DISCLAIMER: This episode was recorded before the gift that is Beyoncé on the Savage remix. Please still listen, y'all. Allow us to introduce ourselves! We're kicking off Okay, Now Listen, with an introduction on who we are and a little background on our friendship (this ain't no girl group manufactured in a lab). Then, we do a brief catch up session and share what's been helping us cope in the midst of quarantine craziness. Follow us on Twitter: @SylviaObell @ScottieBeam @StrongBlackLead
[00:00:00] Scottie Beam: Big B. And that B stands for bands.
[00:00:05] Sylvia Obell: If you want to see some real ass baby, here's your chance.
[00:00:10] Scottie: If you don't jump to put jeans on, baby, you don't feel my pain. Shout
out the house of Deréon.
[00:00:19] Sylvia: Please, please, my queen. Don't get me hyped. Write my name in ice. I
can't argue with these lazy bitches.
[00:00:28] Scottie: Jesus. I can't --
[00:00:30] Sylvia: [crosstalk] I just raised my price.
[00:00:34] Scottie: And my momma was a savage. Oh, Jesus. Think I got this shit from
Tina. Shout out to Tina Knowles, Jesus. Because she took that ring off. [laughter] She took
that motherfucking ring off. Y'all better fucking know who the fuck are we talking about.
[00:00:52] Sylvia: We stand by. Like clearly, we stand. We stand so hard that we had to
come to the top of the show --.
[00:00:58] Scottie: Just to say.
[00:00:58] Sylvia: With a disclaimer just to let y'all know that we saw, we were there. We,
too, were there when Beyoncé --.
[00:01:06] Scottie: [crosstalk] [singing] I was here.
[00:01:06] Sylvia: Dropped an atomic bomb on the long time. [laughter]
[00:01:07] Scottie: I was here. I was really here --.
[00:01:11] Sylvia: Don't say to much.
[00:01:11] Scottie: I think so much I had lived, I have learned. Literally. [laughter] We have
seen it. We're good.
[00:01:18] Sylvia: I'm a better person than I was yesterday.
[00:01:20] Scottie: We were all here. Thank you. Oh, my God.
[00:01:24] Sylvia: I just wanna thank Big Blue Ivy's mother for always being a ontime
queen and for being my favorite rapper. I don't care what do you say. I don't care who you
say rapped it. Did you hear that lower register? Does your favorite rapper -- can he lower
register and then harmonize the way she harmonize on them adlibs?
[00:01:42] Scottie: Best believe Blue Ivy put that ass to work. She was not about to sit up
in their house and let Beyoncé just do absolutely nothing. Not on the Blue Ivy's time. Not
on that time.
[00:01:53] Sylvia: She knew we needed her. We just need the people to know that we
taped this episode prior to Beyoncé dropping the atomic bomb that was the Savage remix
on the timeline, on April 29, 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time -- if you had Tidal. And we haven't
been the same since. I don't know if the people who you hear in that episode really reflect
who we are post the Savage remix.
[00:02:22] Scottie: I am not the same person. B.B.: Before Beyoncé. I, literally -- I am
humbled. I had to get my lazy ass in this closet with you just to share, you know, some
lyrics because I don't, I don't get why she keeps doing this. Any the thing is we're trying to
practice self-care. Try to get my edges back before we have to go back outside. And here
we are again, bald. Completely bald.
[00:02:52] Sylvia: I believe -- at least she did it when nobody was gonna see us. At least
she did it for before anybody was gonna see us and we just need you to do what we had
to do, as Beehive members, our duty, which was get our asses back in the booth. To do --.
[00:03:05] Scottie: [crosstalk] Right.
[00:03:05] Sylvia: What needed to be done.
[00:03:06] Scottie: Right.
[00:03:06] Sylvia: And start this off right. Because we're not starting this off without
Beyoncé.
[00:03:10] Scottie: And I need you to know that we did everything we could possibly do
with this episode. And I hope you enjoy.
[00:03:17] Sylvia: Hoping between Savage remix replays. You give it, you give it your all.
You know, just give it your ear.
[00:03:22] Scottie: Happy listening.
[00:03:26] [Music In].
[00:03:26] Scottie: Welcome to the very first episode of Okay, Now Listen, a bi-weekly
show where we chat about what's on our minds, what we're bingeing and what's blowing
up our timelines.
[00:03:35] Sylvia: We're your hosts. I'm Sylvia Obell, a culture writer, host, producer and
lover Beyoncé.
[00:03:42] Scottie: And I'm Scottie Beam, a media personality, content creator, music
enthusiast and a wing connoisseur, honey. We're so hyped to be bringing you this show in
collaboration with Netflix and Strong Black Lead. I feel like this is going to be a special
place for us to really go deep on the things that we're passionate about. Like I'm really
excited to go in all the way about my favorite music hot takes.
[00:04:07] [Music Out]
[00:04:08] Sylvia: Yes. And I can't wait to have a place to talk about all my favorite
blassics but also rant about all the secret white shit I'm in. Don't judge me. Word to
Downton Abbey.
[00:04:18] Scottie: The hell is Downton Abbey? Anyway, I can't wait to share the two white
shows that I secretly stand [laughter] -- two of them. All right. That's two too damn much.
This is a safe space --.
[00:04:28] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Only two? You sure? [laughs]
[00:04:30] Scottie: I have -- Okay. I may have -- you know what? I may have like --.
[00:04:32] Sylvia: But we'll see. Know what? --
[00:04:33] Scottie: Four --.
[00:04:33] Sylvia: Two, save it for the time. I was just trying to fact check for the people,
you know what I mean. [laughs]
[00:04:39] Scottie: Okay. Okay. [laughs] I may have -- I may have a handful.
[00:04:42] Sylvia: Oh. But we have so much in store for y'all on this podcast that we can't
wait for you all to hear. First, we wanted to spend some time introducing ourselves and
sharing with y'all how we ended up here doing this podcast together. I'll start by showing a
little bit about me. I am an entertainment journalist. I am an HBCU grad proud -- Aggie
Pride -- which is where my love for journalism began. And I have been in this industry for
almost 10 years, really just working my way through from a local newspaper, internships in
Kentucky like covering farmers market, boring things to going to grad school at Columbia
Journalism School to help me get into the New York market and work at companies like
Essence and BuzzFeed, where most people know me from. And that's it about me. I'm
also from New Jersey. I'm 30. I'm an Aquarius. I like long walks on the beach and I have a
nice smile and brown -- if you're into that kind of thing! I don't know --
[00:05:42] Scottie: [crosstalk] Okay.
