First episode of Crashing L.A. with Gloria Goldwater and rapper Ace

Thank you. Welcome, welcome, welcome world. Crashing L.A. The brand new hot, hot show featuring me, Terrible T, and Miss Gloria Goldwater. How you doing, Miss Lady? I'm doing great. Very first show. I love it. And I'm so excited about it. Everybody looks great. The things are great. Everything. Anything you want to know, ask. Crashing L.A. So I have something right off the top of my head. Okay. You call the show Crashing L.A. Right. You had something in New York brewing called Crashing New York, right? Yes. So tell me a little bit about that. How did that all come about? Well, I loved hip hop. Of course. I always did as a youngster. Nobody knew it. I used to stay home. My mother was busy and so forth. Turn on the television and I would hop in all over the place. I loved it. And as I got older and I started to look around, I realized this is something that I want to do. Right. And I started dancing and hip hopping all over the place. I love every minute of it. Of course. So what do you want to know about that? Well, the TV show that you started, Crashing New York. Yes. Because you're crashing both coasts now. Absolutely. Absolutely. Well, I looked around and I saw that I didn't see anything what I wanted to see. I didn't see the artists that I heard on over the radio. I wanted to see them. I wanted to know them. I wanted to meet them. And I thought, what a good idea to start a whole new thing and start a magazine. I started the magazine first. First. And the magazine was called Superfly. Right. And that caused a buzz. Because it was about all the rappers. I got information. I interviewed them. And then it became so that my office became the hangout for all the rappers. It was the spot. Right. When they had nothing to do or they didn't know where to go or they had nothing to eat, my office was the place. And it was the hottest place in town, I want to tell you. And they were wonderful. I mean, they were wonderful. Every single one of them. So the TV show. So how long was it? Was it an hour? Was it a half an hour? No, it was about an hour. Okay. And anyone who wanted to come on, you know, at that time, everything was new. People were not accustomed to what I was doing. Right. And even I wasn't. But I loved what I was doing. Okay. And I was able, because nobody was doing those things, people wanted to be on my show. And I loved doing it. Anyone who wanted to come on my show. I wanted. I had the craziest ones. Well, you know, people are going to want to be on this show because it's the hottest thing right now, crashing out like. Now, you know, when we had you on a couple of times and I thought it would be perfect, perfect to get you back in the mix and see how we shake it up here in L.A. Absolutely. And I got a chance to coordinate with you and your lovely husband here, Lou. How you doing, Lou? Doing great. Glad to be here. I think crashing L.A. is going to be terrific. Yeah. We put our heads together, man. Came up with this concept for this show, man. And it's going to be wonderful. We got an incredible, incredible artist coming up for your first guest. His name is Ace. And ironically, he's from New York. Yeah. Really? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You know, you see how I tied that in? You see how I tied that in? You're very clever. I want to tell you. Yeah. Yeah. I'm glad I'm with you, kiddo. So, you know what? I'll tell you what. You have that book. Mm-hmm. That is blazing. Tell the folks about that and put it up there so people can see what it looks like. I think it's this camera right here. And, you know, because people want to know about this Superfly. Tell the people. What's the name of the magazine and the book? The name of the magazine was called Superfly, but you named your book what now? This is the magazine. This was the magazine. Yes. Let me see that magazine. This is the original magazine. That's what you're talking about. That's an original magazine. It's original. Yes. Put the camera over here for a second. It is Superfly. And that's a long time ago. Oh, that's a very, very long time ago. They got my big daddy Kane on the back. I love big daddy Kane. I love it. I think I have a crush on him still. Yeah, Superfly. Superfly. Yeah, but great. And taking all, knowing everyone. I knew all the artists. And so. In those days, they didn't know anybody like they do today. They weren't accepted as easily. And it was tough for them. Yeah. And they really had no place to hang out. My office became the hangout. I had the sandwiches. I had the tea. I had the coffee. You had the goodies. And they loved it. And I loved them. Yes. It was just wonderful. I loved it. So this book, this book, Superfly, My Untold Story of Hip Hop. Yeah, because that would do. I used to hop all over. Yes. And it really was. It was. It was. It was. It was successful. And people can purchase this book right now. Absolutely. Of course. Absolutely. You know. And you know, the one thing I noticed about you too, because you're all over. You've been doing all this press, media. One thing that I found out about you, if I can just Google your name. Yes. All those articles and everywhere you can pick up the book, it comes up right there. How great. