Rotimi: Actor, Artist, Trailblazer debut's new album and takes Ryan Clark and Channing Crowder through the message behind the music, the lessons learned, Nigerian roots, shares inside scoop on his personal life and career

"I was fear driven in the past... The greats are the ones that trailblaze, and I'm here to trailblaze." Rotimi Actor and Artist On a brand new episode of The Pivot Podcast, we're switching things up in a big way with our guy Rotimi! Back for a repeat visit with us, his life has taken so many turns and gone to new heights since he came on The Pivot in our 2nd season....but now, You've seen him shine on Power and he's making waves as the newest full-time cast member on The Chi, But that's just the start. With Fred away, Rotimi joins Ryan and Channing as a third host to share his journey, mindset, relationship, and most importantly- new music- as he takes us through the message behind each track. In a Pivot first, Rotimi treats us (and YOU!) to an exclusive listening party for his brand new album In My Heart, In My Veins, playing select songs, Bet It All, More Life, and Blessed sharing the meaning behind the words. Each track offers a unique vibe, from R&B to Afrobeat but this isn’t just about the music; Rotimi takes us behind the curtain, explaining the stories, emotions, and creative process behind each song, and the album as a whole. And just when you think it couldn’t get more fun and exclusive, He gives us a one-of-a-kind impromptu performance you don't want to miss. Of course, we couldn’t let Rotimi have all the fun. Channing decides to jump in with his own freestyle and song suggestions. Could Channing’s bars make it on an official album co-produced by the Pivot or would his ideas never make it to paper? But this episode isn't just about the laughs or listening to tracks—Rotimi opens up about what it means to invest in yourself, trust your instincts, and put everything you have into your craft. He shares how stepping into his destiny has pushed him to new heights, making this album his most personal and powerful work yet, and drops some inspirational gems that resonated with us. Whether you’re here for the music or the inspiration, this episode has something for everyone. It’s rare to experience an artist’s creative process so intimately—and even rarer to have this much fun while doing it. Tap in now for this unforgettable episode of the Pivot, and stream Rotimi's album In My Heart, In My Veins out now! Don't forget to hit the Subscribe button on YouTube for inside scoop and early episode release. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 0:00Speaker 00

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• 0:30Ryan Clark?

  Today, we sit with actor and singer Rotimi. You've seen him on Power, you've seen him on Coming to America. He's also had platinum singles. Now, he's going to take you on a journey of his new album, In My Heart, In My Veins, which is a double album that's going to feature R&B and Afro beats. And Chan got some song suggestions. So here we go.

• 1:09Ryan Clark?

  Well, first off, we just have to say, Fred, I hope you're enjoying London. Maybe you could make some money out there, do some rounds for the pivot or something. So we got a new host today. Yes, sir. Rotimi has joined us, and we've already had him on the show. We enjoyed the first show. We kind of went down memory lane. We talked about the TVs and the movies. We talked about the music, growing up in Jersey, what it was like being Nigerian descent. But now, we're just going to talk about his new album, which is going to be a double album. He got R&B and Afro beats. We're going to go through a few of the songs. He's going to tell you how the songs came up, why he wrote them that way, why they're played that way. And Chan is also going to audition. Oh, Jesus. To see if he could get a track. Oh, God.

• 1:54Ryan Clark?

  On the new album as well.

• 1:55Channing Crowder?

  Bro, I got some concepts.

• 1:57Ryan Clark?

  Oh, God.

• 1:59Ryan Clark?

  So Pivot fam, thank you for pivoting with us. This is Shanny Crowder. I am Ryan Clark. Obviously, this is Rotimi. So Ro, tell us a little bit. I saw you said, you know, it's gonna be Afro beats and it's done. It's gonna be R&B and that's done. How did that concept come up for you?

• 2:15Speaker 03

  Well, since I saw you guys, a lot has happened, bro. You know, had new management, different mindset. And I realized during that time, I wasn't really happy with where I was musically. I wasn't really happy where I was, kinda just career-wise in that space, just trying to figure everything out. And I needed to make a change. And then I made the change, and with that change came new perspective, new enjoyment, new fun. Really went to the label and was like, listen, man, like, I feel more like myself again. And listen to what we create. So basically, me and my manager Punch, who's also an incredible songwriter, we just hit it off. And then it was like, yo, like, let's just talk about life. Let's just talk about what you go through.

• 3:00Speaker 03

  Let's talk about the stories you've been through. Let's have fun. And usually, when I was making music back in the days of In My Bed and Love Rhythm, all these big records I had, I was filming power. So I'd have like, two days to go make something happen and just wished and prayed to God that I come out with a hit. And we kept doing that, so you kinda start thinking, that's okay. And being three-for-three with that, with Love Rhythm, Love Somebody, In My Bed, you're like, okay, well, just imagine what it would be like if I had months like every other artist had. And so, with the acting strike going on, all I could do was create music during that time.

• 3:40Speaker 03

  So it was a perfect storm of just meeting, you know, new energy, releasing old energy, and then also just like, figuring out what I wanted to do and what I wanted to speak about. And, man, from jump, it was like...

• 3:56Speaker 03

  During that time, I had so much going on with Power. I wasn't even really a part of the creative process of making music at that time. So I walk in, I'd be like, yo, I got three days, yo. What we got? And I'd input a little bit, but it wasn't really who I was. And so, knowing that that worked, I was like, damn, imagine if the brilliance can come straight from me again, like it used to when I was back in the day. Meeting Punch, it was like, you know, be you, be who you feel. Just don't think. And we literally, literally were at a space where, bro, like it was melody after melody, lyric after lyric, old stories coming about. And it was, we did the whole project ourselves. You know, we did all eighteen songs ourselves.

• 4:41Speaker 03

  And then it was just like, your fans, bro, your fans are R&B and Afro. When you put a R&B song out, the Afro side really wants, they feel like they're missing something. And vice versa. So you're like, what can we do to make sure everybody gets a piece of Road to Me at the same time? What stories can I tell that my dog's gonna feel, the ex is gonna feel, the new joint's gonna feel, the side joint's gonna feel, the main joint's gonna feel? Whatever, you know what I mean? Just stories, bro, you know? And like, it's one of those things where I was literally like, let's just make everything one project. So it's called "In My Heart, In My Veins."

