FOLEY : SANDRA !!!!!
FOLEY !!!!!
My Heart....
MAMI......WTF IS GOIN ON ???
That’s the best I got.
Noooooooo.....
There's gotta be More ??
They done wore you out, Mami ??
You know what? For a while, it did feel like I was sapped and tapped out.
But, Mama’s got her groove back !!
I’m writing again, learning more, saying NO more....
giving less than ZERO fucks when necessary....
And, generally enjoying what I’M All about.
I’m a Bad bitch !!!
Yes, You ARE Mami !!
Umm.....you know A LOT of Shit is goin on, out chea....
SSV : I DO !!!
How are YOU dealing with this NEW CRAZINESS ??
I was literally on my way to See you in NYC March 2020...
And then "BULLSHIT-19" struck....
SSV: I....is....TIRED !!FOLEY :
HA.....
Oh Goddamn....
"NO WAYS" TIRED ???
SSV: HA....Yes, thas DEF the Reference !
I basically decided to look away, before I lost MY mind.
WISE DECISION...
Haha....
SSV: I used to be quite "Politically" Outspoken....
Bro. Fred Hampton
FOLEY :
Yeah, which is Now.....the "GAME OF HASHTAGS"
Season 1 - episode 2 "Comments & Likes"
Starring : HAWK TUAH as Hailey Welch ( the Public "Black Dick" Defender)
SSV : Hahaha !!!While the "Armchair Revolutionary" is on their damn computers..
SAFE from COMMITMENT !!
But "THE GAME" of it all, has turned me off significantly.
I'm SO GLAD to Hear This.....
SSV : All I can do is let it play out.....And concetrate on ME & MINE !!
FOLEY :
EXACTLY !!
or
YOU'd be the one Getting "Played out"
Just like the rest of the Planet...
SSV :Ooh, now the song
“Concentrate On You” is playing in my head music
Oh Goddamn....
Okay, let's git right to it.....
"Burning Question" :
The Internet... a Must ?
or
UN-necessary Evil ?
SSV : With GREAT Disdain....
FOLEY : Aiiiiight.....
Please, go on...I'm wit chu...
SSV : Ima have to say "UNnecessary" Evil....You know, I'd really like for it to be GONE !!
At least pared down til the shit gets right, and ONLY that !
I have a feeling the generations coming up now will change it dramatically.
Weirdly enough, they are seemingly leaning towards less green time, more real time
FOLEY : Fa Sho....UN-necessary asf....
SSV :The GAME of it ALL... is unnecessary.
But if you’re going to attempt to win at a thing ??
You’re supposed to BE IN that thing.
You got to play. At this point, I couldn't care less about the industry as it is.
I don’t want to WIN or LOSE, because I’m not playing.
My shit ain’t for play-play!!
I do what I do, and HAVE DONE what I’ve done....
I'm Good.....
Aiiiiight ????
SSV: At this Point ?There Really IS No goin back....
FOLEY : Agreed...and I'm glad.....
Cause, that "SLAVE-BASED" Business Model ?
Shit needed to be dismantled, Anyway
UNLESS an artist the likes of Sting, or Jay-Z...
Or...Damn....
There are not that many artists the business cares about!
FOLEY :
The "Business" NEVER gave a fuck about Artists...
Unless.... they're making MONEY for Them
FOLEY :
So, in TRUTH ??
Like always...
It's gonna be up to the ARTIST to make the PUBLIC give a fuck about THEM
THAT's HOW THIS SHIT ACTUALLY WORKS......Right ?!?!?
SSV :
"Whew, THAT is a word !!"
FOLEY : If people Record some compelling shit ?
The Labels AND The Public... get what they BOTH want & need
So, ultimately ?
Shit, is back on THE ARTIST...
BULLSHIT never sold...in ANY ERA
Regardless of the "Power structure" behind it...
SSV : TRUTH !!!
Therefore.....
No games.
No monkeys.
No circus.
No bullshit.
We have to do : "US"
SSV : We are outchea !!!
Artists that do not cater to the strong silicone arm, plastic valley... of the popular music industry.
We must continue doing what we do, not just for our own survival, but for the survival of art’s essence.
FOLEY : Exactly, And If they want Proof ?
Pat Boone was NEVER able take out "Little Richard"
And, they sho the fuck tried tho....
