Coco Jones on 'The Big Tigger Morning Show'

Audacy Hip Hop / R&B

Coco Jones joins 'The Big Tigger Morning Show' to talk new music and more.

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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, pulling up on a Big Ticket Morning Show with Jazzy

00:07McBee, none other than the lady Coco Jones.

00:10Hey, Coco.

00:11Hey.

00:12What's happening, mama?

00:13How you doing?

00:14I'm doing good.

00:15How are you?

00:16I am doing fantabulous, and it is fun watching your ascent since the first time you pulled

00:24up on me.

00:25You done picked up award after award after award, and now nominated for your first VMA.

00:32How does that feel?

00:33Man, it's so, so exciting.

00:36I mean, I really, just like you said, cannot believe how different my life is now and how

00:41much more recognition I've gotten.

00:43I'm so grateful for it.

00:46Absolutely.

00:47Nominated for a VMA and picked up a BET Award, of course, a Grammy Award, and sang your face

00:53off at the BET Awards, you hear me, during the Usher tribute.

00:56What was that like?

00:58That was so cool to be a part of.

01:00I think it was really refreshing to see BET uplift, of course, Usher, the talented, but

01:06also to give all of us R&B girls and Lotto rapper, give us all a different way of shining

01:13our light, but in a cohesive manner.

01:15That was really cool to be a part of.

01:16I mean, yeah, and you went down there and gave Usher a taste of his own medicine, as

01:21the ladies put it.

01:22You know, you can't take feet, get out the kitchen, Usher.

01:23I can't believe it.

01:24You got a brand new single coming out called Sweep It Up on Friday.

01:34We'll get back to that.

01:36You know what I'm saying?

01:37That's coming out.

01:38Actually, this is going to air on Friday, so it'll be today.

01:41Brand new song, Sweep It Up, coming out today.

01:43We'll come back to that.

01:44What is it like representing all the princesses right now?

01:48You have this Almost There song for the princess and the frong that you reimagined.

01:54How's that whole situation?

01:56Yeah, you know what?

01:58It was really, really exciting to get to work with Disney again.

02:02You know, they were the first company to really see something in me and give me that opportunity

02:07to do my thing.

02:09And I love Princess Tiana.

02:11I mean, Black princess, of course, the representation, but also her storyline is really awesome.

02:17And being able to make it modern and maybe reintroduce her in a different way or introduce

02:23her to girls who listen to me and maybe haven't listened to Princess Tiana's song is really

02:28cool to do.

02:29Yeah.

02:30I mean, it wasn't that long ago.

02:31It was only 15 years ago.

02:34Hey, you never know.

02:36You never know.

02:37But that's a big thing that I like to do is pay homage to classics, whether it's classic

02:41R&B, a classic princess, and put my spin on things.

02:45You definitely did that with the Here I Go thing.

02:48Can I get an oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh?

02:53I think you gave us all we needed for that one, my brother.

02:59You don't act like you.

03:00You know what I'm saying?

03:01They call me Tiki Williams.

03:02I'm just playing.

03:03I'm the LOL.

03:04But you've definitely been doing your thing.

03:10So I'll tell you what, everybody else, stick around.

03:13Coco Jones is here with the Big Ticket Morning Show.

03:15We'll talk about season three of Bel-Air airing right now.

03:19We'll talk about this new song and talk about everything else she got going on.

03:22But she's here right now on the People Station V 103.

03:25Big Ticket Morning Show with Jazmine McBee on the People Station V 103, ATL's number

03:30one for hip hop, R&B and throwbacks.

03:32Coco Jones is in the building today.

03:35Hey, Coco.

03:37What's up?

03:38Are you where you thought you'd be?

03:42That is a great question.

03:43It depends on what year of thought, because my brain and my expectations changed all the

03:52time.

03:53Probably, I would say my nine-year-old self would say I'm exactly where I'm supposed to

03:59be.

04:00And if not, she'd be like, you need to do more.

04:03But me, the young adult, I think I am where I'm supposed to be because I learned so much

04:08about myself through the peaks and valleys that I don't think I would have had enough

04:12of an identity had I not been through my journey.

04:15So yeah.

04:16What would you say has been the hardest part of that journey?

04:21I mean, the hardest part is loving what you do and not having the recognition, not having

04:28the attention, not having the support.

04:30I think the hardest part is not having the right team, because the right team can help

04:35you learn to pace yourself and appreciate the time that it takes to really make or break,

04:41you know what I'm saying?

04:43And also the right team can, I guess, reinforce that you're good at what you do.

04:46When it's just you by yourself, you'll be like, is this song even good?

04:49Like, am I even good, you know?

04:52So I think that's the hardest part, like knowing where you want to be, but not having the right

04:56team to help you get there.

04:59Coco Jones is our guest this morning.

05:00In case you missed it, Bel-Air season three is airing right now.

05:03Hey, Hillary.

05:04Not hey, Hillary.

05:05How has that been?

05:06How has that been?

05:07You know what?

05:08It's been so, I think this is the first job where I felt, like, comfortable, you know?

05:17I think, of course, at the beginning, when I first got the job, I was like, please don't

05:20change your mind.

05:21What the?

05:22But as I've gotten to really learn who Hillary has been for other girls and learn how my

05:30team and how my production with Bel-Air and how they see Hillary through me, I've really

05:35gotten comfortable in feeling like I deserve this job and this opportunity.

