1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,289 Jay Ray: Hey, Hey, y'all this episode of Queue Points may 2 00:00:02,289 --> 00:00:03,820 contain explicit language. 3 00:00:03,850 --> 00:00:05,890 Listener discretion is advised. 4 00:00:06,460 --> 00:00:07,530 Hey, what's up good people. 5 00:00:07,530 --> 00:00:09,540 It's Jay Ray, the co host of QPoints. 6 00:00:09,570 --> 00:00:13,080 And I wanted to come to you because there are two really important 7 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:14,520 ways that you can support our show. 8 00:00:14,900 --> 00:00:19,450 One is by subscribing to it, wherever you listen to, or watch your podcast. 9 00:00:19,810 --> 00:00:21,610 QPoints is pretty much everywhere. 10 00:00:22,090 --> 00:00:25,900 The other thing that you can do is you can visit us on Apple podcasts. 11 00:00:26,355 --> 00:00:31,105 On Spotify and on pod chaser, and you can leave us a star rating, 12 00:00:31,155 --> 00:00:37,215 please rate us five stars because you know, you love Q points and on Apple 13 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Sir Daniel: As you know, Queue Points podcast is the podcast dropping 25 00:01:43,803 --> 00:01:45,853 the needle on black music history. 26 00:01:46,233 --> 00:01:50,003 And this episode is going to be like no other. 27 00:01:50,063 --> 00:01:53,023 And you are pre you are in for a treat because we have 28 00:01:53,023 --> 00:01:54,673 a special guest this evening. 29 00:01:55,113 --> 00:01:59,043 But before we do that, Jay Ray, please, please let the people know. 30 00:01:59,113 --> 00:02:00,693 Well, no, before we do we. 31 00:02:01,223 --> 00:02:01,853 Do that. 32 00:02:02,053 --> 00:02:05,183 Let the people know how they can get ahold of that really dope 33 00:02:05,213 --> 00:02:09,503 sweatshirt that you have more because you saw what I had last week. 34 00:02:09,503 --> 00:02:10,883 I was rocking mine last week. 35 00:02:11,263 --> 00:02:15,023 I was rocking a t shirt, but you got the hoodie and the hoodie is flip fly 36 00:02:15,033 --> 00:02:17,873 and you can still get away with hoodies now, even though we're in spring. 37 00:02:18,003 --> 00:02:18,473 Jay Ray: Yes. 38 00:02:18,793 --> 00:02:20,163 So weirdly. 39 00:02:20,203 --> 00:02:20,803 Okay. 40 00:02:21,213 --> 00:02:22,443 Before I get into that. 41 00:02:22,763 --> 00:02:28,073 So up here, up North, it suddenly went back to winter. 42 00:02:28,343 --> 00:02:31,723 I don't know what happened in the last couple of days, but it's certainly 43 00:02:31,723 --> 00:02:33,483 like third in the thirties again. 44 00:02:33,713 --> 00:02:37,023 So this hoodie is real, real important, but yo, check it out. 45 00:02:37,393 --> 00:02:37,703 For those. 46 00:02:37,723 --> 00:02:40,253 Those of you that are watching, y'all see the freshness, right? 47 00:02:40,543 --> 00:02:43,153 This is our Slow Jams Can Heal Us hoodie. 48 00:02:43,673 --> 00:02:46,793 And the conversation that we're going to have tonight, right, is part 49 00:02:46,793 --> 00:02:49,983 of this line of conversations that we'll be having all year about the 50 00:02:49,983 --> 00:02:52,793 importance of slow jams and black music. 51 00:02:53,153 --> 00:02:57,883 And you can get yourself a hoodie, the t shirt like Sir Daniel had on during the 52 00:02:57,893 --> 00:03:01,623 last show, mugs, bags, check out the bag. 53 00:03:01,623 --> 00:03:02,933 The bags is so fresh. 54 00:03:02,933 --> 00:03:03,538 You see this? 55 00:03:04,073 --> 00:03:06,813 DJ Sir Daniel: The bags, posters, buttons. 56 00:03:06,928 --> 00:03:08,688 Jay Ray: There's posters back here in the cut. 57 00:03:08,918 --> 00:03:09,988 You could get all of that. 58 00:03:09,998 --> 00:03:11,018 If you go to store. 59 00:03:11,218 --> 00:03:12,158 cuepoints. 60 00:03:12,158 --> 00:03:12,578 com. 61 00:03:12,768 --> 00:03:15,378 And here's the other plus of doing that. 62 00:03:15,758 --> 00:03:19,548 Like we talked about at the top of the show, where you can subscribe 63 00:03:19,548 --> 00:03:22,208 and you can leave us a review and you can do all of that stuff. 64 00:03:22,833 --> 00:03:23,523 Amazing. 65 00:03:23,523 --> 00:03:26,113 That is all completely free and we would love it. 66 00:03:26,113 --> 00:03:30,123 If you did all of those things, if you want to keep these, these lights on, you 67 00:03:30,123 --> 00:03:34,983 see these red lights back here in front behind the Sade and behind the Sir Daniel 68 00:03:34,983 --> 00:03:37,933 there, you can go to our store and shop. 69 00:03:39,223 --> 00:03:42,973 It helps us to be able to do all the things that we do with Queue Points. 70 00:03:43,633 --> 00:03:44,303 DJ Sir Daniel: Amazing. 71 00:03:44,543 --> 00:03:47,253 Again, thank you listener for joining us again for another um, 72 00:03:47,273 --> 00:03:49,413 episode of Queue Points podcast. 73 00:03:49,413 --> 00:03:54,813 Um, unfortunately we do have to say goodbye to another legend. 74 00:03:54,843 --> 00:04:01,863 We want to pay homage to the, to an iconic force in the music of gospel. 75 00:04:02,203 --> 00:04:04,913 Sandra Crouch passed away not too long ago. 76 00:04:05,343 --> 00:04:10,253 Sandra Crouch is of course the twin sister to gospel giant. 77 00:04:10,778 --> 00:04:12,768 Andre Crouch, twin sister. 78 00:04:13,098 --> 00:04:14,868 And she recently passed away. 79 00:04:14,918 --> 00:04:18,088 Um, you know, sending much love to our friend Kipper Jones. 80 00:04:18,088 --> 00:04:20,698 Cause that was, um, his aunt and uncle. 81 00:04:21,198 --> 00:04:24,388 And now, you know, I spoke to him and he was like, you know, now my aunt 82 00:04:24,398 --> 00:04:26,038 and uncle are back together again. 83 00:04:26,598 --> 00:04:30,678 So sending much love to uncle Kipper and all the members of the Crouch family. 84 00:04:31,078 --> 00:04:38,348 But J Ray, Sandra and Andre really changed the face of gospel music. 85 00:04:39,208 --> 00:04:40,318 Sandra Crouch. 86 00:04:40,623 --> 00:04:45,123 Was an enormous singer of in her own right musician. 87 00:04:45,163 --> 00:04:49,833 People don't know that she played tambourine on the Jackson five 88 00:04:49,833 --> 00:04:51,823 records on some Jackson five records. 89 00:04:52,163 --> 00:04:54,563 And she sang, she brought all of, she brought a lot of her 90 00:04:54,563 --> 00:04:56,593 brother's songs to life, but. 91 00:04:57,083 --> 00:05:02,203 They have such a legacy and part of that legacy is this, is it 92 00:05:02,213 --> 00:05:05,213 within the songwriting and lyrics? 93 00:05:05,393 --> 00:05:08,373 And that's what we're going to talk about on this episode of Queue Points. 94 00:05:08,393 --> 00:05:17,938 We are discussing lyrics and specifically Lyrics and intimacy, um, because 95 00:05:17,938 --> 00:05:22,228 as Jay Ray mentioned, we are on, we are on a Slow Jams can heal us kick. 96 00:05:22,748 --> 00:05:29,318 And part of that, that campaign is to rediscover what we're not saying to each 97 00:05:29,318 --> 00:05:33,808 other or why we're not able to say to each other through the music anymore. 98 00:05:34,168 --> 00:05:37,648 The music was a way for people to, to put. 99 00:05:38,148 --> 00:05:41,248 Words to how they were feeling when they couldn't do it. 100 00:05:41,258 --> 00:05:43,658 So there might've been a song that you could use to express 101 00:05:43,658 --> 00:05:44,768 your feelings to someone. 102 00:05:45,298 --> 00:05:48,858 And it's not necessarily as nice anymore. 103 00:05:49,318 --> 00:05:51,048 So we're going to, it's not. 104 00:05:51,048 --> 00:05:57,328 So we're exploring that and helping us tonight is a very special guest, Jerry. 105 00:05:57,978 --> 00:06:02,588 Okay, guys, we've been really, really, really excited about having this guest 106 00:06:02,588 --> 00:06:04,868 on because she is so accomplished. 107 00:06:04,883 --> 00:06:05,463 Jay Ray: Mm hmm. 108 00:06:05,718 --> 00:06:11,188 DJ Sir Daniel: And Jerry is actually going to run down like her resume and run 109 00:06:11,188 --> 00:06:15,688 down the pedigree because we are super honored by who we're being joined tonight. 110 00:06:16,258 --> 00:06:17,288 Jerry, take it away. 111 00:06:17,473 --> 00:06:18,293 Jay Ray: Absolutely. 112 00:06:18,323 --> 00:06:23,328 Um, as Sir Daniel said, we, uh, Met this person actually a couple of 113 00:06:23,358 --> 00:06:27,778 years ago now and have been really excited to have her on the show. 114 00:06:27,778 --> 00:06:31,198 But I want to read the bio of Latrice Sampson Richards. 115 00:06:32,058 --> 00:06:36,888 Latrice is an award winning podcast producer, host, and speaker with 116 00:06:36,898 --> 00:06:41,498 a 14 year background as a dual licensed mental health counselor. 117 00:06:42,008 --> 00:06:46,088 With an in depth understanding of the human experience, Latrice creates 118 00:06:46,108 --> 00:06:49,648 content that blends thoughtfulness, healing, and entertainment, 119 00:06:49,918 --> 00:06:51,538 resonating deeply with audience. 