DW (00:37.049)
Welcome back to the Soul Society, AKA welcome back to the ultimate playlist podcast full of choice tracks. I will be your cohost for the evening. My name is Dietrich. Along with me, I have a couple of other cohosts that are gonna be smoothing your airwaves through this nice little journey that we're gonna be on. Please announce yourselves.

Taj Williams (01:04.37)
Can't keep it smooth, you can't. That's as smooth as you got, David. You can't be late. I'm smooth, Taj. How you doing?

Damon (01:07.48)
Damon.

Damon (01:18.786)
Wait minute, I'm demon, yeah.

DW (01:19.789)
We got, we got, we got a Damon and Smooth Taj in the house. All right.

Taj Williams (01:23.416)
Hehehehehe

DW (01:28.025)
We're gonna take you back way back back in time to the year of 2003. I know that sounds like forever any day for some of y'all out there, but it's okay. Settle down. Let me take you on this smooth ride. So the reason that we're having this conversation today is because we brought in some soul into the mix to feed your soul and to make sure that you are happy. lucky as you wander through this life that we call love.

So with that being said, we have a particular artist that came out of Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born in 1971. He's 53 years old, but don't let that age fool you. He still has enough spunk to run around and outrun pretty much any millennial you could think of. I've seen him on stage live at a concert where he literally ran in place, singing a song five minutes straight. That's Cardio for your ass.

Taj Williams (02:24.338)
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DW (02:25.933)
With that being said, this artist is not only Grammy award winning, not only has other songs that have literally he's written for other individuals that have also been Grammy nominated. He's also a platinum selling artist based off of this one particular album, which shot the world by storm and also introduced the group. There was his backup dancers that are singers that actually came into play in wind up becoming.

their own group themselves. With that being said, they have what's a little jingle that they made for the Breakfast Club show, radio show out of New York, New York, and the jingle goes donkey of the day, but they sing it so smooth, it's really can't be mad at it. That being said, this particular individual's name is Anthony Cornelius Hamilton, or just short, Anthony Hamilton. He actually released his debut single,

back in 1996. And that in itself didn't really top the charts. So they shelved his album, it was called Ecstasy, XTC. But then you want to come back a little bit stronger and signing with Def Jam Records and releasing an album called Coming From Where I'm From. This is the album that ultimately got him his gravies. There are songs on here that have gone certified platinum and it's highest song that charted

on the actual chart, it's number 19. The song was by the name of Charlene. This is a smooth ballad and a tasty one.

DW (04:27.981)
So let me get over by the next little step because I can only hold it for so long before it start laughing. Anthony Hamilton is definitely one of those soulful artists that have brought back the art of R &B. And with that being said, he's got a raw little raspy sound, but he knows how to flow. He knows how to put it in project and it comes across smooth to the ears because his tones are actually on point. That being said.

This particular song Charlene was his best single off of that album. It was the second single released behind another one that we'll be covering a little bit later. But this is the one that took him over the charts. Reason being is because this is a soulful ballad of him trying to get his girl back. He had a woman by the name of Charlene. He woke up with her being gone and having a note on the of the bed, basically a Dear John letter.

And reason why she wrote it is because he's always on the road. He's always gone. And so she needed love and affection. And she felt like she wasn't getting it from him. And this is his attempt to try and get her back as best as he possibly can because he realizes that he messed up not balancing out love along with his career. So fellas, what do y'all think about Anthony Hamilton's Charlene?

Taj Williams (05:48.434)
So I liked it. Maybe we can backtrack later on because I thought we were going to cover the whole album. But yeah, we'll cover this song. This song is, I like it a lot. I will admit for the whole album, I'm not the biggest soul guy. But let me just kind of explain it. It's cheesecake, right? It's rich. It's heavy on you. And you can't eat a whole.

thing of cheesecake on your own. You can have a slice, maybe a couple slices, but like the soul is just so heavy on me that like sometimes I have a hard time going through a whole album, right? But this song is like, yeah, it's amazing. Like I like it. Kind of where my weird lizard brain went was I knew it was kind of a breakup song, like her writing him a letter and him going over like how they broke up. It's a weird.

DW (06:24.973)
Yeah.

DW (06:39.353)
you

Taj Williams (06:44.786)
analogy, but there's a I'm not sure if you know who Trey Baker is. The voice he did an album, right? He's known for voice acting and video games, right? But he did an album and his title of his album is Sitting in the Fire. And this reminds me of that because he talked about what that album meant. It's like when something happens, sometimes you just have to sit in that fire and stew over what happened. Right. And so that's kind of what this is, is you waking up, she's gone.

DW (06:49.516)
Mm-hmm

Taj Williams (07:15.014)
And you just have to sit there and go over in your head what, what going on. Like it's not a moment for action. It's a moment for reflection. And that's what this song is. This song is that moment or reflection on, damn, I messed up, you know, and him, and you can feel it with the soul. You can feel that he messed up. Like he knows it, right? He knew it was too late. He kind of knows it's too late, but it's like, man, I just, here's what I did wrong. No.

Am I, you know, and there's no resolution at the end. Like, is he going to change his ways in order to get her back? Or is it just like reflection on, this is what I did wrong. I think, but yeah, but that's right. I enjoyed it about the song for sure. So yeah.

DW (08:00.567)
Okay, yeah, I kind of skipped ahead and get to that part because it's one of my favorite songs on a particular album. And I know that we were talking about the album itself coming from where I'm from. He's literally going into the focus of his roots of how he came into be. For those who don't know, Anthony Hamilton was a backup singer. was a what you call a chorus singer. He was a writer.

He was one of those individuals that would work within the industry, not necessarily in the forefront. He tried to kick it into the forefront. didn't really work until there was a group by the name of Nappy Roots that came out. That group, Nappy Roots, had two singles that really kicked off. One was in the...

DW (08:53.771)
the actual name and that hook it was hook but it actually was country boys on the rise and then the second one is the one he was featured on which actually came in and he was singing all my life been poor and that's the one in case you go back and listen to it all my life been po but I really don't matter no more and they wonder why we act this way never boys gonna be okay

which is where he actually featured in singing the hook and then took it on from there. That led into this particular album because he was able to get signed by Jermaine Dupree and so social death records. with that being said, once he went there, this album actually manifested within itself. And so the first single on here was Mama New Love. Mama New Love is one of those intros back with country songs that, you know,

You can express how somebody is treated, whether they're good or bad or otherwise, but at least they knew what love was, kind of like a Forrest Gump type situation. know, maybe I'd be the smartest man, but I know what love is. That type of deal. So how did y'all feel about my new love?