SSV:But, someone would need to somehow force labels...
to work again, to promote...without the ease of cheap "Innanetz"
I "highly doubt" that would happen.
FOLEY : Oh, No...it's OVER....
Thank Goodness.....
Between what happened wit "Napster" ( File sharing in general )
Major label Greed...
( They Fuck'd themselves for NOT handling that shit early on )
And, Now....Substandard Artists with....with Trash output ?
Welp, MF's got what they "Didn't" Pay For...
FOLEY : So, they had to come up wit "American Idol" ???
cause, the TALENT Pool got so bad out here ???
And, THAT show was BULLSHIT TOO....
The REAL "Masked Singer" was PRINCE !!
Cause, he'd write a MASTERPIECE like "MANIC MONDAY" under an assumed name...
SSV :I hate "contested" singing anyway.
SSV :
It encourages "Theatrics" over art.
That’s cool, but it’s only a tiny portion of creativity.
Let me throw some "Names" at cha :
"ELLA"
SSV: MY QUEEN !!
FOLEY : She was the ONLY HUMAN that could trip up a "HORN" player.
First of all, No HUMAN should've been able to do that...ANY GODDAMN WAY
And she'd LAUGH, when THEY couldn't out "Scat" HER
( Listen to Ella on "Cottontail" when she straight laughed at dude on sax )
SSV : LOVE. HER.
"JONI MITCHELL"
SSV :Other folks’ Queen
FOLEY : Oh, Noooooo....That's unfortunate you feel that way
SSV : OK, I didn’t mean it to come off like that.
I love and respect Joni fah sho.
As a writer, she is in the top 5 for me.
My 1st reaction was "vocally" based.
She has her style, which is perfect for her style.
As does Sade, btw....and I like Sade vocally over Mariah Carey and Sade got a 5 note range,
but you will feel every one of them bad boys
Mariah's got 6 octaves ?
All them octaves, leave me cold mostly....
FOLEY :
Well, I have to be REAL and say this....knowing how you feel about Prince :
PRINCE was 80% JONI.....
15% SLY STONE.....
and 5% JAMES BROWN
SSV : I have to run the numbers on that... Hahaha !!
FOLEY :
Shiiiiid, Go Head...RUN 'EM !!
Nah, for reel....
ALL of Prince's ballads were either inspired or blatantly ripped from JONI
ALL of Prince's Bg vocal work, COMPLETELY echoed JONI ( and The EMOTIONS )
* Listen to Joni's "LADIES MAN" or "LOVE" from her "Wild things Run Fast" cd
Prince's very first song on his debut lp "FOR YOU" ?
This was another example of Joni's HUGE INFLUENCE on him
He was trying to conjure up Joni's "SHADOWS & LIGHT"
Where it was ALL JONI.....in "VOCALESE"
Prince literally Stalked her, when he first signed to WB...
He'd gotten her address & showed up to her House & Shit ?!?
Well, to say he was "Smitten" ?
Uh, Yeah......
FOLEY :
Prince & I became Friends over JONI MITCHELL...
( like trekkies or some shit, "You Too?" )
Remember the back of his "Controversy" lp ?
where one of his headlines was just simply "JONI"
FOLEY :
JONI got ya Gurl "CHAKA" fucked up too...
ask HER about JONI.....
Oh trust, we (Chaka & I) spent hours upon hours listening to JONI together.
We used to make three part harmonies with all her joints. Chaka has an unfinished Joni album that she hasn’t released.
FOLEY : Yeah...Maybe one Day tho....
When I was mixing FOH for Prince back in 1998
(Yes, PRINCE called Me to mix his 1998 Tour)
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=prince+in+london+1998
All of these are from an Aftershow in LONDON ( Cafe Paris )
Most of the Show....
Anyway, I stopped by her new NJ spot....
and, we were singin along to Joni around the House...
And, Chaka yellin at Me to "Get off of Her Note"
Foley & Chaka in Europe ( 1989 )
SSV :It’s infuriating to me, especially when she releases some silly ass childlike song,
when I’ve heard the Joni stuff !!
FOLEY : Wow....
When Lenny White asked Chaka to do "Echoes of an Era" ?
She was Completely inspired by JONI having done that Mingus lp wit da Fellas !