120 00:06:52,118 --> 00:06:55,348 Latrice has elevated the podcasting landscape by creating opportunities 121 00:06:55,348 --> 00:06:59,808 for podcasters and brands to connect with their audiences via immersive 122 00:06:59,818 --> 00:07:03,688 live events and shows through her production company, PodMelanin. 123 00:07:04,498 --> 00:07:09,078 Her work is marked by a collaboration with renowned brands, such as Afros and 124 00:07:09,108 --> 00:07:14,058 Audio, Black Podcasters Association, Black Podcasting Awards, Women in 125 00:07:14,058 --> 00:07:18,993 Color Podcasters, Black Women's Stitch, ShePodcasts, Lipsyn, Acast, and more. 126 00:07:19,073 --> 00:07:25,263 And the cube, she has curated live podcasting events and shows nationwide 127 00:07:25,543 --> 00:07:30,633 serving as a catalyst for authentic connection and community building. 128 00:07:30,803 --> 00:07:36,363 So listen, if we was in person, we would say get on your feet, stand up. 129 00:07:36,473 --> 00:07:38,063 Welcome to Queue Points Latrice. 130 00:07:39,843 --> 00:07:42,713 Samson Richards, 131 00:07:42,908 --> 00:07:44,048 DJ Sir Daniel: Put your hands together. 132 00:07:44,048 --> 00:07:44,638 Come on now. 133 00:07:44,818 --> 00:07:45,918 Y'all can do better than that. 134 00:07:45,918 --> 00:07:46,138 You can 135 00:07:46,253 --> 00:07:46,543 Latrice Sampson Richards: Yeah. 136 00:07:46,558 --> 00:07:46,918 DJ Sir Daniel: than that. 137 00:07:46,918 --> 00:07:47,718 Come on now. 138 00:07:49,558 --> 00:07:50,368 What's happening in the 139 00:07:50,653 --> 00:07:52,003 Latrice Sampson Richards: Y'all sure know how to make a 140 00:07:52,003 --> 00:07:53,563 girl feel good about herself. 141 00:07:53,843 --> 00:07:58,343 I was listening to that resume and I was like, damn, who that girl is? 142 00:07:58,773 --> 00:08:00,503 And I wrote the damn thing. 143 00:08:00,513 --> 00:08:00,623 Listen. 144 00:08:01,433 --> 00:08:02,493 Jay Ray: it's you 145 00:08:02,843 --> 00:08:03,273 Latrice Sampson Richards: Okay. 146 00:08:04,353 --> 00:08:06,893 I'm so excited to be here with y'all tonight. 147 00:08:07,123 --> 00:08:09,383 This has been a long time coming. 148 00:08:09,713 --> 00:08:14,273 Uh, and so I'm, I'm just super duper excited to be here with y'all. 149 00:08:14,273 --> 00:08:14,758 Um, 150 00:08:14,893 --> 00:08:16,213 DJ Sir Daniel: The feeling is mutual. 151 00:08:16,287 --> 00:08:21,027 We're so happy to have you here Latrice to discuss this, um, to discuss this 152 00:08:21,027 --> 00:08:23,427 topic about lyrics and how they affect us. 153 00:08:23,427 --> 00:08:28,857 And, Why are people apparently so afraid of intimacy anymore? 154 00:08:30,657 --> 00:08:32,837 Latrice Sampson Richards: I think Most people, there's a 155 00:08:32,837 --> 00:08:34,307 lot of different reasons, right? 156 00:08:34,307 --> 00:08:39,117 Everybody has a different reason as to why they may struggle with intimacy. 157 00:08:39,117 --> 00:08:46,437 But I think that if we really took a step back and looked at the total sum 158 00:08:46,537 --> 00:08:52,757 of those reasons, it really comes down to the fact that intimacy has not been 159 00:08:52,897 --> 00:08:55,127 a positive experience in their lives. 160 00:08:55,892 --> 00:08:56,402 Right. 161 00:08:56,632 --> 00:09:03,352 So the intimacy that they have experienced has been difficult for them. 162 00:09:03,362 --> 00:09:07,922 It has hurt physically, spiritually, emotionally. 163 00:09:08,372 --> 00:09:12,762 Um, they, the, the people that they thought they could trust, the people 164 00:09:12,762 --> 00:09:16,272 that they thought were supposed to take care of them did not. 165 00:09:16,852 --> 00:09:20,122 Um, the people that they loved, that they trusted. 166 00:09:20,312 --> 00:09:23,512 Whether they chose to love or they were just, you know, supposed to love 167 00:09:23,512 --> 00:09:27,942 just cause that's what it, that's what it is, um, ended up failing them 168 00:09:28,012 --> 00:09:30,382 in some way, shape, form or fashion. 169 00:09:30,752 --> 00:09:36,212 Um, and so people struggle with intimacy because their experience 170 00:09:36,212 --> 00:09:43,472 of intimacy has been negative in some way, shape, form or fashion. 171 00:09:44,142 --> 00:09:44,632 Right. 172 00:09:44,982 --> 00:09:51,287 And so in order for us to, to get on the other side of that, we, we have to 173 00:09:51,287 --> 00:09:54,057 one speak it, we have to acknowledge it. 174 00:09:54,067 --> 00:09:59,097 We have to say, you know, that person that, that I was, I 175 00:09:59,097 --> 00:10:00,257 thought that I could trust. 176 00:10:00,257 --> 00:10:01,957 I put my trust in that person. 177 00:10:02,177 --> 00:10:07,747 I stepped out on a limb and I took a chance on on loving that person or, 178 00:10:08,007 --> 00:10:12,992 you know, This, my family, this, my blood, the people who were divinely 179 00:10:13,002 --> 00:10:17,092 charged with the responsibility of taking care of me, they failed me. 180 00:10:17,092 --> 00:10:18,492 And that's fucked up 181 00:10:18,867 --> 00:10:19,287 Jay Ray: Mm-Hmm? 182 00:10:19,702 --> 00:10:23,112 Latrice Sampson Richards: is fucked up that I had to go through that, right? 183 00:10:23,132 --> 00:10:28,902 Like just call it out and acknowledge that this is why I am struggling 184 00:10:29,172 --> 00:10:35,322 with intimacy because you cannot address the thing until you. 185 00:10:35,767 --> 00:10:40,117 Or can first acknowledge that it is a thing that needs to be addressed. 186 00:10:41,072 --> 00:10:41,732 Jay Ray: Wow. 187 00:10:42,477 --> 00:10:50,217 Latrice, yes to all of that and what's, what I love about your response is 188 00:10:50,607 --> 00:10:59,337 it also explains why , having songs that feed us these lessons are really 189 00:10:59,357 --> 00:11:01,117 important because here's the thing. 190 00:11:02,247 --> 00:11:09,517 I can, I know for a fact that I learned lessons in love and life. 191 00:11:10,197 --> 00:11:16,207 Because of the music I was listening to it wasn't I was too young to know 192 00:11:16,427 --> 00:11:19,297 what it all meant in some cases, right? 193 00:11:19,797 --> 00:11:28,397 But when I got there, I was able to put like, Oh, that's what that feeling is that 194 00:11:28,407 --> 00:11:30,837 that's what that song was talking about. 195 00:11:31,417 --> 00:11:32,037 And. 196 00:11:33,547 --> 00:11:39,647 Even those moments in songs where you just like, no, I played 197 00:11:39,647 --> 00:11:41,767 this song because I need to. 198 00:11:41,767 --> 00:11:48,307 It takes me back to a point in time where this song is the 199 00:11:48,317 --> 00:11:53,757 thing that comforts me when I go through a situation like X, right? 200 00:11:53,757 --> 00:11:56,997 Nerd out 201 00:11:59,527 --> 00:12:01,017 Latrice Sampson Richards: That is biologic. 202 00:12:01,147 --> 00:12:07,587 That is how human beings function, right? 203 00:12:07,967 --> 00:12:12,422 So, I, I'm not going to nerd out completely on y'all. 204 00:12:12,422 --> 00:12:12,752 I mean, 205 00:12:13,427 --> 00:12:17,137 DJ Sir Daniel: No, please, please, please give it to us. 206 00:12:17,147 --> 00:12:17,697 Come on. 207 00:12:19,207 --> 00:12:20,447 Why we got you here? 208 00:12:20,622 --> 00:12:21,302 Latrice Sampson Richards: Okay. 209 00:12:21,302 --> 00:12:21,622 I'll be 210 00:12:21,747 --> 00:12:22,277 DJ Sir Daniel: Why are you? 211 00:12:22,297 --> 00:12:23,277 Why we got you here? 212 00:12:23,277 --> 00:12:23,997 You got to do it. 213 00:12:23,997 --> 00:12:24,247 Come on. 214 00:12:24,352 --> 00:12:28,742 Latrice Sampson Richards: Listen, but the, the long and short of it is that 215 00:12:28,752 --> 00:12:35,202 in the, in the study of memory, right, because there's an entire study of human 216 00:12:35,212 --> 00:12:38,674 memory and how do we form memories? 217 00:12:38,674 --> 00:12:42,882 How do we decide what memories need to be kept and what memory? 218 00:12:42,882 --> 00:12:44,222 Because think about. 219 00:12:44,707 --> 00:12:50,157 You experience millions of stimuli a day 220 00:12:50,457 --> 00:12:50,997 Jay Ray: Mm. 221 00:12:51,337 --> 00:12:57,087 Latrice Sampson Richards: from touch, feel, smell, sight, taste, 222 00:12:57,187 --> 00:12:57,667 Jay Ray: Mm hmm. 223 00:12:58,287 --> 00:13:01,357 Latrice Sampson Richards: at all times, you are taking in 224 00:13:01,577 --> 00:13:05,517 information, at all times, okay? 225 00:13:05,987 --> 00:13:07,527 That's a lot of shit to process. 226 00:13:07,707 --> 00:13:09,217 You can't remember all of it. 227 00:13:09,977 --> 00:13:10,807 You know what I'm saying? 228 00:13:10,997 --> 00:13:13,807 It is just not, it's, it's, it's not logical. 229 00:13:13,817 --> 00:13:15,057 It's not feasible. 230 00:13:15,317 --> 00:13:17,117 The brain is not built. 231 00:13:17,492 --> 00:13:18,932 Like that, right? 232 00:13:19,262 --> 00:13:30,427 And so what our brains do for us is they essentially Categorize the things that 233 00:13:30,427 --> 00:13:40,287 we're taking in, and they categorize in order of importance, and that order is 234 00:13:40,297 --> 00:13:43,747 based on first and foremost survival, 235 00:13:44,462 --> 00:13:44,652 Jay Ray: Mhm. 236 00:13:44,887 --> 00:13:45,277 Latrice Sampson Richards: right? 