Taj Williams (10:10.482)
So like I feel like this whole album, it is like the theme about I mean, it makes sense with it being sold, but the whole theme about is like love or different types of love. And Mama New Love is is an interesting one because it touches on that weird like, you know, your mom's going through hard times and he's talking about how he's going to make things better for her. But you're like, you know, it's that thing where it's like.

You're doing something because somebody loves because you love them, you know, but it's it's like a I'm trying to put my finger on it. I know I'm dancing around it, but, you know, there's as you're as a kid, you just love your mom, right? But this is that as a kid, you love your mom and you realize she's going through something hard and you want to do something to help her. Right. And it's that heartbreak of like, I love you, but you're going, you know, stuff is is not as it should be.

DW (10:42.402)
Mm-hmm.

DW (10:51.585)
Okay.

DW (10:58.713)
that.

Taj Williams (11:07.014)
and I want to help you make it better.

DW (11:09.291)
And at the time not being able to do so. That's the biggest kickoff in the situation is like when you see your parent going through a hard struggle, those who've ever had your lights cut off or whoever had the refrigerator empty or you see like a pile of bills on the table and you as a kid, you don't necessarily know what those represent or what they mean. But you see the look on your parents face, whether it be your single mom, single dad, or whether it be both them parents in the house.

Taj Williams (11:12.252)
Yeah.

DW (11:39.195)
still going through it, you realize that you want to do something, you're just too young to do it. You can't really help out. You can try to clean up the house, you can try to wash the dishes, you can try to cook a meal, you can try to do something, but it's not really what they need, but at least you recognize the struggle.

That's kind of crazy. What you think then?

Damon (12:01.1)
Yeah, I can relate to Anthony Hamilton's life for sure. Probably like the dumb, stupid kid, you know, in the middle of nowhere. Like I always, you know, wanted to do better and better for my mom and stuff like that. But she had the bills piling up and, you know, the struggle. Like I could totally relate to this. Like I, this is kind of not how I grew up, but like

DW (12:06.911)
Already

Damon (12:30.242)
You know, similar struggle, I guess, in a way. I was always kind of like, we weren't like, you know, desperately poor, but it was like pretty close at some point or another. And then there were high points, you know, and, you know, divorced parents and all that. yeah, like, Mom and New Love is a good song. Like, I actually like this song as an intro.

DW (12:34.585)
Mm-hmm.

Damon (12:56.588)
And don't always like the intros and albums. You guys have heard me say this over and over. Intros sometimes are just, you they don't always fit, but sometimes they're the number one pick too. So I've had an intro that is number one picks. This wasn't my number one pick on this, but I like it. I can relate to it. It's a cool vibe. It doesn't really sound like the whole album. So you don't know what you're getting into with this.

DW (13:21.816)
Right.

Taj Williams (13:25.01)
Yeah, and that's one thing I do want to throw out is like this one starts with the synthesizer electronic at the beginning and it's kind of like a palate cleanser. It's like we're not going to throw you into the deep end of soul. We're kind of like slowly ease you in and then by track three or four, you're like, I mean, I'm waist deep in soul right now. yeah. Right.

DW (13:33.305)
Hmm.

DW (13:46.873)
That's a good way to put that. I'm waist deep in soul.

Damon (13:54.51)
Just so you know guys at any point if you want me to share play like the you know the song The intro it is we're talking about them. I could do that

Taj Williams (14:03.846)
Yeah. Yeah.

DW (14:03.993)
We're gonna make them go listen to it. That's the whole point Yeah, tell love he tried no no no we had to listen to you got listen to it on your own That's what's up, so Number two track is actually the third single came off of this particular album. I'm Todd's I think you had a little bit to do with this one

Damon (14:07.2)
Okay, okay, DJ. All right. Tough love, guys. Tough love.

Taj Williams (14:30.706)
Yeah, well, this is my second pick. Like I almost picked this one and it's just well, first of all, like the title itself doesn't answer like you listen to the song and you're like, they said that and you're like, but like it makes sense that the title of the song is cornbread fish and collard greens. And it's mainly the backup singers that say that. But you sometimes you hear you kind of hear differently in my head.

But like, it's a crazy it's a love song, but it's also like a pimp love song. Like and I swear he says the word pimp in that song. I'm pretty sure he does. Right. But that's the thing. It's like, I love you, but you're mine. Like, he's like very clear on that. Like, you know, you're my woman. And but it's like super it's romantic, but it's also kind of a weird song. That's kind of what put it at number two. But like I just.

DW (15:05.172)
Hey

Taj Williams (15:28.55)
The melody and the music, yeah, I just like the song. So, but yeah.

DW (15:34.839)
Yeah, he literally just went in and was basically saying

I got everything you need. You don't need to go nowhere. You don't need to look at nobody else. Everything you need is right here, girl. It's a whole southern plate. You you eat to your full, you know, and then it's on. It's like Thanksgiving every single damn day. You literally, I can listen to the song. I can jam out to it. I can hear it playing in the club. I've played it in the club. It actually comes across nice on the speakers. It's got a good funk to it, but nothing overtly powerful.

Taj Williams (15:49.106)
you

DW (16:08.697)
It actually just brings you into to the solid tones and let you play with it and it's a good pop. Good pop Damn, what you think,

Damon (16:19.982)
Yeah, it's a fun one. is like, it's not an album full of just, you know, like really slow love songs to like make love to your loved one. Songs to groove to. It's really like a mix. this is like, this speaks to that. think that like the lyrics are really

DW (16:30.179)
Right.

Damon (16:47.626)
Interesting like he's definitely like he's a lyricist a musician and you he's Speaking from his heart like you can tell like it's kind of hard to understand him sometimes when I'm going through the album like well, okay But yeah, he's he definitely talks about Yeah Like he does say cuz I'm a pimp like at least three or four times, but he wants you to know he's a pimp he's pimping

DW (16:52.409)
Thank

DW (17:02.937)
That hot sweet drama comes out.

Damon (17:16.91)
and he's got what it takes, right?

Taj Williams (17:17.106)
So were pimps still wearing Jerry Curls in 2003? I thought Jerry Curls died out in the 80s, 90s, but maybe I'm wrong.

