Video summary
The video features a candid discussion about the viral success of Young Miami's song "Spend Dat $h!t," with the speakers reflecting on how the track has evolved from a niche hit into a massive cultural phenomenon. One speaker expresses amazement at the song's impact, noting that it is even crazier than he initially anticipated, particularly observing children and young people singing along to the lyrics. The conversation highlights the song's unique conversational style, which some critics dismissed as merely a jingle or a joke, while the artists defend its authenticity and argue that negative talk only serves to amplify the record's reach and importance.
A significant portion of the dialogue addresses the shift in public perception following the BET Awards, where celebrities began criticizing the song's explicit content. The speakers counter this backlash by suggesting that critics are reacting out of jealousy or an inability to comprehend how a song with such raw language could become a hit record. They emphasize that while some parents might be uncomfortable with their children singing these lyrics, the ultimate responsibility lies with parenting rather than censoring art. The artists point out that kids are not stupid and understand what they are saying, contrasting this with adults who may have been sheltered in the past and are now reacting defensively to the song's popularity.
The transcript also clears up a persistent rumor that the rapper Lil Running wrote the song, explaining that he was credited on the track due to his involvement in the production process and a specific moment of celebration involving alcohol, rather than being the primary songwriter. The speakers clarify that while they were drinking during the recording session, all their major hits have actually been created without intoxication, debunking the idea that this was their first drunk hit. Ultimately, the video concludes with a strong message about owning one's work and using platforms like the show to start meaningful conversations, hoping that the dialogue generated by the song can help youth in positive ways behind the scenes.
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Think of it though, man. This song is so
crazy. And you start I didn't know how
crazy it was. I was like, damn. Like I
thought in my mind I was like, it's even
crazier than what I really thought. Let
me show you. Let me show you something.
>> Oh yeah. You see that?
>> All these kids.
>> That's crazy, too.
>> The first Yeah.
>> Yeah. Everybody know. But honestly,
>> that's a that's a [laughter] that's a
conversation, too.
>> [music]
>> Yeah, we on Boss Talk 101. Yeah, we
going.
>> She didn't even sing it or nothing. She
just walked out on stage and it went
crazy.
>> Come on, man.
>> Shout out to Young Miami, man. I think
that's the dopest thing, man. Like I
said, cuz I'm going to be real with you.
When I seen her get pregnant and and I
didn't know which way her career was
going to go.
>> I seen it and I was paying attention to
it because she was definitely and then
when I seen her with the Diddy movement,
you know what I mean? She I didn't know
which way her rel which way her uh her
her career was going to go.
>> Absolutely.
>> I didn't know.
>> I don't think nobody knew.
>> And then when you look at her and and I
didn't even know you had a relationship
with her far as to even be a y'all was
hanging. Did she call you or y'all
already knew each other?
>> That that like I had worked with her
before. I don't think she had quite
remember when it was City Girls. I I had
worked with them like in a session or
whatnot. Um but you know um it was
pretty much her team. um the label that
was like damn why don't we put her in
with uh Jay White and from there it was
just that you know and we we became cool
like we we clicked like instantly
>> instantly.
>> Yeah it was cool that
>> I got a question I got a question real
quick um from your opinion right
>> because this song has went way viral
even before the BET Awards
>> for sure.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah.
>> Why is it that now after the BET Awards
is when the public the public figures
start wanting to talk out against it?
before nobody was really talking out
against the song. Everybody was jamming
with the song, dancing with the song.
Why now that wants the BET and the
response that everybody stand up singing
the song, why all of a sudden everybody
want to talk about
>> I I feel like it's to the point now
where like don't get the big head now.
Don't get the big head. Like, okay,
you're doing too much. It's like it's I
feel like the people who thought the
song was a joke, I think these are the
people that's talking now. You know what
I mean? I feel like the people I I I I I
don't think people can fathom Young
Miami having a hit record, honestly. And
it's really a real song. Like I I heard
people just I I don't think
>> some people say it's a jingle and some
people say it's
>> Hey, listen. Hey, jingles make a Hey,
Dr. Peppa Babe.
>> Hey, it's good.
Give me a million of those and I'll be
happy as hell. So if So if they call
spin a jingle, jingle jingle all the way
to the bank. No, I'm just saying I'm
with all that smoke. I I I listen when
people ask me like, "Yo, what do you
think about all this negative uh talk
about?" I said, "I love this." Like,
"Y'all are making this song go bigger."
>> Exactly.
>> Go talk about it. I like listen Gilbert,
India, and whoever else and had their
opinion, whether they're a celebrity or
not, that I've seen online.
>> That's right.
>> Thank you so much. Like, I appreciate
y'all for even giving your opinion. It
It can be bad. It can be not bad. It
could be whatever you're talking about.
The record the We did our job. Our job
is to start a conversation and maybe
this song can start a conversation. Now,
since y'all talking so much, go help the
youth cuz I help a lot of people behind
the scenes. Like I I feel like a ATM my
damn self.
>> I help a lot of people, you know what I
mean? I know that that that woman Miami
helped a lot a lot of people behind the
scenes. She employed a lot of people.