237 00:13:45,457 --> 00:13:50,347 What are the memories that I need to pull up immediately in a 238 00:13:50,357 --> 00:13:53,477 life or death situation, right? 239 00:13:53,477 --> 00:13:55,137 So that's what we call instincts. 240 00:13:56,062 --> 00:13:56,612 Yes. 241 00:13:56,972 --> 00:13:57,512 DJ Sir Daniel: Yes. 242 00:13:58,692 --> 00:14:02,102 Latrice Sampson Richards: Then, you know, love and belonging, 243 00:14:02,352 --> 00:14:04,172 relationships, connection. 244 00:14:04,582 --> 00:14:08,802 And then we look at, you know, self actualization and, you know, the higher, 245 00:14:08,812 --> 00:14:10,492 it's Maslow's hierarchy of needs. 246 00:14:10,642 --> 00:14:11,132 Look it up. 247 00:14:11,242 --> 00:14:11,692 Okay. 248 00:14:12,282 --> 00:14:13,412 It's foundational. 249 00:14:13,412 --> 00:14:13,962 Okay. 250 00:14:14,252 --> 00:14:18,102 Um, and it, it really, people need to know it, people, we need to understand 251 00:14:18,102 --> 00:14:19,672 it so we can give ourselves a break. 252 00:14:19,752 --> 00:14:20,922 I mean, let's just be real. 253 00:14:22,232 --> 00:14:27,672 So the memory research shows that. 254 00:14:27,917 --> 00:14:37,007 Memory can be altered with the addition of sound, right? 255 00:14:37,227 --> 00:14:38,927 So memory can be altered. 256 00:14:38,927 --> 00:14:45,007 So what can, you can be conditioned to react a certain way, to respond 257 00:14:45,007 --> 00:14:51,157 a certain way, to recall a certain message by hearing a certain sound. 258 00:14:51,167 --> 00:14:56,167 That can be a song, that can be a bell, that can be, you know, yelling, 259 00:14:56,412 --> 00:14:57,242 Jay Ray: Mhm. 260 00:14:57,367 --> 00:14:59,927 Latrice Sampson Richards: Because over time we start to generalize. 261 00:15:00,392 --> 00:15:01,682 these things, right? 262 00:15:01,902 --> 00:15:05,182 So that's the, you know, that's the nuts and bolts of it. 263 00:15:05,202 --> 00:15:08,142 That is like the ridiculously simplified version of that. 264 00:15:08,152 --> 00:15:08,602 Right. 265 00:15:09,112 --> 00:15:11,442 But I share that to say that 266 00:15:11,505 --> 00:15:14,233 DJ Sir Daniel: I'm sorry, 267 00:15:14,292 --> 00:15:15,822 Latrice Sampson Richards: come on, because black folks is having a 268 00:15:15,822 --> 00:15:17,332 hard time letting go of the aura, 269 00:15:17,667 --> 00:15:22,287 Jay Ray: are ha Baby, it is a sh The kids is out here struggling. 270 00:15:22,487 --> 00:15:24,367 They like, I wanna step in the name 271 00:15:24,367 --> 00:15:24,427 of 272 00:15:24,682 --> 00:15:24,812 Latrice Sampson Richards: a 273 00:15:24,877 --> 00:15:26,757 Jay Ray: I'm like, Don't play 274 00:15:26,852 --> 00:15:27,962 Latrice Sampson Richards: a part of our lives. 275 00:15:27,962 --> 00:15:29,462 He done been at our weddings. 276 00:15:29,652 --> 00:15:31,472 He done been at our funerals. 277 00:15:31,492 --> 00:15:34,742 You know, he done been at our, we graduated to the aura. 278 00:15:35,022 --> 00:15:39,342 You know, all of, all of the major moments of our lives. 279 00:15:39,357 --> 00:15:40,527 He was 280 00:15:40,777 --> 00:15:41,287 Jay Ray: Right! 281 00:15:41,287 --> 00:15:43,617 Mmm. 282 00:15:44,037 --> 00:15:48,927 Latrice Sampson Richards: to get rid of him is is it almost feels like getting 283 00:15:48,927 --> 00:15:55,457 rid of all of our happy memories, all of the things that bring us joy, all 284 00:15:55,457 --> 00:15:57,267 of the things that bring us peace. 285 00:15:57,947 --> 00:15:59,227 You get what I'm saying? 286 00:15:59,937 --> 00:16:06,927 Because in our minds, those, the lyrics, the songs, the vibrations, the 287 00:16:06,967 --> 00:16:10,177 tunes, the tones, it is intertwined. 288 00:16:10,207 --> 00:16:14,747 Like there is no separation in that memory. 289 00:16:15,987 --> 00:16:16,897 Does that make sense? 290 00:16:17,972 --> 00:16:25,372 Jay Ray: It really does and that gets to the complexity of even the conversation 291 00:16:25,372 --> 00:16:29,562 that we're having here because The lyrics are one thing and then you have 292 00:16:29,572 --> 00:16:31,442 all the stuff that surrounds it, right? 293 00:16:31,852 --> 00:16:41,137 I know for a fact that the songs that mean the most to me the first note Is 294 00:16:41,137 --> 00:16:49,317 going to be like nope, that's it and You kind of know even when you hear something 295 00:16:49,317 --> 00:16:53,307 new that you've never heard before That when it's going to do that to you, right? 296 00:16:53,547 --> 00:16:59,377 Because there is something in that vibration In that tone that you like, 297 00:16:59,437 --> 00:17:05,697 I don't know what they about to do but that that first bar just Sent me in so 298 00:17:06,497 --> 00:17:08,377 I'm a wait and see what's next. 299 00:17:08,627 --> 00:17:12,477 And sir, Daniel, that actually brings up an interesting point for you as a DJ. 300 00:17:12,937 --> 00:17:14,317 I'm sure that's part of it, right? 301 00:17:14,317 --> 00:17:19,187 Cause you know, pretty quickly, how quickly do you know if a song is about 302 00:17:19,187 --> 00:17:22,867 to, to, to hit for you as a DJ or not? 303 00:17:23,077 --> 00:17:24,007 How quickly do you 304 00:17:24,072 --> 00:17:27,132 DJ Sir Daniel: Like within the first four counts, like you just, 305 00:17:27,172 --> 00:17:30,762 there's just certain things you can, well, I'll speak for me. 306 00:17:30,812 --> 00:17:35,302 Like I can pick, I pick up on a vibration of a song and I can already tell, okay, 307 00:17:35,762 --> 00:17:42,172 this is going to make me happy, or this is going to make me want to take a beer 308 00:17:42,172 --> 00:17:44,282 bottle and smash it over somebody's head. 309 00:17:44,962 --> 00:17:46,732 And there are. 310 00:17:47,547 --> 00:17:53,117 Much more songs now that lead to the latter of what I said, you know, 311 00:17:53,467 --> 00:17:57,297 that make you want to, uh, crack bottles over people's heads more 312 00:17:57,297 --> 00:18:00,047 than to kiss and hug on somebody. 313 00:18:00,487 --> 00:18:04,207 And, you know, I think, I don't know. 314 00:18:04,217 --> 00:18:08,387 It's that vibration, uh, within the intentions of what people, 315 00:18:08,447 --> 00:18:10,247 how people create their music now. 316 00:18:10,247 --> 00:18:13,997 And Latrice, you actually, you backed that up just now by, 317 00:18:14,197 --> 00:18:17,537 by speaking about, um, how. 318 00:18:17,887 --> 00:18:21,567 How sounds can, can bring up memories and whatnot. 319 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:26,177 And I think what's happening is a lot of, maybe a lot of musicians are trying to 320 00:18:26,177 --> 00:18:32,657 process, trying to process through their music and they're making music that we, 321 00:18:32,657 --> 00:18:37,667 and maybe we just have a whole generation that is trying to process the traumas that 322 00:18:37,737 --> 00:18:39,387 they've experienced through their music. 323 00:18:39,837 --> 00:18:42,937 And we're, and they're just hitting us like with all the 324 00:18:42,937 --> 00:18:44,737 trauma and none of the joy. 325 00:18:45,216 --> 00:18:45,496 Latrice Sampson Richards: Yeah. 326 00:18:45,516 --> 00:18:48,686 Well, and we, but we've seen that throughout history. 327 00:18:48,686 --> 00:18:50,996 You know, we have seen that throughout history. 328 00:18:51,196 --> 00:18:55,416 Look how well documented the civil rights movement is. 329 00:18:55,866 --> 00:19:00,846 The civil rights movement is very well documented. 330 00:19:01,116 --> 00:19:02,356 It's in the music. 331 00:19:02,556 --> 00:19:03,876 It's in the movies. 332 00:19:03,926 --> 00:19:05,776 It's in the television shows. 333 00:19:05,996 --> 00:19:09,356 It's in the pictures, the fashion, right? 334 00:19:09,506 --> 00:19:10,966 It's, it's in. 335 00:19:11,256 --> 00:19:19,596 Every single aspect of creativity, there is some aspect of the 336 00:19:19,606 --> 00:19:23,206 civil rights movement and I would even say the 70s as a whole. 337 00:19:23,216 --> 00:19:25,716 The 70s is one of my favorite generations. 338 00:19:26,216 --> 00:19:29,786 I feel like, yeah, like I just, I just, it speaks to me. 339 00:19:29,796 --> 00:19:30,736 You know what I'm saying? 340 00:19:30,986 --> 00:19:37,706 Um, but the, what was being created at the time is a direct 341 00:19:37,706 --> 00:19:41,966 reflection of the sentiment of the people who were creating it. 342 00:19:42,506 --> 00:19:46,566 That's what the people was going through at the time, right? 343 00:19:46,746 --> 00:19:49,516 This goal was about trying to find joy. 344 00:19:50,091 --> 00:19:55,301 Because everything was so fucked up and it was so much tension and it was so much. 345 00:19:55,301 --> 00:19:57,821 So the disco people was like, fuck all that. 346 00:19:57,821 --> 00:19:58,771 I'm just going to live. 347 00:19:58,771 --> 00:20:01,281 I'm just going to be in joy and peace. 348 00:20:01,471 --> 00:20:03,871 And I'm just going to be like, yeah, let's do this. 349 00:20:03,871 --> 00:20:04,251 Right. 