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<v Speaker 1>What's up everyone, Welcome back to Crash Course Pot. You

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<v Speaker 1>know they say you can't build a skyline without a blueprint,

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<v Speaker 1>but in Atlanta, the blueprint was drawn in the back

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<v Speaker 1>of the tour bus by a kid who wasn't even

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<v Speaker 1>old enough to drive it. Welcome back to Crash Course Pot.

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<v Speaker 1>Today we aren't just talking about a producer. We're talking

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<v Speaker 1>about the architect. We're talking about Jermaine dupris, a man

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<v Speaker 1>who looked at a city known for its history and

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<v Speaker 1>decided to make it the capital of the future. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>give it up for Jermaine Duprie. If you caught our

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<v Speaker 1>episode on Crisscross, you know I couldn't stop talking about

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen year old kid in the background or the foreground.

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<v Speaker 1>While the road was jumping with Chris and Chris, Jermaine

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<v Speaker 1>Duprie was busy drawing the blueprints for an entire city.

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<v Speaker 1>But JD didn't just wake up a mogul before. It's

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<v Speaker 1>so so deaf was a label. It was a mindset

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<v Speaker 1>born in the back of the tour buses and in

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<v Speaker 1>front of the stage. I know you keep wondering, what

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<v Speaker 1>do you mean back of tour buses?

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<v Speaker 2>What do you mean? On stage.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, we're gonna dig into that. We're gonna go back

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<v Speaker 1>to the silk suits, the Rowland eight oh eight and

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<v Speaker 1>the moment a backup dancer, Yes, a backup dancer decided

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<v Speaker 1>to become a king maker the Houdini link. To understand JD,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to understand his dad, Michael Malden. Michael was

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<v Speaker 1>a heavyweight in the industry, an executive and manager who

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<v Speaker 1>was running the show for Houdini back in the early eighties.

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<v Speaker 2>Picture this, It's nice eighty four.

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<v Speaker 1>The fresh Fest tour is the biggest thing in hip hop.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got run DMC, Fat Boys and Houdini. And right

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<v Speaker 1>there on stage dancing for Houdini at the Omni in

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<v Speaker 1>Atlanta is twelve year old Germaine. He didn't get the

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<v Speaker 1>gig because of nepotism. He got it because he could

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<v Speaker 1>actually dance. But being on that tour gave him a

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<v Speaker 1>front row seat to how a hit record actually works.

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<v Speaker 1>He wasn't just doing the Roger Rabbit. He was watching

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<v Speaker 1>how the crowd reacted to a kickdrum. He was learning

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<v Speaker 1>the science of the party, should I say, before.

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<v Speaker 2>He even hit Pubertine.

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<v Speaker 1>By the time he was sixteen, JD was done with dancing.

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<v Speaker 1>He wanted to create the sound, not just move to it.

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<v Speaker 1>His first real shot at production wasn't Crisscross. Actually it

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<v Speaker 1>was a female rap caught Soolktime's Leather around nineteen eighty nine.

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<v Speaker 1>The project didn't set the world on fire, but it

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<v Speaker 1>was his lab. It's where he started perfecting that so

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<v Speaker 1>so death bounce, blending hard hitting hip hop drums with

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<v Speaker 1>those melodic R and B textures. I believe he was

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<v Speaker 1>taking the New York nujack swing energy and giving it

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<v Speaker 1>that slow Southern humidity.

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<v Speaker 2>He was looking for a.

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<v Speaker 1>Start to carry this sound, and that's when he walked

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<v Speaker 1>into the mall and found two kids who would change

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<v Speaker 1>his life. Que in the episode I did on Crisscross.

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<v Speaker 1>If you guys haven't heard that one yet, after this episode.

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<v Speaker 2>Check it out.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll be like the sequel to what I'm talking about here.

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<v Speaker 1>Moving on, after the massive success of Crisscross, JD didn't

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<v Speaker 1>just buy a chain and disappear. He built a factory.

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<v Speaker 1>He looked at Atlanta and saw a hip hop void,

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<v Speaker 1>or a music void. He gave us the Grid of

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<v Speaker 1>de Bratt, proving a girl from the South could outrap

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<v Speaker 1>legends in New York. He gave us the church vocal

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<v Speaker 1>harmonies of Escape. He gave us the boy band meets

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<v Speaker 1>the block energy of Jagged Edge. J D's genius was

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<v Speaker 1>his range. He could produce a ballot for Mariah carry

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<v Speaker 1>on like a Monday, and a club anthem for Ludacros

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<v Speaker 1>on a Wednesday. He actually made Atlanta the New York

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<v Speaker 1>of the South by sheer force of will and talent talent.

