WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:08.640 Some lives are composed like music, layered intentional, built on 2 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:13.880 quiet tension and powerful release. Amar Walker, known to the 3 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:19.839 world as Major seven, is one of those lives from Mandeville, Jamaica, 4 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:24.480 a tone known not only for its rolling hills, but 5 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:30.239 for producing thinkers, cultural contributors, and nation builders. Like one 6 00:00:30.280 --> 00:00:34.880 of Jamaica's national heroes, Norman manly A, Mar stands in 7 00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:40.039 a lineage of visionaries who led with both purpose and precision. 8 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:44.079 He spent part of his early years at Victor Dixon 9 00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:48.399 High School, where the seeds of discipline and creative curiosity 10 00:00:48.679 --> 00:00:53.719 began to take root. However, the true foundation of Amar's 11 00:00:53.799 --> 00:00:59.520 journey began even earlier in the quiet, unshakable prayers of 12 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:06.840 his mound. After enduring six miscarriages, she prayed persistently and 13 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:13.599 faithfully for seven years, and then came Amar. His producer name, 14 00:01:13.959 --> 00:01:17.799 Major seven is more than a nod to musical theory. 15 00:01:18.519 --> 00:01:23.439 It's a tribute, a living meditation on his mother's endurance, 16 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:28.840 her belief, and the truth that some people are called 17 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:34.959 not just to succeed, but to uplift and inspire. That 18 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:41.200 spiritual thread follows Amar even into the studio. Years ago. 19 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:44.719 One of his most acclaimed productions. The Devil is a 20 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:49.400 Lie was nearly taken from him by someone more interested 21 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:55.560 in profit than principle, but that attempt failed, and the 22 00:01:55.599 --> 00:02:00.719 irony of that title wasn't lost on him. Some moments 23 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:06.840 are more than coincidence. They are reminders of protection and 24 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:13.000 trusting God's timing. Since then, Amar has composed for artists 25 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:18.479 like Rihanna, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg, burn A Boy Future, 26 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:24.520 and countless others, crafting soundscapes that are both commercially undeniable 27 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:29.840 and emotionally grounded. And while his Grammy nomination hasn't come 28 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:33.960 just yet, something about this year tells me it's only 29 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:39.199 a matter of time. This episode isn't just about music. 30 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:45.719 It's about identity, faith, and the kind of quiet power 31 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:51.080 that comes from staying grounded in your roots, especially when 32 00:02:51.159 --> 00:02:55.520 those roots are Jamaican. Because when Amar walks in a 33 00:02:55.599 --> 00:02:59.840 room or lays a chord or shares his story, it's 34 00:02:59.879 --> 00:03:06.199 not just him speaking. It's legacy, it's prayer fulfilled. It's 35 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:23.560 the rhythm of a culture that moves the world. If 36 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:27.719 you're listening to the podcast on Apple Podcast, please remember 37 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:32.599 to rate and leave a comment below. Also, don't forget 38 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:37.120 to follow us on Instagram at Let's Talk the Things. Now, 39 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:40.719 grab your tea, coffee, or a glass of wine and 40 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:47.080 Let's Talk the Things. Hello everyone, Welcome back to Let's 41 00:03:47.199 --> 00:03:52.159 Talk the Things, where we discuss personal growth, travel, music, 42 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:57.599 beauty and wellness while encouraging you to live fearlessly and fabulously. 43 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:02.319 I'm your host, Ash and this week we are Talking 44 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:06.479 the Things with multi platinum music producer for artists like 45 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:11.800 Rick Ross, Rihanna, Burna Boy, Buju Bantan, and Snoop Dog 46 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:16.160 to name a few. Omar Walker, more popularly known as 47 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:19.720 Major seven. Hi, Omar, how are you hey? 48 00:04:19.800 --> 00:04:22.399 How are you doing? I'm doing amazing. I'm glad to 49 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:23.959 be here, so blessed. 50 00:04:24.279 --> 00:04:27.160 Thank you, Thank you so much for coming to Talk 51 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:34.120 the Things with me. Yeah yeah, you have to bustle 52 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:34.600 the accent. 53 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:35.680 I love it. 54 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:41.439 So As a first time guest and for persons that 55 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:45.000 are listening for the first time, we begin each episode 56 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:49.000 with our listener's favorite segment and it's called that no 57 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:55.160 Sound safe. So so Omar, I'm going to read messages 58 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:58.839 or social media posts that listeners sent in and if 59 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:01.600 you think it sounds crazy or a little bit concerning, 60 00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:06.000 you'd say that the sound safe and explain why. And 61 00:05:07.879 --> 00:05:10.319 if you agree, I can't even finish this without laughing. 62 00:05:10.399 --> 00:05:13.519 And if you agree, say you agree and explain why. 63 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:14.240 Sounds good? 64 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:16.639 But all right, cool, let's do it. 65 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:21.600 So the first person said, Jamaican parents give the worst ultimatums. 