Save 10% with my code Bobby10 on raw, organic, grass-fed and grass-finished, freeze-dried organ meats from grassland nutrition. Link in the description box. All right guys, welcome back to the channel. If you're new, my name is Bobby. Guys, interesting video today. We're going to react to a presentation of Dr. Shabir Ali with the title, Was Paul Actually a False Prophet? You already know my take on the so-called Saint Paul, the so-called Apostle of Christ that never met Jesus Christ. However, I'm very excited to hear what Dr. Shabir Ali has to say on the subject. With no further ado, let's have a look. Now, to go further, I want to return to my history question. I have here a book entitled St. Peter, The Underestimated Apostle, by Martin Hengel. Martin Hengel, as you know, is widely recognized as a conservative scholar. And Martin Hengel now recognizes that there has been a split in the early church. There's been a division between Paul on the one hand and Peter on the other hand. This division is actually explained in more detail in a book by Entitled Evidence for Jesus by James Dunn. What these scholars are showing is that two streams of teaching went out in the early church. My video is back up, but now I'll just go without it. Two streams of teaching. On the one hand, there is Paul. And hence, we find in the New Testament statements about Paul saying, for example, that God came down, humbled himself, became Jesus. Philippians chapter 2, the Carmen Christi that... Think about it logically. If God is one, the one, the absolute existence, the absolute reality, and every single existence of ours is contingent upon him. He is the only true reality. He is the only true existence. Why would he need then to humble himself with this knowledge of knowing that he is all powerful, that there absolutely no competitors for him? Nobody can compete with God. He is the beginning and the end. Why would such a God need to humble him? Philippians chapter 2, the Carmen Christi that Nabil spoke about. First Corinthians chapter 8, verse number 6. Paul takes the Shema Israel and he makes two persons out of that one. In the Shema Israel, there was only one Lord God. Now Paul makes it... Here, Israel, your God is one. One Lord and one God. One Lord Jesus, one God the Father. He splits them. So we know the Hadron Collider has split the atom recently. Now Paul did a splitting way back when. But Paul is representing one particular view here. And the view of Peter and other early disciples of Jesus did not survive to be written for us in the New Testament. We do have two documents that are named 1 Peter and 2 Peter, apparently letters of Peter written in Peter's name actually. But according to Martin Hengel, these are pseudonymous works, which means that somebody else wrote them using Peter's name. Why would they want to do that? Well, one reason is that if you look at 2 Peter, you will see that 2 Peter praises Paul and speaks of him as brother Paul and speaks about his letters as if these are scriptures on par with the scriptures of God. Yes, absolutely. And this is why he is called Apostle Paul. I mean, think about this word play here. Every apostle that was alive during Jesus' time was an apostle because he was alive during Jesus' time. Paul, however, was not an apostle. He never saw Jesus. He allegedly had a vision. How would we confirm this? Why would we take his word now over Jesus's? What these scholars are saying is that somebody who is a follower of Paul wanting to show Paul in a good light and wanting to show that Peter accepted Paul wrote this in order to promote Paul. When we read Acts of the Apostles, which is a sort of history book in the Christian New Testament, we get the idea that there is a rapprochement between the various sides. Paul on the one hand, on the one hand, James now on the other hand. Peter has now gone off somewhere else. Why has he gone off somewhere else and we're not even told where? According to Martin Hengel, this is Luke's way of bringing people on stage, taking them off stage. That's why we have the pageants based on Luke's gospel at Christmas time. Luke is good at that, bringing people, taking them off stage. So Peter just goes off elsewhere. We don't know where in the Acts of the Apostles. We have to find that information elsewhere. And then James becomes the leader of the church. Who is James? It's mentioned as the Lord's brother. James now is shown to be the brother of Jesus. Paul comes to Jerusalem. When he comes to Jerusalem, James puts him to the test. Are you still following the Jewish laws? And to pass the test, Paul pays for the sacrifices of those who had entered into a vow. And he himself goes into that sacrificial routine. Now this is a couple of decades after Jesus has already said to be died on the cross.  That means a new dispensation has been entered. Now we no longer follow the law. And Paul himself in his writing seemed to be saying we don't need to follow the law anymore. We have a new dispensation. But he comes to Jerusalem and what is he doing? Following the law, right up to the extent of performing the sacrifices, which we are told that the one sacrifice of Jesus did away with forever. Now what's happening here? Luke is reconciling and showing us that they are in agreement. But according to Black's New Testament commentaries, it seems hypocritical for Paul to behave in this way. So either he didn't behave in this way and Luke is just making it such, or perhaps he is all things to all men, as he said himself in order to win them to Christ. But when we look at this, we see that there was a division and the early Christian apostles who followed Jesus, their message did not survive. Their group survived as a group called Ibionites, named after Matthew's statement apparently, where Jesus says, blessed are the poor. So they were called the Ibionites, the poor ones. But their movement died out within the first few centuries of Christianity. What did they believe? They believed not in a triune God, but they believed that Jesus was a prophet and a messenger of God. They believed in only one God, as Muslims today believe. This was the earliest belief. Don Cupid in his book, Jesus and the Gospel of God, regrets the fact that the Reformation only questioned papal authority, but did not go back as far as to question Paul's authority. We need to ask, who made Paul really a disciple of Jesus? Did he really see Jesus on the road to Damascus? Or did he see something else? Didn't he himself say in his Corinthian correspondence that even the devil appears as an angel of light to deceive many? Exactly right. And this is something that my Orthodox brothers back in the day used to tell me over and over again. I talked about this prior. Yes, I had spiritual experiences. I had psychedelic experiences. During those experiences, I witnessed certain beings of light that came with a message of love. However, within the Orthodox Church, this would get discarded right away. They cannot be angels because even Lucifer, Satan, deceives the people and makes himself appear like an angel of light. Your visions are invalid. Done deal. However, when it comes down to Paul the Apostle, he had a certain vision where Jesus told him apparently, allegedly, he can eat what he wants now and the law is abolished. This is way, way after Jesus. Now we are not going to think about him being deceived. Of course not. He was on the right track. Now we can eat pork. And why did the original disciples of Jesus have a different view with Paul? And why was there this split between Paul and Peter, as acknowledged by Martin Hengel? And it's not enough to dismiss the scholars by saying Gregory Boyd is an open theist. Martin Hengel is dead now, so he must know that the Trinity is true. No, you have to look at the scholarship of these scholars. These are great scholars who have written their books. And yes, you can refute their books. They're not infallible. They're not God. But at the same time, they are scholars and they're given their reasons. Like Gregory Boyd has given his reasons. He has shown that Iqad and Elohim are actually used of other individuals who are not God. And they're singular. And yet these plural terms are used. So you cannot say because the plural term is used of God, that means that this is actually a multiplicity within the one God. All right, guys. And this is it for today's video. Absolutely beautiful presentation by Dr. Shabir Ali. Here I have to say that he came up with very strong points, yet again refuting the so-called Apostleship of the so-called yet again Saint Paul. There is such a big discrepancy if you look into the narrations of Paul. But moreover, if you simply use common sense, it does not add up.  During the time of Jesus, he was a law-abiding Jew. None of those Apostles ate pork. None of those Apostles ever thought that it would have been a good idea to abolish the law. Quite the opposite. If we talk about the Ebonites, what has happened after Jesus' ascension or Jesus' death, no matter what you think, those Ebonites, those early Apostles, still were within the temples and still participated in the Jewish life. So there you can see that they most definitely didn't become Christians of the modern day and age, where they're eating pork, drinking alcohol and whatnot. So then when you look at Paul conveniently, Paul worked for the Roman Empire. Moreover, Paul was persecuting Christians. He was killing Christians. But on the way to persecute more Christians, out of a sudden he has a vision, of course, that turns him to Christ. However, now he comes with a new message of the abolishing of the law. This not Christ message whatsoever. But he proclaims himself as an Apostle and now follow me. Conveniently, yet again after that, Christianity becomes Roman state religion. Yes, after Paul spreads his version of Christianity, Christianity gets adapted by the Gentiles and like that enforced by the Roman Empire. Mission accomplished. Alright guys, but this is it for today's video. Nothing new here, but nevertheless really really important to stress who this Paul was. This is it for today's video guys. If you liked it, leave a thumbs up. If you haven't subscribed already, guys, please do so. And if you want to support this channel by a Patreon, for example, all the links are in the description box below. Thank you so much for your ongoing support guys. As always, may God bless you all, much love and peace.