( WAYNE, HERBIE, JACO )
And, Mingus was not a fan of White Folks....but even HE said :
"This Lil White Girl is bad"
I'm just sayin.....for posterity
SSV :I mean, I dig her writing skills immensely.
Her storytelling is unmatched.
FOLEY : Agreed....
But don't forget "SLY STONE" showed them ALL the way
Not Bob Dylan's plagiarizing ass....
( Whom Joni credits as her main inspo )
SSV :Interesting. Didn’t know that about Dylan.
He just sold his entire catalogue, didn’t he?
FOLEY : Yep, They're ALL selling off....NOW
( call ya Congressman )
"Sunday School don't make you Cool forever, And Neither does the SILVER OF YOUR SPOON"
"There's a Midget standing TALL & the GIANT beside him...About to Fall"
-------SLY STONE
SSV :But, Joan Armatrading never got the shine she deserved .....
with the same skill set, and I think we both know why.
FOLEY : Ummm...Wait...????
Did you actually just compare JONI MITCHELL to JOAN AMRATRADING ?!?!?
* where's my Belt *
SSV :I DO know how to get your juices flowing, HA !!
YES....
But, My Dahlin Sandra...
You would've had a better argument in court, comparing her to TRACEY CHAPMAN
And, even THEN Joan Armatrading would still be strugglin to pull it off....
SSV : Yep. I know !!
FOLEY : Now, I agree with the "Racism" sentiment...in terms of WHO gets Shine....
but unlike SLY or PRINCE ??
She's not one of OUR best representatives for debate here
Sorry Mami...
SSV :It was about the Racism piece for Me
I might’ve come up with a better example, but I wanted to set you off.
I did, and it was educational, and enjoyable !!
FOLEY :
Yeah, "TEA" is worth Millions now....
And, TRUST...I prefer "My White Folks" to be : TALENTED
TEENA MARIE is the BEST example I can use here......
Or
AVERAGE WHITE BAND....
KATE BUSH....
KENNY LOGGINS....
PETER COX of Go West....
STEVE MORSE...
THOMAS DOLBY.....
RAYMOND SCOTT....
ANN & NANCY WILSON etc.
"Lady T"
FOLEY : REEL TALK ??
Fuck getting invited to the BBQ ,
just cause you're "WHITE" with the machine behind you ??
( Black Folks are Quick wit dat Bullshit )
And, They didn't want NONE of yall asses on MTV....
when it premiered in 1981
AND........
The "Average" Black person out in the audience WILL come up...
And SHOW YOU what U AIN'T doin.... if you ain't on top of yo shit...
WE got it Like Dat....
It was sad listening to "MJ" talkin about "Babara Streisand" being his main vocal influence ?!???
Ummm, Bruh...
You Quoted "ROSE STONE"verbatim as a child...
and, then later "MAVIS STAPLES" as an Adult....
"Sha'Mone" ??? thas MAVIS' shit....
SSV :Fah sho, fah sho. Many on that list.
But as you put it earlier, regarding Pat Boone & Little Richard.
SSV: Ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby !!!
FOLEY : And while we're on the subject...
I have NEVER bought into that whole "Black Rock" coalition thing
( Bless bro. GREG TATE, may he rest )
I mean, again... I understand WHY it was needed to make things known...
But, it's placating to those that are behind the WHITE-WASHING to begin with.
And, to buy into that... suggests that WE didn't invent ROCK MUSIC itself
SSV :That is a GREAT point. "The Family Stand" never "officially" joined.
Although the 3 of us didn’t talk explicitly about WHY....
we ALL were on the same page with the redundancy of a BRC.
We were basically sort of "adopted" by the BRC
FOLEY : I see...
The Hi-jack on the culture...STILL CONTINUES
Thas like sayin DIZZY & BIRD & MILES was "Black Jazz" ??
or Eminem is "WHITE RAP"
And, Led Zepplin is "WHITE ROCK"
I Fucks wit LED ZEP, fa sho.....
But, their ENTIRE SOUND came from Aretha's :
"THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT"
Go back and Listen "VERY HARD"
FOLEY : The "Houses of the Holy" cover artwork ??
That shit would've def made ALL of the News cycles, today....
And, BTW.....BEETHOVEN was BLACK...the actual depictions of him ?