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<v Speaker 1>And speaking of de Brat, I want to add that

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<v Speaker 1>j D helped her become the first solo female rapper

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<v Speaker 1>to go platinum. I also think, not think, but I

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<v Speaker 1>also remember hearing that she was discovered by Jermaine Duprie

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<v Speaker 1>because she won a rap contest that JD was hosting

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<v Speaker 1>or judging. And as for Escape, Ian Burke and JD

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<v Speaker 1>discovered them and they were discovered at a Beet talent

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<v Speaker 1>show in Atlanta. So JD's got his hands in the

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<v Speaker 1>Atlanta rap music scene for Suresease, anyways, let's move on.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is my favorite part.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what I love as a music head, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's the fact that JD was the original face of

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<v Speaker 1>the sound. So before you have all the other producers,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, being in the scene for their artists. Before

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<v Speaker 1>Pharrell was in every video, JD was there. He had

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<v Speaker 1>the socio dev tag. He was like a celebrity producer.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of people tried to play him for it though,

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<v Speaker 1>and wanted to claim it was his.

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<v Speaker 2>Ego, but he was just twenty years ahead of the curve.

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<v Speaker 1>He understood that the brand isn't just the singer, it's

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<v Speaker 1>the architect, the producer.

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<v Speaker 2>He paved the way for every super producer we have

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty twenty six.

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<v Speaker 1>He taught us that the person behind the boards is

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<v Speaker 1>the one who really.

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<v Speaker 2>Controls the culture.

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<v Speaker 1>And now j D is currently having a massive second

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<v Speaker 1>act between twenty twenty five and twenty twenty six.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's talk about it.

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<v Speaker 1>So honestly, you could say he's still moving like he

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<v Speaker 1>has something to prove. He has not sloped down a bit,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's officially dubbed this air, this new era of

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<v Speaker 1>his the Soco Deaf two point zero. We gotta talk

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<v Speaker 1>about his newest project, Magic City. It's his first full

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<v Speaker 1>length studio album in over twenty years. It was released

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<v Speaker 1>last year September twenty twenty five, and it was actually

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<v Speaker 1>released to be the official soundtrack to His Stars docuseries

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<v Speaker 1>Magic City, an American fantasy, which he executive produced alongside Drake.

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<v Speaker 1>When Magic City hit Stars in August twenty twenty five,

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't just a documentary.

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<v Speaker 2>It was like a victory lap.

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<v Speaker 1>JD and other executive producers didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Just show us a club.

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<v Speaker 1>They showed us a boardroom with neon lights. The soundtrack

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<v Speaker 1>that followed a month later his full album in two decades.

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<v Speaker 1>It did exactly what JD does best. It made the

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<v Speaker 1>old heads respect the new school, and it made the

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<v Speaker 1>new school study the legends. It reminded us that in Atlanta,

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<v Speaker 1>JD isn't just a resident, He's the one that holds

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<v Speaker 1>the keys to the city. So let's talk a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit about how Magic City did. It debuted with one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred percent critical score on Rotten Tomatoes. Variety and Time

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<v Speaker 1>praised it for focusing on the entrepreneurial agency of the

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<v Speaker 1>dancers and the science of the party.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, I keep saying that.

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<v Speaker 1>Also, the project was the first major release under the

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<v Speaker 1>Socio Deaf slash Hybe America partnership, which, fun fact, was

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<v Speaker 1>orchestrated by Scooter Bron, who famously started as JD's intern.

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<v Speaker 2>What else can I say about it.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, as for the album Magic City, it served

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<v Speaker 1>as the official soundtrack. I know I mentioned that already,

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<v Speaker 1>and JD didn't just produce it.

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<v Speaker 2>He curated it to bridge the.

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<v Speaker 1>Gap between the ogs like Luda, Ludacris and Ti and

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<v Speaker 1>then the new school like money Log and Finesse. Two

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<v Speaker 1>times critics called the docuseriies the Black Studio fifty four.

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<v Speaker 1>It featured everyone from former Atlanta made Mayor Keisha Lance

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<v Speaker 1>Bottoms to Big Meach via phone call in prison. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's if you haven't seen it, go check it out.

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<v Speaker 2>The people love it. The people love it.

