♪ - I've been waiting to tell yo u something for a long time.

♪ ♪ Something that I just can't get off my mind.

♪ ♪ You see I love you and I al ways want to tell you that.

♪ ♪ I think you are the one.

♪ ♪ I want you to be my man.

♪ And I just, like, I don't know.

- That's whack to you?

- Yes, because it was just like, so like, I just want you to be mine.

I just want you to like me.

- The power dynamic.

- Yeah, yeah.

Like, to me, I'm just like, that's not my vibe.

- Yeah.

- I'm not like, "Please like me,” you know, like wanting that approval from, like, boys or men.

[Music] [Cheering] - What up, y'all?

Welcome to Sounds on 29th Live at the Skylark Lounge.

I am Stephan Brackett, your host.

I am so honored to be here with all these people who love the Colorado music scene.

Am I right?

[Cheering] We get to change the story of what people say and think about this city.

And I think this is a city of soul.

This is a city of jazz.

This is a city of R&B.

And we couldn't ask for a better heir apparent to this scene than in the incredible voice and writing of Lady Los.

[Cheering] I cannot wait until in the ascendancy of her career that she gets a whole new genre of R&B, maybe High Plains R&B.

I don't know, maybe Desert Soul, whatever.

It's yours to craft and create.

And so, with that, can you all give a warm Colorado welcome to Lady Los?

[Cheering] [Music] ♪ - It's like magic ♪ ♪ I'm just tryna catch a vibe ♪ ♪ I'm just cultivating tribe ♪ ♪ I'm just tryna ride my bike ♪ ♪ Just like magic ♪ ♪ I'm just tryna catch a vibe ♪ ♪ I'm just cultivating tribe ♪ ♪ I'm just tryna ride my bike ♪ ♪ I'm a cultivator ♪ ♪ I'm an educator ♪ ♪ Saucy ball bossy if you reach ♪ ♪ I'll have to educate ya ♪ ♪ I'm well past the days ♪ ♪ of shooting round gyms as a player ♪ ♪ Get to know me as a goddess, shaman, demon slayer ♪ ♪ Substance and systems that are needed in my life ♪ ♪ And a circle of real ones and I know that they gon' ride ♪ ♪ I ain't gotta judge I go di rectly by the vibe, I ain't ♪ ♪ Gotta judge I go directly by the vibe ♪ ♪ It's like magic ♪ ♪ I'm just tryna catch a vibe ♪ ♪ I'm just cultivating tribe ♪ ♪ I'm just tryna ride my bike ♪ ♪ Just like magic ♪ ♪ I'm just tryna catch a vibe ♪ ♪ I'm just cultivating tribe ♪ ♪ I'm just tryna ride my bike ♪ ♪ You used to catch me out on the floor, playing sports, ♪ ♪ runnin' court ♪ ♪ Crossing up your man and them ♪ ♪ Reppin' the number four and known to score, the PG ♪ ♪ Deep threes with the rock on a string ♪ ♪ Nowadays, you'll still see me ballin' out ♪ ♪ But in the studio vibin' with a blunt in my mouth ♪ ♪ This ain't the old days, I don't scream, I don't shout ♪ ♪ Especially not with no bitch bo y steady beamin' with a pout ♪ ♪ I broke away so I can focus on me, ♪ ♪ no fear as I let the spirit guide me ♪ ♪ I feel the vibe so it's not surprising ♪ ♪ Bust out my cage so that I can sing ♪ ♪ My song, my truth, and what I'm all about ♪ ♪ My goddess, my juice, my ass world round ♪ ♪ My lands, my bands, we all ten toes down ♪ ♪ Black sands with my man, sun beamin with my titties out ♪ ♪ Magic ♪ ♪ I'm just tryna catch a vibe ♪ ♪ I'm just cultivating tribe ♪ ♪ I'm just tryna ride my bike ♪ ♪ Just like magic ♪ ♪ I'm just tryna catch a vibe ♪ ♪ I'm just cultivating tribe ♪ ♪ I'm just tryna ride my bike ♪ Ain't no freer feelin' than lettin' the sun touch on your titties.

The literal sun.

I'm tellin' you.

When I made it, you might be catchin' me on black sand beaches with my boobies out.