[00:05:42] Sylvia: I'm saying I'm here looking for a man or anything. That's not --.
[00:05:45] Scottie: Okay.
[00:05:45] Sylvia: [laughs] that's not what this platform is for.
[00:05:47] Scottie: Sylvia --.
[00:05:47] Sylvia: [crosstalk] I'm sorry! [laughs]
[00:05:49] Scottie: [crosstalk] You really giving niggas ASL right now?
[00:05:50] Sylvia: [crosstalk] I got a little --.
[00:05:50] Scottie: [crosstalk] You giving niggas AOL? Chatroom vibes?
[00:05:54] Sylvia: [laughs] When you say bio and don't give me like specifics, it can go
anywhere. You know what? If you, if you think it's so easy. Go ahead, Deyoni. Let's see.
Let's go ahead and see.
[00:06:03] Scottie: First of all, no. It's not easy [laughter] because I can't talk about myself.
I refuse. So, yeah, I'm from -- I was born in the Bronx, raised New Jersey, started out in
radio. Left radio, cause I got really, really comfortable there. I had to leave the nest. It was
my home. So decided to take a leap out on faith and try other things, which meant being a
host, tried, you know, being a model, doing several things --
[00:06:32] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Stop saying tried, please. I'm sorry to interrupt. She's a
Wilhelma [laughter] --
[00:06:37] Scottie: [crosstalk] Doing these things. Doing these things. And yeah, just
creating content. Just look me up. Like I can't I'm not going to list all the things because it's
hard to do. And I am very, very humble. So I refuse to go through the list. But I love my
friends. I love my family. [laughter] And I love chicken wings --.
[00:06:57] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Alright, now it's my turn to cut you off. Not you shouting out
[laughs] your friends and family. [laughs].
[00:07:03] Scottie: I love my friends. I love my family. And I love chicken wings. Thank you
for coming out. Refreshments are in the back. Like, I don't know what else to say to you
guys. Now, this is the real talk. People really want to know how one -- number one, we
became friends. Where that was and how it started. And Sylvia, you know, you tell stories
way better than I can. So you start out.
[00:07:28] Sylvia: I don't know about way but I hear you. I mean, I do think our friendship
is something that makes the show so unique. You know, this wasn't no girl band that was
put together by Diddy [laughs], say making the podcast. We were friends first. We've been
friends for years. We have --.
[00:07:43] Scottie: Shout to B.A.P.S.
[00:07:43] Sylvia: Shout out to -- [laughs]. Okay.
[00:07:45] Scottie: Shout out to B.A.P.S. I need my hair done.
[00:07:49] Sylvia: [laughs] But --.
[00:07:49] Scottie: I definitely need my hair done. Go ahead.
[00:07:51] Sylvia: But we met a few years ago, three or four years ago, at Essence Fest,
which I love that the origin of our friendship is such a black ass story. We met at Essence.
We were both there early. We were there working the festival for various people and
things. And our good friend Gia Peppers brought us together. She was have -- I
remember I hit her up. She told me she was having dinner with some friends, to come
meet them. What I loved is that, it was just a whole adventure. We -- it was the girls' dinner
having fun. You know, somehow we got into like this crazy chase with men because they
were trying to talk to us and things got a little crazy. So we tried to run and hide --
[00:08:31] Scottie: [crosstalk]Right. It's only tried. It's only tried because Sylvia decided --.
[00:08:34] Sylvia: [crosstalk] You know what? You're not going to do this. Come for my
business -- [laughs]
[00:08:34] Scottie: [crosstalk] She had to pee in the middle of our get-a-way run. We were
running very fast and somehow Sylvia had to pee while running.
[00:08:44] Sylvia: [crosstalk] I just want to say --.
[00:08:44] Scottie: [crosstalk] And we had to find out --
[00:08:46] Sylvia: I just wanted to say that we had a lot of drinks at that dinner. And it's not
my fault that --
[00:08:52] Scottie: But who has the idea to say, while getting away --.
[00:08:54] Sylvia: [crosstalk] I wasn't going to be --.
[00:08:54] Scottie: [crosstalk] Cus our life was in danger --.
[00:08:55] Sylvia: [crosstalk] I was slowing us down --
[00:08:55] Scottie: [crosstalk] I have to pee.
[00:08:55] Sylvia: I was slowing us down. And our life was not in danger. Let's be --
[laughs]
[00:09:01] Scottie: [crosstalk] Not in danger? Are you serious?
[00:09:03] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Not in danger. We were -- it was just --.
[00:09:04] Scottie: [crosstalk] Are you --.
[00:09:04] Sylvia: We were just trying to get away from -- we were trying to get away from
guys who just weren't trying to leave us alone. Street harassment is a real thing and --.
[00:09:11] Scottie: [crosstalk] Which is dangerous.
[00:09:12] Sylvia: [crosstalk] It is dangerous. It's not a joke --
[00:09:13] Scottie: [crosstalk] Again, dangerous.
[00:09:14] Sylvia: And we, you know, sometimes for women, it's uncomfortable to try to
tell men they got to go. But I want to say that that's not the point. The point is that we had
a wonderful adventure that ended up on Bourbon Street, where all friendship started. And
we danced the night away.
[00:09:29] Scottie: Rest in peace to my knee.
[00:09:31] Sylvia: Rest in -- that is where Scottie messed up her knee. If you've always
been hearing her talk about it. She's messed it up twerking her life on Bourbon Street--.
[00:09:36] Scottie: Real low. Super low --
[00:09:38] Sylvia: [crosstalk] The Meg Stall -- Meg would have been proud. She would
have been proud. So, yes, Drake ain't know what he was talking about when he said, "no
new friends," because I do think that -- and I'm -- I think I had that mindset too where at a
certain age I don't think you think you're gonna keep meeting close friends that will feel as
close to you as people who you met in college or high school. But I definitely had that
connection with you -- Aquarius, Libra, connection with you. And it's been love ever since.
[00:10:04] Scottie: That whole experience was great and ended up building friendships
that are going to stand the test of time. So I'm very happy to -- for Essence Fest.
[00:10:16] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Yes.