350 00:20:04,451 --> 00:20:06,081 But then you also have. 351 00:20:06,471 --> 00:20:10,621 You know, you got that, you know, power to the people kind of music as well. 352 00:20:10,621 --> 00:20:11,591 You know what I'm saying? 353 00:20:11,591 --> 00:20:15,691 Like you got the, the tracks like Nina Simone, who, you 354 00:20:15,691 --> 00:20:17,151 know, is like Mississippi. 355 00:20:17,151 --> 00:20:18,051 God damn. 356 00:20:18,051 --> 00:20:20,271 I don't even know if that was the sixties or the seventies, 357 00:20:20,291 --> 00:20:21,571 but you get what I'm saying? 358 00:20:21,571 --> 00:20:27,201 Like the, it is chronicled in the music, what the people were. 359 00:20:27,496 --> 00:20:29,586 Expressing at the time. 360 00:20:29,856 --> 00:20:34,866 And so it kind of becomes like a time capsule in its, in its own way. 361 00:20:35,666 --> 00:20:38,056 And I think that's what we're seeing right now. 362 00:20:38,076 --> 00:20:40,245 You know, The world is on fire. 363 00:20:40,525 --> 00:20:42,545 People are struggling. 364 00:20:43,165 --> 00:20:45,455 People are struggling emotionally. 365 00:20:45,725 --> 00:20:46,985 People are tired. 366 00:20:46,985 --> 00:20:48,045 People are burnt out. 367 00:20:48,180 --> 00:20:51,200 out that everybody's on edge. 368 00:20:51,370 --> 00:20:52,950 Everybody's scared. 369 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:54,760 We rubbing pennies together. 370 00:20:54,780 --> 00:21:00,630 Rob and Peter trying to pay pal, you know, it's, it's a hard time right now. 371 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:03,450 And we're seeing that I think come out in the music, but 372 00:21:03,450 --> 00:21:07,600 we're also seeing let's heal. 373 00:21:07,660 --> 00:21:11,940 Let's love less, you know, we the shit, you know, like a, like, don't 374 00:21:11,950 --> 00:21:14,700 let's let us not forget who we are. 375 00:21:14,700 --> 00:21:15,800 Keep your head up. 376 00:21:15,820 --> 00:21:18,300 You know, like we getting both sides of that. 377 00:21:18,330 --> 00:21:18,640 And. 378 00:21:18,990 --> 00:21:23,030 I think it's, it's also a time capsule of what's going on right now. 379 00:21:25,023 --> 00:21:30,503 Jay Ray: I feel like this is a good time to talk about, what do you 380 00:21:30,503 --> 00:21:32,213 think to talk about some lyrics. 381 00:21:32,418 --> 00:21:33,868 To talk about songs? 382 00:21:35,298 --> 00:21:38,048 DJ Sir Daniel: Like, I am very curious. 383 00:21:38,118 --> 00:21:43,908 I'm very curious to hear from both of you about a lyric that just 384 00:21:44,218 --> 00:21:48,468 shot an arrow through your heart and just never, never left you. 385 00:21:49,098 --> 00:21:54,698 Like, it doesn't, it doesn't necessarily have to be a ballad or slow jam, but it's 386 00:21:54,708 --> 00:21:56,022 something when you, when you, when you. 387 00:21:56,983 --> 00:22:00,843 When you faded out the music and you filtered out the music, there 388 00:22:00,843 --> 00:22:04,203 was something about that lyric that just stuck with you and whoever 389 00:22:04,203 --> 00:22:08,443 wants to go first, go first, matter of fact, ladies first, Latrice. 390 00:22:08,473 --> 00:22:09,423 Latrice Sampson Richards: I have two. 391 00:22:09,473 --> 00:22:10,133 So what are we going to do? 392 00:22:10,133 --> 00:22:11,233 Like a little round table. 393 00:22:11,233 --> 00:22:13,363 Y'all want me to give y'all mine right now? 394 00:22:13,478 --> 00:22:15,968 Jay Ray: You can give me If I do one and you do one? 395 00:22:16,038 --> 00:22:17,128 How's that How's that feel? 396 00:22:17,168 --> 00:22:17,598 Okay. 397 00:22:18,173 --> 00:22:18,973 Latrice Sampson Richards: Well, okay. 398 00:22:19,183 --> 00:22:21,023 First of all, it's not fair. 399 00:22:22,198 --> 00:22:24,978 Jay Ray: I know we're asking you to To do the impossible. 400 00:22:25,243 --> 00:22:28,163 Latrice Sampson Richards: It's not fair because I was just like, what 401 00:22:28,163 --> 00:22:29,883 are they even talking about one song? 402 00:22:29,893 --> 00:22:31,943 Like, what are you serious right now? 403 00:22:31,973 --> 00:22:33,653 Like, are you serious for real? 404 00:22:34,133 --> 00:22:38,853 But it did send me down the rabbit hole because I'm like, okay, if I 405 00:22:38,863 --> 00:22:45,413 have to, if I can only choose one song, then it, you know, obviously 406 00:22:45,413 --> 00:22:47,073 it needs to be the song that. 407 00:22:47,313 --> 00:22:54,613 I think has had the biggest impact on my life and I am very 408 00:22:54,613 --> 00:22:56,823 clear on what song that is. 409 00:22:57,153 --> 00:22:59,813 So I'm going to share my one song. 410 00:23:00,003 --> 00:23:01,233 How long is a lyric? 411 00:23:02,378 --> 00:23:05,218 Jay Ray: You can You want to give us the first The first The first verse? 412 00:23:05,573 --> 00:23:06,813 Latrice Sampson Richards: No, not the first verse. 413 00:23:06,833 --> 00:23:09,053 I want to give the last verse and the chorus. 414 00:23:09,148 --> 00:23:10,008 Jay Ray: do Do your thing. 415 00:23:10,018 --> 00:23:10,258 That's 416 00:23:10,603 --> 00:23:11,253 Latrice Sampson Richards: Okay. 417 00:23:11,773 --> 00:23:12,303 All right. 418 00:23:12,303 --> 00:23:14,513 So the, my song choice. 419 00:23:15,713 --> 00:23:22,803 is I Choose by Thee, India Iree. 420 00:23:24,693 --> 00:23:27,052 Jay Ray: Mhm. 421 00:23:27,753 --> 00:23:30,353 Latrice Sampson Richards: hits on my top list, okay? 422 00:23:30,823 --> 00:23:35,053 But this is actually my, like, favorite song of all time. 423 00:23:35,393 --> 00:23:40,068 Um, and, you know, I'll, I'll do the lyric first and then I'll talk about 424 00:23:40,108 --> 00:23:41,918 a little bit of briefly about why. 425 00:23:42,368 --> 00:23:45,948 So this is, I want to say this is the last verse. 426 00:23:46,198 --> 00:23:51,648 Yes, this is the last verse of the song and then it closes out with the chorus. 427 00:23:51,998 --> 00:23:58,603 So she says, From this day forward, I'm going to be exactly who I am. 428 00:23:59,403 --> 00:24:03,973 I don't need to change the way that I live just to get a man. 429 00:24:04,323 --> 00:24:05,063 No. 430 00:24:05,873 --> 00:24:11,963 I even had a talk with my mama and I, and I told her today, 431 00:24:11,963 --> 00:24:15,653 I'm grown from this day forward. 432 00:24:15,753 --> 00:24:19,403 Every decision that I make will be my own. 433 00:24:19,983 --> 00:24:25,543 And hey, I choose to be the best that I can be. 434 00:24:25,543 --> 00:24:27,003 This is the chorus now. 435 00:24:27,333 --> 00:24:32,653 I choose to be courageous in everything I do. 436 00:24:33,323 --> 00:24:37,533 My past don't dictate who I am. 437 00:24:37,923 --> 00:24:42,963 I choose because you never know where life is going to take you and 438 00:24:42,963 --> 00:24:44,933 you can't change where you've been. 439 00:24:45,243 --> 00:24:50,383 But today I have the opportunity to choose. 440 00:24:51,138 --> 00:24:56,798 I used to have guilt about the way things, about why things happen the way they did, 441 00:24:57,068 --> 00:24:59,058 because life is going to do what it do. 442 00:24:59,408 --> 00:25:03,988 And every day I have the opportunity to choose. 443 00:25:06,693 --> 00:25:08,583 DJ Sir Daniel: Mic drop, mic drop right there. 444 00:25:08,913 --> 00:25:14,013 And you know, India has always been prolific, but talk about why I think, 445 00:25:14,193 --> 00:25:17,683 I think it's pretty self explanatory why that means a lot to you, but 446 00:25:17,763 --> 00:25:19,553 please break it down for us, for the 447 00:25:19,688 --> 00:25:23,368 Latrice Sampson Richards: It means a lot to me because 448 00:25:24,233 --> 00:25:28,373 DJ Sir Daniel: Okay. 449 00:25:28,498 --> 00:25:35,828 Latrice Sampson Richards: a life lesson that you get to choose to, you 450 00:25:35,838 --> 00:25:38,598 get to choose no matter what it is. 451 00:25:38,648 --> 00:25:42,198 If it's relationship, you don't have to wait for somebody to choose you. 452 00:25:42,208 --> 00:25:46,908 You get to choose to, if it's a career decision, you don't have 453 00:25:46,908 --> 00:25:48,528 to wait for them to choose you. 454 00:25:48,608 --> 00:25:49,298 You get to. 455 00:25:50,188 --> 00:25:58,838 Two, you get to choose to say, I am not engaging in this and you get to choose 456 00:25:58,838 --> 00:26:03,908 to say, I am going to engage in this. 457 00:26:04,588 --> 00:26:05,628 It is a choice. 458 00:26:05,668 --> 00:26:10,188 And I think a lot of times myself, you know, I'm a very emotional person. 459 00:26:10,188 --> 00:26:12,768 I mean, I don't already dropped a tear tonight. 460 00:26:12,768 --> 00:26:13,798 Y'all crying. 461 00:26:13,908 --> 00:26:13,958 Okay. 462 00:26:14,718 --> 00:26:15,608 I'll be crying. 463 00:26:15,668 --> 00:26:17,038 It is what it is. 464 00:26:17,118 --> 00:26:17,528 Okay. 465 00:26:18,828 --> 00:26:20,708 it took me a long time. 466 00:26:21,133 --> 00:26:28,253 To be okay with that, the fact that that's who I am and to not feel shame or guilt 467 00:26:28,513 --> 00:26:37,463 around that and feeling like I had to be who other people needed me to be in order 468 00:26:37,463 --> 00:26:42,103 to be in relationship, in order to be loved, in order to be accepted, in order 469 00:26:42,103 --> 00:26:46,603 to be understood, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, in order to just not be alone. 