00:00Welcome back now, man, if you're just joining us, we had a night.
00:06Oh, my God.
00:07Yo, the energy in the Superdome right now, let me let you know,
00:11it's over 43,000 people that are singing along, dancing, and having a great time.
00:19Monica, the West Coast All-Stars, the South got something to say.
00:23It has been an amazing night so far, Wala.
00:26I'm talking about it.
00:26It's amazing.
00:27It's amazing.
00:28It's been great.
00:28And speaking of amazing, we have the famous, the infamous Ms. Chandra Wilson here from Grey's Anatomy.
00:34First of all, Grey's Anatomy, iconic, your role, iconic.
00:40We can't get enough of this show.
00:43That's all right.
00:43It can never, it's like law and order.
00:45It just can never end.
00:46It's got to stay.
00:47How does it feel to keep on coming back?
00:50Because this isn't your first essence.
00:51You've been here before, right?
00:52Right.
00:53No, this is my first essence.
00:54Get out.
00:55I've been trying and I've been thinking about it.
00:57I've been planning and something would fall apart.
01:00So I was able to finally do it this year.
01:02And let me tell you, it's all about the essence.
01:04That's what I'm just saying.
01:06That's what I'm saying.
01:06It's all about the essence.
01:07For your first essence, I know, this is amazing.
01:10For your first essence to be during the 50 years of hip-hop, how awesome is that for you?
01:15That was fantastic.
01:16It took like last night's concert with all of my stuff.
01:19Like that's, that's when, you know, I knew all the words, the Rappers to Light and to,
01:24you know, Lottie Dottie.
01:26And like that's, that's, you know, where I came into the thing.
01:29You're not, you're not alone.
01:31This is my first time.
01:32Yeah, yeah.
01:32And it's amazing.
01:33It's going down.
01:33Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:34The food, I know you love the food.
01:36Ben, I've had so much gumbo.
01:37Oh my God.
01:38I'm going to turn to a shrimp in a minute.
01:42I'm actually baffled that this is your first time at essence, but now that you're here,
01:46what's your favorite thing about essence so far?
01:48Oh my gosh.
01:49So like, you know, like going through the convention center and going from booth to booth and seeing
01:55everybody's contribution and walking out with a bag.
01:58I was like, no, it was only one bag.
01:59I need to walk out with a couple of bags.
02:01So I'm going to do the bag.
02:03I got Mickey ears.
02:04Come on.
02:04I came all the way to New Orleans.
02:06I got Mickey ears.
02:07Come on now.
02:08And they're mine.
02:09I'm not giving them away.
02:10Nobody else can have them.
02:11I'm not giving them.
02:12They're mine.
02:13But this, like to cap off the night after, you know, watching everybody doing their profession
02:19during the day is amazing.
02:22Tonight, Missy Ella is going to be in the first place.
02:24Come on.
02:25I know you're going to be here.
02:26We're going to talk to Jill, come out and, you know, do a little introduction with some of
02:32the ladies of ABC and just celebrate.
02:36Just celebrate.
02:37That's all that it's been.
02:38These last two days going into tomorrow.
02:40Just celebrate.
02:41It's such a great celebration.
02:43Tonight, Missy Elliott, her birthday.
02:46Yes.
02:46What's your favorite Missy moment?
02:48Do you have a favorite Missy Elliott moment?
02:50Gosh, I don't know.
02:51What is the videos?
02:52It's about what are you going to do now, right?
02:56Exploding soups and all.
02:57Right.
02:58It's that.
02:59And, you know, just all of that creativity, you know, and never failing.
03:05Exactly.
03:05Yeah.
03:06Sandra, listen, man, we're happy to have you.
03:08Yes.
03:08We're glad you're out here.
03:09We birthed first time as we enjoying ourselves.
03:11Yeah.
03:11Thank you for being here with us, man.
03:12Yes.
03:12We have to take you guys out a little bit.
03:14Yeah.
03:14We're just minutes closer to seeing Missy Elliott shut it down.
03:19That's what you want to do.
03:19That's right.
03:20But first, we're going to keep it all sexy, slow it down with a little bit from your side
03:25of town.
03:25We're going to take it to Philly.
03:26Please get ready for Miss Jill Scott hitting the stage right now.
03:31Yeah.
03:32We're just vem.
03:32Oh, oh, oh, oh.
03:39We're going to take it točŚAQing22.
03:44No!
03:44Oh, oh.
03:46Oh, oh, oh.
03:48Oh, oh.
03:49Oh, oh, oh, oh.
03:51Oh.
03:53Oh, oh.
03:57Oh, oh, oh.
03:59Oh, oh, oh, oh.
04:01Oh.
04:01Oh, oh, oh.
04:01Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
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