DW (17:28.341)
No, no, no, no, no, no, don't need to be a pimp Yeah, yeah pimp game has changed up. You don't need jerry curl to be pimp. All you need is confidence And assurance that you're going to get what you want And I that sounds like the same thing, but it's really not it's really two different situations. I'm

Damon (17:30.094)
if it rhymes.

Taj Williams (17:32.059)
Okay

Damon (17:44.014)
All

Taj Williams (17:48.337)
Right.

DW (17:49.155)
Conversation rules the nation is what we used to say. So if I've got game, I can sell you a camel with no humps and I can make it sound good. I can literally flip your car with no engine, but you'll still be peddling down the street like the Flintstones. Like that's game. And that's what he means by I'm a pimp girl. I'm one of those that has the mouthpiece that can make you do what I want you to do. But I want you to make your own choice to come my way because I've just got it like that.

Taj Williams (18:17.17)
I guess I shouldn't be surprised if this is the early 2000s when we had the TV show pick up artists.

Damon (18:23.758)
gonna take our furnace, yeah!

DW (18:24.329)
my god.

Damon (18:27.288)
Dude, I remember 2003 like it was, I don't know, a couple of years ago. It's like so weird how fast that went by. But that, seems like, like back then I was like, wow, this is the future. It's like, no.

DW (18:32.697)
Remember.

Taj Williams (18:35.63)
You

It filmed in Austin. Yeah, it actually filmed in

DW (18:42.501)
Yeah, yeah, they're in Austin, yes. And, and all the other, man. Yes.

Damon (18:47.982)
I remember thinking that was so cool too, like... my god, it's just like the real world!

DW (18:53.631)
Like he looks like a vampire, but he's pulling chicks. How the hell does he know? Just like the situation. Yes.

Damon (19:00.312)
Maybe he had some cornbread fish and collard greens in a basket. He's just fucking hippity-scopping, skipping down the fucking road.

Taj Williams (19:02.578)
Right?

DW (19:05.325)
Damn.

Taj Williams (19:08.793)
you

DW (19:08.817)
He was throwing magic tricks and pulling them in. That's how you know how gangster it was. You're also David Copperfield's shit. I'm telling you. But yeah, that's what this one falls into. So yeah, we definitely got off on a good vibe there. It picked up the album as it went along. Since I synched it, and I said synched.

Taj Williams (19:12.299)
Yeah

Damon (19:14.008)
Yeah, he was pulling cornbread out of his ass.

Taj Williams (19:18.153)
Yeah.

DW (19:31.297)
A lot of people will try to read that over like no it's since I seen you no it's since I seen you. That's that's country slang that's backward slang. Sink you is the actual term if anybody tries to say otherwise just tell them to look at the damn cover tracklist and you'll see is there with the apostrophe and a T. So since I seen you was another little bop that came along it was a little smoother groove it definitely had you know

those kind of country vibes to it. You go to a house party of some sort, this song comes on, you're gonna like it. It's definitely got a good drum base and roll style, good mid tempo song, a good follow up behind Cornbread Fish and Collard Greens, which I think about since I seen you.

Taj Williams (20:20.188)
Yeah, this one is all vibes, all chill. Like, it is the Pimmy of smooth soul. Like, that's what this is. Like, you had some fun, now you're just chillaxing, you know, or driving down the road late at night. Like, that's what the... This is an all vibe song. So, yeah. Yeah.

DW (20:39.807)
dang, yeah.

Damon (20:43.406)
Yeah, he's talking like, he's basically just saying like how it is like, you're, you know, you're the one for me, you're in my life, you know, that kind of stuff. It's, but it's like a really slow vibe. Like this is a really good song. Like this is a good chill. mean, definitely kick back. Like this is like after dinner party vibes and shit, you know, but it's also.

Shall we, the woman or man or whatever, you know, like this is a it's a good, mood builder. Yeah.

DW (21:23.737)
Yeah, good word, good word, good word. We already talked about Charlene, I had to get that out of the way. Follow up of Charlene is staying on that slow ballad vibe, a little bit more soul to it, a little bit more organ, a little bit more keys being played in the background. This one is I'm a mess, where he literally admits that he doesn't have his shit together.

You know, and for as far as communications go, like, if I'm going to play any song after I just proven that I was no good, this will be the song. This will be my, you know, in my pity party, like, damn, I'm really, I'm really an asshole type of feel. But then, you know, afterwards I will pick something else in order to play and get back up on my feet. So what do y'all think about All I Miss?

Taj Williams (22:17.522)
So would you say it has a little bit of gospel in it? It feels like a soul gospel for sure.

DW (22:21.239)
Yes Yes, that's where he grew up was in the church so all of his soul all of his sound everything he accompanies or says that that literally came out of the church and the service that he was in and the fields that he's coming from so basically this is his gospel

Taj Williams (22:40.882)
Makes sense. Yeah, no, I like I said, I liked it like I did listen to the whole album like three times, but this is like by the time I got here, I'm like, man, this is This is heavy. Like there's no bubblegum and pop like I'm with it. I'm waist deep in the soul and like it's it's a ton of emotions. But yeah, you know, if it's your cup of tea, it's your cup of tea. But all of them are.

or classic gems for sure.

DW (23:11.161)
This is about as close to blues as you're to get. You know, out of bag and crossing over.

Taj Williams (23:15.366)
Yeah, like, yeah, I felt like was it yours, Charlene, or the other one? There's one that was a little bit more bluesy. But yeah, yeah, this one for sure was like soul gospel for me. But yeah, yeah. Yeah.

DW (23:28.204)
Awkward.

DW (23:35.637)
Okay, Dee, what you thinking?

Damon (23:39.884)
What is, what do you think soul gospel is? I guess I can imagine it's like, are you talking like slower and a lot of organ?

Taj Williams (23:50.792)
Parpe is the organ.

DW (23:51.084)
Slow gospel. Yeah, that's the organ that comes in. Slow gospel is just that I'm going to pour my heart out on a song. And if you feel it, you feel it. If don't, you don't. But you can't say I didn't do my best with it. I'm laying it all out there. I'm literally rock bottom.

Damon (24:00.504)
Okay.

DW (24:12.663)
And that's why I said to me, this is like the closest to the blues as you're to get nothing because based on the sound, more of the content behind it.

Taj Williams (24:20.066)
that makes sense. Yeah, it it I pictured it more as a confessional in the church. Like, you know, brother Anthony, do you have something to say to the congregation? It goes up. He sings this.