470 00:26:46,613 --> 00:26:47,263 You know? 471 00:26:47,263 --> 00:26:58,353 And And this song came to me in a time in my life where I was for the first time in 472 00:26:58,353 --> 00:27:09,253 my life on an intentional healing journey, you know, like intentionally trying to 473 00:27:09,273 --> 00:27:12,773 take the reins of my life and heal myself. 474 00:27:13,133 --> 00:27:18,883 And so hearing that message that I get to choose. 475 00:27:20,948 --> 00:27:24,188 It was just, you know, it was, it was profound. 476 00:27:24,448 --> 00:27:29,698 And so it is, uh, you know, it's kind of like my motto is how I live my life. 477 00:27:30,328 --> 00:27:34,788 And it's, um, I tell it to people all the time, like you get to choose to, 478 00:27:35,523 --> 00:27:35,953 Jay Ray: Yeah. 479 00:27:36,028 --> 00:27:37,738 Latrice Sampson Richards: you don't, you don't have to just let life do 480 00:27:37,738 --> 00:27:39,178 whatever they want to do to you. 481 00:27:39,438 --> 00:27:41,438 You get to choose how you feel about it. 482 00:27:41,658 --> 00:27:43,898 You get to choose how you respond to it. 483 00:27:44,148 --> 00:27:49,778 You get to choose whether or not it, it gets to exist in your life. 484 00:27:51,833 --> 00:27:52,403 Jay Ray: Wow. 485 00:27:52,783 --> 00:27:53,983 Wow, wow, wow. 486 00:27:54,223 --> 00:27:54,993 Thank you. 487 00:27:55,213 --> 00:27:58,813 Latrice for sharing that, um, 488 00:27:59,633 --> 00:28:00,443 listen. 489 00:28:02,533 --> 00:28:05,433 Radio BSOTS Ad: There are two types of people in the world, those 490 00:28:05,433 --> 00:28:08,983 who complain about the state of today's music and those who dig. 491 00:28:10,023 --> 00:28:14,343 I'm Jason Randall Smith, and I invite you to check out Radio BSOTS, Both 492 00:28:14,343 --> 00:28:18,853 Sides of the Surface, a music podcast championing the work of independent 493 00:28:18,853 --> 00:28:20,453 artists from around the way. 494 00:28:20,693 --> 00:28:26,893 The primary focus on Creative Commons licensed music, think of this show 495 00:28:27,283 --> 00:28:32,043 as a never ending virtual crate dig through a parallel universe of online 496 00:28:32,043 --> 00:28:38,483 labels, seeking out the hip hop, soul, jazz, funk, and electronic music gems 497 00:28:38,483 --> 00:28:43,153 that are often hiding in plain sight, and hopefully demystifying the world 498 00:28:43,153 --> 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what it, what it did, what it does is it tells you like, okay, 512 00:29:31,696 --> 00:29:35,106 here's who you have listened to, like the most, or here's what you play. 513 00:29:35,486 --> 00:29:41,196 So anyway, uh, my most listened to artist, I think I may have mentioned this 514 00:29:41,206 --> 00:29:44,416 on the show when we talked about this artist, but it's the foreign exchange. 515 00:29:44,846 --> 00:29:48,426 So I was like, I do listen to a lot of foreign exchange. 516 00:29:48,426 --> 00:29:54,376 So I went back into the catalog and the first song I selected. 517 00:29:55,351 --> 00:29:56,761 It's such a beautiful piece. 518 00:29:56,861 --> 00:29:59,131 It's called the city ain't the same without you. 519 00:30:00,211 --> 00:30:03,381 It was written by Fante. 520 00:30:03,801 --> 00:30:07,181 Um, the lyrics are by Fante and it was produced by Nicolay. 521 00:30:07,191 --> 00:30:11,621 So the duo, the song was actually sung by Yaza Ra. 522 00:30:11,621 --> 00:30:15,491 Shout out to Yaza Ra for her brilliance. 523 00:30:16,041 --> 00:30:22,431 Um, but I'm going to read this beautiful first verse that Fante wrote. 524 00:30:23,106 --> 00:30:23,766 Latrice Sampson Richards: Mm-Hmm. 525 00:30:25,236 --> 00:30:29,786 Jay Ray: It was cold outside so I thought I'd get away To the one place 526 00:30:29,786 --> 00:30:35,606 where I'd be warm Spent my last few dollars on a ticket to fly Oh, I'ma 527 00:30:35,606 --> 00:30:40,796 take a jet plane to carry me straight to your arms And when the wheels touched 528 00:30:40,796 --> 00:30:47,176 down, I called for you Said, baby, I'm here all for you And you let me know 529 00:30:47,766 --> 00:30:53,646 that you were with her And it made me wonder, baby, are we still in love? 530 00:30:54,126 --> 00:30:57,706 And then I thought to myself, maybe we never were. 531 00:31:00,716 --> 00:31:06,806 This song like that, that, that, that's the opening of the song. 532 00:31:07,536 --> 00:31:14,086 There's, and the music bed is just kind of, Yazzara's voice and the keyboards. 533 00:31:14,496 --> 00:31:17,466 There's no rhythm section yet. 534 00:31:18,216 --> 00:31:20,636 So she's singing these words. 535 00:31:21,251 --> 00:31:26,951 Almost like she's talking them and then it goes into and I've got my and I've 536 00:31:26,951 --> 00:31:32,811 only got myself to And I've only got myself to blame for painting these skies 537 00:31:32,841 --> 00:31:39,821 with your name and it's a cry and shame The city ain't the same without you and 538 00:31:40,791 --> 00:31:57,096 This song I love a good Um love song This is about heartbreak, but it's also this 539 00:31:57,126 --> 00:32:03,606 person having this realization about the, the, the experience they were having. 540 00:32:04,556 --> 00:32:11,076 And they're reminiscing about this love lost. 541 00:32:11,526 --> 00:32:13,206 this love gone. 542 00:32:13,526 --> 00:32:16,346 And, um, and that's okay. 543 00:32:16,586 --> 00:32:19,046 Like there's no positive resolution to this. 544 00:32:19,246 --> 00:32:22,806 This person's in a city to see someone that is not seeing them. 545 00:32:24,206 --> 00:32:30,256 And, um, I am always moved. 546 00:32:30,581 --> 00:32:35,111 Every time I hear it, um, it gave me some more language, you know, these 547 00:32:35,111 --> 00:32:39,311 songs we go through things in life and you're like, Oh my God, I know. 548 00:32:39,981 --> 00:32:44,801 I don't know this feeling, but I know what this would feel 549 00:32:44,801 --> 00:32:47,821 like, you know what I'm saying? 550 00:32:48,181 --> 00:32:51,761 Latrice Sampson Richards: emotion is universal and that 551 00:32:51,761 --> 00:32:55,301 is another basic human truth. 552 00:32:56,051 --> 00:32:57,401 Emotion is universal. 553 00:32:57,401 --> 00:32:59,141 A smile is a smile. 554 00:32:59,141 --> 00:33:00,491 In America, it's a smile. 555 00:33:00,491 --> 00:33:04,151 In Japan, it's a smile In Afghanistan, it's a smile. 556 00:33:04,661 --> 00:33:09,401 Anywhere, Antarctica, wherever, wherever you go in the world, 557 00:33:10,631 --> 00:33:17,211 okay, anywhere on this planet, a smile means the same thing, right? 558 00:33:17,631 --> 00:33:20,051 So emotion is universal. 559 00:33:21,021 --> 00:33:27,871 We may not have the same experiences, but we understand the emotion of it all. 560 00:33:28,001 --> 00:33:28,421 Jay Ray: Mm-Hmm. 561 00:33:29,011 --> 00:33:32,041 Latrice Sampson Richards: And I think that's why music allows us to come 562 00:33:32,041 --> 00:33:35,221 together, because it communicates. 563 00:33:35,571 --> 00:33:39,981 Emotion, and we all understand emotion. 564 00:33:40,321 --> 00:33:40,741 Jay Ray: Mm-Hmm. 565 00:33:41,491 --> 00:33:42,071 ? Latrice Sampson Richards: Yeah. 566 00:33:44,601 --> 00:33:45,121 DJ Sir Daniel: Y'all got it. 567 00:33:45,131 --> 00:33:45,491 Ooh. 568 00:33:46,271 --> 00:33:47,151 Y'all doing it. 569 00:33:47,151 --> 00:33:47,741 Let me tell you something. 570 00:33:47,801 --> 00:33:51,551 Everybody we're ministering on this episode of Queue Points. 571 00:33:51,901 --> 00:33:53,081 You see how quiet it got? 572 00:33:53,091 --> 00:33:55,281 Everybody's just processing everything. 573 00:33:55,281 --> 00:33:59,011 And no, but, and that's what a good lyric will do to you. 574 00:33:59,271 --> 00:34:02,441 It will resonate with something within you. 575 00:34:03,081 --> 00:34:03,331 Latrice Sampson Richards: Mm 576 00:34:03,341 --> 00:34:06,541 DJ Sir Daniel: so, um, I'm going to go to the seventies. 577 00:34:07,746 --> 00:34:13,136 Um for my lyric and It's from the voices of east harlem 578 00:34:13,361 --> 00:34:13,781 Jay Ray: Mm-Hmm. 579 00:34:14,276 --> 00:34:17,976 DJ Sir Daniel: and it's a song called right on be free And i'm just 580 00:34:17,976 --> 00:34:19,786 going to read to you the the first. 581 00:34:19,816 --> 00:34:26,046 Um the first bar Um, I want to go where the north wind blows. 582 00:34:26,686 --> 00:34:32,706 I want to know what the falcon knows I want to go where the wild goose goes High 583 00:34:32,706 --> 00:34:35,396 flying bird, high flying bird, fly on. 584 00:34:35,846 --> 00:34:38,036 I want the clouds over my head. 585 00:34:38,726 --> 00:34:40,306 I don't want no store bought bed. 586 00:34:40,326 --> 00:34:42,256 I'm going to live until I'm dead. 587 00:34:42,666 --> 00:34:45,356 Mother, mother, mother, mother, save your child. 