66 00:05:21.959 --> 00:05:31.199 They'll say either you wash the dishes or come a tomatos. Oh, 67 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:33.319 you know, I feel like they're a bit. 68 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:37.279 Extreme, definitely, but it works though. 69 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:40.879 Yes, it prepares us for the world because you can't 70 00:05:40.920 --> 00:05:43.240 tell us anything that we haven't already been told by 71 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:43.759 our parents. 72 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:49.519 For real, you aren't sure how to, like, you know, 73 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:52.800 take on the challenges of life, because growing up is 74 00:05:52.839 --> 00:05:56.560 a challenge. It's always like something you know. 75 00:05:58.199 --> 00:06:01.120 So true, so true. We all need to go. We 76 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:03.000 have said this in another episode. We all need to 77 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:04.720 go to like group therapy together. 78 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:08.279 Being Jamaican Bill's character though. 79 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:15.560 Yes, and we also have not only does it build character, 80 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:17.600 but I said this in another episode, or actually I 81 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:20.519 should say the person I was interviewing said it to me, 82 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:24.319 and he's from Grenada. He said that Jamaicans have this 83 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:28.800 certain type of confidence, you know, and I was saying, 84 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:31.600 it's something that's really ingrained in US. And that's why 85 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:35.480 when celebrities even go to Jamaica, they don't really get 86 00:06:35.560 --> 00:06:39.240 run down for autographs or anything, because most Jamaicans are 87 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:41.800 looking at them and saying, he's all right, but I 88 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:42.920 can't sing better that name. 89 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:50.600 Yes, I definitely believe in that, because I definitely consider 90 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:52.959 myself to be extremely confident. 91 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:55.680 Love that. Love that, Yeah, I don't know if it's 92 00:06:55.680 --> 00:06:59.120 the leo or oh my gosh, it's. 93 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:01.240 Theer and lying you feel me. 94 00:07:03.040 --> 00:07:06.360 I love that. That's double Jamaican and alio. Yeah, that's 95 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:11.839 a double dosa confidence for sure. All Right, So the 96 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:16.680 next person said, imagine your card gets declined at the 97 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:19.639 barber and he starts gluing your hair back on. 98 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:23.240 First fall, he shouldn't be cutting it off in the 99 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:30.120 first place. And then second of all, man Imazellum right exactly. 100 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:32.839 This is not nineteen ninety four, so I would hold 101 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:37.839 sell or cash up something, but gluing it back on is. Actually. 102 00:07:37.920 --> 00:07:41.959 Another thing about Jamaican is we're creative. So if Plan 103 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:44.800 A don't work, we're gonna have Plan b cd ef 104 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:47.279 we don't find a way to make it happen. 105 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:50.399 You know, that is so true. That's one thing about us. 106 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:52.959 We are very resilient when it comes to finding a 107 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:58.160 way for sure. All Right, The next person said, all 108 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:01.319 I spend money on is food and clothes, but I'm 109 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:04.040 still hungry and can't find anything to wear. 110 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:08.480 Hey, thats how you spend all your money on food 111 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:11.439 and clothes and still hungry and don't got nothing to wear? 112 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:12.240 You know what I mean? 113 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:15.399 But you know you're spending it on food and clothes 114 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:18.360 for somebody else, or that. 115 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:22.399 Means you're like me and you're always hungry even though 116 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:25.480 you're spending it on food. It's like, boy, you know, 117 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:28.600 I feel for something nice, like you can eat something else. 118 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:32.559 It could be that, or it could be the fact that, like, 119 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:35.440 I don't know how you are, but I feel like 120 00:08:36.279 --> 00:08:39.000 sometimes I'll feel like I have something to wear, and 121 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:41.480 then other times I'll be like, oh my gosh, I 122 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:43.360 need to get something, Like I have nothing to wear 123 00:08:43.399 --> 00:08:45.120 and I have a closet full of clothes. 124 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:46.840 I mean, that's how I feel every time I have 125 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:49.159 to go somewhere like tomorrow, have to go to wedding, 126 00:08:49.240 --> 00:08:51.519 It's like that's how I feel. So after this, I 127 00:08:51.519 --> 00:08:53.519 gotta go find so like anytime I gotta go somewhere 128 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:55.799 I have to do something. I'm like that, but that's 129 00:08:55.879 --> 00:08:58.399 because I'm not really that big into like I'm starting 130 00:08:58.399 --> 00:09:00.960 to get into it now, but like fashion, and I'm 131 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:03.960 so like locked in on what I'm building, like that's 132 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:07.480 just my primary focus. Yeah, it's not my priority at 133 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:08.960 least not right now, you know, got you? 134 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:12.679 Yeah? Yeah, well that makes sense. So maybe that canzone 135 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:15.519 a little safe, but a little not safe, because if 136 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:18.240 it's not your priority, then it's like, eh, you don't 137 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:21.480 really care, you know, all right? Two more, The next 138 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:24.960 person said, I don't know how to turn up anymore. 