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's so great. You're trending. You're all over the place. You're trending. Don't you enjoy doing it? This is my husband, Lou. And he's been terrific. Great help. I must tell you. Absolutely. I enjoyed watching the Superfly magazine metamorph into the book. Yes. It's a fabulous book with all kinds of information about hip hop, about Gloria's life. Yes. With the magazine afterwards and the story of a lot of the artists of hip hop. And you married a pioneer. Oh, yes. You definitely were. Oh, yes. Oh, yes. Yes, you did. Yes, you did. Yes, you did. Yes, you did. Yes, you did. Yes, you did. Yes, you did. Yes, you did. Yes, you did. Yes, you did. Yes, you did. Yes, you did. Not only have about people, the hip hop, I had about other people. Yes, you did. I visited the Pope. There's a story out there. There's a story about interesting things that people would really understand and relate to. And I can tell you a few of them if you want to hear. Oh, you know what? We got plenty of time. And this is just the very first show. And I tell you what. I tell you what. Because you have stories and stories for days. But we have an artist that's going to be coming up. Ace. Great. Oh, man. Oh, I heard about him. Incredible, incredible artist, you know. You can swoon. Where is he? Yeah, yeah. I'm swooning already. He's coming right up. He's coming right up. We're going to go into this first break. And I got a little surprise for you. Because the name of your book is called Superfly. The name of that magazine, Superfly. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. I thought it would be most appropriate that the very first song that we played, the break, would be Superfly by Mr. Curtis Mayfield. What about that? What about that? I got a chill going through me. I got that cleared. I got that cleared. I love it. That's the only picture of Curtis Mayfield in the book. Oh, it is? Oh, I need to see that on the side of this break. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, you know, we're going to go into a little break. Crash in L.A. If you want to holler at me, you want to holler at Gloria, you want to holler at Ace, it's coming up. 1-800-893-9562. Again, 1-800-893-9562. 1-800-893-9562. We'll be right back after these songs, and we're going to chop it up, man. It's Crash in L.A. Ooh, Superfly. Superfly. Superfly. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look Look The dark is the night with the moon shining bright There's a safe and strong, a lot of things going on The man of power has an angry power The dudes have been there for so long Oh, superfly You're gonna make your fortune by and by But if you lose, don't ask no questions why The only game you know is do or die Hard to understand what a hell of a man This cat was slow, had a mind, was a dog But a weakness was sure, cause his hustle was wrong His mind was his own, but the man lived alone Oh, superfly You're gonna make your fortune by and by But if you lose, don't ask no questions why The only game you know is do or die The game he plays, he plays for keeps Hustling times and ghetto streets Try to get over That's what he's trying to do, y'all Taking all that he can take Gaming with the odds of fate Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over The aim of his road was to move a lot of blow. Ask him his dream, what does it mean? He wouldn't know. Can't be like the rest, he's the most he'll confess. But the tide's running out and there's no happiness. Ooh, superfly, you're gonna make your fortune by and by. But if you lose, don't ask no questions why. The only game you know is do or die. Ah, ah, ah, superfly, superfly, superfly, superfly. Trying to get over, Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Try to get on Try to get on Try to get on Try to get on Ah, ah, ah Superfly You're gonna make your fortune But if you lose Don't ask the questions why From the gate You know you're still a guy Try to get on Try to get on Try to get on Try to get on Try to get over Try to get over Try to get over Try to get over Try to get over Try to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Trying to get over Oh, shoot me flies. Give me love, give me love. Give me love, give me love. Well, I was dancing with my baby to that dinner she was. Well, that old friend, I happen, I happen to see. Oh, yeah. I happen. Introduced him to my baby. And while they were dancing, my friend stole my sweetheart away from me. Oh, yes, he did. But I remember the night and that beautiful Tennessee wash. Look where that house forms. I was dancing with my baby To that center, center she was When that old friend I happened, I happened to see Oh yeah I introduced him to my baby While, while they were dancing Dirty dog stole my baby Away from me Oh yeah But I remember that night When that beautiful Tennessee was Only you know Just my mother How much, how much I've lost Oh yeah You know that I lost my, lost my baby That night they kept on playing That beautiful, that wonderful That marvelous, that glorious That beautiful Center she was Woo! Crashing L.A. That's how we send it off, Gloria. Oh man. I love it. You know, we started out with the Superfly, Curtis Mayfield, and we ended it with that Tennessee waltz, Mr. Sam Cove. Isn't that great? Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. Look at that. my man. What's going on, man? It's good to be here. Yeah, you know, you're sitting next to a pioneer. I know. I was reading a magazine right now. I was just going through here. I saw EPMD is in here. Oh, yeah. You know, EPMD is from Long Island. Yeah. Yeah. So that's live. Yeah, man. How's it been? Terrible team? Everything's been going good, man. That's good. So Gloria wanted to do this show and, you know, because she had a show in New York called Crash New York. Oh, okay. So her and her and her husband say, you know, hey, can we create a show? I said, of course you can. Of course you can. By all means. Well, you do things so easily and so beautifully. Well, you know what? I'm going to kick it off asking the first question. All right. And then Gloria, you just come in there and you can chime in whatever you want. We'll all chime. Okay, I'll tell you what. I think the very first thing people want to know is ACE. How did, what does that stand for? How did you come up with that name? ACE stands, it's an acronym. ACE, Artistic Creative Energy. Okay. So that's like, that's really what I embody on, on, as an artist, you know, just no matter where it is, no matter what type of song it is, whether it's, you know, introspective, turned up or whether it's whatever, it's just bringing that raw artistic creative energy to the studio all of the time. Hmm. Hmm. ACE, A-C-E. ACE, yeah. And it stands for what again now? Artistic Creative Energy. That's what I'm talking about. Yeah. Yeah. So no, ain't no buddy around you with no bad energy. Yeah, no, of course not. I can't deal with that. I can't, I can't afford that. She said better not. You have a question for ACE? Yeah. How did you come here? Um. Leave New York and come here. So I. It's gotta be a big step. It was a series of things like. To everyone. But, uh, it was, it was something I always knew I wanted to do. And then it was just a lot of, uh, just a lot of things that were happening in life that kind of lined up for that. I have a lot of, uh, people out here. That I went to college with. Right. That moved out here. So I knew I had a good network to fall back on. And a lot of people from my college who are going into the music industry or are in the music industry or in the entertainment industry. So I knew I had a good network to come out here to. And, um, I just, you know, I started, you know, to really just put things in motion and they started to move faster than I intended. So actually I wasn't gonna be out here until January. But then I got out here in November and, um, you know, I've just been grinding since to like build a network out here. That I can operate with and, you know, create with. What kind of music do you do? Uh, I do predominantly hip hop, but I'm, I'm a little bit everywhere. I'm just kind of like hip hop, R&B, soul, that whole corner. You know, that whole area over there of that's, that's really what moves me. As long as it's something that resonates with me. Right. Then I feel like it'll resonate with other people. So that kind of element of like soul music, I would call it. I got you. I got you. Can you start? Can you sing? Can you sing a bit now? Sing? Or just bust a little something. Or bust a rap. She wants, she wants you to do some acapella. Okay. All right. Um. I love that. Let's see. Who wanted ain't really ready. The game about to get messy. I'm on the edge so don't test me. The more you try to impress me, the less I'm gonna respect you. So don't expect me to help you. All I can do is guide you and tell you to do what I do. It's survival of the fittest. If you ain't really with it, then forget it. This game ain't for you, homie. You should quit it. My door bigger than my tumble. Your shit's a midget. Better get on your grind. Ain't no time for you to kick it. My mind's wired different than 99% of these rappers I be hearing every day that I get sicker. It wouldn't be no room for these cats if I was bigger. It would get hotter than shots of liquor in my liver. But homie, y'all keep going in until I get a proper spot in the game. Make them remember my name. I does it for the love of it. But I'm looking forward to fame. I'm saying I'm the same. This ain't a game. Nothing changed. Oh, bro. I like that flow. You got a nice little flow over there, man. That was good. You're very good. I couldn't remember that. Nice. That's nice. Good looks. So you got a new project that you're working on? Right now, I'm working on a new project. My project that I put out last year is still available on my website, artisticcreativeenergy.com. And right now, I'm working on, I'm not even really working on a new project yet. I'm more just working on singles to put out. Right. Because right now, I'm really more in a position where I want to generate more interest. So if I feel that to do a whole project right now with MXP, I'm going to put out a new project. That's what I'm going to do. And I'm going to make a lot of sense to make all of those records and sit on them that whole time. I'd rather just concentrate on putting a record out, getting the most run out of it. Got you. And then put the next one out and just keep on creating and keep on doing like that. Any musical influences? You know, you're from New York. Yeah. So come on, man. Go on, drop them for me. Man, my musical influences. I mean, mine are all over the place because you could catch me listening to anything. And any genre of music. I mean, just touch me with a few. Yeah. I mean, almost as an entertainer, Michael Jackson was definitely my main influence as far as like entertaining. I want to even get in front of people and put on a show. From the rap world, I would definitely say a lot of the artists in the late 90s, early 2000 era. So like Jay-Z, Eminem, Nas, Snoop, Missy, just everybody who was really like. Out around there. And it was like a good time in hip hop, like for originality and creativity. That's what really influenced me the most. Did you check out that book? Yeah. I was looking at the Superfly magazine during the break. I was, I was, I was, it's crazy to see everybody in there. And that Superfly magazine could still be relevant today. It could still work. Absolutely. Yes. Yes, it could. Yes, it could. Yeah. All those artists you mentioned are in the book. Yeah. Yeah. You're right. You're right. Oh, they are in the actual book, in the Superfly book. Yeah. The Superfly book, and