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We’re at the Grammys brought to you by Turbo Tax with Musiq Soulchild. Yeah.
Best Male R&B performance, you we’re nominated this year. So exciting,
but you’re not a newbie to the nominations. No no no
You've been nominated eleven times. Yeah, I’ve been nominated eleven times, but it’s still an honor.
I've never actually coveted
or gotten the coveted Grammy, but
it’s also equally, if I can say so myself,
an honor to be nominated because I've been privy to the
process of it and you could easily not be nominated.
Like, that is a very easy thing to not happen. So, I’m grateful. So thank you so much.
Talk about the work that you’re being nominated for
and what it meant to you. I didn't mean to cut you off. No no
I’m just feeling so excited. I’m feeling the excitement.
I’m nominated for a song, “We’re Still Friends” it’s a
Donnie Hathaway remake and it’s going to be on a tribute album
put together by Kirk Whalum. I just saw Layla,
you know, I just feel the love so much and I've been a long time Donnie Hathaway fan.
He’s basically been one of my main musical instructors.
Yeah. So it’s an honor. Did you ever get to work with him or meet him at all?
No, no, no, no, no, no he. Yeah I know. I guess.
People think I’m older than I am. People think you’re three years old. I’m not that old.
[laughter] Jesus, I know my soul may be that old but you know.
And now you’re working on another album in the midst of all this madness, right? Yeah, yeah,
I’m workin’ on my sixth album, it’s entitled “Music And The Magic”. It should be
coming out May third. Just released my first single off of it with Swiss Beats actually,
produced by Jerry Wonder out in New York and it’s called “Anything”.
It’s a nice, up tempo, feel good dance record, yeah.
And what keeps on inspiring you to create these like, change it up and everything? My fans.
My supporters. People that have been supporting me for so long. Like,
I’m so grateful that I have an audience who
deem me credible enough that they wanted to go out and pay for what I’m puttin’ out
because you can download pretty much anything now days. Of course.
But to, for someone to choose to, you know I could download this but I’m gonna go to itunes or
whatever any other place and I’m going to pay for this.
I’m gonna go to Best Buy and pay for this CD. So that’s an awesome thing.
Gotta keep it going. Yes. Now, do you have one person who’s guided you throughout your career?
Who I've what? Guided you throughout your career.
Do you have someone who’s given you expert advice?
I've had a bunch of people given me expert advice.
I don’t have no one, you know, Yoda, Obi Wan Kenobi that has been like, you know you should do this,
you know. I give that up to God. God has definitely been blessing me,
inspiring me and bringing things to my intelligence
to recognize and be aware of and I've
just chosen to not turn a deaf ear or blind eye to it.
That’s what I attribute my success to you know.
I've been able to put my personal feelings aside to be able to entertain
the masses, you know. It’s not, I may not necessarily be doin’ exactly what
I want to do all the time but I know that what I
am doing is entertaining people, you know. So it’s like .
you put aside, you sacrifice the wants of a few,
I’m the few, for the joys of the many, you know.
So I’m happy and I’m honored that I’m able to live my life doin’ what I ultimately love to do
Definitely, I ditto that. Okay
I ditto, I agree with you. I support that. Well thanks for dittoing.
No, I ditto. Well I agree with you and thank you so much.
Thank you. And congratulations again.Thank you very much I appreciate it. I mean another year, another nomination.
Yeah, I’m lookin’ forward to the festivities, all the performances and as I always say,
I’m here in support of everybody, you know. I don’t pick and choose.
Everybody that’s been doing their thing and that’s been nominated, everybody that’s credible, everybody
that’s going to touch that stage and everybody that’s just going to be there present. Yeah
For the evening and the event I’m
so in awe of what you've accomplished.
Thank you so much for doing you and it’s inspiring me to be better.
Love it. Thank you. Love the energy and positivity. Thank you thank you. Peace. Peace and love.
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