Damon (24:23.03)
Right. Okay.

DW (24:27.865)
Exactly.

DW (24:32.812)
And.

Damon (24:35.95)
mean, I see where you're coming from though, Dejard. If you were to take any blues guitar and put it behind this, like Muddy Waters or something, and slowly, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding,

DW (24:52.961)
Yeah.

Taj Williams (24:53.062)
Yeah.

Taj Williams (25:02.885)
Yeah.

DW (25:03.607)
Yeah.

Damon (25:04.462)
Totally blues singing. His words are blues. The background music is more slow jazz, I think.

DW (25:13.785)
more gospel, more slow jazz, more, that's all those elements mixed in. Kind of from the down on the head, you you say like a slow gospel. It's literally him going all the way in with his soul. This is what I'm laying out on the line. I'ma screw up. You know, I'm a loser. I'm everything in this song. But don't hold it against me.

Damon (25:24.674)
Yeah, I can see that.

Taj Williams (25:39.73)
Right?

Damon (25:40.494)
Well, he's even saying like, I'm a mess right now. I can't eat. I can't sleep. The bills are piling up. know, shit's getting crazy over here. But he's, yeah. And he's still chilling though. He's probably got a bottle of whiskey right next to him.

DW (25:51.353)
I was like, not a woman.

DW (25:58.05)
Okay, well what comes next is actually a track I think Damien you chose

Damon (26:07.502)
Yeah, okay, so you want me to go into my do I go into my track? Yes, so the track Number six on the album coming. It's it's the title at the same as the album Coming from where I'm from and this is like you had mentioned. This is like the second biggest hit or whatever This is kind of like their radio hit like the big

DW (26:11.681)
And yes, you go on your track.

DW (26:22.435)
Mm-hmm.

DW (26:29.047)
Yeah, this was his first single coming off of his album.

Damon (26:32.334)
And I remember this on the radio all the time. So that's why I wanted to pick it because I actually knew the song. like, so you have, you have a mix of like what we've been hearing so far, I think throughout this album, but he's got like a Terrence, Terrence Trent's Darby kind of sound in the, in the tone kind of throughout the album, but like, especially like in this and like, I think both artists like so.

DW (26:34.521)
Mm-hmm.

Damon (27:01.194)
somewhat have a similar theme to like, know, things are going bad, but they can get better. there's always like, you know, like a love interest that's either bringing it down or you, did something wrong and you got to fix it. But this is, this is like a soul searching kind of like a life kind of search looking for yourself. I don't know if it really deals with like a

DW (27:26.605)
Mm-hmm.

Damon (27:31.01)
like a significant other as much. It's more about yourself, I think, in this song. So for me, I can kind of relate to this because I've felt like this over and over again at different sequences of my life, different sections. Even after moving to Austin, you know, like with my wife, like, but yeah.

DW (27:54.273)
Nah, you're good.

Taj Williams (28:06.32)
Yeah, no.

Damon (28:10.326)
Wait, what was that?

Taj Williams (28:11.792)
No, so what does it sound like?

Damon (28:14.574)
yeah, yeah, I was gonna get to that. thought you had something to say. But yeah, so that was kind of like my spiel on it, my intro to it. without further ado, here's the song.

DW (28:41.62)
Mm.

Damon (28:41.902)
Yeah, so that's, this is, I don't know if you can tell, this is like a radio hit. You know, it has that radio hit sound. Newer artists, this is 2003, so like other artists that have come out today, you know, have definitely emulated the sound. I'm sure that Anthony Hamilton's like, he's looked up by like current artists. They look up to him and they, you know, they try to do what he's doing.

or I guess relive that or something.

Taj Williams (29:15.644)
Yeah, no, for sure. I I felt, I mean, I like the song. I never, I'm not sure if I heard this on the radio. I'm just being honest. So, but no, I did like it a lot. This is like my third or fourth pick off of the album. But I kind of felt like it was more like a returning home type of song. Like it, like returning to your roots or talking about your roots, right? Which is how I took it. Like, you know,

DW (29:16.438)
Yeah.

Taj Williams (29:44.498)
It things may be different now, but like if you knew where I come from, like it's, you know, you would think different or not different. You know, it's kind of like a, a either returning home or reflecting back on where you came from. But yeah.

DW (29:59.629)
So you're both right in this situation. He's hitting a couple of different messages within the song. You have him trying to be a good dude, trying to be with a female, treating her right, doing all the right things, and her being shady and going behind his back and doing some other stuff. You've got him going through hard times trying to figure out who he is, what's best in situation. You have him telling you where he's from.

where times is not good, where things are not the best, where it's not like living in Bel Air. And he's basically trying to mold it all together in order to figure out where he's gonna go from here. And it's basically another one of those professionals where he's giving out his soul saying, you know, I'm trying to be good. I'm trying to be a good guy. I'm trying to do all the right things and all the wrong things keep happening to me.

almost like Charlie Brown moment, you know, it's, it's, you can never get over and just, just have a good thing happen for you. It's always got to come with a string attached or a ball getting moved out the way before you kick it. And that's, that's exactly where he's coming from. But he's pouring his hat out, heart out. I keep saying hat, pouring his heart out in the situation. And, you know, just basically trying to let people know, Hey, I'm not great. I have bad days too.

Taj Williams (30:54.844)
Hmm.

DW (31:22.541)
We can get out of it, we can do better, but don't dwell in it because where you're from, shit like this happens every single day.

Taj Williams (31:30.514)
Makes sense. Okay.

DW (31:35.487)
All right, good moving on. we do have another little diddle here it's called better days which follows up behind the coming from where i'm from so Better days is all that pickup of you know Where we just left off where we were trying to you know Trying to do right trying to have things go our way. Nothing's really going the way that we think it's supposed to go But you know, there are better days ahead so

What did y'all think about better days?

Damon (32:12.59)
Yeah, Better Days, I think Better Days has like a...

Kind of a similar vibe, really. mean, it's definitely an album about progress and hopefulness. And I don't know if the story ends well. It's kind of hard to say, but it's a struggle for sure.

But yeah, the vibe, like the sound and the vibe of the song, it coincides with the whole album and I think it's really relaxing. I think this is one to make you think.