• 5:22Speaker 03

  And "In My Heart" is the R&B that I grew up with, like the Carl Thomas inspired, the Genuine inspired, the Michael Jackson inspired, the Lauryn Hill inspired, side of Road to Me, which is nine records of great R&B records. And the other side is "In My Veins," which is Afrobeat, my blood. So it's like, okay, let's get this. And literally, the artwork is literally me in African garb with my hat, everything. And just the other side, R&B, is the chains, the everything. And it's just who Road to Me is completely. And it hasn't been done before. So anybody who says they've done it, you haven't done it. This is some, this, we don't, you saw it here first.

• 6:02Speaker 03

  The R&B side double album hasn't been done, so it's like, let's service everybody. Then it was like, okay, well, let's think about this. R and B side is getting what they want, the Afro B side is getting what they want. But my acting side wants to see something. And again, this goes to every artist, man, every artist, every creative. If your boss or your label or the people you work with or the, the network, whatever it is, don't let them pigeonhole you at all. Because if you believe in something, you're gonna make it happen and invest in yourself. So what we did was, we invested bread. I put my own bread and shot a music video for every single record.

• 6:46Speaker 03

  So we got 18 different mini-movies that we shot. We don't wanna go the traditional way of basically saying, yo, we got an album, we're gonna promote it for two weeks and then you don't hear nothing about it. Or we're gonna start pre-promotion and stop. We're like, no, let's create a body of work where everybody gets a chance to live with the product. Live with each record, visually see me do my thing. I directed everything, we edited everything. It's really my vision with Punch. So it's like, let's just give them something where every 15 days, we release a new music video. So now we got six, seven months of content where you can just see something fresh from the same project, the same way for six, seven months.

• 7:30Speaker 03

  So it was like a thought-out process, like, man, like, wow, this is what happened when I get time to think and be creative in the space of music? Oh, it's, it's over. And I believe personally, we have the album of the year, bro.

• 7:41Channing Crowder?

  Bro, there was no, I don't say fear.

• 7:43Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 7:44Channing Crowder?

  But you had a, something that catalysted that enlightenment that you wanted to change. You were successful already. Last time we talked to you, before the change, bro, you were successful.

• 7:51Speaker 03

  Thank you, bro.

• 7:52Channing Crowder?

  But what did you see that I had to change? Because that, that change, change brings fear, you know what I'm saying? What did you see? And then through that process, like even with the bread, even with doing something different.

• 8:02Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 8:03Channing Crowder?

  Like they say, don't reinvent the wheel.

• 8:04Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 8:05Channing Crowder?

  You just told the people, you really just reinvented the wheel.

• 8:07Speaker 03

  Yeah, we are, bro. And I think when you believe in your gifts and what needed to change was I needed to step out of fear. You know, a lot of fear was, I was fear driven in the past. I was trying to just make things happen and I can't fail. I don't want to do this or let's just do the typical. It's like, no, yeah, the typical is successful to this point. But the greats are the ones that trailblaze, you know? And I want to be here to trailblaze. I don't want to be another R and B guy that did this. I'm already doing something that most people can't. Whereas be a platinum artist and then have a number one show or be on a movie. I've already accomplished that. But to sustain that, it got evolved. And I realized that doing it this way is just, it's cool. We'll get numbers, we'll, we'll do this.

• 8:52Speaker 03

  But nah, I want you talking about it differently for six, seven months. So you have and you can live with a project. And I feel like if this works, I promise you, you'll start seeing different artists do the same thing. But first I had to realize the music comes first and music wasn't coming first then. It was more of go to, go to set, go to studio, study a line. Are we good? Yeah. What was the idea? There's a meeting in my bed. Okay, I got it. Do, do, do, do it. And it's like, dang, that's lit. But imagine if I poured my soul into it, in which we did this project.

• 9:26Ryan Clark?

  The hard part is you are all of these things. The multiplicity of Rotimi is that he is an artist. He is an actor. He is a creator. And you kind of became all of these things at one time. Whereas we'll see someone who starts in music. And because they become extremely popular in music or have a certain look, they cross over into acting. Or someone who's an actor who realized they could hold a little bit of a, of a tune. They'll put out an album. But you've been these things simultaneously, which is very difficult. And you mentioned the fear, right? There's a fear that comes with the change, a fear that comes with putting yourself out there. When it came to making these songs,

• 10:11Ryan Clark?

  how much of it was the connection you now have with new management?

• 10:16Speaker 03

  Having a great friendship first unlocked the discomfort of, "Damn, this idea might not work," or this. And if somebody's there saying, "Yo, bro," majority of the time, the first option you come up with is the one. When someone's speaking to you in that way, you know, it's like having like a coach, but then also having like somebody that's just like a dope teammate. It's like, "Every route you run, bro, is lit. Don't even think about it." Whatever your instinct is, it's mostly right, so just trust that. And you forget how important it is to have that, you know, have a good support system, have somebody who's equally brilliant in what they do. And our whole thing is like, yo, like, allow the experts to be the experts.

• 11:00Speaker 03

  I know I'm not good at certain things. He knows he's not good at certain things. So for me, it's like, let me shine. I know that for my gift is I can create melodies like it's nothing. The way that people can move and dance and feel the vibe, I can set the tone of the record. We then have a conversation, and then he's really good with the pen. So then we go back and forth with that. So then we've made a record that comes from a true place. So like, before, I used to have writer, writer, writer, writer, writer, different people fighting for percentage and fighting for different things. And they're all super talented. Shout out to my brother Marquis Rashad, who's extremely talented. But this new way of thinking is like, the music ought to come from me.

• 11:42Speaker 03

  The music ought to come from someone who's around me all the time now too, who's lived a similar way and has similar mindsets. And also, everything happened at the same time where my spirituality grew. You know, like, having God in my life and being extremely focused on that has changed everything because I don't walk around in fear anymore. You know, I walk around knowing that I am anointed. And I walk around knowing that, you know, He gave me a gift to give all my gifts before this time is over. So I forgot about that because the noise can be so loud. But then when everything is quiet and you're able to focus on the craft and then focus on God, it was like... Oh yeah, it's time to go.

• 12:20Ryan Clark?

  When you're doing a lot of things at one time, it's like when you're in power and your character in that show is such a pivotal character, right? Someone that, like, you're tapping in because you're gonna see Ghost and you're gonna see Tommy, but you want to see Dre too, right? And then you go do music and you make "Meet Today in My Bed", it's like, oh, he could do that too, but you could jump right back to power if that doesn't work. Right? When you pour into something, you say, "This is me", right? "This is who I am", it's not, "This guy's not writing, that guy's not writing, this person ain't coming up with melody, this is me and my homeboy and we really giving you ourselves", what happens if it doesn't work?