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<v Speaker 1>So here's a lineup of who JD's been in the booth,

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<v Speaker 1>the booth, the slodal with recently for like twenty twenty five,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty six, trying to keep it recent. So we have

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<v Speaker 1>the Atlanta icons. For the Magic City album, he pulled

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<v Speaker 1>the heavyweights Ti, Ludacris, Two Chains, Quavo, Lil John, Young

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<v Speaker 1>Dro and Killer Mike. He produced the anthem Atlanta, which

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<v Speaker 1>JD calls the soul and grit of the city for

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<v Speaker 1>Selo Green. JAD also released a posthumous collaboration in honor

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<v Speaker 1>of Rich Homi Kwan called This or That in late

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty five, basically a tribute to Kwant's impact on

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<v Speaker 1>the a Atlanta bow Wow. He recently reunited with bow

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<v Speaker 1>Wow for the track She's a Freak, which also featured

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<v Speaker 1>Travis Porter. JD also produced Money Lungs smash hit Made

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<v Speaker 1>for Me I Think That came out in twenty twenty three.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody Loves Me Like You Do? No Money Now you know?

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<v Speaker 1>Last song you guys it had TikTok in a chocoal

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<v Speaker 1>with those challenges In twenty twenty four twenty twenty five,

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<v Speaker 1>JD also produced Ari Lennox's soulfo track Pressure and Finesse

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<v Speaker 1>two Times. Just dropped a new collap called Peace and Money,

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<v Speaker 1>which JD was a part of. Produced and we Can't

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<v Speaker 1>Forget About dvs N. JD recently entered into a partnership

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<v Speaker 1>with this R and B duo. He's been working closely

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<v Speaker 1>with DVSN and they are a massive part of the

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<v Speaker 1>social def slash HYB America ecosystem. They were historically and

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<v Speaker 1>Ovo Sound Act, but JD entered a creative partnership or

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<v Speaker 1>mentorship under the HYB e umbrella, and that's with this

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<v Speaker 1>R and B, DUO, DVS and.

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<v Speaker 2>Who else, who else?

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's the extent of I'm sure there's more

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<v Speaker 1>for this last two years, twenty five and twenty twenty six,

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<v Speaker 1>but that's what I have for now. So basically, JD

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<v Speaker 1>is proving that his blueprint still works even in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>He developed it, crafted.

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<v Speaker 1>It in like what nineteen eighty nine with his first

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<v Speaker 1>female group, and it's still here twenty twenty six years later.

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<v Speaker 1>Working He isn't just sticking to the nineties legends. He's

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<v Speaker 1>bridging the gap by working with the new generation. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I already mentioned money long for it's two times and

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<v Speaker 1>the ogs like Ludacris and Ti are still in rotation.

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<v Speaker 1>So basically, JD didn't just build the so soo deaf house.

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<v Speaker 1>He built like a so soo deaf neighborhood. Shall I say?

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<v Speaker 2>He's been doing his big one.

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<v Speaker 1>It's that's why I'm so glad we did this episode.

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<v Speaker 1>I knew we had to after doing the Crisscross episode.

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<v Speaker 1>I knew I had to do an episode on JD

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<v Speaker 1>because he's one of those people that I don't hear

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<v Speaker 1>people talking about. He's one of those producers influencers in

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<v Speaker 1>the music scene that I don't hear a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people talking about, and I wanted to dive deeper and

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<v Speaker 1>just get to know him, Like what, who are you?

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<v Speaker 1>Where'd you? Where'd you get your roots? Why are you

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<v Speaker 1>so freaking good at music? And putting Atlanta on the map.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's jd You guys.

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<v Speaker 1>He showed the world that Atlanta wasn't just a stop

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<v Speaker 1>on a tour bus. It's a destination. And he took

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<v Speaker 1>everything he learned, all of his experience from being on

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<v Speaker 1>stage with Houdini to signing his own artists, and turned

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<v Speaker 1>all that information into an empire that's still standing. People

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<v Speaker 1>are still begging to work with him. When not begging,

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<v Speaker 1>let me not be dramatic. People still want to work

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<v Speaker 1>with him. The new G's respect him, the ogs respect him,

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<v Speaker 1>and that dad, you guys Jermaine der pre So tune

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<v Speaker 1>in to the next episode. We're gonna switch gears from

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<v Speaker 1>the Atlanta Bounce to the Jungle.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna keep it.

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<v Speaker 1>A secret what episode we're doing, but just think Jungle.

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<v Speaker 2>That's your clue.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want more entertainment. All the details are below.

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<v Speaker 1>Check out my memoir. All the links are down below.

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<v Speaker 1>Just click link and until next time, keep spinning them tracks.

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<v Speaker 2>Bye you guys, Bye,