Taj Williams (32:58.866)
So I mean, are you thinking, because I would just listen to it. Well, David was talking. And so is it more is it more thinking that the future is going to be better days or the past was better days? Because it listening on it and can break it down, it seems more like a do-wop, like a do-wop soul. Right. Because he's sampling himself multiple times, making him seem like he's a group.

singing, I mean he already has backup singers on there, they're different than his other backup singers, but it feels like he's looping himself, but it's like, it seems like a dupe, like a soul doo-wop song.

Damon (33:40.44)
mean, it's definitely got a 2WP vibe to it. It's like...

Taj Williams (33:43.079)
Yeah.

Damon (33:46.828)
Yeah, I mean, I'm listening to as we're talking, so I could tell you it's definitely like it's got that vibe for sure.

Taj Williams (33:49.339)
Yeah, yeah.

It's got that. And so I liked it. Yeah, I just like where I'm from a lot more than Better Days. But yeah, the Better Days is a good song.

Damon (34:05.814)
I agree, that's why I picked the other show.

Taj Williams (34:07.986)
Hahaha!

DW (34:10.605)
Good. Better days is not meant for everybody, but it's a lovely relationship with it. So in this particular song, he's realizing that you can compromise and love, that I don't have to bother you on every single situation. I can allow you to sleep because you've been putting in work the same way I've been putting in work. And we can come together and make things work if we come together.

That's where really really stands the test of time in all relationships. If we're able to communicate and come together and I respect you and you respect me, then you know we're going to be alright. We're going to be OK because we're going to come out on the end of it.

Taj Williams (34:51.986)
Make sense.

Damon (34:53.343)
Don't fuck it up.

DW (34:55.371)
No, I try to be good. Try to be good. Outside of Better Days, you've got another one of those slow little ditty hitters by the name Lucille. And Lucille is definitely...

First thing I thought of when I heard the name Lucille I went back to BB King Right. That was the first time that really hit me in my mind But then after that once I started listening to it, I was like, okay I can actually vibe with this. I can feel with this. I can see where this is coming from

in that situation. What do I think about Lucille and how it comes across and what we're listening to now because now we're rounding out the album so to speak you get those feel-good vibes you can tell they're B-side vibes but they still feel good.

Taj Williams (35:49.126)
Yeah.

Damon (35:51.022)
I think Lucille is definitely I think this is another song that I remember hearing on the radio And in 2003 this is like all you're gonna do is hear stuff on the radio unless you bought the album and I do remember seeing this album in Sam Getty Back in the day when you know, it was all about buying an album for that flashy

you know, insert and yeah, just what a different time. that's, gosh, it's so weird how this brings me back to 2003 as if it was like yesterday. But I love it for that. And yeah, thanks to D-Dirk for picking this album out. I'm all about nostalgia, close to the 90s. Yeah, there's 90s and then there's like early 2000s and it has its own vibe.

DW (36:47.726)
Right.

Taj Williams (36:51.718)
Yeah. And this kind of reminds me of Dave Matthews band. I don't know. It seems like a G.

DW (36:51.747)
Yes.

Damon (36:59.746)
Like a slow version?

DW (37:02.091)
No, no, no, it's mid tempo, but it's the hitch. This drum beat that plays along with it, the little like, militia drum, comes through, you know, that's why.

Taj Williams (37:05.424)
Yeah, that's it.

Taj Williams (37:10.674)
Yeah, since instrumentation, it's like that. It's not that alternative sound, but it's that 2000s alternative sound. it's a little bit of everything, right? But it's the way it's mixed. You can kind of be like, OK, this is 2000s alternative. So yeah, exactly.

DW (37:19.363)
Yeah.

Damon (37:19.437)
Yeah

Damon (37:28.43)
Like, we're in the future now. No, you're not.

DW (37:28.547)
for our needs.

No you're not. Nah, this this-

To me, this version of this song, the way he kicked out to me, literally would be like if Stevie Wonder was to release a song in 2003. It's got that soulful vibe to it. It's got careful lyrics. It's definitely got a tone. It's not a hit by any means in that sort of action, but it is a very strong catalyst for a song and how a song is supposed to be laid out.

Damon (37:45.87)
There you go.

Damon (38:06.294)
It's like, I think you both like really, you you hit it on the head there. Like this is definitely like not long after Another Table and Dreaming with Dave Matthews. I mean, what, like less than 10 years? And then, you know, just everything that Dietrich's saying is like, it's definitely spot on as far as, you know, the sound here is like.

DW (38:18.425)
Well, hey.

Taj Williams (38:20.775)
Yeah.

DW (38:32.611)
Select the R &B version of clearance.

Damon (38:33.806)
Narls Berkeley? What, what, Irvi what?

DW (38:37.719)
It's like the R &B version of Crash onto me.

Taj Williams (38:40.338)
Exactly.

Damon (38:42.584)
But I mean, I think, okay, well, Dave Matthews is a little bit R &B too though. So, but yeah, he's got a huge ensemble like behind him. And I think that Anthony Hamilton has a band behind him. I mean, he ain't doing like eight track where he's playing everything, but.

DW (38:47.705)
You

DW (38:53.57)
Yes.

DW (39:00.191)
yeah.

DW (39:03.605)
No. No.

He's got a 10-piece band. plays several instruments himself. His backup singers, they're called the Hamilton's. If you get a chance, go listen to them. It's three of them and they literally carry notes and can sing anything under the sun. So if you get a chance to listen to them, do so. But yeah, he's got a full band with him whenever he goes or wherever he goes. There is no backtrack playing. It's all band. It's all him. It's all natural. So this just

Damon (39:14.896)
nice!

DW (39:35.621)
fits along that line and if you hear him play it live, it's a good one to listen to.

Damon (39:41.55)
Thanks.

Taj Williams (39:43.92)
Okay.

DW (39:45.323)
Okay. Well, I think Tiles is going to tell us.

Damon (39:45.698)
What's next on that album, dude?

Taj Williams (39:47.718)
What? What? So this is this is where my pick comes in. So I picked it because it comes in with a synthesizer again. They kind of like the intro song and it just it is soul, but it's it's kind of freshened up. Plus, it's an amazing duet with the backup singers, which is crazy because there's one song that features somebody else, which is the next one.

But and you feel like this one should have a feature on it. Like it's him with a specific singer because they're just doing amazing. But like it's just him and I guess the back backup singers. like it's I don't know. It was between this and. Yeah, no, but so the name of the song is. Is float.

DW (40:14.916)
Mm-hmm.

DW (40:30.605)
Yeah, it's just him, all right. So the song he's talking about is the song Float. And Damon, go ahead and let us get a little piece of that.