• 12:59Speaker 03

  You don't think that way. You know, the way I think about it is that if I give all of who I am, there's no way I can fail. It doesn't exist, it doesn't make sense. And it's never, it's never crossed my mind because I know that we're talented enough to audible that will make it make sense. You get what I'm saying? There is no, "Dang, up? That sucked?". No, it's like, "Yo, it's not moving the way we need to move, alright, cool, let's figure this out", you know what I mean? And again, I credit that to sports, you know, having that dog mentality of like, "Yo, okay, cool, I missed this tackle, I didn't make that jump shot, but I'mma play great defense and then steal it and get a fast break and go get a dunk",

• 13:40Speaker 03

  so it's the mindset of always audible and just going with the times. Again, I had to realize, "I can't be on social media, I can't be acting, studying lines, this", so I said, "Yo, bro, I'm getting off socials, you handle socials". His strength is, "Yo, dog, I know the culture, so don't even worry about it, I'll just let you know what you need to know", so when you have that understanding, I can now focus on this. And we always compare ourselves to like Stephen KD, where it's like the 73 and 9, you know, Warriors, where it's just like, "You got it? I'm here, I'm in the corner sparring up, you got it", so it's like that mindset, so when you have that, it's undefeatable.

• 14:22Channing Crowder?

  You got 18 on the new double album.

• 14:25Speaker 03

  Yes, sir.

• 14:26Channing Crowder?

  You ain't, you ain't just do 18 songs, there was some on there that y'all, you know, y'all put together and then y'all gotta be honest with each other and say, "Nah, that shit ain't fire".

• 14:39Ryan Clark?

  Out of them 18, how many times did y'all send the tune up and be like, "Yeah, yeah."

• 14:42Speaker 03

  I swear, I swear, bro, you gonna think I'm crazy, bro. But when it's coming from a pure place, like in anything, it's been so dope that we're like, "Nah, it's not gonna work for this project."

• 14:54Ryan Clark?

  Got you.

• 14:55Speaker 03

  It's like, you know what, because of that record that didn't work, let's make a whole R&B album next. Or dang, that wedding song is lit, but you know what? Let's make a whole wedding album next. So it's always, "Yeah, we don't believe, we don't make scraps." Nah, we don't do that.

• 15:12Ryan Clark?

  And also too, that had to keep a level of positivity around the project. That it was, okay, it's not that it's not right. It's just not right for this project. And I think that's a huge piece of it too, talking about the spirituality, but the energy that's involved in the project. And so, let's say you walking down the street, right? We in NY now. You walking down the street, somebody sees you, and they're like, "Oh, man, you know, I saw on your social, you got this new album drop. What song should I listen to first?" So if you had that song in mind, what song would that be?

• 15:43Speaker 03

  "Ooh, brother man, I'll tell you fam."

• 15:45Ryan Clark?

  They're an alien now, right? They're an alien. They didn't came to the, they didn't came to the earth. They meet you and they're like, "Hey, man, you're the earth. You're the, this world's representative." Tell me what song on your album lets me truly know who you are. What song would that be?

• 16:01Speaker 03

  Wow, okay. If it's from that perspective, so I'm gonna answer that. But we formatted this album where we can look at somebody and have a conversation with them and know that we have a song for you. It's not like the traditional way of, "Yep, this the single, y'all, we putting everything and a million and five dollars on this, so this the one we gotta go with." No, no, no, it's like every song is lit, depending on who I'm speaking to.

• 16:27Ryan Clark?

  Got you.

• 16:28Speaker 03

  That song is for you. So if I'm speaking to an alien and he's like, "Y'all wanna learn about you? I have a song that tells my whole life." We talking about gambling and like, "Y'all like to gamble." "Oh, well, bro, I got a song called 'Bet It All' that's explaining how I'm risking everything, putting my chips in for love, so I can play that for you." You know what I mean? If you're like, "Dog, I like traditional R&B." I'm like, "Oh, I got you right here. Look, man, timing on our side, I got you." So it's understanding who I'm playing it for, you know? If I'm playing it for...

• 16:55Ryan Clark?

  Any type of different person, they'll say, "I will make that decision at that point." But if it's an alien, like you said, going to your point, "Oh yeah, I'll tell them my life story." And I got that for you. Alright, so if you said "Bet It All," though, it would be Chan's song. Yeah. So we're gonna, this is the first time this ever happened on The Pivot, right? You only do this with Pivot fam. Love, love. So, we're gonna play that song right now, listen to a little bit of it, and then you can kinda tell us how it all came together, what it means, some of the things, you know? So then, when I listen to it, I can explain to people around me, like I was there when it was made. I got you.

• 17:27Channing Crowder?

  We was in the studio with him, man. He just came out the date.

• 17:30Ryan Clark?

  Hey, you start lying, she, I was sitting right next to Punch. He looked at me, and he was like, "You like this?" And I was like, "No, tell him to sing it like this."

• 17:39Ryan Clark?

  I love that.

• 17:41Speaker 04

  So what's your wager?

• 17:44Speaker 04

  I'm going all in.

• 17:47Speaker 04

  Sure.

• 17:51Speaker 04

  Put everything on the table, you feel me? Yeah. How you gonna tie it back, but you never call? How you gonna write that we bitches on the wall? How you fuck me all summer gone by the fall? I'm all in, girl, yeah, we can bet it all. You talk big shit, but you never took a loss. If you wanted it, I bought it, I ain't care about the cost. Turn up your drip, hit you with the sauce. Nothing but hearts on the table, baby, this one's for the lovers. We can bet it all. Yeah, I'm all in, we can bet it all. No more games, we can bet it all, babe. Baby, this one's for the lovers. We can bet it all. Yeah, I'm all in, we can bet it all.

• 18:34Speaker 04

  No more games, we can bet it all, babe. We can bet it all.

• 18:39Ryan Clark?

  Alright, okay, okay, okay, okay. Okay then, Chan, that's for you, Chan. That's for you, Chan. That was some heck. Okay, okay, okay. We want for one, we want for one. We want for one.

• 18:53Channing Crowder?

  We judging right up back now, we gotta let him go right off the bat.

• 18:57Ryan Clark?

  People like, "Yeah, maybe the album should be 16 songs, they need two." Hey, Cadiz, too, we don't really like like that. Alright, man, so, I mean, obviously, there's a ton of betting references in it, but it's also, you know, for you and your lady, or for a relationship. So how does even that concept starts to play for you and Punch?