[00:10:16] Scottie: Like that was incredible. Yeah.
[00:10:17] [Music In]
[00:10:19] Scottie: OK. So right now there's a lot happening in the world. And we figured
for this episode we would share what we've been doing and what's our thoughts on what's
been going on. So, Sylvia, I miss you. I haven't seen you in a month of sunday, Sis.
[laughter] Like, how you livin? How are you making it through?
[00:10:37] Sylvia: Girl. I'm just over here tired of my sink and my stove.
[00:10:43] Scottie: [laughs] Oh, child. Cooking.
[00:10:45] Sylvia: [crosstalk] I'm so tired of cooking. But, you know, one of the main things
that has been helping me get through this is Verzuz, I've got to say. Shout out to Swizz
Beatz and Timbaland for seizing the moment and given the culture is something to do --
cus Lord knows we've been bored as hell in the house -- by getting together on IG Live
and doing these, you know, battles. And I think for -- I for one have been watching these
things like paper view heavyweight fights. And I know there's been a lot of them. You
know, the -- Tim and I Swizz started off themselves. Neyo and Johnta was a highlight for
me because Johnta Austin was like, y'all gonna learn who the fuck I am today.
[00:11:24] Scottie: Hello!
[00:11:24] Sylvia: We learned!
[00:11:24] Scottie: Y'all asleep.
[00:11:25] Sylvia: [crosstalk] That -- he -- then they --
[00:11:26] Scottie: [crosstalk] Johnta is cute. Y'all can't --.
[00:11:28] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Okay, he got a little zaddy--.
[00:11:28] Scottie: [crosstalk] Yeah, Johnta -- Johnta got the look --
[00:11:29] Sylvia: [crosstalk] He got a little zaddy vibe.
[00:11:30] Scottie: He's very classy.
[00:11:34] Sylvia: Classy!
[00:11:34] Scottie: I love me a classy man.
[00:11:35] Sylvia: He had the proper glass for the damn cognac.
[00:11:39] Scottie: [crosstalk] Absolutely.
[00:11:39] Sylvia: And that's just a little -- look like I can't get past that. That's class. That's
wealth, okay? That is black excellence. And that's what -- that was probably the classiest
battle of them all, to be honest. And Neyo and --- did his thing as well during that. And then
we also, another favorite was T-Pain and Lil Jon, the South rose again during that battle --
[00:12:00] Scottie: [crosstalk] That's the only one I missed. I miss that one --
[00:12:01] Sylvia: [crosstalk] [laughs] Oh, my god it was such a good song. It was like
college because they -- I think when I -- when we were in college, it was all -- it was them.
Like it was them. High school --.
[00:12:09] Scottie: [crosstalk] Right.
[00:12:09] Sylvia: College. That was them.
[00:12:11] Scottie: Right.
[00:12:11] Sylvia: But the one we have to talk about today is --.
[00:12:14] Scottie: [crosstalk] Wait! Before -- No, no, no. Stop. Y'all -- you gonna stop
today?
[00:12:18] Sylvia: What I do?
[00:12:19] Scottie: Primo Verzuz RZA. Don't --.
[00:12:21] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Oh yeah. That's the one I --
[00:12:21] Scottie: [crosstalk] That was just look on her --.
[00:12:23] Sylvia: [crosstalk] That's the one I missed on accident. Cus I [laughs] --
[00:12:25] Scottie: [crosstalk] Yeah. Oh yeah. So don't you dare. I almost cried watching
Verzuz battle. You know, like because their music literally will put fire in my heart. Back
when I used to nuck -- and indeed nuck -- [laughter] I was one for a good Wu-Tang beat.
You hear me? Like, quickly.
[00:12:46] Sylvia: [crosstalk] In the streets.
[00:12:47] Scottie: Well, first, let me just let this know -- let this be known right now. I'm a
big Primo fan. Huge. And I thought Primo was going to win by far. Like, I was like, that
nigga gonna get him the fuck up out of here! But he didn't.
[00:12:59] Sylvia: [crosstalk] RZA won.
[00:12:59] Scottie: You know, they really went ham on each other. It was incredible. But
needless to say, yes, we're not going to skip over RZA Verzuz Primo. That was legendary.
Legendary.
[00:13:10] Sylvia: [crosstalk] It was.
[00:13:10] Scottie: So, yes, now. We can get on to the old head battle that everyone loves
so, so much.
[00:13:16] Sylvia: Let's introduce this first. So we -- the one we have to dive into because
we are eagerly ready to talk about it, is Babyface Verzuz Teddy Riley.
[00:13:24] Scottie: Yes.
[00:13:26] Sylvia: [crosstalk] These two men --.
[00:13:26] Scottie: I don't know where you've been if you didn't hear about this.
[00:13:28] Sylvia: We're going to just -- I gotta say, they're legends. Obviously. I would say
all respect to their catalogs. Babyface has read everything except the Bible. But these two
kings, when we found out that they were going to come together and go head to head, we
were excited. We were thrilled. And then chaos ensued. [laughs] Because of a one uncle
Teddy Riley and his--.
[00:13:51] Scottie: The most, --
[00:13:54] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Harlem ways--. [laughs]
[00:13:54] Scottie: [crosstalk] The most he's done. Shout out to Harlem, who refused to do
the least. They always and forever will do the most. And that's exactly what he did.
[00:14:04] Sylvia: His take was terrible. And he's messed -- he messed up the battle. It
took three, to my count, three times for this Verzuz battle to actually work successfully.
First time, it got rescheduled cus Babyface had the Corona virus and Teddy was trying to
make it be on somebody else's platform. Niggas was like, no. You know, IG Live actually
got rid the time limit for them, which I think was amazing. And they weren't -- so they didn't
have to keep restarting it. We thought that was going to make it easy. But then Teddy
showed up to the rescheduled event with a whole Gap Band. The whole Gap Band, Earth,
Wind, and Fire. Everybody was there. And none of them knew how to work a computer, a
laptop, a mic. There were 17 aux chords --
[00:14:42] Scottie: [crosstalk] But they can sho'nuff dance in the background.
[00:14:47] Sylvia: [laughs] That's what they did. And --.
[00:14:49] Scottie: And that's exactly what they did.
[00:14:50] Sylvia: We got like three songs and it ended because Babyface was frustrated.
We were all frustrated. And --.