Ain't nothin' wrong with it, y'all.

I'm tellin' you, embrace it.

Embrace it.

It's beauty, it's love for yourself, for your body.

Let the sun kiss it, you know?

- Lady Los.

Point guard turned singer.

- That's me.

- Alright, in 29 seconds, tell me who the best point guard of all time is.

- Ooh, that's tough.

Of all time?

Um, people would argue that it's Steph, probably, but for me, it was always Steve Nash.

I felt like I found affinity in him watching him because I was undersized, even though I was the point guard.

I didn't have the longest arms I wasn't getting the fastest sprint times, but I was savvy, and I could handle the rock.

I knew how to shoot.

I knew how to make decisions.

So, he inspired me, and for him, for me, he is the greatest point guard.

- Alright, okay.

Alright, 29 seconds, then.

Best R&B singer?

- Ooh, that's tough.

Um, okay.

Again, for me, I'd just have to go with Sade.

Sade is, she's the best for me.

Her band is sick, just her vocal control.

Um, songs, like what they're about content, like just how they hit.

Those lyrics are real.

Like, they really got me through a lot and they've inspired me a lot, so that's what it is for me.

♪ That deep, deep, deep love ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm in love, ♪ ♪ Trippin over my words and feet love ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm in love ♪ ♪ That ooey gooey sweet love ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm in love ♪ ♪ That there's no one else for me love ♪ ♪ Oh my, oh my ♪ ♪ I can feel it, I can feel it ♪ ♪ Oh my, oh my ♪ ♪ I can feel it, I can feel it ♪ ♪ Yeah, I'm in love ♪ ♪ That deep, deep, deep love ♪ ♪ And I know for sure that you are too ♪ ♪ Yeah, I'm in love ♪ ♪ That ooey gooey sweet love ♪ ♪ And I know you love me too ♪ ♪ I got you wrapped around my finger ♪ For real, though.

♪ I'm writing out my honey do's ♪ ♪ And you know I pass it off to you ♪ ♪ I'm writing out my honey do's ♪ ♪ And you know I pass it off to you ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, you checked off every single one ♪ ♪ Yeah, you checked off every single one ♪ ♪ Yeah, you checked off every single one ♪ ♪ Yeah, you checked off ♪ ♪ I'm writing out my honey do's ♪ ♪ You know I passed it off to you ♪ ♪ I'm writing out my honey do's ♪ ♪ and you know I pass it off to you ♪ [Cheering] - Is there anything about Steve Nash's approach to basketball that matches your approach to your music?

- Mmm.

Um, I'd say repetitions.

Repetitions, getting in there, practicing a lot, working on your vocals.

For me, what kinda got me back was that approach cause I was playing basketball a lot, I was teaching, coaching, so I was using my voice a lot, and I actually formed cysts in my vocal cords and was not able to sing, not really able to talk, and so getting those reps in is really, after I was cleared to sing again, to use my voice again, those reps are really what got me back because without my voice, like, it's not like without basketball.

Like, without my voice, it's almost like it's not me, you know?

- All right.

So, music's in your family, it's in your culture, it's all around you.

What about your pen game?

How did you discover that you were a writer as well?

- That was with the encouragement of my cousin Joshua mostly because I was really interested in what he was doing.

When I was younger, we were really close, kind of that sports and music connection came through strong for us, but he's considered-- He's 12 years older than me.

so I was able to look up to him and see things that he was doing and moving in a space in a way that I couldn't because I was a kid.

So, basically, he was, you know, approaching rap and different stuff at that time, and so I would kind of follow him around and notice like, "Oh, this is how he's writing.

This is what he's doing.” I would follow him around.

He had a friend that lived down the street and kind of had a basement recording studio, and we would go hang out there, and I would just see how they would flow.

And then, I would hear beats all day.

So, I'm hearing all these instrumentals, and I would, you know, try to do my own thing to it.

And it was stuff that they're older than me, so it wasn't stuff that they're like, "Oh, we got to do that right now,” you know?

But it gave me practice and it helped me get confident in like what I'm saying, how I wanted to say, hearing other people do it, and then being like, "Okay, this is how I want to do it.” Like, that's how they did it, and I'm learning from it, but then this is how I'm adapting it to where it's mine.