Hello, my name is Mona Sipas. I'm from Sumas. I reside in Skalkale. I'm a First Nations lady. For our next generation, I would like to see our language passed on as for myself. I did not, I was not a language speaker. My mother and father, my family was fluent and I had to go to school to learn my language and we had speakers when I went to school. I can't remember the year but I have been here at least 15 years to help teach the language and culture in our class here. And that I feel that that is the very root and the base for children to know who they are, their identity, and to take it along with them. I feel it's very important. I have a history myself of having to learn who I was and where I came from. And when I was able to do that for myself, then I started to grow as a human being, a person, and in the today's world I feel very strongly of the language, about the language, that language is culture and as I identify a person. So, our language is the Halkamelem language and it's almost lost the our elders who taught it, had a group and they were the Kokalitza elders. I am now a part of that group reviving and have been working with my granddaughter and other people who are interested in learning. My granddaughter is also a language teacher now and she's 21 or two. But when our elders taught the language here, they knew it, they were fluent, they had to learn to read and write. It was a new education for them. My mom did not read and write herself. She did everything orally and it was hard for her but I felt it was a good way to learn it orally. I can read and write it but not to perfection. I took a year of language through SFU and Fraser Valley College and worked with a linguistic and 12 of us went back to school to become language teachers and we're still out there. Some of us are, some have passed but I'm still here and sharing what I can with the children and I do as well at home and everywhere I go I'll share what I know. My granddaughter and my grandson's the children take language in school so when they are good at it we encourage them to continue and my granddaughter went right on to teaching and she's an awesome teacher but she's in school right now studying so it's kind of put on the back burner but she says she'll come back. She'll continue very hard. Yeah we have one fluent speaker that I know of that is really fluent. She's my mom's foster niece Elizabeth Phillips. Yeah she's my mom was raised with her family. Is she teaching as well? As much as she can and she learned to read and write and use the computer. Yeah that's terrific. She's a little bit younger than I but that's a good thing. Yeah yeah. We look at our elders book and we have out an elders siala class I think it's called they can right off the top of my head but there's only her and I can't think there's a couple more that are still alive and then we look at the whole group and they've all passed on it's an old generation so it's up to us to pick it up and continue with it as much as we can. Well at home I do use the language whenever I can and I'll use it to ask for something like I'll sleep a tea I need tea or I want tea and I'll sleep a piyapi or similar things I'll ask the kids and they're happy to go and do it for me because I know they understood me so it's a little tricks and songs I love the songs right now we're doing a bit of Christmas jingle bells and there's a lot of different Christmas songs that we do in Halkamala. Yes yes we learned to do Silent Night and when I was with my group we did Silent Night and we're invited to do it in a church while we went to the church and we sang Silent Night and we also added a few more songs we did an honor song and we did um Jingle Bells and they almost had to ask us to leave once we were there because we were drumming and we were honoring a teacher that we had from SFU it was very it was good that's wonderful that's not what we were invited to do so just Silent Night in many languages they did it and we did it in ours I was so proud to do that yeah yeah my mom's favorite song I guess the most important thing for me is respecting respecting each other respecting the environment and what you have and who you have it's like there's very little of it I find left from what I was raised with I know it's hard to see it disappear so and in the stories that we were taught or listened to there was always a lesson always a teaching behind the story so there's so many of them the one that sticks in my mind right now is the child snatcher and she she was in the story to warn children about dangers at night and dangers that could be out there if you're not at home or you belong and not doing what you should that something might happen to you and there's kind of a lot of scary stories but they seem to work when I was growing up and I'm sure they could be implemented implemented into today's out out in the streets and out in things that are going on and find it's a lot more than when I was growing up a lot more to worry about because I do it myself I worry a lot about my grandchildren and things out there the older children in the center we're working with zero to six and we're kind of limited to what we can really talk about but I do share when we're doing two time in the kitchen I'll share the foods with them they'll give me something they'll serve me or I'll say satisfy the co-op and that means pass me and they they listen the little teeny ones so then I tell them I named their foods in Halkameleum their fruits and then at playtime I'll name some of the animals and whatnot for them and yeah they learn that way they remember the spark is the eagle and the coyote they remember them and they do drumming and they sing the good morning and goodbye song with the drums so yeah they they take that with them and then when they go into the other the higher classes they continue they continue so we're building a little foundation for them here to take what they do so it's not new for them yeah for me I couldn't when I was growing up I couldn't do that I I could hear my parents speak sometime but when they knew we were listening they stopped talking or they moved or they asked us to leave because we weren't allowed to learn the language so that was one of the reasons that I was so so intent on learning it because it was lost and it was getting lost so we hear changing from what I used to hear you can there's a different dialect we'll never hear the old old old speakers again who just talk because they could and we do because we need to and keep it going it's just different it's written and it's recorded my daughter works at Kokalitza and they do much recording she's found recordings of all our elders our old elders speaking and dancing and singing and she found a recording of my mom in court who would only speak kaka male I'm fighting for our fish and and she did it in her language so it was powerful the importance of it how the importance of your language I probably couldn't couldn't say that enough because it's culture and who you are and I don't we have teachers the language has been taught in university college and it's very very important to us to have it continued I don't know how to stress that enough just even when you have got to where we were from residential school not being able to speak it and wanting so bad to learn I always remember wanting to learn the language but not being able to that we asked our mother how do you say this mom and she'd say like shukwa or something my dad would get mad at her and say don't do that so it it's a need it's a need and I envy like we were down Vancouver and the Chinese people were talking and the kids were talking and everybody was talking their language and you kind of envy it because they do have it they've never had to lose it it's just really hard to understand why you know I know it was assimilation and that and now you feel why why it was done to us but it's quite painful and I don't like to point fingers and blame anybody for it because whoever did it this they knew what they were doing they knew how to to do that and the people didn't understand they didn't really probably not understand how important some did they kept it going in different areas but some were too afraid to have they didn't understand how important it would be for us to grow up having that knowledge of our language to cherish and yeah so it's really kind of hard to explain but you feel it you don't realize and then when you say culture people think of beads and feathers and all that stuff and to me that's not my culture no it's my environment the river the mountains just the surrounding stuff that I feel when you're going to you feel it a sense of belonging so it's just I guess unless you've lost it and you try to get it back then then you know I guess yeah well if it's to do with the language I hope it will keep growing I hope before I leave this world I'll see a movie in our language that's my dream Bambi I don't know why Bambi I've seen another languages I've written a Christmas story and it's in Hulkamellum it's uh I don't see it getting published that wasn't the idea I wrote it just for teaching and it's um it's the sea little cedar tree who wants to be a Christmas tree and he's out in the yard looking into the window at a decorated tree and he really wants to be a tree his name's Seek little cedar and he is looking in he or she and and looking at that tree I want to be a Christmas tree and then he's told by a grandpa tree that that's not his job he's a medicine tree and he's already decorated with snow and birds in his tree it's I can't exactly I wrote it a long time ago and my granddaughter is reviving it it's in Hulkamellum I wrote it for school but things like that it's a learning to be happy with who you are and that you're important just the way you are because our cedars used for so much but it's a cute little story that's all in Hulkamellum to be happy with what you have and who you are is the moral of it my granddaughter shared it last year with her class little things like that they really mean a lot to kids we're not always happy about who we are and what we have and we have so much to be grateful for