588 00:34:45,906 --> 00:34:47,296 Ride on, be free. 589 00:34:47,946 --> 00:34:49,246 Ride on, be free. 590 00:34:49,266 --> 00:34:56,346 I don't want no store bed right on I want the clouds over my head, be free. 591 00:34:57,466 --> 00:35:01,556 And it's, it's really simple what that song is about. 592 00:35:01,566 --> 00:35:05,696 Of course, it was, um, recorded in the early seventies. 593 00:35:06,046 --> 00:35:08,341 And of course, you know, we were coming, you know, Like in truth, 594 00:35:08,411 --> 00:35:12,771 you talked about the, um, the, the black power movements of that time. 595 00:35:12,801 --> 00:35:18,211 And of course, but the, the world specifically our country was struggling, 596 00:35:18,441 --> 00:35:25,451 was being strangled by the Vietnam war was strangled by poverty, um, unemployment, 597 00:35:25,461 --> 00:35:28,391 all the things that you can think of that we're still dealing with here. 598 00:35:29,271 --> 00:35:31,871 We're not dealing with that now, but there's something about 599 00:35:31,871 --> 00:35:34,061 that lyric that speaks to my. 600 00:35:34,826 --> 00:35:43,316 Desire for escapism or, and my desire for change and transformation. 601 00:35:43,996 --> 00:35:50,626 And so that spoke to me and it spoke to my, um, just my capacity to dream 602 00:35:51,291 --> 00:35:51,791 Latrice Sampson Richards: Mm 603 00:35:51,866 --> 00:35:54,766 DJ Sir Daniel: to, to, to, to, to, to want more. 604 00:35:55,196 --> 00:35:57,816 And that's why that, that speaks to me. 605 00:35:57,816 --> 00:36:00,636 And it, you know, things like those, and those are the types of song 606 00:36:00,646 --> 00:36:02,256 lyrics that really speak to me. 607 00:36:02,636 --> 00:36:05,156 And if somebody is really like singing it. 608 00:36:05,986 --> 00:36:08,106 And really doing it like the vocalist was doing it. 609 00:36:08,106 --> 00:36:12,836 If you look, there's a live performance by the voices of East Harlem. 610 00:36:12,896 --> 00:36:14,176 They went to a prison 611 00:36:14,886 --> 00:36:16,546 to, to perform this song. 612 00:36:16,856 --> 00:36:18,066 These are kids. 613 00:36:18,746 --> 00:36:22,246 And when I tell you, they were singing their faces off and they were 614 00:36:22,246 --> 00:36:25,896 singing light, they were singing, like the rent was past due and like 615 00:36:25,896 --> 00:36:27,876 they hadn't eaten in two weeks. 616 00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:29,826 I mean, they were singing. 617 00:36:30,376 --> 00:36:31,196 And so 618 00:36:31,411 --> 00:36:33,451 Latrice Sampson Richards: They was sangin 619 00:36:33,656 --> 00:36:36,156 DJ Sir Daniel: it and the, and there's, there's something about 620 00:36:36,156 --> 00:36:39,366 that that's just undeniable to me and will always resonate with me. 621 00:36:39,826 --> 00:36:43,756 And so that's just, that's a lyric that I wanted to share with you and 622 00:36:43,766 --> 00:36:47,866 the listeners, just to get a little insight into Sir Daniel a little 623 00:36:47,866 --> 00:36:52,656 bit, because, and, and I love that about how all of all three of us came 624 00:36:52,656 --> 00:36:54,486 with something completely different. 625 00:36:54,826 --> 00:36:56,616 You know, we got unrequited love. 626 00:36:56,946 --> 00:36:59,166 We've got, um, self love. 627 00:36:59,631 --> 00:37:03,571 And then we have imagination, imagination, and wanted to be free. 628 00:37:03,841 --> 00:37:05,511 And all of them coincide with each other. 629 00:37:05,511 --> 00:37:05,771 Right. 630 00:37:06,221 --> 00:37:12,261 If I take control, I choose, I can choose to take those steps to help me be free. 631 00:37:12,516 --> 00:37:12,966 Jay Ray: Yeah. 632 00:37:13,091 --> 00:37:13,511 Mm-Hmm. 633 00:37:13,731 --> 00:37:15,081 DJ Sir Daniel: And you know, unrequited love. 634 00:37:15,341 --> 00:37:16,441 Let's not even talk about it. 635 00:37:16,481 --> 00:37:21,741 I don't even want to go down that route because that's the thing. 636 00:37:21,831 --> 00:37:23,191 That is definitely a thing. 637 00:37:23,201 --> 00:37:25,011 But Jerry, we're. 638 00:37:25,451 --> 00:37:30,431 Let, let's get Latrice to do one more because she is our guest and we go 639 00:37:30,491 --> 00:37:35,971 and we go close it out after Latrice hits us with her next favorite lyric. 640 00:37:36,701 --> 00:37:41,011 Latrice Sampson Richards: OK, so, since I can only do one more, 641 00:37:42,381 --> 00:37:46,491 Jay Ray: But here's the thing, Latrice, so we can include your other ones in 642 00:37:46,491 --> 00:37:51,351 our newsletter, so then our folks who are part of our newsletter can get it. 643 00:37:52,131 --> 00:37:53,881 Latrice Sampson Richards: you know what I was thinking, too? 644 00:37:54,151 --> 00:38:00,741 I was thinking that maybe we could do a Spotify playlist. 645 00:38:01,061 --> 00:38:01,871 Jay Ray: Of course. 646 00:38:01,871 --> 00:38:02,921 Absolutely. 647 00:38:03,941 --> 00:38:04,511 Latrice Sampson Richards: We can do a Spotify 648 00:38:04,531 --> 00:38:05,451 DJ Sir Daniel: in our language. 649 00:38:06,031 --> 00:38:06,781 Jay Ray: Yes. 650 00:38:06,981 --> 00:38:11,861 Latrice Sampson Richards: and y'all can go and add that playlist to your 651 00:38:11,861 --> 00:38:19,061 list and you can see what lyrics Treece has gained lessons from. 652 00:38:19,531 --> 00:38:20,461 Jay Ray: Absolutely. 653 00:38:20,521 --> 00:38:21,091 Yes. 654 00:38:21,091 --> 00:38:22,381 Mm-Hmm. 655 00:38:22,641 --> 00:38:26,051 Latrice Sampson Richards: this one I'm throwing in here, right, is not, not 656 00:38:26,101 --> 00:38:35,211 necessarily like in my top 10 list, but I, I genuinely believe, I genuinely believe 657 00:38:35,671 --> 00:38:47,776 that we Can and should stretch ourselves musically because I think it helps us 658 00:38:48,086 --> 00:38:55,296 to understand and or discover new parts and pieces of ourselves, of who we are. 659 00:38:55,536 --> 00:38:57,446 Nobody is all one thing. 660 00:38:57,446 --> 00:39:01,096 Nobody is all, you know, a certain kind of way. 661 00:39:01,106 --> 00:39:04,946 The reality is that we are multifaceted individuals. 662 00:39:05,356 --> 00:39:07,476 That is who we are as humans. 663 00:39:07,786 --> 00:39:14,936 And so we have to have some diversity in our musical selection that 664 00:39:14,936 --> 00:39:17,286 feeds the different parts of us. 665 00:39:17,436 --> 00:39:17,986 Jay Ray: Yes, 666 00:39:18,016 --> 00:39:19,396 Oh, I want to know what this is 667 00:39:19,521 --> 00:39:20,851 Latrice Sampson Richards: all in agreement with that. 668 00:39:21,041 --> 00:39:21,911 DJ Sir Daniel: I'm ready for it 669 00:39:22,851 --> 00:39:24,201 Latrice Sampson Richards: That being said, 670 00:39:26,896 --> 00:39:28,086 Jay Ray: I want to know what Latrice about to 671 00:39:28,111 --> 00:39:35,801 Latrice Sampson Richards: my second song choice is Love Me by Lil Wayne. 672 00:39:40,081 --> 00:39:50,909 DJ Sir Daniel: didn't see that one coming hit us with it. 673 00:39:51,101 --> 00:39:52,351 Latrice Sampson Richards: I think this is the chorus. 674 00:39:52,361 --> 00:39:54,691 This is the first chorus, or it's just the chorus. 675 00:39:54,691 --> 00:39:55,111 Whatever. 676 00:39:56,181 --> 00:40:01,621 Lil Wayne says, Yeah, long as my bitches love me. 677 00:40:02,661 --> 00:40:07,321 I could give a fuck about no hater, long as my bitches love me. 678 00:40:07,811 --> 00:40:10,051 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 679 00:40:10,561 --> 00:40:11,381 Eardrummers. 680 00:40:12,511 --> 00:40:17,206 Yeah, I could give a fuck about no nigga, long as my bitches love me. 681 00:40:17,496 --> 00:40:18,556 Love me. 682 00:40:20,196 --> 00:40:23,366 Listen, that's a word. 683 00:40:24,326 --> 00:40:24,826 Okay? 684 00:40:26,036 --> 00:40:26,716 That's a word. 685 00:40:27,626 --> 00:40:32,436 Because, and I'm being for real, we laughing, but I'm being for real. 686 00:40:32,976 --> 00:40:37,816 I get a physical reaction every time I hear Lil Wayne say that line. 687 00:40:37,826 --> 00:40:39,436 Long as my bitches love me. 688 00:40:39,976 --> 00:40:46,906 Because at the end of the day, it don't matter who else fuck with you. 689 00:40:48,186 --> 00:40:52,116 If the people you fuck with, fuck with you. 690 00:40:53,141 --> 00:40:57,791 Don't matter what nobody else got to say, long as my bitches love me, 691 00:40:58,256 --> 00:40:58,816 Jay Ray: Mhm. 692 00:40:59,911 --> 00:41:02,861 Latrice Sampson Richards: I give a fuck about what you gotta say, I give a fuck 693 00:41:02,861 --> 00:41:10,081 about how you feel because the people who know me, the people who appreciate me, the 694 00:41:10,081 --> 00:41:17,421 people who love me, as long as they fuck with me, then I'm going to be all right. 695 00:41:18,196 --> 00:41:18,366 DJ Sir Daniel: Silence. 696 00:41:18,401 --> 00:41:20,311 Latrice Sampson Richards: And I think it's important for us. 697 00:41:20,941 --> 00:41:26,931 To be reminded of that, because we spend a lot of time trying 698 00:41:26,931 --> 00:41:28,971 to get people to choose us. 699 00:41:30,821 --> 00:41:36,271 We spend a lot of time trying to convince people, and I'm talking to myself as 700 00:41:36,271 --> 00:41:38,571 much as I'm talking to anybody else. 701 00:41:39,161 --> 00:41:45,391 We, I spend a lot of time, right? 