Yo, that mf looked like "HUEY NEWTON"
Research it...the truth is out there ( His daddy was BLACK ) Africans invented the PIANO, btw...
And, "SMOOTH JAZZ" IS BLACKFACE
Drake in "Blackface"as a teen.... Yeah, I SAID IT.....
Your Witness....
SSV : HA !!So much pulpit fodder up in all that !!!
FOLEY : And, I still chose my "Words" Very carefully....
While NOT Bullshitin' folks....or MYSELF
"GLADYS KNIGHT"
SSV : Love Her!!! We share a birthday...
When I was younger, I always wondered if she was my birth mother.
FOLEY : Awwww. you can STILL Claim her, tho !
You could look up the word "Adorable" & find HER Picture
SSV :Her tone, her phrasing, lordamercy. Chills every time !!
FOLEY :
Yep, She...like REAL SINGERS of the Past...
NEVER sang a verse the SAME WAY twice
Listen to her on Curtis' "MAKE YOURS A HAPPY HOME" on the "Claudine" soundtrack
SSV :THE POOL OF BLACK GENIUS is bottomless....
Topless too!
Gladys was another one that did not get the love she deserved....
while she was making hits.
FOLEY : NOOOOO.....
SHE DID GET THRU & SHE GOT LOVE !!
All of her 70's work was Heralded....Right ???
SSV : Well, I guess I’m looking at this industry as it is right now.
Gladys got the hits, yes.
She is a legend.... in OUR community, sure.
FOLEY :
I'd reserve THIS for maybe, FRANKIE BEVERLY....
I remember watching an episode of "Mary Tyler Moore"
she was pissed that her new stereo speakers was only playin "GLADYS" & none of the "PIPS"
SSV :But can she fill up an arena, like Chaka in The Netherlands?
She should most definitely be able to, but she can not.
Yeah, but there's a few different variables as to WHY that is....
( aside from the OBVIOUS )
SSV :When the Mary J. Blige’s do these festivals, and invite a bunch of folks
and pay them well, do they invite Gladys? NOPE.
Gladys is a fucking national treasure.
Her voice of course, but also her. Her person.
How she has carried her shit. She is a treasure.
But now, when she’s no longer considered
“a threat”, or competition, errbody loves her.
FOLEY : Vocally ?
SHE IS STILL A THREAT....
But NOW.... it's TOTALLY all about The Youth...
Art & Commerce, TV... all of it...for the last 40yrs ( MTV)
They have been on THAT....instead of Substance
"JOYCE KENNEDY"
SSV : Foley!
You already know my answers to these people!
FOLEY : Haha... I know
but...shhhhhh, we gotta act like we're on tv talking shit
Doin an "Interview" while ( Hopefully ) educating folks on da low...
"Okay, we're back in 5...4...3...2"
SSV :HA !! Of course I love me some Joyce “Baby Jean” Kennedy!!!
FOLEY :
JOYCE IS...EVERYTHING !!
And speaking of GLADYS ??
Trust, I know WHY Joyce was compared to Chaka, unfairly...
( cause of being a Beautiful Sexy Sista with flowing hair etc etc )
But JOYCE...actually sounded like a YOUNG GLADYS !!!
( In My Most Humble opinion )
"I Don't Wanna do Wrong" MOTOWN singing GLADYS...
NOT CHAKA
Think about it.....
SSV :I could be doing anything, in a deep REM sleep....
praying, at a memorial service, anything…
But if I hear,
“There is no other, boomp boomp boomp”, I am goin all the way UP !!
Another one with major badass tone, heat, and definition in her voice.
FOLEY :
SHE WAS EVERYTHING ON STAGE...
AND, IN THE STUDIO !!
SSV :MOTHER'S FINEST…
Don’t even get me started on the way they’ve been denied proper recognition.
FOLEY :
FUCK IT...
I'LL SAY IT
VAN HALEN used to open for THEM !!
watching and stealing All of their shit ( as much as they could anyway )
GEORGE CLINTON...
who is FEARLESS.....
Once told me that HE didn't want NO SMOKE !!
When it came to MOTHER's FINEST...
He said he DID NOT WANNA FOLLOW THEM
EVER.....
