Bijan Amir on Metro Boomin Relationship, Losing 120 Pounds in a Year, and More

You shouldn't only chase huge artists. There's an element to chasing big people. And there's an element to working with the people around you because eventually, if you work with the people around you and you define a sound, the big people are gonna come to you. The One More Time Music Podcast. Genuine conversations with genuine people about music. Hosted by Henry with a three and playback Ben. One more time. One more time. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back for another episode of the One More Time Podcast. It's Thursday. I'm your host, Playback Ben, here with my co-host, Henry with a three, aka The Trap Jack Black. Henry. I'm fucking dead. And I'm Bijan Amir. What's up? Whoa. Whoa. Henry. I just used myself. Who do we have on the podcast today? How can I do the roast now? He already introduced himself. You're supposed to roast me? That's fine. Continue, Henry. It doesn't feel the same. Roast me, go ahead.

Well, who does he fucking look like? Don't do it. Welcoming in on the Don't give this guy ammunition. Christ's sake. Damn, you introduced yourself so fast. That was like clutch. You took the power out of my hands. Um I think he knew what he was getting into. Yeah. Well, I'll try it anyway, I guess. Welcoming in on the 42nd episode of the One More Time Podcast. You know him for his legendary characters. Ali G, Bruno and Borat. It's Sacha Baron Cohen. I have never. I have never gotten Sacha Baron Cohen in my life. Who have you gotten? Because we were struggling. Because we spent hours. We spent hours. coming up with that. Is that something that you do usually? We do. Okay, see, there you go. Yeah. He's not familiar with the podcast. I'm not familiar. I saw the Dre episode. Suave episode. Um who did we call him? Who did we roast to him as? He was a uh Drew Holiday. Drew Holiday. Drew Holiday. Yeah. That was a good one. He did not like that. Sacha Baron Cohen. No, he liked that. He's not a fan. Sacha Baron Cohen. I've never I've never gotten that.

I get um that Harry Potter. Glasses. I don't know. I've gotten the guy on uh Twitter. I don't know if he was a Vine guy, but I know he's on Twitter. He's like, let me suck your titties, girl. Like people used to say I look like that guy so much. Um, but I've not gotten anything since Look, here we go. Majid from Majid Jordan? I yeah, that I I've never gone, but I can see where you're Canadian as well. Exactly. Canadian. We went to the same university. Oh wow. Um I think damn near the same program too. Um which is quite funny. But uh how about the Twitter guy? Did you guys cross paths at any time? Not yet. I don't think so. I mean, yeah, I mean we have a common interest, but uh but uh I don't think uh no I've never crossed path. But no, I uh you know, and I'm gonna start off strong, but since losing weight, I've I've not gotten any comparisons yet. So I guess you know Sacha Baron Cohen's the first one. That's not a bad one to start with. Not bad. I love Sacha Baron Cohen. He's a genius. I was gonna say, in all seriousness, folks, we have legendary super producer Bijan Amir. And I was gonna say we were fucking global because he was gonna come all the way from Canada, but he just came.

from... You can say that. But now you just came from LA. I did. It's not as cool. But in in in in oh Jesus, in uh in general, I've come from Canada. It's it's true. So yeah, born and raised. Born and raised. Canadian. Yeah. So how's the LA life? How are you liking it? That is a big question. That's a that's a that's a big one to start with. Is it everything it's cracked up to be? Okay, so what like in what regard? From a work perspective. Just I mean, do you feel comfortable there? Are you kind of finding your groove? No. Yeah, I found my groove. Comfortability... Okay, so comfortability-wise, no. But it's like a that's a good and a bad thing. Like I feel challenged there. Okay. Which is good. That's good. In Toronto, I felt quite complacent. And from like a personal perspective or professional? Both. Both. okay. And it's just because unfortunately, Canadian music and the Canadian music industry, uh how do you put this without offending people? Doesn't really have uh the infrastructure yet. Mm-hmm. So there's a bit of a glass ceiling in Toronto, and uh and then Canada as a whole.

Uh so Toronto, I'd say has I what I'd say most would assume is can Canada's biggest music scene. Yeah, as far as I would know, that's what I would assume. Like a la Drake and the Weeknd and like you know, various others. Right. Um so like if you've made it in Toronto, you know, like in terms of Canada, you've you you'll be on Canadian radio, you'll be on, you know, do Canadian shows and Canadian events, you know, et cetera. Um, but there's really not much more to go. Like you can be big in Canada, uh, but never cross over to the States. Uh which people do, and it's fine. You can make a good living and stuff. But like I think as a producer, uh, especially if you want it to be like a career and you want to work with like the bigs and you know, the you know, great talented people. Like you, I don't think you could work with talented people in Toronto, don't get me wrong, but like to really branch out and expand your reach, you kind of have to move and go. Yep. Uh and go to LA or Atlanta here or at least be bi kind of. Yes, exactly. Bi-coastal. Bi-coastal, yeah. Yeah, which which I guess I am now.

So um I but you know, there's also a sense of comfortability being there because I'm like, I know this place and I and I know all the ins and outs, and I know the people here and I know the artists, and I've and I've done it, I've worked with them. Um and now I'm just like living, I'm just like, you know, existing here. But so to move to LA, I'm not comfortable. So it's like a new place for me. I've never lived outside of Canada before. I've never really lived outside of my suburb before, Mississauga. Uh so it's a huge move. Uh it's a lot of things are different, obviously. And in the in terms of music, it's like, you know, you get to LA, it's like, you know, everyone's doing music. Right. Like everyone is doing it. And everyone is really, really talented. You know, because like when you're talented and you're successful, you go to LA. Right. So it's it's not comfortable in the sense where it's like, okay, I can chill. Like, you know, I don't have to work every day. It's like I could take some days off, which I did in Toronto because it's like, you know, the stakes aren't as high. But it's like now I'm here. I'm being outworked every single day by you know hundreds of people.

Um, you know, like it's expensive to live here, mind you. Like, you know, you're making Canadian dollars, you bring them to the United States, it's worth less. So it's like, you know, now it's like things are different. Um, and uh, you know, it's just you're surrounded by greatness so much that I just can't feel comfortable. Uh, because I'm like, I just got to keep improving and stepping up my game, and you know, to have like coming here to Atlanta is almost like a break for me because it's but it's not in a break. It's like I'm still working here, I'm still like seeing people. But to be kind of with people that I'm comfortable with, like, you know, Greer over there and you know, Suave and you know, Christo, Jid, Benji. I think you guys just had Ben Benji on recently. You know, to see those guys, like people like, okay, I've had a relationship. It's not as hustle and bustle out here, like Greer always makes fun of me. He's like, You're so LA, like you're always checking your phone, like you're always like on to the next thing. It's like, damn, you're right. Like, I've become like I can't just settle down and to come here to kind of like settle down, and like a lot of people here are very relaxed, and like, you know, it's very like, you know, you do music and like it doesn't feel like it's like, oh god, we have to make a hit, or else it's like, oh, it's such a wasted day, which I feel like so many sessions are in LA where it's people are just like, I have to make a hit, like I have to do this. It's Like, yeah, there's also probably a lot of people that move to LA specifically to do that.

Yeah. To you know, to make it in music, to make it in film, whatever. So they they they have this like angst about them Where it's like people are from Atlanta, we're from here. Yes. We're just living life and they happen to make music. You happen to make music. I happen to be a music, right? There's not that like, oh shit, I packed up my fucking dollars and cents to make it in LA. Yeah. And that's exactly you're exactly right. And that's why here it's like it's like a break in the sense of like I could just kick back and like Greer and I can work on beats for like five hours and and and if nothing comes out of it, that's great. And if something comes out of it, you know, fantastic. That's even better. But um, and then you know, Suave and I will go to the studio and you know, will we get a song? Maybe doesn't matter. Like, you know, we'll have a good time doing it. Like there's no pressure to be like, oh god, like the you know, the label's calling, we need this, or like I'm I'm on my last dollar, I gotta make this hit, like you know, like you're saying. So uh it's like that's kind of a break to me, which is nice. So being there, like I'm more comfortable here, funnily enough, than I than I am in LA, just from like a perspective. But at the same time, you know, I said it's a double-edged sword because there's so much to do there in LA.

There's there's so much opportunity, there's everyone's always working that there's never a shortage of like things to do. So would you say that you're trying to get comfortable with the hectic and the crazy, or are you trying to like maybe have time to balance out and not have that all the time? I think I think right now at my current stage of where I am, I I I am I'm like in it. Like I don't want to balance out right now, like I want to be uncomfortable, I want to push myself, I want to be better, I want to, you know, do more and more every day. Yeah, which I've been doing, which I'm grateful for myself for doing. Um but I think eventually I will I will want to balance out. I'll give Maybe like a year from now. But again, you never know. Like maybe a year from now, I'll be like, No, I gotta go harder. Like I'd like to, I think, but I just know that now is not the right time to balance it out. Like now is the time to push. I think that's been a theme on the podcast for sure, is trying to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Yes and never complacency can definitely a killer. Yeah, yeah. Complacency is killer.