139 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:27.679 I'll be at the bar just checking my emails. 140 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:34.519 I guess. I guess I could agree with that because 141 00:09:34.960 --> 00:09:37.279 I feel like I'm that person. But I do feel 142 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:40.279 like I'm lit though, Like I feel like I'm like 143 00:09:40.600 --> 00:09:44.440 a good energy to be around, and even though I'm 144 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:47.720 always doing something like sometimes I could be at Thanksgiving 145 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:50.919 and I have my laptop with me, so I might 146 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:54.639 be passively just chilling at one point, organizing some files 147 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:57.679 or working on something or arranging something, but I still 148 00:09:57.720 --> 00:10:01.200 like engage with the family and cool. So I feel 149 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:04.960 like I'm kind of like in the middle, but I 150 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:07.039 still need to be better balanced. So I'm like a 151 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:09.559 workaholic obsessed with what I do. 152 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:14.759 You know, well, you already in the vision that explains 153 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:19.320 a lot, That explains a lot. You're very driven, I'm sure. Yeah, 154 00:10:19.360 --> 00:10:21.799 But I think that's a good thing to point out, 155 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:25.759 right because it's safe because that means that you are 156 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:27.720 on top of what you need to do, you know, 157 00:10:27.799 --> 00:10:30.720 your focus. But it's not safe because you do need 158 00:10:30.759 --> 00:10:33.600 that balance, you know. So I agree with you. It's 159 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:34.879 kind of like in the middle. 160 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:38.279 Yeah, I'm very intentional, very like got a bit long 161 00:10:38.360 --> 00:10:45.279 to do list, just never ending, constantly just task and yeah, 162 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:50.320 so I definitely need a little bit more balance. But yeah, seasons, 163 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:50.519 you know. 164 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:53.120 But it's hard. Yeah, And it's hard too when you 165 00:10:53.200 --> 00:10:57.240 have like so many dreams and aspirations and you know, 166 00:10:57.519 --> 00:11:01.240 you just want to do everything. It's really hard to 167 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:01.960 like stop. 168 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:05.759 Yeah, focus is important. Yeah, you have to be focused 169 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:07.559 and you have to be intentional. And I think a 170 00:11:07.559 --> 00:11:10.200 lot of the stuff that I do, even though it 171 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:12.399 may seem like so many things, like, I think they 172 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:16.039 have synergy with each other and I've found ways to 173 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:19.480 you know, I'm always building systems. So for me, it's 174 00:11:19.519 --> 00:11:23.600 also about like efficiency so I'm big on working smarter, 175 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:27.039 but I'm also working harder too, So I'm combined working 176 00:11:27.200 --> 00:11:30.399 smarter with harder and that's just allowed me to just 177 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:34.960 like propel like super fast with everything that I'm trying 178 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:35.120 to be. 179 00:11:35.279 --> 00:11:38.879 I love that. Yeah, I love that. Intention definitely matters 180 00:11:38.879 --> 00:11:40.960 and helps you to get to where you need to be. 181 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:45.200 So yeah, I love that, beautifully said. Okay, last one. 182 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:48.080 This one's a little bit long, but the last one. 183 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:53.399 People will literally admire you from afar, get to experience 184 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:57.320 you in real time and become envious after seeing you 185 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:01.240 are exactly who you appair to be. Your light will 186 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:05.039 always offend persons who are at war with themselves, So 187 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:09.840 choose wisely who gets to experience you. Your frequency is valuable. 188 00:12:10.679 --> 00:12:14.440 No, I agree with that one hundred percent because I 189 00:12:14.440 --> 00:12:17.600 feel like whenever you're doing something, no matter how positive 190 00:12:17.639 --> 00:12:20.559 you are, no matter how inspiring you are, no matter 191 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:22.639 how humble you are, I think it will feel like 192 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:26.679 people always find like the negative and something. And you know, 193 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:28.639 a friend the other day was telling me, oh, yeah, 194 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:31.480 someone was hating on something that you did, and I'm 195 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:32.919 just like, man, I don't even got time to even 196 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:36.759 think about that, Like or like engage in a conversation 197 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:40.120 that has to just do with debating whether this is 198 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:43.919 better than this with somebody, like on some comparison level 199 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:47.039 where it's it's like I'm not comparing myself to to anybody. 200 00:12:47.559 --> 00:12:50.679 I'm just you know, I'm just becoming who I believe 201 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:53.480 that I meant to be. So I'm super focused and 202 00:12:53.559 --> 00:12:56.120 you just can't be distracted. Like somebody sent me a 203 00:12:56.159 --> 00:12:59.759 crazy hate message the other day, like oh uh after 204 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:02.519 Doop dog followed me, there was like, oh you think 205 00:13:02.559 --> 00:13:05.519 you're on that because Snoop Dogg followed you and then 206 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:09.200 called me an islander, N word and all this other stuff. 