• 19:18Speaker 03

  So literally, we'll get the beat, and then it'll be like, okay, this feels good. I don't know what it's about yet, but I might just start just skedaddling melodies and just vibing. And he'll be like, yo, bro, what do we need? I'm like, well, particularly this particular beat, we don't have this type of hip-hop driven beat where guys can feel like they can ride with it, just chilling. We don't have something like that. Alright, cool, so let me make melodies that can fit that energy. Cool. Get the melody right, then it's like, you know what? Damn, what's... We were actually watching Jokic or something at the time. We were watching something, and I never was into parlays and the apps and stuff like that. So he was like, he was actually teaching me this.

• 20:03Speaker 03

  So I'm like, yo, he was like, yo, bro, like, what if we make a song talking about betting, but it's like betting your chips, and then we can say like, different wordplay on that, where guys who rock with that lifestyle will rock with it, and then women who would just love how it sounds, or also rock with it? Makes sense for everybody, let's do it. And so, it just came about, bro, and this is, again, it's just being as creative as possible, where it's just not the typical R&B, you know? It's just really focusing on penmanship, really focusing on every melody that matters, like... And we would just rock with it, man, and it'd just be naturally what the vibe was. And then, again, that song itself has its own video, too.

• 20:44Channing Crowder?

  That process, though, like you say, it's so easy, you know? You don't get platinum just, hey, man, we watching the basketball game, yes, we gonna go platinum real quick. Like, that process, because I heard, I think it was Busta Rhymes talking about Biggie, where they just played the beat over and over again, and they say he just sit there with his eyes closed, and then they say, "I'm ready," and go in the booth and spit. Like, how long is that real process?

• 21:03Speaker 03

  Well, for me, bro, so the thing about it, too, like... I didn't study, like we talked before, I didn't study acting, right? So I always had to just trust my intuition. So I had to trust my instinct. So the gift that God gave me is that my intuition, my instinct, my, when I start second guessing things, that's when things fall astray. When I naturally do something, it's usually what it needs to be. So in my case, his process is that, but my case is a little different. But then having someone who's also meticulous about how they are with their pen, it helps a lot because I could fine tune certain things. But when we get in there, it's just natural, bro. I can't explain it. It's just like, I don't know. It just do not explain it.

• 21:47Speaker 03

  It's just, it's just trust the process, genuinely.

• 21:49Ryan Clark?

  Yeah, in trusting, in trusting the process, at what point of it do you feel like, okay, this is exactly what this beat need? This is exactly what this thought process need? This is exactly what this theme needs, right? Because it all has to meet, like you can hear the beat. And like you said, okay, we don't really have sort of that hip hop beat. Cause that's the first thing happen. As soon as I heard the beat and y'all were talking over it, you start vibing, right? You start vibing. And so like, for me, that's half the battle. Cause that mean I could just put it on in the car. And then now if the wordplay matches and the melody matches, that's when you get a hit. At what point through the process of making "Bet It All" where you're like, okay, this is exactly what we need?

• 22:30Speaker 03

  Okay, so what I'll do is I'll make like six or seven melody options, right? And then I'll send them over to Punch. Or if we're there, I'll just, yo, he'll be like, yo, that feels good. I like that one. Or I'll be like, ah, I can do better. Boom. So we'll do it and then, again, dude is extremely crazy with the pen. So it'll take 20, 30 minutes, bro. It'll take, you know, and then, then with the wording, then I was like, okay, bro, like you wrote mad words, that's not gonna sing right. So like, we gotta just figure this out. So then that process will happen where we're fine tuning it where now I gotta make certain words sound great on the record. So in doing that, I'll be like, oh, if I say "Bet It All",

• 23:14Speaker 03

  then it's like, mm, it should probably I can't say bet it all on you, but let's keep it at bet it all. You know what I mean? So little things like that, just to make the song sound stronger. So it's consistent compromise. You know what I mean? And you know, it's, it's very hard to find that, but it's when you get it, it's lit.

• 23:31Ryan Clark?

  OK, so I have a question. Because I'm all interested now.

• 23:34Speaker 03

  Oh, God.

• 23:34Ryan Clark?

  Make me an album. It's gonna be terrible, but I just wanna go through the process. We ain't, hey, we ain't gonna listen to it though, Chad. Oh, yeah, I'm about to say, yeah, don't waste your time. We ain't wasting no wax. Like the melody process, right? Like, I don't know about you. I don't know if you drink, but back in college, I used to drink a ton. And every time black athletes get together and they drink, what happens? A freestyle competition breaks out, right? Like at some point, we gonna rap. It might be terrible, but we gonna rap, right? So you try to find like a melody to whatever beat it is. What's that process? Because you said you send over a few melodies. Do you just, are you just listening to the music? And are you actually singing real words to the? Because if he hasn't written yet, or you haven't written them yet, how are you finding like

• 24:18Ryan Clark?

  the, the process to be on the beat or whatever it is?

• 24:22Speaker 03

  So again, so like, so the music will literally speak to me, right? And again, I believe that when it's right, everything is anointed the way it should be. So I will send a voice note for like example, bet it all. I'll be like, three kissing all day, five hearts, two nights. So we'll fill in the blanks. So basically, that's what will happen. Yeah, so I'm kind of already saying it, but he'll just fine tune it and put the, the lines to the dots.

• 24:53Ryan Clark?

  Can Chad, so if we gonna make an album, can you introduce some song, a couple of song ideas to him? I might want to ask you this too, because you make, you make all the, a lot of love songs. And I've made some, some love to your songs. But you, you'll never, you'll never hear a beat.

• 25:23Channing Crowder?

  After you, to your songs, to your songs, yeah. I've had some meetings in my bed.

• 25:28Ryan Clark?

  Okay. You're welcome.

• 25:31Channing Crowder?

  You will never hear a song be like, this make me wanna knock a bitch out. Like, you know what I'm saying? Cause every B can't say, "Tut, tut, wee, wee." No, like, man, shit, this be, yeah, let's get it.

• 25:44Ryan Clark?

  You want the man to make "Nuck If You Buck"?

• 25:45Channing Crowder?

  Yeah, I'm not saying "Nuck If You Buck," but just, man.

• 25:48Ryan Clark?

  That'll be your feature? That's what you wanna be on?

• 25:50Channing Crowder?

  No, you know what? You wanna, you wanna see some of my concept?

• 25:52Ryan Clark?

  Okay. Yeah, go ahead, give him a couple, Chan.