Taj Williams (41:02.8)
Yeah, so it I don't know. I just like a lot. So I know it's super soulful and I've been complaining about too much soul. But like this is the type of soul that I like. But this is also the type of soul you play at the end of a Hallmark movie. Right. Like this is the end of like, they're finally together. Like, you know, things are going to be good. So yeah.

DW (41:25.589)
Nah man, you know this so this is what the category that I think you're referring to And then I think you would actually love it's a subcategory of r &b called neo soul and neo soul combines synthesizers it combines other sounds But it still has that that authentic earthy vibe to it So if I was to put you on some neo soul artists, I think you would actually fall in love with them

Taj Williams (41:53.244)
OK. Sounds good. Well, thank you.

DW (41:56.921)
Yes, So this has that actual vibe to it. Then what you think about, sorry, go ahead.

Taj Williams (42:00.346)
So

So was this a single? Because I'm surprised, like, the songs I thought were single, I thought this would have been one of the singles off of this album.

DW (42:11.801)
No, no, this was not a single. There were certain radio stations that picked up and played it, but it was in rotation as an actual single. The singles that came from this particular album was coming from Charlene, Cornbrained Fish and Collard Greens, and Roost Seal, matter of fact. But yeah, Float was not single.

Taj Williams (42:37.412)
Okay. All right. Well, that.

DW (42:40.748)
it says I've you. Sorry, I've you, sorry.

Taj Williams (42:43.64)
gotcha. OK.

DW (42:48.249)
But yes, it does have that big single sound to it. It just wasn't released because you already had a couple of balance out there. So you didn't want to compete with the balance as much as the songs that were coming in. And plus it was already working on another album when this one was released. So it was just crazy how he followed that up and went on the road touring and won the Grammys and did all that type of stuff. yeah.

Damon (43:13.07)
Well, okay, so you said this is a family song, Taj?

Taj Williams (43:16.86)
Well, I didn't say it was a family song. said this is this is the song you play at the end of the Hallmark movie. You know, when they they finally agreed to come together, you know, you can fade part of it out in the background, you know. But like it has it has that, you know, fifth act, big energy, you know, like, you know, boy, gets girl type of energy, you know, or girls going to move back to hometown to stay with boy energy.

Damon (43:20.215)
or a Hall March.

Taj Williams (43:45.874)
to raise, you know, three step kids that, yeah.

DW (43:48.948)
wow. hell no.

Damon (43:52.686)
Sounds like a nightmare.

Homework.

Taj Williams (43:58.386)
I'm just saying, you know, but yeah.

Damon (44:02.894)
think there's a lot of innuendo in this.

Taj Williams (44:05.934)
No, there is a lot of, there is a lot of induendo and there's a lot of heavy breathing at the beginning. You're like, you're like, damn, like she, she's doing some heavy breathing. Right? It's like what, it's like when there's a YouTube show, you know, she wants the tea. She's hungry for the tea.

DW (44:17.399)
You got a boy putting me in work. I'ma kill.

Damon (44:17.762)
That's, that's.

Damon (44:21.634)
make sense.

DW (44:23.477)
man.

DW (44:29.529)
Give him the tea! You can do it! You can do it all night long!

Taj Williams (44:35.41)
Yeah, so yeah

DW (44:45.079)
And I'm waterboy.

Damon (44:50.19)
I don't know what he's saying. He's saying, baby, grab a hold. Feel me in your soul. Forever more, climb on.

Taj Williams (44:55.376)
Right. Yeah, no, there's a ton of in the window. Yeah.

DW (44:55.543)
Yes.

Damon (45:00.066)
You belong to me. That's pretty standard, but climb on.

DW (45:04.665)
He's taking it back to the days where lovemaking was considered an art form in lyrics. It was not, I'm gonna fuck you in the ass and make you scream. It was, I'm gonna feel your soul and you're gonna feel me and we're gonna connect.

Taj Williams (45:19.333)
Yeah.

DW (45:24.437)
in this situation even though you may be doing a beat and doing nasty nobody needs to know that at the time they just need to know hey we're in love we're having a loving session and this is what it's all about and these are the lyrics i chose to go with you there's another group that did a song called as yet they said last night i was inside of you last night

I saw the sun, the moons, the mountains and the rivers. I saw heaven when I'm basically loved to you. Like they actually did like the old school like interpreting in any windows. But you know, it was along that line. This is along that line where I'm gonna take it back to real love making, real making you think about what I'm saying without actually saying it type situation and people just ate it up.

Taj Williams (46:16.306)
Yeah. And this is also like thinking on it because like I was going back and forth between this and the cornbread song. And it's like the cornbread one is totally pimp on the street. And this one is like 50 shades of gray. Float is being the office man, you know, with the secretary staying late in the office. you're like, you know, it's not that I'm your pimp. Like I'm your boss, but can be more like 50 shades more.

DW (46:16.513)
It was what it was.

DW (46:26.649)
All right.

DW (46:30.489)
Yeah.

DW (46:45.805)
what's the safe word?

Taj Williams (46:46.93)
you

Damon (46:48.226)
That's a lot of shades there.

DW (46:52.969)
I gotta go through all of them. That's awesome. Yeah, pretty much, yeah. You know, it can replace hunting it's cold outside.

Damon (46:55.668)
It's a nice Christmas song, yeah.

Taj Williams (46:57.106)
Nice Christmas song. Yeah. Mrs. Claus gets to pick which song she wants.

DW (47:06.937)
Long as I get home looking cookies.

Taj Williams (47:10.308)
You

Damon (47:11.842)
No, no sitting on the fax machine or the copier.

Taj Williams (47:14.45)
you

DW (47:16.409)
no, no, no evidence, no evidence, no trace, even pick up the column before you leave that type of stuff. But it's all it's all in a loving manner. That's what it's about. So next song is you're gonna love the next song after that was my first love. My first love was who you sang with Latoya Williams. And that was a duet.

Taj Williams (47:26.523)
Yeah

Taj Williams (47:33.17)
Appreciate it.

DW (47:46.251)
And like you said, it did feel like Float should have been to do it. Float should have had Latoya on there, but you know, it came with my first love. What did y'all think about that one?

Taj Williams (48:01.498)
So is this may sound callous, but like, is it a Mason September type of situation? Between Anthony and Latoi, that's the thing. It did seem like first love, but it also seemed like a made this September relationship.