207 00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:10.919 What. 208 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:14.799 Yeah, it was crazy. So I mean I just like, yeah, 209 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:17.200 just blocked and kept them moving. You know, I can't 210 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:19.960 even pour any energy into that at all. 211 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:23.080 Yeah, absolutely not. That is actually insane. 212 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:26.000 Yeah, I know, right, But it's crazy that there's people 213 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:29.559 out there whose purpose is just so low or none 214 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:33.360 existent that like, yeah, they actually have time to like 215 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:36.159 create a whole profile with no picture and you know, 216 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:37.480 just to troll people or. 217 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:42.480 Yeah, that's crazy. I mean I think you handled that beautifully, 218 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:46.519 but that's just crazy how much your drive can trigger 219 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:49.360 somebody you know exactly say something like that. 220 00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:53.759 That's insane, it's pretty wild. So you know, I just 221 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:57.080 try to stay focused. And I think the most dangerous 222 00:13:57.080 --> 00:13:58.679 person is the person with no purpose. 223 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:04.720 No sah, that is a word that's so true, that's 224 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:07.480 so true, and seriously, like, well, first of all, I 225 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:09.679 think this one is very safe and it's very true 226 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:13.399 because I think you have to be aware of and 227 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:15.759 it doesn't mean to be paranoid, but just aware of 228 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:22.080 people that are envious of even your ability to produce 229 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:25.200 certain things. Right because for me, and coming from a 230 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:29.000 musical family, I know that certain things, especially when it 231 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:31.720 comes to producing music, you either have it or you don't. 232 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:34.960 It's not always something you can be taught. Like, yes, 233 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:37.240 you can go to a school of music and learn 234 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:39.919 the basics and things like that, but as my dad 235 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:42.679 would say, some people just have like a feel when 236 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:46.159 they're playing or producing music, and it's something that can't 237 00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:49.360 be emulated, you know. So some persons will see that 238 00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:51.759 and know they can't take that from you because it's 239 00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:54.720 God given, and so they figure if they put you 240 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:57.399 down enough, maybe you'll start to small up yourself and 241 00:14:57.679 --> 00:14:59.679 maybe you'll start to say, oh, maybe I'm not that 242 00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:03.159 great like possible. You know, maybe you know, but they 243 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:05.519 don't know they're dealing with Jem and Alio. 244 00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:12.440 I'm out here, you know, Like I just feel like, 245 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:18.200 you know, yeah, people always want to minimize others, especially 246 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:20.720 like I said, they don't have purpose. But you got 247 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:23.600 to know who you are, even before the world knows 248 00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:27.399 who you are. I think for me, like what you 249 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:29.720 said is super true. Like, yes, you can be gifted, 250 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:32.960 and I do believe that I'm gifted, but even more 251 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:35.320 than that, I feel like I'm skilled. It's not enough 252 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:37.240 to just be gifted, Like you have to take your 253 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:39.559 talents and you got to work on them every day 254 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:42.799 and refine them and continuously be a student and want 255 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:45.919 to grow and like just never stop growing, you know. 256 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:49.320 I feel like that's truly where greatness is born, is 257 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:52.519 born in isolation. It's it's something my mom always told me, 258 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:55.320 heights by great man reach and kept we're not attained 259 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:58.000 by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were 260 00:15:58.039 --> 00:15:59.759 toiling up with through the night. And I feel like 261 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:04.039 I ended up taking that so literally, really being up 262 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:07.639 all night every night just just putting in work, putting 263 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:09.879 in work, putting in work, and putting in ten thousands 264 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:13.360 of hours into my craft. So I think even more 265 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:15.840 than a technical skill or like playing the piano or 266 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:19.159 whatever it is, or I think my greatest gift is 267 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:21.320 actually my vision. Like I think that I have the 268 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:23.720 ability to see what things can be before they are, 269 00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:26.960 and I know how to like turn my visions into 270 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:32.000 realities and take ideas and put them in a tangible form. 271 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:35.000 But I'm always gonna think of like the biggest idea 272 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:36.679 and then I'm going to find a way to like 273 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:38.919 try to make it happen. And once you do the 274 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:42.240 impossible one time, then you realize that, yo, you could 275 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:43.279 do it over and over again. 