[00:14:57] Scottie: [crosstalk] It was time for Babyface to go to sleep. Number one, it was
too late. It was too late for Babyface. It was way too late. He just got over that, you know,
the virus -- like, no. I'm not going to stay up and wait for you to figure it out. I've figured it
out. And I was by myself!
[00:15:12] Sylvia: He did not survive the Rona for this. It's the end of it.
[00:15:14] Scottie: Right.
[00:15:15] Sylvia: Like Babyface did not survive the Rona to have to deal with Teddy
Riley's foolishness --.
[00:15:18] Scottie: [crosstalk] No. Nay.
[00:15:18] Sylvia: And yet, his love for the culture, he did it anyway. And I'll always love
Kenneth for this. I will always love Babyface for doing this, even though I'm sure we will
probably never see his black ass again on Instagram after this cus I know he's fed up with
us. But it has to be noted that black people are resilient in ways beyond what you know to
be. Because when we thought -- just when I thought it was over for my Saturday night
entertainment, black Twitter took over and gave me --.
[00:15:46] Scottie: Oh my god.
[00:15:47] Sylvia: Some of the best laughs via memes and tweets that I've had on Twitter
in a very long time.
[00:15:52] Scottie: It was the funniest shit ever. I have literally cried tears. [laughter] Cried
tears because of my timeline. I've never laughed that hard over Twitter. That shit was
hilarious.
[00:16:06] Sylvia: So the Verzuz, I think for me, is a good example of IG Live being use
during this time to bring up fun content. It's like having live concerts for fans who, you
know, as everybody's going through these hard times at home with the Corona virus, I
think that's beautiful. I think the DJ D-Nice and the other DJs who have used the platform
as well have been really great to see. And I've really enjoyed them, especially earlier on
when I was dealing with the withdrawal of just outside -- not being able to be outside. But I
do have to say, that it is taking me so long to scroll through my IG Live story through this
point, [laughs] that I'm a little -- are you overwhelmed?
[00:16:43] Scottie: Yes.
[00:16:43] Sylvia: Are you overwhelmed? There's so -- I just feel like every time I open up
Instagram, there's like 20-odd people on IG live at once.
[00:16:50] Scottie: Well, it took me like weeks to actually get on this IG Live thing. Like
this -- let the bug bite me. But I did not understand the urgency of IG live. Why everyone --
which could have been a FaceTime call. Honestly.
[00:17:07] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Half of them could be FaceTime calls.
[00:17:07] Scottie: [crosstalk] You guys.
[00:17:08] Sylvia: [crosstalk] A lot of these could have been FaceTime calls, that's true.
[00:17:09] Scottie: [crosstalk] It could have. It could have. But you decided to make it
public and make it something, I guess a discussion for all of you guys -- all three of y'all.
Cus some of y'all only have one person in there watching y'all have a conversation which I
don't understand --.
[00:17:24] Sylvia: Noooooo! [laughs]
[00:17:24] Scottie: Just delete it and include that person in the group chat. Just it -- no!
Make it a group chat. You don't have to. Or Zoom. You know what I'm saying? There's so
many different things but you don't need --.
[00:17:35] Sylvia: There's so many apps, other than Instagram.
[00:17:36] Scottie: [crosstalk] To make it an IG Live.
[00:17:37] Sylvia: You know, I do think there is a lot of good content being put out there. I
do think we want to say that. Like, I've really enjoyed some of the conversations and
inspirational things and creative ways that certain creatives have been able to take
opportunity and like feed their energy during this time. I do think, though, it was really
interesting to see how many people felt the urgency of like, I got to do this because what --
if I just rest, will that be a problem? And I think that speaks to the bigger problem of just
like the fact that we haven't been taught that it's okay to be still.
[00:18:11] Scottie: People are so afraid to be present and be -- and just be.
[00:18:15] Sylvia: Yeah.
[00:18:16] Scottie: Just be.
[00:18:17] Sylvia: But, you know, at the end of the day, we get that everybody right now is
your chance to survive the best they can. I think people are really looking for human
connection while feeling isolated. And if IG Live is how you connect with your three friends
instead of FaceTime, then I guess, you know, do you, boo boo. But I also think that, you
know, it's been great to see the community happen in a lot of other ways and thus feel like
we get that connection and fellowship in other places, too. Like for me, that's Twitter. And
live tweeting, you know, things like Last Dance and Insecure with black Twitter because it
does make me feel less alone during these times. And I can laugh and like, have
exchanges with my friends as if we are all watching in the living room like we always do.
[00:19:01] Scottie: Yeah.
[00:19:01] Sylvia: And Sunday night is always a highlight for me because Insecure is back
and with black Twitter bored and nothing else to do but fight over these folks, it's been a
good time on Twitter. And this past Sunday was, for me, one of my favorite episodes
probably since the Coachella episode last season, which was fucking hilarious. One of the
highlights had to have been when Isa got real about how she feels about Lawrence now
being a better partner to Condola because in part because of the work she put into him
and how that wasn't her experience. And now she's watching another woman profit off of
the potential that she nurtured for a bit. And I think that that was such a common thing for
women. And Scottie, you really brought up a good point on the timeline about this idea of
women feeling like, you know, you dated a man and you build him up to be this person --
or at least you dated him while he was doing what he was trying to do to become the
person he is now -- and then another girl gets the benefits.
[00:20:03] Scottie: I spoke about women wanting to be Bobeisha the Builder. Right?
Basically --.
[00:20:09] Sylvia: [crosstalk] [laughs] Wait, who was Bobeisha the Builder?
[00:20:11] Scottie: [crosstalk] Bob the Builder but Bobeisha, like me.
[00:20:12] Sylvia: [crosstalk] No I get it. I'm saying --.
[00:20:13] Scottie: [crosstalk] I fell in love -- I love me a whole, I love me a whole project.
Right. I love to help people. [laughter] Help people as much as I possibly can. And if I see
potential in somebody, I want them to reach that potential that I see. They might not even
see it. You know what I'm saying.
[00:20:31] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Right.
[00:20:31] Scottie: But I see it. So I want to help you reach it. And I'll do whatever it takes
to get you there because I love you and I care for you.
[00:20:40] Sylvia: Yeah. And I think it's something that a lot of us can relate to. Like I said,
I mean, are you saying, Scottie, that you've built up a man or two in your day?