• 25:58Ryan Clark?

  He got a notebook.

• 25:59Channing Crowder?

  You got, yeah, you know, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm fired with the pen as well.

• 26:02Ryan Clark?

  Okay, all right.

• 26:04Channing Crowder?

  "Don't use no hands, I got my own."

• 26:08Ryan Clark?

  So what's the, can you tell me the theme? Like, what would sort of be the theme of this song?

• 26:14Channing Crowder?

  I can, I can beat my own meat.

• 26:16Ryan Clark?

  Okay.

• 26:16Channing Crowder?

  You know what I'm saying? Like, yeah, like, I got, I got hands, you know?

• 26:19Ryan Clark?

  Got it.

• 26:20Channing Crowder?

  You can have that, that's free, that's free.

• 26:23Ryan Clark?

  Thank you, thank you.

• 26:25Channing Crowder?

  "Show me the Kegels, it should be illegal."

• 26:27Ryan Clark?

  Oh, Jesus Christ.

• 26:30Channing Crowder?

  You brought out butterscotch.

• 26:33Ryan Clark?

  Oh, my God.

• 26:36Channing Crowder?

  That's free.

• 26:36Ryan Clark?

  Okay.

• 26:37Channing Crowder?

  Yo, coochie ain't got no headache.

• 26:39Ryan Clark?

  Oh, God.

• 26:40Channing Crowder?

  You know, when they say they got a headache?

• 26:41Ryan Clark?

  Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

• 26:42Channing Crowder?

  No lower body has a headache.

• 26:45Ryan Clark?

  So. That's it. So, so what you're basically saying is? Got it. You told me your head hurts, and that's why we can't do it.

• 26:51Channing Crowder?

  Yeah, yeah, yeah.

• 26:52Ryan Clark?

  But what's wrong with your waist down? With your waist down.

• 26:54Channing Crowder?

  See, you can have that too.

• 26:55Ryan Clark?

  Ooh, we gonna call that waist down.

• 26:57Channing Crowder?

  Ooh. See, now we working together. That's called synergy.

• 27:00Ryan Clark?

  Yes, sir. I like that. That's, that's gonna be a great song. Thank you, thank you. That, that should actually have a "Nuck If You Buck" beat to it.

• 27:06Channing Crowder?

  It is, and I got this, this is more of an Afro beat one, probably.

• 27:12Channing Crowder?

  Let's run the red light, no cops around.

• 27:14Speaker 03

  Ah, you just nasty.

• 27:16Ryan Clark?

  What time of the month are you talking about running this red light?

• 27:19Channing Crowder?

  See, you went nasty. We could just be talking about driving. But see what you're running with? See what they, see?

• 27:24Ryan Clark?

  See that?

• 27:24Channing Crowder?

  Okay. I was talking about, yeah, we just, you know.

• 27:26Speaker 03

  Just driving.

• 27:28Ryan Clark?

  Yeah. We about one for, one for four?

• 27:30Speaker 03

  Yellow is red. We gonna call it Sunset.

• 27:32Channing Crowder?

  Oh, we back at it.

• 27:35Channing Crowder?

  You're freaking genius. See, I feel like I'm in the studio right now.

• 27:38Ryan Clark?

  That's how it go though. That's how it happen.

• 27:40Channing Crowder?

  We just made a song. We got, wait, what we got? Was it Ways Down?

• 27:45Speaker 03

  We got Ways Down and Sunset. You, that's you. That's you.

• 27:49Channing Crowder?

  Man.

• 27:49Speaker 03

  That's all you, G.

• 27:50Channing Crowder?

  Yes, sir.

• 27:51Speaker 03

  Man.

• 27:51Ryan Clark?

  We gonna call the whole album The Pivot.

• 27:53Speaker 03

  Ooh.

• 27:55Ryan Clark?

  By Channing Crowder and Rattimy. And me and Pudge will be the executive producers. Yeah. That we gonna produce.

• 28:01Speaker 03

  Hmm, okay.

• 28:04Channing Crowder?

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• 28:08Speaker 05

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• 28:14Ryan Clark?

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• 28:20Channing Crowder?

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• 28:35Ryan Clark?

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• 28:48Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 28:48Ryan Clark?

  The Pivot.

• 28:49Speaker 03

  Yes, sir.

• 28:50Ryan Clark?

  What's the next song?

• 28:51Speaker 03

  So the next song, seeing the vibe, we gonna go with a record called More Life, right? More Life has like that Afro but Caribbean drum, but it's like, it's from a place of pain. And it's also from a place of just saying, yeah, I wish you more life. It's more of saying, you know, I pray, I pray for you. Everything, everything that you go through, no matter good or bad, we gonna pray through it together. You know, and, and Caribbean culture, they say more life, more life. It's celebration, more life to you. So it's kind of bringing my story of what I kind of feel.

• 29:28Speaker 03

  Caribbean vibe, Afro vibe, and enough that like if you're a go-getter, if you're a survivor, you'll respect this record. And even to the point where visually, when we shot the video, it's of me boxing. So just to give you a mindset of what it is. So it's a fight of life. More life.

• 29:56Speaker 03

  It's for all the people out there struggling to be strong, fighting battles alone. You know what I'm saying? There's no somebody praying for you. I wanna wish you more life. No dark days, no more poor nights. I fought so hard for the tall lights. The war not done, 'cause it's more fight. I really, really wanna wish you more life. Hold on again for the fortnight. I pray God's peace over your life.

• 30:23Speaker 03

  I pray, I pray that Lord give you more life. No more dark days, no more hard times. Only more life.

• 30:31Ryan Clark?

  Okay. Okay, we two for two, Chan.

• 30:35Speaker 03

  We got two.

• 30:35Ryan Clark?

  We two for two. We got two for sure. Well, we got three, 'cause we already heard the first single that dropped. So we're actually, we're three for three right now. I do wanna ask this question. Like, being an artist and giving, like, you're finally giving us a piece of you. Like you said, this is something you've poured yourself into. We talked about some of those other hits you've had. You know, Chan said he's... You heard what Chan said. And so, as you grow, so will your music, so will your product. How has, you know, becoming a father to your relationship with Vanessa, how has all those things changed the way that you not only approach life, but you approach work?