DW (48:11.223)
Yes.

DW (48:19.401)
It's yeah, it's one of those that you know, we know this is not gonna last long. We're gonna have fun over here type situation You know, I don't I've never had these feelings before I don't know how to adjust to them. shit, you're gone. Well, I guess I gotta figure that out

Taj Williams (48:25.516)
Okay, gotcha.

Taj Williams (48:37.85)
Yeah. For sure. You're going off to college next year, but you can mow the lawn this summer.

DW (48:50.366)
Yes, inappropriate.

Damon (48:57.506)
Well, is it electric or gas?

Does that make some difference?

Damon (49:07.574)
Or is it one of those that does this neither? Yeah.

Taj Williams (49:07.726)
Right.

DW (49:11.961)
He used to push more, gonna muscle it out and take the top off, he shows the tank top, when she's looking out the window with a finger in the mouth, it's like, just one of them things, okay.

Damon (49:24.856)
This one's not self-propelled, they're saying.

Taj Williams (49:26.45)
you

DW (49:27.113)
Yeah, I gotta put you back into it. I'm inside get a glass of lemonade stay inside for a couple of hours before they come home.

Damon (49:45.23)
and drink it real slow.

DW (49:47.393)
Real slow.

Damon (49:51.854)
Catch the light in it now. Catch the light.

Taj Williams (49:54.266)
Eh.

DW (49:54.766)
man, you gotta see the seeds at bottom.

Damon (50:00.064)
You got some seeds in there, you motherfucker. Damn it!

Lemonade again.

DW (50:08.126)
man, best lemonade you ever had.

Taj Williams (50:10.626)
You

DW (50:15.969)
Almost like a-

Damon (50:16.312)
That's what they would, I was gonna say that's what they would do in 50 shade to gray. Make that lemonade again, woman. Just kidding, just kidding, just so you know. Like that's what they would say, just kidding.

Taj Williams (50:17.778)
So.

DW (50:29.369)
Right. So if there was a song that I would necessarily pass on but not really understand it, it's gonna be this next song. This is China Black. And it's really out there. It's like China Black is on the road.

Taj Williams (50:29.618)
All right.

DW (50:49.657)
Taking places releases my soul I don't know if it's talking about a drug reference in a situation or whatever kind of psychedelic feeling he's having but it's it's it's out there, you know saying Yeah

That's kind of where I got from this. It's a little bit of smoke, a little bit of something, whatever the herbal essence, whatever the essence is, it's taking him away from his trials and tribulations and making him feel good in a situation, but it's not good for him. So, you know, we've gone and talked about that storyline before.

DW (51:30.147)
What do you think about China Black?

Taj Williams (51:35.474)
The hook is kind of crazy because it's... I'm trying to think of a good way to describe it. It's so smooth and mellow and then that hook comes in and it's just a drive-in rhythm. Yeah, because it's a driving melody, right? Kind of like a... Not quite a train, but it sure is driving you through it and you feel like...

DW (51:58.361)
huh.

Taj Williams (52:05.222)
I don't know. Like it's almost a vibe song, but it's a different type of vibe, right? I would almost classify it as like a CW ending where somebody is leaving. Like it's the mid season end and somebody's leaving town and you're like, are they going to come back next season? Is Pacey coming back? Dawson, Pacey left. Is he going to come back next year?

DW (52:30.521)
Right.

Damon (52:30.72)
time period that's for sure feels like yesterday

Taj Williams (52:34.674)
Right. So, yeah. So that was the thing, like it's interesting that you don't quite know what he's talking about, but yeah, I kind of feel like it's that type of song where it's like, you know, it changes happen because change is happening in the song, right?

Damon (52:38.1)
And yeah, I watched that whole fucking show through. God damn it!

DW (52:57.945)
Yeah, it's, it's, it's changed. It's, it's literally an addiction song. It's China Black is the word for us to heroin or something along that lines. And it's, you know, it gets him to cope through the times where he feels like he can't kind of like, like you were saying, like that old reliable truck that, you know, doesn't look good, but it gets the job done going from point A to point B. they just never let you down before.

Taj Williams (53:08.124)
Mmm.

DW (53:27.037)
and then you crash and hit rock bottom because it let you down. It was letting you down the whole time, you just didn't know it. You couldn't pass it to move forward. It hits along those lines and...

Like I said, we've talked about addiction before. It's a nasty situation. It's one of those things that not everybody can recover from. I was definitely glad that he was able to get out of that situation and be able to put it in a song in order to put it to rest. So that definitely helped out with the flow and what was going on with it.

But as far as like taking you on different vibes, that's just his lyricism. Like he's one of those people that, you know, he's not going to put everything out in front of you, you know, face value. You got to listen to the words in order to figure out exactly what he's talking about. And then when you get it, you feel that complexity open up and it's like, damn, I can really relate to this song because now I understand what he's talking about in the situation. And, you know, some people can, some people can't.

I feel it but is it a song that I want to listen to every single day? No. That's just me. If there was a weak song on the album, I wouldn't call it a weak song but I would call it a song that I just wouldn't replay.

in my own personal thought. know, I can have your thoughts and feelings, what you think about it, but you know, anything somebody is pulling out their soul for situation, I understand it. I may not understand all the way, but I do understand the basis of it.

Damon (55:09.262)
I like the vibe of the song. I know that it's about addiction and China Black is like the drug he's using. But like, I've always been drawn to dark songs. I don't know what it is. Like, I'm not like an addict. never had them. I know people that have been like family and friends. It's interesting that this is one of the last, like the second to last song because it's almost like

the story that's being told is you can do all of this and try to get better, feel better, you know, like try to be as happy as you can, but sometimes it just results in, you know, having to like have a vice or something.

DW (55:59.51)
Yup. Gotta, gotta get over it. Very great vibe. Great vibe. I will give it that.

Damon (56:03.608)
Good vibe though.

Damon (56:08.014)
I do like the sound of the song.

DW (56:10.073)
Nice. Last but not least, Taj, I think this is right up your alley, that good old gospel feel, what you were talking about. I tried as the last song on the album. You know, just takes you back to that feel-good spot that you were in when you first came in and you kind of went through a roller-coaster ride of emotions and this is the one that kind of holds everything back together. What do y'all think about that?

Taj Williams (56:16.284)
Right?