FOLEY :
I Love when an Artist gives THAT kind of Props..to the other
Like when JAMES BROWN said the same, about a young "1972" KOOL & THE GANG
The
"FUNKY STUFF"
"HOLLYWOOD SWINGIN" days...
And....
when CHAKA said publicly, that she was afraid of KIM BURRELL
*Respectfully*
SSV :It’s a whole chapter AND verse baby.
But again, you already know!
FOLEY : Yeah...WE KNOW...
but, its a lot of kids and Older Folks that DON'T KNOW...
Who may be reading this... at some point....
So....
"BETTY DAVIS"
SSV :An inspiration.
YES...I'm SURE...
and, even MORE...
INCLUDING MILES DAVIS....
&
PRINCE especially
SSV :Straight up, gave errbody from...
Erykah Badu
to Tennessee "Slimkitty" Joi....
to MY "OWN" ASS....
And a ton more that I can’t think of on the spot,
the nod and pathway to be totally sexyweird, frank, vulnerable, in control uncontrollable black women.
FOLEY : Yes, indeed...
But, I can think a couple in particular....
"SCREECHY PEACH" of Whild Peach
SHE influenced all of the girls down South that you mentioned....
May she Rest ( passed away of cancer 2007 )
And, before HER....back in 1983 ???
"TINA BELL"
FOLEY :
SHE WAS THE FIRST GRUNGE ARTIST IN SEATTLE...
PERIOD.....
"KURT COBAIN" WAS HER FUCKIN ROADIE !!
The Drummer for "Pearl Jam & Soundgarden" was HER Drummer...
FOLEY :
But, THE POWER STRUCTURE...
MADE SURE NO ONE EVER HEARD of TINA BELL
and it worked....
"CRITICAL RACE MUSIC THEORY" is being taught RIGHT NOW....
FOLEY :
She Died ALONE in her apartment, of cirrhosis in 2012
Rotting for TWO WEEKS....
before anyone found her...
they threw ALL of her personal writings in the fuckin trash
FUCK THIS INDUSTRY....
"One" of the Main Reasons that I walked away from this Bullshit....
with GLEE
"MAVIS STAPLES"
SSV : Wow....You got me over here just shaking my head. Mavis?
Everybody’s play auntie.
FOLEY : HA......Right ???
But, Not Gon Lie....She was MY REAL AUNTIE !!
(At least she treated ME that way)
We got to hang out A LOT while at Paisley Park back in 1989...
= Chicago =
I invited her out to see Me play, with MILES....
And, I didn't wanna go to the hotel & sit..
So, I rode with her & sister "Yvonne" back to her place....
Then, we just stayed up talkin & Me gettin SKOOL'd All nite...
Mavis made me a bed, in her guest room...
ONE of the craziest times in My Life...
SSV :Like the church version of Millie Jackson style-wise.
Or...
Millie was an "Only Fans" version of MAVIS.....if anything
By way of : "BETTY DAVIS"
SSV :You can not practice to get that kind of style.
FOLEY : AT ALL !!
"MJ & RON ISLEY" are two that graciously imitated her...
and they BOTH gave ZERO FUCKS about it
MAVIS was BEFORE ARETHA...
"If You walkin round thinkin that the World owes you somethin cause ya Here ?
You goin out the World BACKWARDS like ya did, when ya First came here"
-----MAVIS
MAVIS is My Auntie...Fo Reelz !!
I got to perform for HER one night (2002)
PBS asked me to be one the artists, to bare tribute to THE STAPLES SINGERS....
And, I was "BEAUTIFULLY" Heckled by her...
Well...cause, She didn't know that I sang.....
Receipts.....
SSV :You have to have lived to own that.
One of a kind.
YES, INDEED....
"KIM BURRELL"
SSV: If you tossed Chaka Khan & Ella Fitzgreald into a high tech funky blender ...you'd get Kim !Her ear blows my mind. For real for real.
FOLEY :
Well...maybe Dr. BETTY RANSOM & KIM McFARLAND ?
You wanna hear some Wild Shit ?
I watched Kim record "Mathematics" with GEORGE CLINTON in ONE TAKE !!!
Then, because Kim's range is actually the same as My "LeadBASS"
I went back and recorded myself trailing Kim "NOTE 4 NOTE"
And, "NUANCE per NUANCE"
Peep :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deTxn96zP8U
"PATTI LABELLE"
SSV :See, I gotta separate early Patti and 80’s Patti.
