YOU BE YOU LIVE

THE AGE OF AMERICA is a hypnotic harmony soul anthem built for 2026 with a late 60s and early 70s spirit. Big Willie carries the story with full singing, while three angelic women float above him in velvety whisper sung stacks that keep coming back like a chant you cannot shake. This song is not about politics. It is about the weight we all feel when the world looks chaotic, and the decision to st...

Some songs are written to explain something. I Feel You was written to sit inside it. This track started as a question: what does connection sound like before it becomes language? Before certainty. Before touch. The answer wasn’t lyrics stacked on top of each other. It was breath. Space. Repetition. Restraint. I Feel You moves like a thought you can’t shake. It opens slowly, almost cautiously, the...

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I LOVE YOUR BODY BABY – Song Description This one doesn’t rush you. It pulls you in… then it won’t let you sit still. I Love Your Body Baby is Brixley stepping into a breathy, velvet-lit disco universe inspired by the intimacy and confidence of 70s dance floors but refreshed for today’s ears. From the very first held note, her voice becomes the rhythm. Airy. Sensual. Controlled. Every vowel intent...

RIGHTNOW is not a song. It’s a public announcement that your stress does not get to own the dance floor. It starts like a switch flipping in your chest, then it keeps climbing. Fast drums. Round robin percussion. A house groove that refuses to apologize. Brixley comes in like a vocal athlete with opera level control and soul level truth. Clean power. No grit. Every vowel sharp. Every note intentio...

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This record doesn’t ask for permission. It walks into the room already warm. The groove is thick, lived in, and unapologetically alive. You can hear the air moving between instruments. Drums breathe. Bass speaks in full sentences. Horns don’t decorate the track, they interrupt it with confidence. Every note feels played, not placed. The song lives in that space where heat meets control. Where swea...

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ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH Are You Man Enough is a performance-driven funk record built for the stage, the crowd, and the moment. Rooted in the Minneapolis Sound and accelerated for today, the track moves with tight, dry drums, snapping snares, elastic bass, and sharp funk guitar that cuts instead of floats. What makes this record different is control. The music stops on command, drops into intentional si...

SAY IT LOUDER This song is a declaration. Say It Louder is the sound of a woman who knows who she is and moves accordingly. She’s rough around the edges. She’s grounded in her power. She’s confident in her body, her voice, and her direction. This is energy, not explanation. Strength, not performance. Presence, not permission. She’s not here to convince anyone. She’s not here to be chosen. She’s he...

This record wasn’t born from romance. It was born from urgency. Big Willie and Brixley are not together. No storyline. No off-mic narrative. No manufactured chemistry. This was a contractual studio collaboration , created for a specific moment in time when the world felt loud, fractured, and on fire and silence wasn’t an option. The energy is fast, intentional, and confrontational without being gr...

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I’M STILL STANDING This is the first release from STILL STANDING: The Making of Big Willie . Click Here to Watch the my Story It tells the true story of the first sixteen years. Not polished. Not softened. Not explained away. It’s about silence, survival, and the moment you realize you can’t stay where you’re being erased. This isn’t a comeback story. It’s an origin story. Click here to watch the...

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EPISODE 1 Mama’s Radio Before Big Willie had words, he had instincts. A small apartment. A quiet hallway. A radio playing just loud enough to pretend everything was okay. This is where listening became survival. #williamrochelle #BigWillie #OriginStory #Mama’sRadio #BlackStories #ChildhoodMemory #YouBeYouLive #Storytelling This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscrib...

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