most of them are in here because they used to crowd my office every day. I'd have plenty of food and I have pictures where the office was bursting. They're standing out in the hall. And I try to put in always as many pictures as I could so that, you know, they could get a little glory and get work. But they were wonderful. Just wonderful. I loved every one of them. Because you have to understand, Ace. Back in the day, there wasn't a lot of outlets for hip hop. So when she started this magazine, like she said, they was lined up. Right. People sent them over there. You need to go over there and do that thing with Superfly. Yeah. And you know what? It was such a beautiful time in hip hop, you know, where you could, I mean, it's a trade off, but it was such a different time in hip hop now where you had outlets like Superfly. Right. And you finally had like your album cover. You had a couple of magazine outlets and that was it, you know? And now there's like so much more to get awareness around things like this are important. Like that brings me back to like the era where things are just a little bit more simpler. You know what I mean? And a little bit more direct to the fans. People were more open. People were responsive. Now it's more blase or they're used to it or, okay, I've seen it, I've heard it. Okay, next, you know, next time. And we have a constant exposure to it. Yeah. And I think that's what's so great about it. I mean, it's like, you know, it's like, you know, it's like, you know, it's like, Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Look where we're going. Outside of that, these artists were like Bigfoot, you know, something you thought you saw, you know. And then with an outlet like this was really important because it gave those artists some place to actually voice their. And they were wonderful. Yeah. And they were wonderful. I really, I loved every one of them became friends. Gloria, I have a question for you. Sure. Did you know at the time, like a lot of these people who you were interviewing were going to be who they are now? You know, like some of the LL Cool Js. Oh, yeah. Big Daddy Kane. All of them. I mean, they all had a vibrancy about them. They had the way they loved what they were doing and they fought for what they were doing, you know, because they weren't accepted easily. People were kind of nervous about them and a little scared. But they continued. The only thing I used to lecture them, I really did. It was crazy, but I did because they never realized that when they were spending money like it was water. Right. That it was coming out of their money. Right. Earning. So on the end of a couple of months and they needed money and they went to ask for it. They said, why? We gave it to you. You had a party. You had this. They thought that the industry was doing it for them. Yeah. And that was never explained to them. You know, it was really terrible. They got took. Yeah. Yeah. So I have another question for you, Gloria. I know it's going to be a hard question. No. Because she said no. Because you're around so many different. Artists and so many different legends. Who are some of the people that you can consider like your favorites that you interviewed or like like being around? If you could name a few. Well, I could. I could. Let me think about it for a second. And I'll tell you. Well, I like as you heard me. I like Big Daddy Kane. Big Daddy Kane. I liked. Let me. So I'm blanking out, which I really shouldn't because I know about. I'm blanking out. Well, I know you like. Yeah. I know Big Daddy Kane was a was instrumental in and big dad helping you out. It was wonderful. He was really good because at that time nobody really knew him. And I'm going to read. I'm blanking out. Well, you know, you know what? You have so many. No, you guys. I shouldn't blank out. But it's so many, you know. But but I'll let you. I'll let you ponder on that. And I'm going to ask Ace. Do you have any management right now or you doing this on your own or. Right now I'm really moving in. I have somebody managing me, but I don't have a manager. I'm more like when it comes to my career. I'm more of if somebody comes to me and they want to do something for me. Right. Do it. You know, like it is dope to me and it's a blessing to me to have anybody emotionally invested in my music to the point where they're like, I'm going to do this. 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Exactly. But you should hire people because you don't have the time to do those things, not because you don't have the know-how. So what I like to do is just sort of fall back and then when people, you know, want to come do stuff for me, I allow them to do it. And if I want them to do with, I like that outside viewpoint. And if it goes against what I feel, then, you know, I just, bring it right back in the line. But you learn when someone could correct you or help you or say something. Sometimes it's a very good thing. Because at the end of the day, I'm an artist first. Like everything else I learned because I had to because nobody else would do it for me. So it's refreshing to come to somebody who can approach a situation like a manager and say, look, this is the best thing for you because as an artist, I may be excited about something that they've thought through fully from another perspective. So yeah, to answer your question right now, I do have somebody that's managing me. Okay, you're active on social media and taking advantage of all those avenues, those new avenues because I can't wait. You come from an area where we didn't have that. I'm taking selfies right now. Trying to get my people to call in, man. You know, but