FOLEY : That's Fair.......MUSICALLY
But even on those 80's tunes like "Stir it up" ?
She STILL Sang that shit !!
SSV : No doubt !!!!
The Patti that snatched errbody’s wig singing :
“Isn’t It A Shame”, and “What Can I Do For You”?
Yo …..whew!!!
R.I.P "SARAH DASH"
FOLEY :
PATTI...
To this Day.....
I always tell my BG singers, that I want the "POWER OF LABELLE"
Patti is a Great "Actress" too...
and, BUSINESS WOMAN
"KAREN CARPENTER"
SSV :Beautiful songstress. I am a sucker for great lyrics.
Even sugary ones.
If it’s good, it’s good.
FOLEY :
Yeah, Burt Bacharach wrote the hell outta that shit...
Karen would still keep great time while singing & playing !
Her Low tones...Pitch...While Playin tha Drums too ??
Again , I love when "My White folks is TALENTED"
CURTIS MAYFIELD even covered "We've only just Begun" live
Again...artists showing Love to the other...and CURTIS ????
SSV :Curtis was my main man.
Daaaaamn I miss him !!!
The Late Great CURTIS MAYFIELD & SSV
You never know what’s going on with someone.
When Karen passed from an eating disorder...
I was so surprised.
FOLEY :
Yeah, but we all kinda watched it happen slowly...it was inevitable
SSV :I mean, she certainly didn’t wear her troubles in her songs.
FOLEY :
Well, Burt Bacharach wrote those hits, so....
And you're right, GROWN FOLKS...
tend to keep their personal shit...
to THEMSELVES
SSV :Maybe she should have?
FOLEY :
Well... Maybe, but....
Shit would've been different....
in this HASHTAG / COMMENTS & LIKES world we're in Now....
FOLEY :
Therapy works for some...and NOT so much for others....
"BJORK"
SSV :Listen, when “Human” came out, I was enthralled. That’s a wicked track.
FOLEY :
SHE & NELLIE HOOPER together...were like :
GAMBLE & HUFF
THOM BELL & LINDA CREED
"SMITH & WESSON"
SSV :She’s a quirky voice, personality, and ear, that’s magnetic.
She was writing songs as a Child in ICELAND
That shit was NOT New to Her
Bjork was like ERIC DOLPHY...
she practices outside as well... FULL VOICE
The Late Great ERIC DOLPHY
SSV :I respect when an artist pushes the expected envelope, especially in pop / radio music.
FOLEY :
THE LAST ONE..... TO PUSH !!!
Well, her & FIONA APPLE....
SSV :Also, I envy the ability to be whatever you want to be musically and have any expectation of major success.
FOLEY :
Well, now we're back to WHY The late Greg Tate was pissed...
And, started sounding the Trumpets
The Late GREG TATE & SSV
I GET IT...
But then, You got kats like...
MILES & SLY & PRINCE....
That would FORCE YOU to see shit THEIR way...
but, BRILLIANTLY...Unanimously
That's a whole other level of :
"FUCK YOU, if you AIN'T wit this"
SSV :Another thing some of us simply did not have.
I wonder why?
FOLEY :
Well, it's not IN all of us...
As church folks say, only the "ANOINTED"
FOLEY :
Plus, MF's are just LAZY AS FUCK....
Just waitin on somebody else to THINK FOR THEM...
And, then they'll cop YOUR SHIT as THEIR OWN ??
In a particular situation...
which is best for You....
DIPLOMACY or "complete" HONESTY ?
SSV: Feels better to be Diplomatic...in the Moment....
FOLEY :
I know, right ?
But, in the long run....
complete honesty gets you where you need to be....
And, with whom you’re supposed to be with...
A LOT Faster.
SSV :Also you dig yourself mo betta.
FOLEY :
And, So will THEY...about YOU
Right ??
FOLEY :
Hmmm,
So in the Realm of "Pleasure"would you prefer
LOVE or "TANTRIC" SEX ?
SSV :Daaaaaaamn. Must I choose !!!?
FOLEY :
YES !!!
I said "TANTRIC" Sex....
That's a whole OTHER Level of Committment
SSV :At this point, I got enough LOVE.
