Do you wake up some days and think: I have one of the greatest voices all time in R&B? IвЂ™m not that arrogant.

They know how hard itвЂ™s been to get me where I am today. But itвЂ™s greatвЂ¦ this bunch around me knows whatвЂ™s going on around me every single day. After I got the chance to unplug that and forgive certain people it took a long time just to get up and get cleaned up. He will put a short film of your past and just have it on rewind to where all you see is your past going-the bad part of your past. So IвЂ™ve worked real hardвЂ¦IвЂ™m clean and sober now. When I was a lot younger, I didnвЂ™t get a chance to achieve the things I wanted to achieve because of certain people or the label I was with at the time. Sometimes I get too emotional trying to explain it because IвЂ™ve been through so much. What does this honor mean for you as someone that has been in the music business for over 40 years and has gone through so many ups and downs? ItвЂ™s sweet, man. On June 30th, you are set to receive the 2013 BET Lifetime Achievement Award. IвЂ™m not the guy coming into the studio with my face all frowned up like IвЂ™m so hard that I canвЂ™t say hi. I was like, вЂњWow.вЂќ So bringing some happiness to a situation is something I do. You brought so much lifeвЂ¦everything started changing in the house.вЂќ They even told me that Kanye was smiling more. Wilson, before you got here the sessions were kind of dead. One of the people in the house said, вЂњMr. It sounds like a party, huh? When I came in for вЂYeвЂ™s session, the first thing I did was pick him up and heвЂ™s like, вЂњWhatвЂ™s up family?вЂќ I just found out that he and were expecting a baby and I picked him up so high that вЂYe was like, вЂњManвЂ¦you happier than me!вЂќ When I started singing someone told me that a new life came into the session. But itвЂ™s a lot of fun working with him and seeing him jump around when things are coming to life. But when you come up with some new lyrics or he comes up with a new adlib he is going to beat that up and keep beating it up until that thing makes sense to him. Yes, he listens to me and gets off on the stuff that IвЂ™m doing, but heвЂ™s very particular about what he wants you to do. What type of direction did he give you for вЂњBound 2вЂќ? Being in the room with вЂYe, heвЂ™s very particular about what he wants you to do in the studio. Kanye is an artist that knows what he wants. I later asked my manager if Kanye and them ever called us back, then a few months later вЂYe hits me up and says they were in Paris and wanted me to come there. My people even asked, вЂњWhat do you want me to tell KanyeвЂ™s peopleвЂ¦do you want to go?вЂќ And IвЂ™m like, вЂњYeah rightвЂ¦ I canвЂ™t even get to the door with this walker.вЂќ So we missed that session. At that time, Hawaii really sounded good to me. Friday stuff in Hawaii, but the day that they called me I was just waking up from anesthesia from having back surgery. Keith Murphy ( YouвЂ™re featured on Kanye WestвЂ™s Yeezus album on the track вЂњBound 2.вЂќ Can you explain how that collaboration came together? Charlie Wilson: вЂYe, manвЂ¦ first he was trying to get me to do some G.O.O.D. Now the endearing talent, who has survived drug addiction, cancer and a changing musical landscape, sits down with VIBE to discuss his feature on вЂYeвЂ™s latest hell-raising work, his BET honor, and conquering Europe. A frequent collaborator of the newly christened father, Wilson has long been an in-demand talent sharing the recording booth with the likes of Snoop Dogg, Bun B, and Pharrell. Indeed, Wilson, who has influenced a legion of singers over the years (from GuyвЂ™s Aaron Hall to Justin Timberlake) both as a member of the Gap Band and on his solo run, is featured on Kanye WestвЂ™s much-buzzed-about release Yeezus. The Grammy-nominated, legendary vocalist, who is set to receive the BET Lifetime Achievement Award later this month, is still promoting his no.

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