♪ C-L-O-W-N-I-N ♪ ♪ While we ride and ♪ ♪ We shine our lights while we smiling ♪ ♪ Oh you know, I got it rolled ♪ ♪ Wherever I go, wherever I go ♪ ♪ I love to slow things down ♪ ♪ Cruise my bike, connect with the world around me ♪ ♪ I'm an 80's baby, 90's kid ♪ ♪ I paint with all the colors of the wind ♪ ♪ For my soul it's grounding ♪ ♪ Yeah, I love to slow things down ♪ ♪ Cruise my bike around with all of my homies ♪ ♪ Say, do you remember ♪ ♪ when I tried to hop that curb with my bike?

♪ ♪ Do you remember ♪ ♪ when I tried to hop that curb with my bike?

♪ ♪ Do you remember ♪ ♪ when I tried to hop that curb with my bike?

♪ ♪ Do you remember?

♪ ♪ Do you remember?

♪ ♪ It's been a long time but the fi rst time that I'm seeing you ♪ ♪ No pride when I ate shit laughter ringing true ♪ ♪ Moonlight, silver shining midnight blue ♪ ♪ No pride when I ate shit laughter ringing true ♪ ♪ Do you remember?

♪ ♪ Do you, do you, do you remember?

♪ ♪ Do you, do you, do you remember?

♪ ♪ Do you, do you, do you remember?

♪ ♪ Do you remember?

♪ ♪ Do you remember?

♪ ♪ Do you, do you remember, remember?

♪ ♪ We rolled our bikes ♪ ♪ We on the street ♪ ♪ We shined our lights ♪ ♪ Just you and me ♪ ♪ Do you?

♪ ♪ Do you?

♪ ♪ We rolled these bikes ♪ ♪ We shined these lights ♪ ♪ We always rode the street ♪ ♪ Do you, do you remember, remember, remember?

♪ I'm telling you, you have to, have to take those times to really please your inner child.

Riding my bike, that's how I do it.

You know?

[Cheering] - When did you first know that you were good?

- I remember like just nerdy stuff.

I used to even love boy bands when I was a little kid.

So, we're all traveling around, listening to NSYNC, and Backstreet Boys, and stuff like that.

And yeah, I would just like sing along and sing.

And they'd be like, "Hold up, turn it down or like sing that again.” And so, then people would start to notice like, "Oh, you really could actually sing like the recording.” But that was because I was practicing trying to sound like the recording.

I just wasn't comfortable sharing it with people yet.

But when you're in a van, you know, driving somewhere to play in a tournament, and you're with all your friends, and everybody's belting it, you just sing too.

But then, somebody's like, "Oh, sing for me.” And then, you're like, "Oh, okay.

This is fun.

This is cool.” I was shy about it, but now I feel less shy about it.

- Who are the people that you like rock the stages with?

Who are the folks that you get together and share song ideas with?

- I work with this guy named Nelo.

Nelo, he goes by God Remember Nelo, but now just Nelo.

But he got named best in hip hop here in Denver.

And so, I've been working with him a lot.

We have a song that we put out.

There's another producer that's local.

His name is Mike Coates.

Mike Coates is somebody that I've been working with and been enjoying.

Another up and coming singer, her name is Brooklyn.

I've collaborated with her and enjoyed my time working with her.

Alex Blocker, he's an incredible violinist and also just solo songwriter, producer.

He makes his own tracks, plays violins, sings, raps, does it all.

So, just another person I admire.

DNA Picasso, he's another person who I met when I came onto the scene and has just embraced me and been cool with me.

And so, I've been able to make a song with him.

Vittorio.

Vittorio's another person.

So, I feel like I'm starting to kind of dive into-- It's the local scene.

It's here in Denver.

I mean, there are people that I've worked with outside of Denver, but it's nice to be able to connect with other artists who are doing similar things that I do, but also, they inspire me.