I could use "TANTRIC" SEX in my life.
Oh Goddamn.....
FOLEY :
Who are YOUR favorite Bands ?
SSV :Earth, Wind & Fire....still.
Mint Condition
Outkast
Vulfpeck
Sly & The Family Stone
A Tribe Called Quest
Steely Dan
Rotary Connection
Queen
Graham Central Station
MOTHER’S FINEST !!!
FOLEY : NICE....
SSV :I’ve got plenty more…
The "DON’T LAUGH AT MY CORNY BANDS LIST" list :
Doobie Brothers
TOTO
The Jackson 5
Commodores (early stuff)
Chicago
FOLEY :
They were ALL Fantastic....
and some of MY "TALENTED" WHITE FOLKS in there, too ??
Who's YOUR fav songwriter ?
SSV :Stevie Wonder
Bernie Taupin
Cool....
"I should've Stayed on the Farm, I should've listened to My Old Man"
---------Bernie Taupin
SSV :If we talk rappers, I’ma add Kendrick Lamar.
That dude got lyrics, whew. For flow, gotta stick with Jay-Z.GIE's Flow & Storytelli
FOLEY : Fa Sho....
I Still Fucks with BIGGIE's Flow & Storytelling...
BUSTA is the G.O.A.T
And believe it or not ?
"DILLA" was one of my Fav Rappers.....
His bars ALWAYS got my attention wit SLUM V
* Detroit Stand up *
FOLEY :
Would You EVER "Conform" to ANYTHING ?
SSV :I used to Almost try...
I don't bother anymore.....
FUCK EM'
FOLEY :
Wow......
What made you "Wake up" to NOT doin that shit anymore ??
And, I agree...FUCK 'ER THANG
HA !!!
SSV :The old saying snapped me back right quick:
“May as well be yourself, everybody else is taken anyway"
FOLEY :
How do you feel about the State of "Humans" at the Moment ?
SSV :WE IN TROUBLE !!
HA !Please Expand on THIS......
SSV :I can hear old folks back in the day in my head....
talking about how things are so bad.
But I’m old folk now !!
( in number only, of course)
FOLEY :
Yes, Of Course....
SSV:I feel like the Population is becoming More & More Anti-Social.....
Which makes being a society, certainly a productive society, increasingly difficult.
Like it’s literally every man /woman /them /they for themselves.
Can’t be healthy.
On the other end of the spectrum, everything is continually in flux.
FOLEY :
Yeah, I agree....but that still doesn't fix shit....
Somethin has to actually JOLT folks back into Coherence...
SSV :So hey, we gon be aight, or at least our offspring will be.
FOLEY :
Damn, You are INCREDIBLY Optimistic.... Haha!!
Only if er'body just put their goddamn PHONES DOWN
Otherwise ?
Folks out here claiming to be "WOKE"
When dey asses is just...
"SLEEPWALKIN" & "HASHTAGGIN"
SSV :I am SO SO sick of social media, algorithms, them Unnecessary evils we talked about.
I wish I could just shut that shit down, and have an analog phone.
But if I’m to be an artist, outside of the folks that already know me, I gotta be on that thang unfortunately.
I am not good at it. Praying for it to short itself out sooner than later I guess.
Yeah...I agree, Mami
What's THE MOST Favorite thing....
in this WORLD to You ??
SSV :Other than completing a dope song ?
Of Course....
Cooking an incredible meal,
The afterglow of mind blowing sex ?
FOLEY :
Wonderful list...just WONDERFUL !!
SSV :I gotta say, the thing that brings me the DEEPEST Joy is raising my Daughters, watching them BECOME.
It sincerely is the most fulfilling thing I experienced.
Oh, I'm SURE....
SSV :But, now that I think about the question, I should've specified OTHER THAN FAMILY or MUSIC...Lol
SSV !!!
WE could talk like this for HOURS.....
I Really don't want this to end, Mami !
THANK YOU FOR...just Simply..... BEING YOU !!
SSV :* Sigh *
We really need to have some sit down....
"In Person" time.
I sooooo, dig your mind.
FOLEY :
And, I....YOU as well !!
I Can't wait to see You & Hear You Sing !!
I can respect how You've dealt with ALL of this craziness.....