So you kind of alluded to it. You've lost a lot of weight. You lost how many pounds in just a year's time? A year's time, I'm down, I'd say like roughly about 120 pounds. Sheesh. Fucking amazing, man. Thank you. Like kudos to you. Thank you. We were watching the spice interview that you did. A very different me. And to be, honest, yeah, I mean, it's you're crushing it, man. Thank you. Um, like what inspired you to do that? Um, a lot of factors, I think, well, I've done like I halfway did it in the past in 2017, I want to say, or 2018. No, it was 2018. I've halfway done it in 2018. Uh, but then again, I got complacent and I said, Oh, look, I I lost 40 pounds, like I lost 45 pounds. Um, I can start enjoying the things I used to be enjoying, and I never really like learned anything. And uh, and so I I got back right up to where I was, and you know, I probably even surpassed it, uh, especially like during COVID and stuff where I was just in the house and like, you know, feeling super upset about everything and just that's almost the most impressive part is that you're doing this during COVID when people are encouraged to just stay in their house and be a lazy piece of shit, essentially.

Well, you know, in all fairness, that's what I was like during the first year. Yeah, we're two years deep. We're two years deep now, it's true, which is crazy. That's why in 2020, that was his life. That was my yeah, that was my like, you know, because mind you, I was living in Toronto and it was the first year when things had really just started, and I, you know, I I was thankful because actually during that year I had traveled quite a bit and I had seen some people and I furthered relationships between like January and March, and then like as soon as I got back from actually from Atlanta, I got back on the 10th of March and then on the 14th, you know, everywhere in the world was like, you know what, this is fucking serious. Like we're shutting down. So were you down here for the Spillage village sessions? I was, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. that's well, that's kind of why I was here. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cause we talked to Benji about it, and then like the world shut down. Right. Yeah. But he was like locked in this. You were locked in Tree Sound, right? I was, yeah. So I was there. Well, Tree Sound. No, They had the house. Yeah. It was like just this house with like three studios in it. Yeah, Tree Sound was 2019. Yeah. Uh and then 2020, I was I went to Europe to work, because I frequently go to Europe to work, which is amazing. Um, and then I was in LA, and then I was talking to JID and he was like, Yeah, come out uh and and Christo, and they're like, Yeah, come out, we're here.

So I was like, okay, I was supposed to go back home, and then I just ended up flying here and then and then and then uh from home or to Toronto from here. But I just remember getting back on the 10th and getting in, and I remember on a woman on my flight was like Lysol wiping the seats, and she was like, you know, you just gotta be careful. Like if this thing's going around, I'm like, oh, I'm like, sure, like whatever. Like she's like, she's like, do you want to wipe? I was like, no, I'm good. Like, I just washed my hands like before I got on the plane, like, I'm cool. And she was like, and then I literally four days later, after I got in, landed like right to a restaurant to see my family. I hadn't seen them in some weeks, and like it was totally normal. And they're like, Yeah, you guys should probably just like never go outside ever again. And I was like, Okay. This is like flashing me back, man. Yeah, it was crazy. I just haven't talked about those first days of like it was very confusing. When we were hearing about it, but it was kind of like it wasn't serious. It clicked differently for everyone. Yeah, yeah. I remember being like, ah, like I'm still gonna travel. Like I, you know, if if like you know, somebody calls me, they're like, We need you in LA for sessions. I'm like, yeah, I'm still gonna go.

Like, I don't care. Yeah. But I just remember getting worse and worse and worse, and then it was like fucking lockdown. Yeah. And this was also uh at a time where Canada was coming out of the winter time, and a lot of time, a lot of the time, like during winter in Canada, at least in Toronto rather, uh, it's it's very gray. It's dark, and it you know, it gets dark early at night, and you know, it gets in the morning, it's like I'm not awake at like seven for the sun to come up anyway. So by the time I wake up, and by the time the sun goes down, it's like six, seven hours of like sunlight. And so, like to be locked in the house, to like have this idea where you can't see anybody, you can't go outside. Uh, you know, it was very it was a very hard time, especially like trying to create music. So I'll you know, it was a combination of like I can't do anything, I'm not inspired at all. I'm looking at the same fucking four walls every day, like trying to make new shit. It's like uh it was very, and then I was like now feeling bad because I was not making enough music and feeling bad for not making good music. Um, and so it was like a very, very tough time. So I was like really just like eating my life away, and it got really bad. And then um moving to LA last year, 2021, at the end of the year uh of 2020, I was like, okay, you know what?

Like, I'm gonna change my life when I go to LA, like I'm tired of this shit. Like COVID is also uh it affects like larger people differently. Like, and I was worried about that. So that was part of the reason too. Where I was like, fuck, like I'm mad overweight. Like, if this shit gets me, like it could be a wrap. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, which was a which is you know, it's a fucking motivating factor. It's like, yeah, like you never know if I get this shit. Like, I could kick the fucking bucket. Yeah. Um, and so that was part of the reason. And I'm like, you know, what's a better place to do within LA? It's like it's everyone's so like fitness. Exactly health oriented. Yeah, like everyone's going on a run every day, hiking this, that they'll go for a run and do like a 15 minute. Getting juice shots. Quinoa. Exactly. Like IV, like acai into their bloodstream. Like, I'm like, great, fantastic. Five kinds of kale. Which is funny because I'm actually this, I'm actually that guy now, which is like so rich. Oh man. And I'm like, and I'm like, fuck, I can't believe I'm that guy now. Like, I go for runs and I like have like fucking kale and acai bowls and shit, which is like Yeah, but how do you feel? I feel incredible. Yeah. You have to feel great.

Yeah, which is great. But yeah, that was like the thing. And I was like, I'm gonna go and change my life, and like no one thinks I can do this shit. Like, uh, and that's also a nice motivating factor when it's like I'm going back up against all the odds, like I'm the underdog, like can I do this? And but like I just remember before I went, because obviously in the in Canada, free healthcare, you get a lot of perks with that. Right. So I was like, I'm gonna go get a doctor's checkup and like do a blood test and like everything. And like, let me just make sure I'm good before I go to LA, get all my shit fixed up and like whatever if I need anything. And I just remember getting my blood test and thinking to myself, I'm like, damn, like it's a real possibility that that shit might come back and say, like, I have diabetes or like pre-diabetes, like I hadn't had a blood test in years. Yeah, yeah. And I was like, there's a very real chance that I'm gonna, you know, this is gonna come back. And they're like, Yeah, dude, you're like pre-diabetic, or you have diabetes because it's not like I've I've my whole life I've been overweight, like it's not like it was like a recent thing, like my whole life. Yeah, I mean, you played offensive line, you did a big boy, yeah, like for my all my life. And you can go back to like my preschool days where like where I was three years old, and you go through the logs, like we, you know, we have a laugh about it now, but like you know, you go through the logs, and it's like, oh yeah, Bijan had like you know, three servings of applesauce today, and like two of this, and like three of that, and blah blah blah.

Like, dude, like back then, so it's my whole life has been like that. So that was another motivating thing where it's like I've never seen myself in like a fit kind of body or like a fit kind of you know, uh my muscle, I've never been like strong, I've never been like had good endurance, I've never done that. So I was like, you know what? Fuck all that. Like, this is the year I'm doing it all, I'm changing it. I'm gonna see what it looks like to have muscles for the first time. And I just got to LA and I just was like, all right, here we go. And I started working out, I started eating better, and like throughout the year, it was like a lot of small steps that culminated into like one whole new lifestyle. Sure. but there's definitely moments where I remember like things just clicking in my head and was like, okay, now I'm just like, I'm never ordering out again until I get to my goal. I'm only cooking it for myself, which I did. And I'm doing the gym six times a week and I'm running on Sundays because the gym's closed on Sunday. And like I'm, you know, uh it was like it was like everything, and it just changed completely. I got a scale and it's like started tracking stuff, which is super helpful.

And then, like, you know, in conjunction with that, it's like watching yourself get stronger and seeing the results change on the scale, and you know, feeling yourself I can run for longer, I can run faster for longer, you know, like all these kind of things are very motivating. So it was all that that kind of just led to me just being like, all right, this is my lifestyle now, and I'm and I'm I'm here now, I guess. You know, I'm trying to do that. Super inspiring, man. It's actually how we actually connected at first. We hadn't we didn't even talk in podcasts or nothing like that. I just remember him posting some some like before and after and being like, Wow, like that is unbelievable, man. Thank you. Yeah, I mean, so what'd you learn about yourself during that time? You know what I mean? Um, I learned that if you if okay, how do you say this? You can do anything you want, like you if you put your mind to something, like you want to lose weight, you want to do that, like you want to be great at music, you can do it, but you have to really really want that shit for yourself. Like, you can't be lying to yourself about wanting it.

You gotta know in your heart of hearts that like this is the what I need to do and what I want to do, like, there's no other option, uh, or else it's not gonna happen. Like the first time I lost weight when I lost 45 or 50 pounds, I was doing it because somebody told like my dad, like, not like my parents were like, Fuck you, like you're fat, like you're a piece of shit, but like my dad's like that's external. Yes, my dad was like, Why don't you try this? Or like, why don't you do that? Because obviously they want the best for you. It wasn't your idea. No, it wasn't mine. Yes. It's gotta be like, it's gotta be in your head where it's like, okay, like I'm just doing this shit. Like, this is what it is. And like when you are on a fucking war path to do something and you put in the hours to do it, I I think uh at least for me, like I'm like now, I'm like, I know I can do it. Like, if I really wanted to like get good at music theory and like learn the piano, if I fucking sat down and I did it, I could do it. Yeah, um and that's gotta feel like so empowering. It is, it's very liberating. Because a lot of people, I I feel like think they have these barriers to succeeding in something. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You know, whether it's weight loss, whether it's music, whether it's you know, their career, you know, whatever career that might be. People have these like self-limiting thoughts a lot. Like, I can't do like it's a lot of self-consciousness. And okay, also I don't know disclaimer, like, mind you, like this is also in a place of like privilege where I can say, like, I was able to do this because I have made uh like I can live off of the money I've made from music. I don't have to work another job. I don't have to, like, so I've had time to like go for runs in the morning. Like, I I have a loose schedule, and like the whole reason I can do music is because I come from a place of privilege where like I just had this conversation with Greer where I didn't have to, you know, work uh three jobs to support my family, and like you know, if I failed, my family would support me. Whereas like a lot of people, if they fail, their family's looking to them. Yeah, so for me to be able to do that comes with privilege too. So I can't say, like, you can do anything you put your mind to, just like pull yourself up by your bootstraps. Like, no, like that's a very lame thing to say. Um, but in terms of like what I learned about me, this is for my situation, yeah.