05:40And it leaves me with this feeling of freedom to be able to not hold back and to not overthink

05:45and to really give my best work.

05:47So it's been really, really exciting to feel that way in this job and in this industry.

05:51That's a rare feeling to feel comfortable.

05:54How have you been able to balance it all?

05:56Because you kind of pop in like, well, season three is out.

06:01You know what?

06:03Honestly, the strike was the first time where I was able to shift acting completely off

06:11and just do music.

06:14My whole journey as a as a artist, I've been an actress and a singer.

06:17So it's always been both things simultaneously.

06:21So, yeah, I think life helps me to balance it out.

06:24And then everything comes in seasons like you can't film a show the entire year.

06:28You know, you can't do music the entire year.

06:31There's always windows.

06:33If you had to choose one.

06:38I'm going to go with music.

06:39I'm not even going to lie to you because music is what got me even interested in acting,

06:46wanting that feeling that music gives me in different ways.

06:50Introducing me to acting.

06:51Coco Jones is our guest this morning on V103.

06:53So I'm glad that you're choosing music since you have a new song to drop off today.

06:58Explain the song.

06:59Tell me about the song and then introduce the song.

07:01Yes.

07:02Sweep it up.

07:03I'm super excited.

07:05I feel like I've gotten so much recognition and love for my voice and for those soulful,

07:11powerful songs.

07:12But there's different elements of me that I want to introduce to the world.

07:17And so Sweep it Up is a different side of me that is very me.

07:21Very talking my...

07:22Can I say it?

07:23Shit.

07:24Shit.

07:25You don't say it now.

07:26I don't know how it works.

07:27Profanity.

07:28I don't want to get bleeped out.

07:29I just won't even say it.

07:30But Sweep it Up is a different side of me.

07:32The side of me that talks her shit, who's really confident and who wants to dance and

07:37have fun and be carefree.

07:39Not everything is heartbreak and not everything is heavy.

07:43Some stuff is just light and simple.

07:46And so Sweep it Up, for me, is a different version of Coco that I'm excited for the world

07:51to hear.

07:52Well, we're about to get into it right now.

07:54Ladies and gentlemen, ATL, here's the other side of Coco.

07:57It's called Sweep it Up.

07:58We're at People Station B103.

07:59Brand new from Coco Jones, Sweep it Up is out today, available, and you should probably

08:05be banging it all day long, according to me.

08:08That's how I feel about it.

08:09B103, ATL's number one for hip hop, R&B, and throwbacks.

08:12Coco is our guest this morning.

08:14Okay, I see the other side.

08:16Okay.

08:17You know, I'm just trying to give y'all different types of music.

08:22The music for when you need to get something off your chest, you're emotional.

08:25And the music for when you just want to dance a little bit, throw it in a circle or something.

08:31In a big circle.

08:32Tell me, tell us, tell me, tell us something about Coco we really don't know.

08:43Hmm.

08:45You wouldn't know how random my thoughts are.

08:50Like, I think I put together, I'm very put together, you know, but my brain is so random.

08:56Like, I could be thinking right now, just about nature, like I'm looking at this tree

09:01out the window.

09:02Like, what type of tree is this?

09:03And how do trees even have different species?

09:06Like I would want to just know random things.

09:08That's why I just randomly Google stuff all the time.

09:11So that's probably something like, let me get into a moment where I'm really zoned out.

09:15I'm probably thinking about who was our 14th president.

09:18Okay.

09:19It can just be anywhere and anything.

09:23Okay, I like it.

09:24Randall with the thought process.

09:26Speaking of presidents, you're building this up on November.

09:30I'm really excited to educate myself and let that decide what I do.

09:34Honestly, I've had, I just want to make sure you are voting.

09:38I mean, I absolutely think it's super important to vote and also to just make sure you know

09:42what you're talking about before you just take everybody's opinions, take everything

09:46that's on the world, decide for yourself what's your truth and everything you do.

09:49I applaud that way to be about it.

09:52And I know you'll do what's right for you and what's good for the neighborhood.

09:55You understand me?

09:57But right now, sweep it up is what's good for you and good for everybody else.

10:01Thank you for just being you.

10:04You know, it's very rare that you meet genuine people around these parts.

10:09We appreciate your talent.

10:11We appreciate your drive and your efforts, and we wish you nothing but the best.

10:16And anything else on the way that we should be aware of?

10:20I mean, y'all got to stay tuned for the debut album, you know, I'm working on it and finalizing

10:26certain things.

10:27And then you got to come see me.

10:28I'm going to be on tour in your city.

10:29I know you're looking at your watch.

10:30I'm looking at my watch.

10:31We're looking at the same thing.

10:32I got a date yet, but it's on the way.

10:38And I really do appreciate everybody staying tuned and staying up with me.

10:42It's going to be worth the wait.

10:43Well, Coco, continue to win.

10:45We are here rooting for you at all times.

10:47And when you pull up in the ATL, please pull up on our show once more again.

10:52And we're going to keep sweeping it up in the meantime, while they're in the circle.

10:59Please believe it.

11:01Coco Jones is our guest.

11:02Keep winning, mama.

11:03We are outside doing the inside that same damn time with the Big Ticket Warner Show on the

11:08People's Station B103.

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