way I sound and then so I can gain both audiences. So what is it about your sound? What do you wanna change though? Just the drill vibe, if you feel me? Not everybody wanna be hearing about the killing and the shooting all the time, if you feel me? So if you feel me? I got a couple of those things in the stash, if you feel me? So. Maybe on a project? Hell yeah, they're gonna be like wow. All right, do you think drill music is coming to an end right now? Hell no, it can't come to an end. I feel like because it's all about how you pick the beat, if you feel me? Like the beat is the only thing I remember. The 808's in it, you can say whatever you want on a drill beat and it's still gonna be drill, if you feel me? It's just like the way you go about it, or if not. Okay, so what's next, like 2021? Say your project's on the way. Yeah, your project is on the way, features is on the way. Features on the way. Fucking new producers, if you feel me? Make a hit too. Shows is coming up, I'm doing my first show next month, it's gonna be way more coming up, if you feel me? Me and Ross Swish and Kelly, we doing a show in what, July, so it's a lot of things coming up, where? So July's gonna be a busy month, we got your project, we got some shows. So you about to start the summer right? Yup, it's gonna go straight up, straight up, in fact. All right, so tell people where to find you, where to find the music, how can they send you some beats? That's a fact, I'm at Twitter, Tay Floors, I'm on Instagram, at real Tay Floors, you can hit me up on fucking Facebook, Tay Cartier. Oh my God, you giving up your Facebook? Yeah, anything, I don't really be talking crazy on any of those things, I just promote my music. Anything you want, I got a fan page on Facebook too, so anything you want to hit me up on, any of those producers hit me up, I'm definitely tapping.