Yeah, and and you're also right though. There is a ton of like people put up mental barriers, which is one thing I learned was like I'd be like I used to like be like, No, I can't do that, or like that's not really something I could do. But like doing this, yeah. Like, I'm I'm just a big bone guy. You know, whatever thoughts you want to like make yourself feeling. There's a lot of excuses. Yeah, there's a lot of people like to make a lot of excuses for themselves. And I used to do the same thing. It's like I could do this because like whatever, like, oh, I'm just like this, or like, yeah, I'm good at this. So it doesn't, I don't have to be good at that. It's like it's like, no, like, why aren't I just striving to be like the best version of me? Like, why am I giving myself these like excuses? Like, I I just want to go hard every single day. Like, that's all it is. And like doing this has shown me, it's like, oh yeah, like I want to make that kind of music. Like, let me just let me try it. Why not? Like, let me work hard and do it. Like, yeah, I guess for myself, it was a very liberating to be like, wow, like I can do that. What else can I do? Like, what more can I do now? And it's a very good feeling. And uh, what more is you're about to run a fucking half marathon in July? Epic.

Thank you. Yeah, I it's gonna be my first, my first time doing something like that. So that sounds horrible. I'm not gonna lie, like I I love some good exercise, but like that's fucking psychopathic. I I thought so too. And and and I have genuinely fallen in love with with, with running. I hate running. I can't believe I'm saying that, but it's like it's true. Like so boring to me, it is, it is. It no, it is, but like if I didn't have podcasts and music, I literally could never run. No, no, no, no. I can't do days of like mobile earphones. I don't know how the fuck people ran. Oh, I cannot do that just. Just looking at the world while they're running. No, do you do uh treadmill or do you go outside? Outside, I like to do outside trails and stuff like that. Yeah, there's um I used to run around my neighborhood uh in May, last May, when I first started running, uh, because my friends, there's a really fantastic app, actually, which a lot of people are like, I hate running, I hate running. I'm like, Yeah, I used to think the same. Um, here I go peddling this app. Um, but cut the check. Yeah, Nike, please. Um, yeah, the Nike running app.

Yes, Nike Run Club. Yeah, it's totally free. At least it was when I got I think it still is. Yeah, uh, totally free. And they have like like maybe not hundreds, but a lot of guided coached runs where you just you know put your fucking headphones in, you put turn the music on. Come on, Bijan. Yeah, yeah, literally. You can do it. Yeah, it's like the coaches are like, What's up? Like, you got this. Like, I'm sure you're starting off a little hot. Why don't you slow down? Like, it's not a big deal, slow down. Like, and also I was like, damn, I am going too fast. I was running, I was like, I was like, Oh shit, he's right. Like, and I'm just myself, yeah. And you know what? And you add friends on there, and my friends are like, dude, we run all the time, like this app, and we keep track, and we have a leaderboard. Uh, which is like I can't I hate LA, yeah, it is. So LA really is, but I can't, I can't do competitive exercise. I hate competitive exercise. I do exercise for me. Yeah, I don't do it to compete with other people. I hate that feeling because then I feel there's pressure, and I don't like when there's like pressure to perform uh an exercise, like other things it's fine, but like with exercise, I've always been self-conscious of that, always because I've been fat, and just because I'm like, God, I'm gonna be the worst one, and I'm gonna be like, I'm gonna be the slowest, and I'm gonna be the fucking whatever this out in the next. So I hate that.

But with the it's great to like do that. So, anyways, that got me into running, and then seeing my time go down and like my ability to run a 5k. It's like for me to run a 5k now is as easy as it was to run like just one kilometer, yeah. You know, back when I first started, so I was like, That's amazing. Like, I do a 5k in 25 minutes now, and that's that's and like I could do a 10k now, like, and by the end of it, I'm not like gassed. I'm like, I'm like, I'm you know, I'm tired, but I'm not like holy fuck, like I'm dying for air. It's like it's like you know, like I'm cool. Like, so to me, that is very inspiring. And and when you start running a bunch, and like uh, and I run in a really great area around this like lake and in Hollywood, surprisingly, there's like a reservoir that I run around right under the Hollywood sign, so that's pretty cool. So LA. yeah, it's it's it is extremely LA. I'll give you that. I hiked to the sign, and that was quite a hike. It is. Oh, Henry called me after he was like, bro, I'm dead. Yeah. There's a there's a I mean, but that's a thing, and then you just run around and uh and you kind of get lost in it at a certain point when you kind of figure out your pace and there's that flow you can achieve it. Dude, I'm telling you, yeah, it's like a thing.

You just get locked in, and like I just remember, like it's like kilometer seven, kilometer eight, kilometer nine. I'm like, holy shit, I'm about to run a 10K, like and I'm and I don't mind. Like it's fine. So that is the stuff that encur encourages me. And like having a goal, like what you said with running a half marathon, which is you know, 22 kilometers, 13 miles. Um is uh, you know, like because right now I'm doing about seven, right? So like for me to get to 13 is is a big jump, but um yeah, double that, yeah, exactly. Exactly. But like to me to have the goal being like, okay, I'm gonna work towards this, and I'm just gonna do it for me, you know. I don't care how long it takes me, I'm just gonna fucking do it. Yes, that's a great thing. And it keeps me like motivated to keep doing it, versus like I'm just gonna run 10K's every day. It's like, okay, that's boring. So to me to be like, let's work up and like let's try to do a half marathon and then eventually let's do a whole marathon and then whatever. So that's that's why I did it. It's more of like a motivating thing, but I'm very much looking forward to it. Yeah, good luck for sure. Thank you. So so your first fashion fascination with music, yes. What you know, what can you kind of point to as far as like you know, not necessarily an artist, even because I feel like you have a unique like first, you know, yes, it's true, and it's gonna make a lot of people upset. Um, but I did not really listen to music uh uh before I started producing.

Yeah. What? No, I seriously, I didn't. Like my family, uh, like my parents, uh, were not big, you know, music people, like you know, like they didn't collect vine, like you know, they put on tapes and like, yo, listen, come here, Bijan, like have a sit, like, you know, listen to this, like, you know, that wasn't their swag. And and you know, not to say it's a bad thing, like, that's fine. That's that's who they were. Um, but that wasn't them. So for me, when I discovered music, it was a originally a method of confidence boosting, maybe I would say. It was a thing where I came out of elementary school and I was going into high school, and I was like, I wanna like, I don't want to be like that nerdy kid that plays Yu-Gi-Oh! at lunch anymore, like which I was, and uh, I played football, like you said, competitively. And when you come from a small private school, elementary school, as I did, graduated with 30 people, which is quite funny. Um, you don't really meet a variety of people, especially coming from a suburb in Mississauga where you know, you kind of meet a lot of the same people, people that look like me, and uh, you know, playing competitive football, you meet people from various backgrounds and from various, you know, places and like various upbringings who where I learned a lot of things from and kind of really widened my view on like living, like you know, like what who people are, culture, culture, exactly, exactly.

And part of that was was music and specifically rap music. And I remember getting put on to like 50 Cent Lil Wayne, like back in 2008, where Lil Wayne just put out Carter III and was doing his thing, and I was like, yo, this is incredible, and like this makes me feel amazing. Like, I feel so cool listening to this. Yeah, um, so it was a mix of that, and it was a mix of when I heard the production, I have a very like kind of maths slash logic kind of wired brain. I've always been good at math. I was gonna be an accountant until I was a producer. Um, and so when I heard the beats, I was like, to me, I heard the drum patterns, and I like thought of the drum patterns as if it was like an equation where like all the pieces fit into like fit with each other's like perfectly and like created like a perfect 100. Like it was like this is all working together to create like a great rhythm. And I kind of was like, I love how these like this is hitting here, and like this the snare goes here, and you know, all these fit together, like I said, to make like a very cool rhythm. And that really interests me.

And I googled beat making software, and I downloaded FL Studio, and I literally get the crack. I absolutely got the crack. I did not say that on splice, I said I purchased it. That's a complete farce. One more time exclusive. Yes, It isn't exclusive. I torrented, I know. how this shit works. I mean, I was 11 years old. Don't buy it off Ray Play. But hey, don't don't flex, right? Lil' you know, Lil Wayne was not your fascination with music. You were a movie soundtrack guy. Yes, I was, I was. Don't try and so cool. That is different. No, You're listening to James Bond soundtracks. I love that fucking the goat. They are I still listen to them. I still listen to movie soundtracks. They're Like, if you if you go to music. No, but was that before the Wayne like era? Same time. Okay, so it was around okay. It was around the same time. Because I that's when I had first. It was way cooler to me to hear that like the movie soundtrack buff. But I still like because everyone likes Wayne. Let me show you. But like I mean, Wayne's the goat. But like the movie soundtrack side, I was like, that's cool.