Every time when I work with artists, I'll challenge them and say, hey, let's write a song with 40 or 50 words or less. I did it with Coyla Ray. I just did it with Sweet. I did it with everybody. Like, it's a challenge. A four-time Grammy-winning producer broke down the psychology of making a hit, the full formula. And artist reaction to this clip revealed a huge gap in the perception of how artists think music and the marketing industry work at large. Check this clip out. Understanding psychology and understanding human behavior and understanding all these things go along with making hits. The reason why I say do 40 words or less, because it forces you to write songs for the general masses. Right. It's saying a song should be 40 words or less. It's crazy. All right, it's crazy.  So it's a secret. See, there's staccato or legato. Staccato is choppy. So that's if when I say the rule, yo, if I can't play it with one hand on the keyboard, it's not a hit. Which means if you're doing too much or singing too many runs, if I can't play on the keyboard, yourself is just fucking. You're not thinking about human behavior. Because a human really got one throat. If you can't whistle it, it's not a hit. Right. You know what I mean? It's like common sense things that you got to really pay attention to. But it's the fine line of keeping it simple but then having some swag. So I'll usually tell writers, the first eight bars is if you can do whatever you want. It's your song. The first line got to catch my attention. It should have some space. It's a conversation. That second eight bars. You're breaking it down. We'll get to the second half in a second. But just this part right here alone. Because a lot of artists are giving push-butt. But let's start here. Eric Bellinger, for y'all who don't know, he's a pretty clouded songwriter in music. He's done some stuff. He's out here. Wrote plenty of here. You know what I'm saying? And he said in the comments section, talking of this, dude, you taught me the art of studying and considering human behavior early. And it's been one of my greatest advantages. Wait, Eric Bellinger just said it to this guy? Yes. That's crazy. So you talk about a cosine, a testimonial. There it is. You know what I'm saying?  It's a tool. It's a way to look at it. It doesn't mean that you need to give up any of your artistic expression or thoughts at all. And you can't be an individual. But he used the key word. He said selfish, selfish. Let's read some of these comments. One guy said, or maybe the audience just needs to evolve. This mentality is played. If you want to say the general masses ain't intelligent, just say that. Well, we do have some data that says the average reading level in the US is a sixth grade reading level. We also have some other stats that's away from that, let's say, seventh or eighth grade. But the point is. Middle school. Hey, yeah, we middle school, all right? Which makes sense. Middle. That's average. I don't know if that's a coincidence or not. But that's where we are with it. Now, what does that mean? Yeah, you can create music for yourself. Great, right? However you feel, get your expression out. If you get it out to enough people, you're probably going to find some people who can resonate with how that feels. Congratulations. But when we're talking about what touches the most people, it's usually going to have to be simplified. But that doesn't make it bad. That doesn't make it no quality.  Those lines that say a lot, but it only said something simple. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, not 100%. I don't remember who we were talking about. Matter of fact, I think I wasn't with you. Somebody recently referenced a line or whatever. And I said, oh, another version of that line is when Lil Boosie said, gas tank on E, but all drinks on me. That's a very simple line. Yeah, it evokes a lot of emotion. But boy, it says a lot. You know what I mean? You know exactly where that is in life.  I'm on that type of time. So any line, any communication that's simple and says more is, in many ways, complex in and of itself versus you need 50 words to explain a simple point. How many times would niggas be like, yo, bro, that was a 20 minute video.  And I could have got the point. We don't even like when teachers or anybody takes forever to get to a point. So now you want to act when we talk about analyzing music, the fact that you barred me up makes what you did better. Yeah. That first comment you read, bro, I've talked to that person before. The actual person? No, not that person, but like that metaphorical person. You know what I'm saying? Why can't everybody just change? Mm.  It's like we're expecting millions of people to change around your one sound. Does it happen? Yeah, for the people that make the hit song, we can get it to that point. And then audience taste moves around what other people seem to be liking. So I don't know.  And this is like we're going to play the rest of this clip because it's really valuable for y'all to hear. Remember this four-time Grammy winner and also obviously inspired people who wrote some Grammy-writing songs and song as a song and hit after hit himself. And I'm sure there's more to it, more people associated with him like that. Human behavior is a way to view the world. Like he used the word selfish. I love that he used that word because it's people's propensity to be self-centered. Like people are usually in their own bubble thinking about how they perceive things, how they consume things and think that that's reality versus the other side of the fence. And when you're thinking about sales, right, what do you have to do if you want to be a great salesperson? You got to be able to understand what the other person might be thinking, what they're going through. You can try to like bulldoze through and those people will hit a certain point. But after a certain level, you got to really have some level of complexity so you'll be able to understand people and how to communicate in a way that taps them. If it's a product, what do you do? You have to understand people. And the worst thing to do is try to, one, have to educate because that's expensive. I have no idea that I have this problem. So you got to educate me that I got this problem. And then the second thing is to try to solve it in a way where it doesn't fit my behavior at all. You know what I'm saying? It's Jesus. He met people where they were. He came to the streets. He didn't wait and say, are y'all not in the church? Like people need to come to the church or they need to come to whatever existed at the time, and now you can get this sauce and this teaching. Y'all don't get it. Came down to them. That has reflected everywhere across every industry and every scenario. You have to go with the motion. You know what I mean? Use that to then hide the medicine in the candy. And then if people trust you, they mess with you enough, like you alluded to. Now we can take them to the promised land. Now we can like introduce them to some stuff. Like we like Kanye's example. Sample, sample, sample. Ain't no bigger example of meeting someone where they are than being a sample king. Now everybody rocking with me, I go 808s and heartbreak.  So it just depends on what you want to do. Like Kanye wanted to be like the biggest. He's always spoke like and pretty much gave that energy.  So I have to connect with people first because I actually care about people and my position. Yeah, that's the part I think that, I guess clashes with what artists think, right? Most, I won't say all, but most artists like to say, like, hey, I make the art for me. Right? That's nice. Yeah, that's exactly, that's nice, right? And I do think that's the sign of either immature artists or inexperienced artists because to your point, the artists that typically become the greatest artists. Yeah, maybe the core of it is that they're doing it for themselves, but eventually they do realize they have to do it for the people, right? Because the people are the ones that consume it. Like you're not gonna buy your album a million times. I don't think, you know what I'm saying?  You're not about to download and do all this stuff. All these things that people are required to do in order for you to be successful in this thing. And so I always think that's one of the biggest disconnects between not even just music artists, like artists in general. Like I'm talking all of them, bro. The visuals, the film ones, anybody that considers themselves an artist in whatever medium, a lot of them think that way, right? Like I'm doing this for me, which I think is a great, a great intrinsic motivator, you know what I'm saying? But it's not the reality of the industry that you want to be a part of.  If you just want to make it, you know what I'm saying? This is your hobby, cool. Like do your thing. You don't have to care about what other people think. But in my opinion, the moment you decide I want to live off this thing, I want to do this thing as a career to replace all the other things I want to do, you are now in the position where you have to care about what other people think. There's a reality you gotta deal with, right? You can always make music for you and just get that out and not put it out, right? It's just for you. It's in your bag. But once we're talking about putting it out into the world, there's some level of connection that it has to create just to fund your career. It has to connect with somebody. Yes, somebody, yep. So if those people don't exist, how can you make it? So prime example, if I'm from Decatur, and everything I'm referencing is streets in Decatur, and I'm barring them up and I'm doing it eloquently. Even somebody who appreciates high level bars won't necessarily be able to connect with me because it's too arcane, it's too specific to the area that I exist in. So you don't get the references. You don't get half of the analogies that I'm making. So how can you connect, right? So okay, maybe I can simplify it to somebody. Maybe, but I'm talking about Georgia, right? Or Atlanta is connected with more people. I'm talking about a U.S. and politics and things that more people have more reference to. It's obviously gonna connect with more people because they get it and it's gonna take less time for them to connect and that's the bigger thing. Yourself is if you think that other people have to have all the time in the world or they should be taking time just to consume and deep dive into a rap song or pop song, whatever it is, let's not get it twisted. Music is a luxury, you know what I'm saying?  