Shadowing Practice: Wiz Khalifa Extended Interview | The Jennifer Hudson Show - Learn English Speaking with Video
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And you've been in the industry for over 20 years releasing music, huh?
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Yeah, yeah.
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How did you get started?
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I started out writing when I was really young.
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My uncle taught me how to write songs when I was in third grade.
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And just growing up on the internet, downloading instrumentals, freestyling.
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Then I started working with my dad, and he bought me my first equipment.
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Started putting my own mixtapes out.
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By the time I was like 16 or 19, I had a major record doing was often doing my thing.
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That's crazy.
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That's amazing.
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So when you started out, did you think you would go as far as you've done?
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Oh, for sure.
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Yeah, you knew it.
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Yeah, yeah.
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You was like, I got it, and that's just that.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Look at you.
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How old were you here?
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That's me in high school.
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I might have been like 17 years old right there.
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I was bad, though.
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Were you bad?
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What do you mean you were bad?
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I don't look like it, but right there, I was bad.
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That's bringing back memories, huh?
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It's like, ooh, I was into things.
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Uh -huh.
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Now, you grew up in Pittsburgh, and you also lived in Germany and the U .K .A.?
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Yeah, yeah.
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How did that happen?
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My parents were in the military.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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So I moved around like every two years when I was a kid, all the way up until my teenage years.
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Oh.
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Yeah.
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Did you have a favorite place?
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I think my favorite place was, it was a tie between Oklahoma, because that's where I had a lot of my friends and played basketball.
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And that's where I first started rapping.
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Well, like recording my music.
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And Japan was really fun.
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Oh.
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Yeah, I had a lot of fun in Japan.
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Nice.
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Yeah, yeah.
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How did it influence you growing up?
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Um, it really just made me more social.
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I was able to adapt and adjust to any group of people that I was around, whether it be Spanish people, Filipino kids, white kids, black kids, everybody.
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I always had to reintroduce myself and continue to be myself, so it really gave me that self -knowledge, you know, and that sense of, you know, I know who I am everywhere I go.
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I love that.
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We all want to be like that.
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Yep.
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And your song, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow.
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Did the Steelers ever thank you for that hit?
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They thank me all the time.
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All the time?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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They just call me up randomly, be like, yo, Black and Yellow, and then hang up.
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Speaking of sports, I saw you practice with Lethal Shooter.
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Yeah, yeah.
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He got it.
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Yeah, he all right.
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You got some game, because you was popping them shots.
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Well, I'm pretty tall, so I got to put it to you.
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So I got to do something with this hype.
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Look at that.
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So, you know, that's me.
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I mean, that's all just natural skills.
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You was popping all them shots off like that.
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That's off the first day.
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You see, oh, I missed that one.
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But he tried to tackle me.
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Watch.
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He tried to tackle me.
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Uh -oh, uh -oh.
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I still made it.
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Yeah.
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Oh, my goodness.
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Yeah.
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I was like, if Stephen, this is on loop, or you got some serious skills.
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Now, as you know, I played for the All -Star Game, and I got to work with lethal shooters.
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You think you could see me on the court?
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I mean, honestly, I'd rather be on your team.
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OK.
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And then we go, you know, shut some other fools down.
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That's it.
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Give me five for that.
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Yeah, let's do that.
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We're going to do that.
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We're going to do that.
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Hell, yeah.
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Listen, and you know how it ended up out this?
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Because I'm a basketball mom, and my son is all basketball, basketball, basketball.
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And we here on the court, y 'all, I act the whole fool.
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So how are you?
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Because your kid plays too.
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Yeah, for sure.
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What kind of dad are you when your kid is on the court?
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I'm, like, pretty uncontrollable.
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You know, I like to motivate the rest of the team as well.
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But I'm like, Bash, go.
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Get him, Bash, get him.
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Boy, you got it, boy.
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I'm really, really loud and expressive.
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Like, yeah, that's me all day.
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It's a good thing, because I like to motivate both teams.
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You know, I encourage everybody.
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Then the kids get mad at me for supporting the team.
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And it's like, but a good shot is a good shot.
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A good play is a good play, right?
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You take a hard hit, it's like, you did that.
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You did that.
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But we still going to win this.
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Nah, for sure.
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What?
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OK.
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And then, OK, see, again, I love the babies, and I love a kid party.
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But your son's party looked like the coolest thing i've ever
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seen yeah please tell me what was the thing it was lit do y 'all see this look at him
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it was his idea he was like yo dad oh i want a west coast gangster birthday party that is amazing
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oh my goodness do you think does he get his creativity from you um yeah 100 it's a mixture
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because his mother is really creative as well we're like we're just expressive parents and we We allow him to be himself.
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We allow him to be himself.
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That's water, by the way, in his hand.
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You better declare it.
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His is water.
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But yeah, we let him be himself.
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We let him find his hobbies and just do the things that are fun and make him a kid.
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And you never get your childhood back. So yeah.
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I agree with that.
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They still be having fun, right?
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Yep, exactly.
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I love that.
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And Mother's Day just passed.
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So you do anything special with your mom?
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My mom, Mother's Day every day for my mom.
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I love that.
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Peachy, Peachy's a superstar.
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That's what you call a peachy?
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Yeah, that's her name.
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Yeah, everybody know her as Peachy.
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If you meet her, you'll fall in love with her.
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So every day is her day.
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What's the best fun y 'all ever had hanging out?
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Man, me and my mom do everything together.
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Like what?