[00:20:47] Scottie: I've built up plenty of men in my day. [laughter] But also, also I had to
stop looking at these people as items.
[00:20:59] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Ooh projects.
[00:20:59] Scottie: [crosstalk] Like they're not -- Right. They're not projects, they're people,
they're humans.
[00:21:03] Sylvia: Yes.
[00:21:03] Scottie: You know what I'm saying. And they don't belong to you. They're not
entitled to stay with you after you've helped them. So, yes. I get that totally. But before
when I was younger, I was like, nigga, no. [laughter] I built you from the ground up. You
can't go nowhere!
[00:21:15] Sylvia: [crosstalk] I made you!
[00:21:17] Scottie: Are you crazy? I made you. Five beats a day for three summers we
could have had. And your ass wanna sit here, are you dead as?
[00:21:30] Sylvia: [crosstalk] [laughs] Five beats a day! Three summers --
[00:21:31] Scottie: [crosstalk] Fuck outta here. No. You're staying here. You are here to
stay. That's what I'm saying. We see these people as actual like, objects. We can't.
They're people.
[00:21:41] Sylvia: No, yeah. It's a possessive thing. I get that 100 percent. Like your
people would jurey -- like this shit if community service, ladies. It's community service. It's
volunteer work. You are not getting paid.
[00:21:51] Scottie: [crosstalk] Damn free! Free, free!
[00:21:52] Sylvia: [crosstalk] You are not getting paid!
[00:21:55] Scottie: [crosstalk] There is no budget.
[00:21:55] Sylvia: [crosstalk] You are [laughs] not getting paid for this. You -- hopefully you
make it off the exposure. [laughs].
[00:22:03] Scottie: [crosstalk] Shit. Pro-lo. Something.
[00:22:04] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Like they want us to do.
[00:22:07] Scottie: Nigga.
[00:22:07] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Because this shit is -- this community service. This is free
labor. It's slavery, depending on the man so -- or per woman, you know how it is.
[00:22:15] Scottie: [crosstalk] I mean, it's a fact. Fact. Fact but --
[00:22:18] Sylvia: [crosstalk] [laughs] Sometimes it feels like slavery but free yourselves,
is all I'm saying --.
[00:22:21] Scottie: [crosstalk] But it's true. But it -- but it does hurt. It hurts a lot to see --
[00:22:25] Sylvia: Yeah.
[00:22:25] Scottie: The whomever it is that comes after you reap the benefits of what you
wanted, what you wanted this whole time.
[00:22:33] Sylvia: Yeah.
[00:22:33] Scottie: And they finally understood at the end -- driving me crazy --.
[00:22:37] Sylvia: [crosstalk] After they go. After they go --
[00:22:38] Scottie: [crosstalk] Oh my god. You got the audacity to get what the fuck I was
yelling about for four years.
[00:22:45] Sylvia: [crosstalk] With this bitch? [laughs]
[00:22:45] Scottie: Now, you want to stay committed to a job. For this bitch?
Condoleezza?
[00:22:51] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Condoleza Rice? [laughs]
[00:22:51] Scottie: [crosstalk] Y'all I didn't [laughs] --.
[00:22:52] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Why we both thinking the same thing?
[00:22:55] Scottie: Condoleezza? Really?
[00:22:58] Sylvia: Oh God, I really -- but you know, something I have told myself to try to
make it better for me is that I kinda see -- start seeing this shit as a ecosystem. Like each
one, teach one, give one, grow one, [laughter] recieve on back. Like it's a ecosystem.
[00:23:17] Scottie: [crosstalk] Giving back to your community.
[00:23:18] Sylvia: [crosstalk] It's like I've done my work for the community and I am just
waiting to reap my rewards! Like who's man -- cus there was a tweet that cracked me up
earlier. It was like, I can't wait to be with a nigga another big raised. Like me excited for
that. [laughter] Like that's where I met in my life. I feel like I've done my part. I have
contributed to the ecosystem. And I'm just waiting to reap my rewards now, you know what
I mean. Like, and I won't even be mad at it because it's like, I really felt Isa on this season
when she was joking with Cond -- Condola. I'm not going to call her Condoleza again.
When she was joking with Condola about like, LOL yeah. You know, you hear my ex,
where yours? Can I get one of yours? That's where I’m at.
[00:23:54] Scottie: Right. Shit.
[00:23:56] Sylvia: Where are your exes that you raised up? So that we can -- we can
come up and rise as a people together? [laughs].
[00:24:02] Scottie: Very true. You ever think you've been somebody's project? Cus I've
asked other women and other woman said no.
[00:24:11] Sylvia: I think the sad thing for me is I kind of feel like it was more like I was
broken. And then I had to do the work to put myself right together --
[00:24:19] Scottie: [crosstalk] Right, thank you!
[00:24:19] Sylvia: So that would be broken for somebody else.
[00:24:21] Scottie: [crosstalk] Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I was my
own project. I helped myself out.
[00:24:29] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Self love. Self love. Self care. Self building.
[00:24:29] Scottie: [crosstalk] I built myself back up after you've broken tons of times. So I
think, yeah, I totally agree. I've built myself -- even, you know, even the mistakes that I've
made in relationships, they wasn't going for that. It wasn't like they were saying to me like,
you know, I could see the potential in her. I'm a stay, even though she cheats. I'm a stay
with her ass cus I know what kind of woman she is inside. No, y'all leave. And then I have
to figure out. [laughter] I have to put the pieces back together.
[00:24:59] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Y'all leave. And when I get a little too crazy, you're gone.
[00:25:02] Scottie: [crosstalk] You're gone!
[00:25:02] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Meanwhile I'm here fightin for this.
[00:25:04] Scottie: [crosstalk] I gotta walk on eggshells.
[00:25:06] Sylvia: [crosstalk] And you running, you running. Now, I will say that I have
definitely done a lot of growing. I'm not saying -- I'm not sitting here saying I was the
perfect girlfriend. I'm not gonna sit here and say it to nobody.
[00:25:13] Scottie: I was. I like to point out that I was part of the girlfriend.
[00:25:16] Sylvia: [crosstalk] I mean --.
[00:25:16] Scottie: [crosstalk] I am the perfect girlfriend.
[00:25:19] Sylvia: I am pretty -- okay. [laughs] Well, you know, I'm not going to comment
on that. But what I am going to say is that I --
[00:25:25] Scottie: [crosstalk] You're not gonna comment on what? [laughter] Excuse me?