Like, bro, I'm on the way to work. I'm on the bus. I got kids. I got, you know what I mean? People are living their lives and again and again, especially the ones who say they got a message. If you have a message and this message is bigger than you, all right, and not your ego, don't you have a responsibility to make sure that message is seen and heard by more people and understood more importantly. If that message is that important. I feel like a lot of artists act like they have a message. People don't get it and they use that to build their ego and be like, yeah, no, the game didn't get me. They wanted to block me out. That's one thing I always appreciated about J. Cole because he felt like he had certain levels of message and things he said. And then, you know, he tried to do the, what's the one song on the basketball court in the video? He considers it the mess up. That's funny, I said the mess up. That just sounds like a J. Cole thing. He talked about it and let Nas down. Oh, God, Lee. Anyway. I'm sorry, J. Cole. Boom, boom, boom, boom. You got a good thing. Oh, yeah, okay, okay, yeah. Wait, he don't like this one? No, he didn't like that song. That's crazy. Yeah, XC. That was crazy. Yeah, that was him trying to see the game, read the game and then find a formula and then create. And he created it from that space. And it worked. And it worked, right? But then, you know, even though it worked, he referenced it and let Nas down and all this kind of stuff. But like the fact that he was trying and then, you know, the people who try and they feel like they have a message and they willing to like get outside their comfort space instead of just say, hey, everybody got to figure me out, I respect that. And the ones who try, like every big star, even the ones that we respect, their artistry had some missteps. J. Cole had less Nas down. What Jay-Z had, what was it, Life in Times? The one where he felt like he tried to go to pop or whatever. Like Prince had some moments. Everybody got some moments.  It's not all supposed to be good. So like, I don't know, I feel like artists, like there's so many arguments against, like really just changing and connecting with people. But if you look at Tupac, Bre was not that complicated.  You know what I mean? Like, come on, like that line alone, like Tupac got, what is it? There's no way I can pay you back, but the plan is to show you how to understand. It's a lot of emotion in that song. Talking about your mom, no way I can pay you back with the plan is to show you how to understand and the depth of understanding and showing that you understand how great that can be. So I don't understand where people feel like, this guy right here is like, one, the complexity of lyrics, barring people up, one, that does not necessarily make you an artist. Matter of fact, there's a formula to that too. They just be sounding like everybody too. It's like, bro, you just copy in the rap-itty-rap formula. Who cares? You know what I mean? So you just copy in the conscious, like all the conscious people say that, it'll make you different, you know what I mean? So if you got a message, bro, you got to translate that and make it simple and then figure out how to like the Bible, what they translated that thing and how many languages now, nah, there's a lot of bullshit that went into those translations, but that's not my point for anybody to say that. But yeah, bro, like people, like artists, I think it is great that we, it's a double edged sword that we like feed in this energy to artists like, yo, gotta be about you or like your expression, find your individuality. We pump up that side. But on the other side, we have this dynamic where we require them to be able to see a bigger picture beyond themselves too. And I feel like they feel that conflict because they get fed both messages, mostly that you, the artist, you so unique, be you, do you only and don't think about anybody else. All right, but when they start, if you look at all their heroes, there was a little bit more to it than just that. People say and sell the story that, oh, it was just unique, but that's part of the story. That's part of what we do, the marketers. It was, these things are all thoughtful, giant, Randy Warhol.  They know what they're doing. The ones we know about, we know about them for a reason. 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Yeah, that's why what he said about the, even the making it simple for people in other countries where I was like, that's pretty genius. I've never thought about it that way, right? Whereas like, it goes back to what you were saying, like you're making it selfishly for you. You are still technically making it for a bubble because there are other people, ideally there are other people like you. Like you're trying to attract a specific person, right? So you're making it for that group, but it's very rare that songs made for like one specific group become hit songs, which goes back to the other point. If that's not what you're going for, great.  They work the moment, they work the hell out of that situation.   Now you do have to think about how can I appeal to a broader range of people.  And at each of those levels, you're dealing with different types of people. Yup. Who care about different things who are interested in different things, who are entertained by different things. And it is your job as an artist at least the one that wants to reach that level to understand that. And I do think it selfish to be at least that type of artist you said, right? An artist that claims to want to speak to the people and not feel that way in some sense.  I feel you, I respect that and I understand. But to your point, if you're an artist that's saying that, hey, I want to touch as many people as possible, I want to impact the lives of as many people as possible, then you have to think about how these people think and consume music. Because if not, then you will never reach these people. Yup, yup. And some people do have the benefit of just doing exactly them, finding enough big enough of a base and the rest of the industry who has these huge, far-reaching superstar artists, that creates space for those artists to be the opposite. Yeah, it's like a Tyler. Yeah, like a Tyler. Tyler's probably the best one and it took him a long time to do it. But you can't have an industry of Tyler's, right? So you need those, you know what I mean? You have to have all of these elements and I think you even have to appreciate if you're aware enough, you gotta appreciate it.  You know what I'm saying? I'm a rebel, but I'm a rebel with them boundaries, no key, that's what you know what I mean? So let's play the rest of this clip before we forget. Second A-bars, write as if you're writing it with your audience. So that second A-bars is my part.  It better have some space. You maybe you should tell me something to do it could be a command, it could be all these things for human behavior that makes people wanna love your song cause every A-bars we get bored, understand it? Every A-bars we get bored. So another thought that came into mind, I referenced that earlier, Einstein basically saying, if you can't explain it to sixth grader, you don't understand it. Again, what that means is, you got all these people who think they're so smart, speaking all these huge words and they take an hour to explain something that could be said simply in a minute. And a matter of fact, when they finish explaining stuff, you might still not even understand it. And then they almost use it as like a banging on the chest or ego thing is like, oh yeah, they don't get me. You know what I mean?   Yeah. That's the reality of it.  Exactly.  Yeah. Give you too much confidence.  And when you get it, you just say like one thing and then people be like, dang. So like, but let's get into this guy. So he says, it's all types of complex music out here, people always saying, right for the audience, gotta be simple, easy. That's what entertainers do, create artificially for other people's enjoyment. Tell the people who get ripped off for millions of dollars just to be popular and in debt to continue to do this. Some of us are pioneering so we don't really want the audiences to be encouraged to think music has to be simple to be a hit.   It's human behavior. It's just the, it's literally the fact. And that's why people try to go against things that are just fact, it's the current behavior. It's like, if everybody's literally walking like south right now, the fact is they are walking south, period. And if you try to push them forward, come up behind them, it'll be easier to get them to go a little faster. But if you're trying to push them north, like you have to go up against something and it's way hard to make it happen. Like it's no different than that. So for him to say, what do you say again? Like pioneering, if you say pioneering to be a true pioneer, typically means that you aren't gonna reap pop level rewards, right? The people who see pop level success usually are pulling from pioneers. You might be a pioneer of being the first person to introduce a certain sound on a pop scale, but you usually didn't create all of the sounds that you're pulling from. Yeah, all right. I think the answer to that are usually a lot of the best pioneers we see. To the point you made earlier, still did something to capture people's attention first and then they kind of walked them down that path. Right, exactly, exactly. So yeah, to say audiences need, like no one's making audiences think it needs to be simple to be a hit. The fact is the most people can connect with something that is simple. That's all it is. It's like by the time all the things that hit more people, they happen to be that.  Well, and I think that's, I was telling somebody earlier today, like people, we're in this bubble, us as artists, music professionals. And a lot of times we'd be thinking shit that's not really like a common thing and we overstate its importance just like the common example that really made a hit for me a few years ago was that industry plant conversation.   You got these super first mover fans that might know about it and care about it a little bit but you can go right past them and have a beautiful career. Ask your mama, your daddy, your cousins and all these people who aren't in the industry to the same degree. If they even heard of the industry you plant before and if so, what do they think it is? They probably don't even think has anything to do with music. Just be real.  I'm gonna see if there's one more good comedy that might expand the conversation in a different, different direction. But let's see. Pete Kizzlebeat says, and that's the problem.  Okay. Man, the argument makes me feel like artists forget about B-SODs and EPs and projects, bro. It's like, this is one out of, I mean, if you lucky hundreds of songs that you eventually will pull out, bro, to your point. J. Cole's sell out-ish songs don't take away from the songs with the message. As a matter of fact, there are more people who hurt the message because they came in through that door, you know? And I think that whenever I hear an artist complain about doing kind of like walking both paths, it makes me feel like they're not as creative or as good at this as they think they are. Because the best artists, I think of almost every generation have been able to do both sides of it.   And I'm gonna go back over here and talk to my people. Yup. And they flip flocking back and forth between those sides, depending on what they're on the career.  