♪ - Late night drive when I miss your love ♪ ♪ Sittin' in the car with the windows up ♪ ♪ Don't let the smoke outside ♪ ♪ Riding next to me, you'll get a contact high ♪ ♪ Late night drive when I miss your love ♪ ♪ Sittin' in the car with the windows up ♪ ♪ Don't let the smoke outside ♪ ♪ Riding next to me, you'll get a contact high ♪ ♪ - Hey, we should hotbox the whip ♪ ♪ Blow some steam, kick the shit ♪ ♪ I'm sending you ETAs ♪ ♪ Come outside then we dip ♪ ♪ With the windows rolled up ♪ ♪ So we can smoke and roll up ♪ ♪ Are you with it ♪ ♪ Let's get it ♪ ♪ Are you with it ♪ ♪ Hey, car fresheners on mirrors ♪ ♪ It's still a smoke smell ♪ ♪ Wet towels, ♪ ♪ we running the shower when we in hotels ♪ ♪ Ima come and pick you up ♪ ♪ I'm Uber with a spliff tonight ♪ ♪ Know that you if you call this ride ♪ ♪ that you gone get a Lyft tonight ♪ ♪ This weed been smoking different ♪ ♪ Feels like I could a feel a shift tonight ♪ ♪ Told her that I'm not a hero ♪ ♪ I be smoking kryptonite ♪ ♪ Below the speed limit but we above them clouds ♪ ♪ If we just drive slow, then we won't come down ♪ ♪ - Slowly.

♪ ♪ - Hey, how you rollin'?

♪ ♪ - I rolled this to burn slowly ♪ ♪ - Everybody, put their hands in the air.

♪ ♪ - I wanna be more than your homie ♪ ♪ Yeah, I want you to know me, yeah ♪ ♪ - Here we go.

♪ ♪ - So potent is this weed ♪ ♪ Funny 'cause that's what you said about me ♪ ♪ So potent your vibe be ♪ ♪ Trying to take it slow, but I guess we'll see ♪ ♪ So potent is this weed ♪ ♪ Funny 'cause that's what you said about me ♪ ♪ So potent your vibe be ♪ - Y'all make some noise for Lady Los.

[Cheering] ♪ - Same thing you said about me ♪ ♪ I'm trying to keep it inside ♪ ♪ Outside, I'm blushing ♪ ♪ I blame it on the strain ♪ ♪ Saying how it got me flushed ♪ ♪ Cause I don't reveal cards ♪ ♪ I'm trying to see if I can trust ♪ ♪ Will you have my back or the old boys club ♪ ♪ Will you keep me safe, will you show me love ♪ ♪ When you're stressed out and run down ♪ ♪ Do you know I'd lift you up ♪ ♪ Or if there's nothing left in this world ♪ ♪ Do you know you'd be enough ♪ ♪ This mary got me singing bout you ♪ ♪ Got me rollin' with you ♪ ♪ Out here seeing stars in you ♪ ♪ Got me puffin' with you ♪ ♪ Late night drive when I miss your love ♪ ♪ Sittin' in the car with the windows up ♪ ♪ Don't let the smoke outside ♪ ♪ Riding next to me, you'll get a contact high ♪ ♪ Late night drive when I miss your love ♪ ♪ Sittin' in the car with the windows up ♪ ♪ Don't let the smoke outside ♪ ♪ Riding next to me, you'll get a contact high ♪ ♪ - We should hotbox the whip ♪ ♪ Blow some steam, kick the shit ♪ ♪ I'm sending you ETAs ♪ ♪ Come outside then we dip ♪ ♪ With the windows rolled up ♪ ♪ So we can smoke and roll up ♪ ♪ Are you with it?

♪ ♪ Let's get it ♪ ♪ Are you with it?

♪ ♪ Let's get it ♪ [Cheering] - Can we give it up for Nela one more time?

This man's a local legend.

- Hey, thank you.

- What makes Denver special for you and like a great choice for you for your career as a musician?

- So, I was born and raised here, I grew up here.

My nana, she was a professor down at the Community College of Denver at Metro.

Her name was Yvonne Frye.

So, she's kinda who showed me what Denver's about and showed me the way.

And so, knowing the history of Denver and being black and Mexican, like knowing the black history of Denver so down at Five Points, you know, knowing about our jazz history, knowing about our soul singing history, and just for me, imagining like Lady Day, Lady Ella.

They were here.