702 00:41:45,606 --> 00:41:50,246 Well, I can't say a lot because I be learning the lesson, but I used to 703 00:41:50,246 --> 00:41:58,386 spend a lot of time trying to get people to just accept me for who I am and to 704 00:41:58,396 --> 00:42:01,876 be okay with the reality of who I am. 705 00:42:02,686 --> 00:42:09,046 And this song reminds me that it don't matter if they do or they 706 00:42:09,046 --> 00:42:13,296 don't, because the ones who fuck with me, they fuck with me for real. 707 00:42:13,566 --> 00:42:18,666 And as long as I got them, I don't need none of that other stuff. 708 00:42:18,716 --> 00:42:20,016 I'm going to be okay. 709 00:42:20,206 --> 00:42:21,756 I have my community. 710 00:42:21,766 --> 00:42:25,086 It's small, but it is mighty. 711 00:42:25,806 --> 00:42:25,886 DJ Sir Daniel: Um, 712 00:42:26,716 --> 00:42:31,776 Latrice Sampson Richards: And that's all that I need to live. 713 00:42:32,351 --> 00:42:38,131 This life, you know, so Lil Wayne is a prophet 714 00:42:38,416 --> 00:42:39,336 Jay Ray: Yes. 715 00:42:39,651 --> 00:42:41,211 Latrice Sampson Richards: out here in these streets 716 00:42:41,631 --> 00:42:42,181 long as my 717 00:42:42,296 --> 00:42:47,236 DJ Sir Daniel: you took me, you took me back to, there was a spot I used to DJ 718 00:42:47,236 --> 00:42:52,396 and, and there were dancers and they used to like, they liked to dance to that song. 719 00:42:52,521 --> 00:42:53,271 Latrice Sampson Richards: Yes, 720 00:42:53,406 --> 00:42:55,106 DJ Sir Daniel: I hadn't thought about that song since 721 00:42:55,151 --> 00:42:56,111 Latrice Sampson Richards: other thing though, right? 722 00:42:56,111 --> 00:42:59,471 Cause on top of all of that, like Jill Scott did the interview. 723 00:42:59,471 --> 00:43:01,041 We was talking about Jill Scott interview earlier. 724 00:43:01,121 --> 00:43:03,251 Jill Scott did the interview with Jemele Hill. 725 00:43:03,616 --> 00:43:08,966 I haven't watched the full interview, but on Jamel Hill's unbothered podcast, 726 00:43:09,176 --> 00:43:12,106 she just did an interview with Jill Scott and Jill Scott is saying, 727 00:43:12,136 --> 00:43:13,586 talking about intimacy and stuff. 728 00:43:13,586 --> 00:43:17,346 And she's saying like, yes, I am the woo woo girl. 729 00:43:17,396 --> 00:43:21,306 You know, like I am definitely the woo woo and the crystals 730 00:43:21,306 --> 00:43:25,846 and you know, I'm the, you know, natural girl, mother, mother to the 731 00:43:26,076 --> 00:43:27,106 DJ Sir Daniel: God is all 732 00:43:27,106 --> 00:43:27,196 Latrice Sampson Richards: shit. 733 00:43:27,196 --> 00:43:29,736 But also sometimes I just want to fuck. 734 00:43:30,196 --> 00:43:31,926 Jay Ray: Yeah, right. 735 00:43:32,366 --> 00:43:32,966 DJ Sir Daniel: And I felt 736 00:43:33,096 --> 00:43:36,726 Latrice Sampson Richards: Sometimes I just want to be a nasty bitch, okay? 737 00:43:37,036 --> 00:43:42,006 Sometimes I just want, my, my line sister sent me a meme one time that said I just 738 00:43:42,006 --> 00:43:44,076 want to do hood shit with my friends. 739 00:43:44,106 --> 00:43:45,586 And I mean, it's a thing. 740 00:43:46,216 --> 00:43:47,006 It's a thing. 741 00:43:47,366 --> 00:43:49,466 DJ Sir Daniel: we, we are multifaceted people. 742 00:43:49,466 --> 00:43:51,056 We're not one dimensional. 743 00:43:51,066 --> 00:43:51,456 We are not 744 00:43:51,496 --> 00:43:52,046 Latrice Sampson Richards: You know? 745 00:43:52,586 --> 00:43:58,256 Jay Ray: and we need to be allowed, given the room to be able to be those things. 746 00:43:58,416 --> 00:43:59,076 Latrice Sampson Richards: Yes. 747 00:43:59,511 --> 00:44:03,481 Jay Ray: And to your, to your point, when you have folks in your life, that's 748 00:44:03,481 --> 00:44:06,721 like, I see all, I see all of Latrice. 749 00:44:06,981 --> 00:44:08,421 I see all of Sir Daniel. 750 00:44:08,461 --> 00:44:12,451 I see all of Jay Ray and I'm in, and, and I fuck with them 751 00:44:12,726 --> 00:44:13,416 Latrice Sampson Richards: Yes. 752 00:44:13,826 --> 00:44:14,376 DJ Sir Daniel: the long 753 00:44:14,671 --> 00:44:15,721 Jay Ray: the long way. 754 00:44:15,956 --> 00:44:16,866 Latrice Sampson Richards: The long way. 755 00:44:17,381 --> 00:44:21,341 Jay Ray: can I bring in, I want to bring in a lyric from that came in from the chat 756 00:44:21,381 --> 00:44:25,171 and I want to make sure that we do that before we, before we leave out tonight. 757 00:44:25,831 --> 00:44:27,361 Mark McPherson shout out to Mark. 758 00:44:27,381 --> 00:44:28,311 I saw Mark. 759 00:44:28,521 --> 00:44:35,721 On Monday in person, Hey Mark, um, Mark, uh, picked one of the most 760 00:44:35,731 --> 00:44:41,921 beautiful songs, just my imagination by the temptations and the lyric, 761 00:44:42,351 --> 00:44:43,851 isn't that a beautiful song? 762 00:44:43,881 --> 00:44:50,481 And just these lyrics each day through my window, I watch her as she passes by. 763 00:44:50,801 --> 00:44:52,821 I say to myself, self. 764 00:44:53,341 --> 00:44:55,551 Even though that's not in the lyric here, but that's what happens. 765 00:44:55,561 --> 00:45:01,801 So you're such a lucky guy to have a girl like her. 766 00:45:02,061 --> 00:45:03,271 Okay, I'm not gonna sing. 767 00:45:03,461 --> 00:45:07,981 It's truly a dream come true out of all the fellows in the world. 768 00:45:07,991 --> 00:45:12,911 She belongs to me, but it was just my imagination running away with me. 769 00:45:13,391 --> 00:45:17,351 It was just my imagination running away with me. 770 00:45:18,166 --> 00:45:20,076 Latrice Sampson Richards: Mm hmm. 771 00:45:20,216 --> 00:45:22,276 DJ Sir Daniel: taste of J racing and then everything to come 772 00:45:22,331 --> 00:45:23,781 Jay Ray: I love that song. 773 00:45:24,526 --> 00:45:25,346 DJ Sir Daniel: on y'all. 774 00:45:25,886 --> 00:45:26,786 Latrice Sampson Richards: he a good man. 775 00:45:26,786 --> 00:45:27,556 Savannah. 776 00:45:30,326 --> 00:45:30,656 Jay Ray: Thank you. 777 00:45:30,781 --> 00:45:31,271 Latrice 778 00:45:31,536 --> 00:45:32,376 Latrice Sampson Richards: a good man. 779 00:45:32,376 --> 00:45:33,056 Savannah. 780 00:45:34,461 --> 00:45:35,471 DJ Sir Daniel: Let's trees. 781 00:45:35,551 --> 00:45:40,951 We have thoroughly enjoyed you on this episode of Queue Points podcast. 782 00:45:40,971 --> 00:45:44,281 Before we get up out of here, please, please, please let the 783 00:45:44,281 --> 00:45:48,621 people know how they can get more of you, how they can contact you 784 00:45:48,621 --> 00:45:50,081 and find out about your practice. 785 00:45:50,101 --> 00:45:52,101 And of course, listen to your podcast. 786 00:45:52,596 --> 00:45:53,446 Latrice Sampson Richards: Absolutely. 787 00:45:53,456 --> 00:45:55,476 Thank you all so much for having me. 788 00:45:55,476 --> 00:45:58,096 I have thoroughly enjoyed myself. 789 00:45:58,406 --> 00:46:02,726 Um, my cheeks are literally hurting cause I've been smiling 790 00:46:02,726 --> 00:46:08,016 the entire time, um, which is always like a plus and a positive. 791 00:46:08,016 --> 00:46:11,476 I do a lot of interviews, you know, um, and they don't always. 792 00:46:12,561 --> 00:46:21,651 But I have thoroughly enjoyed myself today. 793 00:46:21,651 --> 00:46:24,241 Um, I love y'all so very, very much. 794 00:46:24,571 --> 00:46:28,611 And, um, I'm just, you know, so now like next step is we got to work. 795 00:46:28,631 --> 00:46:30,041 together for real, for real. 796 00:46:30,041 --> 00:46:32,441 We got to do something for real, for real. 797 00:46:32,821 --> 00:46:36,641 Um, so y'all, you know, we're gonna see what comes out of that. 798 00:46:36,641 --> 00:46:38,301 But thank you so much for having me. 799 00:46:38,631 --> 00:46:40,651 Um, I can be found. 800 00:46:40,661 --> 00:46:42,891 I spent most of my time on instagram. 801 00:46:42,911 --> 00:46:43,711 I'm not gonna lie. 802 00:46:44,001 --> 00:46:48,651 Although, um, that's not really saying much because I do not post that much. 803 00:46:48,681 --> 00:46:49,921 I'm gonna be honest. 804 00:46:50,191 --> 00:46:54,406 Um, but if you want to keep up with me and what I got going on, Instagram 805 00:46:54,406 --> 00:46:56,006 is the best place to do that. 806 00:46:56,336 --> 00:47:00,556 Um, and you can follow me on Instagram at Latrice Sampson Richards. 807 00:47:00,836 --> 00:47:05,796 Um, I have also a tick tock, uh, that I, you know, been kind of 808 00:47:05,806 --> 00:47:07,556 dipping into the tick tock streets. 809 00:47:07,616 --> 00:47:11,106 Uh, you know, they look like they trying to ban it or whatever, but we're 810 00:47:11,106 --> 00:47:13,946 gonna see what happens, uh, with that. 811 00:47:14,176 --> 00:47:17,356 But you can find me on tick tock at rich by marriage. 812 00:47:17,596 --> 00:47:20,821 Um, Which I think I'm going to change that soon. 813 00:47:20,851 --> 00:47:24,341 I think I'm gonna change it over to Pied Melanin, um, which 814 00:47:24,341 --> 00:47:26,071 is the name of the company. 