• 31:15Speaker 03

  It's all or nothing now, man. You know, and even, I even add one when we didn't know how... Acting would be affected. Where it was like the strike, or how long the strike was gonna go on. So you got two kids and a wife. And one part of your life is kind of on hold. It's like you gotta pour everything into it. You got, this has gotta go crazy. You gotta stay up and record and stay up and brainstorm and, and, and keep your mind fresh. So it's like, it pushed me to a place that I'd never been before because it was always like, challenge yourself, challenge yourself, challenge yourself. And usually in the past, like, things would come a little easier and I wouldn't push that extra, uh, work in because of like, it was good enough. And if, God willing, it was successful.

• 32:00Speaker 03

  But now, is it successful or not? You can't settle for anything. So everything is fine tuned to every level of thought process, game planning, and just giving my whole body and soul to this project.

• 32:12Channing Crowder?

  Is it awkward to be evaluated face to face? I, we never heard those songs.

• 32:17Speaker 03

  No, first time.

• 32:18Channing Crowder?

  So like, you know what I'm saying?

• 32:19Ryan Clark?

  For anybody listening or watching.

• 32:21Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 32:21Ryan Clark?

  It's not like he played us a song and was like, hey, do you think this one's good for the show?

• 32:26Speaker 03

  Yeah, yeah.

• 32:26Ryan Clark?

  Like, literally, he's just rolling these off.

• 32:28Channing Crowder?

  Yeah, and just to see like, I'm, I'm presenting, like you say, my heart, my life, my, you know, work, months of work.

• 32:33Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 32:34Channing Crowder?

  To you right now.

• 32:35Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 32:35Channing Crowder?

  And we sitting here in live action. Is, is it ever awkward? Cause I've been to, I don't wanna put their name, but I've been to a, a, a listening party.

• 32:43Speaker 03

  Mm-hmm.

• 32:43Channing Crowder?

  And the album was terrible.

• 32:45Speaker 03

  Yeah, yeah.

• 32:46Channing Crowder?

  And the whole crowd knew it was terrible.

• 32:48Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 32:48Channing Crowder?

  And the artist knew it was terrible by the crowd.

• 32:51Speaker 03

  Right, right, right.

• 32:53Channing Crowder?

  Is it, is it awkward to, to present months of work to, even to a room like this or to a crowd where now I'm being evaluated on the spot?

• 33:02Speaker 03

  No, cause the confidence is, is, is what it is. I, I, there's no way that I could feel like you're not gonna vibe with it. You know, we've made it to that point that it's like, it's bulletproof. You know what I mean? It's the same thing as like, if you study a game plan and you go through everything and you go through the practice and you're killing in practice and you just got named to the Pro Bowl and it's like, yo, you gotta make this play. Do you think that you're not gonna make the play? You know what I mean? Everybody's watching, do you not? You know, you know you're gonna do what you need to do. And so that's kind of where I'm locked into that. It's, it's undeniable music, man, genuinely.

• 33:37Ryan Clark?

  How has your spirituality growing?

• 33:41Ryan Clark?

  Affected you though, you know, because there's so many ways that that goes. It's sometimes people find their relationship with God and find a place of spirituality where they step away from certain things and that's the the main focus and only focus. And then there are other times because of that relationship, you're allowed to grow in your passions and your gifts that God has given you. What do you think has been the biggest effect of that relationship growing?

• 34:12Speaker 03

  I'm purely who I'm destined to be now with no distractions. Following Christ, bro, has made me not drink. I watch what I say. It's eliminated the spirit of comparison. It's eliminated doubt, fear. It's highlighted discernment. It's made me follow just the voice of the Holy Spirit. You know, and so I don't I don't question things. I don't question anything anymore. Like I sit in who I am supposed to be, knowing that I'm purely following Him. So if it's not the way my small, human mind equates it to be, I know there's a bigger thing. And I will live in that. So when you say, yo, if this, what if it's not working? It's like, oh, it wasn't supposed to work that way.

• 34:58Speaker 03

  That's just my thought, but it's supposed to go this way for the better. And when you really live in that space of knowing that it's always going to be better, it's a sense of peace that no one can take from you, bro.

• 35:12Channing Crowder?

  And some, actually, something RC asked me recently on the show. The work-life balance. But your work is a lot of different jobs. And I'm sure you can be on more sets. You could be in more stuff. You could be home with the babies. You could be home with your beautiful wife. But you can also be at the studio. Like, how do you, like, what's the thought process, the prioritization of those different levels of your life?

• 35:37Speaker 03

  Well, they all complement each other because having V, like, she's the glue behind it. You know what I mean? Like, The fact that I know that my kids are in the best hands of any human, that eliminates that worry, you know what I mean? But then, I've learned by doing so many things and learning from Jamie Foxx and Tyrese and 50 and T.I. Like, my whole life, my whole career has been guided from day one by people who are musicians and actors. From starting with T.I., to then Jamie, then six years with 50. So it was like, I've seen what it takes. So I've learned that compartmentalizing is what it's supposed to be. So being here, I'm locked in on this interview. I'm locked in and talking to my dogs.

• 36:21Speaker 03

  If I leave the studio, I'm locked in and talking and figuring out the music. When you have a beautiful partner that makes sure that you can do that, it's half the battle, bro, 75% of the battle. And like, I'm in a position where my work isn't my work, it's really just my destiny, bro. So I'm just walking in that, you know what I mean? So it don't feel like work. It's just, I get to make, create make-believe all day. It's not work, you know?

• 36:45Ryan Clark?

  Yeah, I love that.

• 36:48Speaker 06

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• 37:17Ryan Clark?

  So if you have to think about, okay, where is this going? How does this apply to what I am doing at home, right? Like, when you go through sort of the song-making process or giving us a part of you, is there ever a time you're in the studio and you hear a beat and you go, okay, this makes me think of my babies, or this makes me, this brings me back to when I met Vanessa, or when I proposed, or, you know, that, the ceremony of joining our lives? Does that ever play into the part of song-making?

• 37:52Speaker 03

  Yeah, yeah, yeah, it does. It plays a big part because I know that there's a lot of people that are experiencing what I'm experiencing. So if I can be the microphone for that, then I would love to do that. So for example, like... With that breakdown, I have a song called Blessed. That makes me feel like, oh man, like I'm blessed to live every day. I literally have everything I need. And that's what, that was written for it. Because I'll go home and I see my kids and my son, he's three years old, but we got it to the point where he's like, his brain is, is, is processing what eight-year-olds are doing. So he's, he has to be homeschooled because he's already four years ahead and it's because his mom is there. And so it's like, I have everything I genuinely need.

• 38:37Speaker 03

  I've gotten closer to God. The, the, we're back on TV with The Shy, you know? So it's like, everything is, I'm, I'm full. And we wrote that from that perspective. So, yeah, absolutely.