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We go to strip club together.
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We went to Mexico.
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Go, mama.
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Yeah.
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We went to Coachella together.
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Dang.
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Yeah, we do everything.
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Like, that's my dog.
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That's your dog?
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I love your relationship.
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I think the most fun thing is being at home and raising the kids and things like that.
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Just being in the house life and just doing everything around the house.
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I really value that.
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And that time is really special to me.
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I love that.
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Yeah, yeah.
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I adore it.
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You stay in the studio.
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You dropped four mixtapes this past year.
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Do you live in the studio?
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Pretty much.
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Oh, my goodness.
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Yeah, yeah.
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I keep it with me everywhere I go.
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Wow.
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Do you have any studio rituals at all?
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Other than the obvious.
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The obvious?
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What everybody knows.
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I just like to keep it real like a vibe in there.
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I like a lot of candles, incense.
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I take my shoes off when I record.
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Like, I just get, I'm at home when I'm in there.
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You're living in there.
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That's what it sounds like.
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Can we expect any new music anytime soon?
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Yeah, definitely.
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I got a new album coming out, Cushion Orange Juice 2.
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It's the sequel.
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Yes.
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Yeah, thank you.
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It's the sequel to the original mixtape that I did.
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It's like a real big fan favorite and a cult classic.
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And I wanted to revisit that.
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Just put some new flavor on it and give the fans something to have fun to.
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That's what I'm known for, just having a great time.
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So that same vibe that's in the studio, I'm about to bring that outside.
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We want it.
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Yes, we do.
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Oh, I can't wait for that.
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Oh, my goodness.
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Okay, and then I heard you got some exciting hobbies.
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You do mixed martial up?
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Yeah, every day.
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Every day?
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Every day.
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I do MMA.
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How did you get into that?
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Just randomly, yo.
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I just walked into a gym, and he held that pad up right there, and I flew into it with my knee and said, I guess I'll just stay here.
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Wow.
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That's it.
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You say you just walked in off the street and just got the kicking.
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That's what I mean.
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Did I read that right?
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I know Jay Glazer.
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That's my man.
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And he really put me on with a really good program and some really good coaches that taught me some things.
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And put me on a regimen. And yeah.
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So I just put in the work.
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And it does what it does back.
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It does what it does back.
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I got to ask you this.
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What music do you listen to now?
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Like, what do you listen to?
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Man, it's like a combination of my music, because I'm always in the studio.
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But I really enjoy jazz music.
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Yeah, like jazz, a lot of African music.
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I love African.
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That's my favorite.
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Yeah, I'm getting a little bit older, so my taste in music is broadening.
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Wow, and it'll come out through your music. For sure.
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You're always going to feel that vibe.
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I like my music to translate to the stage as well.
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So whatever type of performance I plan on doing, that's what you're going to get in the studio for me as well.
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And being that it's going to be summertime, we're going to be outside, it's going to be a lot of festivals, it's going to be bringing a lot of people together.
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I want to give that a live,
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a really good, fun instrumentation sound as well as me vocally doing what I do with melodies
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and bringing those good concepts and lyrically.
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Yes.
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Just wrap it all together in one big bud.
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Wow, yes.
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Yep.
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One big bud.
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Mm -hmm.
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I have to go back to your son.
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Is he musical at all?
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He is, actually.
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Yeah?
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Yeah, he's really good at music.
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I have a studio in the house.
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Mm -hmm.
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And, like, when I come and do stuff like this, he'll do his homework, he'll go to basketball practice, and I'll go home and he'll randomly have a song recorded.
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Oh, okay. So...
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Get it.
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It's up to him.
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Like I said, I let him be a kid.
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I let him enjoy it and do it on his time.
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I bring him on tour with me and let him see how it is to, you know, run things backstage so he sees the full business of it as well as the entertainment side of it.
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And he can grasp onto it as much as he wants to.
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You sound like a great teacher.
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What's the most important lesson you want to leave with your son or him not take from you?
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The most important thing is to have fun and handle your business as well.
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It's a, yeah.
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Sounds like a great dad to me.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 262 sentences and 1897 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:24. The speaker talks fast, about 202 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| goodness noun | /ˈɡʊdnəs/ | The state or characteristic of being good. |
| randomly adverb | /ˈɹændm̩li/ | In a random manner. |
| vibe noun | /vaɪb/ | An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing. |
| skill noun | /skɪl/ | A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate. |
| jazz noun | /d͡ʒæz/ | A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time… |
| tackle verb | /ˈtækəl/ | To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them. |
| sequel noun | /ˈsiːkwəl/ | A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or… |
| hobby noun | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time. |
| lethal adjective | /ˈliː.θəl/ | Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal. |
| motivate verb | /ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/ | To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| encourage verb | /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ | To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit. |
| uncle noun | /ˈʌŋ.kl̩/ | The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent. |
| strip verb | /ˈstɹɪp/ | To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes. |
| knee noun | /ni/ | In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| start out verb | To emerge suddenly; to jump out. | |
| bring back verb | /ˈbɹɪŋ bæk/ | To fetch something. |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. | |
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. | |
| hang up verb | To put up to hang. | |
| move around verb | To relocate to new homes repeatedly; to not live in any one place for long. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 32 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, he'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shoe /ˈʃu/, martial /ˈmɑɹʃəl/, shooter /ˈʃuːtəː/
- Long words — get the stress right: creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/, instrumental /ɪnstɹəˈmɛntəl/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like goodness, randomly, vibe.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.