Look at my Apple music. Not many people can point to like my Apple music, my recently saved? Yeah, right. Of course. Shout out to Swabby. Boba Fett music and the and the Batman music. Wow. Dead ass, like saved to my thing. This is the shit that people need to know. Yeah. Like, yeah, but that was that was the same time. The Weezy thing's cool, but I'm just saying. Yeah, of course. Yeah, no, not. that's that's funny. Of course, I'm sure Molly told you that. Yeah. Um, no, but that is uh that like that's what it was. And I love movies, like I still love movies, and I love movie music because I think it's so fucking cool. The Hans Zimmer guy. I love Hans Zimmer. I like to write an E. Yeah, I love it. He's like, and it has such a lovely resolve. It's like asking a question. Here's the answer, D. And it's like talking about Inception or whatever you're talking about. So, what do you love so much about movie soundtracks? I think there's there's the element of having it tied with the memory of watching the movie and like what the movie makes you feel and like what it means to you. Star Wars is such beautiful music, no matter what Mandalorian, you know, the OT, the prequels, the sequels, like they all have fantastic music. John Williams?

Yes, of course, Legend and Ludwig Goransson for the the TV shows. And I think he knows his shit. I do. I'm I'm very well versed in the TV show guy. Yeah, okay. Did you you know I've been watching the movie? No, I mean it's interesting that you said because movie soundtracks, it's a lot easier to know, I guess, how you were feeling because there's the script happening before you but music I feel like it's the same thing. Yeah, a good song, you'll remember exactly what the fuck was going on in your life. Exactly. And that's why I fell in love with music for the first time. It's like, oh my god, like every time I hear this song now, it puts me in that place. Right in that place, and that's how I feel about movies. Yeah, and the movie soundtrack gets a little more pointed because it's like this is more shit. Exactly. It's like no shit. That's the scene that was happening. Yeah, but in life, it's like the same shit. I never really thought about that, but yeah. No, that's what it is. Like when I hear a fantastic movie soundtrack, it takes me back to like that's the first time I watched Star Wars, or like that's that scene in Star Wars that I thought was so fucking cool. Or like this is that James Bond movie. I love James Bond. Like, that's the James Bond movie.

I can tell you exactly where it came from, like that exact scene, and like I love that movie, and I love that scene. So, like that in conjunction, like because I didn't I didn't have an iPod or anything, like, so I wasn't listening to music like that. But when I got my first, like when I got my cell phone, like my first phone ever, like it, you know, had I could play music on it. So I like that was it. It was like Lil Wayne and 50 Cent and like other like rap shit like that when I was first discovering rap and rap and movie soundtracks. Yeah. And uh and it just I all of it just made me feel super fucking awesome. And uh that's when I got FL cracked, of course. We're not gonna tell Image-Line. You have since purchased. I've since purchased it twice. Uh and um and uh yeah, and then I literally just you know figured out music. Like I didn't watch a tutorial, I just clicked buttons until I figured out what the fuck I was doing. It's super fascinating to me the type of people, because you have like left-brained people and right brain people, and they kind of hear and understand music like very differently and hearing how they He seems, you know, whichever is the mathematical Yeah. He seems like that, yeah. Left even though you're clearly such a creative person now being in music, yeah.

And I've always felt right in the middle because my dad is very logical, technical, numbers, stock market, my mom was very abstract painting, you know, that kind of stuff. So it's I kind of struggle going back and forth. But it's cool seeing people that are very far on one side of the spectrum, yeah, and kind of understanding the difference between the two. Yeah, no, it's it's true. And it's just that it speaks to like how music or art in general can be created by anybody. So the first time uh, you know, meeting Metro Boomin was at the beat makers battle of the beat makers. Yeah, was that like as big a thing as it sounded to me when I heard this story? Like what was it a big deal in the city? Yeah. Um, you watch them, right, Greer? Yeah, so it's a thing where people will watch them. Oh, like yeah, like not even just Toronto. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, it's a very world worldwide thing. Okay. Um, well, geez, I don't know if people watch it worldwide, but people come from all over the world. Yeah. Yeah. No, it's not just a Toronto thing, right? Yeah, I mean, I figured because Metro Boomin was a judge at that point. They have everybody. Yeah. They they had hella amazing judges. Like Metro's one of you know, many that have judged.

You know, Boy Wonder was had one. Like he won the very first competition. Wonder Girl won as well. Um who also went to your high school. Yes, who I met in grade nine. That's wild. That's crazy. Yeah. Did you guys like immediately build a connection? Yes, because we were the only two people uh who were making beats. Really? So it actually was over beats. It was, yeah. Oh, big time. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it was. Uh has that relationship like flourished? I just saw her on Saturday. Wow. I'm a Wonder Girl stan. Wonder Girl. She's incredible. We'd love to have you on the podcast. Come on down. The water's warm. Yeah, no. She she she is um amazing. There's I don't have enough good things to say about her. She uh about there it is. Um you're waiting for it. Have you judged? Have you judged the battle of the well yeah, I've done a I haven't been like one of the main judges, like a T minus or like you know, uh Metro, but uh I've been a preliminary judge where like you know, I've I think narrowed it down from like 128 finalists to 64. Cool, and then after that it goes from 64 to 32, and then they do the main thing.

So I was one of the preliminary judges uh they asked me to do, and and I've and I have a great great relationship with the people that run that because of you know, I was an I guess I'm an alum and uh and I've been you know somewhat successful. So but but you did horribly in the competition. Yeah. yeah. We uh it's funny, yeah. We were just talking about this. You did not do good. No, I faced Jordan Manswell, who's a fantastic producer. Uh and okay, well, first of all, let me preface this. He won the whole thing, all right. So it's not like I just I didn't get out by like you had a shitty draw. Yes, I had a shitty draw. It wasn't some Joe Schmo. I hated that in tennis tournaments, man. I would always get fucking you know, Yeah, yeah. Yeah, like you got the incredible people. Just put up against the like the John Isners and Roger Federers of the world. You just got you got a shit draw. That's fine. You know, how it's straight consistently. Same thing to you. Yeah, I went against the guy that won the whole thing, Jordan. Shout out to Jordan. Yeah. Um thank you. Yeah, there you go. And you know, he's a fantastic producer, and we had a good little bout. Like he won the first round, I believe, and then I won the second round. So, what's the format is it? Okay, yeah.

So, so yeah, let me explain. Yeah, because I've never seen it. Yeah, it's a it's a funny thing. It's I've seen clips of it. Okay, well, it's funny. We, it's a bunch of people on a stage, yeah, and all the producers on the stage, and there's two DJs on either side. Um, and you the producers are just like assigned a DJ, and you go and and uh it's basically a best two to three format where the judges will be like, you'll you know, one person will play a beat, then the next person will play a beat, judge judge decides, yeah, you know, again and again. It's all so it's like a mini versus the producer kind of like stands there and is like does like a little dance. This is my shit playing. It's kind of funny. Is there footage of you? There is doing this. I definitely was not doing that, but like you'll see like Jordan Mandel. You're not allowed on as your manager. You know what I'm talking about. No, of course. But Jordan Mandel was on there dancing on stage, like he was jumping around like that's why he won. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Energy, it's true. Yeah, moves. Um, but you gotta sell the crowd, and like there's a crowd of people, and they'll like cheer up. Oh, yeah, it's like they'll there's like a full crowd, and they'd be going crazy. And uh, and then so yeah, anyway.

So that I faced Jordan, yeah, and he edged out the victory, bastard. And um darn him, darn him. And um, and but you know, and that's fine. Like, I was out, but you know, I I met so many people that night, it was incredible. That's the key. That's the key. The networking. It was like here at the Revenge of the Dreamers camp or like a Tree Sound, where I didn't work on any of the songs, but the amount of people that I met was like incredible like a con for God's sake. Like, yeah, but so how do you approach networking, right? So you're at this place, yeah. Most people have no fucking clue what to do. If they were to if they were to get put in a room full of a hundred people that they should be meeting and networking with, yeah. This is such a like mythical term of of networking, right? Yeah. Literally, how do you approach it? What what is your style? So with me, I try to find people that kind of look like they're also a bit lost. Like, you know what I'm saying? Where it's like we're lost together. Um, which is a good place to start, though, because then you're you you've struck a conversation, and then like you have someone to kind of join conversations with or people join your conversation, which is a great place to start. Yeah.

Um, but also, you know, just literally going up to people and be like, hey, what's up? Like, this is what what you know, what do you do? Why are you here? Like, I'm a if you see someone you know, like, hey, by the way, I'm a fan of yours. Like, you know, this is a funny story, but like I was in the kitchen at Tree Sound, and it was like madness around it. It was like must have been 300 people in that studio. Yeah. Um, and I was just kind of taking a second and taking a breather. And Akon literally walks into the room and he comes and he stands right beside me and he looks at me and he says, Man, this is so crazy, isn't it? I was like, are we laughing about this. I was like, Yes, Akon. Like, yeah, like, yeah, like it is crazy, isn't it? How did you find the words to even like I was like, I was like reply? I don't know. I was like, I was like, yeah, I guess it is. Now it fucking is. And he's like, Well, anyways, it was like takes off. Yeah, no, you're like, wait, I mean, what are you talking about? I'm talking about the fact that you just talked to me. I don't know what you're thinking is crazy. Yeah, so like, I mean, and you know, that's a funny thing because that's that's networking. Like, I could have just walked up to anybody and be like, This is pretty crazy, isn't it? And they would have been like, you know what?