• 38:47Ryan Clark?

  Well, I mean, you know, shoot, we've been running through saying, okay, what should be next? I mean, I think you brought it up perfectly and gave us the prequel to what we should listen to, and we're listening to Blessed.

• 38:58Speaker 03

  Yes, sir.

• 39:44Ryan Clark?

  Hold on Punch, I, hold on, hold on. I'm finna argue now. I'm finna, I'm finna talk about Punch and Ruti Me and your marketing plan. There ain't no way y'all was gonna come here and Punch is like, whoa, that wasn't on the list, but, you know, we'll play it now. What the other 15 songs sound like then? If you weren't gonna play that one?

• 40:04Speaker 03

  Hey, brother, listen, man, the conversation leading where the conversation leads, brother. If that touched you, then I've done my job, bro, you know what I'm saying? Like, again, and that's, that's a testament to just feeling good, making music that people can relate to. And I, and I know, I know you blessed, I know you blessed, you know what I mean? So, again, it's just, it's just whatever the, the time and the vibe needs. Cause that's gonna be your, that's gonna be your favorite for today, then you're gonna listen to something else and be like, oh, this is my favorite for now, too.

• 40:32Channing Crowder?

  Bro, the craziest thing, I'm listening to that song, and I look at the end of a movie when everything comes together.

• 40:38Ryan Clark?

  Yeah, the credits start rolling?

• 40:39Channing Crowder?

  Yeah, the credits rolling, and the mom and dad, they got back together again, the kids are saved, and that's the credit run.

• 40:45Speaker 03

  Absolutely, nah.

• 40:47Ryan Clark?

  That was hard.

• 40:48Speaker 03

  And that, and that will be on the Afro side.

• 40:51Ryan Clark?

  Okay.

• 40:51Speaker 03

  You know what I mean? So those are the ones that'll be on the Afro side, and so Bet It All will be on the R&B side, and, and so, but.

• 40:58Channing Crowder?

  You, you switching up the vibe a little bit.

• 41:00Speaker 03

  Yes, sir.

• 41:00Channing Crowder?

  From before.

• 41:01Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 41:02Channing Crowder?

  Is that, like you saying, is that the right, is that just maturation? Because even listening to it, you know, you got the melody?

• 41:08Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 41:09Channing Crowder?

  And then now, back-to-back songs, you got that second, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da.

• 41:12Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 41:13Channing Crowder?

  Drop the bassline out, just that, is that the maturation of your music?

• 41:16Speaker 03

  Absolutely, bro. It's, again, it's, it's finally just being who I'm supposed to be, you know? Like, I hadn't, I hadn't been able to do that. I've just been happening, I've been blessed to be a part of moments that showed who I am, but this is really in full, in full showing who I am.

• 41:33Ryan Clark?

  I mean, shoot, I bought the JBL joints, too, cause I thought we was gonna, joint's got a screen on it, too. I thought we was gonna have to use these to vibe. KK then hooked us up through here, so shoot, we got it going everywhere.

• 41:45Speaker 03

  Ah, lit.

• 41:46Ryan Clark?

  Yeah, this is.

• 41:47Channing Crowder?

  Pro 3s.

• 41:48Ryan Clark?

  Yeah.

• 41:48Channing Crowder?

  These are the new ones here, brother.

• 41:49Speaker 03

  Ah.

• 41:50Ryan Clark?

  Well, we really had to get a, had to do something with him, cause Chan ain't gonna never really spend good money to get nothing good for himself. And I was tired of walking around with him where he had wires connected to his joint. So now he can control it from his phone, he think he cool. You know they give you free headphones on the airplane?

• 42:06Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 42:07Channing Crowder?

  Kill him.

• 42:09Speaker 03

  That's what you use as?

• 42:10Channing Crowder?

  Man, I kill him with the freedom. Thank you, United. I appreciate it.

• 42:15Ryan Clark?

  Hey, so every now and then with Team B, man, you gotta use your brand to help your friends out.

• 42:21Channing Crowder?

  I get it.

• 42:21Ryan Clark?

  You know what I'm saying? So we're like, shoot, who can we do a deal with that actually benefits?

• 42:25Speaker 03

  That's blessed. You blessed, you blessed.

• 42:28Ryan Clark?

  He blessed too.

• 42:28Speaker 03

  You blessed.

• 42:29Ryan Clark?

  He blessed too.

• 42:30Speaker 03

  You blessed, you blessed.

• 42:31Ryan Clark?

  Who are the people closest to you? You know, obviously it's always gonna be your wife, but closest to you that you share the journey with? You know, because this, like even as we're going through the songs, the songs seem like a journey, right? Like you're taking us through a story, but it can't be all work, right? It can't, it can't be, it's like, okay, I'm focused on this project, I'm focused on this project, and there's no release. What do you do two steps away? And who do you go to to keep things in perspective of what you're trying to accomplish?

• 43:05Speaker 03

  First and foremost, bro, God, man. Like that, that, that adds so much peace. Because we get so caught up in idolization of other things that like you forget that the, the true source of peace is in the Bible. You know, so for me, when I have a second, I'll probably put on a sermon, I'll probably open the Bible up, find a couple verses, and it just puts me back in like,

• 43:31Speaker 03

  you know, so like trying to look for it in other people besides my, my fam, my wife, doesn't really, didn't do anything for me. You know, it actually ended up making it more where I was giving more than receiving. So it was never really relaxing. You know, it was always making sure that's my personality, make sure everybody's okay. So is it really me stepping out and doing something? So what I did was just really spend this last year, bro, was music, acting, family, Bible.

• 44:01Ryan Clark?

  Love it.

• 44:01Speaker 03

  And that's what it was, bro.

• 44:04Speaker 06

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• 44:33Channing Crowder?

  All we know you for, like you said, music, acting, everything, and the power of the shy, like, is there more to it? Could you do a Daddy Daycare?

• 44:43Speaker 03

  Movie, you talking about acting wise?

• 44:44Channing Crowder?

  Yeah, the acting wise. Could you do, Are We There Yet? Could you, because we see you, we see you as, you know what I'm saying? This dude is gonna go knock a dude out, but like, is that something you'd wanna do? Would you wanna do one in family movies?

• 44:55Speaker 03

  Absolutely, bro. Like, for me, that's why, shout out to Lena Waithe, man, because just being a part of the shy, it's really, okay, I'll say this. I was telling Punches the other day, and I was telling my wife, I'm like, I've been on TV for 10 years, and no one has seen me ever smile. For 10 years.