Excuse me. We're real friends. Well, we're all friends on here. And you will not come on
here and disrespect me.
[00:25:33] Sylvia: [crosstalk] I didn't say --.
[00:25:35] Scottie: [crosstalk] You know, the time and work I put into this thing that I'm in.
[00:25:39] Sylvia: Let me tell you something. I will tell you this, Scottie. Any man that has
you is lucky to have you and he needs to understand that. I will say that.
[00:25:46] Scottie: Thank you.
[00:25:46] Sylvia: [crosstalk] I didn't say nobody out here is perfect! But I'm saying --.
[00:25:50] Scottie: [crosstalk] Damn, you're almost try to Molly me and my situation.
[00:25:53] Sylvia: Whoo! Well, you know -- and this is the point. And this is what you said
Molly are not doing, is asking each other right up front if they feel a way.
[00:26:01] Sylvia: Right.
[00:26:01] Scottie: If you've ever had to sit down and have a head to head with a friend
and like hope that it goes well, we've been there sometimes in the same room. [laughs]
And it's --and it's not easy.
[00:26:13] Scottie: [laughs. M-mm. No.
[00:26:13] Sylvia: You know, doesn't always go well but the point is that it has to happen
because it's like a rejection. I get -- it's like a -- it's a version of being afraid of rejection.
That at the end of the day, it's better to know where things stand than to drag them out. It's
never better to drag it out.
[00:26:28] Scottie: [crosstalk] Right.
[00:26:28] Sylvia: And I think that that's what we're going to see in this friendship. I also
think that that's kind of what's happening with the quarantine. I -- with people being
separated from their friends. I kind of want to dove into that with you, Scottie.
[00:26:40] Scottie: [crosstalk] Oh yeah.
[00:26:41] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Because I do feel like --.
[00:26:42] Scottie: [crosstalk] Oh jeez.
[00:26:43] Sylvia: People right now, if you're used to your friendships and your squads or
your crew or whatever y'all calling each other these days. Always hanging out every Friday
at last lap or like or always, you know, like [laughs] -- shout out to our friends.
[00:27:00] Scottie: [crosstalk] Our friends.
[00:27:00] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Or always, you know, go into the movies or like whatever,
you know, right now could be a really confusing time for certain people because they're
learning how their friends communicate when apart for long periods of time.
[00:27:12] Scottie: Right. And communication is not -- you realize how strong or weak
your communication skills are.
[00:27:19] Sylvia: Yes. Yes.
[00:27:20] Scottie: Right. So with friendships, the expectations are extremely high. Right.
For like a lot of y'all I seen, if you don't hit me up, if you haven't hit me by now, you're not a
real friend. I don't even want you to hit me up in real life. [laughter] When real life start to
set in for real, I don't want you to call me. I'm like wait. Nigga, I'm about to be broke next
week. You sittin here yelling at me for not doing check-ins? Like and it's a lot.
[00:27:49] Sylvia: A lot.
[00:27:50] Like, I don't think people are really realizing too. Yes, this is your friend but this
is somebody's daughter or son. This is a somebody's mother mother or father.
[00:27:57] Sylvia: Somebody is employee trying to figure out how to keep making money
in these times.
[00:28:01] Scottie: [crosstalk] Right. There are many layers to your friend. You know what
I'm saying? So don't just think that they belong and they're entitled to you specifically. They
have a lot of things going on just like you do. You want them to check in with you because
you want to talk about certain shit, but there is certain shit that's going on with them that
maybe they don't want to talk about. This is the best time to figure out what kind of friend
you are. Like this is your best -- this is the best time to really figure out, hey. What do I
need from my friends?
[00:28:29] Sylvia: Yeah.
[00:28:30] Scottie: And what can I give to them right now? And how can I understand
them more as people. Not just friends, but people. Humans.
[00:28:39] Sylvia: [crosstalk] It's about taking inventory.
[00:28:41] Scottie: Right.
[00:28:41] Sylvia: It's an important time to know who your friends are and understand that.
And also just I think we all could benefit from giving each other more grace. Showing each
other more grace. The love can be equal. Like I know that Scottie and I love each other
fully as friends, even if we only speak once a week or if I only FaceTime her -- Like I think I
maybe -- we've maybe FaceTimed three times during this, you know, quarantine of like six
or seven weeks. And it's not -- it's never a thing where I think that, oh, she loves me less or
not. It's a thing where it's like, I know Scottie's really -- that's not really her thing. Like I
have friends who I talk to every day and I don't think that they love me more.
[00:29:21] Scottie: Everyday? You got friends, you talk to everyday, Sylvia?
[00:29:24] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Well, like -- not, see -- well, here's the thing.
[00:29:27] Scottie: [crosstalk] Everyday?
[00:29:27] Sylvia: [crosstalk] I love -- not everyday. I'm not even gonna lie. But like I have
friends that -- maybe every other day. I definitely -- but there's only a couple. Cus I have
also, I'm thankful that that list is small because I only have tolerance for it in small doses.
Like I also --.
[00:29:40] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Right.
[00:29:40] Scottie: Me and you are similar. Me and Scottie had been skipping a lot of
Zoom brunches, a lot of Zoom dates.
[00:29:46] Scottie: [crosstalk] I refuse.
[00:29:47] Sylvia: A lot of, a lot of things because we do like to be alone. And I think that's
what like --.
[00:29:53] Scottie: [crosstalk] Yes.
[00:29:53] Sylvia: That's what makes our friendship a good balanced friendship cus we
both like that alone time. So honestly, a lot of times it's a relief for me that Scottie does not
need me to FaceTime her every day because I don't know if I have that in me.
[00:30:03] Scottie: Thank God for the friends who understand, though, or who just like me.
I will text you, hey, hope you're well. There's anything that you need from me. Let me
know. That's it. You ain't got to text me back. You don't gotta text me back! I don't live off
of text-backs. I'm good. I send out a solid paragraph or maybe two sentences that will let
you know that I am here for you still.
[00:30:29] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Yeah.
[00:30:29] Scottie: I'm around if you need to -- if I haven't heard from you for a while, then
I'm definitely sending that out. But I know that everybody is going through -- we are going
through a crisis. Crisis! People! There is a Pandemic!