Yeah, it is, and then we could have struck up a conversation. So, but you know, in terms of networking and stuff, like at the battle of the beatmakers in Toronto, I was just like, Hey man, like Jordan, great beats, man. I'd love to get your contact, like you know, I'd love to learn or like work with you or some shit. Um, because there's already some kind of introduction. It's way easier if there's an introduction. But if not, like you just smoked me, bro. Can you at least give me your number? Can you give me a tip, please, for the love of God? But that was like also with Metro, because he had heard my beats. I'm like, Metro, I'm a big fan, like, I'd love to, like, whatever. I didn't get it actually his contact that day, but I was just like, hey man, I'm a I'm a big fan. Like I love what you're doing. He just did like sh uh stuff for Travis on days before uh rodeo and all that kind of stuff. Classic and incredible. Skyfall is like one of my favorite Travis songs of all time. You have good taste. Thank you. But yeah, so stuff like that. If there's a common interest, there's a there's a way to kind of make a conversation. Be like, hey I'm a fan or if you just want to talk to someone be like, hey like you know why are you here? Like what's up? Like tell me a little bit about yourself. I think people think it's a lot more scary than what it is. But most people are humans, man. I know but no, no, I'm saying like people forget that the other people that you idolize

are just humans. Like I I've met some you know people that most people would think is like a scary encounter and I'm like I mean it's not that I'm like unimpressed but it is just like you're just like you're just like V Jabones. Yeah you're normal fucking person. I've had I've had I've been very grateful and had the ability to hang out with a very very very popular music artist and who I will not name but is from Toronto and is not Drake. And and he was extremely extremely down to earth and like the most regular normal person of all time and when you realize that where you're like dude you just had Jim Carrey narrate your album and like one of the biggest artists of all time and to for us to just be talking so casually and for you to like acknowledge me like I'm not beneath you which is such a low standard but still is like it's it's amazing. It makes you feel like oh I could just talk to anybody like who cares. It's true.

It's amazing like that. Are are you a fan of networking laterally? Yes. Where you yeah, like who, you know, who have been some of the people that you maybe, you know, I mean, shit, maybe Wonder Girl at the at the time, right? Like she wasn't always she's always been like a fucking prodigal daughter. Like she's always she was already kind of out of here when like you even met her. Are you kidding? Of course. She's like, who would be some of the peers of yours that you've maybe you know built, built with or kind of you know risen with. There's a fantastic AR from out here named uh Shad, baby Shad. Okay. Um, who recently started working at Sony. Shout out to him. And you know, we've known each other for years and we've come up together. We should get him on. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. Sounds like I'll I'll let him know. Yeah. Uh he's a great person to talk to, he has a lot of experience. He's just, you know, hella he's put in the work, you know, he's put in the hours. He took what's ours, black and Samoan in my veins, my body's banging. Sorry, I'm just doing the rap rock now from that TikTok song. Oh God. I'm not a fan of that song, by the way.

Have you not heard this? The Tech Nine song, yeah, of course. Yeah, yeah. So I just yeah. I I break out into that every time there's like a word that like triggers it. This is from the verse. I'll just start wrapping the whole thing. He did his job then. Yeah, he did. You're doing that verse goes crazy. Um you mean that Terramana ad. But yeah, no, he's a fantastic AR. Uh, and in terms of him, and then like even the AR that I worked with who signed me to Ultra, Andreas uh Rizek, and my manager even Malcolm, like it's not like I signed to like power players when I, you know, first when I got Ric Flair Drip or like, you know, even before that. You know, these are people that I was Andreas's first signing. And my manager Malcolm, uh, you know, it's not like he worked for some giant management company, like we've done this just the two of us, really. Yeah, um, so we've all grown together, and then Chad is someone I we we met, and he's grown at the same time, and like a guy like Mike Hector, for example, like him and I have known each other for a long time, and he we both have had great come up, come up and says that's not the right word. Come ups, yeah.

Yeah, great come-ups, yeah. Come up and says, like when you get your your just dues. Um but uh we've had great come-ups where he's done a lot of very cool things, and I respect him so much, and I think he's a fantastic producer, and uh and you know, stuff like that. So I guess that's the right thing. Yeah, it's just a lot of people have talked about that concept of like looking to your left and right versus always versus always looking up and chasing. the best thing to do. And I mean shit, even Benny the Butcher, I was telling you about the interview I was listening to. Yeah, he was like, I hate it when like rappers try and like chase me when they should really be talking about the guy talking to the guys that are behind me, yeah, that are like my homies that are on, you know, like I mean it kind of sounded cocky, but at the same time, it was actually good advice. for him of like, Look, like I got my shit covered. Like I he even was saying, I'm working with anybody in that I want to. Like I'm calling hove, like getting advice, like I'm working with Hit Boy, I'm working with hit maker, like whatever. Like you should be building with the artists that are you know at your kind of level, yeah. You know what I mean?

And so it's it's an interesting concept that everyone wants to chase like what's maybe like definitely out of reach. They want shortcuts, yeah. They want to escape the work. Even a guy like you know, Suave, who I met coincidentally, but like him and I, it's like one of it's a situation where it's like, you know, we're on a similar level where we both had some success, and we're both like trying to like be like, okay, we're actually a you know, someone like we're not just like the guy that did that or the you know the guy that did this. Like we're both trying to make our name for ourselves still, even though we both had some success. So we're on relatively the same level. So I think there's a added sense of understanding between each other there. Um how'd y'all meet? We uh we met in October of 2020, um, at a like when Jid was kind of working on his album. Uh this was during the height of COVID, and I was like locked down as hell, and I was like, you know, before everything, or before vaccines, rather. So I was like more like worried about going out and like all this kind of stuff.

So but he messaged me and he was like, dude, like I'm working on my album, like come if you want, you can come to Atlanta and work on it. And I was like, dude, I like I have to go to that, like I have to do that. So did you wear like four masks? Oh, I didn't. Like, I definitely did not take off my mask a lot. Just didn't breathe. No, I took the Lysol wipe that time. I did. I that time I took the wipe, I'll tell you. And I had like seven bottles of like like disinfectant on me. I was like, Christ, I don't know what I'm doing. Like, but I was it was actually a funny thing because I had just discovered his music like a mere maybe month before that. And I met him at this, like at these sessions that Jid was having for his album. And it was funny because we were always there kind of at the same time, and I could tell I was like, whatever. We kind of got along at the beginning, and I, you know, usually I can tell when I'm gonna get along with someone like pretty quickly when I first meet them. And he was like, I had that kind of feeling with him, and you know, he was there early and he was doing the same thing, and he's like, Yeah, bro, I'm suave. And I was like, Oh, for real? Like, I'm like, I just found that song of yours, yeah. And that song is such a good one. I'm like, bro, that's like my favorite Suave song.

And I was like, that's out at least. And he was like, Yeah, and he was like, We need that unreleased Suave, bro. I've said too much. Yeah, we need that shit. But yeah, I you know, and I was like, dude, I love that song. And he was like, and I was playing him beats like, dude, you're like super fire, like you're you're super hard. And I was like, appreciate it. So we kind of just built a relationship from there, and I went to his house on like the last day that I was in Atlanta, and now you're staying at his house while he's not even there. And now I'm staying at his house and he's not even here. Quickly. Things move quick in the music industry, but that's a situation where it's like you meet someone that's kind of on the same plane as you and you kind of work with them because I genuinely think he's a fantastic artist and rapper, and there's nothing more than I that I love than like someone like that. So I think no doubt about that. You know, I think he's uh he's great. I think he's able to make a very, very classic album, and I think he will in his time. And I'm very lucky to have met him now. Um, versus like chasing like the like, oh my god, I only want to get a cut with Drake and blah blah blah. Yeah, and like even Greer, who's sitting over there, like, you know, I met him through Suave and Greer's extremely talented too.

And like it's like stuff like that where it's like, you know, he's super talented, so I know he's gonna be around people that are super talented. So I'm I'm grateful to know him because that's how you build that network of like, you know, Greer's not in the same position as Suave, but one day, you know, he may be if he keeps working hard as he is, and if he keeps doing what he's doing. So um Should we have Greer on the podcast? I think so. Do we just do we just book another episode? Yeah, we're going back to back today. Yeah, for sure. But no, it's like that. So it's like that has not lateral networking is amazing in that regard too, because then you meet like the homies of that person who's like also talented. That's how we've done podcast guests. There you go. Yeah, that's why you're here at first It did start off at first, of course, of me and Henry trying to be like, all right, cool. Who are the first like five guests we want to get on, right? But from there, it's just been like, hey, you know, guest, who do you think we should have on? And it's like you know, you would maybe point us in three different directions, five different directions for sure. And it's it's just it's easy that way because it's people that we know.

If we trusted you enough to come on to the show, you know, yourself, then you obviously have a good idea of like who would have a great story to tell. Exactly. Who are your peers, kind of, you know, at the same level, right? Because of course, do we want to book a Drake interview? Sure, why not? Right. But we do actually want to have people on that maybe don't have that like huge interview already. They're not on the cover of fucking, you know, Rolling Stone, they're not on double XL cover, right? We'd love to be one of those interviews that someone blows blows and then goes back and then watches you know the one more time podcast. Like, oh, that's where they were at back then. Yeah, for sure. Definitely. And you I think you will have that with people. Yeah. And and so from you know, meeting Metro that night, yep. Obviously, fast forward to you know, Ric Flair drip. Yes, did you know what was kind of the timeline between those? Well, I met him November 2014, and Ric Flair Drip came out October 2017. So it was three years. Uh I didn't get his contact the night of uh the battle. So I think I got it about a year later.