Right now I just feel like talking to my people and putting out what I want. I'm gonna just go do this. And to your point earlier, sometimes there are artists who they built up enough of this over here that it crosses over there. But it's not the reality of most artists. And I think even the most successful artists know that. You know what I'm saying?  Or I could keep shooting my own shots and hope something crosses over. But if it doesn't, I'm at least okay with that. Yes. Yes. Which is what it comes back down to. It's artists who want to hit song arguing against what it takes to have a hit song. It's crazy. How do you define a hit song? A lot of people like it. That's it. Literally that's it. All the elements and all these things that people think, no, it has nothing to do with that. He's just saying this gives it more opportunity for more people to like it because people can understand it and connect with it. It has to connect with more people. Now be played by a lot on Spotify or any of that stuff. It has to connect with more people. Now, this brings me to another goat that has an idea in this conversation. Steve Jobs is quoted for saying, simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. What is he talking about? Because he's not in this music game. He's alluding to the fact that refinement is actually the most difficult part, right?  It's actually easier than to refine and bring all these things together in a simple delivery that packs the punch. You know what I'm saying? I have one punch that knocks you out versus 5,000 non-quality punches. But they different though. You know what I mean?  You know what I'm like? Like, bro, you gotta just simplify. It's a lot of work. Like, we know you start something new. You learn a lot in the beginning, but then it'll become great and greater than the greats. It's a lot of refinement that goes into that and it's just those small incremental details and that's simplifying all the stuff that you thought mattered at the beginning, getting rid of things, cutting the fat. And then that's the simplicity that's left over. So it just happens to be we are creatures of the universe. There's physics where there's certain sounds that do certain things to us. There's certain words that do certain things to us. I remember a guy who was from the church and he came up, he wrote for groups like Broke Boys to Men and all that stuff.  You know, there's a certain chords that they can run up on that organ. And like he knew like what to play during that offering time to make you feel like giving up an offering. You know what I'm saying? Like there's all of this stuff is deeper than just the superficial conversation of dumbing it down in the way that people talk about. It's like all of this is triggering. Just like music can be used to literally heal you, vibrations can be used to literally heal you. We're complicating it, but like it's there and it is what it is. So learn what it is so you can better communicate what you say because if you go to a different country and you're trying to communicate something to somebody, what do you do? You learn the language. Music already has a language.  Maybe you need to actually learn the language instead of trying to create something that's already been done. I don't got nothing to follow up with that, man. That was beautiful. Hey, I don't even know where that came from, bro. Hey, that mean guy, I really went to my artist. You're speaking to your brother. I really want you to get that message off, bro. That was crazy. Hey, I'm Ray Benshaw. I'm Corey. We out. Appreciate you for watching. If you like content like this, you'll love seeing our music marketing strategies that we use as an agency to actually blow up artists to millions and even billions of streams that are available for free at nolabelsnecessary.com and the cool part about it that's going to really make you love it is we don't have to be all entertaining and add all this fluff just to get some views that we do on YouTube. We get straight to the information. 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Previously on Snestrunk plays Star Fox.    Oh, god. This is the worst Let's Play ever, isn't it? Yes it is. Hey there. This is Snestrunk plays Star Fox. If you recall, in the last couple episodes, I was having some trouble with the L and R buttons on the controller. I wanted to track down another controller. I couldn't find one. So I decided to restart the RetroN5 to see if maybe that was the problem and it's not. But I since did find another controller. I started over and I'm back to Macbeth. So that's why I'll have like power ups again and stuff like that. I know it's kind of cheap.  So there you go. You're not alone. Let's go. Let's go. Anyway, let's edit our way back to this part. I just wanted to show off the continue screen since it's kind of goofy. You get to like mess around with the ship and all that sort of stuff. I want to show off as much as I can of this game. So anyway, yeah we got a new controller. It's a new ASCII pad. It's got the turbo stuff on it. So let's get going on Macbeth, my least favorite level. Reluctantly.   So now we're going into Macbeth with the upgraded weapon. Five bombs. Yes, you think it's cheap? Yeah, I think it's cheap too. You know what? I don't really care. The whole point of this is to show off the game. So anyway, it's important to have the L and R buttons. Oh jeez, nice demonstration there, dude. It's important to have the L and R buttons functional in a level like this because you got plasma balls coming at you left and right. And the way you dodge those, whoops, the way you dodge those in this game is with Slippy getting in trouble. Whoa shit, I didn't even see that. Um, no, it's you repel them by rolling. Just like in Star Fox 64, how you repel a laser fire. And plus it helps to dodge like that too, which I was having a little bit of trouble with that last few episodes too.  This ring up here, there we go, full power. And if you remember correctly, there is also a power up back here if you need it. Just you got to remember to blow this guy up, slam on the brakes, and there you go. And slam into that thing. I don't recommend doing that though. All right, get this guy over here. And am I going to get the shield? Should I? Let's just go around. Not worth it. It's pretty much a trap anyway. Yeah, what really gives me trouble at the end of this level is when you've got like six or seven of those little tower things that shoot the plasma balls. And it's just endless. Like you have to be able to roll at that point unless you get really lucky. Missile things that buzz annoyingly. Look out. Yeah, you've got them on the ceiling. You got them over here. You got them over there. Oh, didn't roll. I still have in trouble. It just doesn't want to respond. OK. Hopefully I'll be able to show it off. OK. I mean, that's one way to dodge them just by rolling out of the way, but that's not really what I meant. Basically, if you get hit as you're rolling, it'll deflect basically. It'll make kind of like the same sound that the shield makes when you get hit when you have a shield. Anyway, we're back at this boss.  I'm sick of facing this guy. I got more than half my life, so put the brakes on.  And Jesus. Oh, god. Are those supposed to be bubbles or like iron balls or something like that? All right, don't zoom in this time. Stay steady. Stay steady.  Oh, that's right. Those go away after a while, and we finally got them. Right on, and I mistimed my zoom into the explosion there. See, yeah, I still have to hit the button like five times to get it to roll. I don't know what that is. If it's the controller, if it's just how it is with the Retron 5, response, control. I don't know. I don't get it.  Let's go. 87, I don't care. I'll take it.  Next, we've got Venom. Again, it is a planet surface level, just like the other two paths. What do we got here? You've made it this far. It's your fate to destroy Andros. We're counting on you, fox. You just say we're all counting on you. So yeah, here we go. We've got this, what's the feature of this level? Oh yeah, we got these things are back. And we also have these little, I don't know why, but they remind me of sprinklers, sprinkler heads that come up.  But kind of that beam, kind of that slanted, those slanted beam balls.  Look out. I did not mean to save Slippy. I didn't even know he was in trouble. I wasn't even noticing it.  I think I just let him die, crash at the surface. Anyway, yeah, these Venom levels, like skimming the planet's surface from up above, tend to be kind of, nah, here, let's blow these up and get this bomb here. Oh, what? I didn't get all of them. And we got a shield, and we got that if you need it. That's pretty cool.  I don't know if it's a paternal instinct or what, but oh, he's at least down to halfway.  He can't hang.  Slippy's like the guy you want to go hang out with at the bar on a Friday night.  I have to go home. And it's like, but it's 8 o'clock. You've had two beers. You know what I mean? That's Slippy. I can't believe Star Fox team could not find somebody better than Slippy. I mean, that's a failing on who's responsibility is it to put together the team. Is it Sergeant Pepper?  I mean, at least the other guys are halfway decent.  OK, we're at the boss. And now something very peculiar happens here. Notice I have a shield right now, and here comes the boss. He's in three parts right now, and he'll, yeah, try and throw this, throw stuff at you. More collision type damage. But yeah, notice I have a shield right now. Not for long.  Did the laser make it go away that time? Because most of the time when I play this game, it takes the freaking shield off automatically. And I don't know why that is. Part of the reason might be because of this, the perspective here is kind of wonky. The game makes you turn around to like, watch, you'll do the overpass. And then the game swings you back around like that.  And you hit them with a, or at least I hit them with bombs. Because it's just easier to do it that way. So save your bombs for the boss. Don't use them for any other purpose. Shit. Oh, I got a few there. That was good, cool. So he's more than halfway down with three bombs to go.  Damn it. You really, it's really tricky to try and fly in low to hit those things, because you'll run into the ship itself. Like this, I'm not even... Oh, got one of them. It helps to put on the brakes. All right, one more pass. Let's see if I can do this. Where are the openings? It looks like they are on, oh, there we go. Jackpot. There's one on the right side there, and I got him. You think it's just like the other two levels you think he crashes to the surface? Not quite. You gotta face him again. Remember not to shoot me.  Anyway, that's all for this episode of Let's Play Star Fox. We'll see you again next time. Thanks for watching. Have a great rest of your day. Have a 100% day.