yeah, I'm active on, I'm on Instagram. I'm on Twitter, A-C-E-X-X-I. They can follow me on there. Facebook is the same thing, A-C-E-X-X-I. And yeah, that's, so I'm on social media. Oh, and my website, artisticcreativeenergy.com. It can go there for my album, for new music, new videos, everything. Like that's my home space. That's great. Let me ask you this. You have one artist or group that you could learn from. One year, one year to just tour and just soak up all the energy that that person or that group has to offer to just to be a sponge. Who would that be and why? Hmm. Man, that's a tough one because there's three that pop in my head. Well, go and hit me with three then. Okay. All right. There we go. Cool. All right. So I would definitely have to say Drake. Okay. I like his movement. I like the fact that he's been able to find a balance of what people want to hear and what he wants to hear. Right. And it works. You know what I'm saying? It translates into like, he could drop a surprise album and it do 500,000 in the first week. You know? Like, so I think there's something to be learned there because anytime you can make music for you that you want to hear first and foremost and it be that successful and be well-received and there's something to soak up there. Kanye West. I just like his energy. I like the idea of somebody like Kanye. Somebody to be that voice as misguided and immature as it could be sometimes. You know what I'm saying? But we all have our moments. We all have our moments. But he's a genius. But he has at least the courage to be vocal. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. In an industry where nowadays a lot of people are trying so hard to be politically correct and make friends and everything. Right. And then last but not least, I have to say Kendrick Lamar. Okay. Because he's another artist that I feel like embodies that ability to make music for himself and still be successful and to be able to master his creativity to a point where he could get across a whole concept. I would like to pick that up from him. Okay. And Gloria? Well, you know, I was thinking. Yeah, go ahead. Because I don't know. I just froze. I don't know. I have no idea why. But my favorites. I'm going to begin with Tony, Tony, Tony. Bobby Brown. Bobby Brown. I like MC Hammer. They were great. Oh, yeah, yeah. Master Ace. I loved LL Cool J. Of course. I mean, all these artists. I mean, they used to hang out, and I used to feed them. Yeah. And you know what, though? I love the fact that you used to feed them. I used to feed them. Because I was out there. I'd be up there, too. I want to tell you, no, you wouldn't. Yes, you would. Yes, I would. And I would feed you, too. We're 10 feet, and we need to be up there. I would. I would. I fed everyone. I mean, it was known. If you're hungry, go up and see Gloria. Yeah. She has a basket full of food. But you know, but they knew, too, that. Yeah. You see this picture? Let me see that picture. This is where they absolutely used to fill up my office. Now, I need to see that. They didn't even fit in my office. Can I see that so I can put it in front of the camera? That's live. Because this is in a hallway, and I want people to see. They would come. They would come in droves. I want people to see how they crowded. It's like amazing to me. Trying to be all. They up in there. Yeah. It's amazing to me. You know, they used to be. They up in there for real. They loved it, and I loved them. Yeah, they up in there for real. It was a pleasure. It was a pleasure when they came up there, and I had food, and they hang. They had no place to go. That's love. They couldn't go to restaurants, or they felt funny going to restaurants. Gloria, that's love. That's love. I love them. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's what it is. Well, I'll tell you what, Ace. We're going to get ready to go into a break, and I want you to introduce your latest joint, man. The video that we got our hands on, man. Yeah. So you take it away, man. You can introduce it any way you want to, man. So this is the Untouchable Remix featuring Gavin Heavy. That's an artist out of Brooklyn I've been working with when I'm back in New York. I'm still working with now. You know, we just working bi-coastally. But yeah, this is off of my project last year, year one. Look, that's where we started. Look where we started. Look where we started. Look where we started. Look where we started. Look where we started. Look where we started. Look where we started. Look where we started. Look where we started. Look where we started. Look where we started. Look where we started. Look where we started. Look where we started. Look where we started. Look where we started. something that I was feeling. You know, when you have a beat and you just want to put more on it. So we did that. Got Gavin Heavy on the remix and this is it. We shot the video and made it happen. Okay. That's the only way. I'll tell you what. That's the only way. We not giving up. Got the middle fingers up. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. Y'all know they can't touch me now. Y'all know they can't touch me now. Trying to get everyone to listen to the hits that I've been spitting is the mission I've been on ever since the beginning. I've been itching to perform. It's the calm before the storm. The warning before a storm. I'm telling you word long. The world about to get familiar with me. Dudes like me tend to go down in history. Where I'm gonna take the game from here is still a mystery. But my mission is for people who hear it to speak clearly. No longer blinded by the fiction that the system imposed on you as the truth without showing you any proof that they man that we're living is the only way to make sense. Cause how they want you living is the product of dollars and cents. An economical game. So you gotta play the game. And if not, then you go insane. And honestly, it's a shame that in the 21st century that's the way that we living. From the nation that claims we've got us locked in a prison. We not tripping. We all good. We struggling, but we gonna get about the hood. We not tripping. We all right. We getting by. So we getting high tonight. Uh, we not tripping. It's all love. Fellas give me dap. Ladies give me hugs. Uh, we not tripping. It's okay. We ain't worried about tomorrow. We just living for the day. I came to finish it up. Finito. De Paquito. We get the streets hoed. Speed boats and Learjets. On top of the clouds, but I ain't there yet. I could possibly foul. Give them a hand check. Man, yes, I'm running with the rebels. So come to the streets and you'll be running with the devil. Raising up the levels. Top speed. I'm from a place and when they in your face, my three. Stopping me. Stopping G. Never had to be cool. No monopoly. Uh. Uh. It gotta be flow. It gotta be air. It gotta be cold. It gotta be real. Honestly, I'm trying to get that honesty feel. Mind blown. Space, obviously filled. And we'll probably still be the same as we came in. Main men in the world full of cavemen. Can I get the name? Got your middle fingers up. Like. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. Look where we're at. me now y'all know they can't touch me now uh hey yo we not giving up got the middle fingers up like nah nah nah nah nah nah y'all know they can't touch me now y'all know they can't touch me now Preach! Before I formed you in the womb I knew and I approved of you Now I think about it now what does that have to do with anything? Well God knew me and He chose me before the foundations of the earth God knew when I was supposed to show up Oh y'all pray for me praise the Lord I couldn't see that dirty money like I'm standing next to But I'm spelling out poems till I'm selling out domes Feeling like Trey making money from my phones Knew they couldn't win so I got them pipe on tight zones Somebody pray for me church said pray for me Oh y'all pray for me praise the Lord Somebody pray for me church said pray for me Preach! Preach! Preach! From the bowels of my mother Preach! Happy made mention of my name Preach! Oh Lord, oh Lord I could finally afford But this fame is no reward just a perk when I record I used to get ignored when driving my daddy's Ford I was a student at the desk now I'm the teacher by the board Sitting on the bench now I'm scoring on the board I'm looking all bored this is winning I'm off board They ride on wheels and I'm off the board I'm sitting on the bench now I'm scoring on the board I'm looking all bored this is winning I'm off board They ride on wheels and I'm off the board I'm on board with the way they on board Birthday nights make a wish and don't blow it Cake in the ice can have both but won't show it Calls in the close can own both and won't owe it Standing with a legend and she didn't even know it You might have had a rapper but you never loved a poet Toe city on my back I'm a swing bro Never went back never came back Gave you the truth gave you the facts All in the tracks Niggas just rats follow the tracks Follow the raps Been to where I came to be Oh y'all pray for me Praise the Lord Somebody pray for me Church said pray for me Somebody pray for me Church said pray for me And before you were born I separated I separated I separated And sent you a martyr Consecrating you And I appointed you As a prophet to the nation Somebody pray for me Somebody pray for me You made a way for me I couldn't hold on much longer But you made me stronger Somebody pray for me You made a way for me You made a way for me You made a way for me You made a way for me Everyone gave up You made a way up You made a way up Somebody pray for me Church said pray for me Oh y'all pray for me Praise the Lord Somebody pray for me Church said pray for me Praise the Lord Praise the Lord You were born for a time such as this You are alive for a time such as this God knew that you had to have the best God knew that you had to have the best Running the fourth leg of the real A-Race I don't blame this and your dad We just let you know that we love you And we're proud of you And all the things that you accomplished And you made A lot of great music And all the challenges that you may have We know that God is with you We continue to speak of that Because you are the best It's eight to nine months I knew that God had given you a special gift and talent I knew that God had given you a special gift and talent You talk before you walk And that's not a natural thing And that's not a natural thing It's a gift from God And we have used that talent We're very proud of you And we give all praises to God Look where we're headed Look where we're headed Look where we're headed Look where we're headed Crash in L.A. That's how we do it, man. Are we back in full effect, Miss Glory Goldwater? Terrible TV back. Ace is still in the building. We have a caller online. See if we can find out who's on the line right quick. Caller, Crash in L.A., you on the line. Who is this? Man, it's your boy Domino, man. Coming down from the out of Texas, man. What's happening? What's happening? What's happening with you, man? Hey, man, you got your ears on? Are you watching this? What's up, man? I'm not watching right now. I was in the car, but I seen my boy was on the line, but I'm on the case. So, you know what I'm saying? I just had to go ahead and get a