Taj Williams (56:32.978)
Well, I mean, I got the thinking on it because when you were finishing this up, the song before this is kind of you losing your self love, right? And then I tried this kind of you getting your self love back, right? It's you going back to church and like, I do love myself. Like I am worth something. But that's kind of what I felt like I did like it is very much that gospel vibe. So what do you think, Damon?

dip dip

Damon (57:04.086)
Yeah, I I like I don't know exactly. I've heard gospel music. And so like this is definitely like an elevated version of gospel, like at a church or like, you know, a gospel group, you know, there's gospel artists and groups. I think it's usually a group when it's gospel, but yeah, he's kind of like bringing it back home, like you said. And it's sort of like.

Taj Williams (57:26.673)
Yeah.

Damon (57:34.062)
I feel like the last song was like the middle of the night the moon was casting on him and now the sun is rising. You know? So now he's got the sun shining on him and it's definitely the opposite of like the addiction and the know the dragging you down and that's weird feeling but I kind of like the sound of the last song better but

Taj Williams (57:39.95)
yeah. No, for sure. For sure.

DW (58:01.748)
Mm-hmm.

Taj Williams (58:01.787)
No.

Damon (58:03.022)
I can't say I don't like this for any particular reason and I do like it, you know, but it's not like it's not what I gravitate to like in my everyday listening. So if I'm going to compare Anthony Hamilton's album coming from where I'm from to other stuff that I like at that time in 2003 or a couple of years before or after, yeah, would say that this is it's definitely not what I would have gravitated to then. And

Taj Williams (58:07.218)
But that's

Damon (58:33.324)
Now it's like, even when I first started listening to this, I like, okay, I know I know this guy, but it's not like, yeah, it's not my favorite, but then it grew on me. And he's, like I said, he's a lyricist. So you get a lot out of this last song. It's a good ender. And it's all about relationships, of course.

Taj Williams (58:54.076)
Yeah. Well, but like, I mean, to kind of push that example more, like the devil can sound different and exciting, right? You're like, ooh, like the song before this, like, had really different sounds and like, was kind of upbeat and you kind of like it, but it's not good for you, right? But if you were turned back to something wholesome and gospel, like it'll do you better, right? You you lost your self-love before, now you have your self-love.

DW (59:16.931)
Mm-hmm.

Taj Williams (59:21.422)
because you've returned to something more wholesome and you realize that you tried something that you shouldn't have done. Yeah, it might have you wiser. It might have made you more able to relate to other people. But like, it wasn't something you should have done. You tried, but you did it, right? And now you're trying to get back to where you should be.

DW (59:43.949)
Yeah.

Damon (59:44.75)
That's the gospel.

DW (59:46.721)
Pastor gospel the prodigal son has returned You we all know that you know, not everybody can learn something from somebody you have to go through it yourself Sometimes and this is one of those albums where he's definitely gone through a bunch of stuff About your heartache a bunch of pain some good stuff a lot of bad stuff with that being said This is one of those albums that I can't pick apart the song placement. I actually

Taj Williams (59:57.318)
Right.

DW (01:00:16.635)
Like the flow of each song where it's at and in its place I can't pull a song out of place and put it over here like we did with other other albums and such so The flow if the flow was changed up by any way it would not have the same feeling and so and for me in this essence the reason why I brought the album up is one because I went back listening to it but two because Anthony Hamilton is one of those deep

refreshing artists that, you know, if they would have came out on today's time with everybody just looking for TikTok songs and social media songs, then it wouldn't have the same effect. the time frame in which he came out, he actually delivered a soulful album where soul was starting to leave out of R &B, so to speak.

and going to a different realm. And so people were trying to figure that realm out. So I wanted to bring it to y'all's attention that, you know, there's still good music out there, whether it came out, you know, almost 20 years ago, or whether it's, you know, being released last week, there are still pure R &B artists that are out there, pure soul artists that are out here. They're striving and thriving. So you got to make sure you support them as much as possible.

Taj Williams (01:01:32.092)
For sure. So, okay.

DW (01:01:37.113)
Lurus

Taj Williams (01:01:37.115)
So, but no, I can't agree with that. yeah.

All right. Did you have any closing thoughts, Damon, on the whole album or?

Damon (01:01:48.246)
I you know, I just really hungry for cornbread.

Taj Williams (01:01:52.498)
I hear...

DW (01:01:53.111)
Yeah.

You gotta have all three. can't have one, you gotta have all three. Cornbread, fish, and corn. It it's fry fish. You gotta have the fry fish. Yeah, there we go.

Damon (01:01:56.61)
No, think it's yes.

Damon (01:02:01.058)
Okay.

Damon (01:02:04.62)
I'm fucking ready. That made me really hungry. Hungry for life and food.

Taj Williams (01:02:07.524)
You

DW (01:02:13.069)
Yes. Yeah, that pun was intended. That's exactly why you named it that. So everybody be hungry as hell listening to that.

Matter of fact, if I ever selfish standards on the play that song in the background people gonna come up just because.

Damon (01:02:25.528)
Mm-hmm.

Taj Williams (01:02:29.475)
Right.

Damon (01:02:31.708)
hell yeah.

DW (01:02:33.953)
Alright, got some clothes and more for us off.

Taj Williams (01:02:35.922)
I sure do. So this has been, or maybe I should try it smooth. This has been Choice Tracks. You can find this on the website at choicetracks.com or email us at choicetracks.gmail.com. But with a Zan or a Spoozie at the end. I've been Taj, and I ask that you please subscribe to this and talk past and future episodes. Let's go and sign out for tonight. I'm Taj.

DW (01:02:40.75)
Mm-hmm.

DW (01:02:52.034)
Again.

DW (01:03:01.452)
again.

Damon (01:03:03.662)
Yeah, do we know if you're a Todd or not? Okay.

Taj Williams (01:03:05.33)
So, advantage.

DW (01:03:07.011)
Thank

Damon (01:03:12.864)
and

Taj Williams (01:03:18.095)
You

Damon (01:03:18.542)
Okay, I'm David. Fuck it.

DW (01:03:19.609)
Right? Yep, you got me. And I'm Dietrich. And we're going to pick up the needle, but y'all keep spinning those choice tracks. As about smooth as I can do it, I can't do some of the boring stuff.

Taj Williams (01:03:21.586)
You

Damon (01:03:34.062)
You just need some cornbread.

DW (01:03:38.007)
Man, fish and collard greens. I just give you cornbread and collard greens. I'll soak up the juice in that, man.