[00:30:38] Sylvia: [crosstalk] It is literally a pandemic. And it's not, you may not even like a
-- we're not exaggerating. And I do think --.
[00:30:45] Scottie: [crosstalk] Literally! Like god!
[00:30:45] Sylvia: [crosstalk] [laughs] She's over here cheersing. But yes, it's a thing. It's a
thing. And I do think that it's important. So, yeah, show friends grace. But I also want to tap
in before we wrap up about you and how you are feeling, because you talked about -- we
talk about how we're doing with our friendships. But how are you, Scottie:, feeling during
this quarantine, this COVID 19 quarantine locke down that we are in.
[00:31:08] Scottie: Oh, I'm -- well, I'm feeling great. Well, now I'm feeling better. I think --
alright, guys. So I've been quare --I am whispering because I am in the house with another
human being.
[00:31:22] Sylvia: [crosstalk] What is happening? [laughs]
[00:31:22] Scottie: [crosstalk] And I have never in my life. I hope you all are hearing me
right. I've never spent this much time with a person in my life. Send help. [laughter] But I --
and he's a Gemini. Please, if you can send your prayers over to my email, I will give it to
you. But I am learning so much about myself right now. Now that I've allowed myself to
listen to myself. And, you know, finally practicing meditating again because I stopped
meditating awhile back. But now I have time to do that. But in the beginning, you know, I
am so -- I am one to focus on money. Right. If I'm losing money, I am losing my mind.
[laughter] And so I had to figure out what that balance looked like. You know, if I can
balance that and how can I budget. And shout out to The Budgetnista --.
[00:32:17] Sylvia: Yes.
[00:32:17] Scottie: [crosstalk] Who you know, again, for those IG lives that helped me, you
know, in these workshops that helped me put my money in order, get it together so that I
won't be frustrated or upset about anything regarding finances. Thankfully, right now, by
the grace of God, Jesus himself, Tabernacle. But I will say that I'm doing --.
[00:32:39] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Yeah cus you're -- I mean you're a freelancer. A lot of
freelancers right now are going through it.
[00:32:44] Scottie: Right. And so, you know, these brands also like to play ghetto games
with you and these nets talking about. Oh, we're gonna send it to you net 30, net 45, net,
net, net 90. Whatever y'all thinking about.
[00:32:55] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Net never.
[00:32:56] Scottie: [crosstalk] Run up in that bitch and turn it. Net --
[00:32:59] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Net never. [laughs]
[00:32:59] Scottie: [crosstalk] Net murder. Net -- Yeah. Alright, net my ass. But yeah.
Other than that like, I've been good. Sylvio, how you been? I know those guys, also you
will learn that I call her Sylvio. It will come out. But it's Sylvia. Don't call her Sylvio. Not you
me,
[00:33:19] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Don't, don't you call me Silvio. Please don't. [laughs]
[00:33:22] Scottie: [crosstalk] Right. It's --.
[00:33:22] Sylvia: And in case you're confused is because my last name's Obell. O -- get
it? Okay.
[00:33:28] Scottie: [crosstalk] Yeah. So.
[00:33:30] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Yeah. I mean, for me, unlike my good friend Scottie, I would
like to quote our good -- our other friend, Jasmyn Lawson, who said while Scottie is over
here complaining about arguing with a man. Some of us are only here talking to dishes
and plates in the sink, because --.
[00:33:46] Scottie: [crosstalk] But them niggas don't talk back. [laughter] Yeah, but they
don't talk back. They don't have nothing smart to say where you say, hey, I might catch a
motherfucking charge in here.
[00:33:53] Sylvia: [crosstalk] But you know what else they don't do? They don't make cute
videos.
[00:33:54] Scottie: [crosstalk] I'm gonna catch a charge.
[00:33:54] Sylvia: [crosstalk] They don't make cute dance videos with you. They don't
react your favorite scenes from your rom com. [laughs]
[00:33:58] Scottie: [crosstalk] The first three weeks, yeah that shit is fine. And then I got to
see you again? Nigga what?
[00:34:02] Sylvia: You're still here? [laughs]
[00:34:04] Scottie: You still here?
[00:34:05] Sylvia: No, I got a lot. I need my own space. And I'm very, I'm very glad that I
have my own space right now. I think for me, I had to make that call. I think it's about
knowing yourself. I think that's like you said, this thing was really about knowing ourselves.
And I'm somebody who will go crazy if I don't even have like, my own corner of my own
room where my own space to be.
[00:34:23] Scottie: Oh, my God.
[00:34:23] Sylvia: I'm thankful that this happened to me, in the time of my life I live in an
apartment that I like. Lord knows that is what happened to me in my early 20s, the ghetto it
would have been. The ghetto it would have been. But I've been, I've been good. I just hope
that one day outside opens up again and that, you know, when I do finally meet a man, I
could have a wedding with more than 50 people. And my grandmother can be there
because she's not at risk. Like these are the things I think about is what I mean.
[00:34:48] Scottie: I get it.
[00:34:49] Sylvia: [crosstalk] As long as that's the case, as long as we have a bag or two
to carry us through. I'm gonna be -- we gonna be okay. We gonna be alright.
[00:34:55] Scottie: [crosstalk] We gonna be alright.
[00:34:57] Sylvia: Word to Kendrick Lamar.
[00:34:59] Scottie: Shoutout to Kendrick.
[00:34:59] [Music In]
[00:35:01] Scottie: But I am glad, Sylvia, that you are doing okay. On a lighter note, at the
end of every show, we have a segment called Putting You On. Okay, where we put you on
to the things that we enjoy and hopes that you too, will enjoy these things. So, Sylvia, what
do you put in the listeners on to today?
[00:35:21] [Music out]
[00:35:21] Sylvia: Today, I want to put the listeners on to a little show that's not really a
little show, but I don't think it's talked about enough, called All-American. I think All-
American is the CW's best kept secret. And I say that because the CW doesn't tend to
have shows that I really love. But I really loved All-American because it was more than
what it looked like on the surface. Initially, I felt like, oh, high school, kids, football,
whatever, whatever. Taye Diggs being a coach. Alright. But I watched it when it was on
Netflix. I rewatched -- I mean, I watched season one when it was on Netflix, and I really
loved it. I really was impressed with, you know, how it delves into the Beverly Hills versus
Crenshaw, whatever lifestyles. And like I do -- I love seeing new black faces. So I, for one,
really would like people to check out All-American, you know what I mean. It has-- its
young. I would say it's kind of like Beverly -- it's kind of like no -- 90210 meets what?