What is up you guys, welcome back to another one. If you're new to the channel, I am Goldpony. I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the new 2022 Hyundai Palisade, courtesy of Jack G Mbalvo Hyundai and York PA for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so wanted to check this one out because if I were to get a new SUV right now would be a three row SUV. And this would certainly be a contender on the list without a doubt. This is Hyundai's three row SUV, competes with the Kia Telluride, the Honda Pilot, Toyota Highlander and the new Jeep Grand Cherokee L as well. However, with the Palisade, you do get America's best warranty being five years, 60,000 mile bumper to bumper, 10 year, 100,000 miles on the powertrain. You also get three years of complimentary maintenance, meaning you don't have to pay for things like the oil changes and the tire rotation, things like that. And so in this video, I will be testing out and going over everything about the new 2022 Palisade from acceleration to braking, steering through ride quality, sound system exhaust clip, all of that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so there are gonna be several different trim levels for the 2022 Palisade. First one being the SE, starting at $33,150. SEL for $35,500 limited, which actually is the one we have today, starting at $45,390. And lastly, the calligraphy, starting at $46,690. And by the way, that was all pricing for the front wheel drive configuration. If you wanted to add all wheel drive, simply add $1,700 then to any of those prices. But to the regardless of trim level that you ended up going with, the power plant on the Palisade is going to be the same. Powering this beast is a 3.8 liter direct injected V6, putting out 291 horsepower at 6,000 RPM, 262 pound feet of torque coming in at 5,200 RPM. Power sent to front wheels are all wheels. They're an eight speed automatic and we do have some paddle shifters here as well. So you guys know, we will be testing out these paddle shifters in a little bit here, but nonetheless zero to 60 time coming in at approximately 7.1 seconds, which is plenty respectable. We'll test that out in a little bit here, but MPG numbers coming in at 19 in the city 26 on the highway for the front wheel drive, 19 city 24 then on the highway for the all wheel drive, taking regular unleaded fuel. But so that before we do any kind of paddle shifter acceleration test in the Palisade, it did want to mention the drive modes. There's actually a drive mode circular dial located just to the right of the shift buttons. And real quick, as far as the shift buttons go, it's not a traditional shifter here. There's P for park, R for reverse and for neutral and D for drive. But back to the driving modes, they will include comfort, eco, sport, smart, snow, sand and mud, plenty of them. Let me tell you, but anyways, they adjust things like the shift points, throttle response, steering sensitivity and all wheel drive system engagement. And the very center of it all, it says lock. That is going to be your all wheel drive system lock. I've used that plenty of times and my Hyundai Santa Fe essentially locks it in the all wheel drive mode. Let's say when it's snowing out here in Pennsylvania, so you know you're going to be plenty fine as I always have been because Hyundai has a very good all wheel drive system, H track all wheel drive system to be exact. But anyways, now having got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn it to the left put it in sport mode. It does change the gauges as well. I forgot to mention that. I'll show you guys the full digital gauge cluster later in the video when we get to the interior, but it looks dang good. But anyways, having now done that, let's go ahead and find a straightaway here. Let's put the paddle shifters here to the test first and let's see how quickly they are going to react for us here. All right, in three, two, one. All right, there is a slight delay. I gotta be honest. So kind of as expected, typically in three row SUVs, you are going to find that. But having said that, how often are you really going to be using the paddle shifters in a three row SUV anyway? So really it is to be expected. I did expect them to be quick, but I do like that they're there because when you can use them for is a little bit of engine braking when you're going down a hill. When it's snowing out here in Pennsylvania, for example, so you don't actually have to hit the brakes and risk sliding off the road. You just do a little engine braking by down shifting using those paddle shifters and that'll definitely be a whole lot safer. So I did want to mention that. I'm glad they're there for that particular reason. But now let's go ahead and get back full control to the Palisade. I'm just going to hit the D button again that gives back full control here and let's put the acceleration here to the test and let's see how quickly we can get the new Palisade here up to speed. Green light. Yeah buddy. It's honestly plenty quick. Definitely not going to have any issues with merging onto the highway. Some people actually ask me, why do you test out the acceleration in family vehicles like SUVs and minivans? You do it because in Pennsylvania, you have plenty of reasons to merge onto the highway and you want to be able to get up to speed quick so you don't get rear ended or anything like that. So definitely not going to have any issues with the Palisade. It is plenty quick for what it is without a doubt. But to go along with that acceleration, as always, braking is equally important.  As far as that 60 to zero stopping distance goes, that is going to come in at 126 feet, which isn't bad. It's kind of respectable. Maybe a little bit on the higher side as far as the braking feel goes. It definitely leans towards the soft side. It's not a bad thing. Again, it's kind of to be expected in a three row SUV. Wouldn't have minded a little bit more bite to the brakes though. And maybe that would improve upon that 60 to zero stopping distance. Not that it's bad. Plenty of three row SUVs come in in even the upper 130. So 126 feet is plenty respectable, like I said.  As far as the ride quality goes, that's probably one of the first things I noticed when I got in this one. It is plush. It is plenty fine. Hyundai has definitely been killing it with ride quality lately specifically, so definitely absorbing Pennsylvania's road imperfections quite nicely. I do dig the ride quality on this thing. And that's even without an air suspension or adaptive suspension or anything like that. Still plenty good in the Palisade without a doubt. Then touching on cabin noise though, that's still, I believe, Hyundai's room for improvement. Now, right now when I'm going 27 miles per hour, it's not bad. You don't get any wind noise, any road noise whatsoever. Of course, guys could probably tell that I am driving right now and I'm not getting anything. So that's a good thing. But once you hit highway speeds, maybe 55 miles per hour plus, you do get a bit of wind noise coming in from the driver's side window. So that is what they can improve upon. And I think I say that every time I drive a Palisade, but still, that is the room for improvement. It's not bad. It's something you get used to. I have it in my Hyundai Santa Fe as well. So I have it in my Hyundai Sonata actually. So wouldn't mind if they approved upon that a little bit. As far as steering feel goes, it's definitely on the looser side. Having said that, you can adjust the steering feel by simply adjusting the drive mode. So if you put it in that sport driving mode, you're gonna have a much heavier feel instantly pointing you in the direction that you wanna go. But if you put it back to comfort like I'm in right now, definitely pretty loosey-goosey. So kind of best of both worlds there. You can adjust that. So steering feel is not a problem for that particular reason for me. That touching on visibility, I could see plenty fine out the back. Even with those third row headrests up right now, I can still see plenty fine out the back. So definitely no issues there. Rain-sensing windshield wipers do come standard on the limited and calligraphy trim levels if you wanted them. Essentially with that is whenever the policy detects any kind of mist or rainfall, it's gonna automatically turn on these windshield wipers for it, kind of like automatic headlights. It's just one less thing you gotta worry about there. And there is a heads-up display I am currently looking at right now. That is going to come standard on the limited and calligraphy as well. And that is projecting my speed as well as the speed limit of any given road. And there will be some safety features projected up on my windshield then as well. But that about rounds out the performance segment of this review guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2022 Hyundai Palisade. All right, so here she is you guys, the new 2022 Hyundai Palisade. Let me just jump right into it and start with the one exterior change for 2022 being the calligraphy trim level specifically is going to get some additional chrome trim up front around that front grille. But that's really about it when it comes to the exterior changes for the 2022 model year. So let's start up front. LED headlights do come standard on all trim levels across the board. Gotta love that. You don't always get that. LED accent lighting also coming standard. By the way, there's headlights. They do come with the automatic feature as well. Meaning when it starts to get dark at night they will turn on automatically for you there. LED daytime running lights also coming standard along with automatic high beams as well. I love that feature. Essentially what that is is when you turn the high beams on it's going to leave them on until it senses a vehicle coming in the opposite direction and then it's going to dim that back down. And then when that vehicle is gone it's going to put it back up to high beams once again. So definitely a pretty cool feature there. Front skid plates I did want to mention also are going to come on the calligraphy trim level only. You're not going to get them on our limited trim that we have today. So do want to mention that that front grille looks so beastly, so good up front. I love this silver accenting towards the bottom portion on that front bumper as well. Goes very nice with our silver exterior color that we have today. So overall very nice look up front, especially those headlights but pretty much rounds out the front of this one. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side of the Palisade. All right, and so climbing into the woods for you guys yet again. I love doing that. But anyways, roof rails coming with the SEL trim level end up. Three privacy glasses going to come standard across the board. And you do have some silver accenting surrounding the windows. I think you guys could see that. Looks pretty darn good as well. Door handle welcome lights. I love that feature coming with the SEL trim level end up. Matte black side skirts actually coming with the SEL and SEL. However, if you were to go with the limited or calligraphy we'll get body colored side skirts which of course is what you guys are looking at right now and that goes around the fender wells as well. It's going to be a little matte black for the SEL and SEL. So do want to emphasize that because that is a big exterior difference between some of the trim levels there. Puddle lights coming with the calligraphy trim level only when it comes to the door handles you're going to get satin chrome door handle accents for the SEL trim level end up. Then taking a look at the side mirrors they are body colored heated side mirrors for all trim levels across the board with LED integrated turd signals if you go with the SEL trim level end up only. So wanted to emphasize that as well. And they look pretty darn good in those side mirrors. I will say that's a cool design to them. Then taking a look down at the wheel setup 20 inch alloy wheels coming standard across the board. However, all of them specific to their own trim level will vary in design. So this particular design that you guys are looking at is specific to the limited trim level. The calligraphy has more of a flat look to the wheels. And so like I said, they're all going to be different dependent upon the trim level that you go with. But good looking side profile. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back of this one. All right, so now since we are around back of this one all the way to the top gloss black Sharkman antenna just below that rear spoiler with an integrated brake light just below that rear window wiper and just below that you will find the Palisade lettering spelled out horizontally there on the rear tailgate. It definitely looks pretty good. You are going to get some silver accenting found on the inside portion of those tail lights. So again, silver accenting going very well with our silver exterior that we have here today. Rear skid plates coming with calligraphy trim level only. And that's going to tie in with the front skid plates. Of course, LED tail lights coming standard on the limited and calligraphy trim level. So going to have a little better illumination there with this particular two trims. Again, some more silver accenting towards the bottom portion of that rear bumper and just below it all a single exhaust outlet with satin chrome dual tips. So having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next as always here is that exhaust clip. All right, so now since we are around back of the Palisade when it comes to opening that rear tailgate it is a hands-free power tailgate if you were to go with the limited trim level therefore all you need to do is walk up behind that thing with the key in your pocket. There's actually a button on the key fob as well that is yet another way to go ahead and open it up. And there is a button by the driver's side left me then as well. But once opened up, cargo capacity is going to come in at an even 18 cubic feet behind that third row at least if that was not enough space can fold that third row down bumping that up to 45.8 cubic feet. And with all rows folded 86.4 cubic feet which is definitely a good bit I currently have a three row Santa Fe that comes in at an even 80 cubic feet. So I like that this one is bigger. It's definitely a good thing. And there is a 60-40 split of course to the seats and when it comes to actually folding those rear seats down it's actually buttons in the cargo area if you wanted to use them it is power folding at least for the limited that we have today. So that is a very nice and easy way to go ahead and fold those rear seats down and I did like that. But in-floor storage is actually going to come standard on all trim levels across the board. I like that as well and it's actually a decent amount of in-floor storage back there too to my surprise. Cargo lighting coming standard we do have the LED cargo lighting that is pretty cool and I'll get more into that when we get to interior quality. Grocery bag hooks also found back there and some tie-down anchors as well. So pretty much everything you could possibly want in the cargo area of the Palisade but then making our way up to the third row legroom that is going to come in at 31.4 inches. So on paper that's not a whole lot but for reference I'm an even six feet tall this is how much space I had in that third row. So you're able to make it work if you slide the second row seats up a little bit because the second row passengers have a ton of rear legroom that they probably don't necessarily need. So I believe you can probably fit even an adult in that third row when they would be perfectly fine so long as the second row passengers scoot up just a little bit there. Rear ventilation does come standard for all rows of seating including the third row. It's going to be found on the ceiling of the Palisade. Third row USB charging ports coming with the limited and calligraphy trim levels only. Did want to emphasize that. And of course you have dual cupholders on both sides in the back in that third row as well. So definitely a lot going on back there. In the second row that is going to come in at 42.4 inches of rear legroom. For reference I'm an even six feet tall ton of space for myself in that second row. By the way, second row captain's chairs versus the bench seating.  So in case you were curious or if you were interested in any particular setup that's how that works. Second row automatic climate control coming with the SEL trim level and up meaning those rear passengers can set their own temperatures back there. Dual second row USB charging ports also coming standard across the board. You gotta love that. Heated rear seats. I love this coming standard with the limited trim level and up but it doesn't stop there. Ventilated second row seats coming with the limited trim level and up as well. You don't always get that with other SEVs with other minivans out there. So I do like that the Palisade has that. Spoiler rear passengers a little bit. 115 volt power outlet then coming with the limited trim level and up as well and that's gonna be had for the second row passengers there too. So overall very nice setup yet again. Then when it comes to the front seats manually adjustable cloth seating coming with the SE trim level and then the SEL is going to add to that eight way power driver seat with two way power lumbar heated front seats then as well then if you were to go with the limited that we have today that's going to add on top of that. Napa leather seating four way power lumbar support for the driver's seat leg cushion extension for the driver's seat then as well an eight way power adjustable passenger seat ventilated front seats and memory settings for up to two different drivers found on the driver's side door then as well. So overall very comfortable seating. I like the diamond pattern stitching in the upper portion of all of the seating for that matter as well. Definitely a very cool look to it very high end look to it. And again very comfortable seats without a doubt but now let's take a look at the steering wheel here. It is tilt and telescoping it is leather wrapped if you were to go with the SEL trim level and up it is going to be a perforated leather wrapped if you were to go with the calligraphy trim level only otherwise it is going to be the smooth leather wrapped steering wheel that you were currently looking at let's say for the limited. So heated steering wheel as well coming with the limited trim level and up then. Now let's go ahead and make our way to this startup and let me start by showing you guys the key here. Do have your Hyundai logo on the one side and when you flip it over lock unlock the button to pop the rear hatch and the circular button that says hold that is going to be your remote start which does come standard on the SEL trim level and up along with a push button start also SEL trim level and up so all I'm going to do here is simply put my front of the brake and press that engine start button located just to the left of the air vents there and so once started up this is one of my favorite parts about the Palisade you do have your conventional gauges coming with the SE and SEL trim levels however if you were to go with the limited or calligraphy you will get this current 12.3 inch full digital gauge cluster that I absolutely love and the reason why I love this thing because when you change the driving modes let's say you put it in eco you're going to get a bunch of green hues if you put it in sport it's going to do this explosion and it's going to get a bunch of red hues a more sportier gauge cluster if you put it in comfort you're going to get a bunch of blue hues it completely adjusts and it's not only that you can of course adjust what is on there you can check out the tire pressure you can check out your outside temperature how many miles you have left until you hit empty course trip A trip B when you need your next oil change average miles per gallon at any given time you can choose to display a digital speedometer up there if you wanted to although it's already inside of the regular speedometer I guess you could say so plenty customizable you can really tailor this digital gauge cluster to make it your own and so that is why I absolutely love digital gauge clusters in general but anyways, not for the gauges let's now go ahead and make our way to overall interior quality you're going to get a conventional sunroof if you go with the SEL however, if you go with the limited or calligraphy we'll get a dual panel sunroof meaning the driver and front passenger have their own sunroof and the rear passengers then have an even larger sunroof in the back so that is pretty cool LED interior lighting coming with the SEL trim level and up I personally absolutely love that just in front of that LED interior lighting you actually have a school bus style mirror so you could spy on the rear passengers so that is kind of interesting so that's kind of cool to have that I guess and when it comes to the headliners they're actually going to differ as well for the SEL and SEL you're going to get a traditional headliner but for the limited you will get I believe it's called a melange headliner so that is currently what you're looking at it's kind of like a bunch of different colors kind of all mixed in and it's a pretty soft headliner as well then if you were to go with the calligraphy you're going to get a microfiber headliner which kind of feels like a suede kind of feel to it so overall I love the headliners that is pretty cool I like that they're different there and that's a thing I specifically always look for because I like the attention to detail that Hyundai and Kia always do with their headliners for whatever reason but anyways continuing on 64 colors of ambient lighting I'm loving right now in our limited trim level it's also of course going to come on the calligraphy but 64 colors is a ton of different options your kids in the back are absolutely going to love that in the back and again it's a lot of different color options I personally absolutely love that auto dimming rear premiere with homeland controls for up to three different garage doors coming with the SEL trim level and up big fan of that dual zoom climate control with a clean air ionizer coming with the SEL trim level and up so you're not going to get that with the SE so I wanted to elaborate on that I like this gloss black finish with kind of a little design to it running through the doors as well as just above the passenger side vents there also a big fan of the silver texturized finish found surrounding all of these buttons here in the middle and that actually continues around the buttons on the doors then as well and I like that they didn't leave it just a boring black plastic they did paint the actual window button silver as well with some big fan off all this silver accents and these silver trims it makes it much more of a high end finish in my personal opinion so definitely a fan of that anyways just behind the drive buttons here you do have dual cup holders if you actually push on those buttons surrounding the cup holders there that's how you're going to go ahead and open them up or you can push them back closed if you wanted to as well you do have a wireless phone charger found just beside those cup holders as well and within the center armrest a ton of space very deep center armrest there you have a USB charging port within there a 12 volt power outlet and a little tri found in the upper portion of that as well so plenty of space in there and overall very impressive interior quality even the attention to detail around the passenger side glove box handle there it's surrounded in a perimeter of silver where they could have just lifted that black plastic like literally every other manufacturer does but they didn't see attention to detail that I'm always a big fan of so now let's go ahead and make our way to the tech display and so you're going to get an eight inch color touch screen display if you were to go with the SE or SE L trim levels however if you were to jump up to the limited or calligraphy you will get a 10 and a quarter inch color touch screen display either way you get Bluetooth and audio streaming it Android Auto and Apple CarPlay I will say though with the SE and SE L trims you get wireless Android Auto Apple CarPlay I love that feature and I wish Hyundai would have put that in the limited and calligraphy for whatever reason they're not able to or they didn't or whatever the case is I do love the wireless Android Auto Apple CarPlay