call right quick. Of course. Going to holler at your fam, man. What's going on, Domino? How you living, man? What's good with you, brother? What's good? Man, I'm down here. I'm in the triple D, man. Down in Texas. They called me. That's my strumming grounds. Oh. Oh, man. We're a couple of hours ahead of the county right now. Yes, you are. Yeah, yeah. Two to be exact. Yeah. Two to be exact if you want to. Yeah, I'm from Oak Cliff, man. I'm on Oak Cliff, baby. Oh, yeah. You already know. Oak Cliff. Oak Cliff born and raised. You know what I'm saying? Made it out. Okay. You know what I'm saying? I don't know the environment. What's up with y'all, though? So, you supporting Ace, man? You supporting Ace, man? Man, Ace a good dude, man. I seen that dude been grinding for a very long time. For real, bro. Like, for real, for real. Like, you don't really see too much of people staying persistent. You know what I'm saying? They dream even when things ain't going out the way they expected. You know what I'm saying? But that's the art of the hustle, though. Okay. You know what I'm saying? Like, people don't really see the backdrop of it, the background. Right. I appreciate you. Once you're on and, you know, once they're able to hear what you want them to hear finally kind of thing. So, you know what I'm saying? That's what's up. I see the background with them. You know what I'm saying? I appreciate what you're doing and hopefully everything works out. But, you know, as a good friend, as a person. I'm not saying that to say you fuck with you. It's only right that you support it. Okay. You got to cut that. You want to try it, huh? Wear it up. Wear it up. That's love. And a lot of people don't know. Damo, like, Damo goes back, like, back when I was, like, four or five years ago when I was, like, freestyling in my freshman dorm room. So, he's been around. He's seen it since back then. That's what's up, man. It's good to hear from you, man. Well, hey, man. We a little pressed for time, man. But I'm glad you got a chance to call in and holler at him, man. Keep watching, man, and keep following his career, all right? I'm happy for you. I'm happy for you, man. Y'all on the down, not down the west here. All right, man. All right, man. Appreciate it. Appreciate it. Yeah, man. Peace, man. Showing some love, man. I know we got another caller right here. We're going to try to do this right quick. Okay. So, we can kind of end the show. Yeah. We got one more caller online. And, you know, we're going to try to figure out, you know, what's happening, man. Because you, they showing a lot of love, man. They showing a lot of love, man. So, you know, we're just trying to see who's on the line holding the talk to Ace, man. This is. This is a crash in L.A., man. Who is this and where you calling from? Yeah, respect, brother. Respect. Mike Kane's name. This is a real close friend of Jason, man. Okay. All right. All right, man. Go on. Holler at him, man. What you think about. You're all ready, baby. So, what you think about him, man? What you think about this cat, man? He can make it? I feel like he's one of the top right now, man. Okay. Honestly, you already know. He does his thing. Respect. Humble. Good dude. He always does what he do. Right. And. Especially in New York, everybody loves him, man. So, you're all ready. Taking it to the West Coast is definitely a big thing. Yeah. All the big things, so. Yeah, man. That's my homie right there. This is. Yo, happy belated birthday, man. Yeah, appreciate it. Yeah? I'm here, but you already know it ain't about me right now. It's about you. Oh, nice love, man. Good looks. That's good looks, man. You got to bring yourself on out here to the West Side. Yo, what up, Ace? It's Mike Marshall, boy. Oh, what's going on, man? What's going on? Mike Marshall, producer. Extraordinaire. What's good, brother? Okay, producer. All right. You already know, Marshall beats. Yeah, I need some new heat from you for the new project. Oh, always, bro. Man, I remember when Mitch first came over here with your tape. I told you when I seen you, man. I'm bumping your joint every day. Yeah. That's what I'm talking about. Go way back, man. Word up. Yeah. That's love. Yeah, you already know. Well, hey, man, I appreciate you calling in, man, showing love for him, man. We're getting a little pressed for time, man. But he'll be back on again, man. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. You following him, man. All right? Oh, definitely. Respect. Not always, man. All right, man. Thanks, man. Thanks for having me, man. All right. Appreciate it. Appreciate it. Peace and love. Peace and love. You got love out there, man. Yeah, man. You got love out there, man. Yeah. Good. Now, you know, when we was off the air, man, we was talking about some things, and I think Lou had a couple of questions that he wanted to holler at you about, you know? Yeah. I have a good question for you. What's your inspiration in writing these songs, and do you ever get writers' block? So, my inspiration really comes from, for me, it's like life experiences. No matter what, I try to, like, bring a lot of different sounds into one project when I do, like, put a project together, and just in general, in my music, I like to bring a lot of different sounds together, but they all have to draw from life experiences. So, if it's a party song, then it's like a, it's from a time where either something that happened to me or something that was happening around me, or if it's an introspective song, then it's all coming from me. So, my life is really the inspiration for all of it. And I do get writers' block. There's times when, you know, like, outside