So it might have been, I want to say around the same time, like kind of fall/slash winter 2018. And I kind of just um built a rapport with him, like on a personal level. It wasn't really like a business thing. And that's a key to me, right there is to not jump right into the asking. It's very important. because then people just think that you just want to use them. Exactly. And that and and that's not even true, it's not even to say that like I don't want them to think uh, you know, I'm I'm just being friendly, but I really do want to use them. No, it's like that's not true. Like, I I want to be a personal, I want to make personal connections with people, especially in the music industry. It's a very lonely place, and you know, like a lot of people are really just out in it to get ahead. Uh so I think having friends is very, very important. So I was trying to be that person, uh, you know, knowing how busy he was. I just wanted to be like, hey man, like great job on that song. I thought that beat was incredible. They're like blah blah blah. Great job on this, great job on that. Uh, or did you see this meme about you? Like I'd send him like stupid shit like that. I saw on Twitter, which is like which he he he liked. Um, but yeah, it was like kind of like that, where it was more of a personal uh relationship, and also also to emphasize how important is even just to say hi to someone, because when I reached out to him a year later, I was like, hey, like, I don't know if you remember me. I did the battle beat makers, like blah blah blah.

He's like, Yeah, I remember, I remember you. Like, like I liked your beats. And I think part of the reason he remembered it is because I was like, yo, bro, like I'm a big fan, like, da-da-da. And he kind of remembered the name and the face. Uh so when I reached out even a year later, he's like, Yeah, dude, I totally remember. Like, here's my number, here's my thing, like, let's work. And it wasn't like totally random. Um, and so we kind of did that. And I just remember one day, it was so it was again very random. It was one day in 2017 in July. Uh, I don't know if he asked me. I don't recall, but I saw that he asked me, or I just like maybe I should send some stuff to Metro, like whatever, who knows. And uh I was in my parents' basement, and I made three melodies that I thought were great, and I was like, these are fire, he'll love these. And then I was like, Oh, it's getting kind of late. I gotta go to school tomorrow. Let me let me do one more just in case. And I made a really simple one, and it was the Ric Flair Drip. That was the one, that was the one. And simplicity at the time. Yeah, it's like a three little the keys, the synth bass and the s and the and the synth lead. And I was like, Yeah, fuck it, like let me include this.

Like, I don't even know why I included it to be honest. Like, it was just like a like guess the thing. I was like, ah, if he has an idea, maybe. Um, and so that was in about July. And then I remember about a week later, I was in a movie and he texted me. And he doesn't really text, like, he wasn't like the type to text me first unless there was something happening. So he texted me, I was like, Oh shit, like what is this? And he just sent me like a screenshot of his um computer with like him having used that melody into a beat. So he was just like him, his way of saying, like, I just made a beat with this. And I was like, That's such a like cool metro thing to do. He was like, Look, yeah, and I was like, Great. And I was like, I was hyped. I was like very excited about that. But again, mind you, this is 2017 where he produced like I think he sold something like 20 million singles in 2017. Remember, like some graph I saw. Like that was like when he really he had a crazy year. Like it was he did like four collab projects, like Big Sean Without Warning, he did a Gucci one. I think he did one more, the nav one, I think. I think they all came out in 2017, in addition to like I think What a Time to Be Alive came out that year, too, if I'm not mistaken.

So like yeah, jump man, like all like he had an incredible year. Yeah. So for me, getting that text was awesome, but it was also like, dude, this guy's probably making 10 beats a day, uh, going between 7,000 cities, like within the span of like 24 hours. Yeah, the beat getting made is only the first step. The first step. So I was like, that's great. Like, I'll keep working. Um, but I didn't expect anything. And so that was like in July, roughly. He comes to town in September, and I remember I had a crazy night because I went to school the whole day. He texts me again because he got in on Tuesday. I remember he got in on Tuesday, and I was like, yo, bro, like if you let's link if you're here. And then I heard back on Wednesday, he was in town for the Bryson Tiller tour. He was opening as a DJ artist. Um, and he just texted me, yo. Like, that was the whole thing. And I was like, yo, Metro's texts are awesome. And I was like, and I was like, uh, what could this mean? And so I was in school, and I was like, Good yo, a bad yo. Yeah, I was like, I was like, I don't know. And then on his socials, it was like blasted, I'm sure, from his like PR people. It was like uh after party at Soho House tonight, like Metro Boom and like DJing, and blah blah blah.

So I'm like, oh god, like put it together in my head. I'm like, he must be inviting me to this after party. Like, I just that's the conclusion I came to. So I left school, I trained home, I was training home. Took me about an hour and a half. I got home uh from school. I did a job interview for my accounting job that I was planning on getting. So I like undressed, put on a suit, like the top half at least, because it was like a video thing. I did a I did a math test, and it sounds like how I go to work. Yeah, seriously. Like damn near me every day now. Yeah, uh, minus the suit. I'm just naked all the time. Um thank God. I put on, I had to do a math test, an economics test, and a logic test as part of this job interview. And then they had pre-recorded video questions that I had to answer. So I did like a whole last job interview. And then it was like 9 p.m. And I just remember being like, okay, like there was no time on the on this after party thing. I was like, I don't know when I should go to this thing. Like, I don't know if it's even what he's asking me to do, but I have to go. Like I have to go to this thing and like, you know, take the chance or whatever. I'll just train home if we're going to.

So still throughout the whole day, all he had said was yo. It was just yo. Did you reply to that? I was like, I was like, what's up, bro? Like and nothing. That's it. Okay. I was like, what's up? And then I think I might have been like, oh, like, are you like, can I roll through to this after party thing? Yeah. And no response. So I'm sure he was like performing or whatever. He's on stage. So I just remember like, damn, should I go to this like thing? Like, should I just pull up and like hope for the best? And I was like, yeah, like fuck it, let's go. So then I got dressed again. I trained back downtown again. And I walked to Soho House and I got there. I remember at 10 All by yourself. Yeah, yeah. Oh, for sure. And I remember I got there at like 10:20 p.m. And I went in and I was like, hey, like, is the metro thing started? She's like, no, he's not here yet. I was like, okay, cool. So I go out and I sit on the street for an hour and a half. And he texted me at like close to midnight. It might have been like 1145. He's like, yeah, pull up. And I was like, shit. I'm here. I've been here. Like I'm I'm already here. Damn, that had to give you a boost of energy while you were probably falling asleep on the curb. I was like literally sitting on the curb for like literally like an hour and a half.

And um, you probably listen to this. This is a length you have to go through as a producer. Seriously. This is great. Yeah. So I was sitting there for an hour and a half, just being like, Yeah, like I'm just uh this is it. And if he if he texts me, I'm here. So I'm like, I'm ready. So then he did, and I went and we had a fucking phenomenal time. It was amazing. There's probably still a picture on my Instagram from that night. And um then it was about three in the morning, which was a which is a real classic, because I had to go to school the next day, and I don't really stay up hella late. And he's like, What are you doing after this? I was like, I was like, shit. bro. After three. Yeah. He's like, cause he just I'm available. I'm like, I'm, I think I'm, I'm good. Like totally don't have school in four hours. But I'm like, you're you tell me Metro Boomin, like what are you doing? So um, so he's like, yeah, let's go cook up. I was like, all right, cool. So we go to Drake's studio, which was fucking incredible. Um, OVO. No, it's called Soda. Oh yeah, It's state of the art studios. Um, which it's 40 studio, but you know, Drake. Um, so we go, it's like really cool. It's not that far from where we were at.

It's also in the direction of my house. So I was like, amazing. So it's an incredible studio. We go, we cook up until like 7 a.m. I'm like, I gotta go to school. And he's like, yeah, I gotta catch the flight to like the next city, bro. So like, thanks again for stopping by. Like, great to see you, like whatever. And I was like, damn, bro. And like that was like so inspiring. Cause I'm like, this guy's going from city to city. He is performing at this bryson tiller concert from there, probably going to the hotel, chilling for like a minute, going to an after party set till three, and then still making time from like three to seven to cook up. Crazy. And then on to the next city. He's like, Yeah, I gotta go to the airport. I was like, damn. But I just remember like he was like, he, I was like, that is inspiring. And I was like, I thought that I was like, damn, I put in the hour tonight. But then when he said that, I was like, holy shit, like he's putting in the hours every night. could you see yourself doing that? Yes, a hundred percent. So you do want to be like that level of a brand for sure. To to be able to command ticket sales as a DJ artist, yeah, as an act. It'd be that'd be amazing.

Okay, wow. If I've seen Metro as a as an act. No, no, no, for sure. He was supposed to he was at an EDM show, supposed to he had like a special guest. It was it was supposed to just be he was the headliner, and then he brought out future out of nowhere, of course. Yeah, it's just not every producer actually has aspirations of doing that at all. I don't you know what I mean. I would like to do, I don't know if I would do like a world tour about doing DJs. I mean, maybe I would, I'll never say never, but like the fact that he was able to find time to produce four collab, maybe four or five collab albums that year, hella singles for people, do his DJ sets, and still make time to make music, right? Still make time to make music and to have to see people like I had no placements, bro. Like, you have to understand. Like, I literally had nothing. And this guy was like inviting me to his like actually nothing. I okay. I had a party next door song that came out like months before that literally no one promoted, so like it was it might as well has been nothing. So it was on deaf ears, pretty much. It was on that seven days EP that came out kind of randomly. Not that I'm saying anything, like I love party, but like it was kind of like it it what it fell on deaf ears, and that's a fantastic EP, and there was great songs, and I love the song that I did with Party. Um, but it kind of fell on deaf ears.