She take care of people. You know what I
mean? So hopefully this conversation can
help somebody for real. For real.
>> Let me ask you this. When when you go
back to the first time when you hear
that Indie felt away about the song,
where were you at? Did somebody send it
to you?
>> No. I No. I was, you know, I'm I'll be
online reading. What you mean? I'm
there.
>> You was like, "Oh,
>> no. I [clears throat] You seen it? I was
happy about it. I was cool with it. I'm
like, she is entitled to have her
opinion. I have nothing." Like with my
video I posted, I I never said nothing
about Indie. I just did the songs. I
thought it was funny.
>> You was hanging out and you was doing
your thing.
>> I'm just doing my thing. Like I'm work
I'm literally working. Take it how you
want to take it. That's cool. I don't
care. You know what I mean? I I I don't
care. I don't care, man. Like
>> you basically got to think of it though,
man. This song is so crazy. And you
start I didn't know how crazy it was. I
was like, damn. Like I thought in my
mind I'm like it's even crazier than
what I really thought. Let me show you
something.
>> Oh, yeah. You see that?
>> All these kids. [cough]
>> That's crazy, too.
[laughter]
>> The first
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. Everybody know. But honestly,
>> that's that's a that's a [laughter]
that's a conversation, too.
>> The first first time I heard the song,
right? Of course. Tik Tok. Tik Tok.
>> Yeah.
>> I thought it was more of like I was okay
when I see females doing it, whatever.
>> For sure. But when I see all these men
started doing it, I was like,
>> I love it.
>> Hold on. Cuz first thing you look at and
it's not even they're straight guys who
were doing the song.
>> I was like, oh, they accepted it. You
know what I mean? Because
>> it's a hit now. That's that dance, the
little circle dance.
>> That it wouldn't be the straight guys
who was doing that.
>> It's a
>> But now it's a everybody no matter who
you are, how you are, how old you are.
>> You know what I mean? But coming to the
kids part of it, yes, they're singing
it. But I remember we've spoken before
on on the show about how kids would sing
songs and not realize what they singing.
>> Absolutely.
>> And not only this song in the past,
saying stuff about certain things,
whether it be about sex or what,
whatever.
>> Ain't no way. Ain't no way this this
>> Ain't no way this baby know what the
hell she's saying.
>> Exactly.
>> Hey, listen.
>> They don't understand. I I Hey, listen.
I I'll say this. I know
I know so many people I grew up with
back home that they were sheltered, you
know, and they were sheltered kids and
they're wild as hell right now in their
30s and and in their 40s, in their late
20s. They wild because they were
sheltered
>> and you know they Yeah. Yeah. I I mean,
would I want my little baby uh uh uh
saying spend that [ __ ]
>> Oh, the baby said it.
>> Yeah. I mean, but look, at the end of
the day, that's how the parents choose
to let them um do their thing. I I can't
stop it. I I It's a It's a hit song. Is
it Is it runchy? Is it conversational?
Yes, it is. We we I we we didn't make a
a a kids bop record. We made a song for
the scammers and the boosters for the
people who struggling trying to make it
>> damn what it is.
>> And we trying to spin that [ __ ] Now,
did the song take on its own life? Yes.
It's it it it is what it is. Kids know
more. Let's not just live on this song.
Kids know about the birth the the the
the what? Have you seen Twitter?
>> I know. Have you been on Twitter?
>> It go crazy.
>> How? Come on now. Kids ain't stupid.
Kid, I've learned that kids ain't
stupid. My My son 14 now, but my son, he
ain't stupid, man.
>> Well, a lot of people try to rumor that
little Running had wrote the song,
>> man. Okay, so look, let me just clear
this out.
>> Yeah, I'm telling you right now, they've
been hearing I've been hearing this. I
was like, damn, Lil Running wrote the
song.
>> Now, listen. Look, this is this is what
happened with that, right?
First of all, go uh download Boss Mano
Plays of the Week. Um me and Lonnie did
that by boss mano. That that just came
out. Video just came out yesterday.
>> Okay.
>> Me and Ronnie did that. The reason why
he's on these credits is because that's
that that's my fault.
>> Okay. So Ronnie was there,
>> okay,
>> when we was working on Young Miami. You
know what I mean? He was there, but he
had to go somewhere when we made that
song. So he actually left the night that
we made that record. So
>> Wow. So you the reason that everybody
started saying that
>> what was saying it running well yeah
because when I sent the credits in I
thought man in October bro cuz I I
stopped drinking now seriously I ain't
drunk since January.
>> Wow.
>> Congratulations.
>> Thank you. But in October
[laughter]
where you look here if y'all play spin
that she said Jay White turn me up cuz
godamn she definitely said I was turning
her up. I was turning up everybody
goddamn me. So
>> you was kicking, you drank, you were
having a good time.
>> I was having a good time, man.
>> You sure you can make another hit
without the drinking?
>> All my hits been made without drinking.
That's my first
>> That's the first drunk.
>> That's my first drunking hit. That's
like Hey, I said, "Damn, my first drunk
hitbox came and boosters, man. Get out
of
[music]
>> Yeah, we on Boss Talk 101." Yeah, we
going to top.