of being a rapper, you know, it's just life, you know what I'm saying? And sometimes life catches up with you, and there's so much to do, and so much to, that you don't really have the time. So, right now, my job is to just create an environment where making the music is fun for me. As long as the music is fun, I don't get writers' block. Do you have any recurrent themes in your music? I do. My recurrent themes are really about humanity, and just sort of, like, the music itself. Yeah. Yeah. I feel like that's sort of, like, that human element. Right. That human, just that very human raw emotion. I feel like so many people nowadays, you know, they rap about turning up, but nobody raps about the hangover. You know what I'm saying? Like, we rap about being in love. What happens after that? And we rap about the one night stand, but we don't rap about heartbreak the next morning, or we don't sing about heartbreak the next morning. You know what I mean? Right. Or that isn't really expected from that artist. That artist is expected to only turn up. That artist is expected to only be emotionally vulnerable. Because I feel like it could be brought together. So yeah. You talk about women a lot. I do. I do. I do talk about women. I love women. So it's, hey, you know, there's always- You say you talk about women a lot. I do. Yeah. It's, you know, so it's- The record is easy. Yeah. It's right. Outside of being, you know, braggadocious and boastful rapper, it's a lot about women. But, you know, I'm 24 years old right now, so women is a big thing to me. Well, I'll tell you what. Yeah. Yeah. I'm a little bit older. It's a big thing to me. That's what I'm talking about, man. Well, I'll tell you what, man. I have a question for you, man. Yeah. Like, you know, you're out here in LA, man. If someone was to approach you and say, you know what, man? Saw you. Mm-hmm. Heard your story. Love it. Think we want to dive into it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Look, man. Well, Gloria, I tell you what, I want you to talk about this book again before we leave. Superfly, My Untold Story of Hip Hop, right? And can you just kind of tell us, like, what was your, why did you, why do this book now? I was thinking about it for a long time. Right. Because I had so many wonderful things happen to me. Right. Awful things, too. But, I don't know, it just felt, it had to be told. You know, because sometimes, and this is going to sound absolutely insane, sometimes I would be at a party or I would be someplace and people would ask me questions. Right. Mainly when someone asked me, I answer and tell them what I think and what I did. And one day somebody asks a question, which is kind of intimate. And I looked at her and I answered because. This was about my background, my home, my things. And I thought to myself, everybody keeps asking me questions. And most of the time they think I make it up. And I've had such a fascinating, interesting life. And a full life that I felt I'm going to write a book. I mean, once and for all, I'm going to tell it all. And they don't have to ask questions. Just buy the book. There you go. And then you can pick up that book anywhere. I'm going to tell you right now. It's a good book, I think. It's a good book. It's a wonderful book. I mean, I've read it. You had a signed copy for me. I've read it like three times already because I thought I might have missed something. Now, the great thing about you, like I said, what I've noticed is even if you are not sure where to pick this book up, if you just Google this lady's name, Gloria Goldwater, I'm telling you, every possible place where you can pick up this book is there. And we thank you. We thank you for actually writing this book because people need to be educated about the early days. And I think you did a wonderful job in laying the foundation of how it was, you know, in the early days of New York hip hop. Oh, they were taken advantage of. Yeah. The youngsters, they were so excited that somebody would give them a job or somebody would put them on the air or do something. They never really had proper management. And they were taken advantage of. And I used to tell them. I used to really say to them, you're doing the wrong thing. And they have a huge party and they blow all their money. Well, you can't do that, you know. You need to live. Yeah. But they were great. I loved everyone. Well, you know, time flies so fast. We're at the end of the show. But I tell you what, before we leave, Ace, won't you tell people how people can get in contact with you, man? Well, you know, they can definitely find me on my website, artisticcreativeenergy.com. Right. They can find me on my Twitter, at my Facebook. They can find me on my Instagram. That's A-C-E-X-X-I. Right. On all three of those platforms. Shoot. They can find me on YouTube. Right. At the TakeOver TV. They can find me on SoundCloud at TakeOver Entertainment. They can find me. They can find me anywhere. They can find me on iTunes. I got a new single coming out next month. So they can find that on iTunes. So I'm going to be everywhere. Okay. And of course, the music is right here on Skid Row Studios. On Crash in L.A. Yeah. Well, I tell you what, Gloria, we did the first show. The one is in the book. How do you feel? I feel wonderful. Okay. Well, I say let's keep it going on, man. Can I thank you all for being like- And I want to thank my husband. Yes, of course. It was wonderful. And it's an honor to be like the first guest on Crash in L.A. That's so dope to me. Like that. Until next time, this is Crash in L.A. It's me, Terrible T, and Miss Gloria Goldwater. We doing it up. Crash in L.A. Peace. Peace.