So, like, no, like there's no way Metro knew about that song. Yeah, um, but when I pulled up this, Oh, I think it was like all smiles, and he's like, Yo, bro, so great to see you. Like, thanks so much for coming. Like, you know, he's such a cordial guy. Have you ever asked him like why the fuck did you know take a chance on me at all? I think it's because people took chances on him when he was young, and he just he's paying it forward. See, people don't realize that, like, you know, it's it's kind of contradictive to what I was saying earlier about like not chasing someone that is uh is on, but like still at the end of the day, some people like that will take a chance on you, right? Not to say that you shouldn't like consume yourself with like only hitting up. It's not mutually exclusive, like you shouldn't only chase huge artists. There's uh there's an element to chasing big people, yeah, and there's an element to working with the people around you because eventually, if you work with the people around you and you define a sound, the big people are gonna come to you, yeah. Yeah, because they're always wondering what's next. Look at Drake. They want to stay relevant. How do you think Drake has, he he wants to be Because he he wants to be associated. He adopts the new sound, yeah, and then he does it better than the people that started it. Tay Keith had such a crazy run because Drake did uh look alive.

Yeah, and then everyone's like, dude, that sound is incredible. And then Drake did like three songs with take four songs with Take Heath. Yeah, and like that was a whole thing, you know. Like, and that's like a producer that worked with an artist that was in his city, that they did a sound, and then Drake was like, Drake was like, you know, it was like that is a sound I want to do. And take Heath, the producer had a crazy moment as a result of it. Yeah, so that goes to say, like, yes, like definitely don't not reach out to big artists, like for sure, reach out, shoot your shot. Like, there's you miss a hundred of the shots, 100% of the shots you don't take. But Michael Scott. Michael Scott, Wayne Gretzky, Michael Scott. But also definitely make sure that you work with the people in your in your orbit because you know it's very fulfilling, also to work with people in your orbit instead of just sending fucking emails all day. That's something we talk about, man. It's almost more beautiful if you can make something with someone who's on your level and see them flourish to new heights. Yeah, yes, you as the producer and the collaborator has to be more fulfilling. It almost feels, of course, just like your win as much as it is the artist.

You know what I mean? Like, like an artist I work with Sean Leon, who I know that you're probably gonna ask me about. Yeah, yeah, he's that artist for me. Like he's that person where like I've known him for like seven years, and like I've known him since he was in the fucking basement. Like, I like I've seen Canadian, right? He is, yeah, yeah, yeah. He's from Toronto, and yeah, but who's the Italian artist you're working with? Like purely Italian artists? Yeah, oh uh, I've worked with like Madman, Ghali Galley, yes. Yeah, I've worked with him. Uh he's awesome. Okay, yeah. I didn't know if that was someone you were like no regularly locked in with or the Italian artists are great. They're very cordial, it's incredible. Like you go to Italy, like it's obviously a very different culture, but also like the artists are so funny because like you'll be in the session, they'll come in, like, hey, do you want uh coffee or something? Like, can I get you a croissant? Or like you're the man. I'm like, yeah, like this guy is like you're in Atlanta, it's like want a blunt. Yeah, this guy, like these guys are like the Michael Jackson of Italy. And it's like he's coming, he's like, what can I do for you? Like, how can I serve you? Yeah, like how can I make this session incredible for you?

That's amazing. That's amazing. But yeah, Sean Leon, you guys were you know tapped in for almost seven years now. Yeah, and and and dude, I've seen like I said, I've seen that guy come out of the literal basement. And like you too, yeah. I mean, yeah, you were in your parents. Yeah, I was. But I mean, dude, like there's a fucking different like I was in my parents' basement, he was in the basement. Like this guy, he came from literally nothing. Okay, it was like the circumstances were different, very young, extremely, extremely different. Yeah, he came from like yeah, a very different background. Like, and he has had quite a come up, and uh, and it's been amazing. Like, we're still working. Like, I am fucking he's still in Toronto or no, no, he's in LA now. He's in LA, yeah, yeah. So so he's all over. yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. I'm doing like probably six or seven of his I'm fucking, I might be doing the whole goddamn project. I don't even know. Like it's but you know, we've done so many songs and we've stayed in contact for so long, and now he's working with Ye and like he's gone crazy deals and he's like doing all this stuff. Now he's in he's up. So now it's like, dude, that's like my win as well. Because we worked when it was like I worked on that out of love.

Like I wasn't getting paid for that. Yeah, I wasn't getting anything. Like he wasn't streaming well enough to like make me any money. Um see that's big gem, right? Like so many young producers, I feel like feel entitled. And I'm not saying don't get your money straight if you can, right? Like because there's the whole no free beats movement, which is the opposite side of that of that coin. Yeah, I mean, and you know, I'd be interested to hear your take, but like for me, I mean To me, there's times for free beats. Yeah, and I think that you know, obviously we are working with artists, and you know, you know, Henry's not getting huge advances or anything from these artists, but you know what I mean? But but it, you know, for those specific ones that that you kind of you do have to hand select them, right? Yeah, you can't do that for everyone or else you'd be fucking broke with no way to live. Yeah, which yeah, the you have to pick and choose. But Sean is one of those artists where um where I would pick him any day. Where it's like I knew that was a good one.

Just because you believed in him so much. For sure. And like the music I was making with him and like the way that he was able to command producers and put together songs and and albums, and it was just like greater than anything I would was ever working on. And to this day, like the project that we have together called Can't Come With Me This Time, where like I was narrating like half the song, not half the songs, but like I had a big narration piece on the last song, and like he used vocal clips on it on most of the songs, and I did seven out of the 11 songs on the project is like literally to this day one of the proudest pieces of work I have out, like more so than like maybe 95% of like major songs I have out. And I've never seen a cent off that album. And just because it I the the memory of working on it and being a part of it, and the people that were a part of it and working with him and his process and like the actual music was collaborative and it was inspiring. And um, it's like I've openly said, like, I don't think I'll well, I mean, I think I will, but uh, there was a time where I didn't think that I would be able to like top that, where I'd be like, I think I'll just be defined myself, I'll define myself by this album the rest of my career. Um, but he's one of those artists where it's like just working with him, it's like it's like bread and butter.

It's like it just goes. It's a lot different from emailing a beat pack out and crossing your fingers. Yeah, which is also why it's important to move to LA, which is another thing where it's because so many artists are there. And to have FaceTime with these artists and to work with them in person, uh is a is a is a whole different thing than sending emails. There's a whole level of like now you know them now. It's like a personal relationship as well. Now it's not just over the internet where the internet works, don't get me wrong. Like it works. I'm not knocking it, but yeah, you've definitely seen success networking on the internet. Yeah, big time. But but to to work in person and to meet people in person, it like uh, I've seen it firsthand. It like adds so much to the dynamic for sure. Henry, where are we at? Uh oh. I'm scared. What is this? I came in blind on purpose. I wanted to be shocked and surprised. And you ruined the uh the roast for that, but that's okay. But we do want you to be in the dark for this part. This is the rapid fire rampage. Oh Christ.

I do remember a bit of this from Suave's episode, so let's do it. It's a three-part rampage. All right, go. I'm going to start with some, Let me let me okay. I'm ready. That's good. He was quick in the intro, and now he's quick. Can you hear me? All right, let's go. Because there are, yeah, there are no correct answers, but it is supposed to be rapid. So I'm gonna start with the short answer questions. Go ahead. Episode 42 with Bijan Amir. For modern day producers, how important are loops? Uh it's important in the sense of collaborating with people because your chances of getting a placement are doubled because you not only have your network, but you also have their network. And it's a great way to meet people. So I think it's very important. It's not necessary, but it's a it's a good thing to do for sure. And do you make loops? I do. And do you send the same loops to multiple people? Uh 100%. Yeah. If unless there's fucking paperwork, uh no one has an exclusive on loops. Cool. I don't give a fuck. Give us one tip for producers pursuing their dream artists. We kind of hit a few, but give us a different one that we haven't covered.

For their dream artists. They want to work with their dream artists. Uh work with the people that work with your with your dream artists. Try to get in contact with their producers or who their fucking barbers or whoever the fuck. Whoever works with them, try to reach out to them. Love that. Give us one efficiency hack for producers. Uh hotkeys. 100% hotkeys on any doll. Nailed it. If you were in the music industry, not as a producer, what would you be doing? Um managing or AR. Man, it probably managing. Describe your sound to a deaf person. I don't know ASL, but no, imagine I did a really terrible ASL thing. That'd be so fucking bad. Um it would go viral though. That would be, yeah, I would. All right, we're going viral, boys. Uh BGN Amir does terrible fake ASL. Fake ASL Christ. Um, that is so ableist. Um, what is what uh to a deaf person? Oh, geez. I don't know. Oh geez, Rick. There was some adjectives here.

Oh god. Um what is your sound? To a deaf person? They can't even hear me. How the fuck am I supposed to describe it? You're going to write the description. Oh, I'm writing the description. Um I thought the same thing. I was like, wait, how are we telling the deaf person what he sounds like? I try to be okay. Let's say um simple in the areas that need to be simple, but experimental in the areas that have room for that kind of thing. That's what I would say. Okay, that's good. That's cool. When leaving town, how long do you wait to pack? I'll do it the day of. I'm gonna fuck. I'll do it the day of, Shawty. Yeah, because I gotta do my uh I gotta do my like laundry and shit, and I gotta have like everything. So like I'll wait till last moment to all my laundries in, and then I'll do it. That was a good way to uh justify you have to delete three states. What are they? Oh Alaska can go back to Canada, that's for damn sure. Um I don't know if it's back to Canada, I think it was Russia actually, but it can be a part of Canada. Makes sense geographically.

