Charlie Wilson, El DeBarge Blow Off Billboard List, Plug 'R&B Cookout' Tour

TMZ

Summer's not over until Uncle Charlie Wilson says it's over -- the R&B emeritus is hitting the road in August with Babyface, El DeBarge and K-Ci Hailey of Jodeci -- everyone's invited ... 'cept the devil!!!

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00:00I heard you're going on tour right now, I mean, both of you guys.

00:05Yes.

00:06I mean, I wanted to know, it's called the Uncle Charlie's R&B Cookout.

00:09Who is not invited to the cookout, you would say?

00:12The devil.

00:13The devil's not invited.

00:14He's not invited.

00:16But everybody's invited.

00:17Everybody's invited.

00:18I know, for legends like yourself, I mean,

00:21what's a ritual you guys do to get ready before you go on a big tour?

00:24Anything interesting?

00:25I don't do nothing, drink water.

00:26Yeah, I drink water and pray.

00:30Pray, yeah.

00:31When Billboard left you guys out of the top 75 R&B, a lot of people were outraged.

00:38I was one of them.

00:40Or was it a slap in the face?

00:41I mean, come on.

00:42I mean, they really did leave us out.

00:46They really did, it hurt me too.

00:48Well, that's okay, as long as you guys don't leave us out.

00:51It's just, it's like, I just make music for

00:56fans and not for accolades or not for

01:04Grammys.

01:05I mean, those, those type.

01:06I just, I, we just make music.

01:08I make music for fans, the ones who love me.

01:10And, and I just trying to keep my brand up where it's supposed to be.

01:15And, and have a good time with it.

01:17I don't know why they left me out, I don't care.

01:19Do you think people should stop paying attention to these lists?

01:22I don't, I don't pay attention to none of that myself, you know.

01:25Pay attention to this next concert we gonna do.

01:27Yeah.

01:28Pay attention to the next concert, not those lists out there.

01:31Okay, I love it.

01:32I got it, I got it going on, you know, no problem.

01:35Of course, all right, well thank you.

01:36I know who I am, I know who I am.

01:38And that list ain't in my house, and I don't care none about that list, you know.

01:43You know, all those people on that list, I know who they are,

01:45and they know who I am, and ain't nobody fighting for me.

01:47I ain't fighting for it, you know.

01:49Have a good day with it.

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