276 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:48.519 Absolutely. And I had to literally contain myself because my 277 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:52.039 mom is gonna hear this and literally scream yeah, because 278 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:57.799 she says that same quote to me literally every other day. Wow, 279 00:16:58.720 --> 00:17:01.600 that's so crazy. I have to literally like hold like 280 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:05.200 allow you to speak because I'm like, that's so crazy. 281 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:07.200 You know many people I've said that to when they're like, oh, 282 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:09.400 I've never even heard that, really, And I'm like, what, 283 00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:13.160 my mom says that to me so much that I 284 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:14.759 have the whole thing memorized. 285 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:17.160 Oh yeah, I'm saying I think my mom used to 286 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:19.400 have a hanging on the wall where she wrote it 287 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:22.519 on like the back of a you know, she broke 288 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:25.319 down a cornflakes box and turned it around and turned 289 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:27.000 it into a poster and had it hanging on the 290 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:29.400 wall and it was written on there. 291 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:32.279 Gosh, although my mom says it to me all the time, 292 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:35.640 it's literally one of my favorite quotes because I think 293 00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:38.359 it just encompasses like who I am as a person, 294 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:40.920 like I'm going to work hard, I'm going to achieve 295 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:44.119 my goals no matter what. And I think it's just 296 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:48.400 so it's just so encouraging, you know what I mean. Like, 297 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:52.279 I think it also reminds you that you can't watch people, 298 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:54.720 you know. That's something my dad always says, like don't 299 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:57.440 watch people or don't want what other people have because 300 00:17:57.480 --> 00:18:00.279 you never know how they attained it, you know, and 301 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:03.039 also you don't know the work that they have to do. 302 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:06.359 So even when we were in school, like growing up, 303 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:08.559 my parents would say, you know, you see this person 304 00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:11.119 at this party or this function, you don't know that 305 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:13.759 they're probably uplate studying and making sure they have their 306 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:16.559 work done. You just see them out and think like, oh, 307 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:19.240 they're all about fun. But you better believe they're making 308 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:21.559 sure they study. They just don't have to advertise it, 309 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:25.599 you know. So yeah, wow, that is so crazy that 310 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:28.920 you said that. I rarely hear anybody know that quote. 311 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:29.559 Wow. 312 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:35.759 That was fun, and now it's time for us to 313 00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:40.799 talk the real things. So you talked about your mom, right, 314 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:45.039 And so I read that major seven isn't just a moniker. 315 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:49.000 It's layered. You know, there is a reference to your 316 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:52.079 musical journey and the musical reference to the chord, but 317 00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:56.359 it's also about your mother's journey and your birth. So 318 00:18:57.039 --> 00:19:00.160 can you explain a little bit more about what that 319 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:03.880 means and how that dual meaning has shaped how you 320 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:04.839 navigate the world. 321 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:11.200 Oh, definitely, I think just knowing that my mom she 322 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:14.759 actually well, first of all, when I wanted to come 323 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:19.200 up with a musical name, I was thinking, like, y'all 324 00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:24.200 want something that's both personally meaningful and also has like 325 00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:27.440 musical context. So the musical context for me was the 326 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:30.680 major seventh chord in music theory. And then I thought 327 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:34.319 of like, you know how, my mom she actually had 328 00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:37.880 six miscarriages before I was born, so I was number seven, 329 00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:40.400 and I thought that was just special in the story 330 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:44.160 behind it like she had a vision in church and 331 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:46.759 then like to name me Samuel, So my middle name 332 00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:50.920 is actually Samuel, and like handing the Bible who prayed 333 00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:54.079 for her son for seven years. And then the number 334 00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:59.279 seven is just such a significant number just throughout the universe, 335 00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:04.000 throughout you know, biblically, like it's just a spiritual number 336 00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:07.160 and like a number of completion. And then me also 337 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:09.400 being born in the seventh month of the year, in July, 338 00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:15.920 and yeah, wo then I actually have my July twenty fifth, 339 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:19.440 I actually have my first kid on the way. My 340 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:22.400 daughter's supposed to be born on the twenty eighth of July. 341 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:24.759 That's her due date, so she might even come on 342 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.359 my birthday. 