Um I'd say Texas can go. Big one, literally. Um, and oh god, I don't know. Uh geez. Oh geez, Rick. Uh every time I say jeez, I'm gonna say that. Um, what's the third state to go? Florida. Florida, get them the hell out of here. Yeah, get them out. That should not have been as hard. Florida should be my number one. Get them out of here. What are three things that we would find in your fridge right now? Uh kale, kale and kale. I was about to say uh oikos triple zero Greek yogurt, no fat, no added sugars, and no artificial sweeteners. It's incredible. Great source of pork protein. It is the vanilla flavored as well. I'm gonna go back and watch this later. Good, please. Um blueberries, Driscoll's. Driscoll's blueberries are incredible. Um, and oh god, uh peanut butter, probably. Natural peanut butter needs refrigeration, folks. Don't uh come at me. Thank you. Organic peanut butter. I knew it was some LA shit.

Yeah, it couldn't just be like Jif. No. That shit's in the pantry, bro. Jif is like sugar, and all these things in it. Peanut butter, I just need peanuts and salt. Beautiful. Yo, if people are only used to Jif though and they try real peanut butter, yeah. They're gonna be in for a fucking rude awakening. What the fuck is this? I I love it though, but it did like catch me off guard. Oh, yeah. Now I've gotten used to it. It's very runny though, so people don't like that. It's like it looks like it was old or something. Because it's like super liquidy. What is the best Pokemon? Uh I'm a big dark rye fan. Um I love his design. Uh, it's design rather. I don't think it has a gender. It's designed. It's like a ghost. It's 2020 to you, man. It's true. Uh, I don't uh yeah, it's a great ghost looking thing. I think the powers are super cool, like the nightmare situation that it's got going on, very groovy. I also love the Reggie Pokemon, like Reggie Regigigas, Regirock, Regice or so, and then they added two new ones, like the electric one and the dragon one. Don't really care for that. Um, still a nerd. Still, yeah, I am.

Of course. You did. you could take the nerd out of it or whatever the fucking you take me out of there and never took the nerd out of me. Yeah. Um, but yeah, I think those are my favorite Pokemon designs. He's good. He knows the lore and everything. I know everything. He's great. Oh, yeah. If you had to wear one pair of shoes for the rest of your life. Oh, give it a rest. Um, Christ. Easy 750s. I love those. I love that silhouette. I don't know why. They're so cool. How many Reese's peanut butter cups would fit on a baseball field? And we're talking single layer. Are we talking the regular size Reese's cups? Regular size cups, MLB diamond. Single layer. Okay, hold on. Are we talking within the diamond or the outfield is included? Outfield included. Do you have an actual answer for this? Or is this a guess? People have asked when we do these types of questions. We have no right, we have no right answer for you. Here we go. Cause this logical brain, like this is great. I'm gonna say 1,200,000.

Okay. I have no idea how that sounds on a scale of one to 10. How weird do you think you are? You could uh 10 for sure. But not in like a bad way. No. The good weird. There's a lot of bad weird. Yeah. Not to judge people, but there's a lot of bad weird. Uh I'm the good weird. Part one of the rampage. It's like quirky. I'm so quirky and fun, and just like off kilter. He's doing great. Top tier. This is impressive. There was only one that gave him like a stumble, and that stumble didn't even last long. So you are um off to a hot start for sure. Thank you. You might you might get a plaque. Oh, crazy. I'm just gonna do a hall of fame. Oh boy, I'm looking forward to it. No party. Well, you gotta see how there's two more parts. So let's see how you perform. I took Tesla every day. Well, here, this test is the this or that. I'm gonna give you two, maybe three choices. First one off the top of your head. Give it to me, Daddy. Rampage. This is amazing. Starting with drums or starting with melodies. Melody. Snares or claps. Uh uh clap or sometimes both together. Hardware or software?

Uh software. Guitar or piano? Uh piano. Zay 808 or spins. This is spins. Good man. We're getting way too many producers saying Zay. I'm a spins man. Sync deals or online leases? Oh, sync deals. Give it a rest. Who are you fucking kidding? Nike or Adidas? Adidas. I'm on their PR seating list. I have to say that. I love Adidas. I'm an icon. I'm an, I'm a literal Adidas icon. Like I spend so much fucking money with them, it's actually bad. I almost I tried to get one of their NFTs and the bots stole them all. So fuck you for bringing up NFTs around me. But but they don't have a running app. They do. Adidas is fantastic. I love you on the Nike. Oh shit. Conflict of interest. Oh god, no, because the Adidas one is not free, the Nike one was, and I'd like to say I don't use the Nike one anymore. I just use my Apple Watch, Apple Fitness. Oh cool. I'm a big bitch for Apple. Me too.

I'm a corporate piggy. Give me, give them all my money. Give me the latest computer. I need the new iPhone. Weights or cardio? Uh fuck me. Uh weights. Right now, right now in my current state, weights. It used to be cardio. Dogs or dogs. Babies. Yeah, dogs. Don't, don't even. Are you kidding me? Did you have one? I I did. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. US dollar or Bitcoin? US dollar. Right now. Bitcoin's taking a shit. It's time to buy. Sale. Chinese food or Mexican food. Oh, give it a rest. Um, if we're talking, oh fuck. Uh it is Tuesday. It's Taco Tuesday. Mexican. I'm going Mexican. Ah, that was a hard decision. Fuck. I'm a food guy, obviously. Tattoos or piercings. Ooh, tattoos. LinkedIn or OnlyFans. Selfishly, OnlyFans.

Definitely OnlyFans. Become five feet tall or eight feet. Five feet. Sit in jail for one year or lose one year off your life. Sit in jail. You probably learn a lot in there. That was mine. See? Uh learn a lot and you can work out every day. That's amazing. Yeah, but to lose one year off your life. He's tripping, right? Like you're tripping. Use that year to benefit yourself somehow. I don't care if I'm 89 dying versus 90. Come on. Let's go. Should. August 25th, 2022. Have you seen that fucking that girl on Twitter? Anyway, sorry. I don't want to interrupt you that. August 1st, 2025. What's that date, Nardwar? Go ahead. It's my dad's birthday, actually. Are you serious? Yeah. Shout out to your dad. Shout out to your dad. And he's a math guy, I told you. So it's uh 825. So it's two cubed and five squared. Amazing. I love that. That just made me horny as fuck. I'm bricked up sitting here listening to that math talk, boy. You tell me that shit. You and my dad would get along. I hope so.

A couple more here. After he says he's horny. He said you and my dad would get along. My dad would really get along. You're horny. Well, let me tell you. Separate point. Anyway. Give up smartphones for life or give up salt. Uh give up salt. I don't care about salt. Okay. Stupid fucking question. You have a 95% chance of winning 100,000. Yes. A 5% chance of winning 100 million. 95% chance on 100,000. Take the win. Part two of the rampage. Part two. Great. Keeping up the pace. The pace is good. Yeah. This is my girl says I have stamina. I don't know what that means. You're also very quick to uh. Sorry, Molly. Quick draw. Quick draw, McGraw. Last part of the rampage. Here we go. It's the word association. Let's do four parts of the rampage. Just create a new part just for Bijan. Yeah. Shooting one word at you, just shooting the first thing you think of back. Here we go.

Daddy. Sorry. Sorry, go ahead. Sorry, I jumped the gun. It's gonna be his answer to everything. Headphones. Uh Bayer Dynamic. Depression. Don't have that shit. Contract. Lawyer. Gold. Dollar. Sunrise. Sunset. FL Studio. Work. Corpse. Death. Morning. Run. Doctor. Cancer. Fuck. That's dark. Album. 13 songs. Mm. Specific. Lil. Wayne. Tomato. Tomato. Reverb. Spring. This should be interesting.

NFT. Don't care. So against NFTs. Just at the current moment. Okay. So you see the value in the future. Fuck you. Continue. Private. Public. Brain. Control. Frog. Legs. Family. Chosen. Gross beat. I never used that shit. Ric Flair. Nah, I made him wait. Drip. Ah! We're docking you some points for that, so joke's on you. Oh, that's all right. No, in all seriousness, he might have just one of the best rampages. Top notch. I'm Not even joking. What can I say? Add that to your resume because that was impressive. I had more on here than usual, too. And it was still probably the fastest. You're one more time. We have to know. Yeah. You're Bijan Amir. Of course we have to know. We have to know. We're here in Stone Mountain, Georgia. I'm from Vancouver, Canada.

And today I'm with one more time podcast in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Now, what does this album mean to you? I brought you boys a gift. We don't have any gifts for you, but this has been amazing. Thank you. Really, really appreciate it. Your story is incredible. Thank you. Uh, you know, you even admitted it. You're just getting going though. I feel like the fire is just starting to freaking blaze. The fire rises. Yeah, yeah. And it's it's a beautiful journey that you've had so far. Can't wait to see where it goes. Thank you. Uh, once again, appreciate you coming all the way from LA. We know you had other business to attend to, but the fact that you, We like to pretend it was just for us. Yeah. The fact that you squeeze us into your, you know, I'm happy to. We really do appreciate it. Really appreciate it. Appreciate you guys so much, and I'm I'm I'm I'm genuinely happy to have come and it was a great time. So thank you so much. Appreciate it, man. Henry, what are we doing? Getting the fuck out. Until next week. Peace. Bye bye. Bam. Awesome. Yeah, there you go.

Yes. This is definitely getting the blooper reel. Pop that shit like one more time. Yeah, pop that one more time. Pop that shit like one more time. Yeah, pop that one more time. Oh. Hop up in that floor and skirting up. All the homies that shit dripping up. Middle fangal to the law. Yeah.