• 45:17Channing Crowder?

  Wow.

• 45:18Speaker 03

  And at first, it's just like, ah ha ha, and you think, you're like, oh, that's a real stat, you know? And so, being a part of the shy, where, funny enough, I'm playing like a pastor, you know, but he's a pastor who's just smooth with the ladies, so I'm able to just bring God in a little,

• 45:36Speaker 03

  a little butterscotch effect. You know, you know what I'm saying? So, I'm cheesing, I'm having fun, I'm being charming, I'm doing all these things, and it's like, man, like, so, when people are able to watch The Shy, season seven, they're gonna just be able to be like, man, I've never seen him like this, you know, and I've never seen him in this light. So, to go to your question, it's like, I would love to, bro. Like, that's going to happen, you know? And this is the first level of that, so people can then start changing their eyes on what they see R. Timmy's acting as to be. And we've been successful in that. We can always do that, but this is the first level of, oh, wow, I've never seen him like this, and I love what I'm seeing.

• 46:13Channing Crowder?

  I saw an interview with you, it was you and Teyana a while back, when Coming to America came out, and you was like, yeah, I tried to ask him, could I drop a butterscotch line? You know what I mean? In the movie, but you did get to show even a different side in that. All right, so.

• 46:29Ryan Clark?

  I know the people gonna be mad. We can only keep him for so long. We can't do five hours of listening. So you gotta give us one more song

• 46:36Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 46:37Ryan Clark?

  that you want played today.

• 46:40Speaker 03

  Yeah, alright, so look, for this last one, bro, I feel like the missing piece to like who people think Rotimi is, is them not necessarily knowing my story from top to bottom, right? They don't know that I'm from Maplewood, New Jersey. They didn't know that I've been singing since I was a kid. I'm Nigerian, I was a wedding singer. I was in a group with Jay-Z's nephews. I was broke when I auditioned for Power. I was broke in L.A. I flew myself out, only had $2,000 left and bet on myself. They didn't know those stories. They didn't know that I stayed in a motel for a month and a half just watching my money go, go, go while I'm waiting for the call to get on Power. They don't know these things.

• 47:23Speaker 03

  So we put it in a song where lyrically, if you listen 100%, you'll get exactly who Rotimi is. And I think for the fellas, I think they should, you know, they'll vibe to this and really get the story of who I am.

• 47:38Ryan Clark?

  You might have to listen to the whole thing on this one. You might have to listen to the whole thing on this one.

• 48:26Speaker 04

  Talking to my son, telling my son.

• 48:42Ryan Clark?

  Yeah. Yeah, that's the one.

• 48:44Channing Crowder?

  I like the lyric, I like the lyrics. I like that.

• 48:46Ryan Clark?

  Yeah, that's the one.

• 48:48Speaker 04

  It's like, y'all think it was a hotel. Thirty dollars a day for a motel. Before the money started to float well. Bob charged me half like a wholesale. Every dollar I had used to count then. Way before I had all these clout friends. Then I got the call, said I booked it. They gave me the recipe, then I cooked it. It's a big rich town, trust me, God is so great, yeah. Through the losses, never lost faith, yeah. Power was lit, it's never hate, yeah. But the music was ready, it couldn't wait, yeah. I was grinding, grinding, straight to the top, I was climbing, baby. No chains on, but I was shining, baby. Everyone thought I was crazy.

• 49:32Speaker 04

  But it's my time, time, time, yeah. You know what I mean?

• 49:38Ryan Clark?

  Yo, yo! Okay, he took you to church too before we left.

• 49:45Channing Crowder?

  Oh, man, that's wild.

• 49:46Ryan Clark?

  Man, like, honestly, bro, I just, like, one, never thought, like, when we started this platform, you just never know where it's gonna go. Or the relationships you can build. We've kept in touch since the first time we did the show. And, one, for you to trust us with this is huge.

• 50:04Speaker 04

  Thank you.

• 50:05Ryan Clark?

  For us.

• 50:05Speaker 04

  Me to be the first one is a blessing, brother.

• 50:07Ryan Clark?

  Yeah, we don't even know if there's gonna be another one, so.

• 50:11Ryan Clark?

  Right now, dawg, you might be the first and the only ever. Hey, until you just drop another album, we just do it again.

• 50:16Speaker 04

  When we do Sunset, Sunset.

• 50:19Speaker 04

  When we do Sunset. Hey, we know.

• 50:21Channing Crowder?

  It's the last one. Hate on him, man, I'm gonna get my body together and shit, 'cause he wanna take his shirt off all the time.

• 50:26Ryan Clark?

  Right.

• 50:29Ryan Clark?

  Man, so just give the people everything they need to know, man, to know, you know, where they can get it, when it drops.

• 50:36Speaker 03

  So "I Love Me Some You," the single is out now. And I don't really like calling it the single, but it's the first one of this beautiful project that we just let go. So "I Love Me Some You," in my heart, in my veins, will be dropping. It's time, man, like again, that's four of just what it feels like to be around my dogs. There's so many different vibes, you know what I mean? I think everybody's gonna be able to get exactly what they want. This go around with Real Timmy. It's a double album, you'll be more than satisfied with everything, so we rocking.

• 51:07Ryan Clark?

  Nah, man, I love that, dog. Appreciate you, brother.

• 51:09Speaker 03

  Thank you, my dog.

• 51:09Ryan Clark?

  Yes, sir.

• 51:10Speaker 03

  Appreciate you.

• 51:11Channing Crowder?

  All love, bro.

• 51:12Ryan Clark?

  Chan, what's your... It's gonna be the Pivot... what, though? Like, what's gonna be like the full name of the album?

• 51:19Channing Crowder?

  Nasty.

• 51:21Speaker 03

  Pivot... nasty.

• 51:22Channing Crowder?

  You like that?

• 51:23Speaker 03

  I like that.

• 51:23Ryan Clark?

  We don't. We actually don't. He actually doesn't like it. Chan, he actually doesn't like it. The man just told you, they all about positivity.

• 51:37Speaker 05

  You got an energy for somebody out there.

• 51:41Ryan Clark?

  Somebody go buy it.

• 51:42Speaker 05

  Somebody is the representation of you.

• 51:44Speaker 03

  Pivot nasty.

• 51:46Ryan Clark?

  You see how I'm... see?

• 51:47Speaker 03

  Baby, just pivot nasty.

• 51:52Ryan Clark?

  Okay, okay.