Scottie, you've seen it. 90210 meets --
[00:36:28] Scottie: [crosstalk] I have no idea cus --
[00:36:29] Sylvia: [crosstalk] I don't -- I'm not here for your opinions. I'm just --
[00:36:31] Scottie: I'm just not -- [laughs].
[00:36:31] Sylvia: [crosstalk] I just want to know what you think, how you would describe
what the show is. Because I know we have different views.
[00:36:39] Scottie: [crosstalk] I love the show! We all love the show.
[00:36:41] Sylvia: [crosstalk] And I don't think I love everybody on the show.
[00:36:42] Scottie: [crosstalk] I just want to throw a meditation book at Spencer because
the man is so stressed.
[00:36:48] Sylvia: [crosstalk] He gets frustrated often.
[00:36:49] Scottie: [crosstalk] For -- Oh, my God. I've never seen someone so stressed.
[00:36:52] Sylvia: [crosstalk] But he's the youth. He's the youth. Do you remember our
Facebook statuses at that age? They were crazy. They were emotional.
[00:36:57] Scottie: [crosstalk] Well, no. Yeah.
[00:36:59] Sylvia: [crosstalk] They were ridiculous.
[00:36:59] Scottie: But yeah, they were super emotional but I mean, golly. I've never in my
life heard community so many times. Community. Community.
[00:37:10] Sylvia: [crosstalk] This is turning into something else. [laughs].
[00:37:10] Scottie: My father left me and something else. Oh, my God. But yeah, no, I love
that show.
[00:37:16] Sylvia: Check it out. Just check it out. It's a good binge.
[00:37:19] Scottie: [crosstalk] I love it.
[00:37:19] Sylvia: It's on Netflix. And it's something to do. How about you, Scottie? What
you got for us?
[00:37:24] Scottie: I got -- okay, guys, listen to me. Here me out.
[00:37:28] Sylvia: Oh, boy.
[00:37:29] Scottie: Okay? Now listen for real. Peaky fucking Blinders. You hear me?
Peaky fucking Blinders. I love this damn show. It's called Peaky Blinders, guys. But you
understand why I said Peaky fucking Blinders. If you like, like, action with a dash of alright
looking British men in like these newsboy caps laced with razor blades. Like I -- that's what
I see. Like I love -- I want to see it. I'm here for it. I love it. It's about --
[00:38:01] Sylvia: [crosstalk] What do these British men do?
[00:38:03] Scottie: Their hoodrats. They are clear. [laughter] And it's very clear. It's about
this hoodrat family. The Shelby family who literally do whatever it takes to get their coin.
You hear me? And it's about that action. It's a lot of fighting, a lot of fire, a lot of slow
motion walks if you're into that too. A lot of slow mo. You know that dramatic shit.
[00:38:26] Sylvia: Ooh, Tom Hardy's in it. Yeah. No, that's a fine looking white man right
there.
[00:38:28] Scottie: [crosstalk] Oh Tom Hardy is definitely in it. It's few baddies. it's a few
little baddies in there. It's --
[00:38:35] Sylvia: Okay. And it's on Netflix?
[00:38:36] Scottie: Yes.
[00:38:36] Sylvia: You can watch it on Netflix?
[00:38:37] Scottie: It's on Netflix. It's a British period crime drama.
[00:38:41] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Piece. Drama.
[00:38:41] Scottie: So it's really, really good. And I'm for it. I just love it.
[00:38:46] Sylvia: Wow. I would just like to point out for the people that Scottie --.
[00:38:49] Scottie: [crosstalk] Uhuh. Shut up, shut up.
[00:38:50] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Commended a white show.
[00:38:51] Scottie: [crosstalk] Shut up, shut up, shut up.
[00:38:51] Sylvia: [crosstalk] Before I did!
[00:38:52] Scottie: [crosstalk] No.
[00:38:53] Sylvia: [crosstalk] And I just felt like I just --.
[00:38:54] Scottie: [crosstalk] It's off-white.
[00:38:55] Sylvia: [crosstalk] This time in history.
[00:38:56] Scottie: [crosstalk] I have no.
[00:38:57] Sylvia: [crosstalk] This is a black history fact that I want added to the list.
[00:39:01] Scottie: [crosstalk] No these are -- these are the hoodrats of the whites though.
[laughter] So I feel better. These --
[00:39:05] Sylvia: Oh, I'm so -- I'm just so happy that Scottie recommended a white show
before I did because I'm here.
[00:39:09] Scottie: [crosstalk] No no no.
[00:39:09] Sylvia: [crosstalk] I'm about to give them to y'all. I'm about to give them to y'all.
I promise you. [laughs]
[00:39:13] Scottie: I know, but you got the real white show. I -- this ain't really--
[00:39:17] Sylvia: This is good! This is award winning. I'm googling it. It looks it's won
awards and shit
[00:39:18] Scottie: [crosstalk] This shit is great.
[00:39:21] Sylvia: [crosstalk] It looks good. I'm a check it out.
[00:39:22] [Music in]
[00:39:25] Sylvia: Well, all right, fam. That's our show. Thank you so much for tuning into
our very first episode. We've enjoyed letting y'all know a little bit about us and the shit
we've been chatting about in these group chats over these past few weeks.
[00:39:40] Scottie: [crosstalk] Mmm, child. I've got a few more things, but we'll talk about it
in two weeks. Our show is a production of Pineapple Street Studios in partnership with
Netflix and Strong Black Lead. Shout out to our team! Our Executive Producers, our Max
Linksy, Jenna Weiss- Berman, Agerenesh Ashagre and Jasmyn Lawson. Our Lead
Producer is Jess Jupiter and our music is by Amanda Jones.
[00:40:04] Sylvia: Follow Strong Black Lead on the socials @StrongBlackLead. And follow
us too! I'm @SylviaOBell on all platforms.
[00:40:12] Scottie: And I am @ScottieBeam on all platforms.
[00:40:15] Sylvia: This has truly -- I mean, I cannot emphasize this enough. Been a blast.
And I cannot wait till next time. Until then, peace guys.
[00:40:25] Scottie: Peace.
[00:40:26] [Music out]