815 00:47:26,311 --> 00:47:31,681 I am working on the Pied Melanin website, but in the meantime you can find my old 816 00:47:31,681 --> 00:47:33,961 website, which is not fully updated. 817 00:47:33,961 --> 00:47:37,261 So keep that in mind when you go to the website, it's not fully updated. 818 00:47:37,511 --> 00:47:38,561 It's in the process. 819 00:47:38,786 --> 00:47:40,846 of being updated and changed over. 820 00:47:41,106 --> 00:47:42,916 And that's Latrice Samson Richards. 821 00:47:43,226 --> 00:47:43,926 com. 822 00:47:44,216 --> 00:47:51,216 Um, and, uh, I do live event consultations, planning execution. 823 00:47:51,216 --> 00:47:55,026 I literally, one of my clients texts me today and she was like, 824 00:47:55,026 --> 00:47:57,156 Hey, are you available for June? 825 00:47:57,206 --> 00:48:00,716 Um, you know, it's like wanting to get on the calendar and things like that. 826 00:48:01,016 --> 00:48:03,346 I got some really amazing events that. 827 00:48:03,506 --> 00:48:07,606 I'm planning and working on, like I was telling y'all before last year, 828 00:48:07,916 --> 00:48:11,986 um, it was just, it was the most difficult year of my life, hands down. 829 00:48:12,016 --> 00:48:18,056 Um, when my dad passed and, uh, I had all these plans of things that I wanted 830 00:48:18,056 --> 00:48:20,216 to do, and it just shut that down. 831 00:48:20,226 --> 00:48:20,926 You know, it just. 832 00:48:21,086 --> 00:48:22,556 it just really shut that down. 833 00:48:22,846 --> 00:48:25,376 So I'm on the other side of that now. 834 00:48:25,396 --> 00:48:30,686 And, um, I'm really excited to finally be like pressing gas on all of the things 835 00:48:30,686 --> 00:48:34,166 that I've been telling y'all was coming for the last two, two years, two or three 836 00:48:34,166 --> 00:48:36,946 years, um, that kind of got derailed. 837 00:48:36,946 --> 00:48:40,456 So just, you know, be on the lookout for all of the things. 838 00:48:40,976 --> 00:48:44,456 And, uh, yeah, that's, that's it. 839 00:48:44,456 --> 00:48:46,316 I do respond to DMS. 840 00:48:46,816 --> 00:48:49,906 Um, so if you want to work with me, you can always just 841 00:48:49,906 --> 00:48:52,006 jump into DMS on Instagram. 842 00:48:52,351 --> 00:48:56,121 Jay Ray: Listen Latrice, we will absolutely be right there 843 00:48:56,121 --> 00:48:58,411 supporting Latrice Samson Richards. 844 00:48:58,841 --> 00:49:03,331 Um, you, you, the work that you do is incredibly important and just you as 845 00:49:03,341 --> 00:49:11,641 a, a human being are just, I remember sitting in that room in Philadelphia. 846 00:49:11,876 --> 00:49:17,556 And we hadn't met yet, but I remember it was somebody giving a testimony 847 00:49:17,586 --> 00:49:22,706 and you just spoke life into that person from your seat in the audience. 848 00:49:22,996 --> 00:49:25,066 And I'm like, we got to work with her. 849 00:49:25,066 --> 00:49:27,836 I 850 00:49:27,851 --> 00:49:28,121 DJ Sir Daniel: yep. 851 00:49:28,731 --> 00:49:29,251 It's true. 852 00:49:29,686 --> 00:49:30,486 Latrice Sampson Richards: Yes. 853 00:49:30,486 --> 00:49:30,686 Yeah. 854 00:49:30,686 --> 00:49:34,236 I mean, because I just feel like it don't cost you nothing 855 00:49:34,966 --> 00:49:37,686 to be a decent human being. 856 00:49:38,036 --> 00:49:40,426 And my goal. 857 00:49:41,251 --> 00:49:50,231 In life is to make sure that anybody who experiences me, no matter how long, if 858 00:49:50,231 --> 00:49:55,341 it's for this hour and a half, that, that we've been talking tonight, if this is the 859 00:49:55,341 --> 00:50:01,061 only contact you ever get with me for the rest of your life, I want for you to come 860 00:50:01,061 --> 00:50:06,011 away from that experience, feeling like your life has been made better in some 861 00:50:06,011 --> 00:50:09,751 way, even if it's just for that moment. 862 00:50:10,186 --> 00:50:11,206 You know what I'm saying? 863 00:50:11,456 --> 00:50:14,236 Like that, that is the goal. 864 00:50:14,546 --> 00:50:20,676 And so, you know, I, I just, I appreciate y'all and I love y'all. 865 00:50:20,936 --> 00:50:23,046 I love the people and the people love me back. 866 00:50:23,046 --> 00:50:28,386 So it's a, it's a mutually, it's a reciprocal relationship, you know, 867 00:50:28,396 --> 00:50:30,236 it's a reciprocal relationship. 868 00:50:30,596 --> 00:50:33,286 And, um, yeah, I love y'all. 869 00:50:33,326 --> 00:50:33,586 Thank 870 00:50:33,586 --> 00:50:33,776 y'all. 871 00:50:34,016 --> 00:50:35,416 Jay Ray: you too Latrice. 872 00:50:35,541 --> 00:50:36,531 DJ Sir Daniel: is real. 873 00:50:36,671 --> 00:50:39,941 J Ray, share some love with our listeners and let them know. 874 00:50:40,481 --> 00:50:42,871 Um, just remind them how they can keep up with us. 875 00:50:42,891 --> 00:50:46,591 And so that they can get more, uh, they can find this show 876 00:50:46,601 --> 00:50:48,251 with Latrice and others like it. 877 00:50:48,361 --> 00:50:48,731 So 878 00:50:49,426 --> 00:50:51,896 Jay Ray: So y'all are doing the most important thing. 879 00:50:51,896 --> 00:50:56,636 If you can hear our voices, if you could see our faces, that is amazing. 880 00:50:56,956 --> 00:51:01,186 Go ahead and hit the subscribe button so that you can subscribe and know when the 881 00:51:01,186 --> 00:51:03,126 new stuff from Queue Points is coming up. 882 00:51:03,126 --> 00:51:07,291 And if they have a notification bell or anything like that, go ahead and hit that. 883 00:51:07,471 --> 00:51:12,981 If you, um, want to do us a solid, please share the show with your 884 00:51:12,991 --> 00:51:14,741 friends, your family, your colleagues. 885 00:51:14,781 --> 00:51:17,861 If you like Queue Points and you really enjoy what we do over here, 886 00:51:18,141 --> 00:51:20,961 chances are the people that are close to you will really like it too. 887 00:51:21,221 --> 00:51:23,411 So we would love it if you could share it. 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through the store. 902 00:51:55,656 --> 00:51:59,336 We've been watching the orders come through and come in and go out. 903 00:51:59,826 --> 00:52:01,796 We appreciate that so much. 904 00:52:01,826 --> 00:52:04,906 We even got, yo, we got our bags over there. 905 00:52:04,906 --> 00:52:06,286 I'm gonna show you the bag again. 906 00:52:06,576 --> 00:52:07,426 Cause this bag so fly. 907 00:52:07,426 --> 00:52:09,696 This is our record shopping bag. 908 00:52:09,946 --> 00:52:13,486 You can fit 26 albums in here, y'all. 909 00:52:13,686 --> 00:52:16,346 Latrice Sampson Richards: Oh, that is a very specific number. 910 00:52:16,356 --> 00:52:17,776 Jay Ray: it is very, I count it. 911 00:52:18,096 --> 00:52:22,686 You can fit 26 albums in here and we got three of them. 912 00:52:22,901 --> 00:52:25,351 So we got this the slow jabs can heal us in a couple others. 913 00:52:25,391 --> 00:52:25,721 So 914 00:52:25,746 --> 00:52:27,316 Latrice Sampson Richards: Well, I need to get me a shirt. 915 00:52:27,336 --> 00:52:29,786 I'm gonna have to, let me get my life together. 916 00:52:29,836 --> 00:52:30,216 Let me get 917 00:52:30,356 --> 00:52:30,706 DJ Sir Daniel: we got 918 00:52:30,971 --> 00:52:31,791 Jay Ray: We got you 919 00:52:32,286 --> 00:52:32,876 Latrice Sampson Richards: Yes. 920 00:52:32,906 --> 00:52:34,496 And y'all sign up for that newsletter. 921 00:52:34,496 --> 00:52:35,966 So y'all can get that Spotify 922 00:52:35,976 --> 00:52:36,526 list. 923 00:52:36,546 --> 00:52:36,656 Yeah. 924 00:52:37,261 --> 00:52:37,911 Jay Ray: Yes, 925 00:52:38,136 --> 00:52:39,006 DJ Sir Daniel: what the lady said. 926 00:52:39,016 --> 00:52:42,966 That was the lovely Latrice Samson Richards. 927 00:52:43,376 --> 00:52:44,866 I am DJ Sir Daniel, 928 00:52:45,171 --> 00:52:46,721 Jay Ray: And my name is jray. 929 00:52:47,136 --> 00:52:49,816 DJ Sir Daniel: and this is Queue Points podcast, dropping the 930 00:52:49,816 --> 00:52:52,226 needle on black music history. 931 00:52:52,716 --> 00:52:53,336 What do I wait? 932 00:52:53,366 --> 00:52:56,776 I almost forgot my, my lines to the people, Jerry. 933 00:52:56,901 --> 00:52:57,881 Jay Ray: you didn't even say it. 934 00:52:57,881 --> 00:52:58,291 Yes. 935 00:52:58,301 --> 00:52:58,781 We have to 936 00:52:58,816 --> 00:52:59,736 DJ Sir Daniel: So I got to hit him. 937 00:53:00,291 --> 00:53:04,241 With the lyrics that you heard tonight, this means even more 938 00:53:04,271 --> 00:53:06,461 in this life, you have a choice. 939 00:53:06,461 --> 00:53:11,341 You can either pick up the needle or you can let the record play again. 940 00:53:11,341 --> 00:53:12,001 I'm DJ sir. 941 00:53:12,001 --> 00:53:12,521 Daniel. 942 00:53:12,561 --> 00:53:13,651 That was Jay Ray. 943 00:53:14,041 --> 00:53:16,501 Our lovely guest Latrice Samson Richards. 944 00:53:16,571 --> 00:53:21,461 This is Queue Points podcast, dropping the needle on black music history. 945 00:53:21,701 --> 00:53:23,471 We will see you on the next go round. 946 00:53:23,531 --> 00:53:24,101 Peace. 947 00:53:24,231 --> 00:53:24,341 Jay Ray: Peace