you need to get the SE or SE L in order to get that though driver talk intercom system coming with the limited and calligraphy trim levels and these little widgets or apps whatever you want to call them found on the screen here I feel like they're a different color than last year so it got some brighter cyan blue colors on the apps this year so definitely I believe that's a change that does not look familiar to me and I'm pretty good at remembering this stuff so that looks pretty cool though rear seat quiet mode coming with all trim levels essentially what that is is if the kids are sleeping in the back seats it cuts off those rear speakers and limits the front speakers to a volume I believe of seven so kind of keeps the kids asleep in the back seats well meanwhile you can still listen to whatever you want to listen to up front that's pretty cool voice memo system also coming standard on this one so you could record your voice and then play it back at a later date if you did not want to forget something sounds of nature one of my favorite parts about Hyundai and what they do if you press that button you have lively forest comcy waves rainy day open air cafe warm fireplace and snowy village and so having now rambled all of them off for you what do you guys say I am going to shut up here and I'll just let you listen to those real quick and I'll be right back all right and so in addition to that of course you could check out your radio information up there as well and by the way when it comes to the speaker setup for the Palisade six speakers for the SE and SEL however if you were to jump up to the limited or calligraphy you're going to get a 12 speaker Harman Kardon sound system so that is pretty cool speaker setup too I mean I like the silver texturized design to them they could have left them a gray black plastic like a lot of other manufacturers do but they didn't so like the upscale look and having said that what do you guys say let's go ahead and turn on the radio and let's see what we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one it's brilliant it's dang brilliant I love the sound system there with the Harman Kardon at least on the Palisade that was amazing I'm not used to that that was dang good not the very best I've heard cause I've done a ton of sound systems but that was dang good that was a very good sound system for this one but anyways last thing I wanted to mention to you guys on that tech display is when you do put the Palisade in reverse you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board but if you were to go with the limited or calligraphy you will also get a surround view monitor it's going to be the little screen to the right there displaying to you what is completely around your vehicle which is always is going to lead us into safety and so to start the Palisade is an IIHS top safety pick which pretty much says it all right there front side side carrying airbags also coming standard drivers knee airbag up front as well in the back you're going to have latch AKA lower anchors and tethers for children for the rear car seats rear child door locks tire pressure monitoring system it's all pretty boring but also coming standard for all trim levels across the board you will find rear parking sensors rear occupant alert forward collision avoidance assist with pedestrian detection adaptive cruise control with stop and go which is a brilliant feature here on Hyundai they do that very well lane following assist lane keep assist and a driver attention warning system then as well but then if you were to jump up to the SEL trim level and up you're also going to get a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert along with safe exit assist then if you were to jump up to the limited or calligraphy you will find front parking sensors in addition to the rear parking sensors ultrasonic rear occupant alert and highway driving assist as well so that's kind of like Hyundai's autonomous driving so to speak but overall when it comes to my final thoughts here of the Palisade love the digital gauges love the ambient lighting colors I'm a huge fan of that actually love the sounds of nature nobody else is doing that right now like the little idiosyncrasies and little corks of vehicles so Hyundai Palisade definitely has a lot of those love the suede headliner on the calligraphy I'm a pretty big fan of the headliner that we have here on the limited as well great exterior styling in my personal opinion and overall just an amazing value when you take into account all of the innovations that the Palisade has comparatively speaking to other SUVs in the market right now and you add to that America's best warranty if you drive less than 10,000 miles a year like I do this is going to be warranty for 10 years when it comes to the engine and the powertrain and the drive shaft and the transmission all that stuff that is a long time for a warranty and by the time that is up you're probably going to want a new vehicle anyways so big fan of that also the three years of complimentary maintenance not having to pay for things for the first three years that is pretty cool as far as room for improvement goes really the only thing I could think of right now is the wind noise at highway driving speeds and again it doesn't bother me because I do have it in both of my vehicles but having test driven over 600 vehicles at this point I will say you typically don't find this kind of highway driving noise with other vehicles out there but anyways that's the only room for improvement I got but that is about it for this one you guys thank you so much for watching for free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen there if you wanted to see what's coming next on the channel before it actually gets to YouTube be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're in the new car reviews that is what we do 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Hi, my name is Christy Bowen, EMS Student Development and Project Specialist. I have the privilege of sharing with you today EMS's three guiding principles, and I'm excited to share these with you. Our hope is that every student who gets a job through EMS will live out these principles in the workplace. These principles are helpful in all areas of life, but since EMS focuses on employment, I'm going to focus on how these principles influence our work. EMS's three guiding principles are work as worship, excellence, and growth. Developing out these principles in the workplace is important, because if you get your job through EMS, you will be representing EMS, and we know that if you take these principles to heart, you will serve your employer well. And of course, we want our employers to keep coming back to us to hire other students. But more importantly, you will be representing Christ. Your supervisor and co-workers will likely know that you go to Colorado Christian University, and since you are a Christian, they may be watching you a little more closely. They may even have a negative bias towards Christians, and would never go to church. But you have the opportunity to be a light to them in the workplace. So the first principle is work as worship. As Christians, we have the opportunity to worship God in everything we do, all week long, not just in church or during chapel. Since EMS's focus, though, is on jobs, this guiding principle focuses on worshiping God in and through our work. So whether we are working for a secular or a Christian organization, we still have the opportunity to worship God at work. Work was created by God before the fall, so it is good and intended for His glory. Work is not a curse, but rather a blessing. By focusing on worshiping God, we intentionally express reverence and adoration for our God. This is especially true when we face challenges in the workplace. By being attended to the Holy Spirit and expressing the fruit of the Spirit, we can be used by God to bring good into what might otherwise be a negative situation. Jesus tells us in Matthew 5, 16, to let your light shine before others so that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. It is through work that we serve God and reflect His attributes to the marketplace in such a way that causes others to look to God. As it states in 1 Corinthians 10, 31, so whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. An example of worshiping God in our work may be when we think that no one is watching or seeing the work that we are doing. But we give it at our all anyway because we know that it is His honor that is at stake. With a worshipful heart focused on Him and not our fleshly desires, we complete the task at hand. An example of excellence on the job would be when a coworker wants to rush through closing tasks to get off as quickly as possible and not do the job according to the employer's instructions. But because of our dedication to excellence, we make sure that the tasks are completed according to the employer's standards. And that is at a very minimum. Hopefully we even surpass the employer's expectations. So facing a situation at work where godly standards differ from those of the world certainly gives us opportunities for growth. And this leads us to our third guiding principle, which is growth. Growth involves development. Through our work, we can grow and develop our skills, abilities, and character. As disciples of Christ, our goal is to become more and more like Him. Every person has areas of weaknesses and strengths that need to be stretched and approved upon to be better equipped to serve Him. Well here in this life as well as for all eternity. We are all growing and becoming more like Christ. Even at my age, I find that God continues to use work to mold me and shape me into the person He desires for me to be. None of us will be done growing until we meet Jesus face to face. Work gives us opportunities for growth that being in the classroom or spending time with our families and friends doesn't. Even in your interactions with EMS staff, you have opportunities for growth because of the coaching that we do. For example, you will likely receive coaching when we go through your resume with you. We may have pointers that are specific to your resume, but we may also identify gaps in your experiences and give you recommendations on ways to get the experience you need to be more competitive in the marketplace for your career aspirations. We give you constructive feedback because your professional growth is important. When we speak of growth in EMS, our focus is often on developing the skills and abilities to be competitive in the marketplace. But as fellow sojourners here on earth, we also know that your eternal life and your work in the kingdom is of the utmost importance. Our hope is that through this development, you will be better equipped to be more powerfully used by God, both now and for eternity. Also essential to growth is embracing challenges, even failures along the way, because these are the times when God really grows our character so that we become more like His Son. An example of embracing this principle growth in the workplace may occur when you receive what might be perceived as critical feedback from a supervisor. Instead of taking it personally and being tempted to defend yourself or maybe even quit, think about how God may be using this for your good to grow you and shape you so that you are better equipped for the work He has for you. Remember, He is faithful and uses all things for good for those who love Him. So that's a brief overview of EMS's three guiding principles. These principles are biblically based as evidenced by Romans 12, 1 through 2. Because of all that Christ has done for us, we worship the Lord by sacrificially serving Him in all we do, which includes in our work. We do not perform our work according to the world standards, but rather have a standard of excellence that aligns with God's will. We embrace our workplace opportunities for growth, knowing that God is using these experiences to transform us as we become more and more like Christ. Thanks for watching. We look forward to walking with you as you navigate employment and are confident that these three guiding principles, work as worship, excellence, and growth, will help you discern the Lord's ways in the workplace and to represent Him well in your work.