They literally sang in Denver and had like touched down here.

Even though they're not from here, like, they graced us with their presence and their talents here.

And like if you think about energy and you think about how it like never goes away, like it still exists here.

So, that has been implanted here.

So, that's something that inspires me to know that that is here.

So, Denver is special, you know?

Having the mountain to the city connection is beautiful.

And so, just knowing the history of like Five Points, knowing this like mountain to city connection, and then, you know, just kinda soaking it all up, I feel like it's incredibly special and it's where I wanna be.

- Would 12 year old Lady Los think you were cool?

- Yeah, but I feel like 12 year old Lady Los would still just try to be like, "Oh, but I could hoop you up.

Like, I could throw the football farther than you.” You know?

- Yeah.

Colfax or Federal?

- Damn.

Colfax cause the venues are on Colfax, like the music venues.

- Fantastic.

- That was tough.

That was really tough.

Federal.

I love Federal.

- Well, Lady Los, thank you so much.

- Thank you too.

♪ Oh, I feel it in my soul ♪ ♪ I'm gaining control ♪ ♪ I'm deep inside my dream ♪ ♪ and I know the way to go ♪ ♪ Stressing about the distance ♪ ♪ What I left at where they living ♪ ♪ The divine blessed me, I'm gifted ♪ ♪ But was still scared of revealing ♪ ♪ I am a peace sign with a little anxiety ♪ ♪ All at once, my guides were there, reminding me ♪ ♪ Don't forget you can fly ♪ ♪ Don't forget you fly ♪ ♪ Don't forget you can fly ♪ ♪ You fly ♪ ♪ Throwing myself a party ♪ ♪ I'm listening to Bob Marley ♪ ♪ Looking, loving on my body ♪ ♪ Alone cause no one else invited ♪ ♪ This meditation got me half-stepping ♪ ♪ Slow it all down and learn the lesson ♪ ♪ Quality herb keep me from stressing ♪ ♪ That's real-life shit and straight up fuck depression ♪ ♪ Last night was out riding ♪ ♪ Now I'm smoking, chillin', vibing ♪ ♪ Reflecting on my life and what's up next ♪ ♪ Well, I'm still deciding ♪ ♪ Whole time, the ancestors reminding me ♪ ♪ Don't forget you fly ♪ ♪ Don't forget you can fly ♪ ♪ Don't forget you fly ♪ ♪ Don't forget you can fly ♪ ♪ You fly ♪ ♪ Calling in protections with intentions of peace ♪ ♪ I cut off all my haters, the connection has ceased ♪ ♪ I call out all the dangers like I'm back playing D ♪ ♪ They pressing off all makes it ain't no stranger to me ♪ ♪ Like a diamond under pressure ♪ ♪ I'm solid as fuck ♪ ♪ Ain't no stopping me now ♪ ♪ This where the going gets tough ♪ ♪ Handle like a yo-yo ♪ ♪ I dribble with my eyes up ♪ ♪ Steady been working on my craft ♪ ♪ So, don't be calling it luck ♪ ♪ Looking back, my major fault was not believing in me ♪ ♪ Locked away with broken heart ♪ ♪ Prefer to hide when I grieve ♪ ♪ That's when the light shined through the dark ♪ ♪ Ancestors shared memories ♪ ♪ Charged me up, refilled my cup, revived my life energy ♪ ♪ When they said ♪ ♪ Baby, I'm here ♪ ♪ Baby you promised ♪ ♪ No fear ♪ ♪ Don't forget you can fly ♪ ♪ Don't forget you fly ♪ ♪ Don't forget you can fly ♪ ♪ You fly ♪ [Cheering] Thank you.

Thank you so much for being right here with me.

Like I said, my name is Lady Los.

And I also like to stay fly in handmade tie-dyes.

So, what you see, I designed.

Lady Los of Lady Los Productions.

So, if you'd like to come vibe out with me, check out some gear, say what's up, I encourage you to do so.

I'm going to be over there by my little booth over there.

But either way, thank you.

Give it up for yourselves.

Give it up for PBS, for Stephen Bracket.

Stephen Bbracket, wherever you are out there, much love to you, and to the Sounds on 29.

Here we go.

[Cheering] [Music]