343 00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:28.519 And oh my god, it's so beautiful. 344 00:20:28.680 --> 00:20:30.960 Her name is thank you. Her name is going to 345 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:31.440 be seven. 346 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:37.160 I cannot manage. That's so beautiful. And then the fact 347 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:39.400 that you're born on the twenty fifth, five plus two 348 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:39.799 is seven. 349 00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:42.559 Oh no, I didn't even think about that part too. 350 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:44.960 See that's a whole another seven. 351 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:50.880 Oh that's crazy. Wow. Well congratulations. First of all, that's 352 00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:54.519 great news, and it just goes to show how, like 353 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:58.359 you know, you were really meant to do this, to 354 00:20:58.480 --> 00:21:00.680 be where you are, you know what I mean, because 355 00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:04.039 that not only that number just surrounding you, but how 356 00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:07.119 you were brought into this world. I think that's really 357 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:11.400 indicative of you having a purpose. Ye you know, you 358 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:14.119 talk a lot about your mom and you know her 359 00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:17.839 resilience and her faith. What does it mean to carry 360 00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:20.400 her story into rooms that you walk into? Now? 361 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:24.920 It means everything. It's funny because even going to Jamaica, 362 00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:27.359 like one of her favorite artist is bears him. And 363 00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:31.000 so when I first met Bars, right, Yeah, it's like 364 00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:33.039 the first question he asked me was like, what does 365 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:36.799 what does your name mean? And so I told him 366 00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:39.759 that story, and then later I facetied my mom and 367 00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:42.960 I have a whole video of like my mom being 368 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:46.759 at work and he's just talking to my mom and 369 00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:48.920 just just showing love. 370 00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:52.839 You know. Oh, and it's such a lovely human being. 371 00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:53.720 It's real. 372 00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:56.799 Yeah, Oh my gosh, I love that. 373 00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:58.559 Yeah. So it means a lot to just carry that 374 00:21:58.640 --> 00:22:02.519 story with me. And I think just you know, the 375 00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:07.039 things that she taught me, just like exercising those things 376 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:10.079 every day, and like I think my mom, matter of fact, 377 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:11.880 I think she told me she used to walk seven 378 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:15.160 miles to school every day, and like just coming from 379 00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:20.160 Jamaica to be like the very next generation and to 380 00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:24.079 be respected, you know by all the heroes of our culture, 381 00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:29.119 whether it's you know, the Marley family or Sizla or 382 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:31.960 Junior Read or all these people that I've had the 383 00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:36.200 pleasure of just connecting with and being able to contribute 384 00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:39.079 to the culture that created me. To me, like, that's 385 00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:42.759 like everything just being you know, one generation of someone 386 00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:46.680 who was walking seven miles to school and my dad 387 00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:50.079 who didn't even meet his dad to when when I 388 00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:53.519 met him at the same time, Yeah, when I was 389 00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:56.240 going to school in Jamaica. So it's just crazy because 390 00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:58.799 you know, it's like, you know, just seeing where my 391 00:22:58.839 --> 00:23:02.599 family came from, my roots are. It puts purpose in 392 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:05.880 me every day of just wanting to maximize my opportunity 393 00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:08.319 and my potential and also my impact. 394 00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:11.359 I love that. That's such a beautiful story. And you 395 00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.799 said you went to school in Jamaica. 396 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:14.559 Yeah, I did. I went to school in Mandivale. 397 00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:17.880 Oh, oh my gosh, that's where my mom is from. 398 00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.359 Oh that's yes. 399 00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:22.240 Yeah, I went to Victor Dixon High School for two 400 00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.640 years first and second form. 401 00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:26.200